<Harusuke Sugino, who played "Masato" cried a lot when he met Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, who played "Washizu.
The episode
also depicted the end of Washizu (Kusanagi) and his private secretary, Masato
Ebisawa (Harusuke Sugino) who had a confrontation in the 10th episode
(broadcast on March 20).
There are
spoilers below.
In the 10th episode, it was revealed
that it was Masato who was circulating the suspicious letter to bring Washizu
down. In the final episode, Washizu said, "You're fired. If you do the
same thing again, I will take legal action.
Later, Washizu holds a press
conference to inform the public that the allegations of bribery in the election
are untrue.
Washizu is reading from a
"given" script when he suddenly tears up the paper and shouts into
the camera, "I have committed a crime! he shouts into the camera. After he
breaks off the press conference, with the help of reporter Yuki Kumagai (Emma
Miyazawa), he distributes on the Internet that Kenichi Tsurumaki (Ittoku
Kishibe) has been paid and that the prime minister, Hajime Ryuzaki (Katsunori
Takahashi), still has ties to anti-social forces.
Masato, who had seen the
distribution, rushes to Washizu's side. There, Washizu said, "I'm sorry
about your brother. I couldn't help you." He apologizes for not taking his
brother's petition seriously.
Manato cried tears of joy and
regretted what he had done. Washizu gently patted him on the shoulder and said,
"I'm going to turn myself in," and headed for the police station.
On social networking sites, people
commented, "I really liked the scene where Masato shed tears during the
scene with Washizu. I felt as if the tears were flowing naturally and not
acting," "I cried at the end when Manato was in tears,"
"Manato's tearful performance as he reconciles with Washizu is the
best," "Loss of Washizu, loss of Manato, and loss of the trap
war," and many others.
Source: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/74495b33a87cf072a4715e38e4efdce8b1f451a4