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{{Nihongo|'''Millionaire Village'''|富豪村|Fugō-mura}} is the first episode of the TV Drama seriesNHK's ''[[Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (TV Drama)|Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan]]'' TV drama series, released on December 28, 2020. It adapts the one-shot ''[[TSKR Episode 5|Millionaire Village]]''.

In this episode, [[Rohan Kishibe]] is invited by his editor [[Kyoka Izumi]] to assist in the peculiar sale of a mansion in a remote village whose inhabitants have all become rich.

The next day, a young girl named [[Kyoka Izumi]] knocks at Rohan's door while carrying a bag of books. She is Rohan's new editor at "[[Shueisha|Shumeisha]]" and has come to greet him and bring him books on crime for his next one-shot. Rohan doesn't answer, but the door is unlocked so she can enter. Rohan tells her to go away as he's exercising before working, but Kyoka doesn't listen and insists on giving him the books. Rohan scoffs at the now useless books since he's acquired prime material for his story and intends to make sure the burglar that'll appear in a single panel of his story will say something that perfectly represents burglars, even if he only has a single line, for the sake of the realism. Kyoka then discovers the burglars peacefully tied up and sitting in the corner of Rohan's office. They even tell her that they are willingly cooperating with him. It is revealed that the younger burglar was studying seriously and used to read Rohan's series faithfully. However, someone confiscated his "''[[Weekly Shonen Jump|Shonen Jumbo]]''," leading him to become frustrated with school, fail his exams, become a drop-out and turn to crime. He consequently met with Rohan, leading to the manga artist taking inspiration from the actual burglar for his character. In the present, Rohan rudely shoos Kyoka out of his house and hands her the bag of books before shutting the door. Looking at his hostages, Rohan is glad to have written "commands" to make the burglars obedient. Before beginning to draw, Rohan ironically decides that his burglar character will remain silent.

Deciding that it is best not to take out their phones to look up how to drink tea, Kyoka lifts her cup and tries to drink properly, but Ikkyu immediately requests that she and Rohan leave and try their luck next time. He explains that Kyoka breached etiquette by putting her finger inside the handle of the teacup. Kyoka asks for another chance, but Ikkyu announces that she will pay the price for her breaches of etiquette and lose something dear to her for each mistake. Kyoka accepts her second chance without thinking but the phone rings, and she answers it. Kyoka breaks down when she hears Taro informing her that Maron is ill, and then she suddenly hears a car crash into Taro. Ikkyu then reveals that answering the phone was her second mistake and for that, she lost both her dog and her boyfriend. Panicking, Kyoka rushes out of the room to go back to Taro, but Rohan turns her into a book to prevent her from making any other mistake, writing a command in her book to compel her to stay unconscious for a while. Rohan also turns Ikkyu into a book to read his biography but instead discovers the rules of the mountains'[[Mountain godsGods]]: those who breach etiquette on this tabooed land will lose something dear to them, one by one. By reading someone's thoughts without permission, Rohan also incurs the mountainMountain godsGods' wrath.: Hishis right arm goes limp, and he loses his ability to move it, shocking Rohan to the core since it means he cannot draw anymore.

Ikkyu suggests that they both leave, but Rohan refuses to back down and requests another test. Rohan is thus served a plate of corn and is tasked with eating it the proper way. Rohan sees several potential utensils and hesitates but is reminded of his boast that he could hold up to the Royal Family as far as etiquette matters. He grabs the corn by its end with his remaining hand and proudly takes a bite. Ikkyu snidely prepares to announce Rohan's loss, but Rohan tells Ikkyu to look down. The boy realizes that he's stepping on the edges of the tatami mats in the room, and he panics, retreating out of the room. Ikkyu accuses Rohan of having cheated, but Rohan plays dumb. Rohan suddenly regains the use of his right arm and takes the corn with both of his hands. Ikkyu tries to justify that Rohan has breached etiquette since the proper way to eat corn is by grabbing it with both hands, but he initially only used one. Rohan tells the story of how a guest who was invited to the queen's dinner party accidentally drank water meant for handwashing. However, the queen did the same thing so that her guest wouldn't be shamed. Whether or not the story is true, it demonstrates that the nature of good manners is having the empathy to keep the other party from being uncomfortable. With his test set for failure, Ikkyu has breached etiquette, and besides, he's stepping on the edges of the tatami mat again. Ikkyu's act of stepping on the tatami mat twice with both feet causes him to pay the price four times. Thus, Taro and Maron are revived, whereas Ikkyu's right arm and foot are disabled. AsAlthough Ikkyu claims that the gods won't forgive Rohan's breach, nothing happens to Rohan. He tells Ikkyu that immediately pointing out others' bad manners is also a breach of etiquette, which infuriates the butler. Rohan enjoys the sight of Ikkyu losing his cool, who cries and hits the floor in frustration.

[[Category:TSKRThus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Drama Episodes]]