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The Laughing Salesman (Manga)

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The Laughing Salesman (Manga)	comment	The Laughing Salesman (Warau Salesman) is a Black Comedy Psychological Horror manga by duo Fujiko Fujio, and later, Fujiko Fujio A. It's story is about Moguro Fukuzou, an ever-smiling salesman whose job is to help people out with any desire they want. In reality, he ruins said people's lives the moment they betray or deny his help.The manga ran in Big Comic Manga Sunday between 1968 to 1971. The first animated series ran between October of 1989 through March of 1992, as well as a game for the Sega CD in Japan that consists of three episodes from the show. In 1999 there was a Live-Action Adaptation, but it only lasted ten episodes and is now believed to be lost. A second anime, called Laughing Salesmen NEW, with a Setting Update, started running in the spring 2017 anime broadcasting season. It is available for worldwide streaming on Crunchyroll here.A stage play adaptation ran in 2020, with Ryuji Sato in the role of a Younger and Hipper Moguro.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_11630eaa	type	The Gambling Addict
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_11630eaa	comment	The Gambling Addict: Several of Moguro's customers have this problem and he takes advantage of it. In Episode 10 of the original, Moguro helps a college student named Nakayama, who gambles a lot on horse races but has bad luck. Moguro helps him by telling him to which horse to gamble on and he's always correct. When Nakayama asks Moguro to help him one last time, Moguro agrees on the condition that he agrees to quit gambling afterward. When Nakayama brags to his friend on how he'll never lose with Moguro's help and agrees to gamble for a gangster, Moguro saw the whole thing and decides to screw over Nakayama by not showing up until Nakayama bets all the money while he waits for him to come.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_129749df	type	All Men Are Perverts
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_129749df	comment	All Men Are Perverts: If every man were like most of the men in this series, women wouldn't want anything to do with them.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_16364a29	type	Evil Sounds Deep
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_16364a29	comment	Evil Sounds Deep: Moguro has a hauntingly deep voice, but only when voiced by Tōru Ōhira. By contrast, Tesshō Genda gives a more whimsical performance with a higher, but still masculine, pitch.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_176a6683	type	The Social Expert
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_176a6683	comment	The Social Expert: Moguro knows the right words to tempt his customers to do business with him.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_1bb7211b	type	The Hyena
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_1bb7211b	comment	The Hyena: Downplayed. Moguro isn't Laughing Mad or a Giggling Villain, but he can and will laugh at any situation.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_1bb77fdb	type	Shadow Walker
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_1bb77fdb	comment	Shadow Walker: Moguro 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_1fc8335e	type	Deal with the Devil
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_1fc8335e	comment	Deal with the Devil: Some of Moguro's conditions are so reasonable, you'll wonder why anyone would ever break them in the first place. Others... much less so. That's when they fall into this trope.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_225d8ff9	type	Ambiguously Human
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_225d8ff9	comment	Ambiguously Human: Just what is Moguro? He looks like an ordinary, if odd, person, but he's able to do things and has abilities that no human should...
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_237569e4	type	Ironic Hell
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_237569e4	comment	More of a general rule in NEW. Not that it never happens, of course, but in a lot of episodes, Moguro comes across somewhat more as finding some poor bastard being held back in life and giving them something to help. As opposed to finding a pathetic loser it'd be fun to screw over and deliberately setting them up to fail like what happened most of the time in the original series. Moguro slaps his clients with the Ironic Hell punishments when they overly rely on what they've been given, do something truly despicable, or ignore a reasonable warning from him.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_267ce120	type	Dirty Old Man
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_267ce120	comment	Dirty Old Man: One episode of the original run had Moguro corrupt an elderly gentleman into becoming one of these. Despite this, the episode was overall one of the more light-hearted ones.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2828fd9a	type	Promotion to Opening Titles
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2828fd9a	comment	Promotion to Opening Titles: Despite the bartender of "Demon's Nest" being a Living Prop, he's featured in the opening of NEW.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2969dda7	type	Nightmare Fetishist
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2969dda7	comment	Nightmare Fetishist: The mere fact that Moguro 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!
