On September 26, the final episode of NHK’s TV series “Anpan,” starring Mio Imada, was broadcast. Many viewers have already fallen into a loss, but it seems that some are dissatisfied with “certain portrayals” (spoilers will follow). Mio Imada, who appeared in a PR video with “Anpan face” when she was 18 years old! Anpanman” is the story of two former childhood friends who become husband and wife and overcome all sorts of difficulties to become a couple. Imada played the main character, Nobu Asada, and Takumi Kitamura played her husband, Takashi Yanai. The story has depicted the trajectory of “Anpanman,” but just before the final episode, a disturbing development was seen. In the broadcast episode on the 25th, it was revealed that Nobu was not feeling well. To a worried Bulk, she revealed that she would be hospitalized and undergo surgery, saying, ‘I will be fine as soon as I have the surgery. In the final episode, Nobu was hospitalized and her condition worsened temporarily, but she was released from the hospital. In the final episode, Nobu was hospitalized and her condition worsened for a while, but she was discharged. For the next five years, Nobu lived in good health, as if her illness had been completely cured,” and the happy days of the couple were depicted. The program then closed with Nobu and Takeshi’s voice saying, “Hoitara ne. Many viewers must have been moved by the last 15 minutes. On the other hand, however, some viewers commented, “If she was going to get well, there was no need to describe the surgery…” “If she was going to get well, why not just end with her running and climbing the mountain? If she didn’t die by the end, there was no need to make her sick, right? If she doesn’t die by the end, there was no need to make her sick. If the final episode is like this, everything up to this point seems like a waste and a superfluous episode,” etc. Some were puzzled by the description of Nobu’s “mysterious illness. The specific name of Nobu’s illness was not revealed until the very end of the episode. In historical fact, Nobu was diagnosed with breast cancer two months after the “Anpanman” cartoon was made, underwent surgery, and died about five years later. Although the drama may have been based on this historical fact, it is believed that some people felt that the depiction of the illness was unnecessary in the first place if the drama was to conclude with the couple’s peaceful daily life. However, there are those who view the decision not to mention the name of the disease as an act of consideration, and viewers seem to be divided in their opinions. However, toward the end of the story, there were some points of concern. The story of how “Anpanman” became a bestseller was often moved forward in time by several years, which led to some on social networking sites to point out that the story was a bit rushed. This is a common practice in morning dramas, but it seems that many people were uncomfortable with the “childhood friend setting” in the first place. In historical fact, Yanase and Noboru were not childhood friends, but met as co-workers at the Kochi Shimbun as adults. The drama carefully depicted their childhood as childhood friends, but the rushed development in the last half of the drama led some to question the time spent on the original elements. (The same).
