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6th September

Wait a minute! What happened that it turned out like this!?

Just come on and confess everything already!

Hanzawa! It can't be helped anymore... We did everything we could, right?

No wait! Kurosaki-san, even though this isn't an FSA Inspection,

Why do you think I'm obligated to answer your questions!?

What the hell did you say!?

Naoki～

You're not just answerable to me, but to all the customers as well!

The customers? - That's right! The C-U-S-T-O-M-E-R-S!

I see... Are you trying to say that since our bank has a slogan "The customer comes first",

...so we're obligated to answer the questions of our customers!?

You finally understood what I'm saying here, huh?

Yes, I did.

We, the Tokyo Chuo Bank... No... The drama production team of TBS

... did our best to fight against time, and broadcast this episode as scheduled!

But in our efforts to produce this episode, while trying to prevent spread of infection.

It resulted on an unexpected delay in our filming schedule...

And has now come to a point where we couldn't manage to make it in time for today's broadcast!

Ohh no no no no no....

We are honestly, extremely sorry that this had to happen.

You've become quite obedient these days, right? Naoki-chan?

So? What are you planning to do about it now?

I was just discussing about that with Tomari now...

You have no other option left than a Live broadcast now, you know!

A Live broadcast!?

I see...

WE STILL HAVE THAT OPTION!!!

Eh!? - It'll be tough, but we have no other options left!

Wait... Are you seriously saying that?? - YES, SERIOUSLY!!

But it'll be quite lonely if only the 3 of us were to do it, right?

Right! Tomari, could you use your connections

and gather some of our colleagues who will appear on a live broadcast with us!

What?? At this time?

WAIT! YOU THERE!!! - Yes...?

You seem to be lacking motivation to do anything at all today!

If you don't do it properly...

I'M GOING TO CRUSH YOU!!!!!

Wait... Did it touch a bit...?

Let it go, that doesn't matter!

Tomari!! This is a return of favours!

To everyone who have become close to us, supported us, and gave us the strength to go on!

...to ALL of the viewers!!

Isn't that the thing which Owada-san always keeps saying...

"If I was helped, I'll definitely help them back. Return-of-favours DEATH!" Right?

YES, THAT'S THE ONE!!

Well, now that you're full of motivation, let's go!

LIVE Broadcast!

Right!

HANZAWA NAOKI

LIVE Broadcast

Hanzawa Naoki's Return of Favours

LIVE!!

Sakai Masato

Hanzawa Naoki

Oikawa Mitsuhiro

Kagawa Teruyuki

Owada Akira

Kataoka Ainosuke

Kojima Kazuya

Tomari Shinobu

Kurosaki Junichi

Kasamatsu Shigeki

Since everyone has gathered here now, we're looking forward to the Live broadcast.

Welcome to the viewers from all across the country.

It is now past 9 PM on Sunday, the 6th of September.

TBS Announcer

Azumi Shinichiro

We are now broadcasting LIVE from TBS Midoriyama Studio here.

As Hanzawa Naoki, Sakai-san explained earlier,

The 8th episode of Hanzawa Naoki which was supposed to be broadcasted today,

They weren't able to finish filming the episode in time for the broadcast, and it had to be postponed.

(Sakai) Extremely sorry!

- But that skit just now was amazing!

It's a pleasant bonus for us, actually! - She's right!

What did you think about it? - Oh, I was really overwhelmed!

I was wondering if it was really necessary for them to do all this.

So we are the colleagues that Tomari gathered quickly!

(Sakai) Thank you for coming here on short notice though!

Viewer

Hiromi

Hisamoto Masami

Viewer

(Hisamoto) No, that was wonderful to watch. (Kojima) If you had the time to film that

You could have done the actual episode instead! (Sakai) You're right!!

(Hisamoto) Kojima-kun, don't say that!

I mean, you could have just gone ahead with the actual episode.

(Hisamoto) Everyone thinks the same, but you shouldn't say it. (Sakai) My voice has turned hoarse now...

You worked way too hard on that!

It's amazing you went with that intensity for that skit there!

I was thinking the same, watching that now. - Oh it was exciting.

And because of that, specially just for today...

Or should I rather say, since we have no other option,

We're having this LIVE broadcast called "Hanzawa Naoki's Repayment of Favours"

We'll spend the rest of the hour listening to some interesting talk from all of the members of the cast.

And since you both say that you enjoy watching the show every week,

Hisamoto-san and Hiromi-san.

Yes! Nice to be here today. - Thanks for coming.

We're addicted viewers actually! - Right!

And we're on the actual set today.

They instructed us not to touch anything at all here. - Right!

If we move anything here, it'll be bad for the next scene, right? - Exactly, the continuity.

The continuity will be broken, so... - I'm extremely happy to be invited here today!

I watch this show EVERY week!

I try to finish all my work before the show starts on sunday.

So that I can just sit there, in front of the TV without being distracted.

With complete concentration! - And on sundays...

... we have the recording of the show "Todaiou"...

And I quickly rush home when the recording of Todaiou is over.

Because I can't understand how to operate the TV's recording function...

[T/N: "Todaiou" is a TBS quiz show where the students from the prestigious Tokyo University participate against celebrities.]