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2978c012	type	Stage Mom
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2978c012	comment	Stage Mom: The focus of Episode 11 of NEW's B-segment.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2af6bbeb	type	Break the Haughty
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2af6bbeb	comment	Break the Haughty: Moguro really doesn't like it when his customers start getting cocky from his help. When they do get cocky, he makes sure they suffer.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2b2c66c3	type	Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2b2c66c3	comment	Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: Moguro finds humor in what most people would think is tragic.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2bdfcf74	type	OffscreenVillainDarkMatter
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2bdfcf74	comment	Offscreen Villain Dark Matter: Just where does Moguro 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 defy rational explanations as well...
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2bfabe7	type	Trespassing to Talk
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2bfabe7	comment	Trespassing to Talk: Don't be surprised if you suddenly find Moguro inside your home, just so he can speak to you. And no, locking the doors won't stop him.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2c8bd71f	type	Tareme Eyes
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_2c8bd71f	comment	Tareme Eyes: Moguro’s eyes are wide, rounded at the bottom and make him appear almost sleepy-looking, but don't be fooled. Underestimating him is a bad idea. The Bartender from "Demon's Nest" has a similar pair of eyes. Since his mouth is completely covered by his beard, they make him look sad or sleepy. It is unknown what he is actually like or if this is an ironic case like with Moguro.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Moguro seemed to be genuinely distressed when it looks 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. He also won't let potential clients get injured... at least not until he can set them up properly. Episode 7A of NEW shows even Moguro can feel regret, as he opines briefly on how he ruined a happily married man's life out of boredom.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_33c2b1e2	type	Best Served Cold
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_33c2b1e2	comment	Best Served Cold: Koh Arao is given a tree to take care of as a substitute for not being able to keep an actual pet. Koh takes very good care of the tree and loves it just as much as anyone would an animal. However, his jerkass neighbor destroys the tree while he's away at work one day. Moguro doesn't punish or blame Koh, but instead uses his magic to bring the tree back to life. The tree, in turn, gets revenge against the neighbor in the middle of the night.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Moguro just loves doing this to all of his customers regardless of who they are.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_35ae6a23	type	Lethal Chef
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_35ae6a23	comment	Lethal Chef: One episode in the original anime had a young man whose wife's cooking is so terrible, even Moguro couldn't stomach it!
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_378039e	type	TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_378039e	comment	The Last of These Is Not Like the Others: When introducing himself as a "friends salesman", he mentions that the world is full of "Depressed elderly people, depressed women, depressed young men, depressed children, depressed dogs, cats, and ladles." In Episode 12B of NEW, the very last episode, in fact, Moguro doesn't even deliver an ending monologue as he boards a flight to Honolulu. He just gets on his plane and lets out his Signature Laugh as the plane takes off. Also, when the title card appears in every episode, he would do his usual laugh, but the final episode has him do a different variation of his laugh.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_384986f4	type	We Will Meet Again
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_384986f4	comment	We Will Meet Again: Played with. Moguro is never "defeated", but he'll often let his victims know they'll run into him later, especially if they initially refuse his services. At the end of the half-hour TV special, he stops walking away to look at the viewers and tell them "We will meet again." before giving off his trade-mark laughter.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_38e4b69d	type	Mister Seahorse
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_38e4b69d	comment	Mister Seahorse: In "The Way of the Husband and Wife" Moguro punishes the client for wanting to quit his job and become the "ultimate househusband" by making him pregnant.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_3b4185fb	type	Stalker without a Crush
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_3b4185fb	comment	Stalker Without a Crush: Once Moguro 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_3b79029a	type	Crapsaccharine World
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_3b79029a	comment	Crapsaccharine World: The setting is colorful and cartoony like any other Fujio manga series, but it's bogged down by many of the difficulties of the real world. In fact, the foibles of society are sometimes integral to the downfall of certain characters such as two office workers who have to quit their jobs in The May Blues because their peers can't respect that they knit as a hobby.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_3bebfcc0	type	Living Lie Detector
