The first episode of the NHK drama series “Omusubi” was broadcast on the 30th, and high school baseball player Shoya Yotsugi, played by actor Hayato Sano, made his first appearance, much to the delight of many viewers.

This is the 111th morning drama in total, and is a youth graffiti story in which the main character, Yu Yoneda (Kanna Hashimoto), who was born in 1989, connects people’s hearts and the future as a nutritionist. The story portrays a woman who embraces the “gal spirit” of valuing her individuality at all times and moves forward powerfully through the turbulent Heisei and Reiwa eras.

The long-awaited first episode started with Yui entering the local Itoshima Higashi High School. On the first day, her homeroom teacher Tamotsu Matsubara (Shinobu Hasegawa) suddenly mentions Yui’s older sister Ayumu (Riisa Naka), who served as the first president of the Hakata Gal Union (Hagaren), in front of her classmates. “Oh, you’re Ayumu Yoneda’s younger sister,” and “Ayu is a famous person at my high school.I was suspended as soon as I entered the school, and I set a record for the shortest time.You were amazing, my sister.”

After school, Yui was staring at the sea at the port when she saw her younger brother Yuji (Ippei) and older brother Taketo (Takahashi Seiren) crying because they had dropped their hats into the sea. When Yui saw the warrior desperately trying to grab him with a long stick, Yui instinctively dived into the sea in his uniform. I got the hat. At this time, Shoya (Hayato Sano), who mistakenly thought Yui was drowning, jumped into the sea, shouting, “Let’s help now!” And in contrast to Yui, who is extremely calm, he desperately pleads with her to grab onto his shoulders and holds Yui’s reluctant hand to “rescue” her. Once on land, Shoya warns them that it is dangerous to go into the sea with clothes on. When Yui countered that there was no problem since she had been swimming in this sea since she was 6 years old, she boasted in her Tochigi dialect, “I’ve been swimming in the local river since I was 3 years old.I think I was called the Kappa of the Kinugawa River.” . However, Yui quipped, “You’ll definitely make fun of that. After all, kappa are monsters. I don’t want you to praise me in the slightest.” Shoya was taken aback by these words and thought, “Is that so…” Shocked, he couldn’t help but hold his head in his hands.