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* BoomHeadshot: Ranko's usual go-to when it comes to taking out enemies. This is also how the Akiba Fluffy n' Sweet Club's manager takes out the head of the toy company in Episode 3.
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* BoomHeadshot: BoomHeadshot:
** Ranko's usual go-to when it comes to taking outenemies. enemies.
** This is also how the Akiba Fluffy n' Sweet Club's manager takes out the head of the toy company in Episode 3.
** Ranko's usual go-to when it comes to taking out
** This is also how the Akiba Fluffy n' Sweet Club's manager takes out the head of the toy company in Episode 3.
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Zoya joins the Oinky Doink Cafe to learn from Ranko after she learns how to start smiling during their fight.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Not a child, but Yumechi is well aware of her target audience.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Not a child, but Yumechi is well aware of her target audience.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Manager of the Oinky Doink Cafe is just known as "Cafe Manager," and the otaku middleman from Creatureland who shows up to threaten her every episode is likewise never given a name, but his official bio calls him "Debt Collector."
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Even when the Manager gets her hands on some money, she is very quickly forced to part with it due to her own stupidity or whatever pre-existing debt needs to be owed that day.
* TheGamblingAddict: The main cause of the Manager's money woes.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Shiipon does this to the entire Oinky Doink Cafe crew (minus Ranko) after they've been broken down by Instructor Sano's brutal training, using a rocket launcher to destroy the giant block of wood that they used to carve the Creatureland logo on. Zoya, Yumechi, and especially Nagomi don't react well to this at first before going back to normal a few days later.
* {{Heroic BSoD}}: Nagomi watches her new co-worker shoot another Maid in the head, and as the blood sprays onto her paper bib, her only reaction is saying "oh, I forgot to remove it" in a low voice.
* HiddenDepths: Shiipon seems like a laid-back person who doesn't really put in much effort into her job of being a maid, with her even musing about how she just fell into the job on random. However, Episode 4 reveals that for all her attitude, she does enjoy being a maid due to being alongside her coworkers in the Oinky Doink Cafe.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Even when the Manager gets her hands on some money, she is very quickly forced to part with it due to her own stupidity or whatever pre-existing debt needs to be owed that day.
* TheGamblingAddict: The main cause of the Manager's money woes.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Shiipon does this to the entire Oinky Doink Cafe crew (minus Ranko) after they've been broken down by Instructor Sano's brutal training, using a rocket launcher to destroy the giant block of wood that they used to carve the Creatureland logo on. Zoya, Yumechi, and especially Nagomi don't react well to this at first before going back to normal a few days later.
* {{Heroic BSoD}}: Nagomi watches her new co-worker shoot another Maid in the head, and as the blood sprays onto her paper bib, her only reaction is saying "oh, I forgot to remove it" in a low voice.
* HiddenDepths: Shiipon seems like a laid-back person who doesn't really put in much effort into her job of being a maid, with her even musing about how she just fell into the job on random. However, Episode 4 reveals that for all her attitude, she does enjoy being a maid due to being alongside her coworkers in the Oinky Doink Cafe.
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The Manager in Episode 3 strips naked to beg a criminal boss for another chance even though she didn't have to.
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* NoPokerFace: Averted with Yumechi. She was able to detect subtle changes in her opponent during their poker game, and mentions said variances and nearly fools them all into thinking she had a winning hand. [[spoiler:She still loses because her hand couldn't beat her opponents.]]
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** Someone getting shot out of nowhere in a BlackComedyBurst seems to happen OncePerEpisode. Bonus points if its a BoomHeadshot.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere:
** After Nagomi witnesses firsthand how the maid cafe business actually works, she attempts to make a hasty retreat. Ranko's arrival and declaration to be her roommate quickly puts the kibosh on her escape plans.
** Shiipon also attempts this during episode 4 after disagreeing with the drill master's methods of training. All of the girls except for Ranko attempt to hunt her down, while Ranko actually helps her to escape. She ultimately decides against running away after seeing the cafe manager just below them eating out of a trash can.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere:
** After Nagomi witnesses firsthand how the maid cafe business actually works, she attempts to make a hasty retreat. Ranko's arrival and declaration to be her roommate quickly puts the kibosh on her escape plans.
** Shiipon also attempts this during episode 4 after disagreeing with the drill master's methods of training. All of the girls except for Ranko attempt to hunt her down, while Ranko actually helps her to escape. She ultimately decides against running away after seeing the cafe manager just below them eating out of a trash can.
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** Someone getting shot out of nowhere in a BlackComedyBurst seems to happen OncePerEpisode. Bonus points if its a BoomHeadshot.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere:
** After Nagomi witnesses firsthand howit's [[BoomHeadshot in the maid cafe business actually works, she attempts to make a hasty retreat. Ranko's arrival and declaration to be her roommate quickly puts the kibosh on her escape plans.
** Shiipon also attempts this during episode 4 after disagreeing with the drill master's methods of training. All of the girls except for Ranko attempt to hunt her down, while Ranko actually helps her to escape. She ultimately decides against running away after seeing the cafe manager just below them eating out of a trash can.head]].
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere:
** After Nagomi witnesses firsthand how
** Shiipon also attempts this during episode 4 after disagreeing with the drill master's methods of training. All of the girls except for Ranko attempt to hunt her down, while Ranko actually helps her to escape. She ultimately decides against running away after seeing the cafe manager just below them eating out of a trash can.
