Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (2024) s01e02 Episode Script
Let Me Express My Sincerity, and Maybe Earn Your Affection in the Process
1
[school bell tolls]
[panting]
He's not tailing me.
Good!
[sighs]
I can't even
eat my lunch in peace.
Like, every single break I get,
I turn around and he's there.
Escaping him's out
since the damn cuts
from my transplant
only just healed up,
but all this stress
isn't helping anything!
That guy's got some nerve
telling the same chick
he told to go sell herself
that he's in love with her now.
The jerk.
It's impossible to know
what's going on
behind that smile.
[groans]
- [KIRISHIMA] Yoshino.
- Huh?
[screams]
How the heck did you find me?
Through the power of love.
Soon as I wonder where you are,
I just instantly know.
What?
I was just joshin Yoshers.
But my love for you is no joke.
Cut the crap and spill
how you really tracked me down!
Fine, you win.
Check out your bag
if you want an answer.
Huh?
[KIRISHIMA] Yep.
There it is.
I crammed
a sneaky little GPS device
into your
electronic dictionary.
[screams]
Yeah, always knowing
where you are
- is a pretty great feeling.
- God damn it!
You must really
wanna fight with me.
Well, I guess congrats
are in order, 'cause it worked.
[KIRISHIMA]
I thought you wouldn't get mad
if I fessed up
before you found out.
Are you mad anyway?
[YOSHINO]
If this don't look mad to you,
then you better
trade in your eyeballs
at the optometrist!
Yes, I used
the GPS to track you,
but the reason I was looking
is 'cause I just got word
about something.
Let's not
shoot the messenger here.
We've gotta head straight home,
so if you have plans tonight,
cancel 'em.
It seems the boss
has something to discuss.
[sighs]
LET ME EXPRESS MY
SINCERITY, AND MAYBE EARN
YOUR AFFECTION
IN THE PROCESS
[Yoshino groans softly]
[YOSHINO]
What is this about?
A couple recent events
come to mind.
I promise you
it's not gonna be a big deal.
Relax.
[YOSHINO]
Do you know what's going on?
[door slides open]
Huh?
[KIRISHIMA] Oh.
Is the boss not coming?
He has a more pressing matter
to attend to.
So, I'll be handling this.
[KIRISHIMA]
I don't believe you've been
properly introduced.
- Hm.
- He's Tachibana
and he's Inamori.
Hey, there.
He looks bad, but Tachibana's
actually a teddy bear.
You wanna die, shitbag?
Shut up and listen
because I'm only
saying this once.
- Especially you, girl.
- [gasps]
Now that I have your attention,
we heard the daughter
of Akaza Enterprises' president
has disappeared.
Should I recognize the name?
They're a third-string
Tokusa Clan affiliate.
So, they're third from the top.
As I'm sure you're aware,
our family's second
from the top.
The girl that's missing
is about your age.
Could be a spoiled brat
running off in rebellion,
or it could be
she was kidnapped for ransom.
Things like this
happen every day,
but what makes it
a little different
is we now have
a similar girl on our hands.
[gasps]
There'll be hell to pay
if she just vanished.
Yoshino Somei.
Uh yes, sir?
For now, until they find
where the Akaza girl went,
you're gonna need Kirishima
to accompany you
twenty-four seven.
And if that's no good,
use Inamori.
[chuckles nervously]
- Got it?
- Uh
Loud and clear.
Uh.
- Be nice, Yoshino.
- Uh.
[YOSHINO]
Aw, crap.
♪
Twenty-four hours a day
with him?
I'm gonna snap
and kill this dude.
It's not even a question.
[KIRISHIMA]
Something wrong?
- Hm?
- Seems like it.
Why would something be wrong?
I mean,
besides the fact
I was basically
put under house arrest,
I'm doing great.
What?
Says who?
I've got some
dinner reservations
for the two of us tonight,
so you kinda have to leave.
[YOSHINO] Did you zone out
for that entire conversat--
You worry way too much,
Yoshino.
But that is part of your charm.
I'm fairly sure nobody's
targeting either of us,
so no point in being paranoid,
is there?
Do you know something?
Come to dinner with me
and I might be more inclined
to share that information.
[bubbling]
[YOSHINO] I let that
smooth talker talk me into it.
Hm.
What is this?
Delicious deep-fried hasu.
It's deep-fried what?
It means lotus root.
I see.
They call lotus roots
"hasu" here?
Sounds Tokyo-y enough.
[chuckles softly]
Hm.
It's good.
Really complements
the soy sauce.
What?
Problem?
Nah, just basking
in your cuteness is all.
[gutted]
Okay,
I'm gonna be
perfectly blunt with you.
What is it about me that's
got you so freakin' hooked?
- [KIRISHIMA] Why do you ask?
- I dunno.
But if you honestly think
there's even a tiny chance
I'll ever fall for you,
flowers've gotta be growing
where all of your braincells
oughta be.
