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* BaldOfAwesome: Hajime. He's the only guard who's able to keep the inmates of Cell 13 from escaping the prison.

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* RealityEnsues:
** It turns out that [[spoiler:beating a prisoner up until he falls unconscious]] will tend to bring consequences, even if he's going on a rampage. Enjoy your 3 days of suspension, Hajime[[note]]It is noted here that Momoko ''did'' cut Hajime some slack with this sentence[[/note]].
** This hits Uno, Jyugo, Trois, and Honey HARD in the last few episodes of season two. They manage to defeat the building 5 guards, Kokoriki and Youriki, and un-brainwash them, but the two have no memory of what happened, and they not only don't believe the inmates' story, they think that they were attempting to break out of prison and try to restrain them. Honey, Trois, and Uno end up having to fight them off ''again'' as they search for Kiji, and state that if Kiji doesn't believe them, then they're all screwed, because using Trois and Honey's traps on the guards counts as assaulting an officer, and could get them all hard punishment.
** After the inmates manage to free Kiji, they get lectured INTENSELY, to the point that Uno and Honey are in tears; they may have saved Kiji and he may be pissed at Kokoriki and Youriki for not believing them or trying to free him, but they're still wandering around unauthorized in a cell block that isn't theirs, in a forbidden part of the prison, so rescuing him is worth jack as far as he's concerned. Even though Enki is still loose and some of the guards and inmates are missing, his priority is to handcuff the inmates and take them back to their own cells. In the inmates' defense, Trois and Honey broke out to look for Kiji after he didn't come back from building 5, and the Cell 13 boys came to the building WITH Hajime; it's not actually their fault, as it's not like they were looking to get captured and nearly killed. This goes doubly for Liang and Upa, who actually ARE in their building; they didn't do a single thing wrong. One of their guards, Inori, [[spoiler: turned out to be a mole working for Enki]], [[spoiler:and he brutalized and restrained them before showing their unconscious bodies to Samon Gokuu, taunting the supervisor about it before locking them all up. Of everyone involved, the only one who did anything that could be considered wrong was Qi, who temporarily joined up with Hachiman, but he actually had a good reason for that; everyone else was just trying to defend themselves.]] Even still, you can see Kiji's point; not just one high-security inmate escaped, but THREE, including the biggest threat, [[spoiler: Enki Gokuu]]; three supervisors were captured, multiple people were brainwashed to attack everyone else, it turns out that some of Enki's old handcuffs and other inventions weren't destroyed after his arrest like they were supposed to be, the security system is all screwed up, and[[spoiler: Inori is the traitor who screwed up the security system]], not to mention that all this happened mere hours after the warden left to attend a meeting. All that's bad enough, so they don't need it getting out that eight inmates, five of whom shouldn't even be in the building in the first place, were also wandering free in a restricted area at the same time. And it was mentioned at the beginning of the season that Nanba has already been toeing the line under intense scrutiny ever since [[spoiler: Enki's betrayal]]
** Although Jyugo wants to release Samon from his cell because he believes it's the right thing to do, Hajime has a moral crisis over what to do, because the situation is practically a [[MortonsFork Catch 22]]. If he lets Jyugo free Samon, then he'll know Jyugo can escape imprisonment at will, and the other supervisor will probably report them because he's been digging for dirt on Hajime to file a report on. If they leave him, however, Hajime will get in trouble for leaving a fellow correctional officer behind, and it'll also raise the question of how only Hajime managed to get out. He also hates Samon, and wants to see him continue to suffer the indignity of being in a cage. He eventually decided to let Jyugo set Samon free, as he concludes that all outcomes look bad, but freeing the other guard will raise the least amount of questions, and will probably work in his favor if he gets reported.



* SpearCounterpart: [[spoiler: The Warden of Nanba Women's Prison is the exact opposite of the Nanba prison we know - a male warden in a prison full of women]].
* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler: It's revealed that Nico suffers from this, and his other half is scary as hell]].

