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** Episode 11, the penultimate episode, ends up completely breaking Ranko. [[spoiler:When Nagi finally reveals her hand and puts a hit on Ton Tokoton, Ranko's stoic, calm and professional attitude shatters and is replaced with pure terror, as she knows that they stand no chance against Creatureland's finest. She's ultimately reduced to pathetically and tearfully pleading with Nagi to spare her friends in exchange for being allowed to do whatever she wants with her. Nagi seemingly accepts...only to then have an assassin stab Ranko just when it seems things would be okay. The episode ends with Ranko passing out, possibly even ''dying'', from blood loss as Nagomi desperately begs her to hold on.]]
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** Why did Ranko leave her gun behind when going to face [[spoiler: Suehiro?]] Was it because she genuinely trusted his plan [[spoiler: to leave the city with her?]] Or could it be possible that she has some hidden DeathSeeker tendencies? While the audience finds out he was being sincere [[spoiler: after his death.]] It might come off as strange that Ranko would so quickly [[spoiler: abandon Ton Toko-Ton and elope with a man after a single succesful date.]]
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AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Despite the fact that he was one of the most prominent antagonists of the show, the otaku debt collector ends killed offscreen with little fanfare at the end of the 9th episode by Nagi ([[YouHaveFailedMe after he failed to make the lion-themed maid café win the Lady Omoe competition after he rigged it]]) without even facing seriously the Ton Tokoton.]]

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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Despite the fact that he was one of the most prominent antagonists of the show, the otaku debt collector ends killed offscreen with little fanfare at the end of the 9th episode by Nagi ([[YouHaveFailedMe after he failed to make the lion-themed maid café win the Lady Omoe competition after he rigged it]]) without even facing seriously the Ton Tokoton.]]
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AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Despite the fact that he was one of the most prominent antagonists of the show, the otaku debt collector ends killed offscreen with little fanfare at the end of the 9th episode by Nagi ([[YouHaveFailedMe after he failed to make the lion-themed maid café win the Lady Omoe competition after he rigged it]]) without even facing seriously the Ton Tokoton.]]
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* CatharsisFactor: [[spoiler:After all the crap the Debt Collector's put Ton Tokoton, ''especially'' Manager through throughout the series, seeing him finally get what's coming to him, [[YouHaveFailedMe at the hands of his own boss no less]] in episode 9 is ''immensely'' satisfying.]]
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* DesignatedHero: With the exceptions of [[TheHeart Nagomi]] and [[HitmanWithAHeart Ranko]], the maids of Ton Tokoton are just as violent, bloodthirsty, and apathetic as any other maid in Akihabara--[[spoiler:Zoya, in particular, pulls a HeelFaceTurn while changing ''nothing'' about herself]].



* StrawmanHasAPoint: Sano, the representative of the Creatureland Group from episode 4, is portrayed as a SadistTeacher whose TrainingFromHell brainwashes the girls, and her EstablishingCharacterMoment is firing the Manager. That said, she points out when doing so that the Manager is a bad influence on the girls, and considering by this point that the Manager has tried to sell off both her maids ''and'' their organs to pay off her debt, Sano is entirely reasonable for pointing out that the Manager's unscrupulousness and poor judgment with money puts the girls in danger that could easily be avoided.



* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Nerula's death in the 6th episode stands out in what was a darkly comedic series before that happened. To put it into perspective, after giving information to the Ton Tokoton that Maidalien would attack them to start a war with Creatureland, she becomes a wanted fugitive after being labelled a traitor. When Nagomi and Ranko find her, she's also found by Manami and Miyabi, who engage in a fight with her and end fatally shooting Nerula before the sirens of the police force them to retreat just as she's about to take out the two Ton Tokoton maids in the same way. With her last breath, she tells Nagami to keep being a good maid, as [[DiedInYourArmsToday she dies in her arms]]. To make it worse, previously on the episode, she and Nagomi just made a yakuza-like sisterhood ritual to never break their friendship.]]

