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* PragmaticAdaptation: Moguro warns him that he can only visit the Sunday Club once a month. In the original anime, all it took was remembering his wife for Uchinaki to decide to revisit the club before the threshold. Here we actually see him through various days of suffering stress, from his boss yelling to him, to his wife and son insulting him, to even being beaten by some guy for accidentaly accidentally stepping on him before he breaks and returns to the club.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: She asked Moguro to make sure that the leader of their mom club was always happy so they don't have to deal with her bad mood, Moguro warned that he will make sure all her complains will be followed. [[spoiler:Turns out one of her complains is that Nozomi's son is always running around the building, and that maybe they will be better at another place.]]
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* GoneHorriblyRight: She asked Moguro to make sure that the leader of their mom club was always happy so they don't have to deal with her bad mood, Moguro warned that he will make sure all her complains will be followed. [[spoiler:Turns out one of her complains complaints is that Nozomi's son is always running around the building, and that maybe they will be better at another place.]]
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* in Episode 75, after punishing his client for trying to scam him, Moguro gifts a passing boy on his way home from cram school with a rare manga so the boy could have something fun to read between studies. Said rare manga was valued at ''3 million yen''!
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* ItAmusedMe: His driving motivation in whatever he does.
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** For instance, one story in ''NEW'' is about a shopaholic woman whom he gives a credit card that she has to never pay; in exchange, all the things she buys becomes repossessed the next day. Then she uses it to get a spa day to make her look younger and fitter, and the next day she wakes up old and flabby.
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* LiteralGenie: He uses ExactWords a lot.
**lot. For instance, one story in ''NEW'' is about a shopaholic woman whom he gives a credit card that she has to never pay; in exchange, all the things she buys becomes repossessed the next day. Then she uses it to get a spa day to make her look younger and fitter, and the next day she wakes up old and flabby.
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** In general, in both the old series and NEW, he runs into most of his clients while taking a break, getting something to eat/drink, or generally just walking or traveling the train. He does actively look for clients but he's also likely to find them when minding his own business before interfering.
** In general, in both the old series and NEW, he runs into most of his clients while taking a break, getting something to eat/drink, or generally just walking or traveling the train. He does actively look for clients but he's also likely to find them when minding his own business before interfering.
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**gym. In general, in both the old series and NEW, he runs into most of his clients while taking a break, getting something to eat/drink, eat or drink, or generally just walking or traveling the train. He does actively look for clients but he's also likely to find them when minding his own business before interfering.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: It is possible for a client to come out of dealing with Moguro better than they started, but it's very tricky. In addition to following Moguro's rules and not betraying his trust, they must be ambitious, but not greedy; they have to be gentle, but not spineless; they must have a solid appreciation for what's good in their lives, but should have the will to improve. For example, a HenpeckedHusband makes for a juicy target, but if his spouse is truly vile and he has the strength to leave her, then Moguro will help him find a new lover.
** There are also times when Moguro straight up doesn’t punish a client, like in “Night Train” or “Waino’s Cooking”, even more-so in the latter where he himself broke the promise which helped the client.
*** He also doesn’t punish those that have their contracts broken by a outside force. For example, “Pet In A Can” has the client be given a tree to keep him company with the promise being to keep it well. When a neighbor destroys the tree, Moguro fixes it up and makes it sentient to take revenge on the neighbor, while being happy with the client.
** There are also times when Moguro straight up doesn’t punish a client, like in “Night Train” or “Waino’s Cooking”, even more-so in the latter where he himself broke the promise which helped the client.
*** He also doesn’t punish those that have their contracts broken by a outside force. For example, “Pet In A Can” has the client be given a tree to keep him company with the promise being to keep it well. When a neighbor destroys the tree, Moguro fixes it up and makes it sentient to take revenge on the neighbor, while being happy with the client.
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** It is possible for a client to come out of dealing with Moguro better than they started, but it's very tricky. In addition to following Moguro's rules and not betraying his trust, they must be ambitious, but not greedy; they have to be gentle, but not spineless; they must have a solid appreciation for what's good in their lives, but should have the will to improve. For example, a HenpeckedHusband makes for a juicy target, but if his spouse is truly vile and he has the strength to leave her, then Moguro will help him find a new lover.
** There are also times when Moguro straight updoesn’t doesn't punish a client, like in “Night Train” "Night Train" or “Waino’s Cooking”, "Waino's Cooking", even more-so in the latter where he himself broke the promise which helped the client.
***client. He also doesn’t doesn't punish those that have their contracts broken by a outside force. For example, “Pet In A Can” "Pet in a Can" has the client be given a tree to keep him company with the promise being to keep it well. When a neighbor destroys the tree, Moguro fixes it up and makes it sentient to take revenge on the neighbor, while being happy with the client.
** It is possible for a client to come out of dealing with Moguro better than they started, but it's very tricky. In addition to following Moguro's rules and not betraying his trust, they must be ambitious, but not greedy; they have to be gentle, but not spineless; they must have a solid appreciation for what's good in their lives, but should have the will to improve. For example, a HenpeckedHusband makes for a juicy target, but if his spouse is truly vile and he has the strength to leave her, then Moguro will help him find a new lover.
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* PetTheDog: Her episode is one of the lightest in the show's history, probably because she's one of the only clients who admits she did something wrong and throws herself on Moguro's mercy for the sake of somebody else. Moguro saves Ari daughter like she begs him, and his only "punishment" is she has to perform at her daughter's latest audition herself instead of trying to vicariously achieve stardom through her child anymore. And where Ari's daughter is enthusiastically supporing her mom.
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* PetTheDog: Her episode is one of the lightest in the show's history, probably because she's one of the only clients who admits she did something wrong and throws herself on Moguro's mercy for the sake of somebody else. Moguro saves Ari Ari's daughter like she begs him, and his only "punishment" is she has to perform at her daughter's latest audition herself instead of trying to vicariously achieve stardom through her child anymore. And where Ari's daughter is enthusiastically supporing her mom.
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* PetTheDog: Her episode is one of the lightest in the show's history, probably because she's one of the only clients who admits she did something wrong and throws herself on Moguro's mercy for the sake of somebody else. Moguro saves Ari daughter like she begs him, and his only "punishment" is she has to perform at her daughter's latest audition herself instead of trying to vicariously achieve stardom through her child anymore. And where Ari's daughter is enthusiastically supporing her mom.
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* BrokenAce: His problem is having a face that makes him look strong and dependable. Having to be the rock of every person in his life is turning him into a nervous wreck.
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* GamblingAddiction: TheGamblingAddict: To betting on horse races. Instead of just wanting to earn some of his losses back, learn his lesson and never do it again, his addiction gets the better of him and he brags in a bar about making a big score the next day with Moguro's help. Unfortunately Moguro "got held up" and didn't show up until Buichi had already pissed all his money away.
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* TrappedByGamblingDebts: At the start of the episode Buichi just has a bad habit of losing his money at the track. By the end he's in deep to the mob for 13,000,000 he can't possibly pay back.
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* TrappedByGamblingDebts: At the start of the episode Buichi just has a bad habit of losing his money at the track. By Thanks to loudly bragging about all the money he'll make with Moguro's help, by the end he's in deep to the mob for 13,000,000 he can't possibly pay doesn't have a prayer of paying back.
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* BrokenAce: His problem is having a face that makes him look strong and dependable. Having to be the rock of every person in his life is turning him into a nervous wreck.
* CareerEndingInjury: In trying to become a hero by stopping a purse snatcher he gets stabbed in the arm, and he'll never able to draw again.
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* TrappedByGamblingDebts: At the start of the episode Buichi just has a bad habit of losing his money at the track. By the end he's in deep to the mob for 13,000,000 he can't possibly pay back.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: When Doraki and his friends visit a Karaoke bar, he is singing the ending theme.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Nakajima's friend, Sakamaki. In the original, when he discovers that Nakajima is visiting a club during the day, he blackmails into paying for both of them. Here, he is the one to show Daydream to Nakajima , and he even advices him to go straight home after work instead of visiting Daydream again that night.
* TookALevelInKindness: Nakajima's friend, Sakamaki. In the original, when he discovers that Nakajima is visiting a club during the day, he blackmails into paying for both of them. Here, he is the one to show Daydream to Nakajima , and he even advices him to go straight home after work instead of visiting Daydream again that night.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Moguro gave her a credit card that allowed her to buy anything she want...with the condition that everything will be repossessed the next day. She tried to game the system by spending in mostly personal care treatments to feel younger. Sadly for her, Moguro was not fooled by this.
* RetailTherapy: Mitsuko spends most of her money on expensive items to deal with her bad work situation, to the point she has to buy less food and is behind her bills.
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* LovingAShadow: Moguro warns Naoki about this. He tells him that he must love the woman for who she is, and not for the idea that she might be beautiful.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: Moguro warns him that he can only visit the Sunday Club once a month. In the original anime, all it took was remembering his wife for Uchinaki to decide to revisit the club before the threshold. Here we actually see him through various days of suffering stress, from his boss yelling to him, to his wife and son insulting him, to even being beaten by some guy for accidentaly stepping on him before he breaks and returns to the club.
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* HourglassPlot: His problem at the beginning was that he couldn't spend quality time with his girlfriend because she worked during daytime, and he prefered nighttime, so he asked Moguro for help. [[spoiler:At the end, Moguro makes sure he becomes a morning person, but before that his girlfriend had decided to quit her job to get one during nighttime so they can spend more time together.]]
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* LivingADoubleLife: This is the deal that Moguro offers Isobe, if he disguises, he will be able to have fun that he wouldn't allow himself as Isobe. [[spoiler:He then takes it to the next level by giving him a new family to take care of.]]
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* GoneHorriblyRight: She asked Moguro to make sure that the leader of their mom club was always happy so they don't have to deal with her bad mood, Moguro warned that he will make sure all her complains will be followed. [[spoiler:Turns out one of her complains is that Nozomi's son is always running around the building, and that maybe they will be better at another place.]]
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* AdultFear: Invoked. Yumemi says that he has a nightmare where he is being followed by monstrous hands that drag him down. Moguro gives him some candy that make sure he have sweet dreams, but he can only eat one per night. [[spoiler:When he eventually eats more than one, his nightmares become more mundane, but more realistic, like a girlfriend being willing to kill him and herself due to jelousy.]]
