Fujimoto Shigeki

Meeting, parting, gambling, assassination. Living by doing various things empties one's belly. If life's this worthless, then let’s devour delicious things!!The wandering drifter Itarou travels, kills, and eats. A hardboiled local gourmet comic!Additional Links:Official X

Won the Mita Norifusa Award from the 8th THE GATE Morning Newcomer Awards.

Hanzawa Naoki is the Loans Division Chief of the Osaka Nishi branch of the third largest megabank in the world, the Tokyo Chuo Bank. To meet the target loan amount set by the headquarter branch, the Branch Manager of the Osaka Nishi branch, Asano Tadasu, asks Hanzawa to handle a loan required by Nishi Osaka Steel. However, after obtaining the loan, the President of Nishi Osaka Steel, Higashida Mitsuru, declares bankruptcy and goes missing. Hanzawa must now race against time to retrieve the loan and uphold the capital and honour of the bank!Originally a series of novels, it received a TV drama adaptation in 2013, securing one of the highest ratings for a TV drama to date.Compositor: Tsuha Keiichi