Heartwarming Drama Finale Reveals Family Bonding Was Actually Forced Labor on Human-Powered Kotatsu Generator — Government Hails It as 'Beautiful Self-Reliance,' Plans Nationwide Distribution
Last night's finale of the hit drama 'Invoice of Bonds' sent shockwaves through Nagatacho. The climactic scene depicted a family unable to afford their medical bills tearfully pedaling a kotatsu-integrated generator to earn electricity sales revenue for their grandmother's surgery. Screenwriter Ren Kujo intended this 'hellscape' as biting social satire—but the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare praised it as 'a next-generation sustainable social security model.' Within five minutes of the broadcast's end, the government announced plans for a 'Kotatsu Tax' and nationwide distribution of power-generating kotatsus, plunging viewers from tearful emotion into abject terror.