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* SpearCounterpart: [[spoiler: The Warden of Nanba Women's Prison is the exact opposite of the Nanba prison we know - a male warden in a prison full of women]].
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* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler: It's revealed that Nico suffers from this, and his other half is scary as hell]].hell.]]
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** It turns out that [[spoiler:beating a prisoner up until he falls unconscious]] will tend to bring consequences, even if he's going on a rampage. Enjoy your 3 days of suspension, Hajime[[note]]It is noted here that Momoko ''did'' cut Hajime some slack with this sentence[[/note]].
** This hits Uno, Jyugo, Trois, and Honey HARD in the last few episodes of season two. They manage to defeat the building 5 guards, Kokoriki and Youriki, and un-brainwash them, but the two have no memory of what happened, and they not only don't believe the inmates' story, they think that they were attempting to break out of prison and try to restrain them. Honey, Trois, and Uno end up having to fight them off ''again'' as they search for Kiji, and state that if Kiji doesn't believe them, then they're all screwed, because using Trois and Honey's traps on the guards counts as assaulting an officer, and could get them all hard punishment.
** After the inmates manage to free Kiji, they get lectured INTENSELY, to the point that Uno and Honey are in tears; they may have saved Kiji and he may be pissed at Kokoriki and Youriki for not believing them or trying to free him, but they're still wandering around unauthorized in a cell block that isn't theirs, in a forbidden part of the prison, so rescuing him is worth jack as far as he's concerned. Even though Enki is still loose and some of the guards and inmates are missing, his priority is to handcuff the inmates and take them back to their own cells. In the inmates' defense, Trois and Honey broke out to look for Kiji after he didn't come back from building 5, and the Cell 13 boys came to the building WITH Hajime; it's not actually their fault, as it's not like they were looking to get captured and nearly killed. This goes doubly for Liang and Upa, who actually ARE in their building; they didn't do a single thing wrong. One of their guards, Inori, [[spoiler: turned out to be a mole working for Enki]], [[spoiler:and he brutalized and restrained them before showing their unconscious bodies to Samon Gokuu, taunting the supervisor about it before locking them all up. Of everyone involved, the only one who did anything that could be considered wrong was Qi, who temporarily joined up with Hachiman, but he actually had a good reason for that; everyone else was just trying to defend themselves.]] Even still, you can see Kiji's point; not just one high-security inmate escaped, but THREE, including the biggest threat, [[spoiler: Enki Gokuu]]; three supervisors were captured, multiple people were brainwashed to attack everyone else, it turns out that some of Enki's old handcuffs and other inventions weren't destroyed after his arrest like they were supposed to be, the security system is all screwed up, and[[spoiler: Inori is the traitor who screwed up the security system]], not to mention that all this happened mere hours after the warden left to attend a meeting. All that's bad enough, so they don't need it getting out that eight inmates, five of whom shouldn't even be in the building in the first place, were also wandering free in a restricted area at the same time. And it was mentioned at the beginning of the season that Nanba has already been toeing the line under intense scrutiny ever since [[spoiler: Enki's betrayal]]
** Although Jyugo wants to release Samon from his cell because he believes it's the right thing to do, Hajime has a moral crisis over what to do, because the situation is practically a [[MortonsFork Catch 22]]. If he lets Jyugo free Samon, then he'll know Jyugo can escape imprisonment at will, and the other supervisor will probably report them because he's been digging for dirt on Hajime to file a report on. If they leave him, however, Hajime will get in trouble for leaving a fellow correctional officer behind, and it'll also raise the question of how only Hajime managed to get out. He also hates Samon, and wants to see him continue to suffer the indignity of being in a cage. He eventually decided to let Jyugo set Samon free, as he concludes that all outcomes look bad, but freeing the other guard will raise the least amount of questions, and will probably work in his favor if he gets reported.

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** This was Samon Gokuu's reaction to Rock using Nico as a human shield while he was chasing the Cell 13 inmates down to make them go workout with Yamato. Samon was scared of Nico after witnessing him wipe the floor with Upa at the New Year's tournament, but he quickly gets over his hesitance to touch Nico after Uno tells him that Nico is too sickly to be able to constantly exert himself the way he did at the tournament. (His thinking was that if he had to suffer, he was making Uno and Nico suffer with him)
** The above is reversed in the manga, however; Rock was clinging to the door frame so that Yamato couldn't make him leave, Uno was mouthing off to the guard, and Nico had decided to amuse himself by yanking on Samon's tail. Samon exploded on them all, and the three inmates promptly panicked, wasting no time in booking it to the exercise yard.