Hm?
[laughs]
Then I guess I love
every single thing about you.
And I especially love
when you talk like that.
Take my hasu, too.
[gasps]
[YOSHINO] He's acting like
the king of courtesy.
It doesn't make him seem
any less threatening, though.
I don't get it.
Then again,
he's the first person
who's ever told me
he's into me,
so I've got nothing
to compare it to!
Ah, I almost forgot
we had a deal.
More information about
the president's
missing daughter,
just as we agreed.
[YOSHINO]
Oh.
[KIRISHIMA]
Twenty-year-old Shiori Akaza.
She attends a junior college
in Kanagawa.
Are those rose tattoos real?
Not the most
well-behaved socialite,
or the smartest move.
That said, she doesn't have
a police record yet.
[YOSHINO]
Hmm.
Two years ago,
there was a funeral
for a consultant
to the main family
where I had a chance
to speak with her.
Picture a typical rich girl
and you've got her
in a nutshell.
You know all that,
but you don't have any idea
where she's gone to?
It's like Tachibana told us.
She either ran away
after maxing out
her daddy's credit card
or she got snatched up
by some punk
and sold her off for
a couple of hundred thou.
[laughs]
Not funny, man.
You're laughing at someone
who's in the same rocky boat
we're in.
We could be kidnapped and sold
just 'cause
of who our family is, too.
Nah, I doubt that would
ever happen to me.
Unlike how you
and your grandpa are.
I'm not Boss Miyama's
grandkid by blood.
Huh?
He doesn't have
any grandchildren
since he doesn't have kids.
My real grandfather
is his older brother,
so he's my granduncle,
if that's a thing.
I imposed on him
at the tender age of twelve.
When you say you "imposed",
you mean you wanted
to become a yakuza?
Huh?
Of course not.
I just wound up at his house
when my list of options
got whittled down.
[gasps]
[phone vibrates]
[KIRISHIMA] Sorry.
Gotta take this.
[phone vibrates]
[door slides open]
[door slides shut]
[YOSHINO]
Twelve years old.
How the hell does
a kid that young
end up knocking
on the yakuza's door?
[door slides open]
[gasps]
You already
done with your call?
Not a lot to report.
A guy who belonged
to Akaza Enterprises
was just found dead.
[gasps]
Seems the plot's thickening.
- [birds chirping]
- So,
the victim was an associate
member of the group.
Started out at a host club
and went on to run
several restaurants
around town.
Hmm.
Fancy that.
And fancy you
ploppin' yourself down
and chattin' me up
when that isn't your seat
and this isn't even
your friggin' class!
It turns out he was in charge
of some underground gambling.
Can you not hear?
Specifically, he ran
gambling rings in apartments.
[growls]
How'd that work?
Rent an average unit or two,
and then set up
a couple baccarat tables
and such for the rich to use.
Apparently, our AWOL Akaza girl
was a regular at
one of these apartment rings.
Huh?
She and the stiff had a history
of gambling with each other.
She's also the reason
he got involved
with her family's group
in the first place.
And how exactly did you learn
all of these fun facts?
Really wanna know?
Will you actually tell me
if I say yes?
Hmm.
Nope, I won't!
How about I strangle you, then?
Listen, if it goes down
outside of Tokusa turf,
I guarantee I'm as clueless
about it as the next guy.
"Turf?".
You mean.
[KIRISHIMA]
Territories.
Whenever you walk the city,
you're strolling through
some group's turf.
Walk a few more blocks,
you'll be on
another group's turf.
Huh.
Never really thought of it
that way before.
Well, your people pretty much
dominate in Osaka.
But over here,
the Tokusas control
about seventy percent
while other families
split up the rest of it.
And it's been a long
and bloody struggle
with no signs of stopping
for over a century!
[laughs]
[YOSHINO]
I missed the punchline again.
[YOSHINO]
I feel bad for dragging you
out of the house
for something so silly.
I knew the power frequencies
between our two cities
were different, but.
I spaced and brought
an ancient hairdryer.
Ooh!
If anything, we should've had
appliances ready for you
when you got here.
That's our bad.
[YOSHINO] He's the first nice,
normal person
I've met in Tokyo!
Kirishima couldn't
miss the funeral,
but he did seem
genuinely bummed
that he couldn't
come along tonight.
I'm glad you two hit it off.
[YOSHINO]
We really didn't.
I have no idea why he says
half the things he does.
Well, to tell you the truth,
I don't think I've ever had
a proper conversation
with him before.
How long have
you known each other?
Back since
his middle school days.
That boy sure as hell
didn't act his age, though.
And it's as tough to talk
to him now as it was then.
Which might just be a result
of having the boss's blood.
Hey. Can you confirm
something for me?
He said he "imposed"
on Mister Miyama
when he was twelve years old
because he was out of options.
Is that what happened?
I wouldn't necessarily say
he imposed.
It's my understanding
he never asked.
