Episode 11

Old Law, New Twist is the third episode of the second season of Tokyo Vice.
==Synopsis==
Katagiri and Nagata ramp up their efforts. Jake gets invited to an exclusive party. Samantha and Sato deal with a growing problem at the club.Official Tokyo Vice Synopsis from Max website
==Summary==
Two of Tozawa's men enter the male host club in Kabucho, and the manager there tells them to get lost as the place belongs to the Chihara-Kai. However, one of the men smacks the face of one of the manager's hosts, forcing her to pay the men, but warns them to be careful that their boss hasn't been around in three months.
Within Jake's apartment, Jake and Misaki lay on Jake's mattress and watch an interview with Jake about his news article about the Bosozoku motorcycle gangs. In it, Jake expresses symphony for the youth of whom society hears nothing. The interview starts to get on Jake's nerves, and he turns it off midway, claiming he came off like an asshole. Misaki then goes through some of his photos featuring himself and his co-worker friends, Tin-Tin and Trendy. She finds another with Samantha, who Jake claims is only a friend of his, not a lover. The last thing Misaki finds is an airplane ticket to St. Louis. Misaki asks Jake if he wants to go, but he nods. After the two kiss and embrace a bit, Jake tries to coax Misaki to go somewhere different from him that night, but Misaki tries to dissuade Jake. Misaki says they must be patient and careful, and Jake sarcastically says he's both. They both then laugh at the off-the-cuff remark.
In Shoko's office, Hiroto shows Shoko a picture of a man named Hiroshi Shibuya, a Yakuza who was arrested for stabbing a man who tried to collect a debt. Pleased by Hiroto's findings, Shoko asks Hiroto who the man was affiliated with, and Hiroto answers, the Hishinuma-Kai. Believing that the clan would be the best test case for their endeavor, Shoko asks Hiroto how many men they'll need.
Tozawa's wife stands in his living room when Hagino arrives. Hagino informs her that Yabuki has called him and asks her if she needs anything, to which she answers no. Hence, Hagino says that if she needs anything, someone outside can assist her, and when he returns, he'll bring her children. Before Hagino leaves, Tozawa's wife stops and thanks him for all his hard work.
Walking to a separate room where Yabuki was, Hagino reports to him that Mrs. Tozawa has not changed. The two men who took the money from the male host club entered the room, and Yabuki demanded they return the money to the club named Club Miralina. Furthermore, Yabuki warns them to stay out of Kabukicho, but one of the men proclaims why they should stand by when the Chihara-Kai continue taking what's theirs. The man continues by saying that Tozawa would have never allowed such an act if he had been around. Because of those remarks, Yabuki orders the other man to punch his partner to the ground, and the man does without hesitation. Yabuki then picks up the fallen lackey and orders his partner to hit him again, which he does, but suffers from the pain of the punch.
After the two men are escorted out of the room, Hagino confronts Yabuki over his actions toward the Chihara-Kai, which also perplexes the others in the clan. Although Hagino warns Yabuki that their men are becoming restless and angry, Yabuki claims they don't need to understand and only do what he tells them. When Yabuki's cell phone rings, he dismisses Hagino, though as Hagino leaves, he gives Yabuki a cold glare.
Sato stands by the bar area at Club Polina, where he sees his senior Hayama sitting at a table with some ladies. He spots Samantha talking to Ohno at another table. Ohno offers to cook Samantha a meal there if she comes to his house. Samantha compliments Ohno, but he insists that she call him "Masa", and she gladly accepts. However, Samantha then claims that she's flattered by Masa's offer, which he interprets as a rejection, and she confirms it, citing her rules. Masa then tries to coax Samantha into reconsidering, which she claims she'll consider it.