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_3bebfcc0	comment	Living Lie Detector: It is impossible to lie to Moguro. 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_3ed23024	type	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_3ed23024	comment	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: In one episode, Moguro helps a housewife named Koino Yumemi reunite with her first love, Karatsu Toukichi, a talented potter. Because both of them were not happy with their marriages, they both left their partners to be together and start a new life. Their new life together is even worse than before because Toukichi's ex-wife kept all the assets to Toukichi's pottery since she knew how to sell his creations. Without any money or the business savvy on how to sell Toukichi's pottery, both of them now live in a small house in the woods with Yumemi taking a part-time job and both of them constantly arguing with each other. In another episode, an aged executive on the cusp of retirement is resentful of how his office barely gives him anything to do anymore and switches places with a slightly younger, overworked executive in the building next door to recapture his glory days as a blazing, hotshot wheeler-and-dealer. He has a great time, but all the stress winds up giving him a lethal stroke, something his original co-workers were likely trying to avoid by reducing his responsibilities in the first place.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_3f1aadeb	type	Strictly Formula
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_3f1aadeb	comment	Strictly Formula: Moguro meets some poor schmuck, gives them a magical gift to deal with a big problem in their lives, along with a warning not to overuse it or something else they're not allowed to do until the gift's use pays off. Things go great for a while, then the client either gets a big head and thinks they don't need to listen to that creepy old guy's warning, or they're somehow pressured into breaking the condition Moguro set for them. Enter Moguro, who hits them with the DON finger. Last scene, the client's life is in ruins, if they're not flat-out dead or insane. The Laughing Salesman walks off down the street to find his next victim, reflecting on the lesson to be learned from this person's tragedy, and going out on his signature Evil Laugh.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_407d3e6d	type	Morton's Fork
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_407d3e6d	comment	Morton's Fork: Accept his help? You will eventually do something to betray his expectations or worst, deny he had anything to do with your success. Refuse his help? He will screw you over anyway.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: The best you can hope for if you cross paths with Moguro is following the rule he stipulates no matter how much trouble it causes you, and enjoys what you get in exchange.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_43e36f2f	type	Acrofatic
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_43e36f2f	comment	Acrofatic: Downplayed. Moguro 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_443b78cd	type	Tranquil Fury
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_443b78cd	comment	Tranquil Fury: 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 he's dishing out his revenge. A lot of it comes from his facial expression never changing.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: In the sixth episode of the Laughing Salesman New series, Moguro places a mask on Udo Taizo in order for him to be scary and to attract potential customers. When he betrays Moguro, Moguro causes the mask to be stuck to his face, essentially turning him into the scary monster the mask portrayed.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_446c5792	type	Villainous Rescue
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_446c5792	comment	Villainous Rescue: Often, Moguro 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...
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_460aa61c	type	Gift of the Magi Plot
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_460aa61c	comment	Gift of the Magi Plot: "Tonight's Another Awesome Night" in Episode 6B of NEW ends with a variant on this. Having thought his girlfriend was leaving him because of his night-owl ways, Doraki begs Moguro to give him another chance and "make him a real morning person." Moguro agrees... and Doraki's girlfriend arrives, dolled up for her new nighttime job at a hostess club, just after he lights the incense for presumably the final time.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_463084f4	type	Giving Someone the Pointer Finger
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_463084f4	comment	Giving Someone the Pointer Finger: Moguro occasionally does this. You do NOT want this to happen, since chances are that he is pissed at you.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_47bf7e16	type	Local Hangout
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_47bf7e16	comment	Local Hangout: Whether it's to talk to new clients or just to enjoy a drink or two, Moguro can often be found at his favorite bar, appropriately named "Demon's Nest".