... so I quickly rush home and start watching!

Yeah, I look forward to it that much as well!

I was wondering if it would have been better to get removed from that show for now.

I just heard earlier that today's recording went well.

Thank you! - That's wonderful!

So, we will be broadcasting this drama till the 10th episode, just as planned,

So people who were looking forward to that, there's nothing to worry,

The final episode was planned to go on air on the 20th of September,

We have rescheduled it to end on the 27th of September instead,

So please look forward to the 8th, 9th, and 10th episodes in the coming 3 weeks.

So, tonight, we have a special case where we are able to...

listen to the behind the scenes gossips from the cast members...

This doesn't happen that often either, you see. - I'm really looking forward to this.

Wait a minute, before that!

Kagawa-san, you're completely in the role of Owada-san even now, right??

Kagawa-san... - I am Owada Akira!

Oh! You were Owada-san?? - Really? So you'll continue like this?

Complete on your own? - Yes! Till the end!

Yes, I'll go with that! - Really? Alright then...

I'LL GO WITH THAT!!

Don't come over to doing just variety shows, after getting used to this, you know!

But we might not even realize if he switches off his role in the middle, and starts commenting as himself.

Right! Oikawa-san might still be fine with it though...

Kagawa-san, it'll be difficult to continue like this, so it's better if you stop now.

NO! IT'LL BE FINE!

No, that's not the problem though...

No, I won't!

I'm trying my best to talk as less as possible by doing that!

That's impossible! You won't be able to stay like that!

But this season, there's constantly been a discussion among fans,

That Owada has turned out to be more funny.

And all of the Owada Fans were feeling a bit gloomy that he's turned out this way.

That is all because I have to follow director Fukuzawa's orders, you know.

I see, that's true...

Since we were not able to manage to broadcast tonight's episode, and he wanted to take the responsibility,

Director Fukuzawa Katsuo is also here with us.

Welcome. (Fukuzawa) Thanks!

Drama Director

Fukuzawa Katsuo

He's being treated as one of the board members of TBS these days.

As a board member?? Well, that's expected of him.

As expected indeed. - Sorry about that!

Oh! You're being called that already?? - Thanks!

Excellent! - Well then,

First of all, let's look at this scene here.

This is a scene from last week's episode. Episode 7. Let's watch.

With this you could finally find out who was leaking information to the government, right?

That man deceived me!

And he was deceiving the chairman as well, you know!!!

But director Kimoto...

Why on earth would he go to that extent?

There's something I want to confirm regarding that...

Could you help me out on that?

Help you !? - Well, now that we share the same interests!

Aren't you forgetting just one really important thing!?

You need my help, right?

Then you should show an appropriate attitude for that!

Even kids from primary school would know that!

When you request people something, there's an...

... important six-letter word you say!

Are you worse than a kid from primary school!?

" P - L - E - A - S - E "

Isn't that right!?!?

Wow! This scene is exquisite!

He wanted to end this with a '-TH' as well!

Please... Ah! I can't hear you!

P～L～E～A～S～E !

Could you cooperate!?

How cool!!

Is that 'cool' though?? - It totally is!

Awesome!! What an excellent scene indeed!

We should have been able to watch the continuation this week though...

Shall I request you to keep up with this in the coming episodes?

Do you get specific instructions from the production staff how exactly you have to say that?

They had written "(humiliatingly)" on the script though, so...

So I did it in a way that I felt was humiliating.

"P～L～E～A～..."

I reluctantly made it look that way though...

Do you do it in front of the director once and decide what the best way to do it would be?

Yeah, we do it once actually...

Like a test shot, it is also recorded.

I don't know which one they used... It could be the one from the test itself...

You even use the ones from the test?

There's nothing like an actual "test" in this show....

Hisamoto-kun, there is no actual "test" in this show!

What's with that intensity though! - He's actually maintaining his Owada character there!

You're actually going to be like that for an hour!?

What I wanted to ask was...

Are your rehearsals and the actual shot with the same intensity?

But you use the recording from the test??

Since you record it anyway? - That's right! There is no "test"!

So you think the test is also the actual shot and go with the same intensity, right?

That's right, with complete make-up and hair, and all of the food and snacks on the tables are packed away.

You don't see that so often on drama sets... - Right. It's not even a 'test' then.

We go with the test as an actual shot.

Wow you suddenly started speaking!?

Hey! We're in the middle of a Live broadcast here! - I know! I'm in it too!

Oshima-san! Please stop doing that! - I'm Kojima!

Thanks for that! - Well, I'm here as Kasamatsu though...

In this scene, - Yes?

That part about the "six-letters" wasn't even in the script actually.

Yeah, that wasn't in the script at all.

"Could you help me out on that?" "Help you!?" That's it!

End of scene. But!

In the previous scene, even though we both planned an attack towards Kimoto,

he had severely retaliated and beaten us.

So I want to say something harsh to him!

That can't stop there at "Help YOU!?" though...

So we negotiated with director Fukuzawa

and came up with a lot of different options for that scene...

And we finally decided to add that about the "six-letters" in the script.

And while saying that, I want to be even more cynical to him,

I started counting the letters there.

