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* ShoutOut: Henry Magritte wears a bowler hat and carries an apple, which is briefly in front of his face, just like ''The Son of Man'' by his namesake Creator/ReneMagritte.
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* PuttingOnTheReich: The assassin agency is called "SS", and its logo looks very close to a stylized swastika. And they're the ''good'' guys (for a given value of "good")!
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* {{Revenge}}: Miharu's prime motivation of becoming a hitman. [[spoiler:Her father knew too much and The Greatest Bond eliminated him and his family. Miharu missed the hit and swore vengeance to all of them.]]
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* {{Revenge}}: Miharu's prime motivation of becoming a hitman. [[spoiler:Her father knew too much and The Greatest Bond eliminated him and his family. Miharu missed the hit and swore vengeance to all of them.]]]]
* StabTheScorpion: At first, it seems like [[spoiler:Governor Okita]] is Miharu's next target, with her pulling out a gun and pointing it at her, but then she shoots a guy behind [[spoiler:the governor]], who had just pulled out a knife.
* StabTheScorpion: At first, it seems like [[spoiler:Governor Okita]] is Miharu's next target, with her pulling out a gun and pointing it at her, but then she shoots a guy behind [[spoiler:the governor]], who had just pulled out a knife.
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* HealthcareMotivation: Raizou takes the job to earn money for his grandson's medical treatment.
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''Candy & Cigarettes'' is a manga by Tomonori Inoue, of ''Manga/{{Coppelion}}'' fame.
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''Candy & Cigarettes'' is a manga by Tomonori Inoue, of ''Manga/{{Coppelion}}'' fame.
fame. It ran in ''Young Magazine the 3rd'' from 2017 to 2021.
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* RetiredBadass: Raizou is a retired officer whose training comes in handy for his new career.
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Badass Grandpa cleaning
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* BadassAndChildDuo: Played with in that Hiraga himself is a BadassGrandpa, but it's the kid Miharu who pulls the trigger most of the time.
* BadassGrandpa: Hiraga is old, but he can still kick plenty of ass thanks to his past experience.
* BadassGrandpa: Hiraga is old, but he can still kick plenty of ass thanks to his past experience.
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* BadassAndChildDuo: Played with in that Hiraga himself is a BadassGrandpa, badass, but it's the kid Miharu who pulls the trigger most of the time.
* BadassGrandpa: Hiraga is old, but he can still kick plenty of ass thanks to his past experience.time.
* BadassGrandpa: Hiraga is old, but he can still kick plenty of ass thanks to his past experience.
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* TheConspiracy: Known as 'The Greatest Bond' in the underworld, it comprises {{Dirty Cop}}s, {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, {{Corrupt Politician}}s and more within its ranks.
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* TheConspiracy: NebulousCriminalConspiracy: Known as 'The Greatest Bond' in the underworld, it comprises {{Dirty Cop}}s, {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, {{Corrupt Politician}}s and more within its ranks.
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Hiraga Raizou has just entered retirement from the Japan Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). But hearing his grandson is afflicted with a rare disease costing a million yen a month in treatments, he resolved to raise the necessary money for his grandson's sake. Seeing a job ad seemingly tailored to his skillset brings him to the 'Desperado' used books store, and he is sent for a trial work... as CleanupCrew for the assassin employed by the organization, the little girl Miharu.
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Hiraga Raizou has just entered retirement from the Japan Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). But hearing his grandson is afflicted with a rare disease costing a million yen a month in treatments, he resolved to raise the necessary money for his grandson's sake. Seeing a job ad seemingly tailored to his skillset brings him to the 'Desperado' used books store, and he is sent for a trial work... as CleanupCrew for the assassin employed by the organization, the little girl Suzukaze Miharu.
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* BigBad: Musou Saburou, the leader behind The Greatest Bond.
* ReusedCharacterDesign: Hiraga is basically [[Manga/{{Coppelion}} Dr. Coppelius]] minus the cracked glasses.
* ReusedCharacterDesign: Hiraga is basically [[Manga/{{Coppelion}} Dr. Coppelius]] minus the cracked glasses.
