Season guide

Ushijima the Loan Shark: Season 3

9 episodes Premiered Jul 18, 2016

Previously on Ushijima the Loan Shark

Season 3 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 2.
⚡ 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.

Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (6): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S3·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Jul 18, 2016

Mayumi Uehara meets a man calling himself Kamido and falls head over heels. Living in an internet cafe, Mina is running out of money. Ushijima awaits.

S3·E2 Core

Episode 2

Jul 25, 2016

Mayumi continues consulting the fortune-teller about her love life while, separately, Mina and Kose continue to face cash flow problems.

S3·E3 Core

Episode 3

Aug 1, 2016

Kawasaki borrows more money from Ushijima, while Mina and her mother branch out from prostitution into blackmail and Kose takes out a loan.

S3·E4 Core

Episode 4

Aug 8, 2016

Mayumi celebrates her engagement to Shindo, not her former boyfriend; she doesn't know how unsavory he is. Kawasaki borrows more money from Ushijima.

S3·E5 Core

Episode 5

Aug 15, 2016

Mayumi has trouble at work as a consequence of Shindo's abusive behavior. Mina receives a business card from a strange blond-haired man on the street.

S3·E6 Core

Episode 6

Aug 22, 2016

Mayumi slips further under Shindo's control, endangering her job and her relationships. Threatened by Saihara, JP and Mina meet the mysterious Kei.

S3·E7 Core

Episode 7

Aug 29, 2016

Ushijima and Inui decide to investigate the fortune-teller. Shindo blames Mayumi's suicide attempt on her parents and ropes in her sister Miyumi.

S3·E8 Mytharc

Episode 8

Sep 5, 2016

Mayumi tries to escape from Shindo after leaving the hospital, but she's foiled by her mother. Mina hatches a scheme to protect her mother.

S3·E9 Mytharc

Episode 9

Sep 12, 2016

Shindo's control over Mayumi, Miyumi and the Uehara family is nearly total, until Ushijima comes to collect on Mayumi's debt.