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: He gets a job as a doorman and is paired with a young man probably in his 20s. They get along to the point of drinking together, and the man even asks Oite about his "grandson".
* PaidForFamily: Moguro gives him a service where a family with a small child will contact him and tell him about the child as if he were his own grandchild, but Moguro warns him to never meet them in person.
* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: Moguro allowed Oite to talk with this fake family, as long as he doesn't meet them in person, which he eventually does. [[spoiler:His punishment is that the child actually recognizes him as his grandfather...along with the many other old guys that had the service and likely broke their promise.]]
* PaidForFamily: Moguro gives him a service where a family with a small child will contact him and tell him about the child as if he were his own grandchild, but Moguro warns him to never meet them in person.
* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: Moguro allowed Oite to talk with this fake family, as long as he doesn't meet them in person, which he eventually does. [[spoiler:His punishment is that the child actually recognizes him as his grandfather...along with the many other old guys that had the service and likely broke their promise.]]
* TheAce: Everyone considers him the best at what he does, both as a great worker, and as a family man. Deconstructed, as it seems it takes a toll on his mind, to the point of trying to sabotage himself to not be seen as so great.
* EarlyBirdCameo: The idol group the girl is part of is the same one Towani went to see in episode 9B.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name is only shown in the introduction, but during the episode he is always refered to by his username, [=MatchaDrill=], even by Moguro. [[spoiler:Defied at the end as his punishment. Every time he enters a new chatroom, his real life information is displayed for everyone to see it.]]
* {{Troll}}: [=LightKnight=], an user that seems to only enter chatrooms to anger people so they start attacking him and then being banned from the chat. Amikumo becomes this after Moguro gave him a software that allows him to check other peoples chats to attack them, even though Moguro told him to only use it when he is losing to someone doint it first.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: At the start of the episode, he gets trolled by a user who intentionally types things to make him mad but doing so very politely. Moguro helps Amikumo eventhe the score with some spyware. However, despite being told to only use it very sparingly and only if he's losing to someone, he overdoes it, trolling anyone and everyone just for the fun of it.
* {{Troll}}: [=LightKnight=], an user that seems to only enter chatrooms to anger people so they start attacking him and then being banned from the chat. Amikumo becomes this after Moguro gave him a software that allows him to check other peoples chats to attack them, even though Moguro told him to only use it when he is losing to someone doint it first.
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** That said, Sabo does get more or less what he really wanted (to spend his time sleeping and letting other people take care of his needs) vs. Moguro's usual soul-crushing ironic fate. Moguro even donates the money he made selling Sabo's contracts to pay for his care.
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*** He also doesn’t punish those that have their contracts broken by a outside force. For example, “Pet In A Can” has the client be given a tree to keep him company with the promise being to keep it well. When a neighbor destroys the tree, Moguro fixes it up and makes it sentient to take revenge on the neighbor, while being happy with the client.
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** There are also times when Moguro straight up doesn’t punish a client, like in “Night Train” or “Waino’s Cooking”, even more-so in the latter where he himself broke the promise which helped the client.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When a client doesn't necessarily do anything wrong or their character defects aren't too severe, Moguro's punishments can be more bizarre than cruel. Such as giving one fellow his perfect dream home (large, fully-furnished, close to the beach, etc.) albeit one that's built ''sideways'' on the drop of a very high cliff, a quirk that almost kills the man's family, but he's too maddened over his warped prize to notice.
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* ILied: If he's not bending the truth to further his goals, he's not saying it at all.
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* YourSizeMayVary: His height is stylistically inconsistent. Sometimes, he's a dwarf that barely reaches his client's midsection. Other times, he's an obese behemoth whose hands can fully wrap around the waists of other characters.
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* MeetCute: An actual chance meeting with Moguro is incredibly rare as he thoroughly researches his clients and manipulates events to evoke this trope.
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* BerserkButton: While his face doesn't express how he truly feels, he really doesn't like it when his customers ignore his warnings or try to exploit his services.
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* BerserkButton: While his face doesn't express how he truly feels, he really doesn't like it when his customers ignore his warnings or try to exploit his services. Also, while he works for free, he does so at his own discretion. Obviously, this means that his clients can't boss him around, but at the same time, they shouldn't have the gall to ''fire'' him either.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: It is possible for a client to come out of dealing with Moguro better than they started, but it's very tricky. In addition to following Moguro's rules and not betraying his trust, they must be ambitious, but not greedy; they have to be gentle, but not spineless; they must have a solid appreciation for what's good in their lives, but should have the will to improve. For example, a HenpeckedHusband makes for a juicy target, but if his spouse is truly vile and he has the strength to leave her, then Moguro will help him find a new lover.
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* ArsonMurderJaywalking: ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: He's been involved in car theft, public urination, insider trading, food poisoning, prostitution, embezzlement, counterfeiting, and dine-and-dashing.
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* BerserkButton: While his face doesn't express how he truly feels, he really doesn't like it when his customers ignore his warnings or try to exploit his services.
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* BerserkButton: While BitingTheHandHumor: In one episode, he sarcastically praises his face doesn't express how he truly feels, he really doesn't like it when his customers ignore his warnings or try creators as artists comparable to exploit his services.Vincent van Gogh.
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* TheMatchmaker: One of his services. However, unambiguously happy pairings like the one in "Divorce Club" are excruciatingly rare as there's a high chance that he made a coupling happen to make someone else miserable.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: On the very rare occasions he tries to outright help his clients to the best of his ability, they either find a way to be ungrateful for his aid or manage to screw up regardless.
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* TheBusCameBack: He returns ''fifty episodes'' after his first appearance in the episode, "Security Capsule."
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While Moguro and the Bartender are the only recurring characters in the show, Moguro works with many different clients with different stories.
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!!Main Cast
[[folder: Fukuzou Moguro]]
!!Moguro Fukuzou
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->Voiced by: Creator/ToruOhira (original), Creator/TesshoGenda (''NEW'')
A constantly smiling salesman who's job is to help people out with any desire they want.
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* TheAce: He seems to be really good at everything. After all, if he wasn't, then how would he get the attention of his customers?
* {{Acrofatic}}: Downplayed. He isn't super huge, nor will you see him jump around and perform parkour, but for a stout guy with short, little legs, he can run much faster and with much more ease than you would expect. NEW implies that he runs for exercise on a regular basis.
* AffablyEvil: He's always cheerful and friendly, even when he's screwing his clients over.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Just what is he? He looks like an ordinary, if odd, person, but he's able to do things and has abilities that no human should...
* BadSamaritan
* BatmanGambit: For some of his less upstanding customers, Moguro just gives them exactly what they want and just waits for them to doom themselves through their own deplorable behaviour.
* BigEater: It's not played up as much as his [[NeverGetsDrunk impressive drinking abilities]], but Moguro does have quite the appetite at times in ''NEW''. Episode 10 has a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink and you miss it]] moment of his back to the viewer and a very large meal in front of him. Other moments include eating three ice creams in one sitting and eating two lunches meant for someone else.
* BigFun: As long as he's not screwing you over, Moguro is a fun guy to hang out with for drinks, meals, and conversation. In ''New'', he's shown to have a soft spot for children and likes to entertain them with magic tricks and free toys.
* BerserkButton: While his face doesn't express how he truly feels, he really doesn't like it when his customers ignore his warnings or try to exploit his services.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Assuming Moguro isn't just plain evil]], [[AffablyEvil albeit a very friendly form]], he is most certainly operating by a different set of standards than most people.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Moguro seems to have the power to do this to his clients.
* CheshireCatGrin: He is [[PerpetualSmiler always smiling]] that unnatural smile that shows his full set of chompers.
* CovertPervert: He espouses the virtues of respecting women, but he can be especially naughty when ladies are involved with his schemes. For instance, to ruin a beach volleyball game, he used a boxcutter to sabotage the swimsuits of the girls so they'd fall off, whereas he merely sneaked laxatives into the food and drink of the men.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Downplayed. He's more of a HumanoidAbomination than an EldritchAbomination, but this trope is still in effect since he's [[AffablyEvil genuinely friendly (despite his intentions)]] and he'll often treat clients to a meal or some drinks before offering them his services. Just don't make the mistake of treating ''him'' to drinks. Chances are, [[NeverGetsDrunk he'll drink you under the table]] and then leave you with the bill.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Moguro's disapproval and disappointment when some of his clients breaks a promise, a deal, or just his trust is understandable, especially in cases where his help actually ''does'' make his client's life better. But when he strikes back, he usually goes overboard.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Moguro's skin is notably several shades lighter than most other characters.
* EnemyEatsYourLunch: Part of his trolling nature, he takes pleasure in eating his client's food.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** He seemed to be genuinely distressed when it almost looked like Deyashiro was contemplating suicide via drowning (he was actually just admiring the view). Moguro tried to grab hold of him to keep him from falling and was visibly relieved when he "saved" him. [[VillainousRescue He also won't let potential clients get injured]]... at least not until he can set them up properly.
** Episode 7A of NEW shows even he can feel regret, as he opines briefly how he ruined a happily married man's life out of boredom.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He might like drinking to smooze with clients or to simply relax, but he'll go out of his way to punish alcoholics and addicts in general.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He finds humor in what most people would think is tragic.
* EvilLaugh: They don't call him "The Laughing Salesman" for nothing.
* EvilSoundsDeep: But only when voiced by Creator/ToruOhira. By contrast, Creator/TesshoGenda gives a more whimsical performance with a higher, but still masculine, pitch.
* FanDisservice: It's only for a few seconds, but in NEW, you can see his pasty white ass when he gets out of a hot spring.
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Moguro occasionally does this. You do NOT want this to happen, since chances are that he is pissed at you.
* HumanoidAbomination: He's something. But it's most assuredly not human.
** The new anime series really highlights this in an up close shot of him laughing. [[spoiler: The inside of his mouth is filled with even more tiny mouths!]]
** Another shot in NEW doesn't have the [[spoiler: little mouths]], but his mouth does appear far deeper and more cavernous than what should be physically possible...
