History YMMV / Speedgrapher

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much any villain the show tries to make sympathetic, simply because of [[MoralEventHorizon how ''far'' they go,]] how many of their crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little(if any) remorse they show for said crimes, and how their reasons for their actions come off as utter Wangst, especially in proportion to their deeds. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murders men who owed him as little as ten yen (granted, that's probably because his {{Masquerade}} forces him to act EvilIsPetty for the Roppongi Club), and uses Kagura as a semi-SexSlave [[note]]While he does invoke EvenEvilHasStandards against making her have sex, he still forces her to have make-out sessions -- albeit as a NecessaryEvil to create more Euphorics.[[/note]] in his club. Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband ran out on her when she was pregnant, and she, while still absolutely ''gorgeous'' is very, very slowly losing her looks, despite the fact that she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter and worst of all, lets Suitengu use her as a semi-SexSlave. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she gives Kagura back to her abusers, then abducts and ''rapes'' Saiga. [[UnfortunateImplications The show actually tries to portray her as a JerkassWoobie ''during'' her rape of Saiga.]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much any villain the show tries to make sympathetic, simply because of [[MoralEventHorizon how ''far'' they go,]] how many of their crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little(if any) remorse they show for said crimes, and how their reasons for their actions come off as utter Wangst, especially in proportion to their deeds. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murders men who owed him as little as ten yen, and uses Kagura as a SexSlave in his club. Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband ran out on her when she was pregnant, and she, while still absolutely ''gorgeous'' is very, very slowly losing her looks, despite the fact that she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter and worst of all, lets Suitengu use her as a SexSlave. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she gives Kagura back to her abusers, then abducts and ''rapes'' Saiga. [[UnfortunateImplications The show actually tries to portray her as a JerkassWoobie ''during'' her rape of Saiga.]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much any villain the show tries to make sympathetic, simply because of [[DisproportionateRetribution how ''far'' they go,]] how many of their crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little(if any) remorse they show, and how their reasons for their actions come off as utter Wangst, especially in proportion to their deeds. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murders men who owed him as little as ten yen, and using Kagura as a SexSlave in his club. Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband ran out on her when she was pregnant, and she, while still absolutely ''gorgeous'' is slowly crawling towards an undesirable age, despite the fact that she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter and worst of all, lets Suitengu use her as a SexSlave. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she gives Kagura back to her abusers, and abducts and ''rapes'' Saiga. [[UnfortunateImplications The show actually tries to portray her as a JerkassWoobie ''during'' her rape of Saiga.]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much any villain the show tries to make sympathetic, simply because of [[DisproportionateRetribution how ''far'' they go,]] how many of their crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little(if any) remorse they show, and how their reasons for their actions come off as utter Wangst, especially in proportion to their deeds. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murders men who owed him as little as ten yen, and using Kagura as a SexSlave in his club. Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband ran out on her when she was pregnant, and she, while still absolutely ''gorgeous'' is slowly crawling towards an undesirable age, despite the fact that she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter and worst of all, lets Suitengu use her as a SexSlave. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she abducts and ''rapes'' him and the show actually tries to portray her as a JerkassWoobie ''during'' her rape of Saiga.

