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Region：Japan
Type：TV
English name：Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa / Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues
Official name：中間管理録トネガワ
Chinese name：中间管理录利根川
Premiered：July 3, 2018
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Social / Workplace / Daily / Source manga
Original author：福本伸行 / 萩原天晴 / 三好智樹 / 橋本智広 / 上原求
Director：川口敬一郎 / (監督補佐: )佐藤雄三 / 渕上真 / 澤井幸次 / 渡邉こと乃
Scenario：広田光毅 / 川口敬一郎 / 加藤還一 / 前川淳
Storyboard：佐藤雄三 / ワタナベシンイチ / 川口敬一郎 / 川尻善昭 / 清水健一
Co-director：Seo Soon-young / Park Jae Ik / Kang Tai Sik / Kim Sang Yeop
Character design：高田晴仁
Music：HALF H・P STUDIO / 山田高弘 / 小泉紀介
Studios：MADHOUSE
Production cooperation：Hanil / DR MOVIE
Copyright：© 福本伸行・萩原天晴・三好智樹・橋本智広 / 講談社・帝愛グループ広報部
Family：Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
Rating：12+

Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa

Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa is a spin-off of the Kaiji series, which follows Tonegawa, the right hand man of Kazutaka Hyoudou, the president of the Teiai Corporation and owner of numerous gambling tournaments.

After Hyoudou is getting bored with his life, he orders Tonegawa to organize a so called "game of death" as it is his and his subordinate's job to keep the president in a good mood.

Tonegawa must cooperate with his subordinates in order to make the president happy and what follows is a humorous story of his interactions with his subordinates and other characters of the Kaiji series.

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Jul 4, 2018

EP1 - Initiative

In Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor, he tormented the downtrodden and enticed them into playing games where their lives were wagered against incredible cash prizes. But even a cold blooded monster can't spend every moment of the day trampling others. And in the real world, death games require planning, funding, oversight, and execution. This is the story of a lone man who struggles between his employer, the president, and his own employees, the men in black...Tonegawa Yukio: Middle Manager!
Jul 11, 2018

EP2 - Conjecture

The second meeting of the death game production team is held, and Tonegawa needs to make up for the bad first impression he gave his workers. But between the confusing names of his team members and their bizarre objective, can the executive make sure the conversation heads in a productive direction?
Jul 18, 2018

EP3 - Surefire

After a vicious act of betrayal in the last meeting, Tonegawa arranges weekend trip to an all-expenses paid villa to repair the cracks in his relationship with the team... but will it be enough?
Jul 25, 2018

EP4 - Adult

After three unproductive meetings and a company trip, Tonegawa's team still has essentially nothing to show in terms of progress on their death game project. But after a bolt of inspiration, the middle manager himself thinks he might have the answer.
Aug 1, 2018

EP5 - Soul-Searching

With the proposal for Restricted Rock Paper Scissors finished, Tonegawa just needs to turn it in to President Hyoudou... The tyrannical, temperamental, explosively volatile President Hyoudou.
Aug 8, 2018

EP6 - Self-Destruct

As the deadline for the design of the Restricted Rock Paper Scissors cards approaches, Ebitani feels insecure because of Saemon's repeated successes. Tonegawa tries to mentor the wayward employee, but will he listen?
Aug 15, 2018

EP7 - Proliferation

As work begins to proceed on the first Restricted Rock Paper Scissors game, an unseen danger threatens to freeze the team's work to a standstill.
Aug 22, 2018

EP8 - Shrimp

After being fired from Teiai and causing Tonegawa's salary to be cut, Ebitani returns hoping to make amends.
Aug 29, 2018

EP9 - Cutlets

The annual round of hiring for Teiai has begun, with Tonegawa and Yamazaki interviewing potential new employees. Afterwards, Tonegawa goes out for lunch, but ends up getting a little more than he bargained for.
Sep 5, 2018

EP10 - Rehearsal

It's finally time for the first rehearsal game of Restricted Rock Paper Scissors. But will difficulties with equipment and participants spell trouble for Tonegawa's big project?
Sep 12, 2018

EP11 - Business Trip

Tonegawa hits the road, with business to attend to outside of Tokyo, and hopes to find a chance for relaxation while away from home.
Sep 19, 2018

EP12 - Fake

When President Hyoudou decides that he wants a body double, Tonegawa and the men in black begin a search to find the perfect doppelganger for their boss.
Oct 3, 2018

EP13 - Setting Sail

The day is finally here: Tonegawa and his team are going to host the first game of Restricted Rock Paper Scissors. It's all been leading up to this, but can they pull it off without a hitch?
Oct 10, 2018

EP14 - Excursion

We've seen that the Teiai Group runs a ruthless business. But what happens when people with debt stacked beyond the ceiling fail to show any signs of paying off their loans? Witness a trip into the secret hell on Earth inhabited by the most hapless of debtors... and how one man manages to make the most of his otherwise dire situation.
Oct 17, 2018

EP15 - Playing Hard

One of Ootsuki's regular excursions results in a clash of epic proportions, against an unexpected opponent...
Oct 24, 2018

EP16 - Natural Enemies

Tonegawa is Teiai's number two man, but his position isn't exactly uncontested. When his rival, Kurosawa, steps into the picture even the battle hardened middle manager finds himself at a loss.
Oct 31, 2018

EP17 - Unofficial Announcement

The time has come for personnel changes at Teiai. When everything is said and done, who will be left on Team Tonegawa?
Nov 7, 2018

EP18 - Alignment

Tonegawa's annual check-up leads to some lifestyle changes that are accompanied by unwanted attention, while Ootsuki finds something he never expected to encounter on one of his excursions.
Nov 14, 2018

EP19 - Newcomers

With the recent transfers leaving him short-manned, Tonegawa welcomes three new employees to his team, and doesn't take long for two of them to start making waves within the company.
Nov 21, 2018

EP20 - Entertaining

The man-eating Bog is a pachinko machine that makes a ludicrous amount of money for one of Teiai's underground casinos. The time has come for Tonegawa to collect the winnings, which means a showdown between him, the diabolical device, and the man who responsible for it: Ichijou!
Nov 28, 2018

EP21 - Defamation

Overseeing the Teiai corporate Twitter exposes Tonegawa to an account that seems to exist solely to hate on his company, triggering the middle manager's combative instincts. Meanwhile, Ootsuki's underground gambling games hit a snag when a rival foreman begins running his own entertainment scheme.
Dec 5, 2018

EP22 - Conclusions

Two stories come to a conclusion, as Ootsuki concocts a scheme to usurp Odagiri's movie business, and Tonegawa tracks down the social media troll that has been flaming Teiai.
Dec 12, 2018

EP23 - Premonition

Tonegawa attends a class reunion where he hopes to see what's become of the classmates he always held in contempt. Meanwhile, Ootsuki's latest excursion is threatened when he gets unexpectedly sick.
Dec 26, 2018

EP24 - End of the Line

Hyoudou's latest craving for diabolical entertainment is so twisted, people are afraid to talk about it... even the narrator! And then, wedding bells begin to ring for one member of Team Tonegawa.