It happened
after a violent incident
he caused in the fifth grade.
What?
[INAMORI]
It was a big enough deal
that his parents weren't able
to handle it on their own,
or so I'm told.
That's when
the boss stepped in,
sorted things out,
and brought Kirishima
into the house.
How violent was this incident?
There were twenty other kids
both Kirishima's age and older,
and everyone except him left
that fight with snapped bones.
Snapped?
Are you exaggerating?
Well, I mean.
I heard it secondhand,
so who knows if it's true?
Forget I said that.
I shouldn't have let
my big mouth get carried away.
[exhales]
♪
Ugh, traffic's the worst
around this time.
Huh?
Wait.
[KIRISHIMA]
Twenty-year-old Shiori Akaza.
Yeah!
That's her!
Shiori Akaza!
[KIRISHIMA] Wow.
Am I dreaming?
You never call me up.
D'you get
your new hairdryer yet?
Yeah,
I just bought it, actually.
But that's not why I called.
I saw a girl going into a club,
and if she's not
President Akaza's daughter,
then she's her clone.
Even had rose tattoos.
So her being "missing"
was a steaming load of crap.
- [gasps]
- Her old man's been
as difficult to track down
as she has lately.
They're doing their best
to keep a low profile.
[YOSHINO]
Then they're both hiding?
Makes you wonder
what they're hiding from.
You catch the name
of the club she went in?
Ah.
Good ol' Nox Tokyo.
She just had
to make it awkward.
[YOSHINO]
That club seems flashy enough.
How's it awkward?
Because Nox Tokyo
is on Kirigaya turf,
not Tokusa Clan turf.
Did you just say Kirigaya?
That's one
of my family's clans!
Yep.
Which means our guys
wouldn't be seen
wandering around there.
It's a clever trick,
I'll admit.
But since I'm technically
not yakuza, I could go.
Hold up! You're gonna
barge in there all by yourself?
[KIRISHIMA]
Got a better idea?
How about not doing that?
I could be totally wrong,
and besides,
why are you the one
who has to solve this mystery?
It'll be fine.
Clubs don't allow
the real dangerous stuff,
so I should survive.
You know your odds
would go way up
if you just avoided
the whole situation, right?
[sighs]
All right, then.
I'll call the family office
and tell 'em that I wanna
drop by the club tonight.
As a harmless request from
Boss Somei's granddaughter.
I don't see why
they'd refuse to let us inside.
Wait.
You wanna go to the club?
If you're looking
for a good time,
I'll definitely take you to a--
I'm going with you
because it's my fault
you know about it!
I'll meet you right
outside the club, okay?
[KIRISHIMA]
Huh?
[TACHIBANA]
Sounds like trouble.
The kind that
could complicate things
for that one deal.
You want me and a few
of the younger guys to go?
[exhales]
Let him do this solo.
If he screws up,
we'll make him pay for it
accordingly once he's home.
If he ends up dead,
then I guess that's that.
[people cheering]
♪
It's so damn loud,
I can't hear myself think!
[grunts]
I was so much happier
sixty seconds ago!
Wh-what the hell?
Their parents
would be in tears!
Not gonna see a whole
lot of families in here.
It's pretty sketchy
so stick close to me.
Then, we'll bounce, 'kay?
[FRIEND 1] Shiori, aren't you
heading overseas tomorrow?
Why risk coming out
when you're almost home free?
Who asked you?
I get enough of that
kind of nagging from Dad.
It's obnoxious how he worries
about every little thing.
I am so over his paranoia
and always being spied on!
But, like,
what did you even do?
She and her late buddy
were cheating at card games
against the Filipino mafia
and were eventually caught.
The mafia?
Yikes!
They took them
for five hundred mil, too.
Like true idiots.
And now
one of the idiots is dead.
And if you do the job that
I'm paying you for, I won't be.
But it is such bullsh
All I did was invite them.
They bet the five hundred mill.
I didn't scam anyone.
[door slams open]
Five hundred million?
That could buy you
a lot of fun.
Hope you don't mind us
dropping by to say hi.
Um, do I know you?
You really don't remember me?
We met at Captain Kashiwagi's
funeral two years ago.
I'm Gaku Miyama's grandson,
Kirishima Miyama.
You can call me Somei
if you want.
What?
A Miyama?
S'that ring a bell?
Or is this moron
just full of it?
No, he's a lunatic.
Okay, look.
I don't know who you are
or who sent you here
but do you actually think
you can kill me on your own?
- [gasps]
- Nah, I've got zero reasons
to kill you, Shiori Akaza.
But those guys
with the Filipino mob,
on the other hand,
have about
five hundred million of them.
Yeah?
[KIRISHIMA] President Akaza's
gotta be terrified.
Speaking of, have you seen him?
With his little girl
ripping off
a Filipino crime syndicate
for a cool half-billion,
I can only guess
why he's been MIA.
What's your point?