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* ThrowingTheFight: In episode 3, Ranko is entered into a fighting tournament in which she was supposed to lose. Unfortunately she doesn't know how to limit her strength and accidentally wins instead. The lady in charge of the tournament gives them one more chance to lose, but Ranko also ends up winning that fight. [[spoiler:Fortunately for them, the boss lady dies fighting a man's henchmen after they find out she killed their boss and tried to frame Ranko for it.]]
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim:
** During the prologue, after Ranko's boss gets shot dead by a rival maid, neither she nor the other maid accompanying them thinks to retaliate against their boss's killer. Likewise said murderer doesn't think to LeaveNoWitnesses, enabling Ranko to eventually join the Oinky Doink Cafe 15 years later.
** Ranko herself defies this trope - "Just Shoot Them" is her solution to practically anything, from her co-workers being harrassed to a loan shark screaming in her face.
** During the prologue, after Ranko's boss gets shot dead by a rival maid, neither she nor the other maid accompanying them thinks to retaliate against their boss's killer. Likewise said murderer doesn't think to LeaveNoWitnesses, enabling Ranko to eventually join the Oinky Doink Cafe 15 years later.
** Ranko herself defies this trope - "Just Shoot Them" is her solution to practically anything, from her co-workers being harrassed to a loan shark screaming in her face.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim:
**WhyDontYouJustShootHim: During the prologue, after Ranko's boss gets shot dead by a rival maid, neither she nor the other maid accompanying them thinks to retaliate against their boss's killer. Likewise said murderer doesn't think to LeaveNoWitnesses, enabling Ranko to eventually join the Oinky Doink Cafe 15 years later.
** Ranko herself defies this trope - "Just Shoot Them" is her solution to practically anything, from her co-workers being harrassed to a loan shark screaming in her face.later.
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** Ranko herself defies this trope - "Just Shoot Them" is her solution to practically anything, from her co-workers being harrassed to a loan shark screaming in her face.
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* AnimalMotifs: Several cafes are themed after animals -- Oinky Doink Cafe is themed after pigs, Chuki-Chuki-Tsuki-Chan has a rabbit theme, and an unnamed cafe that utilizes a cow theme uses The Manager as a tee when she fails to pay Creaturelan's debt collector what she owes him. Maids affiliated with other cafes can be seen wearing accessories affiliated with bears, opossums, sheep, and cats.
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* AnimalMotifs: Several AnimalMotifs
** Maid cafes under Creatureland are themed afteranimals -- animals, such as Oinky Doink Cafe being themed after pigs.
** This is not limited to Creatureland-owned cafes -- Wuv-Wuv Moonbeam, a maid cafe under a rival faction, is themed afterpigs, Chuki-Chuki-Tsuki-Chan has a rabbit theme, and an unnamed cafe that utilizes a cow theme uses The Manager as a tee when she fails to pay Creaturelan's debt collector what she owes him. Maids affiliated with other cafes can be seen wearing accessories affiliated with bears, opossums, sheep, and cats.rabbits.
** Maid cafes under Creatureland are themed after
** This is not limited to Creatureland-owned cafes -- Wuv-Wuv Moonbeam, a maid cafe under a rival faction, is themed after
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* TheUnfavorite: The Oinky Doink Cafe, even among the already seedy and hostile environment maid cafes are. Creatureland's debt collector often uses the cafe's notoriety as fodder for the other cafes to rag on or abuse The Manager. The managers of two other similarly dispised Cafes are made examples of by the head of Creatureland in episode 4, with one getting killed for embezzlement and the other offering to take the heat for the murder to avoid being killed herself.
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* TheUnfavorite: TheUnfavorite:
** The Oinky Doink Cafe, even among the already seedy and hostile environment maid cafes are. Creatureland's debt collector often uses the cafe's notoriety as fodder for the other cafes to rag on or abuse TheManager. Manager.
** The managers of two other similarlydispised despised Cafes are made examples of by the head of Creatureland in episode 4, with one getting killed for embezzlement and the other offering to take the heat for the murder to avoid being killed herself.
** The Oinky Doink Cafe, even among the already seedy and hostile environment maid cafes are. Creatureland's debt collector often uses the cafe's notoriety as fodder for the other cafes to rag on or abuse The
** The managers of two other similarly
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* TheUnfavorite: The Oinky Doink Cafe, even among the already seedy and hostile environment maid cafes are. Creatureland's debt collector often uses the cafe's notoriety as fodder for the other cafes to rag on or abuse The Manager. The managers of two other similarly dispised Cafes are made examples of by the head of Creatureland in episode 4, with one getting killed for embezzlement and the other offering to TakeTheHeat for the murder to avoid being killed herself.
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* TheUnfavorite: The Oinky Doink Cafe, even among the already seedy and hostile environment maid cafes are. Creatureland's debt collector often uses the cafe's notoriety as fodder for the other cafes to rag on or abuse The Manager. The managers of two other similarly dispised Cafes are made examples of by the head of Creatureland in episode 4, with one getting killed for embezzlement and the other offering to TakeTheHeat take the heat for the murder to avoid being killed herself.
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* TheUnfavorite: The Oinky Doink Cafe, even among the already seedy and hostile environment maid cafes are. Creatureland's debt collector often uses the cafe's notoriety as fodder for the other cafes to rag on or abuse The Manager.
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* TheUnfavorite: The Oinky Doink Cafe, even among the already seedy and hostile environment maid cafes are. Creatureland's debt collector often uses the cafe's notoriety as fodder for the other cafes to rag on or abuse The Manager. The managers of two other similarly dispised Cafes are made examples of by the head of Creatureland in episode 4, with one getting killed for embezzlement and the other offering to TakeTheHeat for the murder to avoid being killed herself.
