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** [[spoiler:[[CorruptPolitician Katsuji Kamiya]] becomes Japan's Prime Minister and schemes to take possession of the Roppongi Club, which caters to every fetish and predilection of the upper classes, away from [[WellIntentionedExtremist Chōji Suitengu]], while also gaining control of Kagura for his own purposes. A [[VillainousGlutton glutton whose power is to devour anything]], before he even achieved these powers, he once drove a couple to suicide over a huge debt, and then took their children to compensate. The son he sold as a child soldier would one day become Suitengu. The girl, who was only five, he sold as a SexSlave to be abused and debauched until she was an EmptyShell years later, knowing only how to please men and request money for it.]]

* EsotericHappyEnding: While the ending is supposed to be happy because Japan is saved from greed and corruption thanks to [[spoiler:Suitengu [[TheExtremistWasRight succeeding in wiping out Japan's corrupt elite]]]], the fact is that [[spoiler:Suitengu is the BigBad who did this by [[TheBadGuyWins utterly destroying Japan's economy]], which will have a devastating effect on the whole world and [[AMillionIsAStatistic ruin millions of innocent lives]], and the old elite end up being replaced by Suitengu's associates, who have done some pretty heinous things under his orders and [[KarmaHoudini got off scot free]]. The only ''slight'' glimmer of hope that a FullCircleRevolution hasn't occurred is that Suitengu's henchmen happened to be portrayed as [[PunchClockVillain Punch-Clock Villains]] rather than the equally corrupt counterparts to the ruling class that was taken down. The main characters get their happy ending, as shown in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, but it's [[NoEndorHolocaust rather conveniently glossed over]] if the general populace of Japan let alone the entire world is better off]].

* EsotericHappyEnding: While the ending is supposed to be happy because Japan is saved from greed and corruption thanks to [[spoiler:Suitengu [[TheExtremistWasRight succeeding in wiping out Japan's corrupt elite]]]], the fact is that [[spoiler:Suitengu is the BigBad who did this by [[TheBadGuyWins utterly destroying Japan's economy]], which will have a devastating effect on the whole world and [[AMillionIsAStatistic ruin millions of innocent lives]], and [[FullCircleRevolution nothing really changes]] since the old elite gets replaced by Suitengu's corrupt associates, [[ShaggyDogStory essentially making the heroes' efforts completely meaningless]]. The main characters get their happy ending, as shown in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, but it's likely that [[OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding only the main characters are happy]]]].

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As of Episode 20, the AuthorTract and WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief both went off the rails. [[CapitalismIsBad All wealth and power invariably make monsters of everyone who has it]], everyone else is a hypocrite and an ineffectual one at that. [[HumansAreBastards Humans are uniformly response-stimulus machines]], and even our hero isn't exempt from that.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The whole soundtrack qualifies but the closing credits [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okgh8XzYa0g ''Break The Cocoon'']] definitely takes the cake.

* CrazyAwesome: Seriously, some of the ways Saiga comes up with to wreak havoc with a camera are truly mindboggling.

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

** [[spoiler:[[DirtyCop Chief Ekoda]] is the head of the Tokyo Police Department, who hides a secret fetish: He has a thing for legs. In fact, while a member of Suitengu's Roppongi Club, Ekoda took the chance to satisfy his feitshes by kidnapping women, holding them hostage and then cutting their legs off before preserving them as trophies, molesting and killing the women himself. His first two victims were his own wife and daughter. Later in the series, Ekoda kidnaps [[DarkActionGirl Ginza Hibari]] and tries to do the same to her before she frees herself. Ekoda is set apart by being a [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters completely human monster.]]]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Choji Suitengu]] is a man who flaunts his extensive wealth via using expensive yen notes as cigars, believing everything 'has its price,' especially human life. In truth, Suitengu is dedicated to overthrowing the social order of Japan, manipulating all the upper echelons of society with his Roppongi Club that caters to a variety of fetishes. Constantly planning ahead of series hero Saiga, Suitengu also manipulates his lover, Shinzen of the powerful Tennozou Group and later disposes of her when she attempts to betray and kill him.Revealing his tragic past to his arch enemy, the prime minister, when the man tries to kill Suitengu and take over the Roppongi Club, Suitengu kills him and enacts his master plan: completely erasing the corrupt upper class and causing a massive financial crisis to completely break their hold on Japan forever.]]