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* BigBad: Musou Saburou, the leader behind The Greatest Bond.
Bond. Overlaps with DiabolicalMastermind.
* TheConspiracy: Known as 'The Greatest Bond' in the underworld, it comprises {{Dirty Cop}}s, {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, {{Corrupt Politician}}s and more within its ranks.
* DissonantSerenity: Director Kinume's expression barely changes from 'disinterested look'. [[spoiler:Not even when she approves the hit on her own biological father.]]
* EnfanteTerrible: Miharu is Desperado's primary hitman. At one point her would-be-victim called her a 'murderous demon-child', and her response is for him to keep talking as it 'makes her tingle'.
* MurderInc: The Desperado used books store is a front for the SS Agency, a government-sanctioned (or so they claimed) extralegal entity seeking to bring 'justice' to [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections those who would otherwise evade it.]]
* ReusedCharacterDesign: Hiraga is basically [[Manga/{{Coppelion}} Dr. Coppelius]] minus the crackedglasses.glasses.
* {{Revenge}}: Miharu's prime motivation of becoming a hitman. [[spoiler:Her father knew too much and The Greatest Bond eliminated him and his family. Miharu missed the hit and swore vengeance to all of them.]]
* TheConspiracy: Known as 'The Greatest Bond' in the underworld, it comprises {{Dirty Cop}}s, {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, {{Corrupt Politician}}s and more within its ranks.
* DissonantSerenity: Director Kinume's expression barely changes from 'disinterested look'. [[spoiler:Not even when she approves the hit on her own biological father.]]
* EnfanteTerrible: Miharu is Desperado's primary hitman. At one point her would-be-victim called her a 'murderous demon-child', and her response is for him to keep talking as it 'makes her tingle'.
* MurderInc: The Desperado used books store is a front for the SS Agency, a government-sanctioned (or so they claimed) extralegal entity seeking to bring 'justice' to [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections those who would otherwise evade it.]]
* ReusedCharacterDesign: Hiraga is basically [[Manga/{{Coppelion}} Dr. Coppelius]] minus the cracked
* {{Revenge}}: Miharu's prime motivation of becoming a hitman. [[spoiler:Her father knew too much and The Greatest Bond eliminated him and his family. Miharu missed the hit and swore vengeance to all of them.]]
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''Candy & Cigarettes'' is a manga by Tomonori Inoue, of ''Manga/{{Coppelion}}'' fame.
Hiraga Raizou has just entered retirement from the Japan Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). But hearing his grandson is afflicted with a rare disease costing a million yen a month in treatments, he resolved to raise the necessary money for his grandson's sake. Seeing a job ad seemingly tailored to his skillset brings him to the 'Desperado' used books store, and he is sent for a trial work... as CleanupCrew for the assassin employed by the organization, the little girl Miharu.
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*BadassAndChildDuo: Played with in that Hiraga himself is a BadassGrandpa, but it's the kid Miharu who pulls the trigger most of the time.
*BadassGrandpa: Hiraga is old, but he can still kick plenty of ass thanks to his past experience.
* BigBad: Musou Saburou, the leader behind The Greatest Bond.
* ReusedCharacterDesign: Hiraga is basically [[Manga/{{Coppelion}} Dr. Coppelius]] minus the cracked glasses.
Hiraga Raizou has just entered retirement from the Japan Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). But hearing his grandson is afflicted with a rare disease costing a million yen a month in treatments, he resolved to raise the necessary money for his grandson's sake. Seeing a job ad seemingly tailored to his skillset brings him to the 'Desperado' used books store, and he is sent for a trial work... as CleanupCrew for the assassin employed by the organization, the little girl Miharu.
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*BadassAndChildDuo: Played with in that Hiraga himself is a BadassGrandpa, but it's the kid Miharu who pulls the trigger most of the time.
*BadassGrandpa: Hiraga is old, but he can still kick plenty of ass thanks to his past experience.
* BigBad: Musou Saburou, the leader behind The Greatest Bond.
* ReusedCharacterDesign: Hiraga is basically [[Manga/{{Coppelion}} Dr. Coppelius]] minus the cracked glasses.
