[1] 9-year old Maki Watanabe was left in an orphanage, named Kogamo no Ie (コガモの家, Japanese: Duck's House) after her mother was arrested for involuntarily causing hurt.

[7] The controversy escalated on January 21, when Japan's national association for orphanages and other related organisations requested that NTV cancel the series.

[1] Due to the controversy, Japanese advertisers such as Mitsubishi Estate and Kao announced that they would withhold their sponsorship of this series.

[9] The controversy was resolved when Nippon Television offered to "give greater consideration to children" by making unspecified changes to the drama's script in a statement made to the nursing home council on February 4, 2014.

The next day, the president of the national council for children's homes, Koichi Fujino, acknowledged the broadcaster's statement, and hinted that he will watch the series until its last episode.