Hanzawa Naoki: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Hanzawa Naoki Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
"Subsidiary vs. Main Bank! Hanzawa's New Revolt Begins"
Jul 19, 2020
As retaliation for exposing financial fraud at his employer, Tokyo Chuo Banking Corporation, Hanzawa is transferred to one of its subsidiaries, Tokyo Central Securities. There, not
"Double Payback Against the Cowardly Boss! Fight Alongside Your Colleagues with A Subsidiary's Pride!"
Jul 26, 2020
After Tokyo Chuo snatches a big deal out from under the nose of Tokyo Central, Hanzawa and his assistant Moriyama vow to get revenge. But when they approach the buyer, Cyber Acroba
"Kurosaki Strikes Again!! Time for Your Punishment, NA. O. KI!"
Aug 2, 2020
Hanzawa declares open war against Tokyo Chuo when he becomes an official advisor to Spiral, which Cyber Acrobatics had been seeking to acquire. Although he manages to defend Spiral
"Hanzawa in Dire Peril! Is the Key His Old Rival, Ōwada!?"
Aug 9, 2020
Thanks to Hanzawa’s plan, Spiral succeeds in pulling off a reverse takeover of Fox. However, to save face, Tokyo Chuo, at vice-president Mikasa’s urging, tries to pressure Cyber Ac
"Payback the Corrupt Politician in Double! Protect 50 Billion from the Treacherous Government"
Aug 16, 2020
Having saved Tokyo Chuo from possible ruin by uncovering fraud on the part of Cyber Acrobatics, Hanzawa gets back his old job at the bank. However, he is soon faced with the unenvi
"Hanzawa Defeated at Last!? The Government's Assassin Bares His Fangs: Kurosaki On Stage!"
Aug 23, 2020
Hanzawa is determined to resist the government’s demand that the big banks write off 50 billion yen in Teikoku Airways debt. Hanzawa and his team instead craft a restructuring plan
"Who Is the Traitor? A Showdown with the Government!"
Aug 30, 2020
Working with Moriyama of Tokyo Central Securities, Hanzawa devises a new plan for restructuring Teikoku Airways. However, their proposal that Sky Hope Airlines accept Teikoku’s exc
"Is it the Bank President...? Expose the Corruption of the Ruthless Politician!"
Sep 13, 2020
Hanzawa gets a look at the government task force’s draft restructuring plan. He is surprised to see that Teikoku Airway’s money-losing flight to Ise-Shima has been taken off the li
"The Final Showdown! Is Hanzawa Finally Defeated? The True Mastermind is..."
Sep 20, 2020
Hanzawa begins probing the fate of a two-billion-yen loan which Tokyo Daiichi Bank made to ruling-party Secretary General Minobe before the bank’s merger. However, Hanzawa is force
"Will There Be a 1000-fold Payback? And an Unexpected Resignation!? The Final Battle Begins"
Sep 27, 2020
Tokyo Daiichi Bank execs Owada and Nakanowatari hand evidence of Minobe’s illicit payments from Ise-Shima State over to the ruling-party politician himself. Furious, Hanzawa vows t