Ikeido Jun

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

The story begins with a scene in which a trailer belonging to a small transport company, Akamatsu Transport, causes an accident caused by a tyre coming off. The company is on the verge of bankruptcy because it cannot obtain a loan from the bank. Unconvinced by the conclusion that the accident was caused by poor maintenance of the trailer, the president, Tokuro Akamatsu, wonders whether the vehicle itself that caused the accident might be defective.