Cancel your overseas trip,
if you would.
Come have a chat with me
at our office tomorrow instead.
What?
If you and your father
keep up this senseless chase,
it'll get past
the point of no return
and you'll both be screwed.
The trouble
you've gotten yourself into
is causing trouble
for the main family too.
[gasps]
President Akaza
made the right move
by going underground
but if he digs much deeper,
he'll find himself stuck
between a rock
and a hard place.
Yoshino!
Huh?
[thuds]
Stay down.
What's goin' on?
Some social hour?
This what you assholes
get paid to do?
We were just waiting on you
before we messed him up.
[NAOYA]
You needed three more guys
to take out one punk kid?
That's just lazy.
Well, when you put it that way,
we'll let you off easy
and take care of him our
[groans]
[groaning]
Son of a
[groans]
[KIRISHIMA]
What did you just say?
[chokes]
Something about
letting someone off easy?
[screams]
Well, not you, pal.
None of you are
leaving here alive.
Who the hell are you, huh?
[grunts]
[screams]
[groans]
[groans]
[PUNK]
Come here, you demonic freak!
[YOSHINO]
Damn, that hurts like hell!
[TAKESHI]
You'll regret that!
[groans]
[grunting]
There were twenty other kids
both Kirishima's age and older,
and everyone except him left
that fight with snapped bones.
[YOSHINO]
Well, I buy it.
He's more than capable!
[thud]
How can he hit someone with
all his strength like that?
How is he so strong?
No.
I'm just weak.
But not weak enough to
run from this damn mess!
[Naoya grunts]
[grunts]
[groans]
[retches]
[grunts]
Payback time!
[groans]
[Naoya pants]
I'm gonna kill you!
[grunts]
[groans]
[bottle clatters]
[Yoshino exhales]
[grunts]
[groans]
Think any of us wanna hear
your dumb ass scream?
Announcing you'll kill him.
How 'bout you die?
[shudders]
Shit, I broke the hairdryer.
It won't fold now.
You know that
you're bleeding, right?
[YOSHINO]
Oh.
Yeah, it's just a bloody nose.
I'd be more concerned about
the thing stuck in your leg.
Huh?
[KIRISHIMA] You think
you get to take a nap
after hitting Yoshino
and making her bleed?
[YOSHINO]
He ain't hearin' nothin'.
Stupid punk.
I'll kill you!
You'll see!
[YOSHINO] He's still awake
after those two hits?
[thud]
My girl is bleeding
and the asshole
responsible for that is you.
But I won't let you die
just yet.
I want another ten liters
of blood outta you
before you pass
to the next life.
[thuds]
[exhales]
Will you quit it?
Get a hold of yourself
right now!
How crazy do you have to be
to murder someone
over one smack?
[KIRISHIMA] You're the one
who said, "How 'bout you die?"
It ain't worth the energy
to kill scumbags like him
and his crew.
[KIRISHIMA]
But you're bleeding.
[YOSHINO]
Not because I was hit.
I landed on my face
when I fell.
[KIRISHIMA]
You're such a liar.
It's the truth!
Hang on!
Where did Shiori Akaza go?
[gasps]
[gasps]
♪
Please. Please tell me
she still has a pulse.
[groans]
[KIRISHIMA]
What's it even matter?
I'm too depressed to care.
Get off me and get a grip,
damn it!
The president
just got fired, huh?
[KIRISHIMA]
More like exiled.
Neither he nor his daughter
are in Japan anymore
since it's not exactly
safe for the latter.
Wow.
Just one question left.
Why are you more injured
than you were before?
Stirring up things on
Kirigaya turf is a bad look,
so I got lectured.
[YOSHINO]
Oof.
[thuds]
This is?
- Ten million yen.
- What?
Do I want to know
where it's from?
Well, the Filipino mafia
split the five hundred mil
with my family,
and this was
my cut of the loot.
No!
When I say that they split it,
I mean right down the middle,
so this is only a small portion
of the entire pot.
That's how bad they wanted
the Akazas found
and their money back.
And since I was the one
who did the finding,
I got a very nice reward.
Which is all yours now.
Why?
This is your cash.
I'm not about to take it!
There's no reason!
[KIRISHIMA]
You literally gave me
four million yen the other day.
Huh?
I thought of selling
my own kidney
as a way to
pay you back for yours,
but it takes
a special kind of hookup.
And I don't know
how to show you
I'm being sincere
besides with cash.
[sighs]
You wanna talk sincerity
but we've got some
other stuff to unpack here.
I know the right people
I could sell my corneas to
if that's more sincere.
It'll only be
a hundred thou, though.
[sighs]
Don't be dumb.
I don't need the money,
or your corneas.
What I need is a new hairdryer,
since I broke the other one
against that guy's skull.
Do you wanna help me shop?
Hm?
[chuckles softly]
Yeah, of course!
♪
Where should we go after
picking up the hairdryer?
We could see a movie.
