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Toyotomi Brothers Episode 20 "The Real Hiragumo" Now Streaming 🐒 Riho Yoshioka, Minami Hamabe

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Grok4 discussed the role of Nene, played by Minami Hamabe, in episode 20 of the NHK Taiga drama "Toyotomi Brothers!"

Riho Yoshioka ⇩ Minami Hamabe plays Nene (later known as Kita-no-Mandokoro), the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (played by Sosuke Ikematsu), in the NHK Taiga drama "Toyotomi Brothers!".

Her role in episode 20, "The Real Hiragumo" (aired May 24, 2026), is that of a family member who works tirelessly to plead for clemency as the wife of the Hashiba family (Hideyoshi's family) during the family's greatest crisis: Hideyoshi's death sentence for violating military discipline.** Details are summarized below.

○Summary of Episode 20 (Official) and Nene's Role

Core Development: Nobunaga (Shun Oguri) is furious at Hideyoshi's unauthorized return from the Uesugi campaign. He places Hideyoshi under house arrest and sentences him to death. The Hashiba family is in grave danger, and the story unfolds with "the entire Hashiba family scrambling to plead for clemency."

Nene's Specific Role:

As Hideyoshi's wife, she participates in the clemency campaign alongside her family (Koichiro/Taiga Nakano, Naka/Maki Sakai, Kei/Riho Yoshioka, Tomo/Emma Miyazawa, Asahi/Anna Kurasawa, etc.).

She symbolically embodies the "pillar of the family and the wife's perspective" as the family pleads with Nobunaga and works tirelessly to save her husband's life. She appears in important scenes depicting family love and the bonds between husband and wife in the Sengoku period.

While the official synopsis summarizes the story as "the entire Hashiba family," Nene, as Hideyoshi's wife, plays a crucial role in supporting her husband from behind the scenes, uniting the family, and overcoming crises—a true example of "behind-the-scenes wife support." Her comical and competitive wife persona from past episodes (with comedic banter) shifts here to a more serious role of "risking her life to protect her family."

This episode is crucial not only for Hideyoshi's fate but also for Matsunaga Hisahide's (Naoto Takenaka) second rebellion and the negotiations surrounding the renowned Hiragumo tea caddy. While Nene doesn't directly participate in the negotiations, she shares in the family's crisis and, as a "warring states wife" supporting her husband Hideyoshi, plays a central emotional role in the narrative.

○ Additional Points (Significance and Direction of Her Reappearance)

Long-Awaited Reappearance: Her absence for four consecutive weeks until episode 19 led to comments from fans expressing a lack of comfort and sadness during family gatherings. In episode 19, she made her first appearance in a while, and the preview showed a change in her hairstyle (a center part, giving her a calm, wifely look), which became a hot topic among viewers, with comments like "We've been waiting!" and "Her atmosphere has completely changed."

Character Appeal: Throughout the series, Nene is portrayed as a "competitive, charming wife who wholeheartedly supports her husband." In this episode, the comical elements are toned down, and her serious image as a wife in the face of a family crisis is expected to be emphasized.

Episode 20, "The Real Hiragumo," is now streaming.

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