* FetishFuel: Invoked. This is the series where your fetishes give you ''superpowers''. And it's ''not'' hentai.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much any villain the show tries to make sympathetic, simply because of [[DisproportionateRetribution how ''far'' they go,]] how many of their crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little(if any) remorse they show, and how their reasons for their actions come off as utter Wangst, especially in proportion to their deeds. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murders men who owed him as little as ten yen, and using Kagura as a SexSlave in his club. Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband ran out on her when she was pregnant, and she, while still absolutely ''gorgeous'' is slowly crawling towards an undesirable age, despite the fact that she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter and worst of all, lets Suitengu use her as a SexSlave. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she abducts and ''rapes'' him and [[UnfortunateImplications the show actually tries to portray her as a JerkassWoobie ''during'' her rape of Saiga.]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much any villain the show tries to make sympathetic, simply because of [[DisproportionateRetribution how ''far'' they go,]] how many of their crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little(if any) remorse they show, and how their reasons for their actions come off as utter Wangst, especially in proportion to their deeds. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murders men who owed him as little as ten yen, even after ''receiving'' it(albeit less than a minute late) and using Kagura as a SexSlave in his club. Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband ran out on her when she was pregnant, and she, while still absolutely ''gorgeous'' is slowly crawling towards an undesirable age, despite the fact that she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter and worst of all, lets Suitengu use her as a SexSlave. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she abducts and ''rapes'' him and [[UnfortunateImplications the show actually tries to portray her as a JerkassWoobie ''during'' her rape of Saiga.]]

** Hibari Ginza when introduced, was a pretty dark CowboyCop who had a habit of "self-defensing"(killing the second lethal intent is shown even if there's no chance that she'd be harmed by using non-lethal methods) every violent criminal she came across and tried to blackmail Saiga into sleeping with her. Disturbing stuff overall, but made less cringeworthy as it could've been given the deaths were played for dark laughs,([[AssholeVictim and they all were REAL nasty individuals]]) and Saiga wasn't especially bothered by her blackmail and got the better of her anyway. However... as she comes closer to finding out the truth, she shows an unhealthy obsession with Saiga and eventually trades Kagura to her abusive mother in return for "keeping" him. She then proceeds to hit him with her car, rape him while he's unconscious while questioning why "she's not good enough for him",([[SarcasmMode How her plight tugs at the heartstrings...]]) and lock him up until he decides to be with her. Later on, the show attempted a HeelRealization, but most would say it was just a ''little'' too late for her to realize her treatment of an innocent girl and of course her little rape session was wrong.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much every villain the show tries to make even remotely sympatheitc, simply because of [[DisproportionateRetribution ''far'' they go,]] how their worst crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little(as in zero) remorse they show, and how their reasons for their actions tend to come off as utter Wangst. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murders men who owed him as little as ten yen, even after ''receiving'' it(albeit less than a minute late) and again, he uses Kagura as a SexSlave in his club. Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband ran out on her when she was pregnant, and she, while still absolutely ''gorgeous'' is slowly crawling towards an undesirable age, despite the fact that she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter and worst of all, effectively makes her a SexSlave. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she abducts and ''rapes'' him. [[UnfortunateImplications The show actually tries to portray her as a JerkassWoobie ''during'' her rape of Saiga.]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much every villain the show tries to make even remotely sympatheitc, simply because of [[DisproportionateRetribution ''far'' they go,]] how their worst crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little(as in zero) remorse they show, and how their reasons for their actions tend to come off as utter Wangst. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murders men who owed him as little as ten yen, even after ''receiving'' it(albeit less than a minute late) and again, he uses Kagura as a SexSlave in his club. Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband ran out on her when she was pregnant, and she, while still absolutely ''gorgeous'' is slowly crawling towards an undesirable age, despite the fact that she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter and worst of all, effectively makes her a SexSlave. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she abducts and ''rapes'' him. [[UnfortuanteImplications The show actually tries to portray her as a JerkassWoobie ''during'' her rape of Saiga.]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much every villain the show tries to make even remotely sympatheitc, simply because of [[DisproportionateRetribution ''far'' they go,]] how their worst crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little(as in zero) remorse they show, and how their reasons for their actions tend to come off as utter Wangst. Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband died years ago and she, while still ''gorgeous'' is slowly crawling towards an undesirable age, despite the fact that she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter and worst of all, effectively makes her a SexSlave. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murders men who owed him as little as ten yen, even after ''receiving'' it(albeit less than a minute late) and again, he uses Kagura as a SexSlave in his club. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she abducts and ''rapes'' him. The show actually tries to portray her as a JerkassWoobie ''during'' her rape of Saiga.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much every villain the show tries to make even remotely sympatheitc, simply because of [[DispropotionateRetribution ''far'' they go,]] how their worst crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little(as in zero) remorse they show, and how their reasons for their actions tend to come off as utter Wangst. Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband died years ago and she, while still ''gorgeous'' is slowly crawling towards an undesirable age, despite the fact that she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter and worst of all, effectively makes her a SexSlave. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murders men who owed him as little as ten yen, even after ''receiving'' it(albeit less than a minute late) and again, he uses Kagura as a SexSlave in his club. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she abducts and ''rapes'' him. The show actually tries to portray her as a JerkassWoobie ''during'' her rape of Saiga.

