Tokyo: As the Bubble Era Approaches, You Call This Adopted Son a Loser?

His adoptive father dies in a car accident, and the family fortune worth billions is secretly devoured by Kitahara Kawa, a company president with yakuza roots. Nagano Naoko has only just transmigrated and barely has time to celebrate before he goes to demand answers, only to get a calligraphy brush thrown in his face and be branded a "useless shut-in." The other man even admits to causing the crash right to his face, certain the law can't touch him.

Both arms are in casts, and he needs his adoptive mother to help him use the toilet. His fiancee watches from afar in Osaka, and the family can't even afford a caregiver. Facing a wolf backed by the Sumiyoshi-kai, Nagano Naoko's only chance to survive is to bow his head and give in, voluntarily surrendering all rights to inherit in exchange for Kitahara Kawa sparing his life for now.

But his degree from Keio University is the one card he still holds. If he can stay alive long enough to make his way into one of the six major zaibatsu and reach a position high enough, crushing Kitahara Kawa will be like stepping on an ant. In Tokyo in 1989, even the cleaners carry Louis Vuitton, and office workers earn ten million a year. But this glittering bubble is about to burst. He has to survive until then before he can even think about revenge.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.