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| 8 | While Moguro and the Bartender are the only consistently-recurring characters in the show, Moguro works with many different clients with different stories. |
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| 12 | !!Main Cast |
| 13 | [[folder: Fukuzou Moguro]] |
| 14 | [[quoteright:262:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/moguro.png]] |
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| 16 | ->Voiced by: Creator/ToruOhira (original), Creator/TesshoGenda (''NEW'') |
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| 18 | A constantly smiling salesman who's job is to help people out with any desire they want. |
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| 20 | * ADayInTheLimelight: While he's still not their outright protagonist, the double-length SP episodes have more time to dip into how he gets around, scouts clients, and performs the actions needed to make their desires come true (a lot of it involves mundane negotiations or coercion rather than pointing his finger). |
| 21 | * 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? |
| 22 | * {{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. |
| 23 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: In ''NEW'', he's a little bit less cruel. |
| 24 | * AffablyEvil: He's always cheerful and friendly, even when he's screwing his clients over. |
| 25 | * 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... |
| 26 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: He's been involved in car theft, public urination, insider trading, food poisoning, prostitution, embezzlement, counterfeiting, and dine-and-dashing. |
| 27 | * BadSamaritan: He approaches people under the guise of helping them, but whoever accepts his help quickly regrets it. |
| 28 | * 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. |
| 29 | * 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. |
| 30 | * 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. |
| 31 | * 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. |
| 32 | * BitingTheHandHumor: In one episode, he sarcastically praises his creators as artists comparable to Vincent van Gogh. |
| 33 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[invoked]][[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. |
| 34 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Moguro seems to have the power to do this to his clients. |
| 35 | * ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: Sometimes he appears as eyes and ''[[CheshireCatGrin that]]'' '''''[[CheshireCatGrin smile]]''''' before stepping out of the dark. |
| 36 | * CheshireCatGrin: He is [[PerpetualSmiler always smiling]] that unnatural smile that shows his full set of chompers. |
| 37 | * TheCorrupter: Most of the time he's willing to simply put all the pieces in place and let the chips fall, but occasionally (such as in episode 43) he'll actively influence people to screw themselves over. |
| 38 | * 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. |
| 39 | * DemonicPossession: The seventh TV special shows that Moguro can do this through a special shadow technique. In the special, he controlled an alligator by becoming its shadow. |
| 40 | * DidNotSeeThatComing: Claims that he didn't expect the kleptomaniac high school girl he was helping in "Pitfalls of Blackmail" to be an [[spoiler:extortionist gang leader]], though his tone as he says such has a tinge of sarcasm in it. |
| 41 | * 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. |
| 42 | * 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. |
| 43 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Moguro's skin is notably several shades lighter than most other characters. |
| 44 | * EnemyEatsYourLunch: Part of his trolling nature, he takes pleasure in eating his client's food. |
| 45 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 46 | ** 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. |
| 47 | ** When a famous client asks for the use of a fixer to cover up his fling with a married woman, Moguro's price is that he cherish the wife who remained loyally in love with him despite the client's numerous affairs, saying he won't see such a good woman denigrated. The client then falls so hard for a woman that he divorces his wife for her without hesitation when the lady asks him to. And he pays for it. |
| 48 | * EveryoneHasStandards: He might like drinking to schmooze with clients or to simply relax, but he'll go out of his way to punish alcoholics and addicts in general. |
| 49 | * EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He finds humor in what most people would think is tragic. |
| 50 | * EvilLaugh: They don't call him "The Laughing Salesman" for nothing. |
| 51 | * EvilSoundsDeep: But only when voiced by Creator/ToruOhira. By contrast, Creator/TesshoGenda gives a more whimsical performance with a higher, but still masculine, pitch. |
| 52 | * ExactWords: His clients ''do'' have the problems they come to him about solved. If it's not the way they expected or there are further consequences, that's ''their'' problem, particularly if they ignore his warnings. |
| 53 | * FaceFramedInShadow: Distressingly, even when he isn't wearing his hat. |
| 54 | * TheFairFolk: Capricous, mysterious, and offering services which bind people into agreements that have severe consequences for breaking them--or even following through with them. |
| 55 | * 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. |
| 56 | * FatBastard: He's portly, plump and more than willing to casually laugh at the lives he has gleefully ruined. |
| 57 | * GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Moguro occasionally does this. You do NOT want this to happen, since chances are that he is pissed at you. |
| 58 | * AGlassOfChianti: After the first season, he forgoes whiskey and beer in favour of drinking red wine to visually stress his sinister image even more. |
| 59 | * HumanoidAbomination: He's something. But it's most assuredly not human. |
| 60 | ** 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!]] |
| 61 | ** 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... |
| 62 | * TheHyena: Downplayed. He isn't LaughingMad or a GigglingVillain, but he can and will laugh at any situation. |
| 63 | * ILied: If he's not bending the truth to further his goals, he's not saying it at all. |
| 64 | * 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. |
| 65 | * {{Irony}}: The 8th episode begins with Moguro in a Catholic church praying for the well-being of all humans. Seeing how he treats humans... |
| 66 | * ItAmusedMe: His driving motivation in whatever he does. He 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. |
| 67 | * IWarnedYou: Bad things will happen if you break a promise to him or do not heed his warnings... not that anyone actually listens... |
| 68 | * 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. |
| 69 | * JackOfAllTrades: One episode described himself as one. Given everything he can do... |
| 70 | * 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"... |
| 71 | * KarmaHoudini: He always gets away with screwing over his customers and never suffers any consequences. |
| 72 | * KickTheDog: He just loves doing this to all of his customers regardless of who they are. |
| 73 | * TheKindnapper: He has a very nice treehouse in the forest, and if you're a slave to routine he may just drag you there. No, no, not for anything creepy. Just to get you back to nature. Though he may also get you bombed out on mushrooms. |
| 74 | * KubrickStare: Depending on the position of his head, Moguro is prone to this trope at times. |
| 75 | * 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. |
| 76 | * 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. |
| 77 | * 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. |
| 78 | * 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. |
| 79 | * MeaningfulName: His name can be translated to "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Mourning, Fortune and Misfortune]]". |
| 80 | * MeetCute: An actual chance meeting with Moguro is incredibly rare as he thoroughly researches his clients and manipulates events to evoke this trope. |
| 81 | * 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. |
| 82 | * 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.]] |
| 83 | * MyCard: He will almost always without fail give his intended victim his business card, which reads, "Moguro Fukuzou. 'I will fill your empty soul'." |
| 84 | * 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. |
| 85 | * 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! |
| 86 | * 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. |
| 87 | * 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. |
| 88 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He tends to get very close to his clients' faces, which creeps them out. He also tends to break MaleRestroomEtiquette by initiating conversation while at a urinal, which further shows his lack of respect for boundaries. |
| 89 | * NonstandardCharacterDesign: Even within the cartoonish Fujiko 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. |
| 90 | * 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. |
| 91 | * TheOathbreaker: It's one thing for some people to enter a deal with Moguro and misunderstand what he tells them, but some people enter deals thinking that they can find a loophole or that there won't be consequences for violating the terms. Good luck with that! |
| 92 | * 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. |
| 93 | * 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... |
| 94 | * 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". |
| 95 | * 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. Arguably, some of his victims just get what was coming to them eventually. |
| 96 | * PetTheDog: Believe it or not, Moguro ''is'' capable of this. |
| 97 | ** In episode 23, he seems to allow leniency in one of his rules. When the client breaks the rule about not letting a woman into the apartment because she is begging for shelter from a stalker, nothing bad happens to him. It is when he lets her in again because she insists on making dinner for him as thanks that he is hit with consequences. His punishment is also fairly light, as there is the implication that he can reconcile with his family and make things better. |
| 98 | ** 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. |
| 99 | ** In Episode 74, he browbeats/kidnaps a stuffy salaryman and takes him to the forest so the guy can learn to relax and enjoy life, with no requirement or anything--and when they guy asks to go back to his old life, Moguro basically shrugs and lets him. |
| 100 | ** 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''! |
| 101 | ** 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. |
| 102 | ** 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... |
| 103 | ** 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. |
| 104 | * PerpetualSmiler: He always has a big smile on his face, even when he's reprimanding customers for not following his warnings. |
| 105 | * ReallyGetsAround: In one episode, a guy accidentally (?) gets hold of Meguro's electronic organizer (this was the early 90s), and it's apparently got pages full of contact info for ladies who are crazy DTF anytime as long the caller has the right (provided) password, as well as tips for what they're into. Assuming it wasn't some kind of setup/trap for the VictimOfTheWeek, that is. No, it was definitely a trap. Right? Because [[HumanoidAbomination Moguro]] doesn't...''r-right?'' |
| 106 | * 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. |
| 107 | ** 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. They're pretty serious.[[/note]] The later went 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.]] |
| 108 | * 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. |
| 109 | * SharpDressedMan: Trips to a bathhouse or the gym aside, he's always seen in his three-piece suit, tie, and hat. |
| 110 | * ShmuckBait: An alternate formula for an episode has Moguro just give his clients what they want with no conditions whatsoever. These storylines invariably wind up being more devious than his usual MO as while a customer could feasibly come out of a normal deal better than they had before, the ones stuck in these stories have no way out of whatever Moguro has in store for them. |
| 111 | * 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!" |
| 112 | * SillyWalk: Sometimes Moguro will waddle in a manner resembling a penguin, with his arms firmly by his side. |
| 113 | * TheSocialExpert: He knows the right words to tempt his customers to do business with him. |
| 114 | * 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. |
| 115 | * 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. |
| 116 | * StealthInsult: Considering he knows exactly what's troubling his clients, he also knows exactly how to poke at their vulnerabilities without losing his polite facade. |
| 117 | * 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. |
| 118 | * SweetTooth: He'll sometimes be seen eating desserts, usually ice cream. |
| 119 | * {{Tanuki}}: It seems to be his AnimalMotif, if he has one. He vaguely looks like a tanuki, one of the tools he lends a client happens to ''be'' one, and several episodes connect him and tanukis. |
| 120 | * TaremeEyes: Don't be fooled by the droopy look on his face. Underestimating him is a ''bad'' idea. |
| 121 | * 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. |
| 122 | * TravelingSalesman: He travels through Japan looking for potential customers he believes that need his "help". |
| 123 | * 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. |
| 124 | * {{Troll}}: If you're lucky, he will simply act playful, mischievous, and irreverent in front of you. Pray you don't get his attention afterwards. |
| 125 | * 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]] |
| 126 | * 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. |
| 127 | * 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... |
| 128 | * 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 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. |
| 129 | * VillainProtagonist: He's the main character and essentially every episode has him kill people or ruin their lives. |
| 130 | * [[WouldHitAGirl Would Scam a Girl]]: While a majority of his clients are males, he has no qualms about targeting females. |
| 131 | * 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". |
| 132 | ** An exception occurred in the 7th TV special, having a young boy being a client. However, he never punishes the child since there was no need to, as all the boy wanted was a pet to love and take care of and the boy followed through on his end. |
| 133 | * 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. |
| 134 | * YourSoulIsMine: Subverted. His opening monologue alludes to this, but it's chiefly metaphorical as he's more about ruining lives than stealing them. |
| 135 | [[/folder]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder: Master]] |
| 138 | [[quoteright:121:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tls_bartender.png]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | The bartender of the bar the "Demon's Nest". |
| 141 | ---- |
| 142 | * 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. |
| 143 | * TheBartender: He's this for the "Demon's Nest" and is the only one there. |
| 144 | * 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. |
| 145 | * 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. The English word "Master" is one of the terms for a proprietor of a tavern or dining establishment in Japan anyway, so that doesn't help. |
| 146 | * ObsessiveCompulsiveBarkeeping: Whenever he appears, he's always shown cleaning glasses; in Episode 9 of ''NEW'' he's seen cleaning a glass while sleeping. |
| 147 | * PromotionToOpeningTitles: He's featured in the opening of ''NEW''. |
| 148 | * 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. |
| 149 | * TheStoic: He hardly shows any emotions and just keeps a straight face. |
| 150 | * TaremeEyes: Since his mouth is completely covered by his beard, it makes him look sad or sleepy. |
| 151 | * TheVoiceless: As mentioned above, if he's capable of speaking, we have yet to hear him talk out loud. Whenever anyone asks him about Moguro, he points to his statue of the Three Wise Monkeys, which ought to be enough for anyone (but isn't). |
| 152 | [[/folder]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | !!Moguro's Clients |
| 155 | [[folder: In General]] |
| 156 | * AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: A common malady that afflicts many of Moguro's clients, causing them to take their new boons for granted and the conditions associated with them. |
| 157 | * AllForNothing: This will typically be the result 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. |
| 158 | * AllMenArePerverts: Some of Moguro's male clients can really be lecherous deep down and cheat on their spouse when given a chance. |
| 159 | * AnAesop: The first manga chapter (and the only one that seems to have been scanlated as of January 2021) has an Aesop that applies to each person's situation. To paraphrase: "If you can't figure out how to solve your own problems, don't expect anyone else to be able to solve them for you. This world is hard. An offer from a guy you never knew before is something you really need to avoid". |
| 160 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Not that you have a chance to refuse, he will always screw you over. |
| 161 | * 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. |
| 162 | * DrivenToMadness: This 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. |
| 163 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: |
| 164 | ** 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. |
| 165 | ** 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 an 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. |
| 166 | * TheGamblingAddict: Several of Moguro's customers have this problem and he takes advantage of it. |
| 167 | * HardTruthAesop: In a way, the punishments that Moguro's clients suffer are filled with this. |
| 168 | * 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. |
| 169 | -->'''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 the wind, it's too late. |
| 170 | * {{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. |
| 171 | * 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]]. |
| 172 | * KickTheDog: Moguro just loves doing this to all of his customers regardless of who they are. |
| 173 | * MagicFeather: An interesting case. Many clients only suffer from a lack of confidence or motivation. When they get an item from Moguro, they start developing these things and their lives improve in ways not connected to the effects of a said item but the change in themselves. Not that they ever realize this, but then again, the lesson isn't exactly for ''them'', is it? |
| 174 | * MeaningfulName: Many characters are named like this that goes with their personality. |
| 175 | * PyrrhicVictory: Even if the client achieves their goal, it comes at a price. |
| 176 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: They'll get this from Moguro when they break their promise with him or [[NeverMyFault they try to blame him for their misfortune]]. |
| 177 | * {{Salaryman}}: Most of Moguro's victims usually have this type of occupation. |
| 178 | * 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. |
| 179 | * SkewedPriorities: None of them are wary of Moguro's attire or appearance, but a great number of these would-be clients are viciously suspicious of his profession, believing that he's trying to con them out of cash. |
| 180 | * 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. |
| 181 | * 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. |
| 182 | * 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]]. |
| 183 | [[/folder]] |
| 184 | |
| 185 | [[folder: Clients from the Original]] |
| 186 | !!The Company Man |
| 187 | An unnamed customer of the Demon's Nest who appears in Episode 0, "Prologue". |
| 188 | ---- |
| 189 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The way his story is structured differs greatly from those in the other episodes as Moguro's much more direct, speaks in a softer tone, and another one of the salesman's deal plays out and concludes right in front of them. |
| 190 | * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: After Moguro fails to make a deal with him, he decides to turn around to go for the next best thing. The viewer. |
| 191 | * LoveEpiphany: As he's about to follow the executive through the door to another world, he realizes that the nagging wife and annoying daughter he was complaining about a moment before were his perfectly normal and loving family who he resented as an outlet for his workplace frustrations. |
| 192 | * NoNameGiven |
