Polina

Polina was a hostess at the Onyx Club. 
==Biography==
===The Test===
One night at the Onyx Bar, Jin hits on her, but she claims she's already assigned to another table and suggests he reserve her next time.
===Kishi Kaisei===
From her apartment, Polina contacts Samantha to ask for advice on what kind of birthday present she should get her regular Hasegawa-san. Samantha agrees to help Polina with her situation and promises to meet her at Shibuya at 4:00 p.m. later in the day.
With Samantha, Polina considers buying a tie with armadillos for Hasegawa and, in the end, decides to buy it. She'd later present it to him the next time Hasegawa visited her at the club.
===Reading the Air===
Samantha and Polina sit at a table with Hasegawa and his associates, where she entertains the guests with a tongue twister about a frog.
One night, the Duke passes around the hostesses' pay and notes that Polina and the other hostesses, aside from Luna and Samantha, are paltry. Afterward, Polina, along with her co-workers, looks at the dresses brought to them by the members of the Chihara-Kai. She'd get into an argument over the prices for the dresses with one of the members, but Sato would break it up.
Outside, Polina invites Samantha to join her in going to a host club, but she declines and suggests that she go home.
Another night, Polina talked on the phone with Samantha about how her day had gone.
===I Want It That Way===
In the locker room, Samantha offers Polina the opportunity to meet with her that weekend to sort things out, and she agrees.
Polina is seen singing a song for the club audience again. She later visits the host club, where she complains to her boyfriend Akira about the smelly old men she has to serve on a daily basis. Polina then talks about her contemplations of restarting her modeling career and maybe going to New York or England. However, Akira becomes defensive about that, claiming she's abandoning him, and before Polina can pacify Akira's tension, Samantha arrives and demands to know where Malee is. When Samantha leaves, she finds and vents her frustration about how Malee betrayed her. Polina follows Samantha outside and tries to console her, but she's inconsolable.
===Everybody Pays===
Samantha pays Polina a visit at her apartment and reveals her checkered past to her. She'd later be seen sitting at a table in the Onyx Bar, as Samantha sang a song for the audience.
Later, Polina would join Jake at his table, but mistakingly call him "Jack". She informs Jake that Samantha had left earlier with Sato, but then offers to show him her favorite place in Japan as a way to kill time before she meets her boyfriend. Jake acquiesces to the offer, and Polina says she'll meet him in five minutes.
Polina would take Jake to a temple where they paid their respects, and she'd talk about her love for Kinoko no yama or Chocorooms. She offers some to Jake, who hesitates, but she says in Slovanian, "Love comes through the stomach". After Jake tries one, Polina asks what his star sign is, and he responds that he doesn't know, but he claims his birthday is December 8th when asked by her. Then Polina explains that Samantha is a Taurus and Jake is a Sagittarius, making them incompatible with each other.
Looking at what time it was, Polina tries to leave, but Jake offers to buy her dinner, which she declines. He says he'll find a woman someday, and she must be a fire sign.
===The Information Business===
Polina leaves a voicemail message for Samantha, stating she's concerned about her since she hasn't returned to work in some time and wants her call returned.
Days later, when Samantha finally returned to the Onyx Bar, Polina confronted Samantha over not returning her calls but also informed her that Matsuo had been asking for her. She also noted that she figured Samantha may have skipped town, but she thanked Polina and headed out to the tables.
That same night, Polina exited the Onyx Bar and was greeted by Akira, who was celebrating their three-month anniversary together. To celebrate the occasion, Akira wanted to attend a party, but Polina wanted to do something else, but caved into Akira's insistence, and they then drove off in Akira's car.
At Akira's work, Polina watches as Akira courts another guest as one of Akira's co-workers tries to soothe her emotions; however, the co-worker's words don't seem to reach Polina.
Eventually, Akira sees how unhappy Polina is and visits her table. He tries to soothe her, but Polina calls him out of his bluff; however, Akira manages to coax Polina into forgiving her, and to celebrate their three-month anniversary, she orders a bottle of Magnum. A celebration ensues within the club, and everyone enjoys themselves.
===Sometimes They Disappear===
Polina listens to a Japanese cover of Sixpence None the Richer's song, Kiss Me, from her music player and is picked up by a black limousine.
Eventually, Samantha tried to get in contact with her, but was sent straight to her voicemail. So, after leaving Polina a concerned voicemail message, Samantha is approached by another hostess member to help her convince Hasegawa, a regular of Polina, to stay. She's later mentioned by Samantha, who's still concerned about her. Samantha mentioned that she asked someone named Miralina if she'd heard from Polina, but apparently, she hadn't. Sato then claims that Polina may be thinking over things and needs to do it alone, but Samantha isn't so convinced by that.
Continuing her search for Polina, Samantha visits Polina's apartment and learns from her roommate there that the last time she saw Polina, she was packing for a trip somewhere.
Samantha later confronts Akira at a salon about Polina's whereabouts. However, Akira plays dumb about it and doesn't care if she's no longer around to pay for his lavish lifestyle, claiming plenty of other women who'd do it for him. That night, Samantha, accompanied by Sato, confronted Akira outside of his club and demanded to know where Polina was. He finally confessed that she owed a great debt and that his manager handled it from there. Hence, the two confront the manager about Polina's whereabouts, but she refuses to speak to a gaijin like Samantha, so Sato handles it from there. From Sato's questioning, he learns that Polina was sent to Yoshino by the Tozawa group.
Sato discloses his findings about Polina to Samantha, and during their contentious argument with each other, Sato mentions Polina.