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** This was Samon Gokuu's reaction to Rock Uno using Nico as a human shield while he was chasing the Cell 13 inmates down to make them go workout with Yamato. Samon was scared of Nico after witnessing him wipe the floor with Upa at the New Year's tournament, but he quickly gets over his hesitance to touch Nico after Uno Rock tells him that Nico is too sickly to be able to constantly exert himself the way he did at the tournament. (His thinking was that if he had to suffer, he was making Uno and Nico suffer with him)
** The above is reversed in the manga, however; Rock was clinging to the door frame so that Yamato couldn't make him leave, Uno was mouthing off to the guard, and Nico had decided to amuse himself by yanking on Samon's tail. Samon exploded on them all, and the three inmates promptly panicked, wasting no time in booking it to the exercise yard.
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We're not? Okay then... ''Nanbaka'', alternatively known as ''The Numbers'', is a manga [[note]]despite its heavy [[ShonenDemographic shonen elements]], Comico is an all-ages web magazine, so it cannot be categorized as such[[/note]] which began as a [[http://www.comico.jp/articleList.nhn?titleNo=49 Comico web manga]] by Sho Futamata. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/comics/manga/nanbaka/volumes The manga got licensed under Crunchyroll]] until the license expired in 2017, and currently is released in multiple languages on Comico's Pocket Comic app. It also received an [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/nanbaka anime]] (which is available worldwide bar Asia, picked up for a simuldub by [[http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/10/04/funimation-unveils-simuldub-schedule-for-fall-2016-season/ Funimation]] and produced by {{Creator/Satelight}}), which aired in the Fall2016Anime season and Winter2017Anime seasons for two cours.

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We're not? Okay then... ''Nanbaka'', alternatively known as ''The Numbers'', is a manga [[note]]despite its heavy [[ShonenDemographic shonen elements]], Comico is an all-ages web magazine, so it cannot be categorized as such[[/note]] which began as a [[http://www.comico.jp/articleList.nhn?titleNo=49 Comico web manga]] by Sho Futamata. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/comics/manga/nanbaka/volumes The manga got licensed under Crunchyroll]] until the license expired in 2017, and the webcomic is currently is released in multiple languages on Comico's Pocket Comic app. It also received an [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/nanbaka anime]] (which is available worldwide bar Asia, picked up for a simuldub by [[http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/10/04/funimation-unveils-simuldub-schedule-for-fall-2016-season/ Funimation]] and produced by {{Creator/Satelight}}), which aired in the Fall2016Anime season and Winter2017Anime seasons for two cours.
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** Sure, Rock didn't escape prisons to see his friend, but [[spoiler:he ''was'' mistreated during his initial prison days, and not only hated the food in his old prisons, but starved before he met Jyugo and broke out to go to a diner to eat, triggering his BigEater tendencies]].
** Nico's medicine troubles weren't over drug transportation like he was originally sent to prison for, but [[spoiler: over being used like a lab rat in every facility he's been in]].
** Breaking out of prisons is indeed a hobby for Jyugo, [[spoiler:but only because it's the one thing that gives him a purpose; namely, it's all he ''can'' do with himself and all that he ''has'' done for as long as he's been alive. He also wants to look for the man who put his shackles on him, but until he got to Nanba, he had no such luck.]]

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** Sure, Rock didn't escape prisons to see his friend, but [[spoiler:he he ''was'' mistreated during his initial prison days, and not only hated the food in his old prisons, but starved before he met Jyugo and broke out to go to a diner to eat, triggering his BigEater tendencies]].
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** Nico's medicine troubles weren't over drug transportation like he was originally sent to prison for, but [[spoiler: over being used like a lab rat in every facility he's been in]].
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** Breaking out of prisons is indeed a hobby for Jyugo, [[spoiler:but but only because it's the one thing that gives him a purpose; namely, it's all he ''can'' do with himself and all that he ''has'' done for as long as he's been alive. He also wants to look for the man who put his shackles on him, but until he got to Nanba, he had no such luck.]]
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We're not? Okay then... ''Nanbaka'', alternatively known as ''The Numbers'', is a manga [[note]]despite its heavy [[ShonenDemographic shonen elements]], Comico is an all-ages web magazine, so it cannot be categorized as such[[/note]] which began as a [[http://www.comico.jp/articleList.nhn?titleNo=49 Comico web manga]] by Sho Futamata. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/comics/manga/nanbaka/volumes The manga got licensed under Crunchyroll]] until the license expired in 2017, and then so did [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/nanbaka the anime]] (which is available worldwide bar Asia, picked up for a simuldub by [[http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/10/04/funimation-unveils-simuldub-schedule-for-fall-2016-season/ Funimation]] and produced by {{Creator/Satelight}}), which aired in the Fall2016Anime season and Winter2017Anime seasons for two cours.