* TheHyena: Downplayed. He isn't LaughingMad or a GigglingVillain, but he can and will laugh at any situation.
* ImplacableMan: He's capable of running up 47 floors of a tall building in seconds and once travelled back to mainland Japan from a distant tropical resort by ''rowing'' there.
* ItAmusedMe: His driving motivation in whatever he does.
** Outright says this in the A story for episode 7A of NEW. He only picks his latest victim cause he was passing by, and was feeling playful.
* IWarnedYou: Bad things will happen if you break a promise to him or do not heed his warnings... not that anyone actually listens...
* JackassGenie: He will give you what you want, but will still screw you over in the end, even if you refuse his help. ''Especially'' when you refuse his help.
* JackOfAllTrades: One episode described himself as one. Given everything he can do...
* JerkassHasAPoint: Often some of his observations on life, society, and the problems his clients face are fairly nuanced. He might even offer some sound advice that would actually negate the need for his, ah... "services"...
* KarmaHoudini: He always gets away with screwing over his customers and never suffers any consequences.
* KickTheDog: He just loves doing this to all of his customers regardless of who they are.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Arguably, some of his victims were just getting what was coming to them eventually.
* KubrickStare: Depending on the position of his head, Moguro is prone to this trope at times.
* LighterAndSofter: He himself is this in ''NEW''. He has a lot more PetTheDog moments compared to the original and seems to genuinely ''want'' to help people, though he still finds them screwing themselves over hilarious.
* LiteralGenie: He uses ExactWords a lot.
** For instance, one story in ''NEW'' is about a shopaholic woman whom he gives a credit card that she has to never pay; in exchange, all the things she buys becomes repossessed the next day. Then she uses it to get a spa day to make her look younger and fitter, and the next day she wakes up old and flabby.
* LivingLieDetector: It is ''impossible'' to lie to him. He will either know what you are really thinking or want in life or if he's lied to, he will sometimes "accept" the answer he's given since his client has either already screwed themselves or broken their promise. Either way, it's evident he always knows the truth.
* MeaningfulName: His name can be translated to "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Mourning, Fortune and Misfortune]]".
* MistakenForPedophile: In the second half of Episode 7B of ''NEW'', he's in the park and he performs some magic tricks for the kids when one of the kids' ball rolls over toward him. Despite there being an adult watching him performing his magic tricks for the kids, one of the mothers was actually going to call the police on him for being near them. And Moguro's [[PerpetualSmiler constant smiling]] doesn't exactly make him look innocent.
* MundaneSolution: Moguro has vaguely defined supernatural abilities, but mostly uses down-to-earth methods to get what he wants. Perhaps best illustrated in ''The Executive and the Window'' where a mysterious elixir is highlighted while two office workers wish they could initiate a FreakyFridayFlip only for [[RedHerring said potion to not be used as Moguro just uses the two men's uncanny resemblance of one another to disguise them both.]]
* MyCard: He will almost always without fail give his intended victim his business card, which reads, "Moguro Fukuzou. 'I will fill your empty soul'."
* NeverGetsDrunk: It would be an understatement to say that he's really good at holding his liquor. The amount of alcohol needed to make him a little tipsy is enough to give most people borderline alcohol poisoning.
* NightmareFetishist: The mere fact that he finds humor in the atrocities that follow in his wake lands him in this territory. In the ending monologue of Episode 8A of ''NEW'', he actually finds the concept of {{Yandere}} love romantic and hope he ''himself'' gets to experience that someday!
* NoSell: Zig-zagged. He has been hit by a metal golf club at least twice on two separate occasions and got up without a scratch. But accidentally kick a rock on his forehead and he'll bleed enough to require first aid. In ''NEW'', a simple (accidental) punch gave him a swollen black eye, bloody nose, and a bleeding cut on his forehead. It seems that the more mundane and natural the strike, the more damaged he gets. However, he recovers very quickly, sometimes almost after the next scene or two.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He tends to get very close to his clients' face, which creeps them out.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Even within the cartoonish art style, he still stands out among other characters, with his thin red lips, large head, pale skin, stout body, and his never-changing facial expression. This, of course, makes him even more unsettling.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He offers his services for free, but he can be rather stingy with his money if it's not being explicitly spent for a ploy. He'll treat a target to a lavish sushi platter in one episode and then fume at how one has left him with a minuscule bill in another.
* OffscreenTeleportation: He seems to be capable of this. One notable occurrence of this happens in the second episode of original anime run. It just so happens that the victim had his eyes on Moguro the entire time when he suddenly appeared sitting next to him in the next shot.
* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: Just where does he get the resources to "help" his clients? Both the original anime and ''NEW'' does show him earning money through legitimate transactions on a freelance basis, but not nearly enough to cover all expenses. Then again, he's also able to simply ''do'' things that define rational explanations as well...
* TheOmniscient: He's this, at least in the sense that he knows everything that is worth knowing about his intended victim. [[INeverToldYouMyName He'll know your name even if you never introduced yourself.]] This is why trying to lie to him is fruitless. In NEW, when directly asked how he could know so much, he handwaves it as "Just a hunch".
* PayEvilUntoEvil: At the end of Episode 33 of the original, Moguro says "Do unto others as they do unto you", which was referring to his client's ironic punishment for disobeying the rule in exchange for his help.
* PetTheDog: Believe it or not, Moguro ''is'' capable of this.
** In one episode had him helped a college student win back the money he lost that day at the horse races (in fact, he literally called it "Community service") and another one had him help an office worker by giving him a much-needed makeover. Both times were free with no strings attached. However, the college student screwed himself by begging him for additional help beyond his initial generosity and the other tried to fool around behind his new girlfriend's back. Sometimes his clients will earn their own misfortune even when he's being more than fair.
** In Episode 7B of ''NEW'', when some kids are playing with a ball in park and the ball rolls towards him, he takes the ball and performs some magic tricks with it for the kids. He even made more balls appear so all the kids can have one.
** In Episode 8A of ''NEW'', He takes Bandai to an old-fashioned bathhouse with his ideal landscape painting for seemingly no other reason than the two bonded over their mutual love of bathhouses and they had fun drinking together the night before. He asked nothing in return and simply said that it'll be best to avoid going back to the same bathhouse again. Of course, then Bandai begs to go one more time...
** In Episode 11B of ''NEW'', when Ari ignores his warning and puts her daughter in danger in the middle of traffic, [[AintTooProudToBeg she gets on her hands and knees and begs him to save her]]. When an oncoming truck heads towards her daughter, Ari tries to save her but Moguro jumps in and saves them both by [=DONing=] them and the truck. And for Ari's punishment, he influences Ari to audition to become an idol to fulfill her dream after she learns her lesson, which, compared to the previous customers' punishments, isn't that bad.
* RefugeInAudacity: There's a lot of things that he has done to screw over all of his customers that it's hard to choose which one is the worst. He broken up families, relationships, and friendships, he drove several people insane, he ruins everybody's life, and he just laughs at it.
** If we're going strictly by property damage, the cases involving Mr. Uranari and Udo Taizo, from the old and new animes respectively, are top contenders. The former got drunk when drinking with Moguro, then was encouraged to go on a drunken joyride with a stolen (by Moguro nonetheless) semi-truck, smashing into various walls, driving ''completely'' through a family's living room, and eventually crashing into what appears to be a love hotel. [[note]]When Moguro idly wonders what Uranari would be charged with, one fansubber helpfully lists the crimes committed for us. [[RealityEnsues They're pretty serious.]][[/note]] The later when on a rampage in a studio when the mask he was wearing wouldn't come off, destroying the set, damaging costly equipment, forcing the crew to run outside to avoid getting hurt, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and kicking the asses of his sleazy agent and the rude director.]]
* ShadowWalker: He appears to be one of these. The one time we ''do'' see him teleport onscreen in Episode 7 of NEW, he just... ''appears'' out of thin air from a dark spot.
* SharpDressedMan: Trips to a bathhouse or the gym aside, he's always seen in his three-piece suit, tie, and hat.
* SignatureLaugh: Moguro often gives a soft "Oooh-hoo-hoo-hoo!" during an episode. At the end of every episode, however, he gives off a ''much'' louder "OOOOH-HOO-HOO-HOO-HA-HA-HA-HAAA!"
* SillyWalk: Sometimes Moguro will waddle in a manner resembling a penguin, with his arms firmly by his side.
* TheSocialExpert: He knows the right words to tempt his customers to do business with him.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Once he finds a customer, he'll stalk them to learn more about them, follow them until they acknowledge him, and/or catch them in the act of breaking their promise.
* StealthHiBye: He's fond of suddenly appearing next to his victims when they least expect him to. ''NEW'' also has him equally ''disappearing'' just as suddenly as well.
* SupportingProtagonist: Moguro is, of course, in every episode and will offer his services to start the plot. However, it's his ''clients'' that the story focuses on and their desires and actions drive the episode after they run into Moguro.
* SweetTooth: He'll sometimes be seen eating desserts, usually ice cream.
* TaremeEyes: Don't be fooled by the droopy look on his face. Underestimating him is a ''bad'' idea.
* TranquilFury: Even if he's upset with a client, usually for betraying his trust, he never really raises his voice that much or look angry when [[DisproportionateRetribution he's dishing out his revenge]]. A lot of it comes from his facial expression never changing.
* TravelingSalesman: He travels through Japan looking for potential customers he believes that need his "help".
* TrespassingToTalk: Don't be surprised if you suddenly find him inside your home, just so he can speak to you. And no, locking the doors won't stop him.
* {{Troll}}: If you're lucky, he will simply act playful, mischevious, and irreverent in front of you. Pray you don't get his attention afterwards.
* VagueAge: His age is never mentioned. Most describe him as a "middle-aged man" by appearance, but if both animes are within the same continuity, he then he hasn't aged a single day in well over ''twenty years''. [[note]]This is probably unlikely as quite a few episodes in NEW are retellings of episodes from the first anime, down to having the same character names and designs. But if he doesn't age, it'll be for other, [[HumanoidAbomination obvious reasons]].[[/note]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Downplayed. He isn't famous by any stretch of the imagination, but he does a lot of legitimate business with many people who respect him, especially in the old anime series. It's very likely they don't know about his true nature.
