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Three months have passed since the “harassment” controversy surrounding Fuji TV’s drama Different Surnames Detective, which starred actress Ai Hashimoto and actor Jiro Sato — yet Hashimoto’s side still hasn’t accepted Fuji TV’s apology, and the two camps remain effectively estranged. It was also reported that on October 18, Hashimoto made a guest appearance on actress Non’s nationwide tour stop in Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture, performing “Shiosai no Memory” for the first time in 13 years. On the thread, opinions split over who was really to blame, with debate centering on how much Fuji TV and Hashimoto’s agency had actually signed off on the decision not to tell Sato’s side what was happening.
“It felt like a dream come true. To everyone who came out to see me — thank you so much!”
On October 18, Ai Hashimoto appeared as a special guest on Non’s nationwide tour stop in Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture. She posted a photo of the two of them together along with the message above on her Instagram.
“The two of them played members of the idol unit Shiosai no Memories in NHK’s 2013 morning drama Amachan. Kuji City is the setting of Amachan, and it seems Non specifically requested Hashimoto as a guest. During the show, they performed ‘Shiosai no Memory,’ the song from the drama, for the first time in 13 years” (sports-paper reporter, same hereafter)
Source: jprime.jp / Original article here
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This is exactly what I came here for lol
We already knew that from the start, didn't we?
So does that mean they tried to hush it up and it leaked anyway?
May everyone involved end up miserable, lol
I'll gladly keep piling on the flames, lololol
Seems like the only one who ends up miserable is her, lol
She's the one refusing Fuji?
After dragging everyone around her through the mud, what position does she think she's in?
Well, go ahead and tear each other apart then.
they were way too deferential to Sato,
all because he's in Bayside Shakedown.
Didn't they also promise Nagisa Watanabe a pension for life?
Seriously, what an infuriating company.
A trash company that rewards the thief with extra cash on top.
Wasn't the decision not to tell Sato made jointly with Fuji?
It was Sato's manager who said there was no need to tell him —
probably didn't want to be the one to break the news and get harassed over it himself.
Burning Production types — actors and managers alike — are nothing but trash.
Wasn't it reported that Fuji and Hashimoto's manager both signed off on that proposal?
Sato's side manager isn't responsible.
This was Hashimoto's side's business, so it should've been Hashimoto's side making that call from the start.
It's basically dumping the blame onto a subcontractor.
Did we land on Fuji TV being the bad guy?
Fuji.
Plus Hashimoto's agency, for leaving the "off-limits" boundaries vague.
And it looks like Fuji tried to pin everything on Sato to cover up its own responsibility.
Then that lawyer everyone's been talking about really "delivered."
Come to think of it, so she's teaming up with Non now?
I might end up hating Non too, hanging around someone like this.
Talent bookings like this don't get locked in a month or two out — logically this must have been arranged long before the whole controversy.
This year is a double anniversary for Non: 20 years since her debut and 10 years since she became "Non," so she's been prepping hard for it since last year.
If they didn't really do anything,
then there shouldn't be any need to apologize,
but they're trying to apologize because they did do something, right?
Shouldn't Fuji be apologizing to Sato instead?
It's precisely because they did nothing that it turned into this mess — they abandoned any mediation, brought in a lawyer, tried to unilaterally take him down, and failed.
Background and Points of Debate
Different Surnames Detective is a drama that aired on Fuji TV starring Ai Hashimoto and Jiro Sato, and the specific details of the “harassment” controversy itself still haven’t been disclosed even in this latest report. Where the thread split was over where responsibility actually lies: depending on how much Fuji TV and Hashimoto’s agency are seen as having signed off on Sato’s manager’s proposal that “there’s no need to tell Sato himself,” opinions diverged over whether this was Sato’s own problem or a mishandling on the production side. It’s also worth noting — since readers can easily conflate the two — that the event which sparked this article, Hashimoto’s guest appearance on Non’s nationwide tour in Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture, is a separate matter from the controversy and has no direct bearing on the apology dispute itself.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread “Ai Hashimoto: Three Months After the “Harassment” Controversy with Jiro Sato Over the Drama Different Surnames Detective, Still Won’t Accept Fuji TV’s Apology, Remains in an “Estranged” Standoff [Ailuropoda melanoleuca★].”
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