** Hibari Ginza when introduced, was a pretty dark CowboyCop who had a habit of "self-defensing"(killing the second lethal intent is shown even if there's no chance that she'd be harmed by using non-lethal methods) every violent criminal she came across and tried to blackmail Saiga into sleeping with her. So pretty disturbing stuff overall, but made less cringeworthy as it could've been given the deaths were played for dark laughs,([[AssholeVictim and they all were REAL nasty individuals]]) and Saiga wasn't especially bothered by her blackmail and got the better of her anyway. As she comes closer to finding out the truth, however, she shows an unhealthy obsession with Saiga and eventually trades Kagura to her abusive mother in return for "keeping" him. She then proceeds to hit him with her car, rape him while he's unconscious while questioning why "she's not good enough for him",([[SarcasmMode How her plight tugs at the heartstrings...]]) and lock him up until he decides to be with her. Later on, the show attempted a HeelRealization, but most would say it was just a ''little'' too late for her to realize her treatment of an innocent girl and of course her little rape session was wrong.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much every villain the show tries to make even remotely sympatheitc, simply because of [[DispropotionateRetribution ''far'' they go,]] how their worst crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little(as in zero) remorse they show, and how their reasons for their actions tend to come off as utter Wangst. Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband died years ago and she, while still ''gorgeous'' is slowly crawling towards an undesirable age, despite the fact that she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter and worst of all, effectively makes her a SexSlave. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murders men who owed him as little as ten yen, even after ''receiving'' it(albeit less than a minute late) and again, he uses Kagura as a SexSlave in his club.
Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she abducts and ''rapes'' him. The show actually tries to portray her as a JerkassWoobie ''during'' her rape of Saiga.

** Hibari Ginza when introduced, was a pretty dark CowboyCop who had a habit of "self-defensing"(killing the second lethal intent is shown even if there's no chance that she'd be harmed by using non-lethal methods) every violent criminal she came across and tried to blackmail Saiga into sleeping with her. So pretty disturbing stuff overall, but made less cringeworthy as it could've been given the deaths were played for dark laughs,([[AssholeVictim and they all were REAL nasty individuals]]) and Saiga wasn't especially bothered by her blackmail and got the better of her anyway. As she comes closer to finding out the truth, however, she shows an unhealthy obsession with Saiga and eventually trades Kagura to her abusive mother in return for "keeping" him. She then proceeds to hit him with her car, rape him while he's unconscious for what's implied to be ''days'' all while questioning why "she's not good enough for him",([[SarcasmMode How her plight tugs at the heartstrings...]]) and lock him up until he decides to be with her. Later on, the show attempted a HeelRealization, but most would say it was just a ''little'' too late for her to realize her treatment of an innocent girl and of course her nightly fucking rape sessions were wrong.

** Suitengu as well after his origin story has been revealed and elaborated upon. In which case, he'd probably be more of a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.

** JerkassWoobie: Ginza, near the end of the series.
** Suitengu as well after his origin story has been revealed and elaborated upon. In which case, he'd probably be more of a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.

* BrainBleach: Invest in some heavy duty stuff before watching this, particularly Episodes 7 and 8. You have been warned.