* EsotericHappyEnding: While the ending is supposed to be happy because Japan is saved from greed and corruption thanks to [[spoiler:Suitengu [[TheExtremistWasRight succeeding in wiping out Japan's corrupt elite]], the fact is that Suitengu is the BigBad who did this by [[TheBadGuyWins utterly destroying Japan's economy]], which will have a devastating effect on the whole world and [[AMillionIsAStatistic ruin millions of innocent lives]], and [[FullCircleRevolution nothing really changes]] since the old elite gets replaced by Suitengu's corrupt associates, [[ShaggyDogStory essentially making the heroes' efforts completely meaningless]]. The main characters get their happy ending, as shown in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, but it's likely that [[OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding only the main characters are happy]].

** [[spoiler:[[DirtyCop Chief Ekoda]] is the head of the Tokyo Police Department, who hides a secret fetish: He has a thing for legs. In fact, while a member of Suitengu's Roppongi Club, Ekoda took the chance to satisfy his feitshes by kidnapping women, holding them hostage and then cutting their legs off before preserving them as trophies, molesting and killing the women himself. His first two victims were his own wife and daughter. Later in the series, Ekoda kidnaps [[DarkActionGirl Ginza Hibari]] and tries to do the same to her before she frees herself. Ekoda is set apart by being a [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters completely human monster.]]]]

** [[spoiler:[[CorruptPolitician Kamiya]] becomes Japan's Prime Minister and schemes to take possession of the Roppongi Club, which caters to every fetish and predilection of the upper classes, away from the BigBad [[AntiVillain Suitengu]], while also gaining control of Kagura for his own purposes. A [[VillainousGlutton glutton whose power is to devour anything]], before he even achieved these powers, he once [[DrivenToSuicide drove a couple to suicide over a huge debt]], and then took their children to compensate. The son he sold as a child soldier would one day become Suitengu. The girl, who was only five, he sold as a SexSlave to be abused and debauched until she was an EmptyShell years later, knowing only how to please men and request money for it.]]

** 'Fess up, you probably know about this series just because of the OP [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DC6ctcf2Gw&feature=related Shinkichi Mitsumune's "Shutter Speed"]]

* EsotericHappyEnding: While the ending is supposed to be happy because [[spoiler:Suitengu [[TheExtremistWasRight succeeded in wiping out Japan's corrupt elite]]]], the fact is that [[spoiler:Suitengu, the BigBad, [[TheBadGuyWins won in the end]], and did this by utterly destroying Japan’s economy, which will have a devastating effect on the whole world and [[AMillionIsAStatistic ruin millions of innocent lives]], and [[FullCircleRevolution nothing really changes]] since the old elite gets replaced by Suitengu’s corrupt associates, essentially [[ShaggyDogStory making the heroes’ efforts completely meaningless]]]]. Sure, the main characters get their happy ending, as shown in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, but it's likely that [[OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding only the main characters are happy]].

** BigBad Shinzen Tennouzu is supposed to be pitied because [[spoiler:her husband ran out on her when she was pregnant]], and because she, while still absolutely ''[[SilverFox gorgeous]]'', is very, very slowly losing her looks, despite the fact that [[AbusiveParents she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter]], and allows Suitengu to use her in his club, in her case seemingly believing she's being used for sex and only takes issue with the possibility that Suitengu himself was sleeping with her, and only out of jealousy's sake.