| 193 | * SurprisinglyHappyEnding: A retroactive example. Remembering how much he loves his family and how they love him in turn gives him the strength to turn down Moguro. |
| 194 | |
| 195 | !!Tanomo |
| 196 | |
| 197 | A boss from Episode 1, "A Face You Can Depend On". |
| 198 | ---- |
| 199 | * AllTakeAndNoGive: [[spoiler:How he ''really'' feels about the people around him, and he's not exactly wrong]]. |
| 200 | * BeneathTheMask: He projects the image of a cool, confident exterior, [[spoiler:but underneath is a man in desperate need to be nurtured and supported before he has a breakdown]]. |
| 201 | * BrokenAce: His problem is having a face that makes him look strong and dependable. [[spoiler:Having to be the rock to every single person in his life since his youth is turning him into a nervous wreck]]. |
| 202 | * CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler:He can't even tell ''his own wife'' that he's about to fall apart]]. |
| 203 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: A variant. Because of Tanomo's handsome face and cool demeanor, since youth everyone has relied upon him and expected him to do great things. And so he's been a perfect student, a magnificent boss to his co-workers, a wonderful husband and father and son, a reliable neighbor...and so on. [[spoiler:And the strain from trying to meet everyone's expectations his whole life is causing him to fray at the seams]]. |
| 204 | * CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:He shows up in Hot Spring Requiem strongly implying that he remarried to a woman he now relies upon...or that he's an alcoholic and calling booze his wife. Either way, he won't let anyone rely upon him anymore]]. |
| 205 | * ExtremeDoormat: Though he has more of a stoic demeanor than most, he helps people around him with even trivial things upon request out of a desire to keep from disappointing him. |
| 206 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: Even his male co-workers are in awe of his macho attitude and appearance. |
| 207 | * FreakOut: [[spoiler:One day, everything hits him at once and he finally snaps, yells at his wife over the phone and at his co-workers, and while drinking after work loses it at an annoyingly clingy co-worker who made a joke about how he could take care of her...and then while he's wandering the streets drunk as a skunk and rambling about he wants to rely on someone for a change Moguro's card "coincidentally" shows up at his feet]]. |
| 208 | * {{Hunk}}: He's got chiseled features which get women all over the street staring at him, and when he talks it's brusque and distant which makes him look even cooler. [[spoiler:He only talks that way because he's about to freak out and doesn't want to show it]]. |
| 209 | * {{Manchild}}: [[spoiler:After he snaps, Moguro brings the frazzled delirious Tanomo to a woman who holds him close while he suckles her breasts (Tanomo sees her in the form of a goddess) granting his wish of wanting be nurtured and supported, but his wife is shocked when she sees him like this]]. |
| 210 | * MeaningfulName: His name means "dependable". |
| 211 | * NeverGetsDrunk: Subverted. He knocks 'em back at the bar like it's nothing. [[spoiler:Then goes to puke it up, 'cause he's actually a lightweight but has to keep up his badass appearance]]. |
| 212 | * NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:Even though he does have a point in that people shouldn't be relying on him for every little thing, it's also clear that he's been enabling this behavior to some degree by not standing up for himself]]. |
| 213 | * RayOfHopeEnding: [[spoiler:Moguro speculates at the end that seeing her husband in the state outlined in {{Manchild}} above might show Mrs. Tanomo that her husband needs her to pay attention to his need for someone to turn to...or she might end up holding a grudge and breaking the family apart]]. ''[[EvilLaugh OOOOH]]''[[EvilLaugh -HOO-HOO-HOO-HA-HA-HA-HAAA!]] |
| 214 | * SoBeautifulItsACurse: [[spoiler:He himself blames his handsome appearance for making people believe he can be relied on to an unhealthy extent]]. |
| 215 | * TheStoic: In appearance and nature, his face might as well be carved out of stone. [[spoiler:Because he's repressing his emotions]]. |
| 216 | |
| 217 | |
| 218 | !!Uranari |
| 219 | |
| 220 | A salaryman from Episode 2, "Easy Driver". Returns in Episode 52, "Security Capsule". |
| 221 | ---- |
| 222 | * AccidentalMurder: ''Flips a car with at least two occupants off a'' '''''bridge''''' while drunkenly tooling around in a stolen dump truck, with no signs they survived. |
| 223 | * AlcoholInducedStupidity: After Moguro gets him pie-eyed and suggests a driving lesson, Uranari's protests die down when it turns out Moguro owns a ''dump truck'' and he eagerly hops behind the wheel...[[spoiler:ignoring or not hearing the ''actual'' owner calling him a thief and demanding he stop]]. |
| 224 | * TheBusCameBack: He returns ''fifty episodes'' after his first appearance in the episode, "Security Capsule." |
| 225 | * ButtMonkey: Sometimes Moguro's clients are selfish or foolish, and sometimes he screws with a person for no apparent reason at all. Meet Uranari, who wanted to learn how to drive in order to take his son out for rides and ended up a with a laundry list of traffic crimes thanks to Moguro's free "driving school". After paying an out-of-court settlement, the shame he felt for his actions forced him to live in the car he finally learned to drive, but when it broke down there was no place for him to feel the same sense of comfort and peace he did in his own little world. So Moguro offers to help and, long story short he ends up sleeping in a capsule for so long that he wakes up AfterTheEnd. |
| 226 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: Is a terrible driver due to his clumsiness and timidness. He's even ''worse'' after Moguro puts a few drinks into him. |
| 227 | * TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: In his second episode he sleeps as a special capsule hotel Moguro shows him, but wakes up to find out civilization's been destroyed and he's the only person left in the world. |
| 228 | * MeaningfulName: His name means "someone with pale and lifeless face, not energetic". |
| 229 | * SacrificialLamb: His ruin is meant to display that not even meek and largely well-meaning people are beyond Moguro's attentions. |
| 230 | * SleptThroughTheApocalypse: In his second appearance Moguro takes him to a hotel where the guests can sleep in sensory deprivation tanks. Uranari sleeps so well by the time he comes out the world's been destroyed. |
| 231 | * SternTeacher: His first driving instructor got extremely frustrated with him for stalling the engine, which was discouraging. Inverted with Moguro, who is a little ''too'' encouraging of Uranari's dings, scratches and outright wrecking of two expensive cars. [[ForTheEvulz Of course, they're almost certainly not]] '''[[ForTheEvulz Moguro's]]''' [[ForTheEvulz cars]]. |
| 232 | |
| 233 | !!Aoi |
| 234 | |
| 235 | A salaryman from Episode 3, "The Friend Salesman". |
| 236 | ---- |
| 237 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:Technically, being mistaken for a serial peeping tom, beaten up by a crowd, arrested, and probably in the news ''has'' given him something to worry about besides how lonely he is...]] |
| 238 | * LovingAShadow: He falls in love with a girl via pictures Moguro provides and recorded messages. [[spoiler:Without realizing how easy it would be to fake both of those things]]. |
| 239 | * MeaningfulName: His name means "inexperienced person". |
| 240 | |
| 241 | !!Kinichi Isobe |
| 242 | |
| 243 | A 36-year-old salaryman from Episode 4, "The Man in Disguise". |
| 244 | ---- |
| 245 | * AesopCollateralDamage: [[spoiler:The episode ends with Isobe's wife and daughter wondering why he hasn't come home from work. Well, ladies, he's BecomingTheMask]]. |
| 246 | * AllMenArePerverts: [[spoiler:Doesn't think twice about leaving his family and hooking up with "Tanabe's" wife]]. |
| 247 | * BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:He apparently decides to do this after encountering his alter ego's family, though Moguro implies that he's going to get just as sick of ''this'' life and may go back to his old one someday]]. |
| 248 | * BeneathTheMask: Although he seems to have the perfect life on the outside, he's secretly bored and frustrated. Moguro correctly deduces that he's looking for some way to have a bit of risk-free adventure to let the pressure off. |
| 249 | * ClarkKenting: His disguise consists of a wig and hat, sunglasses, a mole on his face and a change of clothing. He also behaves differently, which helps. What helps more is that no one he encounters has any earthly idea who Kenichi Isobe ''is''. |
| 250 | * CovertPervert: Moguro catches him looking at racy magazine articles and nightclub advertisements. |
| 251 | * DidNotSeeThatComing: Accepts Moguro's offer to procure a different house and life for his alter ego. [[spoiler:He's startled to learn that "Tanabe Junkichi" has a wife and four kids, but when "Tanabe"'s wife offers him booze and sex he's all for it]]. |
| 252 | * JekyllAndHyde: Describes feeling like he's become Mr. Hyde when disguised, and describes himself as a person different from "Kenichi Isobe", though it takes Moguro to give him an alternate name: "Tanabe Junkichi". |
| 253 | * RayOfHopeEnding: [[spoiler:Moguro implies that eventually Isobe might come home to his wife and daughter. Eventually]]. |
| 254 | * TheTeetotaler: Claims he doesn't drink. Well, "Kenichi Isobe" doesn't, anyway. "Tanabe Junkichi" is a total boozehound. |
| 255 | |
| 256 | !!Uki Mamoru |
| 257 | |
| 258 | A 20-year-old student from Episode 5, "The View from the 47th Floor". |
| 259 | ---- |
| 260 | * ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Bored with life in general, he decides on a whim to head up to a 47th floor observation deck. Moguro turns out to be there as well. |
| 261 | * TheLoinsSleepTonight: At one point he gets frustrated with just looking at her, comparing it to ogling an idol's picture and storms off the observation deck. The next scene opens with a normal magazine being tossed over a pornographic magazine, and we see a fully-dressed Mamoru staring up at the ceiling and smoking while expressing his annoyance. The implication seems to be that he tried to, uh, let off some steam but found himself unable to stop obsessing over wanting to see Urai. |
| 262 | * LoveAtFirstSight: Falls in love with Chikako Urai, a woman he happens to see as he's using the binoculars on an observation deck. |
| 263 | * MistakenIdentity: |
| 264 | ** Thinks Moguro is a particularly aggressive binocular salesman at first. |
| 265 | ** [[spoiler:Mamoru is mistaken for a stalker--wait, he ''is'' a stalker. Okay, mistaken ''specifically'' for the stalker who called Urai and told her to open her blinds (aka Moguro), by Urai's highly-possessive Yakuza don boyfriend]]. |
| 266 | * NaughtyBirdwatching: Moguro turns him on to the idea of using the binoculars on the observation deck to spy on people in their daily lives. |
| 267 | * StalkerWithACrush: As mentioned, he becomes obsessed with Chikako Urai and begins using the observation deck's binoculars to spy on her specifically, day and night. |
| 268 | * WantingIsBetterThanHaving: [[spoiler:Once he actually gets to meet the object of his affections, it turns out she's got a jealous Yakuza don for a boyfriend who knows she has a stalker thanks to Moguro's {{Wingman}} bit.. As Moguro points out, he'd've been better off contenting himself with just being able to see her]]. |
| 269 | * {{Wingman}}: Moguro sort-of acts as one of these for him, calling Urai and claiming to be a big fan of hers who's rented a hotel room across from her apartment and asking her to open her blinds for him. She does, and later she even puts a cute little "LOVE" sign in the window. [[spoiler:It's not foolishness on her part, [[{{Foreshadowing}} she just has nothing to fear]]]]. |
| 270 | |
| 271 | !!Isamu Kumai |
| 272 | |
| 273 | A 24-year-old illustrator from Episode 6 "In Valor There is Waste". |
| 274 | ---- |
| 275 | * AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Not only does he not stop the purse snatcher, but his drawing arm was badly injured ''and'' he's misrecorded in the papers as having been injured while trying to run away]]. |
| 276 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Well, he ''does'' get featured in the newspaper...[[spoiler:as a victim]]. |
| 277 | * CareerEndingInjury: [[spoiler:In trying to become a hero by stopping a purse snatcher he gets stabbed in the arm, and he may never be able to draw again]]. |
| 278 | * GlorySeeker: Moguro points out to him that in spite of his protests, he wants to be famous and well-regarded by the public, noting the newspaper clippings about heroic people Kumai has in his scrapbook. |
| 279 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: A magazine editor and Moguro explain to Kumai that even though he's a talented illustrator, [[TheGenericGuy there's nothing interesting about him, personally]]. For an illustrator to stand out among other illustrators, they need some quality which makes ''them'' as attention-grabbing and memorable as their illustrations. Moguro suggests a complete makeover--which the editor likes--but the editor notes that in addition to this he should do something big like stop a major crime. That would get him a big feature in the magazine! [[spoiler:Kumai probably should've just submitted to a different magazine. Then again, he had the fame bug...]]. |
| 280 | * MeaningfulName: His first name means "courage". |
| 281 | * MistakenIdentity: Briefly mistaken for the masher who attacked a woman by said woman and the cops. After they get away, Moguro theorizes she was too shaken up to remember clearly. |
| 282 | * WorstNewsJudgementEver: Frequently imagines himself on the front page of the newspaper for doing things like stopping a drunk guy from harassing a woman. |
| 283 | |
| 284 | !!Tamiyo Sabo |
| 285 | |
| 286 | A 37-year-old salesman from Episode 7 "Sloth". |
| 287 | ---- |
| 288 | * AesopCollateralDamage: [[spoiler:He has a family, for whom he's (supposed to be) the breadwinner. Then he gets thrown into an asylum. Of course, he wasn't exactly doing a whole lot for them anyway]]. |
| 289 | * BadBoss: For selling not one single contract that week, Sabo's boss is very disappointed and angry with him. Yup. So he '''canes''' Sabo, whupping his ass with a stick (roughly the size of a nightstick and marked with the kanji for "spirit"), right in front of the other salespeople. |
| 290 | * ItsPersonal: Moguro seems to take particular issue with Sabo's extremely shoddy performance as a fellow salesman. [[spoiler:That said, Sabo does get more or less what he 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]]. |
| 291 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: He frames his complete lack of effort when selling as this, giving up after the first rejection. |
| 292 | * LazyBum: Openly expresses his envy of a sloth at the zoo for being able to hang out on a branch and eat leaves all day and reluctantly admits that the only thing keep him from being as lazy as the sloth is his obligation to support his family. But actually trying to convince people to buy things in his salesman job is ''hard'', and actually dealing with his family's problems is ''hard'', and [[spoiler:caring enough about your job to remember that people usually need to ''pay'' for things they buy is ''hard'']]! |
| 293 | * MeaningfulName: His surname means "to be lazy". |
| 294 | * MyBelovedSmother: It's implied that he's grown up the way he has due to his mother doting on him. |
| 295 | * SuperGullible: Moguro offers to sell contracts for Sabo while he sleeps and dreams about becoming a sloth and the guy's all over it. However, Sabo forgot to ask Moguro for the ''cash deposits'' those new clients were supposed to put down, to the tune of 5,800,000 yen. [[spoiler:Fortunately mental patients don't usually end up on the hook for embezzlement, and Moguro has plenty of money to make sure Sabo can rest all he wants]]. |
| 296 | |
| 297 | !!Shinichi Bouda |
| 298 | ->Voiced by: Creator/YuuMizushima |
| 299 | A 21-year-old celebrity from Episode 8 "The Separator". |
| 300 | ---- |
| 301 | * CommitmentIssues: His girlfriend Senko wants to get married, he wants to wait. He claims it's because even his parents are saying they need to wait a couple of years. Senko thinks all he cares about is what would happen to his career if an up-and-comer like him married a hostess like her. The fact that she's pretty sure he's cheating on her (and correctly so) doesn't help. Ultimately he decides he wants to leave this relationship, but he still has feelings for her. |
| 302 | * ExactWords: Moguro warns him that if he sees Senko again they'll be utterly inseparable. [[spoiler:So after Moguro catches them in the sack together, [[StickySituation that's what happens]]]]. |
| 303 | * HopeSpot: Senko ultimately decides that she'll stop pressuring him to marry her and he seems to have committed himself to her completely. [[spoiler:But Moguro warned him...]] |
| 304 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After being tossed out of Senko's car, he angrily kicks a rock, beaning Moguro right in the head and causing him to fall over. Bouda goes to check on him, but realizes the media would have a field day if they saw him like this and tries to sneak off. The unhurt Moguro appears suddenly behind him and warns him there's no use running away. |
| 305 | * SecretRelationship: He's got two girlfriends who start the episode not knowing about each other. Unfortunately, it's the crazy one who finds out about the nice one and not the other way around. |
| 306 | * {{Yandere}}: Not him, but the episode opens with him as a passenger while Senko is [[DrivesLikeCrazy driving wildly]] down a fortunately empty street threatening to kill them both in a MurderSuicide if he ever cheats on her again. Then she literally throws him out of the (fortunately stopped) car onto the street and drives off. She shows up the next day on-set asking him to pick a date, telling him that she'll tell the press ''all'' about their relationship if he doesn't put a ring on it. Multiple times during the episode, she's paralleled with an hannya. However, she also has a kind and caring side, supporting Bouda through the early stages of his career. |
| 307 | |
| 308 | !!Junichi Naoki |
| 309 | ->Voiced by: Creator/RyoHorikawa |
| 310 | A 23-year-old bank employee from Episode 9, "Woman on the Platform". |
| 311 | ---- |
| 312 | * {{Butterface}}: Moguro describes Eiko Kagano as a pure, mild-mannered woman. Her body is gorgeous. Her face...[[spoiler:is a mask hiding the horror beneath]]. |
| 313 | * ExactWords: Moguro asks Naoki is he's willing to love Eiko even though she hides her true face behind a mask. [[spoiler:He doesn't mean the flu mask]]. |
| 314 | * EyesAreUnbreakable: [[spoiler:This might be a justified case as Eiko mentions that she had some manner of plastic surgery that went wrong and destroyed her face as opposed to some manner of eye-area injury. Of course the plastic surgery could have been some manner of reconstruction that went awry]]. |
| 315 | * LovingAShadow: He claims he's in love with a woman he always sees on his morning commute. Even though he's never talked to her or even seen her not wearing a flu mask. The CruelTwistEnding [[spoiler: that Eiko Kagano actually has a NightmareFace]] almost isn't a spoiler at all. |
| 316 | * MeaningfulName: His first name means "pure" or "naive" and his surname means "honest" or "corrective". |
| 317 | * MysteriousPast: All Moguro tells Naoki about Eiko is that she had a sad past. [[spoiler:The only thing we learn for sure is that she had a botched plastic surgery at some point]]. |
| 318 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: After seeing a guy rudely shove aside the masked lady he had a crush on while trying to get into the subway, Naoki gives the jerkwad a quick kick that stumbles him, causing him to get shoved to the ground and walked on by the crowd. |
| 319 | * StalkerWithACrush: Accidentally? After rejecting Moguro's offer to be a {{Wingman}}, Naoki notices the masked woman was on the same train he was and follows her while trying to get up the courage to speak to her. Eventually she notices him and runs to get a cop to scare him off. |
| 320 | * TwiceShy: Naoki is too shy to talk to Eiko, and (according to Moguro) Eiko feels the same, though (Moguro says) she reciprocates his feelings. |
| 321 | * VaderBreath: Eiko has this, in person. [[spoiler:Because she's wearing the mask of a normal woman's face in front of her own ruined one]]. |
| 322 | |
| 323 | !!Buichi Nakayama |
| 324 | |
| 325 | A 20-year-old student from Episode 10 "The Sure Winner". |
| 326 | ---- |
| 327 | * BolivianArmyEnding: It's one thing to bet and lose your money at the track. It was another thing to bet and lose 1000 yen of borrowed money at the track. But 10,000,000 yen of ''borrowed'' '''''Yakuza''''' ''money'' you were expected to get a 3,000,000 profit off of? Don't think that HeroicBSOD is gonna save you, buddy. |