* BrainBleach: Invest in some heavy duty stuff before watching this, particularly Episode 8. You have been warned.

** Mizunokuchi is a [[DepravedDentist sadistic dentist]] who, as a Euphoric, is granted a multitude of spider-like limbs that he can turn into drills. In the past, Mizunokuchi operated on heroine Kagura when she was due for dental surgery, removing her lower molars while she was still conscious so he could feel her pain. In the present, the dentist takes pleasure in outright tying patients down and simply [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing them to deat]]h by drilling through their mouths. He even takes disturbing trophies of the teeth that he carves and polishes afterwards.

* NightmareFuel: LOTS of it. An example? Anyone afraid of going to the dentist should probably avoid watching episode 8.

*** Or you could be one of the many who was annoyed that FUNimation was unable to use Duran Duran's "Girls on Film" like in the original Japanese version.

* CompleteMonster: ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'', while dark, has these:

* CompleteMonster: * ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'', while dark, has these:

* CompleteMonster: ''{{Anime/Speed Grapher}}'' is a dark series but a number of monsters stand out.
** [[DirtyCop Chief Ekoda]] is the head of the Tokyo Police Department, who hides a secret fetish: He has a thing for legs. In fact, while a member of Suitengu's Roppongi Club, Ekoda took the chance to satisfy his feitshes by kidnapping women, holding them hostage and then cutting their legs off before preserving them as trophies, molesting and killing the women himself. His first two victims were his own wife and daughter. Later in the series, Ekoda kidnaps [[DarkActionGirl Ginza Hibari]] and tries to do the same to her before she frees herself. Ekoda is set apart by being a completely human monster and his insane excesses make even the hardened Ginza [[HeelRealization reevaluate everything she had done to this point.]]
** Mizunokuchi is a [[DepravedDentist sadistic dentist]] who, as a Euphoric, is granted a multitude of spider-like limbs that he can turn into drills. In the past, Mizunokuchi operated on heroine Kagura when she was due for dental surgery, removing her lower molars while she was still conscious so he could feel her pain. In the present, the dentist takes pleasure in outright tying patients down and simply torturing them to death by drilling through their mouths. He even takes disturbing trophies of the teeth that he carves and polishes afterwards.
** Ran Yurigaoka is an esthetician with a thing for tattoos and body art. With his Euphoric powers, he can make his tattoos come to life. Yurigaoka uses them to control other people, playing them as PeoplePuppets for his amusement. His real joy, though, is the GiantSpider tattoo on his back. Yurigaoka uses his fame to find women and uses his powers to give them pleasure, before he paralyzes them by merging the spider with their skin. After this, he has it kill them while they're alive and conscious, but paralyzed the entire time.
** Kamiya is a CorruptPolitician who becomes Japan's Prime Minister and schemes to take possession of the Roppongi Club, which caters to every fetish and predilection of the upper classes, away from BigBad AntiVillain Suitengu, while also gaining control of Kagura for his own purposes. A [[VillainousGlutton glutton whose power is to devour anything,]] before he even achieved these powers, he once [[DrivenToSuicide drove a couple to suicide over a huge debt,]] and then took their children to compensate. The son he sold as a child soldier who would one day become Suitengu. The girl, who was only five, he sold as a SexSlave to be abused and debauched until she was an EmptyShell years later, knowing only how to please men and request money for it.

