Ryu Kowata Shares VIVANT Episode 20 Still Of Li's Wild Gunfire Scene
A single Instagram post turned a supporting villain's most excessive scene into the episode's talking point, and the responses show viewers reading Li's open, unsubtle villainy as the character's appeal rather than a flaw.
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Ryu Kowata, who plays Ri Minzua in the Sunday theater drama VIVANT, posted an Instagram photo from Episode 20. The scene shows Li firing guns in both hands after a comrade is killed, then standing blank-faced because Nokor, played by Kazunari Ninomiya, had already withdrawn. Social media replies called the villainy blatant and easy to understand, and the blank expression funny.
Kowata's post carried a still from Episode 20 with the message, "Thank you for watching yesterday!" The image shows Li coming out of Shakhi Castle after his comrade is shot by Nokor, holding guns in both hands and firing, then finding no return fire because Nokor had already withdrawn.
Replies to the post and to the episode picked out the blank, bewildered face that follows the shooting, along with the hairstyle that several viewers said made Kowata look like a different person. Li is still pursuing Yusuke Nogi, played by Masato Sakai, and the group who retrieved a squad member by motorcycle, leaving Episode 21 to answer whether he catches them.
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