Love is Still Necessary
7.5
Season 1
45 min
S1 · E1 · Jul 12, 2002
光の差す方へ ~autumn has come~ Episode 1
45 min
S1 · E2 · Jul 19, 2002
想い出の一夜 ~i want to die in your arms~ Episode 2
45 min
S1 · E3 · Jul 25, 2002
最後の晩餐 ~farewell to illusions of happiness~ Episode 3
45 min
S1 · E4 · Aug 2, 2002
おまえを絶対守る！！ ~wedding dress for death~ Episode 4
45 min
S1 · E5 · Aug 9, 2002
最後の夏休み ~memory of a firefly~ Episode 5
45 min
S1 · E6 · Aug 16, 2002
優しすぎる嘘 ~only truth! I want~ Episode 6
45 min
S1 · E7 · Aug 23, 2002
最高のプレゼント ~happy birthday~ Episode 7
45 min
S1 · E8 · Aug 30, 2002
愛を拾いし夜 ~i believe you~ Episode 8
45 min
S1 · E9 · Sep 6, 2002
7億3000万の殺意 ~kill me, with love~ Episode 9
45 min
S1 · E10 · Sep 13, 2002
盲目の令嬢 ~money, money, money~ Episode 10
10 episodes in Season 1
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Rage, a pimp who only loves money and himself, is sent to jail for 6 months. While he is in the jail, Rage’s partner, Reiji, dies in a traffic accident. Released from prison, Rage finds himself having lost everything but a debt of 6 million dollars. One day, Rage is visited by a lawyer that mistakes him for Reiji. According to the lawyer, Reiji’s father died and left him a large inheritance. Reiji’s only other living relative is his blind sister. Rage smells money and hatches a plan to pretend to be Reiji and steal his money.
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Cast
11 people
Ryoko Hirosue
Takazono Ako
Known for
Wasabi
Departures
Atsuro Watabe
Shiratori Reiji
Known for
Three... Extremes
Love Exposure
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Akutagawa Naru
Known for
Battle Royale
Death Note
Kazuma Suzuki
Igarashi Akira
Known for
Liar Game
Detroit Metal City
Ryoko Sakaguchi
Nakata Sakiko
Also in
Freeter, Ie wo Kau
The Inugami Family
Leo Morimoto
Ueda Takuro
Known for
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
Kids Return
Golgo Matsumoto
一条晴男
Kazuaki Hanmi
真壁恭一
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
白井礼慈
Known for
Ju-On: Origins
Liar Game
Mayuko Nishiyama
名波季理子
Also in
If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die
Police in a Pod
Hideyuki Nozawa
永岡明良
Yukihiko Tsutsumi Creator · Natsuki Imai Director
Total runtime 9h 0m · Episode length 54 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
July 12, 2002
Final episode
September 13, 2002
Status
Ended
Network
TBS
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
54 min
Total runtime
9h 0m
Original language
Japanese
Production
TBS
Production
Paravi
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
愛なんていらねえよ、夏
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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Some details come from TheTVDB.