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We're not? Okay then... ''Nanbaka'', alternatively known as ''The Numbers'', is a manga [[note]]despite its heavy [[ShonenDemographic shonen elements]], Comico is an all-ages web magazine, so it cannot be categorized as such[[/note]] which began as a [[http://www.comico.jp/articleList.nhn?titleNo=49 Comico web manga]] by Sho Futamata. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/comics/manga/nanbaka/volumes The manga got licensed under Crunchyroll]] until the license expired in 2017, and then so did currently is released in multiple languages on Comico's Pocket Comic app. It also received an [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/nanbaka the anime]] (which is available worldwide bar Asia, picked up for a simuldub by [[http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/10/04/funimation-unveils-simuldub-schedule-for-fall-2016-season/ Funimation]] and produced by {{Creator/Satelight}}), which aired in the Fall2016Anime season and Winter2017Anime seasons for two cours.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Thanks to the above, it didn't carry over to the anime, but Mushashi is definitely this. Before his life went to hell, he was an extremely intelligent star student with the desire to become a doctor, and that intelligence hasn't gone away. Even though he's blind, he still can read brail in over a dozen languages, and is a major book nerd who's almost always reading in his free time. Thanks to his past, he also has no social skills or experience making friends, and often ends up sulking in a corner over his confusion about other humans.
** Nico also counts; a cute and happy-go-lucky Otaku who loves playing games and often speaks in anime quotes.
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** Kiji (pheasant), Samon (monkey), and Kenshirou (dog) are based on the trio of animals from ''Literature/Momotaro''.

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** Kiji (pheasant), Samon (monkey), and Kenshirou (dog) are based on the trio of animals from ''Literature/Momotaro''.''Literature/{{Momotaro}}''.
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** It is since revealed that Nanba is under no one country's authority, being run by the World Administration Authority, which is accountable to ''no one''. And they also control all the world's other prisons, having been granted that authority due to a high crime rate around the world.

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** It is since revealed that Nanba is under no one country's authority, being run by the World Administration Authority, which is accountable to ''no one''. And they the WAA also control controls all the world's other prisons, having been granted given that authority power due to a high crime rate around the world.
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** It is since revealed that Nanba is under no one country's authority, being run by the World Administration Authority, which is accountable to ''no one''. And they also control all the world's other prisons, having been granted that authority due to a high crime rate around the world.
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We're not? Okay then... ''Nanbaka'', alternatively known as ''The Numbers'', is a manga [[note]]despite its heavy [[ShonenDemographic shonen elements]], Comico is an all-ages web magazine, so it cannot be categorized as such[[/note]] which began as a [[http://www.comico.jp/articleList.nhn?titleNo=49 Comico web manga]] by Sho Futamata. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/comics/manga/nanbaka/volumes The manga got licensed under Crunchyroll]] until the license expired in 2017, and then so did [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/nanbaka the anime]](which is available worldwide bar Asia, picked up for a simuldub by [[http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/10/04/funimation-unveils-simuldub-schedule-for-fall-2016-season/ Funimation]] and produced by {{Creator/Satelight}}), which aired in the Fall2016Anime season and Winter2017Anime seasons for two cours.

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We're not? Okay then... ''Nanbaka'', alternatively known as ''The Numbers'', is a manga [[note]]despite its heavy [[ShonenDemographic shonen elements]], Comico is an all-ages web magazine, so it cannot be categorized as such[[/note]] which began as a [[http://www.comico.jp/articleList.nhn?titleNo=49 Comico web manga]] by Sho Futamata. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/comics/manga/nanbaka/volumes The manga got licensed under Crunchyroll]] until the license expired in 2017, and then so did [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/nanbaka the anime]](which anime]] (which is available worldwide bar Asia, picked up for a simuldub by [[http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/10/04/funimation-unveils-simuldub-schedule-for-fall-2016-season/ Funimation]] and produced by {{Creator/Satelight}}), which aired in the Fall2016Anime season and Winter2017Anime seasons for two cours.
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The manga is ongoing and can be read [[https://mangarock.com/manga/mrs-serie-100071952 here]].