During the 3rd Take or something

And to that, Hanzawa improvised that counting of 3 letters

And that was a 3 letter word there...

"To-ma-ri"

Tomari??

There were many takes for that scene, right?

Yeah, there were. - Explain it to them.

I did this, and this and also this. But then they finally used this one.

He did it with 5 letters, 4 letters and then 3 letters

He was counting it, and then when we had a nice flow going on,

... I spontaneously said "are you worse than a primary school kid?"

So it was all improvised? - Yes, it was.

So the director chose the take where you counted 3 letters?

That's right.

And here...

... the viewers of the drama,

It was a 3-letter word...

And everyone were wondering on the social media what Hanzawa was trying to say with that.

But there weren't a lot of people who were guessing it was "To-ma-ri" though.

There weren't?? He always keeps requesting me to do stuff, you know!

It wasn't "To-ma-ri". But what do you think, Ainosuke-san, that 3-letter word was...

...that Hanzawa thought Owada wanted him to say?

"Ta-no-mu" [ I request ] - I see, "tanomu", huh?

Director Fukuzawa, what were you thinking when you decided to choose that take?

"Dogeza" [ to plead by kneeling down ]

You wanted Hanzawa to plead on his knees??

From the final episode of the previous season, right? Dogeza.

What did you imagine it to be, Sakai-san? - Me?

I was thinking of "tanomu" as well at that time.

And the others were different variations of "tanomu"

"ta-no-mi-ma-su", "o-ne-ga-i-shi-ma-su"

There were different words going through my head.

Yeah, you see him counting those letters, you see.

I thought it was "no, thanks" you were saying

And I thought it was "this piece of shit" you were saying there

Yeah, since you would be obviously pissed off like hell, when he tells you that, right?

But the director definitely wanted people to guess it, with a question mark on their heads.

And it might be one of the charms of this show

where the director and the actors had different things in mind for the same scene.

Okay, let's move along to the next question.

This is Owada-san's scene from a bit longer ago...

It's from the 2nd episode.

Let's watch this scene now.

What an unfortunate man you are, to have the same fate strike you twice!

Or...

... do you want me to put in a word for you?

(Hisamoto) Look at his expressions! Incredible!

You, Owada-san?

I don't mind going to the HR and doing this for you.

But it all depends on your attitude.

Thank you so much for your concern.

But...

I'd like to reject your offer.

Even your own favourite disciple Isayama...

...has jumped ship to deputy chairman Mikasa, hasn't he?

I'm sure I can look after myself.

Yes. That's unfortunate.

It doesn't work like that!

You are the one who should know it most by now,

...what is going to happen if you go against an organization like that.

I'd do anything it takes for me to keep surviving.

But you...

You're finished!

FI - NI - SH - ED

DEATH!!!

Owada-san watching Owada himself

Owada-san watching Owada himself

That was incredible!

Just now as we were watching the scene,

You appeared on that little box, watching yourself.

Owada-san watching Owada himself. That's a double Owada on screen right there!

A big Owada and a small Owada.

You just can't get enough of this scene, right, Hiromi-san?

Indeed!

We are sitting here laughing at this scene though,

But while watching the episode,

...we're immersed in the story, right?

We're watching it from Hanzawa's point of view, right?

And in this scene...

And you portray that hatred so well, I'm so impressed!

Kagawa-san, did you come up with that yourself? Or was that part from the director?

Long story short, I thought of improvising that part of the scene.

Well, I did discuss it with the director and Sakai-san as well in advance.

Because when the second season starts,

What intensity will we be going in with?

Should we pick it up at how things ended in the first season?

So we all discussed and came up with a conclusion that we'll pick it up with the mood, as it was when we ended season 1

That was the first time I go see him in the bank...

After I was made to kneel down and apologize to him...

That's the first time we meet after that happened.

Now, in the script, it ends at "You are finished, Hanzawa-kun!"

But I felt that ending that scene like that wasn't enough!

He always says that the things on the script aren't enough... - It was lacking something!

After I was made to kneel down, and the board of directors have all left the room,

... I still kept kneeling down as Ennosuke-san (Isayama) enters that room.

So something inside of him... is clearly broken, you know, as a person...

Because he can't even stand back up again for so long.

And that broken person meets his arch enemy again after that,

I was thinking about it ever since the previous day, what he would say to him...

And I came to the set and discussed with Sakai-san...

How about we use this "desu" (to be) and make it sound like "DEATH"?

Yeah! That sounds like a good idea!

That was exactly what I was looking for since the previous day!

It kinda suddenly flashed on me.

You didn't use it in the first take though, right?

Yeah, since we don't have a 'test'-take, and to say that from the very first take,

...might not have been such a good idea...

You think about even things like that!?!? - Of course I do!

Should I start that improvisation from the very first take,

...or from the fourth take or something... I thought about it as well...

And we were completely in the mood, for that part about 'you're finished' during the third take or so...

And then I wanted to hurl insults it to Sakai-san!

You totally hurled it at me!

It hit me out of nowhere!

I'm not just going and yelling around in a bank!

I think about these things properly too.

But Oikawa-san, that seems to be quite a tricky or rather a "high-risk" plan to go with while recording, right?