* VillainousRescue: Often, he will help out, sometimes literally save the life of, someone he's interested in. Of course, there's no guarantee he won't screw them over himself after that...
* VillainsOutShopping: In the original, the episode would always end with Moguro walking off after doing his business with his clients. In ''NEW'', they break the formula by having him do mundane activities at the end, such as eating lunch on a boat, relaxing at a hot spring, and working out at a gym.
** In general, in both the old series and NEW, he runs into most of his clients while taking a break, getting something to eat/drink, or generally just walking or traveling the train. He does actively look for clients but he's also likely to find them when minding his own business before interfering.
* VillainProtagonist: Take a wild guess.
* [[WouldHitAGirl Would Scam a Girl]]: While a majority of his clients are males, he has no qualm targeting females.
* WouldntHurtAChild: So far, none of his victims are below the age of 20. Not that young children might not still suffer indirectly if they happen to be the children of one of his "clients".
* YourSoulIsMine: Subverted. His opening monologue alludes to this, but it's chiefly metaphorical as he's more about ruining lives than stealing them.
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[[folder: Master]]
The bartender of the bar, the "Demon's Nest".
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* ApatheticCitizens: Moguro sometimes does his business with his clients in his bar. It's implied he may know what Moguro's true nature is but does not want to get involved and he doesn't even bother to warn the clients about making deals with Moguro.
* TheBartender: He's this for the "Demon's Nest" and is the only one there.
* LivingProp: He never speaks and characters rarely talk to him or even pay attention to him. But he does sometimes observe the business that goes on between Moguro and his clients.
* NoNameGiven: His name was never revealed in the original or in ''NEW''. Not even in the EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep sense. The official website revealed that his name is Master.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: He's featured in the opening of ''NEW''.
* SecretKeeper: He's seen enough of Moguro's antics that he could feasibly warn people about them, but he has a strict see/hear/say no evil policy.
* TheStoic: He hardly shows any emotions and just keeps a straight face.
* TaremeEyes: Since his mouth is completely covered by his beard, it makes him look sad or sleepy.
* TheVoiceless: As mentioned above, if he's capable of speaking, we have yet to hear him talk out loud.
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!!Moguro's Clients
[[folder: In General]]
* AllForNothing: This will typically be the results of most of Moguro's customers' goals or dreams. Either Moguro will undo it or they'll undo it to themselves for not listening to him.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Not that you have a chance to refuse, he will always screw you over.
* DrivenToMadness: Happens to many of Moguro's clients. Sometimes it's because they get too obsessed with whatever he gave them, sometimes it's the effect of him [=DONing=] them, and sometimes it's a mix of both.
* TheGamblingAddict: Several of Moguro's customers have this problem and he takes advantage of it.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Most of the time, it's usually Moguro's customer's fault that they get punished by him. Sure, Moguro may have started the whole thing but he gave his customers a simple warning that's easy to follow, but his customers always tend to ignore it. And you know they screwed up badly if Moguro doesn't personally show up to punish them and the punishment they get happens on their own.
-->'''Moguro''': You never know when the sparks that you helped create will cause a fire and blow back in your direction. If you're already facing into the wind, it's too late.
* {{Housewife}}: If one of his female clients isn't already employed at the start of the episode, they tend to be one of these. They also tend to ruin their marriages by the end of the episode, too.
* IronicHell: Moguro's favored method of punishment. In particular, when the client's mistake is overusing what he gave them or returning to their old habits, they'll either end up with the same hole in their hearts as when they started, or [[ThePunishmentIsTheCrime be rendered madly obsessed with their new lifestyle]].
* KickTheDog: Moguro just loves doing this to all of his customers regardless of who they are.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Arguably, some of Moguro's victims were just getting what was coming to them eventually.
* MeaningfulName: Many characters are named like this that goes with their personality.
* PyrrhicVictory: Even if the client achieves their goal, it comes at a price.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: They'll get this from Moguro when they break their promise with him or [[NeverMyFault they try to blame him for their misfortune]].
* {{Salaryman}}: Most of Moguro's victims usually have this type of occupation.
* TheProtagonist: Moguro's ''clients'' are what the story focuses on, and their desires and actions drive the episode after they run into him; despite Moguro usually being the [[SupportingProtagonist one]] who starts off the plot by offering his services.
* TooDumbToLive: Downplayed. Moguro gave his customers a simple warning that they always tend to ignore and he punishes them for ignoring him. Granted, they don't take his warnings too seriously because they don't know what he's truly capable of and they assume he'll never find out, unaware that he's always watching them. Then again, they should have noticed the red flags coming from him, such as him knowing a lot about them, him appearing out of nowhere, and his creepy appearance in general.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: If Moguro's clients aren't the ones that screw themselves over, it's usually their friends' fault for making them break their deals with Moguro.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: None of Moguro's clients find it odd that Moguro knows about their personal life, his unlimited resources, his StealthHiBye moments, or the fact that he constantly smiles 24/7. Some of them question him but they push it aside to focus on their main problem. It's subverted in Episode 7B of ''NEW'' when one of the mothers points out how creepy he looks with his smile and actually plans to [[MistakenForPedophile call the police on him when they see him near their children]].
* YourCheatingHeart: Several of his customers are married, some of them are happy marriages, some are miserable marriages, and others take their marriage for granted. Moguro's actions would lead them to cheat or leave their partners.
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[[folder: Clients from the Original]]
!!Tanomo
->Voiced by: TBA
A boss from Episode 1, "A Face You Can Depend On".
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* MeaningfulName: His name means "dependable".
!!Uranari
->Voiced by: TBA
A salaryman from Episode 2, "Easy Driver".
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Is a terrible driver due to his clumsiness and timidness. He's even ''worse'' after Moguro puts a few drinks into him.
* MeaningfulName: His name means "someone with pale and lifeless face, not energetic".
* SacrificialLamb: His ruin is meant to display that not even meek and largely well-meaning people are beyond Moguro's attentions.
!!Aoi
->Voiced by: TBA
A salaryman from Episode 3, "The Friend Salesman".
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* MeaningfulName: His name means "inexperienced person".
!!Kinichi Isobe
->Voiced by: TBA
A 36-year-old salaryman from Episode 4, "The Man in Disguise".
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!!Uki Mamoru
->Voiced by: TBA
A 20-year-old student from Episode 5, "The View from the 47th Floor".
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!!Isamu Kumai
->Voiced by: TBA
A 24-year-old illustrator from Episode 6 "In Valor There is Waste".
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* MeaningfulName: His first name means "courage".
!!Tamiyo Sabo
->Voiced by: TBA
A 37-year-old salesman from Episode 7 "Sloth".
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* MeaningfulName: His surname means "to be lazy".
!!Shinichi Bouda
->Voiced by: TBA
A 21-year-old celebrity from Episode 8 "The Separator".
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!!Junichi Naoki
->Voiced by: TBA
A 23-year-old bank employee from Episode 9, "Woman on the Platform".
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* MeaningfulName: His first name means "pure" or "naive" and his surname means "honest" or "corrective".
!!Buichi Nakayama
->Voiced by: TBA
A 20-year-old student from Episode 10 "The Sure Winner".
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!!Hisatoshi Hikage
->Voiced by: TBA
A 21-year-old mangaka from Episode 11, "Closet Man".
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!!Kenichi Nakajima
->Voiced by: TBA
A 26-year-old salaryman from Episode 12, "Daydream".
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!!Chiyorou Maido
->Voiced by: TBA
A 25-year-old salaryman from Episode 13, "Golf 101".
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!!Taiko Tsumanari
->Voiced by: TBA
A 25-year-old office lady from Episode 14, "The Woman Who Wants to Marry".
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!!Fuuta Debuno
->Voiced by: TBA
A 22-year-old barber from Episode 15, "Cutting".
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* KnightOfCerebus: The first of Moguro's clients whose misfortune has very lethal consequences.
!!Hanae Fuyuki
->Voiced by: TBA
A 69-year-old unemployed old man from Episode 16, "Mr. Pervert".
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* BookEnds: Unlike many of Moguro's victims, Hanae doesn't really change in attitude or temperament after his fall. He just goes from being a finicky and fastidious prude to a finicky and fastidious pervert who treats voyeurism with all the seriousness and care of an elaborate tea ceremony.
!!Shinichi Tsutsui
->Voiced by: TBA
A 20-year-old student from Episode 17, "Part-Time Confidential".
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!!Taichi Urashima
->Voiced by: TBA
A 46-year-old salaryman from Episode 18, "After the Dream".
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* MeaningfulName: His surname is based on "The Legend of Urashima TarÅ", a sort of Japanese version of ''Literature/RipVanWinkle''.
!!Takashi Ishino
->Voiced by: TBA
A 30-year-old salaryman from Episode 19, "The Guardsman".
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Unlike his passive demolishing of Nakayama in "The Sure Winner," Moguro goes to great lengths to punish Ishino for failing to conquer his mahjong addiction by [[spoiler:making his wife a mahjong addict who treats Takashi with the same selfish frivolity he did her all throughout the episode.]]
!!Yumemi Koino
->Voiced by: TBA
A 36-year-old housewife from Episode 20, "Her First Love".
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* MeaningfulName: Her first name means "dream" and her surname means "romance".
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[[folder: Clients from ''NEW'']]
!!Kenichi Nakajima
->Voiced by: Creator/TakuyaEguchi
A 29-year-old salaryman from Episode 1A, "Daydream".
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!!Mitsuko Takashima
->Voiced by: Creator/KanaAsumi
A 31-year-old office lady from Episode 1B, "Make a Budget and Stick to It".
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!!Shisao Kihara
->Voiced by: Creator/ToshihikoSeki
A 46-year-old Salesman from Episode 2A, "Hot Spring Eccentricity".
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!!Iyata Deyashiro
->Voiced by: Creator/SomaSaito
A 24-year-old new employee from Episode 2B, "Fantasy Company".
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* BadBoss: He became this the second time he's in the position of boss again by yelling at the workers, rushing them to move faster, and degrading them for messing up. When he realizes he's this, he realizes what he became runs away in shame but runs straight into Moguro where he punishes him.