Just then, one of the Chihara-Kai members gets one of the hostesses there wet, and Hayama rebukes the member for doing that as Sato quietly observes. Following Samantha's signaling, Erika leaves her table and switches places with Samantha. She walks to Sato and asks if he can do anything; however, he denies that there is. Hence, Samantha walks to Hayama's table and asks if they're all having fun there tonight. Hayama disparages the drinks and demands that the place work on them. Samantha then asks Hayama and his colleagues to tone down their exuberance with respect to the other guests. However, Hayama indirectly mentions Sato, claiming that if he comes over to tell them to do it, they will, and then he demands that she leave. Samantha rebukes the comment, though Hayama claims he won't ask nicely again. At that moment, Masa delivered an expensive bottle to the table, which defused the tension in the situation. With the bottle being served at their table, Hayama promised to leave without a hassle when they finished it. Once this is settled, Samantha gives Sato a cold stare, but he merely takes it.
When Sato drives Erika home in his car, Erika thanks him for driving her home, which Sato downplays. Erika's stomach then growls, and Erika apologizes for it. Sato offers to take Erika somewhere to eat, but she declines, saying she needs to get home. She offers him some leftovers that she has there, which Sato agrees to.
At Erika's apartment, she apologizes to Sato for being unable to prepare the food as she needs to pay her babysitter. Sato says it's alright and she should take her time. Alone in Erika's living room, Sato looks at the pictures of Daichi and is met by the boy who asks who Sato is and then asks where his mother was. Sato introduces himself to Daichi and informs him that his mother is paying his babysitter. He then asks Daichi why he is up, and Daichi answers that Sato woke him up. After adjusting his coat, Sato apologizes to Daichi and suggests that he go to bed, but Daichi wants Sato to read him a story before he does and leads Sato to his room.
In Daichi's room, Sato reads him a story, and Erika catches it in progress. Sato explains that Daichi woke up when he arrived, so Sato read him a story to help him sleep. Once Daichi is settled in, Erika asks Sato if he's leaving, but Sato denies it, saying he's still hungry.
Sato compliments the meal he shared with Erika outside of Erika's apartment, which pleased her. Erika then notes that Sato isn't what she expected him to be, another "Tattooed Guy". Sato claims she's not what he expected either, which was another boring lady. The two then share a kiss and then part ways with each other.
The following morning, in Jake's apartment, Samantha vents her frustration about how Hayama had visited her club three times in the past month and caused a ruckus. Jake knew of Hayama, calling him Ishida's number 2 man, and that there was little that Sato could do because Hayama outranks him. Samantha asks Jake to try to reason with Sato on her behalf, but Jake mentions that his last encounter with Sato got him kicked out of the Onyx Bar. From then on, they stay clear of each other, and he asks why Samantha doesn't do it herself since they are close to one another. However, Samantha admits that her bond with Sato is broken, claiming that business and pleasure don't mix, which Jake can relate to. Samantha then asks Jake if he's been seeing someone, and Jake confirms that he has been seeing someone for some time now. Pleased by Jake's accomplishment, she backtracks to how she doesn't want Hayama to visit her club anymore. So, Jake suggests that Samantha should talk with Sato as a friend and seek his help.
At a restaurant bar, Emi, Trendy, Tin-Tin, and Jake celebrate Jake's articles about motorcycle thefts, which earned him high praise. Emi then notes that she has to leave, but before she does, Emi gives the three invitations to a party held by the U.S. Ambassador, held at the Ambassador's home the following night. She wants the three to go to the party and cultivate sources. When Emi leaves, Trendy comments that it's nice that their boss allows Emi to have free time since he doesn't believe she has much time for fun.
Sitting on Shingo's bed at his apartment, Emi looks at the photograph of Shingo and his son and asks how he did at the baseball game. Shingo answers that his son hit a home run and is proud. He then asks Emi how many people she spoke with in Meicho's A/V Department, and Emi answers them all, claiming none of them could have started the fire. Shingo questions if Emi believes them, and Emi claims she has no other reason not to. Still, Shingo pushes the fact that someone there still could have done it, but Emi refutes it; however, Shingo argues in Korean not to be blinded by her loyalty.