If he starts improvising like this on the actual take, you'll of course be surprised, right?

He does it very well while improvising in a way

that it comes out very effectively to suit his role in the show

But I never imagined he would even calculate the timing of when he wants to say those improvisations

(Kagawa) I think about that too!

Everyone were praising on social media

that the scene was quite impressive and...

It even went kinda viral, right?

And what did Kagawa Teruyuki think, when that happened?

But you know... I just want the kids not imitating that scene actually.

Why is this suddenly about kids?

Those are words that only Owada Akira in the drama can say!!

You should have had them put it on the screen, that: 'good kids should not imitate this'

But seriously, good kids should not imitate this!!

But it is indeed tempting, right? To imitate it.

It's such an interesting scene

Indeed. - It was wonderfully done.

And the next topic that the viewers were interested to know is this here!

Of course, Hanzawa (Sakai-san) shouldn't laugh while the actual take was being filmed, right?

He should continue acting...

So a lot of people were interested to know how you actually reacted when he improvised that

Indeed, I was thinking of that too!

Oh! It was terrible actually...

But there are many takes for them to choose my reaction from, so I think they edited it well.

Of course, his actual reaction wasn't included in episode.

But the cameras continued to roll till the end of that take, right?

So we have the actual footage of Sakai-san's reaction after Owada said "DEATH"

So we'll be able to watch that exclusively here!

We'll watch that after the break then.

Since we were unable to broadcast the 8th episode of the drama,

we are talking to the cast here LIVE.

We are broadcasting LIVE from TBS Midoriyama Studio.

Currently, the Typhoon No. 10 has reached Kyushu, and is moving northwards.

Evacuation orders have been issued to around 5.4 million residents living in these areas.

Please do pay close attention to all updates regarding this typhoon.

Well then, thanks for waiting.

Sakai-san, who received Owada's improvisation of DEATH directly on his face

His reaction was not included in the episode though,

... but what was his actual reaction to that scene, let's take a look.

You are the one who should know it most by now,

what is going to happen if you go against an organization like that.

I'd do anything it takes for me to keep surviving.

But you...

You're finished!

FI - NI - SH - ED

DEATH!!!

Actual Episode

Deleted scene

This is great! - True!

He's almost crying! - They didn't give the 'cut' yet!?

He regained the posture! That's great!

Yeah, obviously you'd laugh!

What the hell is this!?

He did that, and I'm doing this here!

After 3 times of doing this, you were suddenly made to face this, so...

There we go! A season full of ordeal has started for me!

That was incredible!

I admire your patience actually

You would have been shocked when he suddenly did that out of the blue!

Yeah, I was like "What on earth was he thinking!?"

You're laughing a bit on that take actually, right??

You were smirking there...

You know, I was trying to come up with a way to turn this laughter into anger

But I couldn't do it after all

But you regained that posture very well

Is it usual while recording dramas that they don't give the "cut" for that long after the scene is over?

Yeah, it is actually.

And that's where we add our improvised lines

And then it depends on the production staff it gets used in the episode or not

That part where Tomari says "Good luck!" in episode 6,

[T/N: Just before Kurosaki appears, when Hanzawa leaves along with Sonezaki towards the staircase]

That part was also improvised.

Just when we thought that Sakai-san was able to get away without laughing,

He couldn't hold it in anymore. - It's quite funny indeed.

As expected.

What do you say about his patience, Ainosuke-san?

Oh, I think that was indeed difficult to hold it in.

There are several scenes where your face is so close to Sakai-san, which would make you laugh indeed, right?

Yeah, we go quite close. So much that I feel the heat from his cheeks actually.

Right! There are many scenes like that, right?

Here?

You don't quite get to feel that, right?

Let's watch another scene from episode 7 from last week now. It's this scene here.

Excuse me. The guest you were waiting for has arrived.

Oh, I'm so sorry to have called you out on such short notice.

So, did they tell you where you'll be transferred to?

No, not yet...

Why did you call me here today?

No, it's nothing big.

There's something that he wants to ask you...

'He'??

Hanzawa!?

Sonezaki, there's no time, so I'll get straight to the point!

That falsified report you submitted to the FSA, and wanted to get rid of,

There should have been someone else that knew about it other than you!

They wouldn't have let you alone handle such a huge case like that.

Who asked you to do it!? Tell me!

What are you saying!? - Sonezaki-kun, this is just between us though...

You'll be shipped out to a very tiny company...

...in the Setouchi region, you know!

Someone from the top management definitely told you...

..."I'll see to it that you won't get in trouble", right?

But this world is not as naive as you are, you know!

No... No way!

You were cut off like the lizard's tail, Sonezaki! You've been set up!

Do you still plan on letting him ride on your back like this!?

Sonezaki-kun! If you decide to cooperate with us,

...we'll see to it that you get transferred out to...

...Tokyo Chuo Credit instead!

It's among the top 5 of our subsidiaries!

You'll definitely be able to earn 10 million yen more annually, than over there!

Well then, will you let him ride on your back?

...or choose this additional 10 million yen annually!?

Which one is it!?

Well! - Well!

WELL WELL WELL! WELL! WELL! WELL!!!!!!

