Salaryman Kintaro: 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 Salaryman Kintaro 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
Fight 1
Apr 9, 2000
Kintaro's son Ryuta is now in the first grade, and Kintaro has received a promotion. When CEO Yamato orders him to train the new hires, Kintaro begins a most unusual orientation co
Fight 2
Apr 16, 2000
Kintaro and the others now work for a little venture capital firm, Yamato, Inc. A Chinese man whom he had once saved from thugs approaches Kintaro. Lin wants to give Kintaro some b
Fight 3
Apr 23, 2000
Kintaro tries his best to help Lin out in his bid to build a chain of restaurants, but the Chinese mafia hampers him. Kintaro's co-workers try to talk him out of helping Lin, but K
Fight 4
Apr 30, 2000
A wealthy landowner requests plans to be drawn up for a five-billion-yen job. It sounds like a great job, but he gives them only three days in which to complete the design. Everyon
Fight 5
May 7, 2000
Kintaro has two huge jobs in progress. When it comes time to decide on whom to contract to do the construction, his boss suggests going with Heisei Construction. By using them, Yam
Fight 6
May 14, 2000
Sparks fly when Kintaro and Yamato Inc. come up against Heisei Construction over a multimillion-dollar redevelopment project. The outcome of the upcoming mayoral race will decide t
Fight 7
May 21, 2000
As the mayoral race heats up, a band of motorcycle thugs posing as Kintaro and his friends shows up on street corners causing chaos, and blackening Kintaro's good name.
Fight 8
May 28, 2000
After a hard-fought election campaign, the candidate backed by Yamato Inc. loses. The loss can only be attributed to the dirty tricks used by the opposition. Kintaro goes after the
Fight 9
Jun 4, 2000
Kayo suffers a stroke and must soon undergo intensive physical therapy. Meanwhile, Yamato offers to contract Heisei Construction to work on the redevelopment project, but they are
Fight 10
Jun 11, 2000
When the love triangle between Kintaro, Yoko and Masumi becomes uncomfortable, he tells them that there is another to whom he's promised his heart. Meanwhile, Kayo introduces Kinta
Fight 11
Jun 18, 2000
When the Construction Bureau orders Yamato, Inc. to stop the redevelopment project, Yoko and her colleagues look for proof of conspiracy between Heisei Construction and the Bureau.
Final Fight
Jul 2, 2000
Takatsukasa is missing, and Kintaro has a hunch that he is in grave danger. The key to his disappearance may be hidden in a highly protected CD. Will Maeda crack the code time?