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_47d35854	type	Intergenerational Friendship
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_47d35854	comment	Intergenerational Friendship: Oite Kazuhito quickly forms one of these with his much younger co-worker at his new job.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_4a0ec47a	type	Cheshire Cat Grin
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_4a0ec47a	comment	Cheshire Cat Grin: He is always smiling that unnatural smile that shows his full set of chompers.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_4a879f41	type	Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_4a879f41	comment	Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?: Downplayed. Moguro is more of a Humanoid Abomination than an Eldritch Abomination, but this trope is still in effect since he's 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, he'll drink you under the table and then leave you with the bill.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_4c961994	type	Acquired Situational Narcissism
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_4c961994	comment	Acquired Situational Narcissism: The downfall of many of Moguro Fukuzou's customers who either neglect to follow Moguro's instructions when they've reached a certain state or take their newly elevated statuses too far. Special mention must be made to the client featured in The Path to Karate who tried to take on three hulking thugs after just two days of self-defense classes.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_4f4372e9	type	Early-Installment Weirdness
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_4f4372e9	comment	Early-Installment Weirdness: While the franchise is famous for its grounded and timeless moral messages, many of the "lessons" of the earlier chapters and episodes can easily be summed up as, "Don't trust Moguro."
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_50b05d30	type	Disproportionate Retribution
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_50b05d30	comment	Disproportionate Retribution: 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_53224e46	type	Bookends
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_53224e46	comment	Bookends: In the original anime, the episode would begin with Moguro facing the viewer and walking towards them, introducing both himself and the show's plot. At the end of the episode, he is walking away from the viewer with his back turned to him, making a comment on the events and/or conclusion of said episode.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_537dd8fe	type	Affably Evil
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_537dd8fe	comment	Affably Evil: Moguro is always cheerful and friendly, even when he's screwing his clients over.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_58c038c9	type	Ridiculous Repossession
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_58c038c9	comment	Ridiculous Repossession: Invoked by Moguro in one instance, when his client-of-the-tale is woman at the border of bankrupcy due to her habit of buying things to feel better. So Moguro offers her a solution; he gives her a limitless card and she can spend as much as she wants... But the very next day everything is repossessed, so that way she can buy as much as she wants and without really affecting her. The employees just use a crane to access her second story building to take everything. Then taken further when she thinks she is being clever and decides to spend the money on beauty treatments so they can't be repossessed. Moguro proves her wrong at the end and literally takes her youth.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_5b1a2f4e	type	Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_5b1a2f4e	comment	In Episode 11B of NEW, when Ari ignores Moguro's warning and puts her daughter in danger in the middle of traffic, she gets on her hands and knees and begs Moguro 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, Moguro 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_5ce7dbb9	type	Central Theme
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_5ce7dbb9	comment	Central Theme: Loneliness. Moguro tends to target people who are isolated from society in one way or another as their desperation for help or company makes them easy to sway as "clients."
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_5d68a369	type	Horror Hates a Rulebreaker
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_5d68a369	comment	Horror Hates a Rulebreaker: A humanoid Eldritch Abomination with incredible magical powers, Moguro Fukuzou can make any wish of yours come true for free, provided you can follow the terms of his agreement. His "agreements" usually consist of one single rule that you must never, ever break. When his clients almost inevitably do, he uses his powers to humiliate them, ruin their lives, or at times even cause their deaths (though he doesn't directly kill them). However, simply not making a deal with Moguro isn't an option — reject his services, and he'll ruin your life anyway.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_5fcedca	type	Big Eater
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_5fcedca	comment	Episode 59's client had a wife whose cooking was so terrible even Moguro couldn't stomach it, so he had to call in an even bigger Big Eater. Said "Bigger Eater" steals the client's wife away from him in the end.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_62f9d08e	type	Freeze-Frame Bonus
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_62f9d08e	comment	NEW Episode 10 has a 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_671681af	type	Jackass Genie
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_671681af	comment	Jackass Genie: 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_68068108	type	Evil Laugh
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_68068108	comment	Evil Laugh: They don't call him "The Laughing Salesman" for nothing.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Many characters are named like this. For example, Moguro Fukuzou can be translated to "Black Mourning, Fortune and Misfortune".
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_7012424f	type	Stealth Hi/Bye
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_7012424f	comment	Stealth Hi/Bye: Moguro is 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_7f080f98	type	Vague Age
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_7f080f98	comment	Vague Age: Moguro's 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 desings. But if he doesn't age, it'll be for other, obvious reasons.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_808cbaeb	type	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_808cbaeb	comment	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. The latter 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, and kicking the asses of his sleazy agent and the rude director.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_820ac351	type	It Amused Me
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_820ac351	comment	It Amused Me: Moguro's driving motivation in whatever he does. 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_82a60dce	type	Signature Laugh
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_82a60dce	comment	Signature Laugh: 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!"