After Emi kisses Shingo, she then notices what time it is and prepares to leave. Shingo suggests that she call her brother, but she claims he doesn't answer the phone. So Shingo suggests that she come along and not hide their relationship from her brother any longer. Though Emi is against that, claiming her brother is sick, Shingo argues he isn't sick like having stomach problems; he's mentally ill, and things have to change. Still, Emi stands by her decision for her brother and leaves.
Jake meets Misaki at a music theater and invites her to the U.S. Ambassador's party as his plus one. Misaki is rightfully worried about the risks associated with going there, but Jake pushes her to agree, suggesting she use a pseudonym.
Returning home to her apartment, Emi finds her brother Kei preparing something while listening to some rap music at a loud level. Emi asks what Kei was doing, and he answers that he wants to make some Dwaeji Gukbap for her since she is craving it. Kei then has Emi watch over the soup as he continues cutting the cabbage, and she smiles, watching her brother sing along to the rap music he was listening to.
Meanwhile, Kaito spends time with his brother Sato alongside other members of the Chihara-Kai, listening to Taro sing a karaoke song of the Backstreet Boy's Song, Everybody. Amid this, two members talk to Kaito and ask if he's met Hayama yet, to which he alludes that he hasn't. Sato then interjects and reminds them that they're there for fun, not business. One of the members claims that Kaito isn't one of them, leaving him to feel dejected as everyone there continues to party.
Riding her motorcycle to her club, Samantha finds Sato there and claims she left a message about wanting to talk with him. Sato knew and was already on his way there, and wanted to talk with her as well. Samantha asks Ishida to do something about Hayama, which Sato claims he will do if Samantha does something for him, and that is to do something with the architect, Masa. Since Masa works for the city, he knows what train station will be converted into a shopping district, and Ishida wants to know which one before it becomes public. This is so Ishida could purchase the land before it's advertised as prime real estate. However, Samantha refuses to act as a spy since client privacy is built on trust that she wishes to keep for business purposes. On the other hand, Sato claims to know which railway station is more important than her club, and the club belongs to Ishida.
Samantha then notes that she's being threatened by Sato, who claims that she fired Claudine, who, although she was stealing from her, in truth, worked for Ishida. Claudine's job was to collect information from the architect; now, all he wanted was her, and she had to finish the job. Curiously, if not defiantly, Samantha asks what if she rejects it, which Sato warns her not to do. Sato apologizes and leaves after saying he wants an answer tomorrow.
Hiroto and Shoko held a joint briefing on their plans to raid Hishinuma-Kai HQ until it was time to leave.
Later, the Hishinuma-Kai leader met with Chihara-Kai member Kobayashi about a merger deal between the two clans. Amid this, Hiroto knocks at the door, and when a member goes to answer it, he kicks it open and enters alongside Shoko. Hiroto asks if Hiroshi Shibuya was there, but a member claims he hasn't been there for weeks, so Hiroto asks if he's an affiliate of them, which Kobayashi claims they shouldn't answer that; still one member does. When pressed for an answer as to why it matters, Shoko states that Hiroshi was arrested for stabbing a man to death under the orders of the Hishinuma-Kai. Despite one member arguing that their clan didn't receive notice of their arrival, Hiroto snaps that they're not there to make deals. Shoko then announces that Hiroshi's crime extends to his employers and formally puts the leader under arrest while the remaining members will be questioned on suspicion of extortion accessories. When a member confronts Shoko, she incapacitated him to the ground and put him under arrest for Obstruction of Police Duty.
Hiroto then summons the police officers into the office, where they combat the members. One of the members knocks Hiroto down, and he pursues him deeper into the building. There, has a brief scuffle with the member, who manages to get a hold of his gun and be at his mercy. Asking for mercy and citing that the man wouldn't want to be a cop killer, out of fear, the member tosses the gun away and flees, leaving Hiroto by himself.
Back at the Police HQ, Shoko asks Hiroto how many criminal organizations there are in the city, and he answers twenty-five. Shoko states that there are currently twenty-four, and there will be twenty-three next week. Funaki questions Shoko if she really arrested the Hishiguma-Kai under Obstruction of Police Duty, which she confirms. Funaki claims that the law is only used to arrest political protesters. However, Shoko claims that it does now, citing an old lady with a new twist, and they're only getting started.
