History Series / RunForMoneyTousouchuu

'''WARNING: Folder's content contained spoilers of Background Settings of both Tousouchuu/Sentouchuu Universe!'''

** [[spoiler: In Episode 27. One player received a bun in a side mission, but he thought that was mere nothing but a normal bun and eat it in place. When the final mission required two NPC to get rid of the buzzers, he get to the place where two NPC are, but when they said they were depleted and need a bun to work for them, [[OhCrap he regretted.]], although there are still 3 buns (holded by other players) to spare.]]

* {{Whammy}}: Being caught by a Hunter. Not only do they lose all prize money, but they will be placed inside a small jail cage until the end of the game, unless they were revived by someone or participating the revival game.
* Personnel: Only the cameraman (following players) can be seen in most episodes. In an unusual move for a game show, there's no traditional GameShowHost onscreen; the closest the show gets is GameMaster Satoshi Tsukimura, who is only occasionally seen and generally does not interact directly with the players.

** In episode 28's last mission, 10 coins are required to obtain a mission item to stop 5 hunters being released. But there were not enough coins for remaining players after the player with most coins has been caught by hunters. On verge of releasing the hunters, [[spoiler: Kiyohara]] surprised all viewers by asking ousted player for 10 coins, and [[spoiler: stopped the hunters on time, which would end up winning him the game.]] The loophole was patched in episode 33 when a similar mechanism was being used through the game.

** Ultimate one-upped this with the ''Shinobi Zone'', where the eliminated players had a chance to navigate an area filled with the Sentouchuu ninjas, where getting tagged by their attack footballs would permanently eliminate them from the game. Furthermore, the exit is locked from outside, which means unless active players give them a hand, they will be eliminated anyway. [[spoiler: Even two active players gave them a hand and opened the gates, but only one player escaped.]][[spoiler: It was later found out the Shinobis in this episode were used as test-bed for the twin-Shinobi in the following Sentouchuu.]]

** [[spoiler: For example, in episode 15, after a player carried and placed a bonus box on a designated checkpoint, he dealt with the second one nearby (dropped by another player who had to run from a Hunter), but a patrolling Hunter instantly got him in the back just moments after he placed the second bonus box. Ironically [[HeroicSacrifice he was credited as the sole contributor of the 200,000-yen bonus obtained in the mission]], even though one of the two boxes was essentially moved by another player from the beginning.]]
** In episode 22 [[spoiler:a player successfully saved another player from being tagged out by locking down a hunter through item acquired in mission. But another hunter got him at the back when the player just finished unloading that heavy, one-use-only item. Through a third player immediately locked down that hunter too at the back but [[YouAreTooLate it is too late.]]]]

* MysteryBox: An overall playing mechanism in Episode 32. [[spoiler: A total number of 4 tresure boxes were placed in game time by time. The players are told that boxes might contain a "merit" or "demerit" for whoever finds it.]][[spoiler: Aya Umeda went for one and takes home with 100,000-yen worth gold piles.]][[note]][[spoiler: This is ''not'' added to prize pot but immediately given to her (i.e. The reward still stands no matter how she finished the game).]][[/note]][[spoiler: Tanaka went for the other and got a map marked with the location of the playfield expansion device, through not available until the storyline reaches to a certain point.]][[spoiler:The third box, obviously much bigger then any else, contains a hunter and the player opened it, the hunter was released and the opener was got caught quickly.]][[spoiler: The last box contains 3 buns, which is essentially a key item for the last mission prevent 5 hunters to be released.]]
** Used subversively in Ultimate. One of the players in Ultimate stumbles onto a room that says "Entering this room guarantees you a free pass into the next round (the second hour of the game). However, it's risky to use this." [[spoiler: He entered and became trapped in the room with his cell phone disabled and two Hunters were released outside the room, creating a Hunter Zone. After the second round started, the other players are given an optional mission to go in and bail him out before the doors auto-open and leave him at the mercy of the Hunters. At this point his cell phone becomes active and he starts frantically calling the other players for help; many, such as Kiyohara, say they'll help but after getting off the phone blow him off. He eventually]][[spoiler: does get rescued.]]

** [[spoiler: In Episode 27. One player received a bun in a side mission, but he thought that was mere nothing but a normal bun and eat it in place. When the final mission required two NPC to get rid of the buzzers, he get to the place where two NPC are, but when they said they were depleted and need a bun to work for them, [[OhCrap he regretted.]]]]

* TagTeam: Used in Episode 29 and too Episode 34 - Which player(s) will be awarded a pair of Jackets during missions, and they need to pair up with a player in opposite gender (i.e. man-woman pair). If a team is successfully formed, at least one of the two in a team takes the prize money, it counts as a pair's success and each member receive same prize money.[[note]]Bailout will make both exit the game taking bailout value[[/note]].
** [[spoiler: However, this mechanism was still yet to actually work as expected - As in Episode 29 everybody was caught in that episode, and Episode 34 the two winners are on the same team, making no difference in terms of payout.]]

* TimeStandsStill: Used in Episode 17 and 34 as a part of mission, everything other than players and hunters (and camera crew of both sides) stops - This including the game timer itself, which means the game will never end unless it was reverted by players. Although, freezing the game is required to solve the mission in Episode 34 - [[spoiler:Which a [[ImpossibleThief]] can be pulled out when time stopped, allowing the NPC to clear the path allowing mission to be finished]].

Though basically all players are on their own in most of the times, a certain level of teamwork is required at some point in the game. Many missions must be done as a team of 2 or more (sometimes ''everybody''). Teaming up are not only useful in missions, as hunters (generally) can only capture one player at a time. If a hunter is chasing two player, one of them is likely to escape for the moment. Thus if more people remain in the game,you're more likely to succeed.