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_851dda8f	type	Humanoid Abomination
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_851dda8f	comment	Humanoid Abomination: Moguro is something. But he's most assuredly NOT human. The new anime series really highlights this in an up close shot of him laughing. The inside of his mouth is filled with even more tiny mouths! Another shot in NEW doesn't have the little mouths, but his mouth does appear far deeper and more cavernous than what should be physically possible...
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_87ab7f69	type	Sharp-Dressed Man
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_87ab7f69	comment	Sharp-Dressed Man: Trips to a bathhouse or the gym aside, Moguro is always seen in his three-piece suit, tie, and hat.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_87bb6874	type	Villain with Good Publicity
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_87bb6874	comment	Villain with Good Publicity: Downplayed. Moguro 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_88b70aa1	type	Stalker Shot
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_88b70aa1	comment	Stalker Shot: When Moguro helps his clients with their problems, they would later betray his trust or ignore his warnings. When that happens, the camera would reveal that he's in the vicinity of his clients and he's aware of their actions and he plans to punish them later on. And after his clients suffers from his punishment, the camera would most of the time reveal Moguro watching them from a distance and then he would walk off to find his potential client.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_898ff050	type	Villain Protagonist
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_898ff050	comment	Villain Protagonist: It’s Moguro, of course! The titular Laughing Salesman.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_8c5b8f0b	type	Salaryman
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_8c5b8f0b	comment	Deyashiro, a put-upon Salaryman with an abusive boss, becomes exactly like said boss when given the most minuscule taste of authority over other people. Moguro punishes him by making him part of a black company display window and turns him into a caricature of his abusive boss, complete with red eyes.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_8d55ac31	type	Traveling Salesman
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_8d55ac31	comment	Traveling Salesman: He travels through Japan looking for potential customers he believes that need his "help".
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_8ec0abf	type	The Voiceless
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_8ec0abf	comment	The Voiceless: If the bartender of "Demon's Nest" is capable of speaking, we have yet to hear him talk out loud.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_9350a0b9	type	The Tape Knew You Would Say That
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_9350a0b9	comment	The Tape Knew You Would Say That: Moguro left a pre-recorded video on a CD inside a man's computer that acted this way, answering everything he asked about Moguro’s deal.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_9a3c3d17	type	The Omniscient
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_9a3c3d17	comment	The Omniscient: Moguro is this, at least in the sense that he knows everything that is worth knowing about his intended victim. 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".
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_9ae0ead1	type	Villains Out Shopping
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_9ae0ead1	comment	Villains Out Shopping: In the original, the episode would always end with Moguro walking off after doing his business with his customers. In NEW, they break the formula by having Moguro 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, Moguro runs into most of his clients while taking a break, getting something to eat/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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_9dcc010d	type	Signature Sound Effect
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_9dcc010d	comment	Signature Sound Effect: Even more iconic than Moguro's above mentioned laughter is the sound effect "DON". It always appears when he does... something to his clients while pointing his finger at them. It's so associated with him that in the 2017 series, both the opening and ending songs are written all around it. It's so signature that, before the 2017 series premiere, a website was launched were you are quizzed by Moguro himself. After completing it, he will ascertain your desire and promptly "DON" you. You can then keep pressing the button to keep being "DON"d. You can take the quiz here (unfortunately, only in Japanese), or if you're just interested in the "DON", click here.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_9e4ed124	type	Mundanger
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_9e4ed124	comment	Mundanger: Many episodes deal with mundane things the average person fears (losing a job, losing a spouse or loved one, getting arrested, etc.).