* DrunkWithPower: The moment he's given the position of boss for one day and then goes back to being a worker, he feels that he can do better if he was the boss again and starts acting like his previous boss.
* IronicHell: [[spoiler: For ignoring his warning, Moguro makes him work at the company as a mean and crazy boss in a black company experience booth forever.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he starts degrading another employee who was nice to him from the beginning, he sees himself in the worker and realizes that he became like his previous boss.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: He previously had an abusive boss and he becomes exactly like said boss when given the most minuscule taste of authority over other people.
!!Masao Amae
->Voiced by: Creator/KoukiMiyata
A 27-year-old salaryman from Episode 3A, "Bento Wars".
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* ManChild: He's 27 and he still lives with him mother who still makes his lunch. When he's taking a bath, he's playing with rubber ducks and shooting them with a water pistol. Because of his childish nature, he doesn't try to fix the problem between his mother and his girlfriend.
* MyBelovedSmother: His mother stakes her identity on babying him, including making him bento boxes every morning. His problem is that he much prefers the ones his girlfriend Kimiko makes, but doesn't dare break her heart by admitting that.
!!Tetsuya Kamera
->Voiced by: Hideyuki Kanaya
A 49-year-old salesman from Episode 3B, "Ah, My Beloved 583-Type".
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!!Junichi Naoki
->Voiced by: Creator/WataruHatano
A 26-year-old banker from Episode 4A, "The Woman on the Platform".
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!!Kakeru Michihara
->Voiced by: Creator/ShinichiroMiki
A 32-year-old salaryman from Episode 4B, "Runners' Paradise".
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: After Moguro gives him the Runners' Paradise badge, he meets a cute woman who's interested in him during their run. When she's unable to catch up with him due to obstacles getting in her way, he makes a copy of the badge for her, ignoring Moguro's warning about keeping the badge a secret, and they are able to run together without any interfere. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: the woman decided to share the badge with everyone online and pretty soon everyone starts wearing the badge, making his badge useless]].
!!Yousuke Uchinaki
->Voiced by: Creator/ShigeruChiba
A 58-year-old salaryman from Episode 5A, "Sunday Club".
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!!Tomie Monomochi
->Voiced by: Creator/AyumiTsunematsu
A 38-year-old housewife from Episode 5B, "The Woman Who Throws Away".
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!!Taizou Udo
->Voiced by: Creator/KentaMiyake
A 29-year-old actor from Episode 6A, "I'll Lease This Monster".
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* BearHug: He almost crushes his wife when doing this to her.
* BecomingTheMask: Moguro places a mask on him in order for him to be scary and to attract potential customers. [[spoiler: When he betrays Moguro, Moguro causes the mask to be stuck to his face, essentially turning him into the scary monster the mask portrayed.]]
* GentleGiant: Despite his huge appear, he's a really nice and sensitive guy. But he's no longer this when he puts on his monster mask.
* HappilyMarried: He has a small wife who loves him very much and is supportive of his career. He's also willing to give up on his acting career to find a real job to support his family is his acting career doesn't work out.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: He's this with his wife who's twice the size of her.
* UglyGuyHotWife: His wife looks cute while he has a cartoonish looking face.
!!Tomoyoshi Doraki
->Voiced by: Koutarou Nishiyama
A 22-year-old college student from Episode 6B, "Tonight's Another Awesome Night".
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* GaveUpTooSoon: After he goes out for a night of fun with his co-workers, his girlfriend arrives at his home to tell him something but she decided to tell him later. [[spoiler: After he convinced Moguro permanently makes him a day person, his girlfriend arrives to his home at night to reveal that she quit her day job to work a night job so they can date all the time.]]
* NotAMorningPerson: He prefers the nighttime and all the activities during that time, but has trouble staying awake during the day which puts a strain on his relationship with his girlfriend. He tries going to sleep early but he's unable to.
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: When he believes that his girlfriend is going to dump him, he convinces Moguro to permanently make him a day person. Unfortunately, his girlfriend got a new job at night so they're pretty much back to the way they were with their relationship]].
!!Kinichi Isobe
->Voiced by: Tokuyoshi Kawashima
A 36-year-old salaryman from Episode 7A, "The Man Who Transformed".
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!!Nozomi Shizuoka
->Voiced by: Minami Tanaka
A 35-year-old housewife part-timer from Episode 7B, "The Rule of Mommy Friends".
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!!Ashi Yumemi
->Voiced by: Creator/RikiyaKoyama
A 49-year-old scriptwriter from Episode 8A, "A Man Chased by His Dreams".
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!!Sugiru Yowagoshi
->Voiced by: Creator/AkiraIshida
A 26-year-old taxi driver from Episode 8B, "Mustache Taxi".
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* BadassMustache: Moguro gives him one to help bolster his confidence. Then it goes to his head, becomes a full on villain mustache and he goes flipping nuts. [[spoiler: Subverted in the end. He gets arrested trying to help out a pair of bank robbers make it to their boat. Both his hair and personality turn back to normal and his now extremely long mustache droops down to his chest, making him look even more meek and pathetic. Moguro thinks he'll be cleared of any charges (i.e. he was a hostage forced into being an impromptu getaway driver) but he doubts the taxi driver will ever be confident again.]]
!!Mamoru Bandai
->Voiced by: TBA
A 30-year-old currently unemployed man from Episode 9A, "The Nostalgic Bathhouse Tour".
* TheSlacker: Unlike all of the other clients who were either currently employed, retired, or a housewife, Bandai is simply unemployed, spending most of his free time at bathhouses.
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!!Manabu Towani
->Voiced by: TBA
A 40-year-old part-time researcher from Episode 9B, "The Researcher's Melancholy".
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* CheatersNeverProsper: When he has trouble trying to come up with some results for his project, he overhears his staff talking about another staff member coming up with a better solution than him. He steals his work and claims it as his own. Moguro found out about this and [=DONs=] him. As a result, [[spoiler: reporters started questioning him when something goes wrong with his work and the staff he stole his work from left him, he's immediately ruined once words get out about his lie and he loses his research facility]].
* YouAreWhatYouHate: He had his work stolen by an ex-girlfriend. He winds up doing exactly the same to his loyal subordinate. Only Mogoru is there to make sure he pays for it.
!!Naiichi Tayori
->Voiced by: TBA
A 34-year-old foreman from Episode 10A, "The Person in the Acquired Film".
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!!Kazuhito Oite
->Voiced by: TBA
A 65-year-old retired man from Episode 10B, "Fake Grandchild".
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!!Matsuo Ochiiri
->Voiced by: TBA
A 39-year-old salaryman from Episode 11A, "Destructive Tendencies".
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* ScareEmStraight: Moguro uses this method to stop him from doing destructive behavior by taking him to a bar in the seedy part of town. It works but only temporary as he wanted to feel the thrill of losing everything again.
* ThrillSeeker: The reason why he goes back to the bar that Moguro warns him to never go back.
!!Ari Mamano
->Voiced by: Creator/KikukoInoue
A 37-year-old stage mom from Episode 11B, "I'm an Idol".
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* StageMom: She makes her daughter an idol so she can live out her dream through her.
!!Tsuyoshi Amikumo
->Voiced by: TBA
A 25-year-old freelancer from Episode 12A, "The King of the Chat Room".
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* DrunkWithPower: Gets obsessed with using the software Moguro uses him to embarass and troll other chat room users.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: At the start of the episode, he gets trolled by a user who intentionally types things to make him mad but doing so very politely. Moguro helps Amikumo event he score with some spyware. However, despite being told to only use it very sparingly and only if he's losing to someone, he overdoes it, trolling anyone and everyone just for the fun of it.
!!Chikako Shimai
->Voiced by: TBA
A 36-year-old office lady from Episode 12B, "Japan Overseas Trip".
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* ForeignFanservice: [[spoiler: The real reason why she wanted to travel across the world is to find a boyfriend and she wants to exploit her foreign background to get their attention.]]
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!!Main Cast
[[folder: Fukuzou Moguro]]
!!Moguro Fukuzou
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->Voiced by: Creator/ToruOhira (original), Creator/TesshoGenda (''NEW'')
A constantly smiling salesman who's job is to help people out with any desire they want.
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* TheAce: He seems to be really good at everything. After all, if he wasn't, then how would he get the attention of his customers?
* {{Acrofatic}}: Downplayed. He isn't super huge, nor will you see him jump around and perform parkour, but for a stout guy with short, little legs, he can run much faster and with much more ease than you would expect. NEW implies that he runs for exercise on a regular basis.
* AffablyEvil: He's always cheerful and friendly, even when he's screwing his clients over.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Just what is he? He looks like an ordinary, if odd, person, but he's able to do things and has abilities that no human should...
* BadSamaritan
* BatmanGambit: For some of his less upstanding customers, Moguro just gives them exactly what they want and just waits for them to doom themselves through their own deplorable behaviour.
* BigEater: It's not played up as much as his [[NeverGetsDrunk impressive drinking abilities]], but Moguro does have quite the appetite at times in ''NEW''. Episode 10 has a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink and you miss it]] moment of his back to the viewer and a very large meal in front of him. Other moments include eating three ice creams in one sitting and eating two lunches meant for someone else.
* BigFun: As long as he's not screwing you over, Moguro is a fun guy to hang out with for drinks, meals, and conversation. In ''New'', he's shown to have a soft spot for children and likes to entertain them with magic tricks and free toys.
* BerserkButton: While his face doesn't express how he truly feels, he really doesn't like it when his customers ignore his warnings or try to exploit his services.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Assuming Moguro isn't just plain evil]], [[AffablyEvil albeit a very friendly form]], he is most certainly operating by a different set of standards than most people.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Moguro seems to have the power to do this to his clients.
* CheshireCatGrin: He is [[PerpetualSmiler always smiling]] that unnatural smile that shows his full set of chompers.