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* RunningGag: Anytime the Debt Collector is in the same room as the Manager, expect to see him subject her to a bizarre punishment in some darkly comedic fashion
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* RunningGag: RunningGag:
** Anytime the Debt Collector is in the same room as the Manager, expect to see him subject her to a bizarre punishment in some darkly comedic fashion
** Anytime the Debt Collector is in the same room as the Manager, expect to see him subject her to a bizarre punishment in some darkly comedic fashion
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* KillEmAll: Ranko's frequent solution. This is the same reaction her enemies employ when dealing with her and the rest of the Oinky Doink maids, but to less success.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: The drill master who shows up to whip the maids into shape in episode 4 relies heavily on yelling, and early on, hitting the girls with a baton to discipline them. After they rebel to her harsh treatment, she attempts to change her methods slightly, largely by throwing each one off the top of the roof but catching them before they fall too far.
* OhCrap:
** The cafe manager usually has this when the enforcer shows up, or she senses she's in trouble for something.
** The drill master has this reaction after the girls revert back to their normal selves despite having whipped them into shape a few days earlier. She realizes that she'd be killed by the Creatureland CEO for failing to change their behavior at the cafe.
** The cafe manager usually has this when the enforcer shows up, or she senses she's in trouble for something.
** The drill master has this reaction after the girls revert back to their normal selves despite having whipped them into shape a few days earlier. She realizes that she'd be killed by the Creatureland CEO for failing to change their behavior at the cafe.
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After Nagomi witnesses firsthand how the maid cafe business actually works, she attempts to make a hasty retreat. Ranko's arrival and declaration to be her roommate quickly puts the kibosh on her escape plans.
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: ScrewThisImOutOfHere:
** After Nagomi witnesses firsthand how the maid cafe business actually works, she attempts to make a hasty retreat. Ranko's arrival and declaration to be her roommate quickly puts the kibosh on her escapeplans.plans.
** Shiipon also attempts this during episode 4 after disagreeing with the drill master's methods of training. All of the girls except for Ranko attempt to hunt her down, while Ranko actually helps her to escape. She ultimately decides against running away after seeing the cafe manager just below them eating out of a trash can.
** After Nagomi witnesses firsthand how the maid cafe business actually works, she attempts to make a hasty retreat. Ranko's arrival and declaration to be her roommate quickly puts the kibosh on her escape
** Shiipon also attempts this during episode 4 after disagreeing with the drill master's methods of training. All of the girls except for Ranko attempt to hunt her down, while Ranko actually helps her to escape. She ultimately decides against running away after seeing the cafe manager just below them eating out of a trash can.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The cafe manager somehow acquires a bazooka to blow up the wooden carving the girls worked on during their week of TrainingFromHell. Shiipon obliterates the wooden carving with it.
* TrainingFromHell: The girls undergo this in episode 4. It's implied that every other cafe also underwent this same training as there were several drill masters being lectured by the Creatureland CEO.
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* {{Yakuza}}: Maid cafes are simply fronts to entire Yakuza rings, and aren't afraid to do the dirty work against the opposition in order to keep up appearances.
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* {{Yakuza}}: Maid cafes are simply fronts to entire Yakuza rings, and aren't afraid to do the dirty work against the opposition in order to keep up appearances.appearances.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The big boss of the Creatureland group calls forth three of the managers at a meeting during episode 4. As she describes what each manager called is good for, she immediately shoots the second one in her back, citing that despite making lots of money, she was also embezzling it. The third manager asks to take the fall for this murder and disappears offscreen with the pistol used.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The big boss of the Creatureland group calls forth three of the managers at a meeting during episode 4. As she describes what each manager called is good for, she immediately shoots the second one in her back, citing that despite making lots of money, she was also embezzling it. The third manager asks to take the fall for this murder and disappears offscreen with the pistol used.
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* RunningGag: Anytime the Debt Collector is in the same room as the Manager, expect to see him subject her to a bizarre punishment in some darkly comedic fashion
** Someone getting shot out of nowhere in a BlackComedyBurst seems to happen OncePerEpisode. Bonus points if its a BoomHeadshot.
** Someone getting shot out of nowhere in a BlackComedyBurst seems to happen OncePerEpisode. Bonus points if its a BoomHeadshot.
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* BerserkButton: Ranko protects Nagomi after she gets repeatedly slapped and insulted by a rival head maid. She also gets angry when Zoya insults the Oinky Doink Cafe and claims that none of them are real maids, and starts to fight back instead of letting Zoya beat her in a fixed match.
* BigNo: Nagomi lets out an impressive one as Shiipon blows up the block of wood that the Oinky Doink Cafe used to carve the Creatureland logo on as part of their "maid training".
* ButtMonkey: The Manager can't seem to catch a break. Granted, it's almost always her own fault.
* BigNo: Nagomi lets out an impressive one as Shiipon blows up the block of wood that the Oinky Doink Cafe used to carve the Creatureland logo on as part of their "maid training".
* ButtMonkey: The Manager can't seem to catch a break. Granted, it's almost always her own fault.
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* TheComicallySerious: Ranko, similar to the ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' example in the trope image.
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* GyaruGirl: Shiipon with her artificially tanned skin, exaggerated makeup and dyed blonde hair is a standard example of a ganguro gyaru. This puts her at odds with instructor Sano in the 4th episode, as she believes such looks are improper from a maid.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Nagomi is brand-spankin'-new to the maid cafe business, and starts out unaware of the more... dangerous side of the field.
