S1E1: "Double Payback! A New Hero Rises Against Corrupt Bosses!! Can He Recover 500 Million? Battles Among Wives in Company Housing — Ambition or Friendship?" (1 votes)
View Episode →Season 1 holds the highest collective average score across the series.
Season 1 Details →Lowest score variance (σ = 0.99), maintaining an average of 9.1.
Season 1 finale: ""Will There Be 100-Fold Payback? Who Will Be The One Kneeling At The End! Shocking Conclusion!! Friendship or Betrayal?""
Episode Recap →Complete Episode Rating Matrix
Interactive score chart by season and episode number. Darker green indicates higher ratings; amber and red denote lower reception.
Ratings Analysis & Trajectory
Across 2 seasons and 20 episodes, Hanzawa Naoki has earned an overall series rating of 9.1 out of 10. The series displays remarkable consistency across its narrative arc, maintaining reliable ratings from premiere to conclusion.
The single highest-rated hour of television in the series is Season 1, Episode 1 (""Double Payback! A New Hero Rises Against Corrupt Bosses!! Can He Recover 500 Million? Battles Among Wives in Company Housing — Ambition or Friendship?""), rated at an extraordinary 10.0/10 with 1 ratings. Conversely, the lowest-rated installment is Season 1, Episode 10 (""Will There Be 100-Fold Payback? Who Will Be The One Kneeling At The End! Shocking Conclusion!! Friendship or Betrayal?""), landing at 8.0/10.
The most precipitous single-episode shift occurred in Season 1 between Episode 5 (""Hanzawa Transfers?! A Battle for Survival"", 10) and Episode 6 (""From 500 Million to 12 Billion! Will There Be Double Payback in Tokyo? Hanzawa, Transferred to Headquarters, Battles a Huge Enemy!"", 8), a swing of 2 points.