| 328 | * ExactWords: Moguro said he'd show up on Sunday to help him bet. [[spoiler:He never said ''when'' he'd show up, and Buichi assumed on his own it would be at the same time as before]]. |
| 329 | * 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. |
| 330 | * IgnoredExpert: First Moguro tells him that the best way to avoid losing money at the track is not to bet--and Buichi just gets mad at him. After Moguro helps him win double his money back, calling it an act of charity that won't be repeated, the salesman warns Buichi not to go to the track ''at all'' as gambling should only be done by people with a lot of disposable income to burn--but Buichi just asks him to meet him at the track and help him win ''just one more time''. And Moguro decides to let the kid hang himself. |
| 331 | * JustInTime: Subverted. Moguro shows himself to Buichi ten minutes before the last race, claiming that something help him up but ready at last to help Buichi double the money. Now, if only Buichi hadn't cracked and lost everything gambling without his help. |
| 332 | * RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Moguro asks him if he wants to know the secret behind never losing at horse betting. You probably know this one already, but Buichi doesn't and eagerly asks what it is. Moguro tells him not to make bets in the first place. |
| 333 | * TrappedByGamblingDebts: At the start of the episode Buichi just has a bad habit of losing his money at the track. 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 doesn't have a prayer of paying back. |
| 334 | |
| 335 | |
| 336 | !!Hisatoshi Hikage |
| 337 | |
| 338 | A 21-year-old mangaka from Episode 11, "Closet Man". |
| 339 | ---- |
| 340 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: He's having trouble sitting down and working on his ideas for manga as opposed to doing things like making pictures of Mt. Fuji with his dandruff. Once Moguro tells him to stay inside his closet, however, he can focus on his work. |
| 341 | * ConditionalPowers: If you consider creativity a power. He doesn't start producing work until Moguro lays down a stricture which forces him to remain inside his apartment's closet as much as possible. Moguro explains that this is because Hikage was comfortable due to subconsciously remembering his time in the womb. |
| 342 | * {{Hikikomori}}: Moguro offers him the chance to stay in a room the size with all the amenities including a manga studio with the stipulation that he cannot leave no matter what. Hikage''s thrilled--particularly when his (Moguro-submitted) work gets picked up by his editor who eagerly offers to get him a serial. Soon he's getting fan letters! [[spoiler:But when he wants to get out so he can enjoy his fame and money, he remembers his promise and starts furiously beating on the walls only to find that the closet was inside a greenhouse all along. The sunlight forced him to hide under his desk for refuge--which is where he ends the episode]]. |
| 343 | * NotUsedToFreedom: After spending a week working inside his closet, he tries to run outside to submit his work to his editor--only for the sun to make him dizzy enough to pass out. Afterwards, even the light reflecting off of his landlord's bald crainium is enough to make him panic. |
| 344 | * StarvingArtist: According to his landlord he hasn't paid his debt off in half a year. He's been living off Cup Noodle and other cheap instant food, as well. This is largely due to his inability to produce work as opposed to any outside issue. |
| 345 | * WritersBlock: Hasn't been able to produce enough manga to get paid regularly. |
| 346 | |
| 347 | !!Kenichi Nakajima |
| 348 | |
| 349 | A 26-year-old salaryman from Episode 12, "Daydream". |
| 350 | ---- |
| 351 | * AlcoholInducedStupidity: After showing up at Daydream again, Moguro suggests he try something a little stronger than the light beer he had last time. [[spoiler:With Yuko on his arm Nakajima gets so besotted, figuratively and literally, he and his work buddy end up having a five-hour booze bash and racking up a 398, 000 yen bill that Nakajima has to pay off in installments...which is going to be a little tough since his boss canned him and his buddy for showing back up at work five hours late and six sheets to the wind]]. |
| 352 | * AllMenArePerverts: Even though he's married, one of his big motivators for coming back to Daydream is to see Yuko, one of the girls there, once again. |
| 353 | * CallBack: Daydream has customers who ''suspiciously'' resemble Tanomo from Episode 1 and Sabo from Episode 7. Hmmmmm... |
| 354 | * ExactWords: When Nakajima tries to visit the Daydream club at night, he finds it's an entirely different bar. Well, it's in the name, isn't it? |
| 355 | * MindControl: Moguro outright whammies Nakajima and his work buddy into forgetting their cares and getting their merry on. |
| 356 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Kenichi learns that a hostess club you could visit during lunch- or break-time isn't going to be free, or even ''cheap''. It's also not good for one's job to to get sozzled and come back from lunch five hours late, either]]. |
| 357 | * ThrillSeeker: A minor case. He laments that he's a little bored with eating boxed leftovers from home and that he'd ''like'' to eat out but he has to save his money. When Moguro treats him to Daydream, a daytime nightclub, he becomes hooked on the experience. |
| 358 | |
| 359 | !!Chiyorou Maido |
| 360 | |
| 361 | A 25-year-old salaryman from Episode 13, "Golf 101". |
| 362 | ---- |
| 363 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Generally, Maido doesn't fit in at work because all of his colleagues are avid golfers and he hasn't taken up the game. One guy, Gondou, is downright obnoxiously mocking of him. |
| 364 | * BehavioralConditioning: Imagining the golf ball as someone he hates ''does'' help his game, [[spoiler:but when the hated co-worker consents to a game with Maido, he gets a golf club to the face]]. |
| 365 | * BlatantLies: When Gondou was talking about organizing a golf tournament for the office, since everyone played but Maido, Maido tries to fit in by claiming he's been training in secret. Gondou just laughs in his face and mockingly tells him he'd better train hard so as not to be a burden. |
| 366 | * ExactWords: Moguro tells Maido to envision the ball as someone he hates and Maido gets really good at using his golf club to hit [[spoiler:...someone he hates]]. |
| 367 | * GolfClubbing: [[spoiler:By the end of the episode, if nothing else, Maido's definitely used his golf club to ensure Gondou won't be laughing at him anymore]]. |
| 368 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Takes up golf to try and befriend his co-workers, who treat him badly (Gondou in particular) because he doesn't know anything about the game. |
| 369 | * ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: [[spoiler:Loses it and throws his golf club into Gondou's face, which slams into it hard enough to send the man flying onto his back bleeding profusely and requiring a GoryDiscretionShot. Not only that but apparently Gondou's head hit the ground pretty hard, too]]. |
| 370 | * YouWereTryingTooHard: Moguro explains to him that a golf ball is harder to hit than a baseball ''because'' its stationary--since the player isn't focusing on a ball that's coming at him, the only thing keeping him from hitting the ball is his own thoughts about ''how'' to hit it. |
| 371 | |
| 372 | |
| 373 | !!Taiko Tsumanari |
| 374 | |
| 375 | A 25-year-old office lady from Episode 14, "The Woman Who Wants to Marry". |
| 376 | ---- |
| 377 | * AllThatGlitters: One of the bachelors on the Marin Date tour is Takao Seino, a 28-year old graduate of Kyushu University who earns 20 million yen a year with his video production company, whose parents run a real estate business and who likes the homemaker type. This more than meets her [[RidiculouslyHighRelationshipStandards three standards]], so (with a little secret help from Moguro) they meet, and hit it off and have a night of beautiful passion after he proposes to her. When she returns to Japan she goes to the Demon's Nest and eagerly tells Moguro that they'll set a date as soon as he comes back from L.A.! [[spoiler:It turns out he was just duping her into having sex with him while being secretly filmed for an uncensored and (apparently quite popular) stag movie, as Moguro shows her to her horror]]. |
| 378 | * BlindDate: When she asks Moguro if he knows any guys like she's looking for, he suggests a certain tour that's essentially a mass group blind date with a group of girls and a group of guys and she gives it a shot. |
| 379 | * ClothingDamage: Moguro secretly weakens the straps on the other ladies' swimsuits so they'll break, causing them to run off and allowing Taiko a chance to meet Seino without them in the way. |
| 380 | * EvilGloating: She notes that one of the reasons she has such high standards is that a man like that will give her bragging rights with her friends. |
| 381 | * GoldDigger: "The Woman Who Wants To Marry"...a rich guy and looks at a man's net worth when looking for a prospective husband. That said, she's willing to string poorer guys along and let them spend money on her, of course. |
| 382 | * {{Jerkass}}: Coldly turns down one paramour for not being rich enough to marry her, tossing the diamond engagement ring he spent three months' salary on back at him, telling him he's not rich enough for her, and comparing herself to a skyscraper and him to a cheap bungalow and saying he was just a boy toy to her all this time. Oh, and he's a short little moon-faced mama's boy, too, plus the rock he tried to give her was cheap. Unsurprisingly, [[RageBreakingPoint he loses his shit]] and starts chasing her with the intent to harm. Only the intervention of Moguro "DON!"ing the guy into a fountain saves her. |
| 383 | * LaxativePrank: A prank Moguro secretly uses to cut down on Seino's competition for ''her''. |
| 384 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:She saw men as tools to use for her own gratification and ended up being an unwitting tool used for mens' gratification]]. |
| 385 | * NonconsensualPornography: [[spoiler:It turns out Seino was just using her to secretly film a porno film without her knowledge]]. |
| 386 | * RidiculouslyHighRelationshipStandards: Says she has three standards for a man: tall, from a good college, and pulling in a nice salary, and won't settle for anything less in a husband. As mentioned, she's more than willing to let lesser men spend money on her while pretending to be interested. |
| 387 | |
| 388 | !!Fuuta Debuno |
| 389 | |
| 390 | A 22-year-old barber from Episode 15, "Cutting". |
| 391 | ---- |
| 392 | * CentipedesDilemma: As much as he tries to practice, he keeps worrying about the angle at which to cut and ends up messing up. |
| 393 | * FreakOut: [[spoiler:Upon being agreeing to shave a co-worker (Suzuki) and learning that said co-worker and his buddies smoked all the medicated cigarettes--the ones he'd told Suzuki not to touch--he starts panicking and ultimately [[DrivenToMadness snaps]]...while he has the straight razor at Suzuki's throat]]. |
| 394 | * ItWasWithYouAllAlong [[spoiler:Moguro's MagicFeather plan was intended to make him realize this. It might have worked, too, if Debuno's co-workers hadn't been looking around the place for cigarettes on mahjong night]]. |
| 395 | * KnightOfCerebus: The first of Moguro's clients whose misfortune has very lethal consequences. |
| 396 | * MagicFeather: [[spoiler:Moguro claimed to have given him medical cigarettes which would calm his nerves, but only the first one was actually medicated. As he mentioned in the note he'd hoped they'd increase Debuno's confidence until he realized he didn't need them anymore]]. |
| 397 | * ShipTease: Kimi, a cute co-worker, is clearly interested in him and even suggests they pool their money and open a shop together. [[spoiler:She might be able to visit him wherever he ends up incarcerated]]. |
| 398 | * SlasherSmile: Breaks into one right before [[spoiler:slashing Suzuki's throat]]. |
| 399 | |
| 400 | !!Hanae Fuyuki |
| 401 | |
| 402 | A 69-year-old unemployed old man from Episode 16, "Mr. Pervert". |
| 403 | ---- |
| 404 | * AccidentalPervert: Kind of. The second one of Moguro's perv tools he uses is the skirt-flipper, not because he wants to see Yoshiko's butt, but because he believes that that he can take revenge on Yoshiko for pretending to be nice to him by humiliating her at her nightclub job...this backfires since Yoshiko's a hostess and showing off the goods is par for the course. She even flashes him! |
| 405 | * AllMenArePerverts: Moguro entices Hanae into exploring, accepting, and embracing the wonderful and many-storied world of perversion, saying at the end of the episode that all men have the potential to become perverts and it just adds spice to life. |
| 406 | * 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. |
| 407 | * GoldDigger: The first one of Moguro's perv tools he uses his a stethoscope, that allows him to hear that Yoshiko, the nice girl next door, is only treating him kindly because she's one of these and thinks she can get an inheritance when he kicks off. |
| 408 | * {{Hallucinations}}: After seeing Yoshiko's butt following his use of the skirt-flipper he starts hallucinating butts in various forms of panty all around him, though this could be a metaphor for intrusive dirty thoughts in general. |
| 409 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Ends up using all of Moguro's pervert-aiding tools, ''and'' for their intended use as well. |
| 410 | * MoralGuardian: At the beginning of the episode he takes this to an extreme, going so far as to break up couples snuggling together in public. At the end he's kind of a moral guardian in the opposite direction. |
| 411 | * NaughtyBirdwatching: The final step in Hanae's road to perverthood is when he willingly uses Moguro's extendable peroscope to spy on canoodling couples in the park. |
| 412 | * PantyThief: The third one of Moguro's perv tools Hanae uses is the extend-o-panty grabber...to snatch up Yoshiko's panties...so he can stomp on them for making him think thinking dirty thoughts, of course! |
| 413 | * SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: Of course, this turns out to be his real deal. |
| 414 | |
| 415 | !!Shinichi Tsutsui |
| 416 | |
| 417 | A 20-year-old student from Episode 17, "Part-Time Confidential". |
| 418 | ---- |
| 419 | * AbusiveAdvertising: Downplayed. Moguro essentially browbeats Tsutsui into looking at the shady part-time work offered in the job-seeking magazine he gives Tsutsui, even DON!'ing him. |
| 420 | * AllMenArePerverts: A surprising aversion on his case. When given the opportunity--actually the job requirement--to blow 100,000 yen on ladies, he decides he'd rather use it to play mahjong. |
| 421 | * ConspicuousConsumption: Immediately...'''Immediately''' after receiving 100,000 yen that he wasn't supposed to spend on anything but partying with chicks, he's in the Mahjong den flashing the wad around, bragging about it and planning to gamble with it. Naturally a group of thugs at the next table hear and want to be dealt in. |
| 422 | * FromBadToWorse: Tsutsui thought it was bad losing 130,000 yen to those thugs, but when he told them about the three million the dying old man had and they demanded he get it, it turned out that nobody had been living in the old man's supposed apartment for six months. [[spoiler:It was just a trick on Moguro's part. The "dying old man" was just an actor and the three million yen he showed Tsutsui was a stack of papers with a 10,000 yen bill on top]]. |
| 423 | * TheGamblingAddict: Mahjong is his vice. Now if ''only'' he was even a tiny little bit good at it. |
| 424 | * TrappedByGamblingDebts: Almost literally. The episode ends with him backed against a wall a gang of thugs after he lost all his money on a bad Mahjongg game. |
| 425 | * VicariouslyAmbitious: Accepts a job from an old man at the end of his life who wants to live vicariously through him, essentially giving him an 40,000 yen payment and a 100,000 yen allowance so he can blow the latter on things the old man finds fun and telling him about it later. And what does the old man find fun? [[AllMenArePerverts Sexy ladies, duh!]]. Tsutsui is not to spend one yen on anything else. [[spoiler:He really should have just done his job]]. |
| 426 | |
| 427 | !!Taichi Urashima |
| 428 | |
| 429 | A 46-year-old salaryman from Episode 18, "After the Dream". |
| 430 | ---- |
| 431 | * MeaningfulName: His surname is based on "The Legend of Urashima Tarō", a sort of Japanese version of ''Literature/RipVanWinkle''. |
| 432 | |
| 433 | !!Takashi Ishino |
| 434 | |
| 435 | A 30-year-old salaryman from Episode 19, "The Guardsman". |
| 436 | ---- |
| 437 | * TheGamblingAddict: Ishino is one. [[spoiler:Later, so is his wife]]. |
| 438 | * 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.]] |
| 439 | |
| 440 | |
| 441 | !!Yumemi Koino |
| 442 | |
| 443 | A 36-year-old housewife from Episode 20, "Her First Love". |
| 444 | ---- |
| 445 | * GaveUpTooSoon: She leaves the night of her daughter being brought home from the police and her husband coming home very drunk and blaming her for said daughter's actions. The next morning her daughter decided to straighten up and her husband reveals he was celebrating getting promoted to management. |
| 446 | * MeaningfulName: Her first name means "dream" and her surname means "romance". |
| 447 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:She leaves her dull but loving family to run off with her old flame, a temperamental potter who was only successful because of his now ex-wife's business sense. It doesn't turn out to be an improvement]]. |
| 448 | |
| 449 | !!Karasumori Kiichi |
| 450 | |
| 451 | A 28-year-old company man from episode 21, "The Path to Karate" |
| 452 | ---- |
| 453 | * SmallNameBigEgo: A few karate lessons and an indirect compliment from the teacher lead the guy to take on a group of punks who'd troubled him earlier. What happens next doesn't need spoiling. |
| 454 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The karate classes that Moguro schedules for him boosts his confidence and makes him feel better. Yet, just two classes of karate is not enough for him to defeat three guys, each twice his size. |
| 455 | |
| 456 | !!Kariya Asako |
| 457 | ->Voiced by: Creator/YumiTouma |
| 458 | |
| 459 | A 30-year-old career woman from episode 22, "The Man-Hater" |
| 460 | ---- |
| 461 | * AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:After her boyfriend startles her, she accidentally shoves him in front of a subway train]]. |
| 462 | * CareerVersusMan: This is the condition that Moguro gives her. In exchange for making sure her boss "quit" for being caught chikan on a train, she must not fall for any man. |
| 463 | * TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: You might think of her fate as a result of this. [[spoiler:She, a businesswoman, accepted an offer from a total stranger without setting the terms for what the compensation would be, essentially making an open-ended contract that allowed Moguro to ask for anything he wanted in exchange. After hearing his terms she nevertheless happily agreed to them without any attempt at bargaining. Then she knowingly violated her side of the contract by pursuing a relationship with a man, while by causing the death of her boyfriend Moguro is enforcing his side]]. |
| 464 | * DoesNotLikeMen: It's in the title of the episode. That being said, as long as the men aren't perverts, she's fine with them such as Moguro, and later finds love with a male co-worker. |
| 465 | * MeaningfulName: Her last name sounds like "career". |
| 466 | |
| 467 | !!Kaeri Takunai |
| 468 | |
| 469 | A 46-year-old salaryman from episode 23, "House Lights" |
| 470 | ---- |
| 471 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:"If your family is that important to you, why don't you straighten up?" Moguro asks, in response to Kaeri complaining about ruining his family life. He then goes on to point out that as the head of the household, it was Kaeri's responsibility to carve out his own place among his family instead of just avoiding them all the time]]. |
| 472 | * BelatedHappyEnding: Inverted. [[spoiler: "Hot Spring Requiem" has him say that he been too terrified to go back into his old home since his episode]]. |
| 473 | * BlatantLies: [[spoiler:Moguro gives him the key to a spacious apartment, telling him that it belonged to a friend of his who'd been sent out on a long-term overseas assignment. ''Actually'', it was a stranger on a brief business trip]]. |
| 474 | * IJustWantToBeFree: A variant. His home is a cramped place where his family is constantly sniping at him and he can't relax and do things he enjoys without bothering one of them, so he goes around finding places to kill time and avoid it. Moguro gives him an apartment to housesit and the guy is thrilled just to be able to cook whatever he wants for dinner and watch a baseball game on TV without getting in someone's way. |
