Tempting Heart (1999)

Chiaki, an adult-video actress looking to switch to a proper job, takes out a loan from Ushijima in order to take the corporate entrance exam.

Office lady Kumiko piles up debts to maintain her relationships at work. Her boyfriend, meanwhile, is attempting to avoid paying Ushijima back.

Kumiko starts working part-time in the sex trade, but Kensuke can't curtail his spending habits even after word gets around at Kumiko's office job.

Ohara, Ushijima's backer, pressures him about profits. Chiaki's people skills are an asset at the office when they're targeted by scammers.

Ushijima and his fellows realize that Morishita and his crew have been scamming lenders Chiaki feels responsible for falling for their scheme.

Ushijima's agency is targeted by another illegal loan shop: Losing money, they plan to infiltrate Kaukau Finance and steal their client list.

Desperate, Itabashi continues his campaign of forgery to get a loan, while Ueno waits for his chance and Mizuki is targeted by an old client.

Ushijima turns 'Ueno,' and then he turns the tables on Ueno's boss. Yoshinori wants to run away with Anna, but she's not interested anymore.

Mizuki seeks help from Ushijima and company to get back the money that Numata stole from her. Meanwhile, Itabashi is running out of options.

Popular host Issei asks Ushijima and company to collect on a customer's debt. Ushijima's underling Takada meets his former colleague Hayato again.

Hayato begins learning the ropes by following Takada around. Meanwhile, slacker Utsui wins big at pachinko and makes a payment on his loan.

Ushijima and company set out to do due diligence on a group of young debtors while attempting to maneuver around a potential police investigation.

Nakata continues getting involved in risky business for the sake of cash. Meanwhile, Takada runs into Hayato again and Ushijima trades with Inui.

Ushijima invests with Hayato; Ezaki follows suit due to his losses at an underground casino. Julia's colleagues get suspicious about her other job.

Money worries cloud Nakata's relationship with Papiko, while Takada adds a new customer at a pachinko parlor. Ushijima wonders about Julia.

Hard up for funds and miserable over Papiko, Nakata takes a loan out from the mysterious Habu, about whom Ushijima and Inui trade information.

Hayato flees with the money he obtained from CowCow Finance's members via Ezaki. Ushijima and Inui cooperate to track him down.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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