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The story
Episode 9 of TBS’s Friday drama “Until the T-Shirt Dries” (aired September 4) set new series highs in both household ratings (8.8%) and individual ratings (4.9%). What’s unusual is that the show has kept climbing since its premiere instead of tapering off, building anticipation for the September 11 finale. On 5ch, opinions split between fans celebrating the show’s popularity and critics blasting late-breaking twists — like a character’s hidden divorce history — as proof “the script has fallen apart,” suggesting the ratings surge and viewers’ actual satisfaction don’t necessarily line up.
Published 9/7 (Mon) 10:34 AM
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It was revealed on the 7th that episode 9 of the TBS drama “Until the T-Shirt Dries” (Fridays, 10 p.m.), which aired on the 4th, recorded an average household rating of 8.8%, a new series high. The individual viewer rating also hit a series-best 4.9%, with numbers climbing steadily ahead of the finale on the 11th. (Figures are for the Kanto region, per Video Research.)
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
The guy's way of talking was so creepy I dropped it after episode 1
Sacchan?
…Sorry for making you push yourself too hard
· Creepy guy's wife dies in a bus accident; Aoi's husband Matsuken fakes his death and disappears too
· Matsuken comes back
· Turns out Aoi's been divorced 4 times
Inocchi
The ex-husband, a fisherman
Into gyaru girls
Watching one episode a week cuts a drama's enjoyment in half
They clearly picked that title on purpose from the start
Fuji's in such a slump it's almost sad
I've stopped being able to relate at all
Garbage script
I lost all motivation to keep watching
Like, "seriously, that's it?"
I was half expecting a sibling twist lol
The mystery vibe from episodes 1-2 was actually good though
Well, expecting much from a 33-year-old ex-nurse character is asking too much
Honestly, given content like that, they're probably laughing instead
And this is with Fuji hogging all 3 of the worst-rated spots lol
Even their best-rated show is only in the 4% range — about half of T-Shirt's numbers lol
Aoi Yu, who hid her divorce history
Kaho, who's married but tagged along on Matsuyama's trip home without telling her husband Nakajima Ayumu
Poor Nakajima Ayumu
Is that about right?
Nakajima Ayumu's sense of boundaries is pretty messed up too — his relationship with his parents is weird as well. There's not a single normal character in this show
Well, she does keep popping in for little chats now and then
Did the wife kill herself?
Because you can watch all the episodes on Netflix
That's how I got into it too
It's such a tiny shop, there's no way it needs a part-time housewife working there every day
And apparently another part-timer covers for Azusa on the Fridays she's off
No idea what they're actually doing there
I actually have one
When I asked the police station to mail me the new one, they let me keep the old one to use in the meantime
But it's good that it happened in the episode right before the finale
The sudden "divorced 4 times" twist killed the mood, but with the finale up next, plenty of people will stick around to see how it wraps up
If this had happened back around episode 4 or 5, that would've been a real problem though
Credit goes to the producer who brought Spitz on board
That's pretty cool (Doppo being the famous Meiji-era novelist)
Nakajima Ayumu's on All Night Nippon
Starting tonight
Apparently the tagline is "Delivering you a peaceful night's sleep"
Background and Points of Debate
“Until the T-Shirt Dries” airs in TBS’s Friday 10 p.m. slot, with ratings measured by Video Research for the Kanto region in two categories: household and individual. This episode’s 8.8% household and 4.9% individual ratings are series highs as of episode 9, continuing an unusual upward trend since the premiere. Since most dramas peak in episode 1 and taper off from there, this reverse pattern has become a talking point in itself. The thread split over whether “popular” automatically means “good” — some praised the rising ratings at face value, while many others slammed late-breaking twists, like a character’s hidden divorce history, as evidence “the script has fallen apart,” highlighting a gap between buzz and viewer satisfaction. Some commenters also mentioned bingeing the show on Netflix before or after catching up, suggesting the way people are watching extends beyond what real-time ratings alone can capture. The finale is set to air on September 11.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisports Sokuho+) thread “[Drama: Until the T-Shirt Dries] Ratings Keep Climbing! Episode 9 Hits Series-High 8.8% Household, 4.9% Individual… Finale Airs Next on the 11th.”
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