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** In general, being a maid in Akiba is this as every maid cafe are run like yakuza groups.
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** In general, being a maid in Akiba is this as every maid cafe are is run like a yakuza groups.group.
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* GyaruGal: Shiipon with her artificially tanned skin, exaggerated makeup and dyed blonde hair is a standard example of a ganguro gyaru. This puts her at odds with instructor Sano in the 4th episode, as she believes such looks are improper from a maid.
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* GyaruGal: GyaruGirl: Shiipon with her artificially tanned skin, exaggerated makeup and dyed blonde hair is a standard example of a ganguro gyaru. This puts her at odds with instructor Sano in the 4th episode, as she believes such looks are improper from a maid.
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* PunBasedTitle: The "Maid" in the title in Japanese has the kanji for "underworld", which is pronounced the same as the word "maid" ("meido"), referencing how the maids of the show are involved in shady and dangerous businesses.
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* DoItYourselfThemeTune:
** The opening theme is sung by the entire staff of the Oinky Doink Cafe (including [[spoiler:Zoya before she joins as a worker]]).
** The ending theme is performed by Creator/RinaSato in-character as Ranko.
** The opening theme is sung by the entire staff of the Oinky Doink Cafe (including [[spoiler:Zoya before she joins as a worker]]).
** The ending theme is performed by Creator/RinaSato in-character as Ranko.
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** Episode 4 adds referemces to ''Literature/ADogOfFlanders'' with Manager and Panda out on the streets.
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** Episode 4 adds referemces references to ''Literature/ADogOfFlanders'' with Manager and Panda out on the streets.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: There has been Yakuza involvement in and shakedowns of maid cafes in the past, though nowhere near the extent shown in the show.
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** Episode 4 adds referemces to ''Literature/ADogOfFlanders'' with Manager and Panda out on the streets.
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* BigNo: Nagomi lets out an impressive one as Shiipon blows up the block of wood that the Oinky Doink Cafe used to carve the Creatureland logo on as part of their "maid training".
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Shiipon does this to the entire Oinky Doink Cafe crew (minus Ranko) after they've been broken down by Instructor Sano's brutal training, using a rocket launcher to destroy the giant block of wood that they used to carve the Creatureland logo on. Zoya, Yumechi, and especially Nagomi don't react well to this at first before going back to normal a few days later.
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* HiddenDepths: Shiipon seems like a laid-back person who doesn't really put in much effort into her job of being a maid, with her even musing about how she just fell into the job on random. However, Episode 4 reveals that for all her attitude, she does enjoy being a maid due to being alongside her coworkers in the Oinky Doink Cafe.
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** In general, being a maid in Akiba is this as every maid cafe are run like yakuza groups.
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Possibly a parody of their usually fluffy and friendly "Girls Working" shows (''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'', ''Anime/SakuraQuest'', and ''Anime/AqutopeOnWhiteSand'')
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Possibly a parody of their usually fluffy and friendly "Girls Working" shows (''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'', ''Anime/SakuraQuest'', and ''Anime/AqutopeOnWhiteSand'')
''Anime/TheAquatopeOnWhiteSand'')
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Possibly a parody of their usually fluffy and friendly "Girls Working" shows (''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'', ''Anime/SakuraQuest'', and ''Anime/TheAqutopeOnWhiteSand'')
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Possibly a parody of their usually fluffy and friendly "Girls Working" shows (''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'', ''Anime/SakuraQuest'', and ''Anime/TheAqutopeOnWhiteSand'')
''Anime/AqutopeOnWhiteSand'')
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Possibly a parody of their usually fluffy and friendly "Girls Working" shows (''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'', ''Anime/SakuraQuest'', and ''Anime/TheAqutopeOnWhiteSand'')
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* {{Yakuza}}: Maid cafes are simply fronts to entire Yakuza rings, and aren't afraid to do the dirty work against the opposition in order to keep up appearances.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Nagomi, Ranko, and Yumechi wear thigh-high stockings with their maid outfit.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Nagomi, Ranko, and Yumechi wear thigh-high stockings with their maid outfit.
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* {{Yakuza}}: Maid cafes are simply fronts to entire Yakuza rings, and aren't afraid to do the dirty work against the opposition in order to keep up appearances.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Nagomi, Ranko, and Yumechi wear thigh-high stockings with their maid outfit.appearances.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Nagomi, Ranko, and Yumechi wear thigh-high stockings with their maid outfit.
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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Even when the Manager gets her hands on some money, she is very quickly forced to part with it due to her own stupidity.
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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Even when the Manager gets her hands on some money, she is very quickly forced to part with it due to her own stupidity.stupidity or whatever pre-existing debt needs to be owed that day.
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* GyaruGal: Shiipon.
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* KillEmAll: Ranko's frequent solution.
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* KillEmAll: Ranko's frequent solution. This is the same reaction her enemies employ when dealing with her and the rest of the Oinky Doink maids, but to less success.
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* PerpetualPoverty: No matter what happens, the Oinky Doink Cafe is always stuck owing more money to Creatureland than they had before. Not even a figurine they sell off in Episode 3 manages to make a dent, only pulling in enough so that neither The Manager or Shiipon get their organs removed.
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* PerpetualPoverty: No matter what happens, the Oinky Doink Cafe is always stuck owing more money to both Creatureland and any other debt collector they take money from than they had before. Not even a figurine they sell off in Episode 3 manages to make a dent, only pulling in enough so that neither The Manager or Shiipon get their organs removed.