Hunters will be always on moving patrol or chase (through may take a very brief halt for looking around) through the game. They're also unlikely to patrol in areas where an active mission is taking place, especially in the final seconds of missions.

* TimeStandsStill: Used in Episode 17 and 34 as a part of mission, everything other than players and hunters (and camera crew or both) stops - This including the game timer, which game will never end unless it was reverted by players. Although, freezing the game is required to solve the mission in Episode 34 - [[spoiler:Which a ImpossibleThief can be pulled out when time stopped, disarming all the guards in the way to the gates of hunters, and let the two key NPC to finish them off]].

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months. As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired on September 29, 2013, bringing the total to 33 episodes[[note]]Episode 31 (''Tousouchuu Ultimate'') aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013. There were also 9 episodes aired not under the name of Tousouchuu aired between Episode 6 to Episode 7, which the series was integrated with other spinoffs. [[/note]].It also spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/ChaseGameShow Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/SciFiChannel Syfy]] channel.

** Even despite this there have only been [[spoiler:5]] episodes out of 33 (Or [[spoiler:8]] if including the 9 epsiode of spinoffs) so far in which no player won nor successfully bailed-out.

* OptOut / ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A few players might play in style that making their own safety before bail out as their very first priority and ignoring others. These are unlike players vows to bailout at the beginning (most of them say that due to the fear of hunters, but would rather put others' sake or mission as their higher priority). They just want to take the prize and ignoring everything else. Such players are considered fairly nasty and unsportsmanlike, which LaserGuidedKarma may come after them - '''outside the show'''.
** In Episode 15, [[spoiler: all players must go to one of the two checkpoints on time in order to remove the 10 roadblocks. Which everyone else immediately heading to the nearest one, a player decide to just stay at his position and ignore the consequences of his act. A player tried to drag him to checkpoint, but failed due to evading a hunter and realizing no time left for her as well and go on herself.]][[spoiler: Luckily for everyone else, he got caught by another hunter a minute later, avoided the likely mission failure.]]

** [[spoiler: In Episode 27. One player received a bun in a side mission, but he thought that was mere nothing but a normal bun and eat it in place. When the final mission required two NPC to get rid of the buzzers, he get to the place where two NPC are, but when they said they were deplated and need a bun to work for them, [[OhCrap he regretted.]]]]

* TagTeam: Episode 29 essentially features a team battle - 6 players were awarded two jackets in first mission, and they must give the other jacket to a player (in opposite sex and not already in other team) to form a team. If at least one of the two in a team takes the prize money, his/her teammate will also be awarded in same amount even being disqualified[[note]]Bailout will make both exit the game taking bailout value[[/note]], players who failed to form a team will not be disqualified but will be on his/her own until the end.
** [[spoiler: However, everybody was caught in that episode so no one gets the prize.]]

* Whammy: Being caught by a Hunter. Not only they lose all prize money, but they will be placed inside a small jail cage until the end of the game, unless they were revived by someone or participating the revival game.

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months. As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired on September 29, 2013, bringing the total to 33 episodes[[note]]There were also 9 episodes aired not under the name of Tousouchuu (aired between Episode 6 to Episode 7, which the series was integrated with other spinoffs). And, Episode 31 (''Tousouchuu Ultimate'') aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013[[/note]].It also spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/ChaseGameShow Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/SciFiChannel Syfy]] channel.

* A part or the whole of the current playing area is set to be closed off. Players are given several minutes advance notice, and must vacate the section before it is closed. Fail to do so resulted a disqualification - either directly disqualified, or [[StalkedByTheBell tagged out by a large number of hunters released in that area]][[note]]Hunters are usually released inside the area after its closure, with a usual number of 30 or 100 depends of locked area's size.[[/note]].

Players earn money for every second they evade the Hunters, but lose it all if they are eliminated from the game[[note]]Sometimes, due to the result of the mission, they may return to the game, or receiving consolation prize.[[/note]]. Unlike the American spin-off, this ticker is actually meaningful - whenever ''Tousouchuu'' offers players a chance to leave the game, the offer is to take the money they have accumulated up to the exact second they accept the offer, as opposed to a small fixed amount. The amount of money earned per second and the total time limit differs from episode to episode; the top prize for lasting the entire game is usually around 1 to 1.5 million yen. Although, for the sake of player's image in real world. Bailout from the game is considered as a last resort by most of the players.

Though basically all players are on their own in most of the times, a certain level of teamwork is required at some point in the game. Many missions must be done as a team of 2 or more (sometimes ''everybody''). Teaming up are not only useful in missions, hunters (generally) can only capture one player at a time. If he's chasing two, the second is likely to escape for the moment. Thus if more people remain in the game,you're more likely to succeed. In worst case, fail to team up with others would essentially cause player's disqualification.

* The Sunglasses of hunters was specially designed, it recorded every player's appearance before each game started. (There was mission involved hunters wearing normal Sunglasses rather than designed one). When a player is being chased, it not only display locked-on target also displayed targetted player's name(As seen by everyone in the show). As of this writing, it seems locking multiple targets (In Episode 22) or switching a active target to other while chasing (In Episode 32) was possible.

* Knowing its possible military potential of hunters by many others (which can use to control a human), a lot of people, including the CEO(by then) of Chronos were going after it, which their plan was known as '''Project Hunter X'''. To move forward with the plan, they had secretly sabotaged Satoshi since the first game[[note]]The MythArc stated Episode 22 was the actual first game (They subtitled "Episode 1").[[/note]] while searching methods to activate the hunters on their own, their plan almost succeed before Entertainment department chief (thus Satoshi's boss) Hanzou revealed the CEO of Chronos was behind it and foiled the plan before get the controlling device. Through, at the end of that game Satoshi was blown up by a bomb set off by the CEO.