WHICH ONE IS IT!?

The 10 million yen... - Then, speak! Who was it!?

The intensity is just amazing!

Tsukuda Norihiko-san, right? (Sonezaki)

I didn't know him, but he's an excellent actor, right?

He's also a playwright and a theatre director.

Really? - Yes, wonderful actor as well.

And there are a lot of interesting people casted this time, right?

It's actually such a fun season this time, to be able to work with a lot of wonderful people

So of course, one of the interesting part of the scene from just now was that "well well well" part, right?

Kagawa-san, is that something that you often use while performing Kabuki?

Yes, let's have inspector Kurosaki explain us the basic technique for that.

Lovely! - He's also from Kabuki, so.

We use this method when we have to corner someone during the play, you see.

And in the script there was just "well well well" for my role, Owada though.

I should just go on saying that to him

So I was wondering how to do this properly... And when I went to the set,

Hanzawa was there! - I asked him if I could have one of those 'well' actually. Just one.

And since Sakai-san frequently goes to watch Nihon Buyo,

He goes there and observes them properly, you see.

And he knows the techniques used in Kabuki

So he suggested that we split those "well well"

And the previous day, I was thinking of suggesting him that!

And actually, the two people who press someone for an answer, are actually allies, you see.

Such an innovative idea.

And that was improvised by Sakai-san

Rather than sharing it, I just wanted one of those "well"

I wanted to have my own "well", Owada has his own "well",

So I thought it would be interesting that the both of us go along cornering him

And at the last point, where we have almost cornered him, I went along with that "WELL WELL WELL!!!!!"

And I go "which one is it!?" and there should be a gap there actually,

which was edited out during production, but Sakai-san did it very well

Kagawa-san directed that part of the scene actually.

No no no, nothing like that! This entire idea was Sakai-san's

Wait! Let me tell you more about it!

Go on, go on! Tell us more!

You know that "The bank is FINISHED!", right?

And where I sit down at "FINISHED" was also Sakai-san's idea

He thought about improvising that part, and suggested me to sit down

And I gladly accepted it!

It was Sakai-san's idea! - Oh your teamwork is so good!

Actually good teamwork!

Indeed actually.

You like that a lot, right? You did that just earlier when you sat down

You guys like a lot of those things that you improvised

And you repeat those improvisations on sets of other shows too, I've noticed.

But this is wonderful, right? How nice.

A lot of interesting things are going on there

His role as Hanzawa Naoki is more subtle actually, so Sakai-san can't do a lot of that

So he gives over his ideas to me, who has a role with a broader perspective to improvise.

More than half of my improvised scenes are his suggestions

There's nothing like that!

THAT from next week is also....

"THAT"??

What is it?? - He can't say it yet...

Yeah, he can't say it now... - Right.

And since there are 4 of you who are Kabuki actors, this season...

And the acting is quite fun to watch actually,

Other than this "well, well well", there was a scene in episode 4,

Where they used a similar Kabuki technique...

Do you remember which one it was, Hiromi-san? - Where was it?

Hisamoto-san, how about you? - Ummm... Not really...

But we do have an impression that there is a lot of strong influence of Kabuki every week though...

Actually, in episode 4, there was such a scene

but it didn't make it to the actual broadcast.

So we definitely want to watch it now, right? - Of course!

We'll be able to watch that deleted scene exclusively today!

Please look forward to watching it after this break.

FINISHED!

Everyone who were looking forward

to watching the continuation of the drama Hanzawa Naoki tonight, we're sorry.

We were supposed to broadcast episode 8 tonight though,

Since there was an unexpected delay in the filming schedule we couldn't broadcast it to you tonight.

Instead, we are talking to the members of the cast here on this LIVE broadcast.

It's really fun actually though, right? - It indeed is!

I think it's really incredible that Kojima is in the drama to bring a bit of comedy into it...

Thank you! - Well, he's useless when it comes to variety shows, right?

Hey hey! What does that mean?

Well, that is my specialty actually though, variety shows!

Wait! Are you useless on variety shows too!?!? - No no! What are you saying!?

I have no idea, since I'm a banker though... - Of course I'm useful there!

I can do both actually!!! - Is that so!?

I can do both comedy as well as acting!

But amidst all of the intensity that they've built up in the drama,

It's too much pressure to just join the cast now all of a sudden though, right?

I was nervous as hell, and...

I have a scene with minister Shirai though...

I gave out 5 consecutive bad takes!

The dialogues all just flew away from my memory

That's why I really don't want to get involved with all these people here...

My heart wouldn't stop racing!

Sakai-san has never given any bad takes since season 1 though!

There's nothing like that!

There is no way he makes mistakes. Not even at mispronouncing or something

He's truly incredible actually!

But when I first came in, there was this intensity that I needed to overcome first

With all of the directors and the staff at the location.

They had their own momentum going on

And I need to blend in by overcoming that gap

But when people start entering this team even after that

Might really be having quite a hard time to blend in

If Sakai-san gives one or two bad takes here and there, we'd be more comfortable

But he always does it perfectly! Not even a chance!

Hey! What's with that attitude! Stop it!

Stop it! Stop it!