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* SeriousBusiness: The maid cafe Nagomi and Ranko visit during episode 1 shows one of the maids there being forced to cut off one of her pigtails. Although it's just her hair, she painfully reacts as if one of her fingers got chopped off.
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* SeriousBusiness: SeriousBusiness:
** The maid cafe Nagomi and Ranko visit duringepisode Episode 1 shows one of the maids there being forced to cut off one of her pigtails. Although it's just her hair, she painfully reacts as if one of her fingers got chopped off.
** The maid cafe Nagomi and Ranko visit during
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* StatusQuoIsGod: The crew of the Oinky Doink Cafe often tries to gamble for money to repay a debt they owe. But it never works in their favor, and any money they make will inevitably be lost. Conversely, if they made a bad gamble, usually whoever they owed money or organs to ends up getting killed, thus conveniently erasing the debt they accrued.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: The crew of the Oinky Doink Cafe often tries to gamble for money to repay a debt they owe. But it never works in their favor, and any money they make will inevitably be lost. Conversely, if they made a bad gamble, usually whoever they owed money or organs to ends up getting killed, killed or paid off, thus conveniently erasing the debt they accrued.accrued for that episode. The ongoing debts to Creatureland still standing.
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* ThrowingTheFight: In episode 3, Ranko is entered into a fighting tournament in which she was supposed to lose. Unfortunately she doesn't know how to limit her strength and accidentally wins instead. The lady in charge of the tournament gives them one more chance to lose, but Ranko also ends up winning that fight. [[spoiler:Fortunately for them, the boss lady dies fighting a man's henchmen after they find out she killed their boss.]]
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* ThrowingTheFight: In episode 3, Ranko is entered into a fighting tournament in which she was supposed to lose. Unfortunately she doesn't know how to limit her strength and accidentally wins instead. The lady in charge of the tournament gives them one more chance to lose, but Ranko also ends up winning that fight. [[spoiler:Fortunately for them, the boss lady dies fighting a man's henchmen after they find out she killed their boss.boss and tried to frame Ranko for it.]]
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: During the prologue, after Ranko's boss gets shot dead by a rival maid, neither she nor the other maid accompanying them thinks to retaliate against their boss's killer. Likewise said murderer doesn't think to LeaveNoWitnesses, enabling Ranko to eventually join the Oinky Doink Cafe 15 years later.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: WhyDontYouJustShootHim:
** During the prologue, after Ranko's boss gets shot dead by a rival maid, neither she nor the other maid accompanying them thinks to retaliate against their boss's killer. Likewise said murderer doesn't think to LeaveNoWitnesses, enabling Ranko to eventually join the Oinky Doink Cafe 15 years later.
** During the prologue, after Ranko's boss gets shot dead by a rival maid, neither she nor the other maid accompanying them thinks to retaliate against their boss's killer. Likewise said murderer doesn't think to LeaveNoWitnesses, enabling Ranko to eventually join the Oinky Doink Cafe 15 years later.
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** The Creatureland debt collector has no qualms about having his would-be clients injured or killed if they don't give him the money and is not afraid to do it himself if he has to. With his favorite target is usually The Manager, having her be used as a golf tee for another cafe after she bungles up a mission for him in Episode 2. A mission [[NotSoAboveItAll she fully expected]] Nagomi and Ranko to be killed in, and had planned to replace when they did.
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** The Creatureland debt collector has no qualms about having his would-be clients injured or killed if they don't give him the money and is not afraid to do it himself if he has to. With his His favorite target is usually The Manager, having her be used as a golf tee for another cafe after she bungles up a mission for him in Episode 2. A mission [[NotSoAboveItAll she fully expected]] Nagomi and Ranko to be killed in, and had planned to replace when they did. He later shows up at their cafe in Episode 3 and shoves his firearm into her mouth before giving her a black eye offscreen as they "talk business".
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* ZettaiRyouiki: Nagomi, Ranko, and Yumechi wear thigh high stockings with their maid outfit.
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* ButtMonkey: The Manager can't seem to catch a break. Granted, it's almost always her own fault.
* TheComicallySerious: Ranko, similar to the ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' example in the trope image.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Not a child, but Yumechi is well aware of her target audience.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Even when the Manager gets her hands on some money, she is very quickly forced to part with it due to her own stupidity.
* TheGamblingAddict: The main cause of the Manager's money woes.
* GyaruGal: Shiipon.
* TheGamblingAddict: The main cause of the Manager's money woes.
* GyaruGal: Shiipon.
* KillEmAll: Ranko's frequent solution.
* NaiveNewcomer: Nagomi is brand-spankin'-new to the maid cafe business, and starts out unaware of the more... dangerous side of the field.
** Zoya considers cuteness to be this, as a trait that people are born with and that she was tragically born without. This puts her at odds with Ranko in her introductory episode, since Ranko believes that anybody can be "cute" as long as they themselves consider themselves "cute".
* SpoilerOpening: Averted. [[spoiler:Zoya]] is specifically censored out of the opening of the first three episodes to keep her SixthRanger status a secret.
* SpoilerOpening: Averted. [[spoiler:Zoya]] is specifically censored out of the opening of the first three episodes to keep her SixthRanger status a secret.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: During the epilogue, after Ranko's boss gets shot dead by a rival maid, neither she nor the other maid accompanying them thinks to retaliate against their boss's killer. Likewise said murderer doesn't think to LeaveNoWitnesses, enabling Ranko to eventually join the Oinky Doink Cafe 15 years later.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: During the epilogue, prologue, after Ranko's boss gets shot dead by a rival maid, neither she nor the other maid accompanying them thinks to retaliate against their boss's killer. Likewise said murderer doesn't think to LeaveNoWitnesses, enabling Ranko to eventually join the Oinky Doink Cafe 15 years later.later.