| 475 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:Although Moguro warns him not to invite any women into the apartment, a female neighbor asks him to shelter her from a stalker and he agrees. A few days later she shows up on his doorstep and ''insists'' on giving him dinner in gratitude and he lets her in. Unfortunately for him, one of his kids had decided to follow him to see where he was going and happened to see her, as well as taking pictures. Not welcome at home or the apartment, he ends up in the doghouse. Technically, the second time is framed as the one which violates the agreement.]] |
| 476 | * SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Apart from having to spend a night sleeping in the doghouse, he gets off pretty lightly. His family even comes to regret the way they treated him and it seems likely they'll reconcile]]. |
| 477 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:He starts using the apartment to escape his home so often that ''naturally'' his family starts wondering where he keeps disappearing to. His son tails him, sees him with the above mentioned-female neighbor, and assumes the worst.]]. |
| 478 | |
| 479 | !!Ohkuri Yukumi |
| 480 | |
| 481 | A 39-year-old company driver from episode 24, "The Man in the Back Seat" |
| 482 | ---- |
| 483 | * CodeOfHonor: At first he refuses Moguro's suggestion to eavesdrop on his clients because he says it is against the etiquette of drivers. |
| 484 | * ExactWords: Moguro states that, although Ohkuri broke his promise, he will still keep his word by allowing Ohkuri to know how it feels to sit in the back seat...of a police car. |
| 485 | * GreenEyedMonster: He's jealous of all the rich people who he drives around. |
| 486 | * IfIWereARichMan: Ohkuri dreams of being able to be the man giving the orders to the driver and getting to spend money on girls. |
| 487 | * InsideJob: Moguro's plan is for Ohkuri to eavesdrop on investing information from his boss and feed it to him so he can invest on Ohkuri's behalf. |
| 488 | * StealingFromTheTill: When Ohkuri hears about the possible stock increase, he impersonates his boss so he can get a spare 3 million yens to invest. |
| 489 | * TooGoodToBeTrue: A pharmaceutical company is said to have made a new cancer drug, and that its stock would increase ten-fold or more. Ohkuri immediately (against Moguro's warning) buys stock by himself. Of course, the cancer drug turns out to be false and the company is on its way to bankruptcy. |
| 490 | * WhiteCollarCrime: Moguro offers him a cut from whatever profits he makes from the tips Ohkuri eavesdrops, but warns him never to try trading for himself no matter how good the info is. [[spoiler:One embezzlement and insider trade later, he finally gets to ride in the back of a car. A patrol car, that is]]. |
| 491 | |
| 492 | !!Musai Toshio |
| 493 | |
| 494 | A 34-year-old office worker from episode 25, "Lady Killer Warning" |
| 495 | ---- |
| 496 | |
| 497 | !!Debara Nayami |
| 498 | |
| 499 | A 29-year-old actor from episode 26, "Belly of the Tanuki" |
| 500 | ---- |
| 501 | * BalloonBelly: [[spoiler:After breaking his contract and eating daifuku, all the weight that the tanuki had taken and ''then'' some pops back onto his stomach--right in the middle of the stage performance that was going to make his career]]. |
| 502 | * BigBeautifulMan: He's overweight, but it doesn't detract from his good looks. Unfortunately, he can't move up as an actor unless he loses his gut. |
| 503 | * {{Butterface}}: Inverted, he has a very handsome face, but he's quite overweight. |
| 504 | * MeaningfulName: His surname sounds like "protruding belly", and his given name sounds like "worry". |
| 505 | * StoutStrength: He's clearly athletic and well-muscled, but thanks to his sweet tooth he has a big belly. |
| 506 | * {{Tanuki}}: Moguro gives him a statue of one and tells him to pray to it whenever he feels like eating sweets. Each time he avoids sweets the tanuki gets fatter and he gets thinner. |
| 507 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sweets, particularly daifuku. |
| 508 | |
| 509 | !!Higama Hoshiya |
| 510 | |
| 511 | A 48-year-old company executive from episode 27, "The Executive and the Window" |
| 512 | ---- |
| 513 | * BecomingTheMask: Himaga's punishment. For doing work while in Madobe's place, [[spoiler: he went on a business trip to Kyushu, and in his absence, Madobe dies in his place, so now everybody thinks Himaga is dead and he must fill for Madobe permanently.]] |
| 514 | * GrassIsGreener: Harried executive Higami envies Madobe for his relaxed position, while Madobe ''wants'' to work but doesn't get anything to do as he's near retirement. |
| 515 | * IdenticalStranger: He requires minimal disguising to look exactly like Madobe. |
| 516 | * KickedUpstairs: Since Madobe's nearing retirement age and outside the management track, he barely gets anything to do and no one cares if he sleeps or reads in the office. |
| 517 | * MeaningfulName: His full name sounds like "I want a break." |
| 518 | * MutualEnvy: Himaga is jealous of a man at the next building who can sleep on the job while he has to kill himself working. When Moguro invites them to the bar, the man, named Madobe Ichirou, reveals he is jealous of Himaga, since he would like to work hard like anyone else, but no work comes his way since he is nearing retirement age. |
| 519 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Moguro suggested that he and Madobe '''occasionally''' switch positions. When the much older Madobe has to sub for Higama for an extended amount of time, the stress gives him a fatal stroke]]. |
| 520 | ** When he's seen again during a high school reunion in "Hot Spring Requiem", he's [[spoiler:back as Himaga again]] with some dialogue about losing his executive station indicating that he faced severe penalties for what happened to [[spoiler:Madobe.]] Presumably, he couldn't keep the act going indefinitely. |
| 521 | * {{Workaholic}}: [[spoiler:Although Moguro warns him not to do any work as Madobe, when a contract that could cripple Madobe's company happens to come across Madobe's desk he can't help but intervene. One thing leads to another and Higama ends up going on a business trip as Madobe to try and set things right. Madobe agrees to keep being him for the duration, but he has a stroke and dies during a meeting. Higama can't convince anyone that they've switched places]]. |
| 522 | |
| 523 | !!Katsuta Rui |
| 524 | |
| 525 | A 22-year-old company man from Episode 28, "The May Blues" |
| 526 | ---- |
| 527 | * AmbiguouslyGay: He certainly seems quite attached to Oniyama by the end of the episode. |
| 528 | * CommonalityConnection: After learning how to knit upon Moguro's advice, his MeanBoss Oniyama privately reveals that he knits as well, and the two of them strike up a friendship. |
| 529 | * InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: He goes from lethargic and passive to this as he cultivates his knitting habit. |
| 530 | * MeanBoss: Although he started out his job eagerly, his boss Oniyama has been so strict with him that he's become miserable. Once he reveals his knitting hobby, their friendship makes things easier for him at work. |
| 531 | * MeaningfulName |
| 532 | ** His full name, said fast, sounds like "lethargic". |
| 533 | ** His boss name is Oniyama, which references the Oni, a japanese demon, referring to his bad temper. |
| 534 | * MyBelovedSmother: His {{Education Mama}}'s also running every other aspect of his life and expects him to become a highly successful businessman--whether he likes it or not. [[spoiler:Once she finds out about Katsuta's knitting hobby and that Oniyama's been encouraging him and helping him learn, she deliberately shows up at the company and reveals Oniyama's avocation at work to put him in a bad situation, forcing him to resign]]. |
| 535 | * PursueTheDreamJob: [[spoiler:By the end of the episode both he ''and'' Oniyama are working at a school teaching young women how to knit--something Oniyama mentions he always wanted to do--and they both seem very much happier. Katsuta's mom is...emphatically not]]. |
| 536 | * RealMenWearPink: Oniyama, the boss and a really manly-looking guy, takes knitting as a hobby. |
| 537 | * TextileWorkIsFeminine: Once his knitting hobby is discovered at work, Oniyama warns him that his career would be ruined if he doesn't stop doing it in the office. |
| 538 | * UnmanlySecret: The boss states that if anyone should discover they knit as a hobby, they would both lose their jobs. |
| 539 | |
| 540 | !!Ikuji Naiya |
| 541 | |
| 542 | A 20-year-old salaryman from Episode 29, "Message Dialing" |
| 543 | ---- |
| 544 | * ArousedByTheirVoice: Moguro sets him up with a message service frequented by Akari, an equally lonely young lady who has a voice he falls in love with. |
| 545 | * BasementDweller: Still lives with his parents as of the beginning of the episode, implicitly due to his shyness. |
| 546 | * {{Chikan}}: At the start of his episode, he's falsely accused of being one, but due to being nervous around people he can't stop mumbling and speak up to defend himself. Moguro steps in to save him. |
| 547 | * CompellingVoice [[spoiler:It turns out that all along he was talking to a little girl with one of these...or something that looks like a little girl, anyway, what with the glowing eyes]]. |
| 548 | * MeaningfulName: His full name sounds like "I have no guts." |
| 549 | * ShrinkingViolet: He has problems talking to people and even tried joining a message service to reach out to someone, but racked up a huge bill without being able to talk to anyone on it. |
| 550 | * WantingIsBetterThanHaving: Moguro warns him not to try and meet Akari in person, but of course, he persists...[[spoiler:and ends up meeting a little girl who may not even be human]]. |
| 551 | |
| 552 | |
| 553 | !!Otokoya Moume |
| 554 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 555 | A 36-year-old company worker from episode 30, "The Single Life". |
| 556 | ---- |
| 557 | * IronicHell: Otokoya, who was so proud and happy of his single lifestyle, ends living with his housemaid, her husband, her daughter, and his own kids (who returned to him after their mother left with another man), and their dog. |
| 558 | * MeaningfulName: His full name sounds like "single male". |
| 559 | * MenCantKeepHouse: Otokoya seems to have not cleaned his house since his wife left. |
| 560 | * TakingTheKids: Implied that when his wife ran away, she took the kids. |
| 561 | * TrashOfTheTitans: Before getting a housemaid, all his floor was covered in trash. |
| 562 | |
| 563 | |
| 564 | !!Hande Oshita |
| 565 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 566 | A 57-year-old company worker from episode 31, "Early Stopover". |
| 567 | ---- |
| 568 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: When Hande ended in the wrong bar and was given a very high bill, Moguro tells him to escape and that he will take care, then he berates the bartenders and reveals they actually drugged the man with a free sample, and put a bunch of empty beer jars to make it seem he drank all of it. |
| 569 | * MeaningfulName: His full name means "like clockwork". |
| 570 | |
| 571 | !!Osaki Makkura |
| 572 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 573 | A 20-year-old college student from episode 32, "Kissing Fortune". |
| 574 | ---- |
| 575 | * MeaningfulName: His full names sounds like "dim future". |
| 576 | |
| 577 | !!Ooi Takushi |
| 578 | ->Voiced by: Tarou Arakawa |
| 579 | A 33-year-old taxi driver from episode 33, "Refusal of Service". |
| 580 | ---- |
| 581 | * LaserGuidedKarma: He disregared Moguro's warning to never refuse service by refusing to take a pregnant woman to a nearby hospital, he ended in an accident falling in a river and with a broken leg, and no taxi stops to pick him up. |
| 582 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds like someone calling a taxi. |
| 583 | |
| 584 | !!Nomino Shinzou |
| 585 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 586 | A 25-year-old baseball player from episode 34, "Bullpen Ace". |
| 587 | ---- |
| 588 | * EveryYearTheyFizzleOut: Everyone says he is a great pitcher when he practices at the bullpen, but in an actual game, he cannot focus, and cannot make strikes. |
| 589 | * GoingColdTurkey: Moguro's condition. He told Nomino to abstain from drinking until he already got into the big leagues. |
| 590 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds like "being timid". |
| 591 | |
| 592 | |
| 593 | !!Kako Shinobu |
| 594 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 595 | A 48-year-old salaryman from episode 35, "Wife Photo". |
| 596 | ---- |
| 597 | * BaitAndSwitch: When he shows the photo of his wife, people comment that she looks very young, which gives the impression of this being a MayDecemberRomance story. The truth is that it is an old photo of his family that he carries around because he misses how his family relation was at that time. |
| 598 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds like "remembering the past". |
| 599 | * PreciousPhoto: The photo he carries of his wife and kid. |
| 600 | * SurprisinglyHappyEnding: The episode ends with Kako enjoying his flashback to the days when he had a happy life with his family, with no implication of any bad consequences for him later on. He's even allowed to come and go from the old house when he likes as shown in "Hot Spring Requiem". |
| 601 | |
| 602 | |
| 603 | !!Kichide Maniya |
| 604 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 605 | A 32-year-old salaryman from episode 36, "Collector". |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | * BenevolentBoss: In a scene, Kichide's boss is lecturing him on being late to work, yet he apparently knows about his obsession with commemorative stamps and says he doesn't mind that he buys them, but that he should call the office if he is coming late. |
| 608 | * CruelTwistEnding: Moguro helps Kichide to get rid of his addiction and gives him something to appease his collection fever, and he even does better at his job...then is revealed his mother made a bad investment and she lost her late husband's life savings (around the same amount as the stamp's price) so now Kichide has to sell the stamp, even knowing the warning that Moguro gave him when he finally managed to reach the collector that gave him an initial offer, he went through a construction site and a is hit by an excavator. And to push it, Moguro takes the stamp and reveals it was fake all along, saying he will return him his collection so he can pay part of the debt. |
| 609 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds like "Stamp fanatic". |
| 610 | * SunkCostFallacy: Kichide reasoning for continuing to collect stamps even after not enjoying it is that if he stopped all the effort he had put on his collection would become a waste. |
| 611 | |
| 612 | !!Ubuna Yatsuda |
| 613 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 614 | A 21-year-old Freeter from episode 37, "Queen of the Night". |
| 615 | ---- |
| 616 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds like "inexperienced guy". |
| 617 | |
| 618 | |
| 619 | |
| 620 | |
| 621 | |
| 622 | |
| 623 | !!Koh Arao |
| 624 | ->Voiced by: Creator/WataruTakagi |
| 625 | A 28-year-old animator from Episode 38, "Pet-in-a-Can". |
| 626 | ---- |
| 627 | * NiceGuy: Just a kind-hearted guy who wants something to take care of. |
| 628 | * {{Jerkass}}: Koh's neighbor, that seems to snitch on him only to be a jerk, and even destroyed his eucalyptus tree just because it gave him the creeps, and to hurt Koh. |
| 629 | * MeaningfulName: His full name sounds like "koala" |
| 630 | * PunnyName: His name sounds like "koala" said with a heavy Japanese accent, and his gift from Moguro is a eucalyptus tree. |
| 631 | * SurprisinglyHappyEnding: The episode where he appears stands out from the rest because of how it's so light compared to the others. He wants to keep some kind of pet but the building where he lives doesn't allow them, so after his bird's thrown away by his landlord who was tipped off by a {{Jerkass}} neighbor, Moguro gives Arao a eucalyptus tree for him to take care of instead. The tree flourishes, and Arao's career takes off with him pitching what becomes a popular anime about a koala inspired by his love for the tree. And it's never snatched away because Arao did everything Moguro told him to. The episode still needs to have a {{Jerkass}} suffer a righteous takedown, but it's the neighbor from before who wrecks Arao's tree for the hell of it, then gets pummeled by the tree when Moguro brings it back to life. |
| 632 | * WriteWhoYouKnow: In-universe. He eventually makes a successful pitch for an anime about a koala and his tree friend, clearly based off his own experience with Yuka. |
| 633 | |
| 634 | !!Mimizu Kunio |
| 635 | |
| 636 | A 32-year-old photographer from Episode 39, "Owl Eyes" |
| 637 | ---- |
| 638 | * AesopCollateralDamage: [[spoiler:For all of his faults his wife really does love him, but [[{{Animorphism}} this latest career change]] may be a little too much for her]]. |
| 639 | * AnimalMotif: Owls. He even looks like one. |
| 640 | * {{Animorphism}}: [[spoiler:He ends up being transformed into an owl-man. Moguro notes that this may be the happiest he's ever been in his life]]. |
| 641 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Besides his name, his appearance also resembles an owl. |
| 642 | * MarriedToTheJob: His wife accuses him of loving owls more than her. |
| 643 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds like "mimizuku", the japanese name for the horned owl. |
| 644 | * MoneyDearBoy: In-universe. He's forced to become a paparazzi to support his family. |
| 645 | * ObsessiveHobbyEpisode: His obsession with owls is making himself and his family suffer, since he regularly leaves them for camping trips in order to take pictures of owls that don't even sell well. |
| 646 | * {{Otaku}}: He's one for owls. |
| 647 | * {{Paparazzi}}: Moguro's solution for Mimizu. He states that if he takes photos of "urban owls" (important people during the night) he will make so much money that his wife won't care about his trips to photograph real owls. |
| 648 | |
| 649 | !!Wakasa Manjirou |
| 650 | |
| 651 | A 50-year-old company manager from Episode 40, "Youthful Pride" |
| 652 | ---- |
| 653 | * AllMenArePerverts: Like so many men in this series, one of the first things he does when his youth is restored is cat around with a younger woman while his wife's at home. |
| 654 | * {{Expy}}: His story is somewhat reminiscent of Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray, with his vitality being linked to a Valentino doll which keeps him young. |
| 655 | * FeelingTheirAge: He had a remarkable amount of stamina and energy until he hit a perfect storm of reminders of how old he ''really'' was and got bummed out. |
| 656 | * FountainOfYouth: Moguro gives Wakasa a doll of Creator/RudolphValentino, an eternal symbol of male beauty, and tells him that by praying to it, he can turn back his clock, restoring and maintaining his youth. It works, [[spoiler:but then he has to go and push it]]. |
| 657 | * FirstGrayHair: Actually, it's his thinning hair from behind which catches his attention and starts him worrying. |
| 658 | * HeroicRROD: [[spoiler:Having gotten the attention of a younger lady, he tries to out-dance her and all the other young people on the floor, eventually straining his body so hard the Valentino doll shatters, and so does he]]. |
| 659 | * MaamShock: When his wife points out he slouches, Wakasa starts noticing all the aging signs around him, including a little girl refering to him as "oji-san" (a polite way of referring to an older man). |
| 660 | * MeaningfulName: His surname sounds like "youth". |
| 661 | * MediumBlending: [[spoiler:When the Valentino idol shatters and his age catches up with him all at once, his face is represented by something like a rubber zombie mask.]] |
| 662 | * OlderThanTheyLook: At age fifty, he still mostly looks like he's in his mid-thirties. |
| 663 | * {{Pride}}: As the episode title alludes, giving into his pride [[spoiler:and pushing his body too far]] proves to be his downfall. |
| 664 | |
| 665 | !!Kurume Hoshio |
| 666 | ->Voiced by: Creator/RyoHorikawa |
| 667 | A 22-year-old salaryman from episode 41, "Gourmand in Waiting". |
| 668 | ---- |
| 669 | * MeaningfulName: His names sounds like "I want gourmet (food)" |
| 670 | * PickyEater: Kurume becomes unable to eat anything that doesn't comes from the fine restaurant that Moguro suggested. [[spoiler: His punishment is to only be allowed to eat the garbage that comes from that restaurant]]. |
| 671 | * SelfBotchedCatchPhrase: Since Moguro was offering to show some restaurants to Kurume, he said he would fill the hole in his "stomach", before correcting himself and saying "in his heart". |
| 672 | |
| 673 | |
| 674 | !!Karao Keiichi |
| 675 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 676 | A 30-year-old salaryman from episode 42, "Karaoke Addict". |