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* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Nerula's death in the 6th episode stands out in what was a darkly comedic series before that happened. To put it into perspective, after giving information to the Ton Tokoton that Maidalien would attack them to start a war with Creatureland, she becomes a wanted fugitive after being labelled a traitor. When Nagomi and Ranko find her, she's also found by Manami and Miyabi, who engage in a fight with her and end fatally shooting Nerula before the sirens of the police force them to retreat just as she's about to take out the two Ton Tokoton maids in the same way. With her last breath, she tells Nagami to keep being a good maid, as [[DiedInYourArmsToday she dies in her arms]]. To make it worse, previously on the episode, she and Nagomi just made a yakuza-like sisterhood ritual to never break their friendship.]]
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** [[spoiler:Nerula. [[DramaBomb Her death is portrayed as a genuinely serious]] TearJerker in a series that had otherwise been [[BlackComedy darkly parodic]] for most of its run, but it doesn't change the fact that she was a very minor character up until the episode where she meets her untimely end. Giving her more screentime to develop her and Nagomi's relationship would have made her death carry a lot more emotional weight, along with doing more to show that not all of Ton Tokoton's rivals are shallow villains.]]
** [[spoiler:Her boss, Manami, also gets this. As soon as she shows up, the plot shifts in a darker direction, making it seem like she's the BigBad--she's an [[TheDreaded insanely tough and feared]] AxCrazy BloodKnight who brings a baseball bat to gunfights and ''survives'', along with having hints of a shared backstory with Ranko. Her raid on Ton Tokoton ends in miserable failure, and she herself is defeated anticlimactically by [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands Nagomi's never-before-seen fighting powers]] and then double-crossed and killed by her much less entertaining bosses. All in all, keeping her around for longer would have allowed her to actually live up to the reputation that she's presented with.
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* SignatureScene: Ranko gunning down the entire rival cafe while being in sync to Yumechi's dance is well remembered and act as a signal for the show's tone.
* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Nerula's death in the 6th episode stands out in what was a darkly comedic series before that happened. To put it into perspective, after giving information to the Ton Tokoton that Maidalien would attack them to start a war with Creatureland, she becomes a wanted fugitive after being labelled a traitor. When Nagomi and Ranko find her, she's also found by Manami and her henchwoman, who engage in a fight with her and end fatally shooting Nerula before the sirens of the police force them to retreat just as she's about to take out the two Ton Tokoton maids in the same way. With her last breath, she tells Nagami to keep being a good maid, as [[DiedInYourArmsToday she dies in her arms]]. To make it worse, previously on the episode, she and Nagomi just made a yakuza-like sisterhood ritual to never break their friendship.]]

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* SignatureScene: Ranko gunning down the entire rival cafe staff of the Wuv-Wuv Moonbeam while being in sync to Yumechi's dance is well remembered and act as a signal for the show's tone.
* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Nerula's death in the 6th episode stands out in what was a darkly comedic series before that happened. To put it into perspective, after giving information to the Ton Tokoton that Maidalien would attack them to start a war with Creatureland, she becomes a wanted fugitive after being labelled a traitor. When Nagomi and Ranko find her, she's also found by Manami and her henchwoman, Miyabi, who engage in a fight with her and end fatally shooting Nerula before the sirens of the police force them to retreat just as she's about to take out the two Ton Tokoton maids in the same way. With her last breath, she tells Nagami to keep being a good maid, as [[DiedInYourArmsToday she dies in her arms]]. To make it worse, previously on the episode, she and Nagomi just made a yakuza-like sisterhood ritual to never break their friendship.]]
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* {{Moe}}: [[BlackComedy Despite everything,]] yes. It's most obvious with Nagomi, a formerly well-adjusted and normal girl who gets put through the wringer just because she wanted to work as a maid.
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*** This also muddies her murder of [[spoiler: Nerula.]] While it was cruel, the latter betray her own group so it wouldn't be too far off to punish her for that offense; on the other hand however it is also just as acceptable to have the offending party perform a {{Yubitsume}} and cutting off their pinkie's (or pigtails in this case) before getting disowned and Manami was just a cruel maid with a MurderIsTheBestSolution mentality.

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*** This also muddies her murder of [[spoiler: Nerula.]] While it was cruel, the latter betray betrayed her own group so it wouldn't be too far off to punish her for that offense; on the other hand however it is also just as acceptable to have the offending party perform a {{Yubitsume}} and cutting off their pinkie's (or pigtails in this case) before getting disowned and Manami was just a cruel maid with a MurderIsTheBestSolution mentality.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some fans have begun to think that the Manager might possibly enjoy the abuse she is made to endure. In episode 3, she lets Dateno Taira put her cigarette on her bare hands even though an ash tray is clearly behind her, and shoves a hot cup of tea down her pants when called to the stage. Later, she strips naked despite not being asked, “to show her sincerity”.

