On October 27, comedian Natsuko Yokosawa appeared on the variety show “Shabekuri 007” (Nippon Television Network Corporation). In the program, she talked about “marriage activity,” but it seems that viewers were dissatisfied with her talk. On the day of the show, a special program titled “ Yoshine Kyoko: Morning Drama Reunion…Reunited with the Missing Child Prodigy! Actresses Kyoko Yoshine and Yokozawa appeared on the program, which featured an episode from the 2016 NHK TV series “Bepin-san” in which Yoshine was the heroine. Yoshine recalled how she passed the audition and her memories of being on set. Ms. Yokozawa, who has been watching morning dramas for more than 20 years without fail, appeared on the program as one of the best “morning drama connoisseurs” in the entertainment industry. Toward the end of the program, there was a surprise appearance in the studio by Konomi Watanabe, who played the childhood role of the heroine in “Bepin-san” and attracted attention as a child actress, but retired from the entertainment world in 2019. The emotional reunion of the two in person brought the studio to life. However, after the broadcast, X viewers commented, “I wanted to see Kyoko Yoshine’s talk for an hour…,” “Why do I have to keep watching Natsuko Yokozawa’s marriage activity party talk,” “Kyoko Yoshine and Natsuko Yokozawa’s morning drama talk was interesting, but their marriage activity talk, which I have no interest in, went on and on. The program was not interesting at all. In the middle of the program, we talked about how Yokozawa-san had been to more than 100 marriage activity parties in the past. She talked in detail about her winning strategy for marriage activity parties and shared an episode when she dropped a general man who got married in 2017. However, for those who wanted to hear what Ms. Yoshine had to say, some were dissatisfied that the “marriage activity talk” took place in a way that pushed aside the morning drama episode, causing some to feel uncomfortable with the program’s planning of having both of them on the show at the same time. The day before the broadcast, the official X of “Shabekuri 007” announced, “The child prodigy who disappeared in the backstory of the heroine of the morning drama is reunited for the first time in 10 years! The day before the broadcast, the official X of “Shabukuri 007” announced, “The child prodigy who disappeared in the backstory of the heroine of the morning drama is reunited after about 10 years! However, a gap was found between the program’s preview and the actual content. In the last part of the show, Yoshine and Watanabe came face to face, and Natsunako Momota of Momoiro Clover Z made a surprise appearance. The show ended just as the “Bepin-san” members were getting together. This kind of structure is common in variety shows, but for those who were looking forward to Yoshine’s morning drama episodes, they felt that the show was not enough. It seems that some viewers were annoyed by the show this time.