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_9f6fb586	type	Leitmotif
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_9f6fb586	comment	Leitmotif: A slow number set to the tune of an oboe, a violin, and what sounds like an accordion. Plays at both the beginning and end of an episode. The moment you hear intense, scary violin music playing ("Illusion" in the OST) you know that Moguro is going to punish someone. The original anime had a guitar-based song ("Cruel Reality" in the OST) that played when an episode ended on a particularly unpleasant note.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_a0434be6	type	Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_a0434be6	comment	Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Moguro's skin is notably several shades lighter than most other characters.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_a1575551	type	Living Prop
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_a1575551	comment	Living Prop: The bartender at "Demon's Nest". 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 customers.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_a2b998a0	type	Wouldn't Hurt a Child
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_a2b998a0	comment	Wouldn't Hurt a Child: None of Moguro's victims are below the age of twenty, though some young children still suffer indirectly if they happen to be the kids of one of his "clients".
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_a4cd4fc6	type	Cruel Twist Ending
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_a4cd4fc6	comment	Cruel Twist Ending: Most of the story will end with Moguro's customers and/or their colleague suffering from his handy work after thinking they're in the clear.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Moguro always gets away with screwing over his customers and never suffers any consequences.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_aaa35901	type	My Card
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_aaa35901	comment	My Card: Moguro will almost always without fail give his intended victim his business card, which reads, "Moguro Fukuzou. 'I will fill your empty soul'."
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_abd29ad8	type	No-Sell
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_abd29ad8	comment	No-Sell: Zig-zagged. Moguro 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_ae372576	type	I Warned You
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_ae372576	comment	I Warned You: Bad things will happen if you break a promise to Moguro or do not heed his warnings... not that anyone actually listens...
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_aed65980	type	All for Nothing
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_aed65980	comment	All for Nothing: This will typically be the results 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_af4d6174	type	Setting Update
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_af4d6174	comment	Setting Update: Laughing Salesmen NEW is set around or after 2015 note In Episode 8A, the bartender has a bottle of wine that was made in 2015, according to the bottle's label.Due to the fact that the original didn't have computers or smartphones, NEW also adapts some of the episodes from the original and places them in a modern setting with some changes.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b06bbf4b	type	Be Careful What You Wish For
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b06bbf4b	comment	Be Careful What You Wish For: Not that you have a chance to refuse, he will always screw you over.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b4fb00f6	type	Mistaken for Pedophile
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b4fb00f6	comment	Mistaken for Pedophile: In the second half of Episode 7B of NEW, Moguro is 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 Moguro performing his magic tricks with the kids, one of the mothers was actually going to call the police on him for being near their kids. And Moguro's constant smiling doesn't exactly make him look innocent.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b503102e	type	Terrified of Germs
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b503102e	comment	Terrified of Germs: One of Moguro's clients was a woman who was a germaphobe to the point that she can't even go on a date without being afraid of touching her boyfriends. As punishment for not heeding his warnings, Moguro DO Ns her and makes her so terrified of germs that she has to wear an antimicrobial suit, which is pretty awkward to wear since she works in an office. The reactions her coworkers and boss make are understandable.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live: 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b58c51d8	type	My Beloved Smother
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b58c51d8	comment	My Beloved Smother: Amae's mother in Episode 3A of NEW 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b5b4b077	type	The Ace
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b5b4b077	comment	The Ace: Moguro seems to be really good at everything. He’s business-savvy, very charismatic and great at reading people, just to name a few things.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b8f5a02	type	Non-Standard Character Design
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_b8f5a02	comment	Nonstandard Character Design: Even within the cartoonish art style, Moguro 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. Occasionally, other characters will be drawn a little more like modern anime characters (sharper chins, more detailed eyes, etc.) in order to distinguish them as more "attractive" compared to more ordinary, plain-looking people. Played the straightest in episode 102 of the original anime. Every other character on screen, even extras, except Moguro is drawn with more realistic heights and proportions, which makes Moguro stick out like a sore thumb.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_bac9f95d	type	Sweet Tooth
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_bac9f95d	comment	Sweet Tooth: Debara Nayami loves his daifuku. However, that caused him to gain a big belly and made it impossible for him to get a big break in his acting career. At one point, Moguro even references this trope by name. Debara made a deal with Moguro, who gave him a tanuki statue. Whenever he got a craving, Debara prayed to the statue. It worked until he relapsed, and thus his weight returned.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_bc502e4b	type	You Are What You Hate
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_bc502e4b	comment	You Are What You Hate: Deyashiro, a put-upon Salaryman with an abusive boss, becomes exactly like said boss when given the most minuscule taste of authority over other people. Moguro punishes him by making him part of a black company display window and turns him into a caricature of his abusive boss, complete with red eyes. A researcher named Towani had his work stolen by an ex-girlfriend. He winds up doing exactly the same thing to his loyal subordinate. Only Moguro is there to make sure he pays for it.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_bf74d357	type	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_bf74d357	comment	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Rarely inverted. If the couple isn't equally as homely, the wife is often the more attractive of the pair. Even in a homosexual marriage as seen in "Divorce Club", the more feminine partner is a gorgeous Bishounen while his Straight Gay counterpart is portly and overweight.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_c2b0ebc0	type	Never Gets Drunk
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_c2b0ebc0	comment	Never Gets Drunk: It would be an understatement to say that Moguro is 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. There was, however, one customer who actually managed to drink Moguro under the table! So Moguro returns the favor by introducing him to a woman who can outdrink the both of them combined, warning the customer not to hit on her, something men often do when drunk...