You can if you want to
but I'm going straight home.
[bike accelerates]
♪
[school bell tolls]
[panting]
He's not tailing me.
Good!
[sighs]
I can't even
eat my lunch in peace.
Like, every single break I get,
I turn around and he's there.
Escaping him's out
since the damn cuts
from my transplant
only just healed up,
but all this stress
isn't helping anything!
That guy's got some nerve
telling the same chick
he told to go sell herself
that he's in love with her now.
The jerk.
It's impossible to know
what's going on
behind that smile.
[groans]
- [KIRISHIMA] Yoshino.
- Huh?
[screams]
How the heck did you find me?
Through the power of love.
Soon as I wonder where you are,
I just instantly know.
What?
I was just joshin Yoshers.
But my love for you is no joke.
Cut the crap and spill
how you really tracked me down!
Fine, you win.
Check out your bag
if you want an answer.
Huh?
[KIRISHIMA] Yep.
There it is.
I crammed
a sneaky little GPS device
into your
electronic dictionary.
[screams]
Yeah, always knowing
where you are
- is a pretty great feeling.
- God damn it!
You must really
wanna fight with me.
Well, I guess congrats
are in order, 'cause it worked.
[KIRISHIMA]
I thought you wouldn't get mad
if I fessed up
before you found out.
Are you mad anyway?
[YOSHINO]
If this don't look mad to you,
then you better
trade in your eyeballs
at the optometrist!
Yes, I used
the GPS to track you,
but the reason I was looking
is 'cause I just got word
about something.
Let's not
shoot the messenger here.
We've gotta head straight home,
so if you have plans tonight,
cancel 'em.
It seems the boss
has something to discuss.
[sighs]
LET ME EXPRESS MY
SINCERITY, AND MAYBE EARN
YOUR AFFECTION
IN THE PROCESS
[Yoshino groans softly]
[YOSHINO]
What is this about?
A couple recent events
come to mind.
I promise you
it's not gonna be a big deal.
Relax.
[YOSHINO]
Do you know what's going on?
[door slides open]
Huh?
[KIRISHIMA] Oh.
Is the boss not coming?
He has a more pressing matter
to attend to.
So, I'll be handling this.
[KIRISHIMA]
I don't believe you've been
properly introduced.
- Hm.
- He's Tachibana
and he's Inamori.
Hey, there.
He looks bad, but Tachibana's
actually a teddy bear.
You wanna die, shitbag?
Shut up and listen
because I'm only
saying this once.
- Especially you, girl.
- [gasps]
Now that I have your attention,
we heard the daughter
of Akaza Enterprises' president
has disappeared.
Should I recognize the name?
They're a third-string
Tokusa Clan affiliate.
So, they're third from the top.
As I'm sure you're aware,
our family's second
from the top.
The girl that's missing
is about your age.
Could be a spoiled brat
running off in rebellion,
or it could be
she was kidnapped for ransom.
Things like this
happen every day,
but what makes it
a little different
is we now have
a similar girl on our hands.
[gasps]
There'll be hell to pay
if she just vanished.
Yoshino Somei.
Uh yes, sir?
For now, until they find
where the Akaza girl went,
you're gonna need Kirishima
to accompany you
twenty-four seven.
And if that's no good,
use Inamori.
[chuckles nervously]
- Got it?
- Uh
Loud and clear.
Uh.
- Be nice, Yoshino.
- Uh.
[YOSHINO]
Aw, crap.
♪
Twenty-four hours a day
with him?
I'm gonna snap
and kill this dude.
It's not even a question.
[KIRISHIMA]
Something wrong?
- Hm?
- Seems like it.
Why would something be wrong?
I mean,
besides the fact
I was basically
put under house arrest,
I'm doing great.
What?
Says who?
I've got some
dinner reservations
for the two of us tonight,
so you kinda have to leave.
[YOSHINO] Did you zone out
for that entire conversat--
You worry way too much,
Yoshino.
But that is part of your charm.
I'm fairly sure nobody's
targeting either of us,
so no point in being paranoid,
is there?
Do you know something?
Come to dinner with me
and I might be more inclined
to share that information.
[bubbling]
[YOSHINO] I let that
smooth talker talk me into it.
Hm.
What is this?
Delicious deep-fried hasu.
It's deep-fried what?
It means lotus root.
I see.
They call lotus roots
"hasu" here?
Sounds Tokyo-y enough.
[chuckles softly]
Hm.
It's good.
Really complements
the soy sauce.
What?
Problem?
Nah, just basking
in your cuteness is all.
[gutted]
Okay,
I'm gonna be
perfectly blunt with you.
What is it about me that's
got you so freakin' hooked?
- [KIRISHIMA] Why do you ask?
- I dunno.
But if you honestly think
there's even a tiny chance
I'll ever fall for you,
flowers've gotta be growing
where all of your braincells
oughta be.
Hm?
[laughs]
Then I guess I love
every single thing about you.