** Ranko herself defies this trope - "Just Shoot Them" is her solution to practically anything, from her co-workers being harrassed to a loan shark screaming in her face.
** Ranko herself defies this trope - "Just Shoot Them" is her solution to practically anything, from her co-workers being harrassed to a loan shark screaming in her face.
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* FrameUp: Akiba Fluffy n' Sweet Club's manager attempts to do this to Ranko after killing the lead toy executive in Episode 3, as a means to get her killed off by her preferred maid boxer Zoya. It almost works, but Ranko has the foresight to leave a note to the toy executives as to what really happened to their boss, leading to a shootout that claims the lives of both sides.
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* FrameUp: Akiba Fluffy n' Sweet Club's manager attempts to do this to Ranko after killing the lead toy executive in Episode 3, as a means to get her killed off by her preferred maid boxer Zoya. It almost works, but Ranko has the foresight to leave leaves a note to on the toy executives as to manager door that mentions what really happened to their boss, happened, and that other executives see, leading to a shootout that claims the lives of both sides.
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* BerserkButton: Ranko protects Nagomi after she gets repeatedly slapped and insulted by a rival head maid. She also gets angry when Zoya insults the Oinky Doink Cafe and claims that none of them are real maids, and starts to fight back instead of letting Zoya beat her in a fixed match.
* BlackComedy: The show is filled with violence, but nearly all instances of it are treated comedically, such as when Ranko is gunning down a rival maid group, and swinging her pistols as though she was waving around glowsticks that fans usually do at an idol concert while Yumechi was doing a song and dance elsewhere.
* BlackComedy: The show is filled with violence, but nearly all instances of it are treated comedically, such as when Ranko is gunning down a rival maid group, and swinging her pistols as though she was waving around glowsticks that fans usually do at an idol concert while Yumechi was doing a song and dance elsewhere.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Zoya joins the Oinky Doink Cafe to learn from Ranko after she learns how to start smiling during their fight.
* HighPressureBlood: Several injuries characters receive are often spurting blood afterwards. Nagomi hilariously gets sprayed several times after Ranko shoots a rival head maid. It even stops momentarily only to then spray on her again.
* NoPokerFace: Averted with Yumechi. She was able to detect subtle changes in her opponent during their poker game, and mentions said variances and nearly fools them all into thinking she had a winning hand. [[spoiler:She still loses because her hand couldn't beat her opponents.]]
* SeriousBusiness: The maid cafe Nagomi and Ranko visit during episode 1 shows one of the maids there being forced to cut off one of her pigtails. Although it's just her hair, she painfully reacts as if one of her fingers got chopped off.
* StatusQuoIsGod: The crew of the Oinky Doink Cafe often tries to gamble for money to repay a debt they owe. But it never works in their favor, and any money they make will inevitably be lost. Conversely, if they made a bad gamble, usually whoever they owed money or organs to ends up getting killed, thus conveniently erasing the debt they accrued.
* StatusQuoIsGod: The crew of the Oinky Doink Cafe often tries to gamble for money to repay a debt they owe. But it never works in their favor, and any money they make will inevitably be lost. Conversely, if they made a bad gamble, usually whoever they owed money or organs to ends up getting killed, thus conveniently erasing the debt they accrued.
* ThrowingTheFight: In episode 3, Ranko is entered into a fighting tournament in which she was supposed to lose. Unfortunately she doesn't know how to limit her strength and accidentally wins instead. The lady in charge of the tournament gives them one more chance to lose, but Ranko also ends up winning that fight. [[spoiler:Fortunately for them, the boss lady dies fighting a man's henchmen after they find out she killed their boss.]]
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* {{Yakuza}}: Maid cafes are simply fronts to entire Yakuza rings, and aren't afraid to do the dirty work against the opposition in order to keep up appearances.
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* {{Yakuza}}: Maid cafes are simply fronts to entire Yakuza rings, and aren't afraid to do the dirty work against the opposition in order to keep up appearances.appearances.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Nagomi, Ranko, and Yumechi wear thigh high stockings with their maid outfit.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Nagomi, Ranko, and Yumechi wear thigh high stockings with their maid outfit.
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** Episode 3 contains multiple references to Manga/{{Ashita No Joe}}, from the Manager wearing an eyepatch to the stylized keyframes during Ranko's counterpunch.
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** Episode 3 contains multiple references to Manga/{{Ashita ''Manga/{{Ashita No Joe}}, Joe}}'', from the Manager wearing an eyepatch to the stylized keyframes during Ranko's counterpunch.
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* TimeSkip: The epilogue takes place 15 years before the actual start of the show.
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* TimeSkip: The epilogue prologue takes place 15 years before the actual start of the show.
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[[caption-width-right:265:Another day, another chance to go moe moe kyun / I come to the pigsty for my moe moe kyun]]
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[[caption-width-right:265:Another day, another chance to go moe moe kyun / I come to the pigsty for my moe moe kyun]]
->''"The very first day living my dream of being a maid... and I'm ready to quit!"''
-->-- '''Nagomi Wahira'''
[[caption-width-right:265:Another day, another chance to go moe moe kyun / I come to the pigsty for my moe moe kyun]]
->''"The very first day living my dream of being a maid... and I'm ready to quit!"''