No, I won't stop! I want to talk

Don't you ever open your mouth again! - I will! That's what I'm here for!

You can hand over your resignation right now!

Have him shipped off to somewhere! - Okay okay, I'm sorry!

Quite scary!

Kagawa-san you don't need to wait to talk, till the camera is on you

No it's nothing like that

So let's continue from where we had stopped earlier, the scene that wasn't included in the episode

Since that scene where we get to see another technique from Kabuki was actually in the 4th episode, so...

Let's watch it exclusively here today.

If you are able to handle that restructuring case from Teikoku Airways,

...which even the chairman couldn't solve...

The one that has the highest chances of becoming the next chairman would be....?

You're quite hasty, aren't you, Isayama-kun?

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Deleted scene

But when that happens,

I'll be offering you a major role...

...as my right hand man, you know!

Leave it up to me!

Completely evil!

But you know what...

My only worry is, that man....

At the very last moment before gaining victory...

... you know right?

That 'double payback'!

I wish it wouldn't come to him serving me that again...

Don't you worry about Hanzawa!

Everything is going smoothly as planned...

There shouldn't be any more...

...problems!

They're trying to drag the scene longer and longer!

How long are they even going to do it? That's quite impressive

That was impressive indeed!

It was like watching a period drama

Way too evil! -Yeah, too evil

You can go to however heights with this if you want? - Since they never call the 'cut'

And it has to be edited... So the technique is not that well communicated there

I'll do it now along with Ainosuke-san

First we start with smirking, right?

What is this!? What is even going on?

Yeah, there is something like this in Kabuki - A technique in Kabuki, yeah

But they cut it off, as I expected.

They made it just a little shorter

You dragged it way too long there

Director Fukuzawa, what was the reason you cut this off the actual episode?

Actually, that episode 4...

...is terribly long in the first place

Yeah, the actual 4th episode which went on air, is already too long

And we needed to move along to the Teikoku Airways arc in the second half of the episode as well

I'm sorry about that!

But in the DVD release,

Right! You can include it in there - Yeah, in the Director's Cut version of it, I'll include it

Since the allotted time slot is fixed for a broadcast...

No matter how nice the scene is, you need to cut something off here and there

I'm sorry!

Yeah, but it was indeed a bit long

I'm sure everyone wanted to watch that too, but the 4th episode,

it looks like there was already a lot going on in it in such little time,

So it was decided that we cut short a lot of scenes from it so that we can make it fit in the time-slot we were given

I see...

It's because you take too long to film these scenes, we couldn't finish the 8th episode on time, isn't it!?

Extremely sorry about that!! - It should have been that!

Those delays kept adding up until you couldn't finish this one in time!

All because of Kagawa-san, you know!

Even though the filming would have been a lot of fun

That was from around episode 4, right?

[T/N: Kagawa Teruyuki (Owada) and Ichikawa Ennosuke (Isayama) are cousins in real-life.]

Forgive us, we were just cousins having fun there!

Sorry for that

Here is the next question that the viewers have sent us.

Oikawa-san, "Tomari is always going around gathering information, is he even ever working?"

Right! Everyone is really concerned about that

He is always going around gathering information

What is that guy even working as...

Is his career even okay?

How much of your day consists of just gathering information actually?

He is never at his workplace!

No... It's actually... - You're either with him in a restaurant,

... or sneaking around somewhere

Yeah, either I'm calling up my informers or I'm drinking along with him...

He's using me as if I'm Alexa

Yeah, really!

There's an urban legend which says that I'm a character who is only visible to Hanzawa in the series!

There was such a rumour!?

You don't really exist!?

Maybe I'm just a fairy!

But a really helpful one too though, right?

Thankfully, the viewers can see you though.

But people find the scenes with Tomari quite heartwarming, we've heard

They can catch a breath of relief from all the intensity

Yeah, because we know each other since a very long time, you see

We've compiled all of the scenes where Tomari is going around

gathering information for Hanzawa, let's take a look!

I was able to get one piece of information.

The securities department is preparing for a press conference in the public relations hall.

Is it today? - Yes!

Understood!

Tomari Shinobu

I was waiting for you, Tomari! How did it go!?

Yeah yeah, sorry I just made it before 8.

It was just as you expected...

Fox had come in to discuss about a loan from our side.

It seems that it got approved yesterday.

What happened, Tomari? - Something terrible's happened, Hanzawa!

The securities department is about to send a request to the board to issue an additional loan for acquiring Spiral.

An additional loan? Of how much? - 50 billion.

Seriously!? He is never doing his own job!

50 billion!?

Just when I went to the board conference room.

I happened to see Isayama also entering there.

This is quite hilarious if you watch it like this as a compilation!

Isayama did? How were the two like? You listened to them, right?

Yes, I did... But that...

Oh! I remember this scene!

What is going on, Isayama-kun?

Weren't you supposed to convince the board of directors for my sake!?

YOU SCOUNDREL!!!

Did you just go sell yourself and do nothing for me!?

He's running away!

ISAYAMA!!

Hey Hanzawa! There's no time. You just have 15 minutes.

At the HQ, underground parking. The driver said that he'll be coming downstairs in 15 minutes.

Thanks!