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The manga is ongoing and can be read [[https://mangarock.com/manga/mrs-serie-100071952 here]].

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The manga itself is split into "parts"; Futabasha compiled all of Part 1 into eight volumes, while the original Comico version is currently on Part 4.

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The manga itself is split into "parts"; Futabasha compiled all of Part 1 into eight volumes, while the original Comico version is currently on Part 4.ongoing and can be read [[https://mangarock.com/manga/mrs-serie-100071952 here]].

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The Cell 13 boys sing the ending theme of the anime. Hajime is present for it, but he just yells at them.

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The dynamics in Cell 13 boys sing are more than a bit similar to a family. Rock as the ending theme of father, Uno as the anime. Hajime is present for it, but he just yells at them.mother, Jyugo as the older brother and Nico as the youngest child.


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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The Cell 13 boys sing the ending theme of the anime. Hajime is present for it, but he just yells at them.
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* SpearCounterpart: [[spoiler: The Warden Nanba Women's Prison is the exact opposite of the Nanba prison we know - a male warden in a prison full of women]].

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* YouWannaGetSued: The [[Anime/DragonBall Kame(bleep)meha]], among other references.

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* YouWannaGetSued: The [[Anime/DragonBall [[Franchise/DragonBall Kame(bleep)meha]], among other references.
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* RapunzelHair:[[LongHairedPrettyBoy Uno]] has an ''ankle-length'' braid. In the BeachEpisode, it still reaches his thighs...''[[UpToEleven when tied up in a ponytail]]''.

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* RapunzelHair:[[LongHairedPrettyBoy RapunzelHair: [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Uno]] has an ''ankle-length'' braid. In the BeachEpisode, it still reaches his thighs...''[[UpToEleven when tied up in a ponytail]]''.
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* RapunzelHair:[[LongHairedPrettyBoy Uno]] has an ''ankle-length'' braid. In the BeachEpisode, it still reaches his thighs...''[[UpToEleven when tied up in a ponytail]]''.

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* AntiHero: This is a colorful and comedic prison story, but still a prison st
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* AntiHero: This is a colorful and comedic prison story, but still a prison story. Many of the prisoners and prison guards don’t or can’t shy away from the darker aspects of their position.

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* AntiHero: This is a colorful and comedic prison story, but still a prison story.st
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Many of the prisoners and prison guards don’t or can’t shy away from the darker aspects of their position.
* AxeCrazy: When [[spoiler: Nico's evil side emerges, he will attack everyone around him with no remorse]].
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** Hajime's name contains the kanji for 'double' and 'six' and 26 is double 13.

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** Hajime's name contains the kanji for 'double' and 'six' and 26 is double 13. You can also explain it with 2 times 6 plus 1 (the other kanji in his name) equalling 13.
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** If you pronounce 'Seitarou' real quick, it sounds like 'star' and the actual kanji for 'star' (星) is in his name. [[UsefulNotes/Tanabata Tanabata]], otherwise known as the Qingming festival, is a festival in which stars are also a prominent theme.

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** If you pronounce 'Seitarou' real quick, it sounds like 'star' and the actual kanji for 'star' (星) is in his name. [[UsefulNotes/Tanabata [[UsefulNotes/{{Tanabata}} Tanabata]], otherwise known as the Qingming festival, is a festival in which stars are also a prominent theme.
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** If you pronounce 'Seitarou' real quick, it sounds like 'star' and the actual kanji for 'star' (星) is in his name.

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** If you pronounce 'Seitarou' real quick, it sounds like 'star' and the actual kanji for 'star' (星) is in his name. [[UsefulNotes/Tanabata Tanabata]], otherwise known as the Qingming festival, is a festival in which stars are also a prominent theme.

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** Kiji means 'pheasant' as in his AnimalMotif.
** The first kanji in Momoko's name means 'hundred'.

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** The first kanji in Momoko's Kenshirou's name means 'hundred'.'dog' and the first kanji of his family name is 'four'.
** Unusually, Momoko has two kanji in her name that are the exact same but have a different pronunciation, the one that means 'hundred' (百)

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* MeaningfulName: All of them. No, really. Combined with {{Goroawase}}, you get:

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** Rock's name is western like Uno's, but you can render it a certain way (as ro-ku) where it means 69.