Once that is over, Hiroto exits into the police hallway and contacts his family, to which Natsumi answers. Hiroto asks if she's doing fine and says she's drawing her father's red car. Pleased to hear that, Hiroto asks to talk to Junko, but Natsume claims she's too tired to talk tonight, so Hiroto asks her to mention that he called. Natsumi agrees to do it and hangs up. With that, Hiroto returns to the office area.
Emi, Tin-Tin, and Trendy attend the U.S. Ambassador's party and listen to the cast members of Rent sing an American Folk song that originated around the founding of the United States. After the song is over, Tin-Tin and Trendy spot Jake with Misaki, and Tin-Tin recognizes her but can't exactly recall from where. Elsewhere, Emi talked with a man who introduced an FBI agent known as Lynn, and Emi talked to her about how America uses restraining orders against stalkers. Lynn confirms it and agrees to talk to Emi about it more on Monday.
While at the food table, an embassy worker named Jason Aoki starts a conversation with Trendy and introduces himself as Jun Shinohara, a reporter. Much to Jason's chagrin, he admits that he got Jun's occupation wrong. He and his colleagues play a game where they guess a certain person's professional, and he had guessed that Jun was a model. Jake and Misaki are then introduced to Lynn by Emi, who was impressed by one of Jake's most recent articles. He thanked Lynn and introduced Misaki as Mari, who claimed she was a modern dance choreographer. Lynn then left to meet with a member of the Korean Embassy, and Emi soon followed. Jake was perplexed by Misaki's choice of profession when she claimed that she was more talented than he knew.
In his dorm room, Kaito shows the results of the website he created for Sato to sell his warehouse full of shoes. They have a brief heart-to-heart where Kaito admits he talks about their parents and how he wants to be like Sato, but this is cut short by the arrival of Hayama. Upon entering the room, Hayama notes that the rumors were true about Sato's brother and, to Sato's dismay, learns about the website that Kaito created. Hayama especially becomes interested when Kaito admits how much money his website made selling shoes to people. Despite not being a part of the clan, Hayama doesn't seem to care since he knows a gold mine when he sees one.
Switching back to Jake's side, he regroups with Misaki, and they playfully joke about Misaki's fake profession. However, things take a turn when Jake offers to take Misaki to Missouri with him, and then she spots someone there who is affiliated with Tozawa. Panic-stricken, Misaki leaves and demands that Jake stay away from her, leaving him dejected.
Over at Club Polina, one of the hostesses who was missing something spoke with the barkeep, Kenji, about it. Sitting with Masa, he asks Samantha if his offer is pressuring him, but she denies it and promises to give him a response soon. Masa allows Samantha to take all of the time she needs, and she then excuses herself to see what the issue at the bar is. The hostess there complains that Kenji lost Ishii-san's bottle of Glenmorangie Grand Vintage. To make matters worse, Hayama arrives, and Erika steps in to handle Hayama, allowing Samantha to deal with the missing bottle of expensive whiskey.
Sitting at his desk at the Police HQ with a lit cigarette, Shoko gives Hiroto a beer to celebrate their recent raid. Shoko reports that the prosecutors liked the arrest they made there, claiming they could charge most of them with extortion with the seized documents. She also mentioned that one of them ratted out their boss. With that, Shoko opens and raises her drink while Hiroto languidly does the same, and Shoko notes that he doesn't seem to be in a celebratory mood. Hiroto comments that nothing comes without cost, and Shoko claims that they should make it worth it. Agreeing with that sentiment, Hiroto takes a drink of his beer, and Shoko does too.
Awakening from his rough night at the party, Jake hears Chika, Tats' younger sister, knocking at his apartment door. She tells him that Tats was arrested. Although Jake didn't use any of the photographs of the members and didn't use their real names, the cops found them and had them arrested.