===Yoshino===
An old picture of Polina and Samantha is seen after Samantha awoke from a rough night. Jake later mentioned to Samantha that he couldn't find any information about Polina being in Yoshino or the surrounding areas. He suggested they file a missing person report on Polina, but Samantha remarked on its futility in a sarcastic manner. Jake then asked if Polina would return home, but Samantha claimed that she wouldn't.
During a heart-to-heart with Jake, Samantha explains to him how Polina is toward people. Jake cites that she once took him to a temple, which is one of her favorite places to go to. Seemingly hitting a dead end, Jake discovers a new lead to go on when he learns that the club that Polina is in debt to had some Tozawa influence on it. Jake recommends they meet someone who's connected to him, on the condition that they bring meth with him to hand as a present to said connection.
At Ukai's apartment, a source connection to Tozawa that Jake knew, Samantha learned from him that Yoshino isn't the area but a boat where Tozawa holds lavish parties. It's also there that the ladies sent there have sex with lady clients. After learning this, Samantha informs Jake of her findings in an alleyway, where she gives him a photo of Polina and her.
Jake later mentions Polina and the situation she's in, to Emi and gives her a photo of her as a reference. Akira briefly mentions Polina when he approaches Samantha about how, instead of being abducted to a boat, she was abducted by some guys who want 10 million yen for her safe return. All Akira could provide was 2-3 million yen, so Samantha asked that he call her in an hour, enter her apartment, and fetch her stash of cash to pay for Polina's ransom.
However, it was a setup by Akira and colleagues to rob Samantha of her money. When Sato meets Samantha sometime after she makes a deal with Ishida, he asks how her search for Polina is going, but Samantha gives no answer.
Jake finds a vanilla bag outside of his apartment with a tape containing footage of Polina's final moments. Polina was beaten to death by one of Tozawa's men after refusing the advances of the Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Shigematsu, on the Yoshino.
===Don't Ever F**king Miss===
Polina appears again in the video footage that shows her demise at the hands of a Tozawa thug. She's later mentioned by Jake, who feels somewhat responsible for what happened to her, claiming if he hadn't botched the airport raid, Polina would still be alive. The video featuring Polina and the Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Jotaro Shigematsu, is watched at the Meicho Shimbun Newspaper, who decided to run the story in the paper.
Samantha would leave Jake a message on his phone, updating him on her findings about Polina and asking him to contact her whenever he finds new information. Tin-Tin indirectly mentions Polina when he claims that everyone in the building is talking about her and asks if Jake knows her, which he confirms.
During an interview with Shigematsu about his involvement on the Yoshino boat, Emi pulls out a photograph featuring Polina and Shigematsu. She also claims that he was there when Polina was beaten to death, that a story involving the incident will be run in the paper, and that now was the time to clean up about it. However, he refuses, and it backfires despite Jake's attempt to cajole him into a confession.
Polina was mentioned in Jake and Emi's conversation about how Jake's actions in the interview with Shigematsu. Despite, Jake wanting to find a connection between Shigematsu and Tozawa, Emi argues that with what they have now, the best course of action is to publish Polina's story. Jake later returns Samantha's photo of her and Polina, and Samantha, now knowing that Polina is dead, asks if her body has been found. He answers no, but assures Samantha that Polina's story will be made public. When Samantha asks to be left alone, Jake stops her and asks for background information on Polina. However, Samantha refuses and kicks Jake out of her club after he gives his motive.
Again, Jake indirectly mentions Polina when he confronts Misaki about it. Hiroto would later mention Polina alongside Jin, who also fell victim to Tozawa's nefarious misdeeds.
Polina appears in a flashback featuring herself and Samantha, where she tells Samantha about the greatest lesson she ever learned when her grandfather tasked her with protecting her pet sheep, Bela. During the night she did, she failed to shoot the wolf that attacked Bela; thankfully, Polina's grandfather killed it, told her, "Never fucking miss", and proceeded to beat her.
Despite what her grandfather did, Polina considered it a great lesson, and when Samantha asked whether she'd return home. Polina answered no, and when she asked Samantha the same question, she answered there was nothing there for her, not even her family. Polina retorts that she's her family. Samantha would cry over this, sitting at the top of the stairway where Polina's favorite temple was at. She'd later visit her club and pinned a picture of her and Polina on the wall there.
===Be My Number One===
Once Samantha's club is opened, it's revealed that she named it after Polina. Samantha and Sato also indirectly mention her when they apologize for each other's guilt surrounding her. Before Erika, Samantha's temp hostess leaves for the night, she notices the picture hanging on the wall of Polina and her. Samantha explained that her name was Polina, and the club was named after her. She also added that the night she left several voicemail messages was the night she learned that she had died.
===Illness of the Trade===
Samantha briefly mentions Polina, when she learns from Jake that Tozawa is back in Tokyo.
===The War at Home===
The picture of Samantha and Polina together was seen in Samantha's apartment when Shoko took notice of it.
===The Noble Path===
Samantha briefly mentions Polina when she confronts Akira at his apartment.
===Consequences===
Polina's name is mentioned when Samantha visits Erika's apartment when she tries to justify what she did to Akira when they confronted him at his place.
===Endgame===
When Jake enters the Yoshino and separates from Hiroto's group, he locates the suite where Polina died. She's also indirectly mentioned when Meicho official Ozaki admits he burnt the tape that filmed her death.
==Appearances==
:;Season One
*The Test
*Kishi Kaisei
*Read the Air
*I Want It That Way
*Everybody Pays
*The Information Business
*Sometimes They Disappear
*Yoshino
:;Season Two
*Don't Ever F**king Miss
*Be My Number One
*Illness of the Trade
*The War at Home
*The Noble Path
*Consequences
*Endgame
==Trivia==
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==References==
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