* After Satoshi's recovery, he announced ''Tousouchuu Ultimate'', a largest extent of ''Tousouchuu'' possible he could organize and started his prepretion, which later the event was held successfully. After that game, two apprentice game-masters trained by Chronos were sent to assist Satoshi. However, one of them was a spy sent from a ex-member or Chronos, now working in rival company Helios, which attempted to heavily militarize the colony. They successfully gained the right of involvement in the game, and Satoshi was being kidnapped by him afterwards.

* {{Whammy}}: Being caught by a Hunter.
* Personnel: Only TheAnnouncer. In an unusual move for a game show, there's no traditional GameShowHost onscreen; the closest the show gets is GameMaster Satoshi Tsukimura, who is only occasionally seen and generally does not interact directly with the players.

* AintNoRule:There is no rule stating unused items are void if the holder is eliminated (at least in most of the games), especially if a mission failure is unavoidable due to players holding a mission item getting caught (from the producer's view). Which means, it basically doesn't break the rules for active players to ask ousted players for mission items.[[spoiler: Kiyohara did this in episode 28, which would end up winning him the game.]][[spoiler: Although, this loophole was eliminated in episode 33 which all ousted players must put their remaining mission item into a designated box upon their elimination (since those items will be re-used in revival game)]]
** In some missions, loopholes are set up on purpose providing a shortcut or alternate solution to finish it. For example, in Episode 33, [[spoiler: Pierre, using the camera of the given smartphone (an item should not exist in Meiji period, the era of the storyline) as a bargaining chip, and successfully cutting down the photography cost by 50%, allowing him finishing the revival mission and return to main game]].

* ArcWords: Often repeated by the announcer: (paraphrased) "For every second, the pot goes up (x) yen. If they survive, (total!) But if they get caught... zero!"

** Ultimate one-upped this with the ''Shinobi Zone'', where the eliminated players had a chance to navigate an area filled with the Sentouchuu ninjas, where getting tagged by their attack footballs would permanently eliminate them from the game. Furthermore, the exit is locked outside, which means unless they cannot get out unless active players give them a hand. [[spoiler: Even two active eliminated players gave them a hand, but only one player escaped.]][[spoiler: It was later found out the Shinobis in this episode were used as test-bed for the twin-Shinobi in the following Sentouchuu.]]

** He did somewhat similar the Episode 4 of Sentouchuu, aired a week ago that episode - [[spoiler: It did give lot of pressure to other players (and make it as a big advertising point indeed) but he got eliminated quickly only in 20 minutes when a player decided to pick up on him. HistoryRepeats.]]

* ObviousRulePatch: [[spoiler:In episode 1, someone climbed up onto a tree. This was immediately outlawed in episode 2 - a valid hiding area must be accessible by foot.]]
* OptOut / ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A few players might play in style that making their own safety before bail out as their very first priority and ignoring others. These are unlike players vows to bailout at the beginning (most of them say that due to the fear of hunters, but would rather put others' sake or mission as their higher priority). They just want to take the prize and ignoring everything else. Such players are considered fairly nasty and unsportsmanlike, which LaserGuidedKarma may come after them - outside the show.

* MysteryBox: An overall playing mechanism in Episode 32. [[spoiler: A total number of 4 tresure boxes were placed in game time by time. The players are told that boxes might contain a "merit" or "demerit" for whoever finds it.]][[spoiler: Aya Umeda went for one and takes home with 100,000-yen worth gold piles.]][[note]][[spoiler: This is ''not'' added to prize pot but immediately given to her. Thus whether she is caught by a hunter later is not the issue.]][[/note]][[spoiler: Tanaka went for the other and got a map marked with the location of the playfield expansion device, through not available until the storyline reaches to a certain point.]][[spoiler:The third box, obviously much bigger then any else, contains a hunter and the player opened it, the hunter was released and the opener was got caught quickly.]][[spoiler: The last box contains 3 buns, which is essentially a key item for the last mission prevent 5 hunters to be released.]]

* OptOut / ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A few players might play in style that making their own safety before bail out as their very first priority and ignoring others. These are unlike players vows to bailout at the beginning (most of them say that due to the fear of hunters, but would rather put other's sake or mission as their higher priority). They just want to take the prize and ignoring everything else. Such players are considered fairly nasty and unsportsmanlike, which LaserGuidedKarma may come after them - outside the show.

** In episode 30. The last mission of the episode featured the players looking for the stolen wealth of the faux-Capulets, which is the narrative device in that episode, to resolve the story happily. As time whittles down looking for the PlotCoupon, [[spoiler:Suzuki]], mulling over whether or not to bail out, panics when he sees a Hunter in the distance. He immediately makes a break for the gold box to take the bailout value, earning the scorn of the peanut gallery. Fortunately for him, Kasuga finds it with seconds to spare, which made Kasuga being the heroic character in the Tousouchuu/Sentouchuu Universe, while [[spoiler:Suzuki]]'s Karma came after him in both the real world and next episode, which his fanbase turned against him, forcing him to close the Twitter account for almost a year. [[spoiler:Though he was still invited in later shows, which the producers labelled him as a necessary evil character to make the show interesting.]]

** In episode 33 [[spoiler:Kendo Kobayashi was eliminated by never noticed a hunter was approaching at his back until the second he was caught. Later he was eliminated in revival game in exactly the same fashion.]]