| 677 | ---- |
| 678 | * MeaningfulName: His names sounds like "I don't care about Karaoke". |
| 679 | |
| 680 | |
| 681 | |
| 682 | !!Tanami Kazuhito |
| 683 | |
| 684 | A 46-year-old company man from Episode 43, "Relocated Husband" |
| 685 | ---- |
| 686 | * AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Alone and friendless in his new city, he drifts into the arms of another woman. |
| 687 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Having been relocated to distant branch office from Tokyo, his new co-workers in the sticks are distrustful of him and turn down his attempts at forming friendships. |
| 688 | * BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults: After he politely compliments the appearance of an office lady at his new location, he's washing up when he overhears her talking to her friends in the girls' room about how gross it was and that he might be making a play for her that she needs to watch out for. |
| 689 | * BelatedHappyEnding: Inverted. In his appearance in "Hot Spring Requiem", he indicates that because of the flap his [[spoiler:affair with Tsuyu]] caused he got demoted to an even ''smaller'' town. |
| 690 | * CantGetAwayWithNuthin: [[spoiler:The '''very morning''' after he gives into his loneliness and sleeps with Tsuyu, his wife shows up to check on him because he hadn't called and discovers her]]. |
| 691 | * GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: His case is treated more sympathetically than other adulterers on the show, because of how lonely he and Tsuyu were. [[spoiler:Not that his wife is likely to let him off]]. |
| 692 | * HappilyMarried: He loves his wife and hates being separated from her. |
| 693 | * LonelyTogether: One of the things that draws him and Tsuyu together is their mutual loneliness. |
| 694 | * MeaningfulName: His first name uses the characters for "lonely". |
| 695 | * NiceGuy: He really is a very kind person, not that his jerk co-workers are willing to find out. |
| 696 | * SecondLove: Although he loves his wife, he also falls in love with Tsuyu. |
| 697 | |
| 698 | !!Hanahata Komatta |
| 699 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 700 | A 49-year-old salaryman from episode 44, "Moonlit Orchid". |
| 701 | ---- |
| 702 | * AbandonedPlayground: Hanahata loiters late at night at a playground to avoid going home. |
| 703 | * MeaningfulName: His name reads like "flower garden problems". |
| 704 | * UnexplainedRecovery: He's shown to be totally fine in "Hot Spring Requiem" despite having had an [[spoiler:orchid grown]] out of his intestines. |
| 705 | |
| 706 | !!Sutami Nashiya |
| 707 | ->Voiced by: Creator/KappeiYamaguchi |
| 708 | A 29-year-old scriptwriter from episode 45, "Kefir". |
| 709 | ---- |
| 710 | * MeaningfulName: His full names sounds like "I have no stamina". |
| 711 | * MustHaveCaffeine: He starts the episode with an addiction to energy drinks. He says that he can go for days without eating, but will lose his mind without energy drinks. |
| 712 | |
| 713 | !!Shiratama Kyouichi |
| 714 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 715 | A 44-year-old salaryman from episode 46, "Golf Freak". |
| 716 | ---- |
| 717 | * HighHopesZeroTalent: He states he actually loves golf and likes to practice, but he still is a bad player despite having practiced for 2 years. |
| 718 | * MeaningfulName: His surname literally translates to "white ball". |
| 719 | |
| 720 | !!Uwame Kazuo |
| 721 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 722 | A 49-year-old salaryman from episode 47, "The Man who Looks Down". |
| 723 | ---- |
| 724 | * FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: After a week living in a tall building, Uwame was able to show confidence to the point of getting a promotion directly from the president of the company, but it only took one person to actually show more backbone (his wife) for him to return to his spineless status. |
| 725 | * GrewASpine: He becomes a more assertive man after living in the tallest building in the city for a week, since now he always "looks down" on everyone else. |
| 726 | * MeaningfulName: His surname sounds like "looking up". |
| 727 | * TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Uwame's boss refers to him with the [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics "kun" honorific]] despite him having seniority, showing the boss doesn't have much respect for him. The second thing Uwame does after returning to the office is demanding his boss to stop it and refer to him with the "san" honorific. |
| 728 | |
| 729 | |
| 730 | |
| 731 | !!Izumo Wakashi |
| 732 | |
| 733 | A 73-year-old company president from episode 48, "Old Face, Young Body" |
| 734 | ---- |
| 735 | * AcceptableBreaksFromReality: Technically, exercising and keeping an active lifestyle as he does ''would'' keep his body from slipping as badly as it appears to have, but then there wouldn't be a plot. |
| 736 | * {{Butterface}}: [[spoiler:As of the end of the episode, his body remains incredibly muscular, but his head has aged ridiculously, a reverse from his previous situation--assuming he's still alive]]. |
| 737 | * CantHaveSexEver: Meguro warns him that his newly muscular body goes against nature and that the act of having sex will drain his vitality. Wakashi assures him that he's in love with his new body more than any woman. [[spoiler:Yeah, guess what?]] |
| 738 | * ExactWords: Moguro warns him that falling for a younger woman and having sex will drain his vitality. Izumo either accidentally [[LoopholeAbuse or deliberately]], interpreted that to mean he could have sex as long as he wasn't in love. |
| 739 | * GloryDays: Flashbacks show that he was an athletic star in his youth, and he still clings to those days, making prideful (and false) boasts about his health. |
| 740 | * IWasQuiteALooker: Moguro's barbell helps him return his fitness level to the days of his youth and more, matching his youthful-looking face. |
| 741 | * MeaningfulName: His full name sounds like "forever young". |
| 742 | * NightmareFace: [[spoiler:After sleeping with a woman, his face ages to the point where he looks like a mummy with his teeth and hair falling out]]. |
| 743 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Played with. Although he has the face of a man twenty years younger, his stamina and body remain those of an old man no matter how much he works out. |
| 744 | * PaperTiger: Among his friends, he pretends to be much more energetic than he actually is, making bold statements about playing eighteen holes of golf, but collapsing in private after only nine. [[spoiler:Even after his muscles come back, Moguro warns him to take it easy and not push himself too hard]]. |
| 745 | * PrideBeforeAFall: [[spoiler:After the lady he's showing off to points out that ''one'' part of him is still 73 years old, he decides to throw caution to the wind and ignore Moguro's warning so he can prove to her that everything's still working. One marathon sex session later, his head looks like a shrunken apple doll thanks to his vitality being sapped]]. |
| 746 | * RapidAging: [[spoiler:After sleeping with a woman against Moguro's orders, his body remains healthy but his face ages 'til he looks older than any human could ever live to be]]. |
| 747 | * VainSorcerer: Fearful of his own aging, he's using a (gifted) magical item to regain his youthful vitality and muscle. |
| 748 | |
| 749 | !!Anraku Kazuhisa |
| 750 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 751 | A 38-year-old Printer from episode 49, "The Chair-Man". |
| 752 | ---- |
| 753 | * ForcedTransformation: At the end Moguro allows Anraku to have a nice night on a chair...by transforming him into a chair. |
| 754 | * MeaningfulName: The characters on his name can be read as "anraku issu", which means "easy chair." |
| 755 | |
| 756 | |
| 757 | !!Mayoi Oushi |
| 758 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 759 | A 25-year-old salaryman from episode 50, "Decision Stick". |
| 760 | ---- |
| 761 | * CerebusSyndrome: People have been killed due to the deals with Moguro before, but this is the first episode where the customer himself becomes the victim. |
| 762 | * TheDitherer: Mayoi's problem. He overthinks even the tiniest decision he has to make. |
| 763 | * MeaningfulName: His names sounds like "frequently lost". |
| 764 | * UmpteenthCustomer: After using Moguro's decision stick, Mayoi immediately orders ramen without thinking. He is the 10,000th bowl served and wins free ramen for a year. |
| 765 | |
| 766 | |
| 767 | !!Kibara Shisao |
| 768 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 769 | A 46-year-old salaryman from episode 51, "Hot Spring Oddities". |
| 770 | ---- |
| 771 | * BeerGoggles: He got liquored up thought he was having a fling with an attractive worker at the hot springs who seemed to be into him. [[spoiler:Not only was it her unattractive boss (who bore an unappealing resemblance to his wife), but her "services" cost 100, 000 yen]]. |
| 772 | * MeaningfulName: Part of his name sounds like "Kibarashi", which means "diversion." |
| 773 | |
| 774 | !!Ban Moriyasu |
| 775 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 776 | A 27-year-old artist from episode 53, "Pride in my Work". |
| 777 | ---- |
| 778 | * CreatorCareerSelfDeprecation: During his ending monologue, Moguro says that the artist field is a ruthless one. And that even Fujiko Fujio is no exception. |
| 779 | * NapoleonDelusion: Ban's goal is to be like van Gogh, but when he "sold his artist soul", Moguro punished him to be JUST like van Gogh, [[spoiler: the next scene has him cutting his own ear and then painting various replicas of the famous self-portrait of 1889 (the one with the bandaged ear) with his own face on them.]] |
| 780 | * StarvingArtist: Ban explains he has not been accepted at any art exhibition, and has to draw sketches on the street. |
| 781 | |
| 782 | !!Deri Keita |
| 783 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 784 | A 32-year-old salaryman from episode 54, "Home Vegetable Garden". |
| 785 | ---- |
| 786 | * ABloodyMess: When Moguro first encountered Deri, the guy pushed him and Moguro fell down, then blood started to pour and Moguro cried that he was dying...only to say he was joking and reveal he just fell over the tomatoes he bought. |
| 787 | * MeaningfulName: His full name sounds like "delicate", in a picky or fussy sense. |
| 788 | * PickyEater: He believes that the pesticides and chemicals used in food are too dangerous, and avoid eating any food not prepared by himself as much as possible. |
| 789 | |
| 790 | |
| 791 | !!Yotte Sourou |
| 792 | |
| 793 | A 31-year old Salary from Episode 55, "Mean Drunk" |
| 794 | ---- |
| 795 | * TheCameo |
| 796 | ** When Yotte is discussing with a bartender, there is a couple at each side of him, at his right is Fuuta and his coworker, from "Cutting"; and at his left is Junichi Naoki and the woman from "Woman on the Platform." |
| 797 | ** During a drunken rage in the streets, Yotte scares off a young couple. They are Shinichi Bouda and his girlfriend from "The Separator". |
| 798 | * CatharticScream: Moguro gives him the Temper Sack, a handy little bag in which he can scream loud invectives so no one else can hear them and gives him an outlet besides drunkenness to express his anger. It works out fine, until someone pulls out the string keeping the insults in. [[SensoryAbuse Then very loud things happen]]. |
| 799 | * CatchPhrase: "Oh My God!" in English. |
| 800 | * GoingColdTurkey: His original plan, after seeing the recordings Moguro's made of him. Moguro points out that doing so without another way to express his negative feelings wouldn't work out. |
| 801 | %% * ExtremeDoormat: How he behaves when he's sober. |
| 802 | * GratuitousEnglish: He tends to say "Oh my God!" whenever he is upset. |
| 803 | * InVinoVeritas: When he's drunk all the angry feelings he represses toward his co-workers and others come screaming to the fore and he does crazy violent things. |
| 804 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds almost like "drunken rage". |
| 805 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Naturally his sober self is distraught by what his drunk self gets up to. |
| 806 | * NonchalantDodge: Moguro easily dodges every punch and kick Yotte tried to land. |
| 807 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: Moguro as expected, but he manages to take it up a notch by not only admitting it to his client, but revealing that he has been filming him as well. |
| 808 | * TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: His co-workers have long stopped inviting him to drinking nights, but he still insists on tagging along. |
| 809 | * WhatDidIDoLastNight: He gets drunk, wigs out, and only has hazy memories the next day. |
| 810 | |
| 811 | |
| 812 | !!Yuami Yoshio |
| 813 | |
| 814 | A 39-year-old waterworks agent from episode 56, "Paradise Bath" |
| 815 | ---- |
| 816 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Subtle, but he has three wavy hairs sticking from his head in the shape of a sign for bath houses. |
| 817 | * FailedASpotCheck: You're not supposed to bring any modern devices into Paradise Bath, but he slipped and brought his pager in without thinking. |
| 818 | * FanOfThePast: He's a big fan of old-fashioned bathhouses. It's strongly implied that he finds modern life in general rather stifling. |
| 819 | * FingertipDrugAnalysis: He's good enough at his job to be able to tell where bathhouses draw their water from by tasting a drop on his finger. Uh, from a faucet, not a bath. |
| 820 | * LuddWasRight: Moguro brings Yuami to a bath house built like one from the ancient Edo era. And says he can have a free membership as long as he does not enter any modern object. |
| 821 | * MeaningfulName: His full name almost sounds like "a good bath". |
| 822 | * {{Otaku}}: For old-style bathhouses. He tested so many for his job that he fell in love with them, and upset at their decline in favor of saunas and "health centers". |
| 823 | * SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After breaking the "no-technology" rule, he acknowledges what he did wrong and throws himself at Moguro's feet, begging to be allowed into that wonderful bathhouse again. Moguro tells him that he'll let him in, but he can never leave. Weighing the prospect of a stifling modern life against the bathhouse Yuami agrees to go, and is possibly the only person ''happy'' to be '''DON'''-ed]]. |
| 824 | * {{Unishment}}: When Yuami broke the rule of not entering modern stuff into the bath house, Moguro gives him a second chance, but the new rule is that he can never leave the bath house, which Yuami agrees. Unlike many other clients, Yuami actually ends happier at the end. |
| 825 | |
| 826 | !!Tsunei Kazuto |
| 827 | |
| 828 | A 25-year-old TV production staff member from Episode 57, "Rental Girlfriend" |
| 829 | ---- |
| 830 | %% * CoolCar: Eri drives one. |
| 831 | * GaussianGirl: Eri is shot in this manner, and thus the pale pink dress she wears makes her seem to glow. |
| 832 | * HeadTurningBeauty: Eri, the lady Moguro arranged to be Tsunei's "girlfriend" catches the attention of all of Tsunei's friends, much to the chagrin of ''their'' girlfriends. Tsunei himself finds that he can't get her out of his head. |
| 833 | * ItOnlyWorksOnce: Justified. [[spoiler:Moguro's only willing to pay for one date with Eri]]. |
| 834 | * MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: After Moguro needles him about not being able to get a date, he rents an adult video specifically geared toward single gentlemen. |
| 835 | * MeaningfulName: His full name can be read as "always alone". |
| 836 | * ThisIsReality: [[spoiler:Kazuto learns, too late, that while there ''are'' attractive women who come and escort you when you want, their services don't come free]]. |
| 837 | |
| 838 | |
| 839 | !!Kaikou Sumitarou |
| 840 | ->Voiced by: Minoru Yada |
| 841 | A 60-year-old salaryman from episode 58, "Memory Bar". |
| 842 | ---- |
| 843 | * TheCameo: During Moguro's opening monologue we see Karao Keiichi during his sting at the karaoke bar. |
| 844 | * MeaningfulName: Part of his name sounds like "living in nostalgia". |
| 845 | * NostalgiaFilter: Moguro and Kaikou complain about how all modern bars are of the noisy karaoke type, and that it was better when bars had more class. |
| 846 | |
| 847 | !!Wakatsuma Tsuyoshi |
| 848 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 849 | A 28-year-old salaryman from episode 59, "My Wife's Lunch". |
| 850 | ---- |
| 851 | * CuriosityKilledTheCast: When Wakatsuma asks if someone actually eats his wife's lunches, Moguro tells him not to pry into that detail. He says he was just curious. But, of course, he then tries to get more information. |
| 852 | * EnemyEatsYourLunch: Moguro as usual. He decides to take Wakatsuma's lunch since he was going to throw it away. A special case in this episode since it actually backfires and Moguro chokes due to how nasty the taste is. |
| 853 | * LethalChef: Wakatsuma's wife is a horrible cook. How horrible? Not even Moguro could stand her food. |
| 854 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds like "my wife is strong". |
| 855 | * YouJustToldMe: When Wakatsuma came home with a completely clean box, his wife assumed (correctly) that someone else ate it, trying to defuse the situation, he states that her prawns were delicious...only for her to say that she didn't add any prawns. |
| 856 | |
| 857 | |
| 858 | !!Bon Fukumizu |
| 859 | |
| 860 | A 35-year-old hotel banquet host from episode 60, "Divorce Club" |
| 861 | ---- |
| 862 | * AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler:Or maybe IfItsYouItsOkay? Bon only sought out relationships with females before the Divorce Club cruise, but the fact that the soulmate he meets is a WholesomeCrossdresser, which Bon must have realized as soon as said soulmate opened his mouth, doesn't slow their relationship down in the slightest]]. |
| 863 | * ArrangedMarriage: Met his first wife after a number of failed marriage interviews. |
| 864 | * AwfulWeddedLife: He states he never had luck at marriage interviews until he met his current wife, but she is from an upper class family and they treat him more as a servant than a husband. |
| 865 | * TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Fukumizu's job is to prepare and give happy regards to newly weds, but he states that he hates his marriage. |
| 866 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: He put off with his horrible family-in-law for too long and decided to divorce his wife on Moguro's advice. Then Moguro invites him to the "Divoce Club" and warns him not to judge anyone on looks or wealth. At the club he meets a girl and they marry. [[spoiler: The ending reveals that the girl he met was actually a man crossdressing, but they seem genuinely happy together]]. |
| 867 | * ExactEavesdropping: Right after he turns down Moguro's suggestion to get divorced he returns home to hear his wife and mother-in-law bickering about how the former only married such a wimp because the latter kept complaining about wanting [[IWantGrandkids grandchildren]] and both mocking him behind his back about how he couldn't even do ''that''. This is the straw that breaks the camel's back. |
| 868 | * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:The second time around, at least, he finds someone who loves him for who he is]]. |
| 869 | %% * HenpeckedHusband: He gets it from his wife ''and'' his mother-in-law. |
| 870 | * InsecureLoveInterest: After Moguro introduces him to the Divorce Club, Bon wonders aloud if anyone could love someone like him. Moguro tells him to buck up and guarantees it. |
| 871 | * {{Irony}}: As he notes, the fact that his job involves emceeing weddings for happy couples is a cruel irony. |
| 872 | * LoveAtFirstSight: Bon and Masami are entranced with each other as soon as they meet. |
| 873 | * MaleRestroomEtiquette: Moguro presents himself while both he and his future client are urinating, he even shows his card while they are "doing it". |
| 874 | %% * MeaningfulName: His name is similar to the phrase "fukusui bon ni kaerazu", which means "water under the bridge". |
| 875 | * MeetCute: He and his soulmate Masami meet after they bump hands reaching for the same glass of wine. Of course, since they were on a cruise ship full of divorcees looking for love this is a bit more plausible. |
| 876 | * RageBreakingPoint: Fukumizu is mocked by his wife and mother-in-law, is treated like a servant, is put down for his meager wage, but he simply remains quietly bitter when he's at home. But when he eavesdrops on them talking about how the mother only wants a grandkid, and the wife states she outright despises having sex with him, he finally snaps at them and demands a divorce. |
| 877 | * SecondLove: Subverted. [[spoiler:Technically, he was never in love with his wife to begin with, so the guy he ends up with after his divorce is really his first one]]. |
| 878 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: [[spoiler:The twist of the episode is that he falls happily in love with a crossdresser at the Divorce Club]]. |