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_c660bc15	type	Fan Disservice
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_c660bc15	comment	Fan Disservice: It's only for a few seconds, but in NEW, you can see Moguro's pasty white ass when he gets out of a hot spring.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_c691d3f4	type	Offscreen Teleportation
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_c691d3f4	comment	Offscreen Teleportation: In the second episode of the original anime, the client of the week has his eyes on Moguro the entire time, when he suddenly appears sitting next to him in the next shot.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: One episode has Moguro and his client visiting a cafe named after Cyborg 009, with the waitresses wearing uniforms based on the uniforms of the show's heroes.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_c86392ee	type	The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_c86392ee	comment	The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday: Subverted most of the time. On many of the occasions that Moguro has brought his customers to fantastic restaurants, bars, or other establishments that they didn't know existed, they wind up being very real places that the protagonists were ignorant of because they were either too stuck in their routines or heads to notice. Even the somewhat mysterious Demon's Nest can be revisited so long as you go to the address at the back of Moguro's business cards.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_c960826	type	Supporting Protagonist
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_c960826	comment	Supporting Protagonist: 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: No name has been given to the bartender of "Demon's Nest".
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_cc6f4612	type	Beyond the Impossible
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_cc6f4612	comment	There was, however, one customer who actually managed to drink Moguro under the table! So Moguro returns the favor by introducing him to a woman who can outdrink the both of them combined, warning the customer not to hit on her, something men often do when drunk...
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_cdad4b25	type	Toxic Friend Influence
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_cdad4b25	comment	Toxic Friend Influence: If Moguro's customers aren't the ones that screw themselves over, it's usually their friends' fault for making them break their deals with Moguro.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_cdb45c07	type	No Sense of Personal Space
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_cdb45c07	comment	No Sense of Personal Space: Moguro LOVES to get close and personal to his clients. Really close. Like, he’s two inches from their face levels of close.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_ce6555f0	type	Lighter and Softer
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_ce6555f0	comment	Lighter and Softer: Compared to the original, NEW appears to be this as it hardly has any smoking, Fanservice is toned down, and gambling is completely absent. Moguro himself is this in NEW. He has a lot more Pet the Dog moments compared to the original and seems to genuinely want to help people, though he still finds them screwing themselves over hilarious.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_cfdb9e17	type	Cerebus Syndrome
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_cfdb9e17	comment	Cerebus Syndrome: Cutting is the first story that establishes that dealing with Moguro can have very lethal outcomes. Previously, a man could drive a truck into a hotel without causing any casualties.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_d2c0e2ed	type	Schmuck Bait
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_d2c0e2ed	comment	In Episode 8A of NEW, Moguro takes Bandai to an old-fashioned bathhouse with his ideal landscape painting for seemingly no other reason than the two bonding over their mutual love of bathhouses and having fun drinking together the night before. Moguro asked nothing in return and simply said that it'll be best to avoid going back to the same bathhouse again. Bandai, of course, begs to go one more time...