* CovertPervert: He espouses the virtues of respecting women, but he can be especially naughty when ladies are involved with his schemes. For instance, to ruin a beach volleyball game, he used a boxcutter to sabotage the swimsuits of the girls so they'd fall off, whereas he merely sneaked laxatives into the food and drink of the men.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Downplayed. He's more of a HumanoidAbomination than an EldritchAbomination, but this trope is still in effect since he's [[AffablyEvil genuinely friendly (despite his intentions)]] and he'll often treat clients to a meal or some drinks before offering them his services. Just don't make the mistake of treating ''him'' to drinks. Chances are, [[NeverGetsDrunk he'll drink you under the table]] and then leave you with the bill.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Moguro's disapproval and disappointment when some of his clients breaks a promise, a deal, or just his trust is understandable, especially in cases where his help actually ''does'' make his client's life better. But when he strikes back, he usually goes overboard.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Moguro's skin is notably several shades lighter than most other characters.
* EnemyEatsYourLunch: Part of his trolling nature, he takes pleasure in eating his client's food.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** He seemed to be genuinely distressed when it almost looked like Deyashiro was contemplating suicide via drowning (he was actually just admiring the view). Moguro tried to grab hold of him to keep him from falling and was visibly relieved when he "saved" him. [[VillainousRescue He also won't let potential clients get injured]]... at least not until he can set them up properly.
** Episode 7A of NEW shows even he can feel regret, as he opines briefly how he ruined a happily married man's life out of boredom.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He might like drinking to smooze with clients or to simply relax, but he'll go out of his way to punish alcoholics and addicts in general.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He finds humor in what most people would think is tragic.
* EvilLaugh: They don't call him "The Laughing Salesman" for nothing.
* EvilSoundsDeep: But only when voiced by Creator/ToruOhira. By contrast, Creator/TesshoGenda gives a more whimsical performance with a higher, but still masculine, pitch.
* FanDisservice: It's only for a few seconds, but in NEW, you can see his pasty white ass when he gets out of a hot spring.
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Moguro occasionally does this. You do NOT want this to happen, since chances are that he is pissed at you.
* HumanoidAbomination: He's something. But it's most assuredly not human.
** The new anime series really highlights this in an up close shot of him laughing. [[spoiler: The inside of his mouth is filled with even more tiny mouths!]]
** Another shot in NEW doesn't have the [[spoiler: little mouths]], but his mouth does appear far deeper and more cavernous than what should be physically possible...
* TheHyena: Downplayed. He isn't LaughingMad or a GigglingVillain, but he can and will laugh at any situation.
* ImplacableMan: He's capable of running up 47 floors of a tall building in seconds and once travelled back to mainland Japan from a distant tropical resort by ''rowing'' there.
* ItAmusedMe: His driving motivation in whatever he does.
** Outright says this in the A story for episode 7A of NEW. He only picks his latest victim cause he was passing by, and was feeling playful.
* IWarnedYou: Bad things will happen if you break a promise to him or do not heed his warnings... not that anyone actually listens...
* JackassGenie: He will give you what you want, but will still screw you over in the end, even if you refuse his help. ''Especially'' when you refuse his help.
* JackOfAllTrades: One episode described himself as one. Given everything he can do...
* JerkassHasAPoint: Often some of his observations on life, society, and the problems his clients face are fairly nuanced. He might even offer some sound advice that would actually negate the need for his, ah... "services"...
* KarmaHoudini: He always gets away with screwing over his customers and never suffers any consequences.
* KickTheDog: He just loves doing this to all of his customers regardless of who they are.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Arguably, some of his victims were just getting what was coming to them eventually.
* KubrickStare: Depending on the position of his head, Moguro is prone to this trope at times.
* LighterAndSofter: He himself is this in ''NEW''. He has a lot more PetTheDog moments compared to the original and seems to genuinely ''want'' to help people, though he still finds them screwing themselves over hilarious.
* LiteralGenie: He uses ExactWords a lot.
** For instance, one story in ''NEW'' is about a shopaholic woman whom he gives a credit card that she has to never pay; in exchange, all the things she buys becomes repossessed the next day. Then she uses it to get a spa day to make her look younger and fitter, and the next day she wakes up old and flabby.
* LivingLieDetector: It is ''impossible'' to lie to him. He will either know what you are really thinking or want in life or if he's lied to, he will sometimes "accept" the answer he's given since his client has either already screwed themselves or broken their promise. Either way, it's evident he always knows the truth.
* MeaningfulName: His name can be translated to "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Mourning, Fortune and Misfortune]]".
* MistakenForPedophile: In the second half of Episode 7B of ''NEW'', he's in the park and he performs some magic tricks for the kids when one of the kids' ball rolls over toward him. Despite there being an adult watching him performing his magic tricks for the kids, one of the mothers was actually going to call the police on him for being near them. And Moguro's [[PerpetualSmiler constant smiling]] doesn't exactly make him look innocent.
* MundaneSolution: Moguro has vaguely defined supernatural abilities, but mostly uses down-to-earth methods to get what he wants. Perhaps best illustrated in ''The Executive and the Window'' where a mysterious elixir is highlighted while two office workers wish they could initiate a FreakyFridayFlip only for [[RedHerring said potion to not be used as Moguro just uses the two men's uncanny resemblance of one another to disguise them both.]]
* MyCard: He will almost always without fail give his intended victim his business card, which reads, "Moguro Fukuzou. 'I will fill your empty soul'."
* NeverGetsDrunk: It would be an understatement to say that he's really good at holding his liquor. The amount of alcohol needed to make him a little tipsy is enough to give most people borderline alcohol poisoning.
* NightmareFetishist: The mere fact that he finds humor in the atrocities that follow in his wake lands him in this territory. In the ending monologue of Episode 8A of ''NEW'', he actually finds the concept of {{Yandere}} love romantic and hope he ''himself'' gets to experience that someday!
* NoSell: Zig-zagged. He has been hit by a metal golf club at least twice on two separate occasions and got up without a scratch. But accidentally kick a rock on his forehead and he'll bleed enough to require first aid. In ''NEW'', a simple (accidental) punch gave him a swollen black eye, bloody nose, and a bleeding cut on his forehead. It seems that the more mundane and natural the strike, the more damaged he gets. However, he recovers very quickly, sometimes almost after the next scene or two.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He tends to get very close to his clients' face, which creeps them out.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Even within the cartoonish art style, he still stands out among other characters, with his thin red lips, large head, pale skin, stout body, and his never-changing facial expression. This, of course, makes him even more unsettling.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He offers his services for free, but he can be rather stingy with his money if it's not being explicitly spent for a ploy. He'll treat a target to a lavish sushi platter in one episode and then fume at how one has left him with a minuscule bill in another.
* OffscreenTeleportation: He seems to be capable of this. One notable occurrence of this happens in the second episode of original anime run. It just so happens that the victim had his eyes on Moguro the entire time when he suddenly appeared sitting next to him in the next shot.
* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: Just where does he get the resources to "help" his clients? Both the original anime and ''NEW'' does show him earning money through legitimate transactions on a freelance basis, but not nearly enough to cover all expenses. Then again, he's also able to simply ''do'' things that define rational explanations as well...
* TheOmniscient: He's this, at least in the sense that he knows everything that is worth knowing about his intended victim. [[INeverToldYouMyName He'll know your name even if you never introduced yourself.]] This is why trying to lie to him is fruitless. In NEW, when directly asked how he could know so much, he handwaves it as "Just a hunch".
* PayEvilUntoEvil: At the end of Episode 33 of the original, Moguro says "Do unto others as they do unto you", which was referring to his client's ironic punishment for disobeying the rule in exchange for his help.
* PetTheDog: Believe it or not, Moguro ''is'' capable of this.
** In one episode had him helped a college student win back the money he lost that day at the horse races (in fact, he literally called it "Community service") and another one had him help an office worker by giving him a much-needed makeover. Both times were free with no strings attached. However, the college student screwed himself by begging him for additional help beyond his initial generosity and the other tried to fool around behind his new girlfriend's back. Sometimes his clients will earn their own misfortune even when he's being more than fair.
** In Episode 7B of ''NEW'', when some kids are playing with a ball in park and the ball rolls towards him, he takes the ball and performs some magic tricks with it for the kids. He even made more balls appear so all the kids can have one.
** In Episode 8A of ''NEW'', He takes Bandai to an old-fashioned bathhouse with his ideal landscape painting for seemingly no other reason than the two bonded over their mutual love of bathhouses and they had fun drinking together the night before. He asked nothing in return and simply said that it'll be best to avoid going back to the same bathhouse again. Of course, then Bandai begs to go one more time...
** In Episode 11B of ''NEW'', when Ari ignores his warning and puts her daughter in danger in the middle of traffic, [[AintTooProudToBeg she gets on her hands and knees and begs him to save her]]. When an oncoming truck heads towards her daughter, Ari tries to save her but Moguro jumps in and saves them both by [=DONing=] them and the truck. And for Ari's punishment, he influences Ari to audition to become an idol to fulfill her dream after she learns her lesson, which, compared to the previous customers' punishments, isn't that bad.
* RefugeInAudacity: There's a lot of things that he has done to screw over all of his customers that it's hard to choose which one is the worst. He broken up families, relationships, and friendships, he drove several people insane, he ruins everybody's life, and he just laughs at it.
** If we're going strictly by property damage, the cases involving Mr. Uranari and Udo Taizo, from the old and new animes respectively, are top contenders. The former got drunk when drinking with Moguro, then was encouraged to go on a drunken joyride with a stolen (by Moguro nonetheless) semi-truck, smashing into various walls, driving ''completely'' through a family's living room, and eventually crashing into what appears to be a love hotel. [[note]]When Moguro idly wonders what Uranari would be charged with, one fansubber helpfully lists the crimes committed for us. [[RealityEnsues They're pretty serious.]][[/note]] The later when on a rampage in a studio when the mask he was wearing wouldn't come off, destroying the set, damaging costly equipment, forcing the crew to run outside to avoid getting hurt, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and kicking the asses of his sleazy agent and the rude director.]]
* ShadowWalker: He appears to be one of these. The one time we ''do'' see him teleport onscreen in Episode 7 of NEW, he just... ''appears'' out of thin air from a dark spot.
* SharpDressedMan: Trips to a bathhouse or the gym aside, he's always seen in his three-piece suit, tie, and hat.