Afterward, Jake visited Tats in the detention center visiting area, where his face was bruised, and his head was shaven. Contrary to any assurance Jake gave to Tats, he said that for stealing a bike, he'd been locked up with murders and would be taken to prison. Tats also mentions that Jake had assisted him in stealing a bike and imposes him to take care of his sister as she has nobody else to take care of her.
Later, at the Meicho, Jake pleads with Emi to allow the Meicho to speak on behalf of Tats to get him into reform school. However, because Tats was caught stealing a motorcycle and hitting a police officer, reform school is off the table. Although Jake tries to argue that he's been beaten up since he was arrested, Emi says it'll be worse when he is taken to prison, as a juvenile prison can be worse than normal ones. Hearing this shocks Jake.
When Kaito returns to his dorm, he's confronted by Hayama, who says Kaito deserves a reward and, after placing his arm around his shoulder, offers to take him for a ride. Hayama then leads Kaito to his car.
Elsewhere, Jake waits for Sato outside the Chihara-Kai building. When Sato exits it, Jake tries to engage him in a conversation and offers to buy him a drink. Getting nowhere, Jake formally apologizes for his behavior toward him at the Onyx Bar, claiming he was in the wrong when he jumped to conclusions that time. Taking a drag of his cigarette, Sato notes that Jake was beaten up, and Jake confirms; in turn, Jake claims that he heard that Sato got stabbed, and he confirms it. The two smiled at their reconnection, and Sato took Jake to somewhere they could eat.
Meanwhile, Hayama takes Kaito somewhere. As they walk, Hayama asks what school Kaito attended, and he answers Narishima Gakuen High. Hayama leads Kaito to a love hotel where the prostitutes there dress as schoolgirls from various schools, and Harayama requests that they get ones from Narishima Gakuen High.
Back to Jake and Sato, they eat at a restaurant, and Jake fills in the situation about Tats being arrested and what prison he may be sent to. Sato then tells a morbid story about the prison that Tats may be sent to, which makes Jake gag a little. Hence, Jake asks Sato for a favor to protect Tats, and he accepts it. However, the deal is declined after Jake learns that Tats will join the Chihara-Kai after he's released. To make matters worse for Jake, he's kept footing the bill.
After a long night at the club, Samantha exits her office and finds her employees in the waiting room, where they throw her a party. The reason for the party was their gratitude for being a great boss.
Misaki is briefly seen being driven by a Tozawa member.
Samantha finally meets with Ishida, who notes that she heard about the information he wants from Sato. She admits that Masa has invited her to his house and is in a position to help. Ishida then asks if she'll do it, but Samantha tries to negotiate a quid pro quo for doing this task, the condition being that she becomes the club's sole owner and that no member of his clan will enter the club. Although Ishida agrees to it, he argues that she'd pay 25% of the club revenue for the next six months, though Samantha tries to negotiate it down to two months. Despite Ishida's disapproval, he offers three months, and Samantha agrees. Before Samantha leaves, Ishida compliments Samantha for her tough negotiating skills and wishes her good luck.
Over at Jake's apartment, Jake tries to contact Misaki; however, she refuses to pick up. Unbeknownst to Jake, Misaki was with the newly healthy-looking Tozawa, who embraced Misaki from behind.
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==Characters==
* Jake Adelstein
* Hiroto Katagiri
* Shoko Nagata
* Hiroshi Shibuya (Picture)
* Hagino
* Yabuki
* Akiro Sato
* Naoki Hayama
* Samantha Porter
* Masahiro Ohno (Masa)
* Erika
* Daichi
* Tin-Tin
* Trendy (Jun Shinohara)
* Emi Maruyama
* Baku (Indirectly Mentioned)
* Shingo
* Kei Maruyama
* Taro
* Kaito
* Gen
* Claudine (Mentioned)
* Kobayashi
* Funaki
* Natsume Katagiri (Phone)
* Junko Katagiri (Mentioned)
* Lynn Oberfield
* Jason Aoki
* Kenji
* Ishii (Mentioned)
* Chika
* Tats
* Minami
* Hitoshi Ishida
==Trivia==
==References==
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