And I especially love
when you talk like that.
Take my hasu, too.
[gasps]
[YOSHINO] He's acting like
the king of courtesy.
It doesn't make him seem
any less threatening, though.
I don't get it.
Then again,
he's the first person
who's ever told me
he's into me,
so I've got nothing
to compare it to!
Ah, I almost forgot
we had a deal.
More information about
the president's
missing daughter,
just as we agreed.
[YOSHINO]
Oh.
[KIRISHIMA]
Twenty-year-old Shiori Akaza.
She attends a junior college
in Kanagawa.
Are those rose tattoos real?
Not the most
well-behaved socialite,
or the smartest move.
That said, she doesn't have
a police record yet.
[YOSHINO]
Hmm.
Two years ago,
there was a funeral
for a consultant
to the main family
where I had a chance
to speak with her.
Picture a typical rich girl
and you've got her
in a nutshell.
You know all that,
but you don't have any idea
where she's gone to?
It's like Tachibana told us.
She either ran away
after maxing out
her daddy's credit card
or she got snatched up
by some punk
and sold her off for
a couple of hundred thou.
[laughs]
Not funny, man.
You're laughing at someone
who's in the same rocky boat
we're in.
We could be kidnapped and sold
just 'cause
of who our family is, too.
Nah, I doubt that would
ever happen to me.
Unlike how you
and your grandpa are.
I'm not Boss Miyama's
grandkid by blood.
Huh?
He doesn't have
any grandchildren
since he doesn't have kids.
My real grandfather
is his older brother,
so he's my granduncle,
if that's a thing.
I imposed on him
at the tender age of twelve.
When you say you "imposed",
you mean you wanted
to become a yakuza?
Huh?
Of course not.
I just wound up at his house
when my list of options
got whittled down.
[gasps]
[phone vibrates]
[KIRISHIMA] Sorry.
Gotta take this.
[phone vibrates]
[door slides open]
[door slides shut]
[YOSHINO]
Twelve years old.
How the hell does
a kid that young
end up knocking
on the yakuza's door?
[door slides open]
[gasps]
You already
done with your call?
Not a lot to report.
A guy who belonged
to Akaza Enterprises
was just found dead.
[gasps]
Seems the plot's thickening.
- [birds chirping]
- So,
the victim was an associate
member of the group.
Started out at a host club
and went on to run
several restaurants
around town.
Hmm.
Fancy that.
And fancy you
ploppin' yourself down
and chattin' me up
when that isn't your seat
and this isn't even
your friggin' class!
It turns out he was in charge
of some underground gambling.
Can you not hear?
Specifically, he ran
gambling rings in apartments.
[growls]
How'd that work?
Rent an average unit or two,
and then set up
a couple baccarat tables
and such for the rich to use.
Apparently, our AWOL Akaza girl
was a regular at
one of these apartment rings.
Huh?
She and the stiff had a history
of gambling with each other.
She's also the reason
he got involved
with her family's group
in the first place.
And how exactly did you learn
all of these fun facts?
Really wanna know?
Will you actually tell me
if I say yes?
Hmm.
Nope, I won't!
How about I strangle you, then?
Listen, if it goes down
outside of Tokusa turf,
I guarantee I'm as clueless
about it as the next guy.
"Turf?".
You mean.
[KIRISHIMA]
Territories.
Whenever you walk the city,
you're strolling through
some group's turf.
Walk a few more blocks,
you'll be on
another group's turf.
Huh.
Never really thought of it
that way before.
Well, your people pretty much
dominate in Osaka.
But over here,
the Tokusas control
about seventy percent
while other families
split up the rest of it.
And it's been a long
and bloody struggle
with no signs of stopping
for over a century!
[laughs]
[YOSHINO]
I missed the punchline again.
[YOSHINO]
I feel bad for dragging you
out of the house
for something so silly.
I knew the power frequencies
between our two cities
were different, but.
I spaced and brought
an ancient hairdryer.
Ooh!
If anything, we should've had
appliances ready for you
when you got here.
That's our bad.
[YOSHINO] He's the first nice,
normal person
I've met in Tokyo!
Kirishima couldn't
miss the funeral,
but he did seem
genuinely bummed
that he couldn't
come along tonight.
I'm glad you two hit it off.
[YOSHINO]
We really didn't.
I have no idea why he says
half the things he does.
Well, to tell you the truth,
I don't think I've ever had
a proper conversation
with him before.
How long have
you known each other?
Back since
his middle school days.
That boy sure as hell
didn't act his age, though.
And it's as tough to talk
to him now as it was then.
Which might just be a result
of having the boss's blood.
Hey. Can you confirm
something for me?
He said he "imposed"
on Mister Miyama
when he was twelve years old
because he was out of options.
Is that what happened?
I wouldn't necessarily say
he imposed.
It's my understanding
he never asked.
It happened
after a violent incident
he caused in the fifth grade.
What?