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Some fans have begun to think that the Manager might possibly enjoy the abuse she is made to endure. In episode 3, she lets Dateno Taira put her cigarette on her bare hands even though an ash tray is clearly behind her, and shoves a hot cup of tea down her pants when called to the stage. Later, she strips naked despite not being asked, “to show her sincerity”.
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*** This also muddies her murder of [[spoiler: Nerula.]] While it was cruel, the latter betray her own group so it wouldn't be too far off to punish her for that offense; on the other hand however it is also just as acceptable to have the offending party perform a {{Yubitsume}} and cutting off their pinkie's (or pigtails in this case) before getting disowned and Manami was just a cruel maid with a MurderIsTheOnlySolution mentality.

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*** This also muddies her murder of [[spoiler: Nerula.]] While it was cruel, the latter betray her own group so it wouldn't be too far off to punish her for that offense; on the other hand however it is also just as acceptable to have the offending party perform a {{Yubitsume}} and cutting off their pinkie's (or pigtails in this case) before getting disowned and Manami was just a cruel maid with a MurderIsTheOnlySolution MurderIsTheBestSolution mentality.

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** Was Manami entirely wrong in her MightMakesRight mentality? There is no doubt that she is violent and that [[spoiler: her death was her own fault.]] However her desire to destroy Ton Tokoton stems from showing avenging her murdered gang, [[spoiler: it is heavily implied from the merger that Maidalien get a tough break and were dissolved for bending the knee to the Creatureland group.]]

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** Was Manami entirely wrong in her MightMakesRight mentality? There is no doubt that she is violent and that [[spoiler: her death was her own fault.]] However her desire to destroy Ton Tokoton stems from showing avenging her murdered gang, gang. [[spoiler: After her death it is heavily implied from the merger contract that Maidalien get got a tough break very poor deal and were dissolved for bending after the knee merge to the Creatureland group.]]]]
*** This also muddies her murder of [[spoiler: Nerula.]] While it was cruel, the latter betray her own group so it wouldn't be too far off to punish her for that offense; on the other hand however it is also just as acceptable to have the offending party perform a {{Yubitsume}} and cutting off their pinkie's (or pigtails in this case) before getting disowned and Manami was just a cruel maid with a MurderIsTheOnlySolution mentality.
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** Manami's action might be subjected to this after [[spoiler: her death:]]

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** Manami's action might be subjected to this after Was Manami entirely wrong in her MightMakesRight mentality? There is no doubt that she is violent and that [[spoiler: her death:]] death was her own fault.]] However her desire to destroy Ton Tokoton stems from showing avenging her murdered gang, [[spoiler: it is heavily implied from the merger that Maidalien get a tough break and were dissolved for bending the knee to the Creatureland group.]]
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** Manami's action might be subjected to this after [[spoiler: her death:]]
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some fans have begun to think that the Manager might possibly enjoy the abuse she is made to endure. In episode 3, she lets Dateno Taira put her cigarette on her bare hands even though an ash tray is clearly behind her. Later, she strips naked despite not being asked, “to show her sincerity”.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some fans have begun to think that the Manager might possibly enjoy the abuse she is made to endure. In episode 3, she lets Dateno Taira put her cigarette on her bare hands even though an ash tray is clearly behind her.her, and shoves a hot cup of tea down her pants when called to the stage. Later, she strips naked despite not being asked, “to show her sincerity”.
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* NightmareFuel: In between all of the BlackComedy of the violence is the harsh reality that it's still teens and young adults explicitly murdering each other rather violently, often with some of the victims horrified and left in pools of their own blood or worse. All by taking a commercial business and exaggerating it into straight up {{Yakuza}} wars. Best exemplified by the eding f episode 6.

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* NightmareFuel: In between all of the BlackComedy of the violence is the harsh reality that it's still teens and young adults explicitly murdering each other rather violently, often with some of the victims horrified and left in pools of their own blood or worse. All by taking a commercial business and exaggerating it into straight up {{Yakuza}} wars. Best exemplified by the eding f ending of episode 6.
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* NightmareFuel: In between all of the BlackComedy of the violence is the harsh reality that it's still teens and young adults explicitly murdering each other rather violently, often with some of the victims horrified and left in pools of their own blood or worse. All by taking a commercial business and exaggerating it into straight up {{Yakuza}} wars.

