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* ObviouslyEvil: He has a wild, hungry look in his eyes and his face is covered in intimidating scars, with even a GlasgowGrin as the cherry on top. To make it even more blatant, he doesn't even bother hiding how twisted he is.



* AssholeVictim: Both are killed by Ichi. Jiro had his {{neck snap}}ped from Ichi's kick, and Saburo had the top of his head slashed off by Ichi's bladed shoes.

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* AssholeVictim: Both [[spoiler:Both are killed by Ichi. Jiro had his {{neck snap}}ped from Ichi's kick, and Saburo had the top of his head slashed off by Ichi's bladed shoes.]]


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* IdenticalTwinIDTag: They both have the exact same face and dress the same way too. The only way to distinguish them is that Jiro is the super strong one with a pompadour, and Saburo is the one with dreadlocks who carries a ''dosu'' on his person..


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* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:Saburo dies completely as a result of him accidentally fumbling with his knife and leaving him open to getting the top of his skull cut off by Ichi in such a way that he didn't even realize it happened at first.]]


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* ButtMonkey: He gets stuck with unpleasant tasks, like being forced to commit same-sex necrophilia on Masao's behalf.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler:His fate. He leaves due to being too frightened and doesn't get any sort of punishment for his cowardice.]]
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:He winds up getting so freaked out by the situation that he leaves, crying in fear and shame and never appears ever again. This results in him getting away with his life.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler:He's the only member of the Anjougumi to survive thanks to him making the wise decision to leave and never come back.]]
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* ForceAndFinesse: Jiro is the "Force" as he has inhuman strength and can tear through flesh and bone as easily as a sharp blade, and Saburo is the "Finesse" as while he's of average strength, he has mind-boggling skills with his ''dosu'', and can easily slice through the nerves of somebody with pin-point accuracy.
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* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Ichi has a strong sense of justice tied to using his strength to overcome his weaknesses, but when he gets into killing mood, his attitude drastically changes. Everyone who has nothing to do with his trauma is okay at the moment, but anyone who is are the bullies who must be destroyed.

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* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Ichi has a strong sense of justice tied to using his strength to overcome his weaknesses, but when he gets into killing mood, his attitude drastically changes. Everyone who has nothing to do with his trauma is okay at the moment, but anyone who is are whose the bullies who must be destroyed.



* FromNobodyToNightmare: By all accounts in both his memories and in ''Ichi'', the boy was just a really strong but mousy young man who kept running into trouble with bullies. Whatever made him snap turned him into a killing machine that even seasoned mobs feared.

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* FromNobodyToNightmare: By all accounts in both his memories and in ''Ichi'', the boy was just a really strong but mousy young man who kept running into trouble with bullies. Whatever made him snap turned him into a killing machine that even seasoned mobs mobsters feared.



* PsychopathicManchild: Ichi IS one of the top examples of this trope. Jijii's manipulations ensure that he's constantly back in his state of mind as a bullied teenager, and beyond that, he doesn't comprehend concepts like rape. He also gets along well with kids and can understand their mindsets.

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* PsychopathicManchild: Ichi IS is one of the ''the'' top examples of this trope. Jijii's manipulations ensure that he's constantly back in his state of mind as a bullied teenager, and beyond that, he doesn't comprehend concepts like rape. He also gets along well with kids and can understand their mindsets.
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* NoOneSeesTheBoss: He, Ryou, and Inoue have never met Ichi, only cleaning up after him. [[spoiler: Noboru is the only one who meets Ichi, but since Ichi has never met him and Jijii used his master manipulation abilities, he has Ichi to off Noboru.]]

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* NoOneSeesTheBoss: He, Ryou, and Inoue have never met Ichi, only cleaning up after him. [[spoiler: Noboru is the only one who meets Ichi, but since Ichi has never met him and Jijii used his master manipulation abilities, he has Ichi to off Noboru.]]
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* {{Bishonen}}: Has a somewhat frail and dainty appearance, which belies his killing capability.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: In the movie, he's kicked to death by a angered and dissapointed Takeshi.

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: CruelAndUnusualDeath / DeathByAdaptation: In the movie, he's kicked to death by a angered and dissapointed Takeshi.
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* MagicPlasticSurgery: [[spoiler: He got plastic surgery done on his face after being excommunicated from the Anjou clan so he could stay in Shinjuku, when Kakihara's gang catches him, all the members say he doesn't look anything like how he used to.]]

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* MagicPlasticSurgery: [[spoiler: He got plastic surgery done on his face after being excommunicated from the Anjou clan so he could stay in Shinjuku, when Shinjuku. When Kakihara's gang catches him, all the members say he doesn't look anything like how he used to.]]
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* KnifeNut: Saburo fights with a ''dosu'', a long knife favored by Yakuza. His overall strength is said to be unremarkable, but his skills with a blade are so refined that he can cut two nipples off while drawing from the hip and sever the nerves that control the index finger before his enemy can pull a trigger.

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* KnifeNut: MasterSwordsman: Saburo fights with a ''dosu'', a long knife short sword favored by Yakuza. His overall strength is said to be unremarkable, but his skills with a blade are so refined that he can cut two nipples off while drawing from the hip and sever the nerves that control the index finger before his enemy can pull a trigger.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Has bleached blond hair in the movie.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's a lot more handsome in the live-action movie, as his constant WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises are absent and he has a thinner frame.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's a lot more handsome in the live-action movie, as his constant WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises are absent and he has a thinner frame.frame and less squashed-looking nose.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's a lot more handsomer in the live action movie, as his constant WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises are absent and has a thinner frame.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's a lot more handsomer handsome in the live action live-action movie, as his constant WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises are absent and he has a thinner frame.
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* AntiVillain: Type II.

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* AntiVillain: Type II.Of the Woobie sort.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He's kicked to death by a angered and dissapointed Takeshi.

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He's In the movie, he's kicked to death by a angered and dissapointed Takeshi.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He's kicked to death by a angered and dissapointed Takeshi.
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* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Guys]]: He, Ryou, and Inoue are the members of Jijii's gang, but the three of them are really only in charge of cleaning up after Ichi and are oftentimes forced to just stay back in their hideout.

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* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Guys]]: ThoseTwoGuys: He, Ryou, and Inoue are the members of Jijii's gang, but the three of them are really only in charge of cleaning up after Ichi and are oftentimes forced to just stay back in their hideout.
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* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Guys]]: With Noboru and Inoue.
* [[spoiler: TogetherInDeath]]: [[spoiler: He and Miyu-Miyu, his girlfriend and one of the girls he pimps, die shortly after each other at the hands of Jiro and Saburo.]]

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* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Guys]]: %%* ThoseTwoGuys: With Noboru and Inoue.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: After his father dies and Jijii takes him in.]]

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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: After his father dies and Jijii takes him in.]]]]
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's a lot more easier in the eyes in the live action movie, as his constant WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises are absent and has a thinner frame.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's a lot more easier in the eyes handsomer in the live action movie, as his constant WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises are absent and has a thinner frame.


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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Downplayed. In both the manga and live-action film he [[spoiler:fell to his death. In the live-action version, he hallucinated Ichi beheading Takeshi and gets stabbed in the head by him, causing him to fall off the roof of the apartment complex. But the manga has him [[AnArmAndALeg lose body parts]] before attempting to run away and dangled on a railing with only a finger left in his hand before a bird defecates on him, causing him to lose his grip and fall to his death.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: In both the manga and live-action film, [[spoiler:he goes out by falling from a great height. [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation Though what leads up to it differs in the adaptation.]]]]

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