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months. As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired on April 14, 2013, bringing the total to 32 episodes. [[note]]There were also 9 episodes aired not under the name of Tousouchuu (aired between Episode 6 to Episode 7). And, Episode 31 (''Tousouchuu Ultimate'') aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013[[/note]] It spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/ChaseGameShow Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/SciFiChannel Syfy]] channel.

There were a number of spinoffs which were mostly short-lived, the current spinoff was titled ''Series/BattleForMoneySentouchuu'' premiered on May 19, 2012; which the newest (fifth) episode is set to be aired on June 30, 2013.

In Episode 15 a mysterious "GameMaster", which shown as behind the game, was introduced at the end. Though, the overall MythArc would not surface until Episode 22, which that episode revealed the the real identity of GameMaster, backstory of the game, as well as some backstory of previous keywords like Chronos or hunters.

* AintNoRule: There is no rule stating unused items are void if the holder is eliminated (at least in most of the games), especially if a mission failure is unavoidable due to players holding a mission item getting caught (from the producer's view). Which means, it basically doesn't break the rules for active players to ask ousted players for mission items.[[spoiler: Kiyohara did this in episode 28, which would end up winning him the game.]]

** Even despite this there have only been [[spoiler:5]] episodes out of 32 ([[spoiler:8]] including the 9 epsiode of spinoffs) so far in which no player won nor successfully bailed-out.

** [[spoiler: In episode 22 a player successfully saved another player from being tagged out by locking down a hunter through item acquired in mission. But another hunter got him at the back when the player just finished unloading that heavy, one-use-only item. Through a third player immediately locked down that hunter too at the back but [[YouAreTooLate it is too late.]]]]

* After Satoshi's recovery, he announced ''Tousouchuu Ultimate'', a largest extent of ''Tousouchuu'' possible he could organize and started his prepretion, which later the event was held successfully. After that game, two apprentice game-masters trained by Chronos were sent to assist Satoshi. However, one of them was a spy sent from a ex-member or Chronos, now working in rival company Helios, which attempted to heavily militarize the colony. (As events in episode 32 the two apprentices were granted permission in game's mission's involvement)

** In episode 30. The last mission of the episode featured the players looking for the [[spoiler:stolen wealth of the faux-Capulets, which is the narrative device in that episode, to resolve the story happily]]. As time whittles down looking for the PlotCoupon, [[spoiler:Suzuki]], mulling over whether or not to bail out, panics when he sees a Hunter in the distance. He immediately makes a break for the gold box to take the bailout value, earning the scorn of the peanut gallery. [[spoiler:Fortunately for him, Kasuga finds it with seconds to spare.]][[spoiler: And Suzuki]]'s Karma came after him in both the real world and next episode, which his fanbase turned against him, forcing him to close the Twitter account. [[spoiler: And in Ultimate, he was screwed as a result of other's bailout (see below)]]
*** And instead, [[spoiler: Kasuga who resolved that mission, was treated as a heroic character in the Tousouchuu/Sentouchuu Universe, which a statue was build in that village after him refering to that event.]]
** In Ultimate, [[spoiler: in the middle of the last mission before the Ultimate condition becomes active (see ThereCanBeOnlyOne), Shirota bails out in the middle of a mission where the players need to pair up and scan each other to stop the GPS on their phones from enabling and sending the Hunters right to them, which essentially screwed up a player. Ironically, the one Shirota screwed was Suzuki, who almost screwed up a mission in previous episode, due to his bailout. He tried to bailout again but as everybody expected he was caught before that.]]

There were a number of spinoffs which were mostly short-lived, the current spinoff was titled ''Series/BattleForMoneySentouchuu'' premiered on May 19, 2012; the newest (fourth) episode aired on April 7, 2013. One week before the recent episode of Tousouchuu.

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months. As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired on April 14, 2013, bringing the total to 32 episodes[[note]]There were also 9 episodes aired not under the name of Tousouchuu (between Episode 6 to Episode 7). Also Episode 31 (''Tousouchuu Ultimate'') aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013[[/note]] ; It spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/ChaseGameShow Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/SciFiChannel Syfy]] channel.

** Ultimate one-upped this with the ''Shinobi Zone'', where the eliminated players had a chance to navigate an area filled with the Sentouchuu ninjas, where getting tagged by their attack footballs would permanently eliminate them from the game. Furthermore, the exit is locked outside thus it is up to active players to decide whether they should return or not. [[spoiler: Only one player escaped.]][[spoiler: It was later found out the Shinobis in this episode were used as test-bed for the twin-Shinobi in the following Sentouchuu.]]

** Even despite this there have only been [[spoiler:6]] episodes out of 32 so far in which nobody won the pot.

* GameOver: We're shown a game over screen at the end if the last active[[note]]"active" meaning players who have bailed out don't count; if one or more players bail out and the rest are caught, it still counts as a Game Over even though the bailed-out players won money[[/note]] player is caught.

* StalkedByTheBell: Some player-specific mission may involve penalty onto player who failed to do it. Ranging from buzzing devices on that player to being locked into a area with large number of Hunters. Through, all these penalties above essentially equals to disqualification, unless the mission can still be executed with disadvantage.
* TagTeam: Episode 29 essentially features a team battle - 6 players were awarded two jackets in first mission, and they must give the other jacket to opposite sex player without it to form a team. If at least one of the two in a team takes the prize money, his/her teammate will also be awarded in same amount even being disqualified (Bailout will make both exit the game taking bailout value). [[spoiler: However, everybody was caught in that episode so no one gets the prize.]]