* CompleteMonster: ''{{Anime/Speed Grapher}}'' is a dark series but a number of monsters stand out.
** [[DirtyCop Chief Ekoda]] is the head of the Tokyo Police Department, who hides a secret fetish: He has a thing for legs. In fact, while a member of Suitengu's Roppongi Club, Ekoda took the chance to satisfy his feitshes by kidnapping women, holding them hostage and then cutting their legs off before preserving them as trophies, molesting and killing the women himself. His first two victims were his own wife and daughter. Later in the series, Ekoda kidnaps [[DarkActionGirl Ginza Hibari]] and tries to do the same to her before she frees herself. Ekoda is set apart by being a completely human monster and his insane excesses make even the hardened Ginza [[HeelRealization reevaluate everything she had done to this point.]]
** Mizunokuchi is a [[DepravedDentist sadistic dentist]] who, as a Euphoric, is granted a multitude of spider-like limbs that he can turn into drills. In the past, Mizunokuchi operated on heroine Kagura when she was due for dental surgery, removing her lower molars while she was still conscious so he could feel her pain. In the present, the dentist takes pleasure in outright tying patients down and simply torturing them to death by drilling through their mouths. He even takes disturbing trophies of the teeth that he carves and polishes afterwards.
** Ran Yurigaoka is an esthetician with a thing for tattoos and body art. With his Euphoric powers, he can make his tattoos come to life. Yurigaoka uses them to control other people, playing them as PeoplePuppets for his amusement. His real joy, though, is the GiantSpider tattoo on his back. Yurigaoka uses his fame to find women and uses his powers to give them pleasure, before he paralyzes them by merging the spider with their skin. After this, he has it kill them while they're alive and conscious, but paralyzed the entire time.
** Kamiya is a CorruptPolitician who becomes Japan's Prime Minister and schemes to take possession of the Roppongi Club, which caters to every fetish and predilection of the upper classes, away from BigBad AntiVillain Suitengu, while also gaining control of Kagura for his own purposes. A [[VillainousGlutton glutton whose power is to devour anything,]] before he even achieved these powers, he once [[DrivenToSuicide drove a couple to suicide over a huge debt,]] and then took their children to compensate. The son he sold as a child soldier who would one day become Suitengu. The girl, who was only five, he sold as a SexSlave to be abused and debauched until she was an EmptyShell years later, knowing only how to please men and request money for it.

** Hibari Ginza when introduced, was a pretty dark CowboyCop who had a habit of "self-defensing"(killing the second lethal intent is shown even if there's no chance that she'd be harmed by using non-lethal methods) every violent criminal she came across and tried to blackmail Saiga into sleeping with her. So pretty disturbing stuff overall, but made less cringeworthy as it could've been given the deaths were played for dark laughs,([[AssholeVictim and they all were REAL nasty individuals]]) and Saiga wasn't especially bothered by her blackmail and got the better of her anyway. As she comes closer to finding out the truth, however, she shows an unhealthy obsession with Saiga and eventually trades Kagura to her abusive mother in return for "keeping" him. She then proceeds to hit him with her car, rape him while he's unconscious for what's implied to be ''days'' all while questioning why "she's not good enough for him",([[SarcasmMode How her plight tugs at the heartstrings...]]) and lock him up until he decides to be with her. Later on, the show attempted a HeelRealization, but most would say it was just a ''little'' too late for her to realize her treatment of an innocent girl and the nightly rape sessions were wrong.

** Hibari Ginza when introduced, was a pretty dark CowboyCop who had a habit of "self-defensing"(killing the second lethal intent is shown even if there's no chance that she'd be harmed by using non-lethal methods) every violent criminal she came across and tried to blackmail Saiga into sleeping with her. So pretty disturbing stuff overall, but made less cringeworthy as it could've been given the deaths were played for dark laughs,([[AssholeVictimand they all were REAL nasty individuals]]) and Saiga wasn't especially bothered by her blackmail and got the better of her anyway. As she comes closer to finding out the truth, however, she shows an unhealthy obsession with Saiga and eventually trades Kagura to her abusive mother in return for "keeping" him. She then proceeds to hit him with her car, rape him while he's unconscious for what's implied to be ''days'' all while questioning why "she's not good enough for him",([[SarcasmModeHow her plight tugs at the heartstrings...]]) and lock him up until he decides to be with her. Later on, the show attempted a HeelRealization, but most would say it was just a ''little'' too late for her to realize her treatment of an innocent girl and the nightly rape sessions were wrong.

