"Do you... still love me, now?"
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In General
- Moguro's terrifying grin and blank stare.
- NEW makes Moguro way more creepy than the original by distorting his face, making him look bigger, and making him change colors when he begins to punish his customers. He's so bad, he's almost like a humanoid version of Mr. Pickles.
- The paintings in the Demon's Nest bar. It's unknown what exactly is going on in the paintings but it features multiple demons and one particular goat demon holding up two torches.
- The very concept of his character: A wandering salesman that always appears before ordinary, salt-of-the-earth people when they are at the lowest points in their lives, offering products, advice or services without charging a single yen. With only his frightening smile and overly friendly demeanor as a hint that he is not who he appears to be. The services he provides have a miraculous effect on his customers' lives...only for their luck to come crashing down harder than they could possibly imagine. It sounds like something straight out of a Japanese urban legend or Creepypasta.
Original
- Moguro's voice. An unsettling, nearly demonic baritone, courtesy of Tōru Ōhira.
- Whenever the song "Cruel Reality"
starts playing, it's a sure sign that things are going to go real bad. - Episode 15 is the first episode where someone straight-up dies. The client's superior asks for a shave and gets his throat slashed open. The last thing he sees is a Slasher Smile upon his employee's face, implying it wasn't an accident.
- Episode 39 ends with the client, a photographer obsessed with owls, being forcibly transformed into a man-owl by Moguro's curse. He didn't even break any of the Salesman's rules - as if Moguro was just feeling malicious that day. One of the "city owls" the client photographs as part of his foray into undercover journalism is a gay couple, which quickly ends up in the pages of a tabloid. Considering that he just forced two men out of the closet in the early 1990's, when public acceptance of homosexuality was relatively uncommon, the client may have unwittingly ruined their lives.
- Episode 41 features a gourmand that has been forced to cut back on fine dining to cover the cost of his upcoming wedding. He's invited by Moguro to dine at a five-star restaurant with a free credit card - so long as he is not wasteful with his money. He ends up going there regularly because the food is so good that everything else is practically inedible. When his card is maxxed out, he's forced to spend his wedding savings on his next meal. In desperation, he pleads to Moguro for a way out. He obliges and shows the gourmand a way to eat the same quality food for free. His wife comes home to discover the man feasting on the restaurant's garbage.
- It's not shown directly onscreen, but it's heavily implied that the customer in episode 45 is Eaten Alive at the end of the episode!
- Episode 49 ends with the client getting impaled through the head by the stick Moguro gave him.
- Episode 53 has a painter who wants to be famous "like Van Gogh". He ends up doing the very thing Van Gogh was most notorious for, accompanied by a montage of gory paintings.
- Episode 55's customer is probably even scarier than Moguro. He's a violent drunk that's more than willing to ruin a party or smash up a bar because of his repressed frustration. Moguro gives him a magic bag to scream into that will contain all of his pent-up rage. And it's...not pretty. He's so full of utter spite and hatred for his co-workers that he ends up howling ableist slurs and even suicide dares into the bag. And the bag is accidentally opened in front of a violent drunk on the way home, who nearly kills him out of anger.
- Episode 56 is easily the most terrifying episode in the entire series. A man named Mr. Kaikou has grown to loathe the hostess and karaoke bars that have defined Japanese nightlife in the 80's and 90's, longing for the older, classier bars that were popular during his younger years. Moguro guides him to a place called Club Akaneko: an establishment that brings to mind the Taito Era (read: 1920s) of Japan, where he falls in love with a beautiful hostess named Etchan, whose art style is noticeably different and whose animation is...unnaturally smooth compared to everything else in the show. Moguro warns him to never return to that bar, or he will face dire consequences. Mr. Kaikou ignores him and successfully proposes to Etchan, much to Moguro's disappointment. The next time he visits Akaneko, he finds that it is in a place of absolute disrepair - like it had been abandoned for decades. He sees Etchan again, who asks him if he still finds her beautiful. The problem is, Etchan appears as a rotting corpse with maggot-lined eyes. The kicker? This is likely inspired by a particularly infamous Japanese ghost story. Sweet dreams.
- Episode 63 features a client trapped in a failing marriage where he's disrespected by both his wife and his children. Moguro appears and makes an offer for the man to straight up leave his family for a "better" one. After Moguro DONs him, he finds himself in a lavish mansion with a beautiful wife and an adoring daughter - both of whom he met before at a blood drive. When his family starts to actually show concern for his whereabouts, Moguro takes them to the mansion, which is now dilapidated and barren. Inside, they see the client being bathed by his new wife and daughter...who suddenly grow fangs and suck his blood until he's a withered, sagging husk. Yes, Moguro just made a man leave his wife and kids for a family of vampires.