* Several Hunters is set to be released around the play area (usually in form of Several Boxes, each containing a Hunter). Players are given hints to stop the hunter to be released (to lock the box or setting up blockades). Fail to do so within mission time will release all hunters not locked/blocked.

* AintNoRule: There is no rule stating unused items are void if the holder is eliminated (at least in most of the games), especially if a mission failure is unavoidable due to players holding a mission item getting caught. Which means, it basically doesn't break the rules for active players to ask ousted players for mission items.[[spoiler: Kiyohara did this in episode 28, which would end up winning him the game.]]
* AffectionateParody: Akan Keisatsu, a Fuji TV-produced comedy featuring popular manzai group Downtown, features "Tousou CHUU", where 5 contestants are trapped in a area, running from steadily increasing numbers of crossdressers, same production graphics and all. [[spoiler: Till now, all episodes featured this would end up in all participants get lipstick-kissed out before the end.]][[spoiler: JOY, which participated both commented "Tousou CHUU" was nothing more than a horror.]]
** A note on that, the July 15 2012 episode's "Tousou CHUU" used the same mall used in Episode 29, by then the venue of the most recent episode, only major difference is only indoor area is used (the original would include outdoor area).

* DivideAndConquer: The overarching mechanic at play in episode 30. There's a red area and a blue area. Very early on in the game, the only passage between the two areas is closed off; 5 players end up in the larger (blue) area with two Hunters pursuing them, and 10 players end up in the smaller (red) area with only one Hunter giving chase. There are two levers on each side that can be pulled; the first side to pull both their levers locks the Hunter Box on their side while simultaneously opening the opposite Hunter Box. [[spoiler:A second Hunter ends up being released into the red area. And blue further locks down a hunter in later mission.]] After some times the passage has cleared, and they have a chance to remove their vests, which they were asked to wear it on right after the area has divided. Failing to do so in time will make themselves from being "marked" as criminals by the rival faux-Capulet/Montague fathers, harassed by the townsfolk, and hence attracting the attention of the Hunters. Since it must be removed each other by a red and a blue pair,[[spoiler: at least two red players will be screwed as their area has red had two more players at the start, and it did, one caught in the middle and one caught as the consequence above.]]

* IKnowMortalKombat: In Episode 32, a player said he had cleared every stage of the video game version. Which he claimed [[spoiler:a pathway just patrolled by a hunter was safe. But reality was, there was another hunter patrolling there too, which spotted him and easily got him in the chase. He could not made himself return the game in the revival minigame either even only one hunter existed there.]]

* MysteryBox: An overall playing mechanism in Episode 32. [[spoiler: A total number of 4 tresure boxes were placed in game time by time. The players are told that boxes might contain a "merit" or "demerit" for whoever finds it.]][[spoiler: Aya Umeda went for one and takes home with 100,000-yen worth gold piles.]][[note]][[spoiler: This is ''not'' added to prize pot but immediately given to her. Thus whether she is caught by a hunter later is not the issue.]][[/note]][[spoiler: Tanaka went for the other and got a detailed map of the playfield, through not available until the storyline reaches to a certain point.]][[spoiler:The third box, obviously much bigger then any else, contains a hunter and the player opened it, the hunter was released and the opener was got caught quickly.]][[spoiler: The last box contains 3 buns, which is essentially a key item for the last mission prevent 5 hunters to be released.]]

Players earn money for every second they evade the Hunters, but lose it all if they are eliminated from the game[[note]]Sometimes, due to the result of the mission, they may return to the game, or receiving consolation prize.[[/note]]. Unlike the American spin-off, this ticker is actually meaningful - whenever ''Tousouchuu'' offers players a chance to leave the game, the offer is to take the money they have accumulated up to the exact second they accept the offer, as opposed to a small fixed amount. The amount of money earned per second and the total time limit differs from episode to episode; the top prize for lasting the entire game is usually around 1 to 1.5 million yen.

* StalkedByTheBell: Failure to vacate an area that's about to be closed off doesn't always eliminate a player immediately; they're sometimes locked in while a large number of Hunters (up to 100) are released into it, and are nearly always shocked by the blob of Hunters coming after them.
** Brought to dizzying extremes in Ultimate.

** A similar thing has been used in part of the overtime game in Episode 7 [[note]]When the game clock expired, they were offered a chance to continue playing for 20 more minutes, and anyone remaining at the end of overtime would win 2,000,000 (about 175% of original). They cannot bailout during this 20 minutes.[[/note]]. While in the final 20 minutes, 4 players eliminated players were randomly picked as traitors to share a 500,000 yen consolation prize if all the remaining players got caught in 20 minutes.
[[spoiler:2 players were screwed by them (particulatly Manabe's elimination, which even a traitor called out his follow traitor a bastard). However, as there was still someone standing at the end they still lost.]]

** [[spoiler: A similar alternate win condition was disclosed in Episode 7 when the game clock expired: they were offered a chance to continue playing for 20 more minutes, and anyone remaining at the end of overtime would win 2,000,000 (about 175% of original), while 4 eliminated players were randomly picked as traitors to share a 500,000 yen consolation prize if all the remaining players got caught.]] [[spoiler:They went for it, and one of the players survived.]]
* TurnCoat: In episode 27, after considerable confusion is sown about if one of the players is a traitor, they're instructed to send someone up to the top of a nearby tower to learn their identity. The player who gets there [[spoiler:discovers there was no traitor to begin with, but is offered to become the traitor for 300,000 yen per player he helps eliminate. He can't bring himself to do it.]]