** [[DirtyCop Chief Ekoda]] is the head of the Tokyo Police Department, who hides a secret fetish: He has a thing for legs. In fact, while a member of Suitengu's Roppongi Club, Ekoda took the chance to satisfy his feitshes by kidnapping women, holding them hostage and then cutting their legs off before preserving them as trophies, molesting and killing the women himself. His first two victims were his own wife and daughter. Later in the series, Ekoda kidnaps [[DarkActionGirl Ginza Hibari]] and tries to do the same to her before she frees herself. Ekoda is set apart by being a [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters completely human monster.]]

** [[CorruptPolitician Kamiya]] becomes Japan's Prime Minister and schemes to take possession of the Roppongi Club, which caters to every fetish and predilection of the upper classes, away from the BigBad [[AntiVillain Suitengu]], while also gaining control of Kagura for his own purposes. A [[VillainousGlutton glutton whose power is to devour anything]], before he even achieved these powers, he once [[DrivenToSuicide drove a couple to suicide over a huge debt]], and then took their children to compensate. The son he sold as a child soldier would one day become Suitengu. The girl, who was only five, he sold as a SexSlave to be abused and debauched until she was an EmptyShell years later, knowing only how to please men and request money for it.

* MagnificentBastard: [[BigBad Choji Suitengu]] is a man who flaunts his extensive wealth via using expensive yen notes as cigars, believing everything 'has its price,' especially human life. In truth, Suitengu is dedicated to overthrowing the social order of Japan, manipulating all the upper echelons of society with his Roppongi Club that caters to a variety of fetishes. Constantly planning ahead of series hero Saiga, Suitengu also manipulates his lover, Shinzen of the powerful Tennozou Group and later disposes of her when she attempts to betray and kill him.Revealing his tragic past to his arch enemy, the prime minister, when the man tries to kill Suitengu and take over the Roppongi Club, Suitengu kills him and enacts his master plan: completely erasing the corrupt upper class and causing a massive financial crisis to completely break their hold on Japan forever.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much any villain the show tries to make sympathetic, simply because of how ''[[MoralEventHorizon far]]'' they go, how many of their crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little (if any) remorse they show for said crimes, and how their reasons for their actions come off as utter {{Wangst}}, especially in proportion to their deeds. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murdered a man who owed him as little as ten yen and leaves his fresh corpse in front of his son, which is implied to be regular business for him, uses Kagura as a semi-SexSlave in his club [[note]]While he does invoke EvenEvilHasStandards against making her actually have sex, he still forces her to have make-out sessions, which he does as a NecessaryEvil, but then, he doesn't show any remorse for it, either[[/note]], distributes products that [[MayContainEvil lower people’s inhibitions to make them more violent]], and [[TheBadGuyWins completely destroys Japan’s economy]], which will likely [[AMillionIsAStatistic screw over millions of innocent people]]. That this is [[EsotericHappyEnding portrayed as a happy ending]] does not help. Meanwhile, Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband ran out on her when she was pregnant, and because she, while still absolutely ''[[SilverFox gorgeous]]'', is very, very slowly losing her looks, despite the fact that [[AbusiveParents she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter]], and allows Suitengu to use her in his club, in her case seemingly believing she's being used for sex and only takes issue with the possibility that Suitengu himself was sleeping with her, and only out of jealousy's sake. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she [[MoralEventHorizon gives Kagura back to her abusers, then abducts and rapes Saiga several times,]] feeling sorry for ''[[ItsAllAboutMe herself]]'' as she does so. And apparently the audience is [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale meant to feel the same.]]