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* NightmareFuel: In between all of the BlackComedy of the violence is the harsh reality that it's still teens and young adults explicitly murdering each other rather violently, often with some of the victims horrified and left in pools of their own blood or worse. All by taking a commercial business and exaggerating it into straight up {{Yakuza}} wars. Best exemplified by the eding f episode 6.
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* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Nerula's death in the 6th episode stands out in what was a darkly comedic series before that happened. To put it into perspective, after giving information to the Ton Tokoton that Maidalien would attack them to start a war with Creatureland, she becomes a wanted fugitive after being labelled a traitor. When Nagomi and Ranko find her, she's also found by Manami and her henchwoman, who engage in a fight with her and end fatally shooting Nerula before the sirens of the police force them to retreat. With her last breath, she tells Nagami to keep being a good maid, as [[DiedInYourArmsToday she dies in her arms]]. To make it worse, previously on the episode, she and Nagomi just made a yakuza-like sisterhood ritual to never break their friendship.]]

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* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Nerula's death in the 6th episode stands out in what was a darkly comedic series before that happened. To put it into perspective, after giving information to the Ton Tokoton that Maidalien would attack them to start a war with Creatureland, she becomes a wanted fugitive after being labelled a traitor. When Nagomi and Ranko find her, she's also found by Manami and her henchwoman, who engage in a fight with her and end fatally shooting Nerula before the sirens of the police force them to retreat.retreat just as she's about to take out the two Ton Tokoton maids in the same way. With her last breath, she tells Nagami to keep being a good maid, as [[DiedInYourArmsToday she dies in her arms]]. To make it worse, previously on the episode, she and Nagomi just made a yakuza-like sisterhood ritual to never break their friendship.]]
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* SignatureScene: Ranko gunning down the entire rival cafe while being in sync to Yumechi's dance is well remembered and act as a signal for the show's tone.

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* SignatureScene: Ranko gunning down the entire rival cafe while being in sync to Yumechi's dance is well remembered and act as a signal for the show's tone.tone.
* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Nerula's death in the 6th episode stands out in what was a darkly comedic series before that happened. To put it into perspective, after giving information to the Ton Tokoton that Maidalien would attack them to start a war with Creatureland, she becomes a wanted fugitive after being labelled a traitor. When Nagomi and Ranko find her, she's also found by Manami and her henchwoman, who engage in a fight with her and end fatally shooting Nerula before the sirens of the police force them to retreat. With her last breath, she tells Nagami to keep being a good maid, as [[DiedInYourArmsToday she dies in her arms]]. To make it worse, previously on the episode, she and Nagomi just made a yakuza-like sisterhood ritual to never break their friendship.]]

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** Some fans have begun to think that the Manager might possibly enjoy the abuse she is made to endure. In episode 3, she lets Dateno Taira put her cigarette on her bare hands even though an ash tray is clearly behind her. Later, she strips naked despite not being asked, “to show her sincerity”.

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AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some fans have begun to think that the Manager might possibly enjoy the abuse she is made to endure. In episode 3, she lets Dateno Taira put her cigarette on her bare hands even though an ash tray is clearly behind her. Later, she strips naked despite not being asked, “to show her sincerity”.
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* NightmareFuel: In between all of the BlackComedy of the violence is the harsh reality that it's still teens and young adults explicitly murdering each other rather violently, often with some of the victims horrified and left in pools of their own blood or worse. All by taking a commercial business and exaggerating it into straight up {{Yakuza}} wars.
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**Some fans have begun to think that the Manager might possibly enjoy the abuse she is made to endure. In episode 3, she lets Dateno Taira put her cigarette on her bare hands even though an ash tray is clearly behind her. Later, she strips naked despite not being asked, “to show her sincerity”.
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* SignatureScene: Ranko gunning down the entire rival cafe which is well remembered and act as a signal for the show's tone.

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* SignatureScene: Ranko gunning down the entire rival cafe which while being in sync to Yumechi's dance is well remembered and act as a signal for the show's tone.
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* ShockingMoments: One could be forgiven thinking this show might just be another case of "cute girls doing cute things". But the first scene is literally a maid getting gunned down. And if you make it through that, the ending for the first episode has Ranko casually kill other maids from a rival cafe to drive home the point that this show is actually gunning for a DarkerAndEdgier story.
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