* The background story is set in A.D.2900. 400 years ago before the moon's colonization due to the unsuitability of living in the earth. However, the overpopulation continues, as well as conflicts and wars on resources.
* Chronos, which appeared in some episodes (including previous Chronos spinoffs), turned out to be one of the largest enterprise in the moon. There is also a academy under Chronos names "Chronos Creaters Plant", training apprentice game-masters.

* Knowing its possible military potential of hunters by many others (which can use to control a human), a lot of people, including the previous CEO of Chronos were going after it, which their plan was known as '''Project Hunter X'''. To move forward with the plan, they had secretly sabotaged Satoshi [[note]]The MythArc stated Episode 22 was the actual first game (They subtitled "Episode1").[[/note]] And searching methods to activate the hunters on their own, the plan almost succeed before Entertainment department chief (thus Satoshi's boss) Hanzou revealed the CEO of Chronos was behind the plan and foiled it before they succeed, through, at the end Satoshi suffered a serious injury and would unable to host the game for a period. Hanzou was acting on his position during his recovery while hosting his game ''Sentouchuu''.
* After Satoshi's recovery, he announced ''Tousouchuu Ultimate'', a largest extent of ''Tousouchuu'' possible he could organize, which was held later successfully. After that game, two apprentice game-masters trained by Chronos were sent to assist Satoshi. However, one of them was a spy sent from a ex-member or Chronos, now working in rival company Helios, which attempted to heavily militarize the colony.

Differences from ''Cha$se'' include a lack of an exit. If you are in the game when the time expires, you win the full prize. Even if you were two meters in front of a hunter about to tag you. All players remaining in the game win the full amount.

In Episode 15 a mysterious "GameMaster", which shown as behind the game, was introduced at the end. Though, the overall MythArc would not surface until Episode 22, which that episode revealed the the real identity of GameMaster, backstory of the game (as well as Chronos or hunters which appeared in many past episodes).

'''WARNING:Spoilers for Background Settings of both Tousouchuu/Sentouchuu!'''

* The background story is set in AD2900, which the earth was unsuitable to live 400 years ago, forcing people from earth moving to moon. A certain amount of colony was set up and number of wars sparked on resources.
* Chronos, which appeared in some episodes (including previous spinoffs), turned out to be one of the largest enterprise in the moon. There is also a acadmemy under Chronos names "Chronos Creater Plant", training apprentice game-masters.
* The Game Master of Tousouchuu is named Satoshi Tsukimura, which his primary ambition was succeeding his deceased mother's ambition, to provide enough playarea for children by investing on colonial improvement, which Tousouchuu was designed as of the the profit-maker.
* Hunters are androids invented by Satoshi for the sake of the game. The same as Sentouchuu's Shinobis, but they were developed by someone else.
* Knowing its possible military potential of hunters by many others, including the head of Chronos since its development, they tried to seize the research result for proliferation (known as '''Project Hunter X''') in many osscations, they sabotaged Satoshi since the first official game, and try to seize the activation key from Satoshi, the plan almost succeed before his department's chief Hanzou revealed the head of Chronos was behind the plan, through Hanzou foiled the plan on time, but not before Satoshi suffer a heavy injury, making him unable to host Tousouchuu for a period of time (Hanzou would took his position for few episodes while hosting Sentouchuu).
* After Satoshi's recovery and the hosting of Tousouchuu Ultimate, two apprentice game-masters were sent to assist Satoshi. However, one of them was a spy sent from a ex-member or Chronos, now working in rival company Helios, which try to heavily militarize the colony.

Over time, the show has developed its own plotlines and mythology through cutscenes and occasional materials planted in the game, often simultaneously using them to explain missions. Initially, these plotlines were self-contained in each episode and simply connected together the missions in the episode, but they have since started developing into multi-episode {{Story Arc}}s and an overall MythArc. The MythArc gradually reveals a BackStory of the game, which is supposedly being run from hundreds of years in the future by a mysterious man named Satoshi Tsukimura, with the title of "GameMaster" in a company named Chronos; the Hunters are said to be androids built by Chronos and sent back in time by Satoshi for the sake of the game. Sometimes StoryArc and MythArc crossed each other with Sentouchuu, particularly in the [[spoiler: episodes that Satoshi was recovering from injury (happened in Episode 27).]]

The just-finished story arc revolves around gamemaster Tsukimura preparing something called "Tousouchuu Ultimate". Among other things, it involved bringing in the ninjas from Sentouchuu, but [[spoiler:it was not in any way helpful to the players.]][[spoiler: It was later found out it was used as a test-bed for the twin-Shinobi in the following Sentouchuu.]] The current arc will [[spoiler:revolve around the aftermath of the previous coup in Chronos. As two apprentice Game-masters were sent from the rival company Helios, to assist(more accurately, to spy) Satoshi.]]

* AffectionateParody: Akan Keisatsu, a Fuji TV-produced comedy featuring popular manzai group Downtown, features "TousouCHUU", where 5 contestants are trapped in a area, running from steadily increasing numbers of crossdressers, same production graphics and all. [[spoiler: Till now, all episodes featured this would end up in all participants get lipstick-kissed out before the end.]][[spoiler: JOY, which participated both commented "TousouCHUU" was nothing more than a horror.]]
** A note on that, the July 15 2012 episode's "TousouCHUU" used the same mall used in Episode 29, by then the venue of the most recent episode, only major difference is only indoor area is used (the original would include outdoor area).

** Ultimate one-upped this with the ''Shinobi Zone'', where the eliminated players had a chance to navigate an area filled with the Sentouchuu ninjas, where getting tagged by their attack footballs would permanently eliminate them from the game. Furthermore, the exit is locked outside thus it is up to active players to decide whether they should return or not. [[spoiler: Only one player escaped.]]