[INAMORI]
It was a big enough deal
that his parents weren't able
to handle it on their own,
or so I'm told.
That's when
the boss stepped in,
sorted things out,
and brought Kirishima
into the house.
How violent was this incident?
There were twenty other kids
both Kirishima's age and older,
and everyone except him left
that fight with snapped bones.
Snapped?
Are you exaggerating?
Well, I mean.
I heard it secondhand,
so who knows if it's true?
Forget I said that.
I shouldn't have let
my big mouth get carried away.
[exhales]
♪
Ugh, traffic's the worst
around this time.
Huh?
Wait.
[KIRISHIMA]
Twenty-year-old Shiori Akaza.
Yeah!
That's her!
Shiori Akaza!
[KIRISHIMA] Wow.
Am I dreaming?
You never call me up.
D'you get
your new hairdryer yet?
Yeah,
I just bought it, actually.
But that's not why I called.
I saw a girl going into a club,
and if she's not
President Akaza's daughter,
then she's her clone.
Even had rose tattoos.
So her being "missing"
was a steaming load of crap.
- [gasps]
- Her old man's been
as difficult to track down
as she has lately.
They're doing their best
to keep a low profile.
[YOSHINO]
Then they're both hiding?
Makes you wonder
what they're hiding from.
You catch the name
of the club she went in?
Ah.
Good ol' Nox Tokyo.
She just had
to make it awkward.
[YOSHINO]
That club seems flashy enough.
How's it awkward?
Because Nox Tokyo
is on Kirigaya turf,
not Tokusa Clan turf.
Did you just say Kirigaya?
That's one
of my family's clans!
Yep.
Which means our guys
wouldn't be seen
wandering around there.
It's a clever trick,
I'll admit.
But since I'm technically
not yakuza, I could go.
Hold up! You're gonna
barge in there all by yourself?
[KIRISHIMA]
Got a better idea?
How about not doing that?
I could be totally wrong,
and besides,
why are you the one
who has to solve this mystery?
It'll be fine.
Clubs don't allow
the real dangerous stuff,
so I should survive.
You know your odds
would go way up
if you just avoided
the whole situation, right?
[sighs]
All right, then.
I'll call the family office
and tell 'em that I wanna
drop by the club tonight.
As a harmless request from
Boss Somei's granddaughter.
I don't see why
they'd refuse to let us inside.
Wait.
You wanna go to the club?
If you're looking
for a good time,
I'll definitely take you to a--
I'm going with you
because it's my fault
you know about it!
I'll meet you right
outside the club, okay?
[KIRISHIMA]
Huh?
[TACHIBANA]
Sounds like trouble.
The kind that
could complicate things
for that one deal.
You want me and a few
of the younger guys to go?
[exhales]
Let him do this solo.
If he screws up,
we'll make him pay for it
accordingly once he's home.
If he ends up dead,
then I guess that's that.
[people cheering]
♪
It's so damn loud,
I can't hear myself think!
[grunts]
I was so much happier
sixty seconds ago!
Wh-what the hell?
Their parents
would be in tears!
Not gonna see a whole
lot of families in here.
It's pretty sketchy
so stick close to me.
Then, we'll bounce, 'kay?
[FRIEND 1] Shiori, aren't you
heading overseas tomorrow?
Why risk coming out
when you're almost home free?
Who asked you?
I get enough of that
kind of nagging from Dad.
It's obnoxious how he worries
about every little thing.
I am so over his paranoia
and always being spied on!
But, like,
what did you even do?
She and her late buddy
were cheating at card games
against the Filipino mafia
and were eventually caught.
The mafia?
Yikes!
They took them
for five hundred mil, too.
Like true idiots.
And now
one of the idiots is dead.
And if you do the job that
I'm paying you for, I won't be.
But it is such bullsh
All I did was invite them.
They bet the five hundred mill.
I didn't scam anyone.
[door slams open]
Five hundred million?
That could buy you
a lot of fun.
Hope you don't mind us
dropping by to say hi.
Um, do I know you?
You really don't remember me?
We met at Captain Kashiwagi's
funeral two years ago.
I'm Gaku Miyama's grandson,
Kirishima Miyama.
You can call me Somei
if you want.
What?
A Miyama?
S'that ring a bell?
Or is this moron
just full of it?
No, he's a lunatic.
Okay, look.
I don't know who you are
or who sent you here
but do you actually think
you can kill me on your own?
- [gasps]
- Nah, I've got zero reasons
to kill you, Shiori Akaza.
But those guys
with the Filipino mob,
on the other hand,
have about
five hundred million of them.
Yeah?
[KIRISHIMA] President Akaza's
gotta be terrified.
Speaking of, have you seen him?
With his little girl
ripping off
a Filipino crime syndicate
for a cool half-billion,
I can only guess
why he's been MIA.
What's your point?
Cancel your overseas trip,
if you would.
Come have a chat with me
at our office tomorrow instead.