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* MeaningfulName: All of them. No, really. Combined with {{Goroawase}}, you get:
** Jyugo means 'fifteen'.
** Uno is a western name meaning 'one'.
** Niko is strictly spelled in the series in katakana and means 'twenty-five' but [[spoiler: you can also render his name with the kanji for 'second child', which [[SplitPersonality means something else]]]].
** Samon's last name is Goku, as in [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Son Goku]] aka the monkey king.
** Kiji means 'pheasant' as in his AnimalMotif.
** The first kanji in Momoko's name means 'hundred'.
** Musashi is a combination of mu-sa-shi, aka 634.
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** One of the Part 2 chapter titled, "MONKEY MAGIC", harkens back to the ''Journey to the West'' retelling Series/{{Saiyuki}}'s theme song "Monkey Magic".

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** One of the Part 2 chapter titled, titles, "MONKEY MAGIC", harkens back to the ''Journey to the West'' retelling Series/{{Saiyuki}}'s ''Series/{{Monkey}}'''s theme song "Monkey Magic".

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* ShoutOut: One scene had a reference to the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kimoi-girls Kimoi Girls]] meme, with Nico and Uno in the place of the girls.

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** As revealed in season two, [[spoiler:Liang, Upa, and Qi]] also have one. [[spoiler: They were all blackmailed into working under Hachiman, a crooked mob boss who brutally tortured Liang for being unwilling to kill his assigned targets, kidnapped Upa when he was a child and [[spoiler: sold some of his vital organs on the black market due to being talented in chi manipuation,]] and attempted to trick Qi into creating a drug that would poison his clients. They're all later arrested and sent to Nanba prison, but in the middle of the second season, [[spoiler: Hachiman, an ally of Enki, comes back to challenge them.]][[spoiler: It turns out that Liang and Upa also had a run-in with Enki in the past. He was unfortunately assigned to them as a supervisor when they were in prison back in China, where he brutally abused them and the other prisoners in their cell block. It was so horrible that Upa thought he was going to die, even hoping that he would, as he wanted the abuse to end. They were relieved when Enki was transferred to Nanba, only to find out that they were going to be transferred to Nanba as well, and be assigned to his building. Fortunately for them, Enki had been exposed as a monster and locked away underground by the time they got there.]]
** In season two, Samon is revealed to have one. [[spoiler: His older brother, Enki, was a prison guard who was respected by guards and prisoners alike, due to his strength and talent. On the other hand, many people, including Enki himself, thought that Samon was weak and cowardly, insisting that the only reason he was able to become a guard in the first place was because of his brother's reputation. Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that Enki was more than just a jerk;[[spoiler: in reality, the man was a sadist, and tortured the prisoners under his care for his own amusement. Unfortunately, once he was transferred to Nanba, Enki didn't stop his cruelty, and was eventually exposed when he murdered an inmate for fun and killed/injured multiple guards when they tried to arrest him.]] [[spoiler: When the other supervisors finally cornered Enki, Samon was able to close in, and was told by the other guards to finish him off, but hesitated because he was unable to bring himself to kill someone, much less his own brother.]] Hajime stepped in and quickly defeated [[spoiler: Enki]] without killing him, resulting in Hajime getting praised by their colleagues, as well as promoted. This entire incident lead to Samon's hatred of Hajime. Samon is eventually promoted as well, and takes over his [[spoiler: brother's]] job as the supervisor of Building 5. In the present, years after the incident, he's still taunted by some of the other guards, who think that he was only promoted out of need instead of earning his position on his own merits, and many of them also fear that he'll end up being as evil as his [[spoiler: brother.]] The main plot of season two [[spoiler: revolves around Enki's escape and takeover of Building 5, along with two other prisoners and [[spoiler: Inori]], causing Samon's past to come back to haunt him. When confronted again by his [[spoiler: brother]], Samon is quickly defeated because of his continued reluctance to kill anyone. Not only that, but [[spoiler: the sole reason Inori betrayed Nanba is because he utterly despises Samon for being promoted instead of him, and wants to see him dead for no other reason than the fact that he thinks Samon is weak and a waste of space.]] Despite acting like a total ass, Samon is a good person at heart, and doesn't want to hurt anyone; he isn't anything like his [[spoiler: brother]] at all, and doesn't deserve all the hate and suspicion he has received over the years.