| 879 | |
| 880 | !!Ikko Tateo |
| 881 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 882 | A 41-year-old salaryman from episode 61, "My Dream Home". |
| 883 | ---- |
| 884 | * {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The final home that Moguro offers is this. Turns out [[spoiler: the house is the perfect home for the family, a lot of space, great view and a room for everybody...but is build on a cliff, as in vertically attached to the cliff.]] |
| 885 | * HouseHuntingMontage: Moguro takes Ikko house-hunting, first he shows a poorly build wood tower completely surrounded by concrete buildings, then one that is literally in the middle of a graveyard, and then a tiny one build at the highest point of a tower. And Moguro keeps focusing on the [[NeverNeedsSharpening "positive"]] features of the houses. |
| 886 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds like "detached house". |
| 887 | |
| 888 | |
| 889 | !!Uwaki Shirou |
| 890 | |
| 891 | A 33-year-old traveling salesman from Episode 62, "Love's Parting Gifts" |
| 892 | ---- |
| 893 | * AccidentalAdultery: He did this to Yoshiko, having a romantic affair with her without mentioning his family, even after spending the night with her. |
| 894 | * BestServedCold: Uwaki cheated on his wife with his client, but was so ashamed about the ordeal that he moved to a different town. Moguro reveals that he has been searching for Uwaki to punish him for disregarding his warning. |
| 895 | * ChildOfForbiddenLove: [[spoiler:Yoshiko ended up pregnant from their extramarital affair. And she shows up and is his new neighbor by the end.]]! |
| 896 | * DistinguishingMark: He's got a prominent mole on his left cheek. [[spoiler:So does his daughter by Ubune]]. |
| 897 | * HappilyMarried: He clearly loves his wife. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, she probably won't forgive him knocking up another woman...]] |
| 898 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He has two beloveds, but he ultimately chooses his family over his lover. |
| 899 | * LaserGuidedKarma: He cheated on his wife with a client, and later broke her heart by abandoning her and moving to another town. [[spoiler:Said client then moves next door, and reveals that she just had a baby. ''His'' baby.]] |
| 900 | * LoveAtFirstSight: He was fascinated by his client Ubuna Yoshiko from the moment he met her. |
| 901 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds like "Let's experience cheating". |
| 902 | * MetaphoricallyTrue: Moguro tells him that Yoshiko is the kind of lady who takes everything seriously and that he needs to be honest about his wife and child before things between them develop too much. Uwaki doesn't ''lie'' about his family, but he also doesn't mention them. |
| 903 | * NeverMyFault: He blames Moguro for egging him into a relationship with Yoshiko, even though his obsession with her was already interfering with his job and family. All Moguro did was give Uwaki the detailed profile on her which he'd consented to receiving--''he's'' the one who chose to use the information to get an "in" with Yoshiko, ''and'' the one who let their relationship progress without telling her the truth about being married with a family. Breaking a promise Moguro had extracted from him, by the way. |
| 904 | * NotStayingForBreakfast: After their night together, he decides to leave Yoshiko, ''still'' without telling her about his wife and child. |
| 905 | * TheOathbreaker: Moguro gave him information about Yoshiko Ubune in exchange for a promise that he'd be honest with her about his wife and child before things went too far. He didn't. Like so many of Moguro's warnings, this wasn't for ''Moguro's'' sake. |
| 906 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler:He walks outside and calls out to his daughter Yuka just as the new neighbor introduces Yuka to...her new baby sister]]. |
| 907 | * PlayingCyrano: He was able to successfully court Yoshiko thanks to the profile Moguro gave him telling him about her interests. |
| 908 | * SadisticChoice: Run out on Yoshiko or lose his family? He chooses the former, but it wouldn't have come up if he'd been straightforward from the start. |
| 909 | * SecondLove: He loves his wife and child very much, but he also falls in love with Yoshiko. |
| 910 | * StalkerWithACrush: After he became obsessed with Yoshiko he agreed to receive a detailed profile about her from Moguro for the purpose of winning her over. Stalking by proxy? |
| 911 | * WantingIsBetterThanHaving: Once he actually hooks up with Ubune, he realizes that staying with her would mean having to leave his wife and child. He doesn't just walk out on her, he quits his job and moves his family across the country so she can't track him down. Later, he calls his affair with her an impulsive fling that she surely moved on from. [[spoiler:Even without Moguro's intervention, he really should've known better]]. |
| 912 | * WholeEpisodeFlashback: Moguro meets Uwaki in a bus revealing that he is a former client of his. So most of the episode is a flashback to the time when Moguro first offered his services. |
| 913 | |
| 914 | |
| 915 | !!Yanai Samushi |
| 916 | |
| 917 | A 41-year-old company worker from Episode 63 "The Ideal Family" |
| 918 | ---- |
| 919 | * ABNegative: His exact blood type. [[spoiler:Which is why the vampire mother and daughter find him so tasty]]. |
| 920 | * DysfunctionalFamily: As he explains it, his wife and son are basically roommates who treat him like crap. [[spoiler:He may be stuck as a blood pack for two vampires in the end, but at least they love him for it]]. |
| 921 | * HeelRealization: After they drive him out of the house, his wife and son realize just how badly they've been treating him. [[spoiler:Too late]]. |
| 922 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds like "My household is cold". |
| 923 | * SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious: [[spoiler:His blood type, AB-, is apparently a delicacy for vampires]]. |
| 924 | |
| 925 | |
| 926 | !!Kouda Kametarou |
| 927 | |
| 928 | A computer programmer from Episode 64, "Love Across the Glass" |
| 929 | ---- |
| 930 | * AnimalMotif: Turtles. |
| 931 | * {{Animorphism}}: [[spoiler:His punishment for stealing Kamejirou is to be slowly turned into a turtle himself]]. |
| 932 | * FreudianExcuse: His obsession with turtles comes from being viciously bullied as a child due to his physical resemblance to one, thus he's a prime example of someone with a hole in his soul. |
| 933 | * TheHermit: After buying a house he divides his time between his work, diving in the ocean and hanging out with his turtles. |
| 934 | * IfICantHaveYou: Moguro arranges for the aquarium to lend him Kamejirou, his favorite turtle, so he can interact with it directly. Unfortunately, that's not enough for him, as he steals the turtle. Even after Moguro flat-out tells him that Kamejirou will ''die'' in the tank Kouda provides him, he refuses to give him up. |
| 935 | * InterspeciesFriendship: He regards one turtle in particular, Kamejirou, as a brother. We don't really know what Kamejirou thinks. |
| 936 | * MeaningfulName: His name contains both the characters for "shell" and "turtle". |
| 937 | * ThisIsReality: Love isn't going to help a turtle survive if you don't have the means to take care of it, and Kametarou doesn't have the means to take care of Kamejirou, as Moguro points out. |
| 938 | * TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: Moguro's recording, assuming it is an actual recording and not magic, knew that Kouda would take the turtle to his home, and that he would refuse to return it. |
| 939 | * {{Unishment}}: [[spoiler:Most people wouldn't be happy to be turned into a turtle, but for Kouda it's a dream come true]]. |
| 940 | |
| 941 | |
| 942 | !!Koshiba Shousuke |
| 943 | |
| 944 | A 55-year-old novelist from Episode 65 "Barhopper" |
| 945 | ---- |
| 946 | * TheAlcoholic: |
| 947 | ** Koshiba likes barhopping, and he states he visits at least 10 bars every night. But the really impressive thing is that even Moguro couldn't keep pace with him. |
| 948 | ** Nomiko, the girl that Moguro presents to Koshiba, and who can beat him at drinking, she even went to a ramen stand for a sake cup, but actually used a ramen bowl to drink it. |
| 949 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Sakai Nomiko has dark skin and wavy hair, which could be from a tan and a perm or an indicator that she's at least partly foreign. |
| 950 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Nomiko again, who despite her slim frame and apparent good health can out-drink a seasoned barhopper with no apparent intoxication whatsoever. |
| 951 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Koshiba wanted someone who could keep up with his barhopping. Moguro puts him in touch with an attractive young lady who doesn't just drink him under the table [[spoiler:but into the grave]]. |
| 952 | * [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Out-Drink Cthulhu]]: He drags Moguro on a bar crawl and the Laughing Salesman hits his limit after four bars. |
| 953 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Breaks his promise to Moguro not to hit on Nomiko, who leaves him in disgust. So there's no one to help him when he's dying from alcohol poisoning]]. |
| 954 | * InVinoVeritas: He tells Moguro that he's only interested in a drinking partner, [[spoiler:but starts hitting on Nomiko once he gets drunk enough]]. |
| 955 | * MeaningfulName |
| 956 | ** Using Japanese phonetics, his name is an anagram for "hashigo shiyou" which means "let's go barhopping". |
| 957 | ** Moguro presents Koshiba a girl to be his drinking partner. Her name is Sakai Nomiko, which sounds like "to drink alcohol". |
| 958 | |
| 959 | !!Nagai Yasumi |
| 960 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 961 | A 42-year-old salaryman from episode 66, "Long-Term Break". |
| 962 | ---- |
| 963 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds like "long vacation". |
| 964 | |
| 965 | !!Wagama Machiko |
| 966 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 967 | A 29-year-old fashion designer from episode 67, House Lady". |
| 968 | ---- |
| 969 | * MeaningfulName: Part of her name sounds like "wagamama", which means "spoiled". |
| 970 | * MenCantKeepHouse: Inverted, Machiko is shown to be horrible at house keeping. It is stated this is because she is a career woman. |
| 971 | * TrashOfTheTitans: After Moguro dons Machiko, her home ends even worse than before, with trash everywhere. |
| 972 | |
| 973 | |
| 974 | !!Muneri Kiyoshi |
| 975 | |
| 976 | A 46-year-old subsection chief from Episode 68 "Sleep Pillow" |
| 977 | ---- |
| 978 | * BlatantLies: [[spoiler:Moguro outright warns him that staying in a sleep state for too long could be addictive and not to overuse the pillow, but Muneri assures him he's fine. Meanwhile he's using it for things like ignoring speeches from his boss and complaints from his wife]]. |
| 979 | * FlawedPrototype: Moguro gives him an electronic device in the shape of a tiny pillow which sends alpha waves into his brain, allowing it to be in a state of sleep while awake. However, as it's a prototype, he warns Muneri not to overuse it and to take it off when its alarm goes off. [[spoiler:Muneri gets addicted to the sensation of it, and the ensuing explosion takes away his ability to sleep, probably permanently]]. |
| 980 | * TheInsomniac: In his bedroom his wife loudly grinds her teeth, on the couch his son plays video games all night, and the stress from his job and aforementioned kid's bad grades doesn't help. when he goes to bed early, he just ends up staying awake. |
| 981 | * TheSleepless: [[spoiler:His long-term abuse of the sleep pillow, coupled with its overload, mean that he gets the equivalent of half a year straight of pure sleep in only a few days. Now he ''can't'' sleep. '''Period'''. But that makes him a perfect night watchman]]. |
| 982 | * WhyAmITicking: [[spoiler:During a company meeting he ignores the pillow's alarm, and since he's in a state of sleep he can't properly process the people who notice his body smoking, or the electrical discharges, or how everyone seems to be running away and panicking, or--Ka-BOOM!]]. |
| 983 | |
| 984 | |
| 985 | !!Katte Ryouzou |
| 986 | |
| 987 | A 74-year-old former film star(?) from Episode 69, "The Mystery Star" |
| 988 | ---- |
| 989 | * AwfulTruth: As Hoshi Shinzaburo movies become popular again, Moguro firmly suggests that Katte not publically identify himself as Shinzaburo and simply be contented with the knowledge that he's gained a new generation of admirers. Unfortunately, someone claiming to be Hoshi Shinzaburo turns up, and Katte can't help but confront him. [[spoiler:On a TV show to see which was one was the real deal, the director of most of Hoshi Shinzaburo's movies points Katte out...as an impostor]]. |
| 990 | * FakeMemories: [[spoiler:It turns out that his belief that he was Hoshi Shinzaburo was a combination of being a big fan of his movies and an old man's muddled memory]]. |
| 991 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: There are a number of clues pertaining to Katte's [[spoiler:true identity]]. Mostly in Moguro's initial incredulity at his claims, admitting that he bears ''a bit'' of a resemblance to Tsukiboshi Hanpeita ([[spoiler:even making him younger in his mind doesn't make him match]]), the impostor looks more like Hanpeita than he does, and he never expresses any particular reason why he would bother [[spoiler:changing his name.]] |
| 992 | * MeaningfulName: His surname is a homophone for "self-serving", and can also be read as "has been". |
| 993 | * TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler:After learning that he wasn't Hoshi Shinzaburo after all, Katte is lost and confused, wondering who he really is and unable to shake the belief that he ''must'' somehow be Hoshi Shinzaburo. Moguro confronts him and eases his troubled soul by replacing his delusion with a new one--that he's actually Tsukiboshi Hanpeita, the samurai hero Shinzaburo played in Katte's favorite movies. So everyone's happy--unless he thinks you're a villain]]. |
| 994 | * WhiteDwarfStarlet: He's upset that people don't remember who he was, so Moguro offers to make his movies popular again. And soon enough they're the hottest new thing. |
| 995 | |
| 996 | |
| 997 | !!Seike Tsuzuki |
| 998 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 999 | A 29-year-old office lady from episode 70, "Germophobia". |
| 1000 | ---- |
| 1001 | * MeaningfulName: Her full name sounds like "she likes cleanliness". |
| 1002 | * NeatFreak: Seike is always clean and refuses to touch almost anything with her bare hands. |
| 1003 | * TerrifiedOfGerms: She really doesn’t like to touch anything with her bare hands and adheres very rigidly to her schedule. She doesn’t like germs to the point of never having kissed. However, after meeting a nice man, you can see her getting better and overcoming it to the point that she doesn’t care about touching surfaces with her bare hands. [[spoiler: Of course, she rejected the kiss of her new boyfriend, against Moguro's advice, which makes her fear turn up to eleven. Where she goes to work with a special containment suit as she claims she can’t even breathe the same air as her coworkers.]] |
| 1004 | |
| 1005 | |
| 1006 | !!Memo Matarou |
| 1007 | ->Voiced by: Creator/HideyukiTanaka |
| 1008 | A 36-year-old freelance writer from Episode 71, "Switched Organizers" |
| 1009 | ---- |
| 1010 | * AccidentalTheft: After a night out drinking, he loses his organizer, and Moguro gives him an identical one. Memo uses it when he gets home only to discover it's not his. After Memo uses the information within to get laid, Moguro turns up and the organizers are unswitched...but not before he copies the information onto his IC card. |
| 1011 | * AllMenArePerverts: The very first opportunity he gets to cheat on his wife, he takes it. |
| 1012 | * EasterEgg: The organizer’s Brand seems to be Fujico brand, based on the author’s name. |
| 1013 | * ItsForABook: His cutting-edge (for 1991) electronic organizer is full of random trivia he might need as a writer. Interestingly, Moguro's is full of random stuff, too. |
| 1014 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:For his violation of dating--that is, ''data'' privacy, Memo has the data of his life altered, with his beautiful wife switched out for an unattractive stranger and a bratty kid]]. |
| 1015 | * MeaningfulName: His last name references his complete reliance on his organizer to remember anything. |
| 1016 | * ThePornomancer: Moguro's organizer is full of women who are ready and willing as soon as they get the password--Memo takes advantage of this. |
| 1017 | * ReallyGetsAround: He takes advantage of the information found within Moguro's organizer to sleep with women all over the city. |
| 1018 | * RunningGag: Moguro switches places with a Tanuki statue and confuses Matarou. |
| 1019 | * StalkerWithACrush: This kind of a borderline case. He stored information about his future wife in his organizer when he was dating her. [[spoiler:Later this information disappears, along with the lady herself]]. |
| 1020 | |
| 1021 | !!Kakei Kazuya |
| 1022 | ->Voiced by: TBA |
| 1023 | A 35-year-old photographer from episode 72, "Red or Black!?". |
| 1024 | ---- |
| 1025 | * DescentIntoAddiction: Moguro showed Kakei a secret casino so he could have one last thrill. But the next day he discovered he had one chip remaining, which allowed him to return to the casino and lose more and more money. |
| 1026 | * MeaningfulName: His full name is derived from the phrase "kake ichi ka bachi ka", which means "bet all or nothing". |
| 1027 | * MillionToOneChance: Moguro seem to have taken pity on Kakei and gave him a "lifeline" as he called it. To bet all on zero, 1-36 chance of success. Kakei goes but decides to bet on 9-red, since is his lucky number, of course, the roulette lands on zero. |
| 1028 | * SharpDressedMan: Enforced. The secret casino that Moguro shows Kakei states that all members must dress formally. |
| 1029 | |
| 1030 | !!Uchinaki Yousuke |
| 1031 | ->Voiced by: Creator/TakeshiAono |
| 1032 | A 53-year-old salaryman from episode 73, "Sunday Club". |
| 1033 | ----- |
| 1034 | * HatingOnMonday: Uchinaki feels so depressed on Mondays that he doesn't care if he gets late to work, and states that he has been late all mondays for years. |
| 1035 | * JadedWashout: Uchinaki says that he didn't use to hate Mondays, and Moguro outright states this is because then he had dreams to chase, but now, at the end of his dead-end career, he has nothing to work for, and warns him that if he doesn't fix it, he will end skipping work altogether. |
| 1036 | * MeaningfulName: His last name is a homophone for "no house". |
| 1037 | * ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: Uchinaki broke his promise of not visiting the Sunday Club more than once per month, so Moguro makes him a permanent member, [[spoiler: which basically means that he is now a senile man that doesn't have to care about anything.]] |
| 1038 | |
| 1039 | !!Richigi Momoru |
| 1040 | |
| 1041 | A 42-year old salaryman from Episode 74, "Life in the Woods" |
| 1042 | ---- |
| 1043 | * IAmWhatIAm: Although the first week in the forest is a welcome respite, he soon finds himself missing his home and his job, coming to the conclusion that his true nature is that of a company worker. |
| 1044 | * MushroomSamba: Moguro accidentally (?) mixes in "special" mushrooms with the food they gathered. Richigi decides he rather likes them. |
| 1045 | * SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:He learns to take life in the city a little easier, and whenever he misses being in the forest, he can just pop a hallucinogenic mushroom and trip himself back there. Yay]]! |
| 1046 | |
| 1047 | !!Chuunen Takuji |
| 1048 | A 39-year old salaryman and burgeoning manga collector from Episode 75, "Mangania" |
| 1049 | ---- |
| 1050 | * {{Defictionalization}}: An actual manga with the title (and nothing else) "Last Utopia" did wind up being made in 2015 by Soto, who would go on to pen the manga adaptation of ''Literature/InAnotherWorldWithMySmartphone''. |
| 1051 | * FreudianExcuse: Admits that he wanted to be a mangaka himself but lacked the talent for it. So he lives vicariously through the comics he reads and collects. |
| 1052 | * {{Otaku}}: Of rare manga. His name also roughly translates to "middle-aged otaku". |
| 1053 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: Subjected to one of the most famous ones in the series where he lies to Moguro about the value of the manga he asked him to appraise. The salesman reveals that he always knew what it was worth and would've let Takuji keep the book if he had told the truth. Instead, he punishes him by having his wife pulp his collection into something she sees as more practical: toilet paper. |
| 1054 | * ShoutOut: The manga this episode centers around is a supposedly rare graphic novel called "Last Utopia", a clear {{Expy}} of ''Utopia: The Last World War'' another creation of ''The Laughing Salesman'''s authors Fujiko Fujio (Fujimoto Hiroshi and Motoo Abiko). |