* SignatureLaugh: Moguro often gives a soft "Oooh-hoo-hoo-hoo!" during an episode. At the end of every episode, however, he gives off a ''much'' louder "OOOOH-HOO-HOO-HOO-HA-HA-HA-HAAA!"
* SillyWalk: Sometimes Moguro will waddle in a manner resembling a penguin, with his arms firmly by his side.
* TheSocialExpert: He knows the right words to tempt his customers to do business with him.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Once he finds a customer, he'll stalk them to learn more about them, follow them until they acknowledge him, and/or catch them in the act of breaking their promise.
* StealthHiBye: He's fond of suddenly appearing next to his victims when they least expect him to. ''NEW'' also has him equally ''disappearing'' just as suddenly as well.
* SupportingProtagonist: Moguro is, of course, in every episode and will offer his services to start the plot. However, it's his ''clients'' that the story focuses on and their desires and actions drive the episode after they run into Moguro.
* SweetTooth: He'll sometimes be seen eating desserts, usually ice cream.
* TaremeEyes: Don't be fooled by the droopy look on his face. Underestimating him is a ''bad'' idea.
* TranquilFury: Even if he's upset with a client, usually for betraying his trust, he never really raises his voice that much or look angry when [[DisproportionateRetribution he's dishing out his revenge]]. A lot of it comes from his facial expression never changing.
* TravelingSalesman: He travels through Japan looking for potential customers he believes that need his "help".
* TrespassingToTalk: Don't be surprised if you suddenly find him inside your home, just so he can speak to you. And no, locking the doors won't stop him.
* {{Troll}}: If you're lucky, he will simply act playful, mischevious, and irreverent in front of you. Pray you don't get his attention afterwards.
* VagueAge: His age is never mentioned. Most describe him as a "middle-aged man" by appearance, but if both animes are within the same continuity, he then he hasn't aged a single day in well over ''twenty years''. [[note]]This is probably unlikely as quite a few episodes in NEW are retellings of episodes from the first anime, down to having the same character names and designs. But if he doesn't age, it'll be for other, [[HumanoidAbomination obvious reasons]].[[/note]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Downplayed. He isn't famous by any stretch of the imagination, but he does a lot of legitimate business with many people who respect him, especially in the old anime series. It's very likely they don't know about his true nature.
* VillainousRescue: Often, he will help out, sometimes literally save the life of, someone he's interested in. Of course, there's no guarantee he won't screw them over himself after that...
* VillainsOutShopping: In the original, the episode would always end with Moguro walking off after doing his business with his clients. In ''NEW'', they break the formula by having him do mundane activities at the end, such as eating lunch on a boat, relaxing at a hot spring, and working out at a gym.
** In general, in both the old series and NEW, he runs into most of his clients while taking a break, getting something to eat/drink, or generally just walking or traveling the train. He does actively look for clients but he's also likely to find them when minding his own business before interfering.
* VillainProtagonist: Take a wild guess.
* [[WouldHitAGirl Would Scam a Girl]]: While a majority of his clients are males, he has no qualm targeting females.
* WouldntHurtAChild: So far, none of his victims are below the age of 20. Not that young children might not still suffer indirectly if they happen to be the children of one of his "clients".
* YourSoulIsMine: Subverted. His opening monologue alludes to this, but it's chiefly metaphorical as he's more about ruining lives than stealing them.
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[[folder: Master]]
The bartender of the bar, the "Demon's Nest".
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* ApatheticCitizens: Moguro sometimes does his business with his clients in his bar. It's implied he may know what Moguro's true nature is but does not want to get involved and he doesn't even bother to warn the clients about making deals with Moguro.
* TheBartender: He's this for the "Demon's Nest" and is the only one there.
* LivingProp: He never speaks and characters rarely talk to him or even pay attention to him. But he does sometimes observe the business that goes on between Moguro and his clients.
* NoNameGiven: His name was never revealed in the original or in ''NEW''. Not even in the EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep sense. The official website revealed that his name is Master.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: He's featured in the opening of ''NEW''.
* SecretKeeper: He's seen enough of Moguro's antics that he could feasibly warn people about them, but he has a strict see/hear/say no evil policy.
* TheStoic: He hardly shows any emotions and just keeps a straight face.
* TaremeEyes: Since his mouth is completely covered by his beard, it makes him look sad or sleepy.
* TheVoiceless: As mentioned above, if he's capable of speaking, we have yet to hear him talk out loud.
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!!Moguro's Clients
[[folder: In General]]
* AllForNothing: This will typically be the results of most of Moguro's customers' goals or dreams. Either Moguro will undo it or they'll undo it to themselves for not listening to him.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Not that you have a chance to refuse, he will always screw you over.
* DrivenToMadness: Happens to many of Moguro's clients. Sometimes it's because they get too obsessed with whatever he gave them, sometimes it's the effect of him [=DONing=] them, and sometimes it's a mix of both.
* TheGamblingAddict: Several of Moguro's customers have this problem and he takes advantage of it.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Most of the time, it's usually Moguro's customer's fault that they get punished by him. Sure, Moguro may have started the whole thing but he gave his customers a simple warning that's easy to follow, but his customers always tend to ignore it. And you know they screwed up badly if Moguro doesn't personally show up to punish them and the punishment they get happens on their own.
-->'''Moguro''': You never know when the sparks that you helped create will cause a fire and blow back in your direction. If you're already facing into the wind, it's too late.
* {{Housewife}}: If one of his female clients isn't already employed at the start of the episode, they tend to be one of these. They also tend to ruin their marriages by the end of the episode, too.
* IronicHell: Moguro's favored method of punishment. In particular, when the client's mistake is overusing what he gave them or returning to their old habits, they'll either end up with the same hole in their hearts as when they started, or [[ThePunishmentIsTheCrime be rendered madly obsessed with their new lifestyle]].
* KickTheDog: Moguro just loves doing this to all of his customers regardless of who they are.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Arguably, some of Moguro's victims were just getting what was coming to them eventually.
* MeaningfulName: Many characters are named like this that goes with their personality.
* PyrrhicVictory: Even if the client achieves their goal, it comes at a price.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: They'll get this from Moguro when they break their promise with him or [[NeverMyFault they try to blame him for their misfortune]].
* {{Salaryman}}: Most of Moguro's victims usually have this type of occupation.
* TheProtagonist: Moguro's ''clients'' are what the story focuses on, and their desires and actions drive the episode after they run into him; despite Moguro usually being the [[SupportingProtagonist one]] who starts off the plot by offering his services.
* TooDumbToLive: Downplayed. Moguro gave his customers a simple warning that they always tend to ignore and he punishes them for ignoring him. Granted, they don't take his warnings too seriously because they don't know what he's truly capable of and they assume he'll never find out, unaware that he's always watching them. Then again, they should have noticed the red flags coming from him, such as him knowing a lot about them, him appearing out of nowhere, and his creepy appearance in general.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: If Moguro's clients aren't the ones that screw themselves over, it's usually their friends' fault for making them break their deals with Moguro.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: None of Moguro's clients find it odd that Moguro knows about their personal life, his unlimited resources, his StealthHiBye moments, or the fact that he constantly smiles 24/7. Some of them question him but they push it aside to focus on their main problem. It's subverted in Episode 7B of ''NEW'' when one of the mothers points out how creepy he looks with his smile and actually plans to [[MistakenForPedophile call the police on him when they see him near their children]].
* YourCheatingHeart: Several of his customers are married, some of them are happy marriages, some are miserable marriages, and others take their marriage for granted. Moguro's actions would lead them to cheat or leave their partners.
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[[folder: Clients from the Original]]
!!Tanomo
->Voiced by: TBA
A boss from Episode 1, "A Face You Can Depend On".
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* MeaningfulName: His name means "dependable".
!!Uranari
->Voiced by: TBA
A salaryman from Episode 2, "Easy Driver".
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Is a terrible driver due to his clumsiness and timidness. He's even ''worse'' after Moguro puts a few drinks into him.
* MeaningfulName: His name means "someone with pale and lifeless face, not energetic".
* SacrificialLamb: His ruin is meant to display that not even meek and largely well-meaning people are beyond Moguro's attentions.
!!Aoi
->Voiced by: TBA
A salaryman from Episode 3, "The Friend Salesman".
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* MeaningfulName: His name means "inexperienced person".
!!Kinichi Isobe
->Voiced by: TBA
A 36-year-old salaryman from Episode 4, "The Man in Disguise".
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!!Uki Mamoru
->Voiced by: TBA
A 20-year-old student from Episode 5, "The View from the 47th Floor".
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!!Isamu Kumai
->Voiced by: TBA
A 24-year-old illustrator from Episode 6 "In Valor There is Waste".
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* MeaningfulName: His first name means "courage".
!!Tamiyo Sabo
->Voiced by: TBA
A 37-year-old salesman from Episode 7 "Sloth".
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* MeaningfulName: His surname means "to be lazy".
!!Shinichi Bouda
->Voiced by: TBA
A 21-year-old celebrity from Episode 8 "The Separator".
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!!Junichi Naoki
->Voiced by: TBA
A 23-year-old bank employee from Episode 9, "Woman on the Platform".
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* MeaningfulName: His first name means "pure" or "naive" and his surname means "honest" or "corrective".
!!Buichi Nakayama
->Voiced by: TBA
A 20-year-old student from Episode 10 "The Sure Winner".
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!!Hisatoshi Hikage
->Voiced by: TBA
A 21-year-old mangaka from Episode 11, "Closet Man".
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!!Kenichi Nakajima
->Voiced by: TBA
A 26-year-old salaryman from Episode 12, "Daydream".
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!!Chiyorou Maido
->Voiced by: TBA
A 25-year-old salaryman from Episode 13, "Golf 101".
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!!Taiko Tsumanari
->Voiced by: TBA
A 25-year-old office lady from Episode 14, "The Woman Who Wants to Marry".
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!!Fuuta Debuno
->Voiced by: TBA
A 22-year-old barber from Episode 15, "Cutting".
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* KnightOfCerebus: The first of Moguro's clients whose misfortune has very lethal consequences.