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** As revealed in season two, [[spoiler:Liang, Upa, and Qi]] also have one. [[spoiler: They were all blackmailed into working under Hachiman, a crooked mob boss who brutally tortured Liang for being unwilling to kill his assigned targets, kidnapped Upa when he was a child and [[spoiler: sold some of his vital organs on the black market due to being talented in chi manipuation,]] and attempted to trick Qi into creating a drug that would poison his clients. They're all later arrested and sent to Nanba prison, but in the middle of the second season, [[spoiler: Hachiman, an ally of Enki, comes back to challenge them.]][[spoiler: It turns out that Liang and Upa also had a run-in with Enki in the past. He was unfortunately assigned to them as a supervisor when they were in prison back in China, where he brutally abused them and the other prisoners in their cell block. It was so horrible that Upa thought he was going to die, even hoping that he would, as he wanted the abuse to end. They were relieved when Enki was transferred to Nanba, only to find out that they were going to be transferred to Nanba as well, and be assigned to his building. Fortunately for them, Enki had been exposed as a monster and locked away underground by the time they got there.]]
** In season two, Samon is revealed to have one. [[spoiler: His older brother, Enki, was a prison guard who was respected by guards and prisoners alike, due to his strength and talent. On the other hand, many people, including Enki himself, thought that Samon was weak and cowardly, insisting that the only reason he was able to become a guard in the first place was because of his brother's reputation. Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that Enki was more than just a jerk;[[spoiler: jerk]];[[spoiler: in reality, the man was a sadist, and tortured the prisoners under his care for his own amusement. Unfortunately, once he was transferred to Nanba, Enki didn't stop his cruelty, and was eventually exposed when he murdered an inmate for fun and killed/injured multiple guards when they tried to arrest him.]] [[spoiler: When the other supervisors finally cornered Enki, Samon was able to close in, and was told by the other guards to finish him off, but hesitated because he was unable to bring himself to kill someone, much less his own brother.]] Hajime stepped in and quickly defeated [[spoiler: Enki]] without killing him, resulting in Hajime getting praised by their colleagues, as well as promoted. This entire incident lead to Samon's hatred of Hajime. Samon is eventually promoted as well, and takes over his [[spoiler: brother's]] job as the supervisor of Building 5. In the present, years after the incident, he's still taunted by some of the other guards, who think that he was only promoted out of need instead of earning his position on his own merits, and many of them also fear that he'll end up being as evil as his [[spoiler: brother.]] The main plot of season two [[spoiler: revolves around Enki's escape and takeover of Building 5, along with two other prisoners and [[spoiler: Inori]], causing Samon's past to come back to haunt him. When confronted again by his [[spoiler: brother]], Samon is quickly defeated because of his continued reluctance to kill anyone. Not only that, but [[spoiler: the sole reason Inori betrayed Nanba is because he utterly despises Samon for being promoted instead of him, and wants to see him dead for no other reason than the fact that he thinks Samon is weak and a waste of space.]] Despite acting like a total ass, Samon is a good person at heart, and doesn't want to hurt anyone; he isn't anything like his [[spoiler: brother]] at all, and doesn't deserve all the hate and suspicion he has received over the years.



** Kenshirou hates Hajime and is usually very cold, but he's also the calmest of all the guards and the least likely to lose his temper, as well as the one most likely to resolve problems in a nonviolent manner. He also cares deeply for Mushashi and believes that he is a good person. When he confronted [[spoiler: Enki Goku]] because he believed that the former wasn't evil and wanted to hear his side of the story, it takes [[spoiler: the former guard coldly stating his intent to murder Mushashi for possesing his unnatural powers to loss Kenshirou off enough to fight him.]]

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** Kenshirou hates Hajime and is usually very cold, but he's also the calmest of all the guards and the least likely to lose his temper, as well as the one most likely to resolve problems in a nonviolent manner. He also cares deeply for Mushashi and believes that he is a good person. When he confronted [[spoiler: Enki Goku]] because he believed that the former wasn't evil and wanted to hear his side of the story, it takes [[spoiler: the former guard coldly stating his intent to murder Mushashi for possesing his unnatural powers to loss piss Kenshirou off enough to fight him.]]

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