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As of Episode 20, the AuthorTract and WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief both went off the rails. [[CapitalismIsBad All wealth and power invariably make monsters of everyone who has it]], everyone else is a hypocrite and an ineffectual one at that. [[HumansAreBastards Humans are uniformly response-stimulus machines]], and even our hero isn't exempt from that. And not to mention [[BigBad Suitengu]] ''[[TheBadGuyWins wins]]'' in the end, essentially [[ShaggyDogStory making the heroes actions meaningless]].
* EsotericHappyEnding: While the ending is supposed to be happy because [[spoiler:Suitengu [[TheExtremistWasRight succeeded in wiping out Japan's corrupt elite]]]], the fact is that [[spoiler:he did this by utterly destroying Japan’s economy, which will have a devastating effect on the whole world and [[AMillionIsAStatistic ruin millions of innocent lives]], and [[FullCircleRevolution nothing really changes]] since the old elite gets replaced by Suitengu’s corrupt associates]]. Sure, the main characters get their happy ending, as shown in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, but it's likely that [[OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding only the main characters are happy]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much any villain the show tries to make sympathetic, simply because of how ''[[MoralEventHorizon far]]'' they go, how many of their crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little (if any) remorse they show for said crimes, and how their reasons for their actions come off as utter {{Wangst}}, especially in proportion to their deeds. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murdered a man who owed him as little as ten yen and leaves his fresh corpse in front of his son, which is implied to be regular business for him, uses Kagura as a semi-SexSlave in his club [[note]]While he does invoke EvenEvilHasStandards against making her actually have sex, he still forces her to have make-out sessions, which he does as a NecessaryEvil, but then, he doesn't show any remorse for it, either[[/note]], distributes products that [[MayContainEvil lower people’s inhibitions to make them more violent]], and [[TheBadGuyWins completely destroys Japan’s economy]], which will likely [[AMillionIsAStatistic screw over millions of innocent people]]. That this is [[EsotericHappyEnding portrayed as a happy ending]] does not help. Meanwhile, Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband ran out on her when she was pregnant, and because she, while still absolutely ''[[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave gorgeous]]'', is very, very slowly losing her looks, despite the fact that [[AbusiveParents she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter]], and allows Suitengu to use her in his club, in her case seemingly believing she's being used for sex and only takes issue with the possibility that Suitengu himself was sleeping with her, and only out of jealousy's sake. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she [[MoralEventHorizon gives Kagura back to her abusers, then abducts and rapes Saiga several times,]] feeling sorry for ''[[ItsAllAboutMe herself]]'' as she does so. And apparently the audience is [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale meant to feel the same.]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much any villain the show tries to make sympathetic, simply because of how ''[[MoralEventHorizon far]]'' they go, how many of their crimes tend to be completely unnecessary, how little (if any) remorse they show for said crimes, and how their reasons for their actions come off as utter {{Wangst}}, especially in proportion to their deeds. Suitengu's supposed to be pitied because his sister died years ago, despite the fact that he murdered a man who owed him as little as ten yen and leaves his fresh corpse in front of his son, which is implied to be regular business for him, and uses Kagura as a semi-SexSlave in his club [[note]]While he does invoke EvenEvilHasStandards against making her actually have sex, he still forces her to have make-out sessions, which he does as a NecessaryEvil, but then, he doesn't show any remorse for it, either[[/note]], and [[TheBadGuyWins completely destroys Japan’s economy]], which will likely [[AMillionIsAStatistic screw over millions of innocent people]]. That this is [[EsotericHappyEnding portrayed as a happy ending]] does not help. Meanwhile, Shinzen's supposed to be pitied because her husband ran out on her when she was pregnant, and because she, while still absolutely ''[[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave gorgeous]]'', is very, very slowly losing her looks, despite the fact that [[AbusiveParents she humiliates, hits, and starves her own daughter]], and allows Suitengu to use her in his club, in her case seemingly believing she's being used for sex and only takes issue with the possibility that Suitengu himself was sleeping with her, and only out of jealousy's sake. Ginza's the most Egregious example of all. She's supposed to be pitied because... her boyfriend doesn't want to bang her despite the fact that she [[MoralEventHorizon gives Kagura back to her abusers, then abducts and rapes Saiga several times,]] feeling sorry for ''[[ItsAllAboutMe herself]]'' as she does so. And apparently the audience is [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale meant to feel the same.]]