| 1055 | * TakeThatUs: Moguro and Chuunen both scoff at Ashizuka Mushio, the supposed writer of "Last Utopia", considering the name to in fact be a pseudonym by some rookie hoping to crib on Osamu Tezuka's style. |
| 1056 | |
| 1057 | !!Ishii Hirowaka |
| 1058 | A 38-year-old salaryman from Episode 80, "The Pinkie Ring" |
| 1059 | ---- |
| 1060 | * TheAlcoholic: Although to his credit, once his doctor explains how badly he's damaged his liver, he tries to quit for the sake of his wife and daughter. Alas, all it takes it a bit of peer pressure and he forgets his promise to them. |
| 1061 | * BehavioralConditioning: By painfully squeezing his pinky finger whenever he exposes himself to alcohol, the ring Moguro gives him is intended to make him avoid drinking. |
| 1062 | * LoopholeAbuse: Eventually he's pressured into helping wine and dine a client, so he decides to remove the ring beforehand against Moguro's orders. [[spoiler:It works out perfectly and he's fine forever. HaHaHaNo. Actually, he puts it on again after drinking and finds it won't come off--and it's tightening. He tries to get water from a barrel to wash it off and make it expand, only to have it be a sake barrel. [[{{Fingore}} And after that, he doesn't need a ring to remind him anymore]]]]. |
| 1063 | * MagicAIsMagicA: The ring tightens when Ishii comes into contact with alcohol and loosens when exposed to water. Ishii finds that the ring will contract on his finger if he comes into contact with ''any'' alcohol, including cleaning products. [[spoiler:Also, it likes to make up for lost time]]. |
| 1064 | |
| 1065 | !!Awate Taizou |
| 1066 | |
| 1067 | A 56-year-old CEO from episode 85 "Golf Domino" |
| 1068 | ---- |
| 1069 | * BehavioralConditioning: Using photo cutouts of people, Moguro manages to get him over his anxiety about potentially hitting spectators with his golf ball--but warns him not to use anything but the five-iron he was practicing with during the actual tournament. [[spoiler:Messing with that parameter ends up ruining everything]]. |
| 1070 | * DisasterDominoes: [[spoiler:He ignores Moguro's warning not to use anything stronger than a five-iron in the tournament, slices the ball, hits a spectator, who falls over and hits a spectator who falls over and...on and on and on until everyone but him is on the ground in various states of injury]]. |
| 1071 | * YouWereTryingTooHard: Never having played golf in front of spectators before, he worries so much about hitting them with his ball that he tenses up and slices right into them when he swings. Moguro helps him relax. |
| 1072 | |
| 1073 | !!Ukai Yorimichi |
| 1074 | |
| 1075 | A 48-year-old salaryman from episode 89 "The Food Floor Man" |
| 1076 | ---- |
| 1077 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Gets precisely what he wants. That is, the freedom to eat any store bought food he desires without his wife heckling him. However, it seemingly comes at the cost of his marriage and the access to Ayuko's home cooked meals. |
| 1078 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Ayuko has a tendency to just throw away food that Yorimichi doesn't eat rather than save it in the fridge. |
| 1079 | * WantingIsBetterThanHaving: Yorimichi learns too late that his obsession with department store meals lay in the thrill of snacking in secret. When Moguro separates the two, Yorimichi winds up picking up unhealthy eating habits now that the premium food floor goods have lost their luster. |
| 1080 | |
| 1081 | !!Kent Pincarton |
| 1082 | |
| 1083 | A 32-year-old trading firm worker from Episode 90, "Blue Eyed Japanese" |
| 1084 | ---- |
| 1085 | * AesopCollateralDamage: His wife isn't exactly pleased when he suddenly starts spending all his time drinking, playing mahjong all night, and schmoozing it up with hostesses. [[spoiler:Until she's ''brainwashed into becoming a YamatoNadeshiko'', that is]]. |
| 1086 | * {{Eagleland}}: Averted. He's a blond and blue-eyed American, but doesn't display any of the negative stereotypes as he's just merely having trouble adjusting to the Japanese cultural norms. |
| 1087 | * FishOutOfWater: He's surprised to find how much he's expected to socialize with his co-workers outside of work. Moguro helps him adapt to Japanese social customs, maybe a little ''too'' well. |
| 1088 | * ForeignCultureFetish: Downplayed at first. He started out fascinated by Japanese economics, learned the language, and moved, in order to participate in overseas business. However, Moguro sets out to make him even more Japanese than a native and succeeds to the point that even his Japanese co-workers appear disturbed upon finding out just how far he's gone. |
| 1089 | * FunnyForeigner: Highly downplayed as the only thing "funny" about Kent would be the voice actor giving him a high-pitch accent. After Moguro "dons" him, he plays this straight by taking the Japanese customs ''further'' than the natives. |
| 1090 | * GratuitousEnglish: He tends to pepper his words with English, which is justified as Japanese isn't his first language. |
| 1091 | * MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: Moguro gets Kent to assimilate by showcasing the crude, contradictory, and even cruel nature of corporate Japan: Be servile to your superiors, badmouth your bosses with your peers, don't sing too well in karaoke lest you make others resentful, never walk away from a winning streak no matter what, fool around with loose women, and be sure to give your spouse the business if they give you lip about anything. Kent goes from an upstanding worker who adored his wife to the precise sort of loutish, vice-chasing salaryman jerk that Moguro usually preys upon. |
| 1092 | * OccidentalOtaku: What he ends up being at the end. Ironically, this only makes him seen as being more of an outsider than ever. |
| 1093 | * PhenotypeStereotype: He's blond and blue-eyed and his wife is a blue-eyed redhead. Of course, not fitting in is the point behind his story. |
| 1094 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: It's probably supposed to be "Pinkerton", but, y'know... |
| 1095 | * TranslationConvention: An interesting case: While he and his wife use a few bits of GratuitousEnglish, they apparently decided to give their seiyuu a break by letting them speak in Japanese for conversations between them--but they put ''English'' subtitles of their own on the screen to make it clear that's the language they're "actually" speaking. It makes more sense to see it in practice. |
| 1096 | |
| 1097 | !!Komiya Tomoo |
| 1098 | |
| 1099 | A 41-year old salaryman from episode 91, "Night Train", the Season 2 finale. |
| 1100 | ---- |
| 1101 | * AgeGapRomance: With the innkeeper, and unlike previous displays of such in the series, it's depicted as entirely wholesome. |
| 1102 | * BittersweetEnding: Tomoo ultimately proves himself a decent man who cannot be truly corrupted, so much so that all of Moguro's typically duplicitous help arguably acts to his benefit, but [[spoiler:his wife falls prey to illness]] and he has to [[spoiler:end his sincere love affair with the innkeeper]] so he can [[spoiler:return home to take care of his daughter.]] |
| 1103 | * ButtMonkey: Has the unfortunate distinction of having been hit by Moguro's "don" twice, although to [[spoiler:no outright negative effect.]] |
| 1104 | * NiceGuy: Outside of going on the lam without telling his family, Tomoo is a genuinely kind, polite, and hardworking man struggling with middle-age ennui. The moment he hears that his estranged wife [[spoiler:is critically ill, threatening to leave their daughter all by her lonesome]], he braves a snowstorm to try and get a train back to Tokyo. |
| 1105 | * NoAntagonist: Tomoo's story is a tender, tragic romance between him and a kindly innkeeper. Moguro himself doesn't antagonize him or try to ruin him outside of starting the plot. |
| 1106 | |
| 1107 | !!Warui Kanzou |
| 1108 | |
| 1109 | A 49-year-old salaryman from episode 93, "Stamina Mushroom" |
| 1110 | ---- |
| 1111 | * TheAlcoholic: To his chagrin, he's got to switch to soda because of cirrhosis, compounded by overexertion and lack of sleep. [[spoiler:It turns out he doesn't have cirrhosis]]. |
| 1112 | * AllMenArePerverts: Once his stamina's been boosted he cheats on his supportive and caring wife. |
| 1113 | * ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: They are if Moguro keeps drinking in front of you. He also has to wine and dine clients. |
| 1114 | * ForcedTransformation: [[spoiler:Eating strange mushrooms really ''is'' dangerous. You never know ''what'' might happen to you, although he seems to find his fate pretty funny. That ''is'' laughing, right]]? |
| 1115 | * HealingHerb: Moguro offers Warui the extract of a rare mushroom which will restore his health, although he has to make a bottle last a month, and going above the monthly allotment is dangerous. [[spoiler:Of course, Warui ends up abusing it all well before the month is through]]. |
| 1116 | * LivingIsMoreThanSurviving: He misses the outgoing lifestyle (golfing, mahjong, barhopping) he's had to give up thanks to his [[spoiler:alleged]] liver trouble. |
| 1117 | * MistakenForDying [[spoiler:Or at least for gravely ill. Turns out there was a shadow in his x-rays that made the doctor misdiagnose him. Unfortunately for him, he never finds out]]. |
| 1118 | * PhlebotinumMuncher: [[spoiler:Kanzou becomes heavily dependent upon the stamina-boosting extract, and when he can't get anymore, goes on a trip to try and find the mushrooms it's made of]]. |
| 1119 | * PowerUpFood: The mushroom extract he's given basically works like Popeye's spinach for his stamina. |
| 1120 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Dying near fungal spores can result in one's corpse becoming a garden for mushrooms, although not to the extent that it happens to Kanzou]]. |
| 1121 | ** Rather than receive some kind of horrible side effect for drinking the extract too quickly, Kanzou suffers no immediate pains and is simply warned from doing so again since it typically takes ingesting much more mushroom extract than he did for those to appear. |
| 1122 | * UnwantedAssistance: His wife tries to help him by insisting he go right to bed after dinner, but of course he's not happy about it. |
| 1123 | * {{Workaholic}}: He ''is'' overworked. [[spoiler:Fortunately, now he's got a nice relaxed life as a giant mushroom]]. |
| 1124 | |
| 1125 | !!Mizuno Shouhei |
| 1126 | |
| 1127 | A 35-year-old celebrity from Episode 97, "The Fixer" |
| 1128 | ---- |
| 1129 | * AesopCollateralDamage: [[spoiler:Poor Taeko truly loved him, but he eventually divorced her in an effort to hook up with a side piece. She gets his house and assets, claiming to be done with him for good after signing the papers, but it's clear from her voice that she's heartbroken over it. Not to mention what going to happen when her ex get his face plastered all over the news and her name comes up in connection with him]]. |
| 1130 | * AllMenArePerverts: He's cheated on his wife Taeko ''at least'' three times with three different women. Even one of his lovers ''killing herself'' after he moves on isn't enough to scare him straight. |
| 1131 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: |
| 1132 | ** He wonders aloud how Uma the fixer got so much influence. [[spoiler:And gets to find out firsthand when the old man reveals he kept the pictures from Mizuno's numerous affairs, something he implicitly does with every client]]. |
| 1133 | ** He gives up his house, assets and loving wife in divorce so he can try to hook up with Keiko [[spoiler:It turns out her older sister was DrivenToSuicide after Mizuno cut off their affair, and she was seducing him specifically so she could ruin him, even contracting Uma for that purpose. Now he can say goodbye to his career, too]]. |
| 1134 | * DrivenToSuicide: One of his past lovers developed mental problems and took a swan-dive off a building after he dumped her. [[spoiler:She happened to have a younger sister named Keiko]]. |
| 1135 | * IgnoredEpiphany: After Moguro asks him to stop philandering and cherish his wife in exchange for another cover-up, Mizuno seems to realize just how good Taeko is and how deeply he loves her. Then he goes to a bar and meets Keiko. |
| 1136 | * LoveAtFirstSight: One look at Keiko and his penis leaps up and gouges out the part of his brain that plans to cherish Taeko. |
| 1137 | * UglyGuyHotWife: Inverted in terms of appearance. He's handsome and his wife Taeko is plain. Now in terms of ''personality''... |
| 1138 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Even ''he'' doesn't know why is wife is so forgiving of his constant affairs. |
| 1139 | |
| 1140 | !!Hineri Shisaku |
| 1141 | |
| 1142 | A 60-year-old lyricist from Episode 101, "Drink Bar" |
| 1143 | ---- |
| 1144 | * AddictionDisplacement: Instead of alcohol, he becomes reliant on herb tonics to give him the energy to write. |
| 1145 | * TheAlcoholic: He goes to bars and soaks up the atmosphere for inspiration in addition to drinking, but it's taking a toll on his body, especially considering his age. |
| 1146 | * CatapultNightmare: His episode starts with him waking up from one where a barmaid morphs into his doctor, telling him to cut out the nightlife. |
| 1147 | * ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: [[spoiler:One night the juice bar's closed, so Hineri goes back to his old haunt and gets snockered. On the way back he starts feeling ill and almost buys an herbal health drink from a vending machine, when he sees a vision of Moguro warning him off of it. But when he goes home, it turns out he got a year's supply of health drinks from the company which he allowed to use one of his songs, and Hineri just can't help himself...]] |
| 1148 | * EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler:When Hineri drinks the non-Crindo health drinks, he starts writhing in agony and becoming unable to breathe, so Moguro does ''something'' that turns him into a PlantPerson. It's not clear if Moguro was hastening an ongoing {{Transflormation}} to culmination or if transforming him was the only way to save him, but it does seem to save his life and stop his pain]]. |
| 1149 | * ForcedTransformation: Moguro warns him that since his body has become used to the extracts from the juice bar, taking any other kinds of health drink would be ill-advised. [[spoiler:But one day the juice bar's closed and he's desperate for energy and the health drink company who used his song in their commercial sent him a complimentary case of their product...On the upside doesn't need root extracts anymore--because he ''is'' an energy root now. Which he seems to be okay with, actually]]. |
| 1150 | * HealingHerb: Moguro introduces him to Crindo, a drink bar where they only serve herb extract tonics. After a few visits, Heneri's doctor is shocked to see that his flagging health is fully restored, and Heneri finds himself burning with energy and inspiration. |
| 1151 | * RepurposedPopSong: His song "Date Drink Rock" gets used in a commercial for herbal health drinks. |
| 1152 | |
| 1153 | !!Tamakoshi Norie |
| 1154 | |
| 1155 | A 28-year old office worker from Episode 102, "Luck With Men". |
| 1156 | ---- |
| 1157 | * AnimalMotif: Giraffes. In a rather terrible way. |
| 1158 | * DarkerAndEdgier: She's the last fatality shown in the original series, and her fate is depicted in excruciating detail. |
| 1159 | * KillerOutfit: She trades Moguro's "Lucky Scarf" for a fancier diamond necklace. After the DON, the necklace gets clamped by an elevator's doors, turning a diamond necklace into a diamond ''noose''. |
| 1160 | * PlagueOfGoodFortune: Norie goes from being desperately single to having ''three'' eligible bachelors who want her hand in marriage. She's so overwhelmed that she forgets to follow one simple condition. |
| 1161 | |
| 1162 | !!Erito Tsutomu |
| 1163 | |
| 1164 | A 28-year old elite company man from SP 1, "Pitfalls of Blackmail". |
| 1165 | ---- |
| 1166 | * AssholeVictim: Notably, he never actually breaks any of Moguro's conditions and got exactly what he wanted from their deal. It's just Tsutomu wound up being such a rotten guy that Moguro went out of his way to thwart his attempts to blackmail a high schooler into having sex with him. |
| 1167 | * BaitAndSwitch: The special opens with it looking like Moguro's client for it will be a high school girl whose handkerchief he picked up, or at least someone affiliated with the high school since he was walking in its direction. Then after the credits play, Moguro walks his way through the snowy city to accost Tsutomu, a grown man working in a corporate office. [[spoiler:She does wind up coming back into the picture later though.]] |
| 1168 | * GreenEyedMonster: A deeply jealous man. |
| 1169 | * NoSocialSkills: Ill-equipped for the wheeling and dealing that comes with corporate life, a culture where "hard workers lose while players win". |
| 1170 | * TooDumbToLive: Doles out his own blackmail payoff in one of his personal stationery envelopes, allowing his would-be victim [[spoiler:and her gang]] to track him down easily. |
| 1171 | |
| 1172 | !!Mushimi Ichirou & Chokou |
| 1173 | |
| 1174 | A middle-aged couple, consisting of 41-year old company worker and a 36-year old housewife from SP 2, "Out of Bounds Spouses". |
| 1175 | ---- |
| 1176 | * CrackIsCheaper: Ichirou squanders most of his savings on accumulating as many vintage golf clubs as he can. In the end, he's forced to sell it all away. |
| 1177 | * ExcaliburInTheRust: Moguro gives Ichirou his Tommy Armor 945, an incredibly rare "classic club", to inspire him to take up golf. Even dirty and dinged up, an instructor is able to see how valuable it is, and its prestige awakens a hitherto gluttonous part of his personality. |
| 1178 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Believing that his wife would be better off with Shinako and without him, and still broken from how his golf club obsession led him to attempted burglary, Ichirou writes Chokou a DearJohnLetter and leaves home while she's out. |
| 1179 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Torn between Moguro's two seemingly contradictory conditions, Chokou chooses to honor her word according to the "gentleman's code", and goes on a golf date with her instructor rather than take care of a bedridden Ichirou. Her guilt (and perhaps some supernatural conditioning on Moguro's part) makes her unable to play properly, alienating her from Shinako who is so turned off by her performance that she cuts all ties with Chokou. |
| 1180 | * MellowFellow: Ichirou is so unmotivated that Moguro barging into his home uninvited doesn't elicit much of a reaction out of him. However, his newfound obsession with classic clubs turns him covetous and confrontational. |
| 1181 | * ObsessiveHobbyEpisode: Ends up becoming a burglar so he can get his hands on rare golf clubs. He shows up in "Hot Spring Requiem" saying he's done with hobbies, but seems to have recovered fairly well. |
| 1182 | * {{Otaku}}: Ichirou does find a hobby in golf. That is, collecting rare clubs. |
| 1183 | * WhatBeautifulEyes: Hiyodori Shinako, Chokou's golf instructor, has a very dazzling pair. |
| 1184 | |
| 1185 | !!Mijime Kokeru |
| 1186 | |
| 1187 | A 28-year old mangaka from SP 5, "Snow Mountain Devil Song". |
| 1188 | ---- |
| 1189 | * AuthorAvatar: From what we see of his manga, he writes about a young man who's similarly hapless as he is but just a bit more competent and charming with the ladies. |
| 1190 | * SceneryPorn: His story takes place on the expansive and lovingly detailed slopes of a ski resort. |
| 1191 | * TooDumbToLive: Devastated by Yuko and Atsuko's prank, Kokeru hikes through an active snowstorm - one that Moguro had warned him about - to return to the lodge. The severe cold and lack of visibility causes him to [[spoiler:fall off a cliff.]] |
| 1192 | * TooGoodToBeTrue: Moguro gives him the equipment and willpower to impress his fellow ski students, but he expresses skepticism that the beautiful Yuko would want to invite him to her cabin for a night of passion just for that display. Desperate for a girlfriend, Mijime ignores him. [[spoiler:She was actually luring him there to take an embarrassing video of his heartbroken face.]] |
| 1193 | |
| 1194 | !!Ochikubo Rei |
| 1195 | |
| 1196 | A 46-year old salaryman from SP 6, "Hot Spring Requiem". |
| 1197 | ---- |
| 1198 | * TheBusCameBack: Besides Yuko and Atsuko who return from the previous special episode, Hanae Fuyuki, Tanomo Yuusuke, Tanami Kazuhito, Kako Shinobu, Kaeri Takunai, Hanahata Komatta, Mushimi Ichirou, Tanami Kazuhito and Higama Hoshiya do so as well. |
| 1199 | * DecoyProtagonist: While SP 6 is technically his story, more than half of it is a ClipShow devoted to Moguro's former clients. |
| 1200 | * EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Well, not everyone, but a lot of Moguro's clients (and supporting characters from others) from past episodes seemingly did. |