- Episode 82 has a particularly disturbing ending. A lonely man in his 40s pays a visit to the hospital and ends up under the care of an attractive and affectionate nurse. Taking Moguro's advice, he starts seeing her more and more until he's so addicted to her care that he makes false 119 calls just to see her again. Eventually, Moguro's curse makes him so utterly dependent on her that he falls straight into outright infantilism.
- Episode 83 features a magazine illustrator that has fallen madly in love with an American model named Linda. Moguro promises that he will meet her one day as a model for his work. Sure enough, she shows up and poses for several drawings. Not only have the two developed a budding romance over a single evening, his boss absolutely adores the artwork he has made. Moguro warns the illustrator to keep their relationship professional and platonic. Of course, the illustrator ignores Mr. Fukurou's advice and forces himself on her and gets beaten over the head with a marble bust. Heartbroken and remorseful, the illustrator begs Moguro for one more chance at love. He gets his wish, with his soul and face forever trapped in a billboard with a different model. One that depicts him getting punched in the face.
- Thought Moguro's voice was creepy? In Episode 94 he calls in a chauffeur that sounds even more sinister than Moguro. It's a deep, emotionless baritone with an echo effect that suggests he may be the same kind of Humanoid Abomination.
- The ending of Episode 102 is painful to watch; the client is slowly and graphically strangled to death in a manner similar to a gallows execution.
NEW
Episode 1: "Daydream" / "Make A Budget And Stick To It"- After Moguro warns Takashima about misusing the card and DONs her, she wakes up the next morning to find out that she became fat, old, and ugly.
- "Daydream" thoroughly cements the idea that Moguro is only pretending to be human: his mouth is shown to be a black void full of smaller mouths.
Episode 2: "Hot Spring Eccentricity" / "Fantasy Company"
- When Deyashiro starts getting Drunk with Power after being boss for a day. He becomes a Bad Boss when it's his turn to be boss and he starts yelling at his workers and belittles a worker who was nice to him from the beginning. Deyashiro became just like his Bad Boss. He realizes his error and runs away in shame but runs straight into Moguro. Moguro's punishment for Deyashiro is he permanently makes him work at the company as a mean and crazy boss in a black company experience booth, his red eyes doesn't exactly help.
Episode 3: "Bento Wars" / "Ah, My Beloved 583-Type"
- Moguro's punishment for Kamera ignoring his warning about asking to ride on his favorite train again. He DONs him into making him crazy enough to live in his favorite train forever.
Episode 4: "The Woman On The Platform" / "Runner’s Paradise"
- Moguro convincing Kageno to go on a date with Naoki. Before the date, Moguro warns Naoki to not love her only for her looks but he insists that it's not like that. So when the date happens, Kageno questions him if he truly loves her and she tests him by stripping down to her underwear and revealing her face, which looks beautiful. She reveals that the result of failed plastic surgeries has made her ugly, and to show her true face she cracks her face revealing a Nightmare Face as pictured above. Naoki's reaction was predictable.
Episode 5: "Sunday Club" / "The Woman Who Throws Away"
- Moguro's punishment for Uchinaki for ignoring his warning about going back to Sunday Club too early. He makes him an eternal member where he's too lazy to move and he's already losing his hair.
- Monomochi's behavior as the episode process. After Moguro introduces her to a woman who taught her how to de-clutter her home. It started off normal until she started to throw away objects like shelves and tables. When Moguro gives her a bouquet of flowers to congratulate her on her hard work, she furiously throws the flowers in the trash saying to doesn't want more stuff inside her house. Moguro didn't like her attitude so he DONs her into going overboard with her cleaning. She starts acting crazy and she starts throwing away everything with sentimental values, such as her family albums, her husband's train collection, and her son's awards. She doesn't even realize what she has done until her husband and son leaves her.
Episode 9: "The Nostalgic Bathhouse Tour" / "The Researcher’s Melancholy"
- Bandai goes to a bathhouse with a beautiful attendant woman, expecting to find something exciting for inspiration for his painting. But Moguro warns him not to attend it too many times. Bandai ignores him and goes to the bathhouse, only to find it dilapidated. And when he goes into the water, he turns around to find the beautiful attendant... who then transforms into a ghostly hag right before his eyes. The scream he makes is appropriate.
Episode 12: "The King of the Chat Room" / "Japan Overseas Trip"
- Moguro's punishment for Tsuyoshi. If he ever enters a chat room, all his personal information will be exposed to everyone in the chat room. Just imagine if the wrong kind of people sees your information and they take advantage of it.
- The very last scene of the episode. Moguro usually delivers a monologue at the end of every episode, but when he's shown boarding a flight to Honolulu, he doesn't even deliver his usual ending monologue. He just gets on his plane and lets out his Signature Laugh as the plane takes off. It's so oddly uncharacteristic of him that it's creepy and it makes you wonder what's going on in his head. Not to mention the fact that he's actually leaving the country. Let's hope no potential customers crosses his path during his trip.