Shall I go with you? - No, you come along.

Thanks for the meal.

That was fun to watch, Tomari-san.

He's almost a spy, really though! - A spy??

But did you notice, the kanji for Tomari 'Shinobu' (忍) is the same as the one in the word for 'Ninja' (忍者)??

Yeah! Indeed!

The love and friendship between you two is really wonderful

He's kinda wholeheartedly devoted to him.

And what is Tomari's post in the bank actually?

He's in the loans department for corporate projects, as the deputy manager.

He's actually made a career for himself, with promotions and so

I had completely forgotten

Yeah, but you hear people saying that you don't want to rise up the ranks, because you get transferred in banks a lot.

But Tomari never says that, right?

No, but take a look at this.

Tomari is married.

But never once was his wife mentioned about, in this whole series

So I suppose that she is the daughter of one of the major business partners of Tokyo Chuo Bank

So you have the proper connections to stop getting transferred?

I wonder what it is...

But indeed, he has a lot of connections

And it's written in the book which this drama is based upon, that he's quite rich

I'll do my best to keep supporting him.

Thank you!

Why don't you treat him every once in while?

Right!!

I want to go to various stylish bars and restaurants along with Tomari

Yeah, actually, me too.

Yeah, the friendship between you two is really heartwarming

He wouldn't be able to get out of trouble the most times if it weren't for Tomari though, right?

Tomari is always there when trouble comes knocking

Probably, I've helped him out from a lot of difficult situations in the previous season as well...

If it wasn't for me, he would have been finished in the 3rd episode of last season already!

Completely finished indeed!

During that Internal Audit in your Osaka-Nishi branch.

Oh seriously, right? That would have been bad.

And this is the next question that the viewers sent in...

There are a lot of people who have noticed that

Kurosaki has started calling Hanzawa by his first name 'Naoki', from this season.

What is this about? Is it true?

Yes, it is. It wasn't in the script from the previous season.

I used to call him 'Hanzawa' then...

So the director has revised this, this time.

So I was thinking about it too, how this has come to be...

And I even asked him about it...

Even though they keep clashing against each other this much,

But still, he likes him, you see.

There's love.

He is doing his work, but with love towards him. So it should be Naoki after all...

But the only ones who call him Naoki are his wife Hana-chan,

...and me. Please note that.

That's not fair.... - What do you mean not fair!?

What is not fair in that?

The people from the fan clubs love it, actually.

So Kurosaki and Hanzawa have become quite close this season

and it seems there is a compilation, so let's take a look at it.

...you have deliberately falsified these figures!!!

So how do you plan to justify this now!?

NA - O - KI

My condolences.

This is yours, right Naoki? - Yeah...

Fukushima! Look into this please.

I've been inspected by Kurosaki twice until now, and he had investigated everything about our side already.

He is that kind of man.

So you mean he knows about the hidden folder in the cloud already?

Hidden folder? - What is that?

What is it Hanzawa!? - Probably...

♬～Naoki is playing...

♬～Hide and seek all over the internet

Sorry to keep you waiting, Naoki.

Look what we were able to restore.

I'm the FSA inspector in-charge of the case, Kurosaki.

He'll find him there now!

Look, he completely lacks motivation now.

He hasn't found him yet

There! He found him!

He'll be delighted when he finds him!

We'll now be starting with the FSA inspe...

You! You were here!?

Yeah.

Thanks to Cyber's window-dressing getting exposed...

... you were able to return here? It's the same with me!

Oh really? I thought Inspector Ochiai will be coming...

Yeah, then he had some urgent matters to attend to, you know

Seriously, it's quite an annoyance that they sent me here...

But who would have imagined that you're in-charge....

Thanks to that, I'm full of moti - va - tion!!

When his breath came blasting on my face when he said "moti- va -tion!"

Sorry about that - I was delighted about that!

Excuse me for that...

He was quite close there right?

"Moti- va - tion!" that was nice!

Pardon me...

That expression there is me trying to bear that situation...

I see! - The people who watched just this scene here...

They could have misunderstood the scene as a guy meeting his first love after a long time

He's supposed to be a high ranking and a scary officer actually!

He didn't seem to have any motivation at all at first, you see.

When he saw Naoki, he was just completely excited!

That expression there was nice. I really liked it

Everyone seems to just love Naoki, right?

Right? - Indeed!

Another question about Kurosaki-san though...

When you grab the crotch of people there...

That scene seems to be quite impactful

Well, talking about behind the scenes now, Director, Fukuzawa-san,

I heard you require a tool for that scene actually...

Yeah, you need to have something like a cup for that...

We use that

Really? A cup?

The person getting grabbed actually...

He wouldn't like it otherwise, right?

Indeed! To do that without anything on it... - It would be painful...

But first it was sudden, so we didn't have anything prepared, right?

Like a cup...

First? - In the first season...

We did use something back then though...

Yeah, we decided to use an ash tray, and even tried using it...

And it was too big!

I remember it was... - The shape would be quite strange then!

The shape wouldn't match there properly!

There were quite some trial-and-error back then right? - Right, there was

This time it was written in the script already. "Prepare a cup" - Really??

We are asking the viewers questions to the cast of Hanzawa Naoki tonight on this LIVE broadcast.