** Hibari Ginza when introduced, was a pretty dark CowboyCop who had a habit of "self-defensing"(killing the second lethal intent is shown even if there's no chance that she'd be harmed by using non-lethal methods) every violent criminal she came across and tried to blackmail Saiga into sleeping with her. So pretty disturbing stuff overall, but made less cringeworthy as it could've been given the deaths were played for dark laughs,([[AssholeVictimand they all were REAL nasty individuals]]) and Saiga wasn't especially bothered by her blackmail and got the better of her anyway. As she comes closer to finding out the truth, however, she shows an unhealthy obsession with Saiga and eventually trades Kagura to her abusive mother in return for "keeping" him. She then proceeds to hit him with her car, rape him while he's unconscious for what's implied to be ''days'' [[DarthWiki//Wangst"all while questioning why she's not good enough for him",]] and lock him up until he decides to be with her. Later on, the show attempted a HeelRealization, but most would say it was just a ''little'' too late for her to realize her nightly rape sessions were wrong.

** Hibari Ginza when introduced, was a pretty dark CowboyCop who had a habit of "self-defensing"(killing the second lethal intent is shown even if there's no chance that she'd be harmed by using non-lethal methods) every violent criminal she came across and tried to blackmail Saiga into sleeping with her. So pretty disturbing stuff overall, but made less cringeworthy as it could've been given the deaths were played for dark laughs,([[AssholeVictimand they all were REAL nasty individuals]]) and Saiga wasn't especially bothered by her blackmail and got the better of her anyway. As she comes closer to finding out the truth, however, she shows an unhealthy obsession with Saiga and eventually trades Kagura to her abusive mother in return for "keeping" him. She then proceeds to hit him with her car, rape him while he's unconscious for what's implied to be ''days'' [[Wangst"all while questioning why she's not good enough for him",]] and lock him up until he decides to be with her. Later on, the show attempted a HeelRealization, but most would say it was just a ''little'' too late for her to realize her nightly rape sessions were wrong.

** Hibari Ginza when introduced, was a pretty dark CowboyCop who had a habit of "self-defensing"(killing the second lethal intent is shown even if there's no chance that she'd be harmed by using non-lethal methods) every violent criminal she came across and tried to blackmail Saiga into sleeping with her. So pretty disturbing stuff overall, but made less cringeworthy as it could've been given the deaths were played for dark laughs,([[AssholeVictimand they all were REAL nasty individuals]]) and Saiga wasn't especially bothered by her blackmail and got the better of her anyway. As she comes closer to finding out the truth, however, she shows an unhealthy obsession with Saiga and eventually trades Kagura to her abusive mother in return for "keeping" him. She then proceeds to hit him with her car, rape him while he's unconscious for what's implied to be ''days'' [[Wangst "all while questioning why she's not good enough for him",]] and lock him up until he decides to be with her. Later on, the show attempted a HeelRealization, but most would say it was just a ''little'' too late for her to realize her nightly rape sessions were wrong.

** Hibari Ginza when introduced, was a pretty dark CowboyCop who had a habit of "self-defensing"(killing the second lethal intent is shown even if there's no chance that she'd be harmed by using non-lethal methods) every violent criminal she came across and tried to blackmail Saiga into sleeping with her. So pretty disturbing stuff overall, but made less cringeworthy as it could've been given the deaths were played for dark laughs, and Saiga wasn't especially bothered by her blackmail and got the better of her anyway. As she comes closer to finding out the truth, however, she shows an unhealthy obsession with Saiga and eventually trades Kagura to her abusive mother in return for "keeping" him. She then proceeds to hit him with her car, rape him while he's unconscious for what's implied to be ''days'' all while questioning why she's not good enough for him, and lock him up until he decides to be with her. Later on, the show attempted a HeelRealization, but most would say it was just a ''little'' too late for her to realize her nightly rape sessions were wrong.