-->-- '''Nagomi Wahira'''
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* AnimalMotifs: Several cafes are themed after animals -- Oinky Doink Cafe is themed after pigs, Chuki-Chuki-Tsuki-Chan has a rabbit theme, and an unnamed cafe that utilizes a cow theme uses The Manager as a tee when she fails to pay Creaturelan's debt collector what she owes him. Maids affiliated with other cafes can be seen wearing accessories affiliated with bears, opossums, sheep, and cats.
* BoomHeadshot: Ranko's usual go-to when it comes to taking out enemies. This is also how the Akiba Fluffy n' Sweet Club's manager takes out the head of the toy company in Episode 3.
* BoomHeadshot: Ranko's usual go-to when it comes to taking out enemies. This is also how the Akiba Fluffy n' Sweet Club's manager takes out the head of the toy company in Episode 3.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Manager of the Oinky Doink Cafe is just known as "Cafe Manager," and the otaku middleman from Creatureland who shows up to threaten her every episode is never given a name, but the official bio calls him "Debt Collector."
* {{Heroic BSoD}}: Nagomi watching her new co-worker shoot another Maid in the head, and as the blood sprays onto her paper bib, her only reaction is saying "oh, I forgot to remove it" in a low voice.
* {{Heroic BSoD}}: Nagomi watching her new co-worker shoot another Maid in the head, and as the blood sprays onto her paper bib, her only reaction is saying "oh, I forgot to remove it" in a low voice.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Combined with BloodierAndGorier, this title is Creator/PAWorks' most violent work to date, with characters openly getting shot and killed, and bleeding like a stuck pig with startling regularity.
* DesignatedGirlFight: The Akiba Fluffy and Sweet Club's underground business involves maids fighting each other in a boxing match to the death.
* FrameUp: Akiba Fluffy n' Sweet Club's manager attempts to do this to Ranko after killing the lead toy executive in Episode 3, as a means to get her killed off by her preferred maid boxer Zoya. It almost works, but Ranko has the foresight to leave a note to the toy executives as to what really happened to their boss, leading to a shootout that claims the lives of both sides.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Manager of the Oinky Doink Cafe is just known as "Cafe Manager," and the otaku middleman from Creatureland who shows up to threaten her every episode is likewise never given a name, butthe his official bio calls him "Debt Collector."
* {{Heroic BSoD}}: Nagomiwatching watches her new co-worker shoot another Maid in the head, and as the blood sprays onto her paper bib, her only reaction is saying "oh, I forgot to remove it" in a low voice.
* DesignatedGirlFight: The Akiba Fluffy and Sweet Club's underground business involves maids fighting each other in a boxing match to the death.
* FrameUp: Akiba Fluffy n' Sweet Club's manager attempts to do this to Ranko after killing the lead toy executive in Episode 3, as a means to get her killed off by her preferred maid boxer Zoya. It almost works, but Ranko has the foresight to leave a note to the toy executives as to what really happened to their boss, leading to a shootout that claims the lives of both sides.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Manager of the Oinky Doink Cafe is just known as "Cafe Manager," and the otaku middleman from Creatureland who shows up to threaten her every episode is likewise never given a name, but
* {{Heroic BSoD}}: Nagomi
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* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption
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PerpetualPoverty: No matter what happens, the Oinky Doink Cafe is always stuck owing more money to Creatureland than they had before. Not even a figurine they sell off in Episode 3 manages to make a dent, only pulling in enough so that neither The Manager or Shiipon get their organs removed.
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ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After Nagomi witnesses firsthand how the maid cafe business actually works, she attempts to make a hasty retreat. Ranko's arrival and declaration to be her roommate quickly puts the kibosh on her escape plans.
*{{Yakuza}}TheUnfavorite: The Oinky Doink Cafe, even among the already seedy and hostile environment maid cafes are. Creatureland's debt collector often uses the cafe's notoriety as fodder for the other cafes to rag on or abuse The Manager.
* TimeSkip: The epilogue takes place 15 years before the actual start of the show.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: The maid cafes operate on this behind the scenes, making sure to keep up the {{Masquerade}} among the customers.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: During the epilogue, after Ranko's boss gets shot dead by a rival maid, neither she nor the other maid accompanying them thinks to retaliate against their boss's killer. Likewise said murderer doesn't think to LeaveNoWitnesses, enabling Ranko to eventually join the Oinky Doink Cafe 15 years later.
* WouldHitAGirl: To be expected in the shady underground of maid cafes.
** The Creatureland debt collector has no qualms about having his would-be clients injured or killed if they don't give him the money and is not afraid to do it himself if he has to. With his favorite target is usually The Manager, having her be used as a golf tee for another cafe after she bungles up a mission for him in Episode 2. A mission [[NotSoAboveItAll she fully expected]] Nagomi and Ranko to be killed in, and had planned to replace when they did.
** The owner of the Maid Casino in Episode 2 has the Oinky Doink Cafe's staff nearly shipped away to a crab boat, one that not only breaks maids emotionally; but has claimed many a maid's life in the Bering Sea.
** Episode 3 has a group of figurine heads get into a shoot-out with the Akiba Fluffy n' Sweet Club's manager after they learn she killed their boss. She is KilledOffscreen with the rest of them.
* {{Yakuza}}: Maid cafes are simply fronts to entire Yakuza rings, and aren't afraid to do the dirty work against the opposition in order to keep up appearances.
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* TimeSkip: The epilogue takes place 15 years before the actual start of the show.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: The maid cafes operate on this behind the scenes, making sure to keep up the {{Masquerade}} among the customers.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: During the epilogue, after Ranko's boss gets shot dead by a rival maid, neither she nor the other maid accompanying them thinks to retaliate against their boss's killer. Likewise said murderer doesn't think to LeaveNoWitnesses, enabling Ranko to eventually join the Oinky Doink Cafe 15 years later.
