Ushijima the Loan Shark: 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 Ushijima the Loan Shark 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
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Episode 1
Jan 17, 2014
Popular host Issei asks Ushijima and company to collect on a customer's debt. Ushijima's underling Takada meets his former colleague Hayato again.
Episode 2
Jan 24, 2014
Hayato begins learning the ropes by following Takada around. Meanwhile, slacker Utsui wins big at pachinko and makes a payment on his loan.
Episode 3
Jan 31, 2014
Ushijima and company set out to do due diligence on a group of young debtors while attempting to maneuver around a potential police investigation.
Episode 4
Feb 7, 2014
Nakata continues getting involved in risky business for the sake of cash. Meanwhile, Takada runs into Hayato again and Ushijima trades with Inui.
Episode 5
Feb 14, 2014
Ushijima invests with Hayato; Ezaki follows suit due to his losses at an underground casino. Julia's colleagues get suspicious about her other job.
Episode 6
Feb 21, 2014
Money worries cloud Nakata's relationship with Papiko, while Takada adds a new customer at a pachinko parlor. Ushijima wonders about Julia.
Episode 7
Feb 28, 2014
Hard up for funds and miserable over Papiko, Nakata takes a loan out from the mysterious Habu, about whom Ushijima and Inui trade information.
Episode 8
Mar 7, 2014
Hayato flees with the money he obtained from CowCow Finance's members via Ezaki. Ushijima and Inui cooperate to track him down.
Episode 9
Mar 14, 2014
When his plans fail, Nakata is kidnapped by Habu. Nakata's friend Kiminori wants Ushijima's help to save him, but Ushijima has his own concerns.