| 1201 | * PoorCommunicationKills: While they allude to their individual encounters with Moguro (cutting out some of the more absurd details like organ orchids and burglary), none of Ochikubo's classmates actually mention the man they encountered by name, allowing the salesman to approach him with ease. |
| 1202 | * ProperlyParanoid: Ochikubo's classmates do consider him a "failure" like he suspects. Moguro helps him to learn how not to care about that sentiment so much, and that just because they look down on him, that doesn't mean they can't be civil and have a good time together. |
| 1203 | * ThrowTheDogABone: [[TheFarmerAndTheViper While they decide to prank him]] ''again'' after he falls unconscious during their drinking party, Yuko and Atsuko make sure to leave behind the embarrassing photo they took of him. He also had a lot of fun, which his classmates actually envy. |
| 1204 | * UnluckilyLucky: Unlike many of his classmates who encountered Moguro, Ochikubo comes out of his misadventure largely unscathed, with his sanity intact and a fun evening with two gorgeous young women to groggily remember. He arguably has an even better position than Komatta, another client who Moguro didn't actually punish, as he doesn't have to deal with a jealous wife or have to divorce one. |
| 1205 | * WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The characters that make up his name can be read as "left behind". |
| 1206 | |
| 1207 | !!Kakita Ageru |
| 1208 | |
| 1209 | A 12-year old elementary schooler from SP 7, "Wanio's Bizarre Cuisine". |
| 1210 | ---- |
| 1211 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: Ageru is just a normal kid who wants a pet, and is willing to love and care for it when given the chance. Moguro can't bring himself to actually mess with him outside of puckishly causing him to trip with his hat, and when the boy accuses him of betraying his trust, the usually disputatious Moguro is at a loss for words. |
| 1212 | * DirtyCoward: Ageha, Ageru's father, is a loud and bossy sushi chef who is quick to cave under pressure whether it be from Moguro or the Gori family. |
| 1213 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Neither Wanio or Ageru's personal failings goaded by Moguro is the principle antagonistic force of the story. Rather, it's the depraved and domineering Gori clan. |
| 1214 | * NonMaliciousMonster: So long as he's fed and you don't attack him, Wanio is as gentle and sweet as any other pet. |
| 1215 | * PeoplePuppets: Moguro uses a "Secret Shadow Projection Technique" to make Wanio increase in size and to control his movements so he can escape getting eaten. |
| 1216 | |
| 1217 | !!Imani Miterou |
| 1218 | |
| 1219 | A 12-year old elementary schooler from SP 9, "Imani Miterou's Secret Revenge Sheet". |
| 1220 | ---- |
| 1221 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Looks to just be a quiet boy who has to deal with his father's gambling addiction, but he's actually an easily angered and vindictive youth. |
| 1222 | * BuriedAlive: Tricks one of his bullies into a very deep hole in the ground before hiding the pit - and muffling Gamaguchi's cries for help - with an innocuous piece of flotsam. |
| 1223 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Man or animal can earn a black star from him just by ''looking at him wrong''. |
| 1224 | * EvilVersusEvil: Miterou ''is not'' a customer of Moguro's and performs his fiendishness all on his own or through lightly manipulating others. Moguro even saves one of his targets from starving to death underground. |
| 1225 | * FrameUp: Tries to get Moguro out of the way by attacking a woman while disguised as the salesman before "dropping" one of his business cards. |
| 1226 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: When he thinks that Moguro might out him for his revenge schemes, he tries o have the man arrested on false charges. When that doesn't work, he tries to outright [[spoiler: kill him with a harpoon gun]]. |
| 1227 | * KarmicTransformation: Though he's transfigured people for lesser offenses, Moguro [[spoiler:trapping Miterou in a gyotaku print]] for trying to get rid of him multiple times stands out due to just how young the kid is. |
| 1228 | * LonersAreFreaks: Obsessed with gyotaku, fishing, and retribution. He only ever gets chatty when he monologues towards those who have wronged him and gone over the black star threshold. |
| 1229 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: His "revenge sheet" operates by auditing the black and white stars that he secretly gives to people for offending (inconveniencing will do) or helping him. If someone gets ten black stars, then he makes an attempt on their life and adds their print to his gyotaku collection. |
| 1230 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: A future serial killer in all but name. |
| 1231 | * YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Moguro's closing lines have him chide an absent Miterou for using his intelligence solely for revenge rather than "something more worthwhile". |
| 1232 | |
| 1233 | [[/folder]] |
| 1234 | |
| 1235 | [[folder: Clients from ''NEW'']] |
| 1236 | !!Kenichi Nakajima |
| 1237 | ->Voiced by: Creator/TakuyaEguchi |
| 1238 | |
| 1239 | A 29-year-old salaryman from Episode 1A, "Daydream". |
| 1240 | ---- |
| 1241 | * 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 advises him to go straight home after work instead of visiting Daydream again that night. |
| 1242 | |
| 1243 | |
| 1244 | !!Mitsuko Takashima |
| 1245 | ->Voiced by: Creator/KanaAsumi |
| 1246 | |
| 1247 | A 31-year-old office lady from Episode 1B, "Make a Budget and Stick to It". |
| 1248 | ---- |
| 1249 | * 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. |
| 1250 | * MoneyDumb: Apparently no one ever gave her the titular advice. |
| 1251 | * PunishedWithUgly: Moguro punishes her by repossessing her beauty treatments, turning her into a fat, ugly old woman. |
| 1252 | * 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. |
| 1253 | |
| 1254 | |
| 1255 | !!Shisao Kihara |
| 1256 | ->Voiced by: Creator/ToshihikoSeki |
| 1257 | |
| 1258 | A 46-year-old Salesman from Episode 2A, "Hot Spring Eccentricity". |
| 1259 | |
| 1260 | * AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: After his business trip, he decided to go to a hot spring in a strange town rather than his dull home for a bit of adventure and ends up sleeping with a geisha. |
| 1261 | * BeerGoggles: After a night of drinking with Moguro and a couple of geishas, he more than happy when the pretty one who liked him visits his room. [[spoiler:It's the one who looks like his wife and she charges him out the wazoo in the morning]]. |
| 1262 | * HenpeckedHusband: Back at home, his wife always gets onto him for his crappy pay and for wasting money. |
| 1263 | * IdenticalStranger: Somehow, one of the Geishas serving him and Moguro looks very much like his wife. |
| 1264 | |
| 1265 | !!Iyata Deyashiro |
| 1266 | ->Voiced by: Creator/SomaSaito |
| 1267 | |
| 1268 | A 24-year-old new employee from Episode 2B, "Fantasy Company". |
| 1269 | ---- |
| 1270 | * 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. |
| 1271 | * 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. |
| 1272 | * 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.]] |
| 1273 | * 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. |
| 1274 | * 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. |
| 1275 | |
| 1276 | !!Masao Amae |
| 1277 | ->Voiced by: Creator/KoukiMiyata |
| 1278 | |
| 1279 | A 27-year-old salaryman from Episode 3A, "Bento Wars". |
| 1280 | ---- |
| 1281 | * DisappearedDad: His father is never mentioned or seen in any of the family photos, implying that he's either divorce or died before Amae started kindergarten. |
| 1282 | * TheDitherer: The fatal flaw of Amae. Moguro outright told him the solution he gave him was a temporary one, and that he must solve the main problem himself, but he bothced it and due to not get the resolve to make a choice on time. |
| 1283 | * HypocriticalHumor: On their second encounter, Moguro tells Amae that he is being greedy for not choosing, and that he must choose one of the lunches, either his mother's or his girlfriend's. This while he is happily eating both of those lunches by himself. |
| 1284 | * MamasBoy: His girlfriend suggests they break it off since he can't even stand up to his own mother for her sake. |
| 1285 | * 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. |
| 1286 | * 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. |
| 1287 | * PuppyEyes: Amae uses them twice. First with Moguro so he would give him a solution instead of having to make a choice himself. And again with Kimiko when trying to convince her to try her mother's lunch again. |
| 1288 | * SeriousBusiness: How Moguro talks about the lunches Amae gets from his mother and girlfriend. Moguro talks about how they prepare them with love and that making others eat them is the same as betraying the person who prepared them. |
| 1289 | |
| 1290 | |
| 1291 | !!Tetsuya Kamera |
| 1292 | ->Voiced by: Hideyuki Kanaya |
| 1293 | |
| 1294 | A 49-year-old salesman from Episode 3B, "Ah, My Beloved 583-Model". |
| 1295 | ---- |
| 1296 | * BrokenAce: According to one worker, Kamera was an amazing salaryman 20 years ago, and he even once trained the current chief. However, his newfound obsession with trains after riding the 583-Model causes him to skew his work priorities, thus leading to him being a JadedWashout who gets little respect from his younger co-workers and a BrokenPedestal to the chief by the time of the episode. |
| 1297 | * BrokenPedestal: For the current chief he works under since he was the one who trained him in the first place. |
| 1298 | * CompanionCube: Kamera is really fond of the 583-model, even telling it that it is the only one that understands him. |
| 1299 | * {{Otaku}}: For trains, one in particular. |
| 1300 | * SkewedPriorities: He obsesses himself with trains so much that he neglects the quality of his work to the point of being dangerously fired from his job. |
| 1301 | |
| 1302 | !!Junichi Naoki |
| 1303 | ->Voiced by: Creator/WataruHatano |
| 1304 | |
| 1305 | A 26-year-old banker from Episode 4A, "The Woman on the Platform". |
| 1306 | ---- |
| 1307 | * 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. [[spoiler: Because [[NightmareFace she very much isn't]].]] |
| 1308 | |
| 1309 | !!Kakeru Michihara |
| 1310 | ->Voiced by: Creator/ShinichiroMiki |
| 1311 | |
| 1312 | A 32-year-old salaryman from Episode 4B, "Runners' Paradise". |
| 1313 | ---- |
| 1314 | * 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 interference. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: the woman decided to share the badge with everyone online and pretty soon everyone starts wearing the badge, making his badge useless]]. |
| 1315 | |
| 1316 | !!Yousuke Uchinaki |
| 1317 | ->Voiced by: Creator/ShigeruChiba |
| 1318 | |
| 1319 | A 58-year-old salaryman from Episode 5A, "Sunday Club". |
| 1320 | ---- |
| 1321 | * 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 accidentally stepping on him before he breaks and returns to the club. |
| 1322 | |
| 1323 | !!Tomie Monomochi |
| 1324 | ->Voiced by: Creator/AyumiTsunematsu |
| 1325 | |
| 1326 | A 38-year-old housewife from Episode 5B, "The Woman Who Throws Away". |
| 1327 | ---- |
| 1328 | * {{Hypocrite}}: The woman who advised Tomie to get rid of all the “Unnecessary stuff” in her house so it would look better. [[spoiler: Turns out she only keeps her place as minimalistic because she has a deal to show her apartment to potential buyers in exchange of lower rent. She actually dislikes it, and keeps all her stuff on a little closet]]. |
| 1329 | |
| 1330 | |
| 1331 | !!Taizou Udo |
| 1332 | ->Voiced by: Creator/KentaMiyake |
| 1333 | |
| 1334 | A 29-year-old actor from Episode 6A, "I'll Lease This Monster". |
| 1335 | ---- |
| 1336 | * BearHug: He almost crushes his wife when doing this to her. |
| 1337 | * 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.]] |
| 1338 | * GentleGiant: Despite his huge appearance, he's a really nice and sensitive guy. But he's no longer this when he puts on his monster mask. |
| 1339 | * 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. |
| 1340 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: He's this with his wife who's twice the size of her. |
| 1341 | * UglyGuyHotWife: His wife looks cute while he has a cartoonish looking face. |
| 1342 | |
| 1343 | !!Tomoyoshi Doraki |
| 1344 | ->Voiced by: Koutarou Nishiyama |
| 1345 | |
| 1346 | A 22-year-old college student from Episode 6B, "Tonight's Another Awesome Night". |
| 1347 | ---- |
| 1348 | * DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: When Doraki and his friends visit a Karaoke bar, he sings the ending theme. |
| 1349 | * 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.]] |
| 1350 | * HourglassPlot: His problem at the beginning was that he couldn't spend quality time with his girlfriend because she worked during daytime, and he preferred 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.]] |
| 1351 | * 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. |
| 1352 | * 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]]. |
| 1353 | |
| 1354 | !!Kinichi Isobe |
| 1355 | ->Voiced by: Tokuyoshi Kawashima |
| 1356 | |
| 1357 | A 36-year-old salaryman from Episode 7A, "The Man Who Transformed". |
| 1358 | ---- |
| 1359 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler:In the original, rather than being horrified and dismayed at seeing his new family, he apparently decides to embrace the situation (and his new wife, wink wink), leaving his family behind, though Moguro notes that he might come back when he's sick of ''that '' life]]. |
| 1360 | * AesopCollateralDamage: [[spoiler:Yes, the price you pay for being unsatisfied with your wife and child is to be forced to live with a family you don't know! And as for your ''real'' family? They can go on the TearJerker page]]! |
| 1361 | * LivingADoubleLife: This is the deal that Moguro offers Isobe, if he disguises himself, 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.]] |
| 1362 | |
| 1363 | !!Nozomi Shizuoka |
| 1364 | ->Voiced by: Minami Tanaka |
| 1365 | |
| 1366 | A 35-year-old housewife part-timer from Episode 7B, "The Rule of Mommy Friends". |
| 1367 | ---- |
| 1368 | * 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 complaints will be followed. [[spoiler:Turns out one of her complaints is that Nozomi's son is always running around the building, and that maybe they will be better at another place.]] |
| 1369 | |
| 1370 | !!Ashi Yumemi |
| 1371 | ->Voiced by: Creator/RikiyaKoyama |
| 1372 | |
| 1373 | A 49-year-old scriptwriter from Episode 8A, "A Man Chased by His Dreams". |
| 1374 | ---- |
| 1375 | |
| 1376 | !!Sugiru Yowagoshi |
| 1377 | ->Voiced by: Creator/AkiraIshida |
| 1378 | |
| 1379 | A 26-year-old taxi driver from Episode 8B, "Mustache Taxi". |
| 1380 | ---- |
| 1381 | |
| 1382 | !!Mamoru Bandai |
| 1383 | |
| 1384 | A 30-year-old currently unemployed man from Episode 9A, "The Nostalgic Bathhouse Tour". |
| 1385 | ---- |
| 1386 | * CompositeCharacter: This episode has some similarities with episode 56 from the original anime. Both clients are obsessed with bath houses and both prefer the old-style ones over the new saunas. Bandai even looks like a younger version of the Mr. Yuemi client. However, the second half of the episode instead mirrors that of episode 58. |
| 1387 | * 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. |
| 1388 | |
| 1389 | |
| 1390 | !!Manabu Towani |
| 1391 | |
| 1392 | A 40-year-old part-time researcher from Episode 9B, "The Researcher's Melancholy". |
| 1393 | ---- |
| 1394 | * 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 word gets out about his lie and he loses his research facility]]. |
| 1395 | * 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. |
| 1396 | |
| 1397 | !!Naiichi Tayori |
| 1398 | |
| 1399 | A 34-year-old foreman from Episode 10A, "The Person in the Acquired Film". |
| 1400 | ---- |
| 1401 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Although he's attracted to Michiko, her pushy and considerably less-attractive friend Nobue falls in love with him instead, and he's forced to date her in order to try and get closer to Michiko. |
| 1402 | * HenpeckedHusband: [[spoiler:Nobue was pushy while they were ''dating'', but married life with her completely breaks him.]] |
| 1403 | * LoveAtFirstSight: He falls for the lady in the photos (Michiko) as soon as he sees her. |
| 1404 | * ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: [[spoiler:Although Moguro warns him to break it off with Nobue if he has no feelings for her, one drunk and lonely night he hits her up for a booty call. DON! And now they're married]]. |
| 1405 | |
| 1406 | !!Kazuhito Oite |
| 1407 | |
| 1408 | A 65-year-old retired man from Episode 10B, "Fake Grandchild". |
| 1409 | ---- |
| 1410 | * 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". |
| 1411 | * 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. |
| 1412 | * 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.]] |
| 1413 | |
| 1414 | !!Matsuo Ochiiri |
| 1415 | |
| 1416 | A 39-year-old salaryman from Episode 11A, "Destructive Tendencies". |
| 1417 | ---- |
| 1418 | * 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. |
| 1419 | * AesopCollateralDamage: [[spoiler:So now his poor wife has to either go through the hellish ordeal of rehabilitating the man she loves, if possible, or leaving him? ''Thanks'', Moguro]]. |
| 1420 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:After he comes back to the dive bar seeking the same experience again, Moguro decides that if Matsuo wants to feel the thrill of sinking low, he'll get to hit rock bottom]]. |
| 1421 | * 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 temporarily as he wanted to feel the thrill of losing everything again. |
| 1422 | * ThrillSeeker: The reason why he goes back to the bar that Moguro warns him to never go back. He's shown to be taking low-key dangerous risks even before meeting Moguro, such as walking along a river bridge holding a sheaf of important work documents over the water. |
| 1423 | |
| 1424 | !!Ari Mamano |
| 1425 | ->Voiced by: Creator/KikukoInoue |
| 1426 | |
| 1427 | A 37-year-old stage mom from Episode 11B, "I'm an Idol". |
| 1428 | ---- |
| 1429 | * EarlyBirdCameo: The idol group the girl is part of is the same one Towani went to see in episode 9B. |
| 1430 | * StageMom: She makes her daughter an idol so she can live out her dream through her. |
| 1431 | * SurprisinglyHappyEnding: 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'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. The daughter Ari spent the whole episode trying to control is even in the stands cheering for her, and Moguro notes that if she tries hard enough, she might just able to make a career out of it. |
| 1432 | |
| 1433 | !!Tsuyoshi Amikumo |
| 1434 | |
| 1435 | A 25-year-old freelancer from Episode 12A, "The King of the Chat Room". |
| 1436 | ---- |
| 1437 | * DrunkWithPower: Gets obsessed with using the software Moguro uses him to embarrass and troll other chat room users. |
| 1438 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name is only shown in the introduction, but during the episode he is always refereed 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.]] |
| 1439 | * {{Troll}}: [=LightKnight=], a 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 people's chats to attack them, even though Moguro told him to only use it when he is losing to someone doing it first. |
| 1440 | * 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 even 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. |
| 1441 | |
| 1442 | !!Chikako Shimai |
| 1443 | |
| 1444 | A 36-year-old office lady from Episode 12B, "Japan Overseas Trip". |
| 1445 | ---- |
| 1446 | * ConMan: [[spoiler:The charming gentleman Moguro arranges for her to meet at the French restaurant turns out to be one of these, taking her money]]. |
| 1447 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The first client we see who ''deliberately'' tries to harm Moguro when things go wrong. Subverted in that it doesn't actually hurt him, but still. |
| 1448 | * FakeRelationship: [[spoiler:During her MotiveRant she mentions that even if she can't get a boyfriend on her worldwide trip, she'd be more than happy to fake it using a bunch of a pictures with a guy just to shove it in her co-workers' faces]]. |
| 1449 | * 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.]] |
| 1450 | * ItWasWithYouAllAlong: After she get the trip, her previously mocking co-workers note that she seems to he carrying herself with a lot more dignity and confidence. Too bad she doesn't notice herself. |
| 1451 | * YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: She doesn't take finding out that [[spoiler:the "worldwide" trip she got passports and vaccines for was actually restricted entirely to foreign amusements and restaurants in Tokyo]] well at all. |
| 1452 |
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