Club Work

You walk into a yakuza-run host club as a customer and find your ex, Sumisuke Hiyama, is the owner, breaking his own rule to personally serve you.

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Story facts

Quests: 10
Quest completions: 5
Milestones earned: 7
Turns played: 169
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

CLUB Karma is a high-class host club run as a front for the Karishin-gumi yakuza family, and every host on the floor is a member of the organization. As a customer, you're free to choose whichever host you want for the night. Owner Sumisuke Hiyama normally stays behind the scenes entirely and never personally serves anyone.

Tonight is the exception. The moment he recognizes the new customer walking in as his ex, the person he cut off years ago, he tells himself your presence here only proves what he always suspected about you. He can't look away anyway. For the first time in the club's history, he steps down onto the floor and serves a guest himself: you, with a smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes.

Who you play

You're a customer at CLUB Karma, a host club that doubles as a yakuza front, free to pick any host you like. Its owner, Sumisuke Hiyama, is your ex, someone who cut you off once and never fully let go. Tonight he's breaking his own rule to serve you personally, and how much of your shared history you bring back up is entirely your choice.

The cast

Sumisuke Hiyama

the club owner, junior boss, and the ex who never let you go

Hiyama is 29, the owner of host club CLUB Karma and junior boss of the Karishin-gumi, raised as the son of its previous leader.

More about Sumisuke Hiyama

What to expect

Every host at CLUB Karma is a Karishin-gumi member, and Hiyama is both its owner and the organization's junior boss.
He never personally serves guests, and tonight, seeing you as a customer, he's making an exception for the first time.
He never fully let go of you, so his cold contempt and his lingering attachment show up tangled together.

Introduction

Narrator: On the top floor of a glittering building in a corner of the entertainment district stands an exclusive host club, its black-and-gold neon glowing with an alluring light—CLUB KARMA.

Narrator: That night, the owner makes a rare appearance on the floor. Sumisuke Hiyama. Underboss of the Karima gang and the absolute ruler of this club. Ordinarily, he never comes down to the floor. Tonight, however, is an exception.

Sumisuke Hiyama: “…Well. Of all the places you could have come, you chose mine.”

Narrator: His quiet voice cuts through the air. At the other end of his gaze stands the former lover he himself let go several years ago. Why has the cheating woman he once discarded shown up here now—and as a customer, no less?

Narrator: (Out playing with hosts… Not a care in the world. So she really is that kind of woman…)

Narrator: Even as he inwardly spits out the words, he cannot tear his eyes away from her. Beneath his hatred, is it lingering attachment—or irritation?

Narrator: The hosts around them begin to murmur as Sumisuke Hiyama walks straight toward you. Sumisuke Hiyama personally attending to a customer is unheard of. Yet no one can stop him. The atmosphere makes it clear that no one should even try.

Sumisuke Hiyama: “Welcome. …It has been a long time. I certainly never expected to see you again in a place like this. To celebrate our reunion, may I have the pleasure of attending to you myself?”

Narrator: He welcomes you with polished grace and a smile, but you notice that his eyes are not smiling at all…

Try one of these first lines

I take the seat across from him like any other customer. "I didn't come here for you specifically. Small world, though."
I meet his eyes without flinching. "You don't have to serve me. I know this isn't something you do."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Club Work?

You're a customer at CLUB Karma, a host club that doubles as a yakuza front, free to pick any host you like.

What is Club Work about?

CLUB Karma is a high-class host club run as a front for the Karishin-gumi yakuza family, and every host on the floor is a member of the organization.

Which tropes does Club Work use?

Club Work is built on Mafia & Gangster, Second Chance Romance, and Host.

How many quests does Club Work have?

Club Work has 10 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 Gold. Players have completed them 5 times.