** The MythArc settings mentioned [[spoiler:the hunter's technology would be useful in military use, only the inventor Satoshi and his direct-boss Hanzou opposed it, they thinks hunters must not be used outside entertainment purpose. This leads to the coup in Chronos as well as conflict between Chronos and Helios.]]

** [[spoiler: In Episode 27. One player received a bun in a side mission, but he thought that was mere nothing but a normal bun and eat it in place. When the final mission required two NPC to get rid of the buzzers, he get to the place where two NPCs are, but when they said they were deplated and need a bun to work for them, [[OhCrap he regretted.]]]]

* UpToEleven: This is what Ultimate is. The biggest playfield of any episode thus far, the biggest contestant pool (30 players), more Hunters in play [[note]]The maximum number hunters released was 106, but Ultimate was having 104 hunters '''in the valid playing area''' at the same time(as usually area with 100 hunters will be locked apart)[[/note]] than any other episode, and the biggest jackpot paid out for a person in the game's history [[spoiler: as a winner must be produced]].

* AffectionateParody: The July 15, 2012 episode of Akan Keisatsu, a Fuji TV-produced comedy featuring popular manzai group Downtown, features "TousouCHUU", where 5 contestants are trapped in the same mall used in an earlier episode of the show, running from steadily increasing numbers of crossdressers, same production graphics and all. [[spoiler: They all get lipstick-kissed out before the end.]]

** He did somewhat similar the Episode 4 of Sentouchuu, aired a week ago - [[spoiler: It did give lot of pressure to other players (and make it as a big selling point) but he got eliminated quickly only in 20 minutes when a player decided to picked up on him. HistoryRepeats.]]

** The MythArc settings mentioned [[spoiler:the hunter's technology would be useful in military use. Only the inventor Satoshi and his direct-boss Hanzou opposed it, they thinks hunters must not be used outside entertainment purpose, this lead to the coup in Chronos as well as conflict between Chronos and Helios.]]

* NonPlayerCharacter: Later episodes frequently had hired actors involved in the missions. Some of them are directly involved in mission, not always. In recent episodes, some NPCs not mentioned in the mission mail may have a key role in that mission.

** In episode 30. The last mission of the episode featured the players looking for the [[spoiler:stolen wealth of the faux-Capulets, which is the narrative device in that episode, to resolve the story happily]]. As time whittles down looking for the PlotCoupon, [[spoiler:Suzuki]], mulling over whether or not to bail out, panics when he sees a Hunter in the distance. He immediately makes a break for the gold box to take the bailout value, earning the scorn of the peanut gallery. [[spoiler:Fortunately for him, Kasuga finds it with seconds to spare.]][[spoiler: And Suzuki]]'s Karma came after him in both the real world and next episode, which their fanbase turned against him, forcing him to close the Twitter account. [[spoiler: And in Ultimate, he was screwed as a result of other's bailout (see below)]]

** [[spoiler: In Episode 27. One player received a bun in a side mission, but he thought that was mere nothing but a normal bun and eat it in place. When the final mission required two NPC to get rid of the buzzers, he get to the place where they are, but when they said they were deplated and need a bun to work for them, [[OhCrap he regretted.]]]]
* SeriousBusiness: Out of universe. The show is '''popular''' in Japan, players who bailed out or screwing up a mission without contribution usually make their fanbase turned on them. In opposite, players will be praised for active participation, even they got by the hunters later.

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months. As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired on April 14, 2013, bringing the total to 32 episodes[[note]]Episode 31 (''Tousouchuu Ultimate'') aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013[[/note]] ; It spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/ChaseGameShow Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/SciFiChannel Syfy]] channel.

** The MythArc settings mentioned [[spoiler:the hunter would be useful for military use. Only the inventor Satoshi and his direct-boss Hanzou opposed it, they thinks hunters must not be used outside entertainment purpose.

* MyGreatestSecondChance: In many mission ousted player can be returned to game in some mechanisms. One of the most common format is pausing the main game, and a mini game was held among ousted player themselves - Usually these mission will be NintendoHard however - usually at least one player will return to the game to make the show more interesting in producers' view. [[spoiler: at least one player has been caught once, but ended up winning the full amount of money.]]

** [[spoiler: In Episode 27. One player received a bun in a side mission, but he thought that was mere nothing than a normal bun and eaten it. When he arrive first to the NPC when the mission started and NPC asked for buns, [[OhCrap he regrets.]]]]

There were a number of spinoffs which were mostly short-lived, the current spinoff was titled ''Series/BattleForMoneySentouchuu'' premiered on May 19, 2012; the newest (fourth) episode aired on April 7, 2013. One week before the recent episode of Tousouchuu

Players earn money for every second they evade the Hunters, but lose it all if they are eliminated from the game


[[note]]Sometimes, due to the result of the mission, they may returning the game, or receiving consolation prize.[[/note]]. Unlike the American spin-off, this ticker is actually meaningful - whenever ''Tousouchuu'' offers players a chance to leave the game, the offer is to take the money they have accumulated up to the exact second they accept the offer, as opposed to a small fixed amount. The amount of money earned per second and the total time limit differs from episode to episode; the top prize for lasting the entire game is usually around 1 to 1.5 million yen.

** Somewhat similar happened the Episode 4 of Sentouchuu aired a week ago - [[spoiler: It did give lot of pressure to other players (and make it as a promotion point in ad) but he got eliminated quickly only in 20 minutes when a player ignores this and picked up on him. HistoryRepeats.]]