* WouldHitAGirl: To be expected in the shady underground of maid cafes.
** The Creatureland debt collector has no qualms about having his would-be clients injured or killed if they don't give him the money and is not afraid to do it himself if he has to. With his favorite target is usually The Manager, having her be used as a golf tee for another cafe after she bungles up a mission for him in Episode 2. A mission [[NotSoAboveItAll she fully expected]] Nagomi and Ranko to be killed in, and had planned to replace when they did.
** The owner of the Maid Casino in Episode 2 has the Oinky Doink Cafe's staff nearly shipped away to a crab boat, one that not only breaks maids emotionally; but has claimed many a maid's life in the Bering Sea.
** Episode 3 has a group of figurine heads get into a shoot-out with the Akiba Fluffy n' Sweet Club's manager after they learn she killed their boss. She is KilledOffscreen with the rest of them.
* {{Yakuza}}: Maid cafes are simply fronts to entire Yakuza rings, and aren't afraid to do the dirty work against the opposition in order to keep up appearances.
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''Akiba Maid War'' is an [[AnimeFirst original anime]] BlackComedy developed by [[Creator/PAWorks P.A. Works]]. The show began airing on October 7, 2022.
Set in the otaku mecca of Akihabara, in the year 1999. A happy-go-lucky 17-year old girl named Nagomi Wahira steps out of the train station, eager to start her new job at one of the many [[CosplayCafe Maid Cafe]]s that cover the neighborhood. Despite the shoddy interior of the pigsty-themed "Oinky Doink Cafe," and being paired with a gruff rookie maid about twice her age, Nagomi hopes her enthusiasm for the job will help her deal with the rougher parts while she learns how to properly serve customers and be a good maid.
However, Nagomi's first day on the job isn't over when her manager tasks her with delivering a letter to another Maid Cafe in the area, and that's when the veil quickly falls from Nagomi's eyes. Suddenly, she finds herself trapped in a job that's as brutal and cutthroat as any criminal organization, with different Maid Cafes fighting for turf, money, and power throughout Akihabara. Rooming with another Maid who has no qualms about murdering anyone who threatens her, and working under a manager who seems permanently in debt to a higher-level consortium, Nagomi just hopes to survive long enough to see to her next paycheck.
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!!Tropes
* DeathByOriginStory: The first minute of the anime has Ranko's boss murdered in front of her by a rival Maid.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Manager of the Oinky Doink Cafe is just known as "Cafe Manager," and the otaku middleman from Creatureland who shows up to threaten her every episode is never given a name, but the official bio calls him "Debt Collector."
* {{Heroic BSoD}}: Nagomi watching her new co-worker shoot another Maid in the head, and as the blood sprays onto her paper bib, her only reaction is saying "oh, I forgot to remove it" in a low voice.
* {{Homage}}: The series overall is a big one to Japanese "pink films" and Yakuza dramas.
** Episode 3 contains multiple references to Manga/{{Ashita No Joe}}, from the Manager wearing an eyepatch to the stylized keyframes during Ranko's counterpunch.
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: Every Maid Cafe in Akihabara and some of the businesses that support them are this, to varying degrees.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The Manager in Episode 3 strips naked to beg a criminal boss for another chance even though she didn't have to.
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* {{Otaku}}
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption
* {{Yakuza}}
Set in the otaku mecca of Akihabara, in the year 1999. A happy-go-lucky 17-year old girl named Nagomi Wahira steps out of the train station, eager to start her new job at one of the many [[CosplayCafe Maid Cafe]]s that cover the neighborhood. Despite the shoddy interior of the pigsty-themed "Oinky Doink Cafe," and being paired with a gruff rookie maid about twice her age, Nagomi hopes her enthusiasm for the job will help her deal with the rougher parts while she learns how to properly serve customers and be a good maid.
However, Nagomi's first day on the job isn't over when her manager tasks her with delivering a letter to another Maid Cafe in the area, and that's when the veil quickly falls from Nagomi's eyes. Suddenly, she finds herself trapped in a job that's as brutal and cutthroat as any criminal organization, with different Maid Cafes fighting for turf, money, and power throughout Akihabara. Rooming with another Maid who has no qualms about murdering anyone who threatens her, and working under a manager who seems permanently in debt to a higher-level consortium, Nagomi just hopes to survive long enough to see to her next paycheck.
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!!Tropes
* DeathByOriginStory: The first minute of the anime has Ranko's boss murdered in front of her by a rival Maid.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Manager of the Oinky Doink Cafe is just known as "Cafe Manager," and the otaku middleman from Creatureland who shows up to threaten her every episode is never given a name, but the official bio calls him "Debt Collector."
* {{Heroic BSoD}}: Nagomi watching her new co-worker shoot another Maid in the head, and as the blood sprays onto her paper bib, her only reaction is saying "oh, I forgot to remove it" in a low voice.
* {{Homage}}: The series overall is a big one to Japanese "pink films" and Yakuza dramas.
** Episode 3 contains multiple references to Manga/{{Ashita No Joe}}, from the Manager wearing an eyepatch to the stylized keyframes during Ranko's counterpunch.
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: Every Maid Cafe in Akihabara and some of the businesses that support them are this, to varying degrees.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The Manager in Episode 3 strips naked to beg a criminal boss for another chance even though she didn't have to.
* NinjaMaid
* {{Otaku}}
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption
* {{Yakuza}}
