Fumiko wrote:I personally don't know why Sanadamaru got better ratings than Naotora. Kanbee I can understand since it was decent. Sanadamaru wasted so much screentime on unimportant stuff and super important stuff was rushed.
Naotora has its weakness too however there is nothing that ruins the show. Even the NaotoraxNaochika drama was quickly dealt with.
Here's the final ratings for Naotora:
(01) 16.9% – (02) 15.5% – (03) 14.3% – (04) 16.0% – (05) 14.8% – (06) 14.5% – (07) 12.9% –
(08) 13.4% – (09) 14.0% – (10) 12.5% – (11) 13.7% – (12) 12.9% – (13) 13.1% – (14) 12.9% –
(15) 14.4% – (16) 13.7% – (17) 11.0% – (18) 14.3% – (19) 13.6% – (20) 14.5% – (21) 13.2% –
(22) 12.1% – (23) 12.3% – (24) 12.4% – (25) 12.3% – (26) 12.4% – (27) 12.4% – (28) 12.0% –
(29) 11.9% – (30) 11.3% – (31) 10.6% – (32) 12.0% – (33) 12.4% – (34) 11.2% – (35) 11.3% –
(36) 12.1% – (37) 13.3% – (38) 11.7% – (39) 11.7% – (40) 11.6% – (41) 11.8% – (42) 11.9% –
(43) 12.9% – (44) 11.4% – (45) 10.7% – (46) 12.0% – (47) 11.3% – (48) 11.9% – (49) 12.0% – (50) 12.5%
That averages to around 12.6, better than Hana Moyu or Taira no Kiyomori, but still Sanada Maru ended up with 16.6 and I didn't think it was anywhere near as good as Naotora. Looks like the audience dropped Naotora around episode 22 and never came back.