** [[spoiler: For example, in episode 15, after a player carried and placed a bonus box on a designated checkpoint, he dealt with the second one nearby (dropped by another player who had to run from a Hunter), but a patrolling Hunter instantly got him in the back just moments after he placed the second bonus box. Ironically [[HeroicSacrifice he was credited as the sole contributor of the 200,000-yen bonus obtained in the mission, even though one of the two boxes was essentially moved by another player from the beginning.]]]]

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months. As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired on April 14, 2013, bringing the total to 32 episodes[[note]]Episode 31 (''Tousouchuu Ultimate'') aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013[[/note]] ; the next new episode will air on April 14, a week after a new episode of Sentouchuu on April 7. It spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/ChaseGameShow Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/SciFiChannel Syfy]] channel.

There were a number of spinoffs which were mostly short-lived, the current spinoff was titled ''Series/BattleForMoneySentouchuu'' premiered on May 19, 2012; the newest (fourth) episode aired on April 7, 2013.

At the start of each game, contestants are set loose to roam in a set playing area, and must remain inside the area for the duration of the game. The show then releases "[[ImplacableMan Hunters]]" into the area, paid agents whose sole goal is to chase down and tag the contestants. If a player is tagged by a Hunter, they are eliminated from the game. [[note]]Sometimes the main game is paused and the eliminated contestants play a mini-game for a chance to re-enter the game.[[/note]] Breaking line of sight for a couple seconds will cause them to give up the chase - note, leading them around a pillar does not break line of sight long enough for them to stop. [[note]]Hunters are not allowed to spot players via their ''cameramen''.[[/note]]

* Several Hunter Boxes are placed around the play area. Players who get to a Hunter Box before it opens have some way to lock it from the outside. At some specified time, all unlocked Hunter Boxes open, each one releasing an additional Hunter into the game.

Rewards for success often include an item which helps the player(s) evade Hunters, increased money amounts, shortening game time[[note]]It is a time warp thus all prize within warped time counts.[[/note]], while penalties for failure often include the addition of more Hunters to the game, handicaps that make it easier to be spotted by Hunters, reducing prize money, or outright immediate elimination.

Players earn money for every second they evade the Hunters, but lose it all if they are eliminated from the game[[note]]Sometimes, due to the result of the mission, they might still a part or whole prize pot, or even returning the game without penalty.[[/note]]. Unlike the American spin-off, this ticker is actually meaningful - whenever ''Tousouchuu'' offers players a chance to leave the game, the offer is to take the money they have accumulated up to the exact second they accept the offer, as opposed to a small fixed amount. The amount of money earned per second and the total time limit differs from episode to episode; the top prize for lasting the entire game is usually around 1 to 1.5 million yen.

Though basically all players are on their own, a certain level of teamwork is required in the game. Many missions must be done as a team of 2 or more (sometimes ''everybody''). Teaming up are not only useful in missions, hunters (generally) can only capture one player at a time. If he's chasing two, the second is likely to escape for the moment. Thus if more people remain in the game,you're more likely to succeed.

* MysteryBox: An overall playing mechanism in Episode 32. [[spoiler: A total number of 4 tresure boxes were placed in game time by time. The players are told that boxes might contain a "merit" or "demerit" for whoever finds it.]][[spoiler: Aya Umeda went for one and ended up with a 100,000-yen gold piles. She takes that home despite got caught by hunter later]][[note]][[spoiler: This is ''not'' added to prize pot but immediately given to her.]][[/note]][[spoiler: Tanaka went for the other and got a detailed map of the playfield.]][[spoiler:The third box, obviously higher, containes a hunter and the player opened it got caught quickly.]][[spoiler: The last box contains 3 buns, which is essentially a key item for the last mission.]]

* [[spoiler: ThereCanBeOnlyOne: Ultimate features an alternate win condition, which isn't disclosed to the players until there are under 15 minutes remaining in the game: once the game clock expires, the game ''continues to go on'' until only one player is left standing, who wins a doubled pot. In effect, the players are all on their own and have no more incentive to help each other. To help things along, the game difficulty raises to extreme levels, starting from bringing in buzzers on mopeds who patrol the area and whistle when they spot one of the remaining players, and eventually culminating in ''every single Hunter previously frozen in the game area becoming active''.]]

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months. As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired on April 14, 2013, bringing the total to 32 episodes[note]Episode 31 (''Tousouchuu Ultimate'') aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013[/note]; the next new episode will air on April 14, a week after a new episode of Sentouchuu on April 7. It spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/ChaseGameShow Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/SciFiChannel Syfy]] channel.

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months. As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013, bringing the total to 31 episodes; the next new episode will air on April 14, a week after a new episode of Sentouchuu on April 7. It spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/ChaseGameShow Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/SciFiChannel Syfy]] channel.

** Even despite this there have only been [[spoiler:6]] episodes out of 31 so far in which nobody won the pot.

* GratuitousEnglish: BOB SAPP of all people invokes this frequently in the April 2013 episode, though it's usually when he's wondering out loud.

* MysteryBox: An overall playing mechanism in Episode 32. [[A total number of 4 tresure boxes were placed in game time by time]][[spoiler:The players are told that boxes might contain a "merit" or "demerit" for whoever finds it.]][[spoiler: Aya Umeda went for one and ended up with a 100,000-yen gold piles.]][[note]][[spoiler: This is not added to prize pot but immediately given to her.]][[/note]][[spoiler: Tanaka went for the other and got a detailed map of the playfield.]][[spoiler:The third box, obviously higher, containes a hunter and the player opened it got caught quickly.]][[spoiler: The last box contains 3 buns, which is essentially a key item for the last mission.]]