We will answer some more questions as long as we have time in this slot.

Please look forward to it!

Looks exactly like that!

We are now LIVE from the sets of the Tokyo Chuo Bank, in TBS Midoriyama Studio

Typhoon No. 10 is moving northwards on the western sea shores of Kyushu right now.

Residents of all relevant areas, please do pay careful attention to all information.

Well then, we still have some questions that our viewers have sent in.

The next one is...

What was the reason behind casting Kojima Kazuya-san in this drama?

Do you know anything about it? - No, I just got informed from my agency out of the blue

I see... What could it be?

[T/N: He is referring to Watabe Ken's (extramarital affair) scandal from June. Watabe Ken and Kojima Kazuya are a comedy duo called 'Unjash'. Watabe has since then halted all entertainment-related activities.]

I wonder if it was because those things happened...

What? Did something happen?? - What happened??

No! Don't make me talk about that now!

But I don't know, it came in all of a sudden

I guess it would be a good idea to ask director Fukuzawa about this...

In the final episode, Kasamatsu-san has an extraordinarily huge role that he'll be playing in the story.

The politics? - Yes.

And he was in the drama called "No Side Game" too....

...where we had worked together....

...and he was great in that!

Oh! I'm happy! - And it gave me a really good impression on him

He's fast (in adapting to the given roles)

And just like Kagawa-san said,

He acts really well.

I'm really happy. This is the first time I'm hearing this though...

And that's why... - You know...

He doesn't tell me things like this when we meet. Since he's quite shy.

Really? - I won't say anything more either then.

I'm really happy!

You should also learn to become useful in variety then... - I AM USEFUL! HEY!

What are you saying on a LIVE broadcast!?

I will be useful! - And as an actor also, you have potential!

I will be useful in variety as well!!

That's nice, you found your place as an actor.

I don't want to lose my place in variety either... - Do your best!

Not "Do your best!" I'll return to variety as well, okay!

"You have a lot of potential as an actor", he said. That's nice, right?

That's wonderful! - It's the best compliment you can get, actually.

If any of you have any more questions...

You play your allocated roles quite splendidly though,

But if you were to choose a role for yourselves, which you already aren't,

I would love to know which one you would like to play.

Like you, not being Hanzawa Naoki, but a different one.

Since we are a bit short of time, let's ask them all quickly. Sakai-san

I'd be Owada! - I see! Owada!

Oikawa-san? - Kurosaki!

Kagawa-san? - The chairman!

Ainosuke-san? - Tomari

Kojima-san? Hanzawa!

Hanzawa!! - He does have potential indeed though, right??

That's nice!!

Did you get carried away a bit? - I completely got carried away!

We were broadcasting LIVE for the past hour, it's soon going to be

Finished DEATH!

Finished DEATH!

How about the viewers' questions? - We will have to end at this for today...

Oh! We are out of time already, huh?

What should we look forward to? - Yes, please tell us, Sakai-san...

We are sorry for today. We are all working very hard to bring you this show.

We will continue to do our best to bring you a really nice episode as the continuation of the drama next week... So...

8th episode! - Yes, the 8th episode! Please look forward to it!

We, the Tokyo Chuo Bank have taken the decision to...

REJECT THE LOAN WAIVER!

- EHHHH!?!?!?

Since the privatization of the government-affiliated bank, Kaihatsu Toushi was decided upon,

...the alliance of all the banks were able to refuse the loan waiver proposal at the very last minute!

I am ready to put my career on the line for my decision!

Finally, the true identity of the man connected with the government also gets revealed!

Furthermore, another shocking fact comes to light!

Tomomi-san was formerly a banker. Moreover, she was Nakanowatari-san's subordinate at the time.

The darkness deepens!

In the 8th episode broadcasting next week!

Are you telling me that you can go fight against a monster like him!?

You might even end up losing your life, you know!

Finally the biggest adversary reveals his true face!

They even call that airport as 'Minobe Airport', you know!

This restructuring strategy looks like it's made up only to satisfy Minobe!

There isn't a final confirmation about the decision regarding the loan waiver yet!

YOU SHOULD KNOW WHEN TO GIVE UP!

A completely fierce battle of power till the very end!

You wanted to teach my the important 6 letters to use, when you request people something, right?

Will the two join hands again!?

Don't you try to teach me about things before the merger, got that!!

I have no idea what you are talking about at all...

Nobody knows all the details.

It seems that it's the darkness of the past that shouldn't be opened.

The darkness of the past!?

What could be the past incident that was sealed away!?

Show me the proof that the loan chief secretary Minobe obtained had irregularities!

To find one single piece of document is... to be honest, impossible!

Will they be able to find the proof that will expose the entire truth!?

You don't need to think of all these unnecessary things...

If I get screwed over, I will definitely screw them back!

Business Suspension Order...!?

You were the one who dug up the sealed coffins!

I won't be responsible for whatever happens hereafter!

And finally a direct showdown with the evil chief secretary!

YES!

Even if you like it or not, we are down to the final 3 episodes!!

Hanzawa Naoki Episode 8! 13th September at 9 PM!

SO WHAT IS IT!?!?!?