What?
If you and your father
keep up this senseless chase,
it'll get past
the point of no return
and you'll both be screwed.
The trouble
you've gotten yourself into
is causing trouble
for the main family too.
[gasps]
President Akaza
made the right move
by going underground
but if he digs much deeper,
he'll find himself stuck
between a rock
and a hard place.
Yoshino!
Huh?
[thuds]
Stay down.
What's goin' on?
Some social hour?
This what you assholes
get paid to do?
We were just waiting on you
before we messed him up.
[NAOYA]
You needed three more guys
to take out one punk kid?
That's just lazy.
Well, when you put it that way,
we'll let you off easy
and take care of him our
[groans]
[groaning]
Son of a
[groans]
[KIRISHIMA]
What did you just say?
[chokes]
Something about
letting someone off easy?
[screams]
Well, not you, pal.
None of you are
leaving here alive.
Who the hell are you, huh?
[grunts]
[screams]
[groans]
[groans]
[PUNK]
Come here, you demonic freak!
[YOSHINO]
Damn, that hurts like hell!
[TAKESHI]
You'll regret that!
[groans]
[grunting]
There were twenty other kids
both Kirishima's age and older,
and everyone except him left
that fight with snapped bones.
[YOSHINO]
Well, I buy it.
He's more than capable!
[thud]
How can he hit someone with
all his strength like that?
How is he so strong?
No.
I'm just weak.
But not weak enough to
run from this damn mess!
[Naoya grunts]
[grunts]
[groans]
[retches]
[grunts]
Payback time!
[groans]
[Naoya pants]
I'm gonna kill you!
[grunts]
[groans]
[bottle clatters]
[Yoshino exhales]
[grunts]
[groans]
Think any of us wanna hear
your dumb ass scream?
Announcing you'll kill him.
How 'bout you die?
[shudders]
Shit, I broke the hairdryer.
It won't fold now.
You know that
you're bleeding, right?
[YOSHINO]
Oh.
Yeah, it's just a bloody nose.
I'd be more concerned about
the thing stuck in your leg.
Huh?
[KIRISHIMA] You think
you get to take a nap
after hitting Yoshino
and making her bleed?
[YOSHINO]
He ain't hearin' nothin'.
Stupid punk.
I'll kill you!
You'll see!
[YOSHINO] He's still awake
after those two hits?
[thud]
My girl is bleeding
and the asshole
responsible for that is you.
But I won't let you die
just yet.
I want another ten liters
of blood outta you
before you pass
to the next life.
[thuds]
[exhales]
Will you quit it?
Get a hold of yourself
right now!
How crazy do you have to be
to murder someone
over one smack?
[KIRISHIMA] You're the one
who said, "How 'bout you die?"
It ain't worth the energy
to kill scumbags like him
and his crew.
[KIRISHIMA]
But you're bleeding.
[YOSHINO]
Not because I was hit.
I landed on my face
when I fell.
[KIRISHIMA]
You're such a liar.
It's the truth!
Hang on!
Where did Shiori Akaza go?
[gasps]
[gasps]
♪
Please. Please tell me
she still has a pulse.
[groans]
[KIRISHIMA]
What's it even matter?
I'm too depressed to care.
Get off me and get a grip,
damn it!
The president
just got fired, huh?
[KIRISHIMA]
More like exiled.
Neither he nor his daughter
are in Japan anymore
since it's not exactly
safe for the latter.
Wow.
Just one question left.
Why are you more injured
than you were before?
Stirring up things on
Kirigaya turf is a bad look,
so I got lectured.
[YOSHINO]
Oof.
[thuds]
This is?
- Ten million yen.
- What?
Do I want to know
where it's from?
Well, the Filipino mafia
split the five hundred mil
with my family,
and this was
my cut of the loot.
No!
When I say that they split it,
I mean right down the middle,
so this is only a small portion
of the entire pot.
That's how bad they wanted
the Akazas found
and their money back.
And since I was the one
who did the finding,
I got a very nice reward.
Which is all yours now.
Why?
This is your cash.
I'm not about to take it!
There's no reason!
[KIRISHIMA]
You literally gave me
four million yen the other day.
Huh?
I thought of selling
my own kidney
as a way to
pay you back for yours,
but it takes
a special kind of hookup.
And I don't know
how to show you
I'm being sincere
besides with cash.
[sighs]
You wanna talk sincerity
but we've got some
other stuff to unpack here.
I know the right people
I could sell my corneas to
if that's more sincere.
It'll only be
a hundred thou, though.
[sighs]
Don't be dumb.
I don't need the money,
or your corneas.
What I need is a new hairdryer,
since I broke the other one
against that guy's skull.
Do you wanna help me shop?
Hm?
[chuckles softly]
Yeah, of course!
♪
Where should we go after
picking up the hairdryer?
We could see a movie.
You can if you want to
but I'm going straight home.
[bike accelerates]
♪