!!Hanae Fuyuki
->Voiced by: TBA
A 69-year-old unemployed old man from Episode 16, "Mr. Pervert".
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* BookEnds: Unlike many of Moguro's victims, Hanae doesn't really change in attitude or temperament after his fall. He just goes from being a finicky and fastidious prude to a finicky and fastidious pervert who treats voyeurism with all the seriousness and care of an elaborate tea ceremony.
!!Shinichi Tsutsui
->Voiced by: TBA
A 20-year-old student from Episode 17, "Part-Time Confidential".
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!!Taichi Urashima
->Voiced by: TBA
A 46-year-old salaryman from Episode 18, "After the Dream".
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* MeaningfulName: His surname is based on "The Legend of Urashima TarÅ", a sort of Japanese version of ''Literature/RipVanWinkle''.
!!Takashi Ishino
->Voiced by: TBA
A 30-year-old salaryman from Episode 19, "The Guardsman".
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Unlike his passive demolishing of Nakayama in "The Sure Winner," Moguro goes to great lengths to punish Ishino for failing to conquer his mahjong addiction by [[spoiler:making his wife a mahjong addict who treats Takashi with the same selfish frivolity he did her all throughout the episode.]]
!!Yumemi Koino
->Voiced by: TBA
A 36-year-old housewife from Episode 20, "Her First Love".
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* MeaningfulName: Her first name means "dream" and her surname means "romance".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Clients from ''NEW'']]
!!Kenichi Nakajima
->Voiced by: Creator/TakuyaEguchi
A 29-year-old salaryman from Episode 1A, "Daydream".
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!!Mitsuko Takashima
->Voiced by: Creator/KanaAsumi
A 31-year-old office lady from Episode 1B, "Make a Budget and Stick to It".
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!!Shisao Kihara
->Voiced by: Creator/ToshihikoSeki
A 46-year-old Salesman from Episode 2A, "Hot Spring Eccentricity".
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!!Iyata Deyashiro
->Voiced by: Creator/SomaSaito
A 24-year-old new employee from Episode 2B, "Fantasy Company".
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* BadBoss: He became this the second time he's in the position of boss again by yelling at the workers, rushing them to move faster, and degrading them for messing up. When he realizes he's this, he realizes what he became runs away in shame but runs straight into Moguro where he punishes him.
* DrunkWithPower: The moment he's given the position of boss for one day and then goes back to being a worker, he feels that he can do better if he was the boss again and starts acting like his previous boss.
* IronicHell: [[spoiler: For ignoring his warning, Moguro makes him work at the company as a mean and crazy boss in a black company experience booth forever.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he starts degrading another employee who was nice to him from the beginning, he sees himself in the worker and realizes that he became like his previous boss.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: He previously had an abusive boss and he becomes exactly like said boss when given the most minuscule taste of authority over other people.
!!Masao Amae
->Voiced by: Creator/KoukiMiyata
A 27-year-old salaryman from Episode 3A, "Bento Wars".
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* ManChild: He's 27 and he still lives with him mother who still makes his lunch. When he's taking a bath, he's playing with rubber ducks and shooting them with a water pistol. Because of his childish nature, he doesn't try to fix the problem between his mother and his girlfriend.
* MyBelovedSmother: His mother stakes her identity on babying him, including making him bento boxes every morning. His problem is that he much prefers the ones his girlfriend Kimiko makes, but doesn't dare break her heart by admitting that.
!!Tetsuya Kamera
->Voiced by: Hideyuki Kanaya
A 49-year-old salesman from Episode 3B, "Ah, My Beloved 583-Type".
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!!Junichi Naoki
->Voiced by: Creator/WataruHatano
A 26-year-old banker from Episode 4A, "The Woman on the Platform".
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!!Kakeru Michihara
->Voiced by: Creator/ShinichiroMiki
A 32-year-old salaryman from Episode 4B, "Runners' Paradise".
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: After Moguro gives him the Runners' Paradise badge, he meets a cute woman who's interested in him during their run. When she's unable to catch up with him due to obstacles getting in her way, he makes a copy of the badge for her, ignoring Moguro's warning about keeping the badge a secret, and they are able to run together without any interfere. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: the woman decided to share the badge with everyone online and pretty soon everyone starts wearing the badge, making his badge useless]].
!!Yousuke Uchinaki
->Voiced by: Creator/ShigeruChiba
A 58-year-old salaryman from Episode 5A, "Sunday Club".
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!!Tomie Monomochi
->Voiced by: Creator/AyumiTsunematsu
A 38-year-old housewife from Episode 5B, "The Woman Who Throws Away".
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!!Taizou Udo
->Voiced by: Creator/KentaMiyake
A 29-year-old actor from Episode 6A, "I'll Lease This Monster".
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* BearHug: He almost crushes his wife when doing this to her.
* BecomingTheMask: Moguro places a mask on him in order for him to be scary and to attract potential customers. [[spoiler: When he betrays Moguro, Moguro causes the mask to be stuck to his face, essentially turning him into the scary monster the mask portrayed.]]
* GentleGiant: Despite his huge appear, he's a really nice and sensitive guy. But he's no longer this when he puts on his monster mask.
* HappilyMarried: He has a small wife who loves him very much and is supportive of his career. He's also willing to give up on his acting career to find a real job to support his family is his acting career doesn't work out.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: He's this with his wife who's twice the size of her.
* UglyGuyHotWife: His wife looks cute while he has a cartoonish looking face.
!!Tomoyoshi Doraki
->Voiced by: Koutarou Nishiyama
A 22-year-old college student from Episode 6B, "Tonight's Another Awesome Night".
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* GaveUpTooSoon: After he goes out for a night of fun with his co-workers, his girlfriend arrives at his home to tell him something but she decided to tell him later. [[spoiler: After he convinced Moguro permanently makes him a day person, his girlfriend arrives to his home at night to reveal that she quit her day job to work a night job so they can date all the time.]]
* NotAMorningPerson: He prefers the nighttime and all the activities during that time, but has trouble staying awake during the day which puts a strain on his relationship with his girlfriend. He tries going to sleep early but he's unable to.
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: When he believes that his girlfriend is going to dump him, he convinces Moguro to permanently make him a day person. Unfortunately, his girlfriend got a new job at night so they're pretty much back to the way they were with their relationship]].
!!Kinichi Isobe
->Voiced by: Tokuyoshi Kawashima
A 36-year-old salaryman from Episode 7A, "The Man Who Transformed".
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!!Nozomi Shizuoka
->Voiced by: Minami Tanaka
A 35-year-old housewife part-timer from Episode 7B, "The Rule of Mommy Friends".
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!!Ashi Yumemi
->Voiced by: Creator/RikiyaKoyama
A 49-year-old scriptwriter from Episode 8A, "A Man Chased by His Dreams".
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!!Sugiru Yowagoshi
->Voiced by: Creator/AkiraIshida
A 26-year-old taxi driver from Episode 8B, "Mustache Taxi".
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* BadassMustache: Moguro gives him one to help bolster his confidence. Then it goes to his head, becomes a full on villain mustache and he goes flipping nuts. [[spoiler: Subverted in the end. He gets arrested trying to help out a pair of bank robbers make it to their boat. Both his hair and personality turn back to normal and his now extremely long mustache droops down to his chest, making him look even more meek and pathetic. Moguro thinks he'll be cleared of any charges (i.e. he was a hostage forced into being an impromptu getaway driver) but he doubts the taxi driver will ever be confident again.]]
!!Mamoru Bandai
->Voiced by: TBA
A 30-year-old currently unemployed man from Episode 9A, "The Nostalgic Bathhouse Tour".
* TheSlacker: Unlike all of the other clients who were either currently employed, retired, or a housewife, Bandai is simply unemployed, spending most of his free time at bathhouses.
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!!Manabu Towani
->Voiced by: TBA
A 40-year-old part-time researcher from Episode 9B, "The Researcher's Melancholy".
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* CheatersNeverProsper: When he has trouble trying to come up with some results for his project, he overhears his staff talking about another staff member coming up with a better solution than him. He steals his work and claims it as his own. Moguro found out about this and [=DONs=] him. As a result, [[spoiler: reporters started questioning him when something goes wrong with his work and the staff he stole his work from left him, he's immediately ruined once words get out about his lie and he loses his research facility]].
* YouAreWhatYouHate: He had his work stolen by an ex-girlfriend. He winds up doing exactly the same to his loyal subordinate. Only Mogoru is there to make sure he pays for it.
!!Naiichi Tayori
->Voiced by: TBA
A 34-year-old foreman from Episode 10A, "The Person in the Acquired Film".
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!!Kazuhito Oite
->Voiced by: TBA
A 65-year-old retired man from Episode 10B, "Fake Grandchild".
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!!Matsuo Ochiiri
->Voiced by: TBA
A 39-year-old salaryman from Episode 11A, "Destructive Tendencies".
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* ScareEmStraight: Moguro uses this method to stop him from doing destructive behavior by taking him to a bar in the seedy part of town. It works but only temporary as he wanted to feel the thrill of losing everything again.
* ThrillSeeker: The reason why he goes back to the bar that Moguro warns him to never go back.
!!Ari Mamano
->Voiced by: Creator/KikukoInoue
A 37-year-old stage mom from Episode 11B, "I'm an Idol".
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* StageMom: She makes her daughter an idol so she can live out her dream through her.
!!Tsuyoshi Amikumo
->Voiced by: TBA
A 25-year-old freelancer from Episode 12A, "The King of the Chat Room".
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* DrunkWithPower: Gets obsessed with using the software Moguro uses him to embarass and troll other chat room users.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: At the start of the episode, he gets trolled by a user who intentionally types things to make him mad but doing so very politely. Moguro helps Amikumo event he score with some spyware. However, despite being told to only use it very sparingly and only if he's losing to someone, he overdoes it, trolling anyone and everyone just for the fun of it.
!!Chikako Shimai
->Voiced by: TBA
A 36-year-old office lady from Episode 12B, "Japan Overseas Trip".
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* ForeignFanservice: [[spoiler: The real reason why she wanted to travel across the world is to find a boyfriend and she wants to exploit her foreign background to get their attention.]]
[[/folder]]