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Most of the time, it's usually Moguro's client's fault that they get punished by him. Sure, Moguro may have started the whole thing, but he gave his clients a simple warning that's easy to follow, but his customers always tend to ignore it. Sometimes, the clients will screw up so badly that Moguro doesn't even have to "DON" them to punish them because they already created their punishment by themselves.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_d45c0b86	type	Refuge in Audacity
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_d45c0b86	comment	Refuge in Audacity: There's a lot of things that Moguro has done to screw over all of his customers that it's hard to choose which one is the worst. He broke up families, relationships, and friendships, he drove several people insane, he ruins everybody's life, and he just laughs at it all. 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. The latter 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, and kicking the asses of his sleazy agent and the rude director.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_d5d265ec	type	Housewife
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_d5d265ec	comment	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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_d6b5863	type	Driven to Madness
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_d6b5863	comment	Driven to Madness: 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_d99a228f	type	Unusually Uninteresting Sight
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_d99a228f	comment	Unusually Uninteresting Sight: None of Moguro's customers find it odd that he knows about their personal life, his unlimited resources, his Stealth Hi/Bye 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 call the police on him when they see him near their children.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_dea5fe1	type	Kubrick Stare
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_dea5fe1	comment	Kubrick Stare: Depending on the position of his head, Moguro is prone to this trope at times. See the page image above.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_deecc9eb	type	Awful Wedded Life
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_deecc9eb	comment	Awful Wedded Life: There's plenty of marital dysfunction to go around in this show. One man considered his family so awful that he considered getting gradually eaten alive by an affectionate mother-daughter vampire duo to be an unambiguous upgrade from them.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_e5421161	type	Expy
The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_e5421161	comment	Expy: Moguro is Fujiko Fujio A's own Doraemon. Except he is not a robot but a human who humiliates people. He also bears a striking resemblance to Mr. Smith from The Twilight Zone’s episode Printer’s Devil, as they both have consistent smiling grins, habits of ruining other people’s lives, and have humorous obsessions with souls.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_e9327f58	comment	Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth: In episode 59, "My Wife's Lunch", Wakatsuma's wife is so poor a cook that Moguro, who has the ability to drink enough to kill a man and eat tremendous amounts of food chokes from the poor flavor. He turns purple, goes cross-eyed, begs for water, and it is the closest he ever comes to changing his facial expression. Immediately afterward, he is sweaty, leaning on a trash can, and sounds out-of-breath.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_f05444a4	comment	Once per Episode: In every episode, Moguro will narrate the beginning that everyone has something they need while his customer is being introduced and the episode ends with Moguro making a quip about his customer's predicament and laughs.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_f7883b17	comment	Love Makes You Dumb: This is one of the reasons why Moguro's customers tend to ignore his warnings. When his customers meet somebody attractive, they will forget about Moguro's warning or they will try to exploit Moguro's services to try to get close to their crush.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_f96f188c	comment	Drives Like Crazy: Mr. Uranari isn't a very good driver and was still in the middle of trying to earn his driver's license when he caught Moguro's attention. After getting him nice and drunk, Moguro "encourages" Uranari to engage in a reckless joyride with a stolen big rig truck, resulting in several traffic accidents, enormous amounts of property damage, and his own arrest by gunpoint.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_feb72f62	comment	Literal Genie: He uses Exact Words 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.
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The Laughing Salesman (Manga) / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: One episode has Moguro help a college student win back the money he lost that day at the horse races, 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 begged Moguro for additional help beyond his initial generosity, and the office worker tried to fool around behind his new girlfriend's back, screwing themselves over anyway. In episode 38 of the original anime, Moguro never punishes or blames Koh Arao for what happens near the end of the episode because he actually obeyed Moguro's instructions. In Episode 7B of NEW, when some kids are playing with a ball in park and the ball rolls towards Moguro, 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. In Episode 8A of NEW, Moguro takes Bandai to an old-fashioned bathhouse with his ideal landscape painting for seemingly no other reason than the two bonding over their mutual love of bathhouses and having fun drinking together the night before. Moguro asked nothing in return and simply said that it'll be best to avoid going back to the same bathhouse again. Bandai, of course, begs to go one more time... In Episode 11B of NEW, when Ari ignores Moguro's warning and puts her daughter in danger in the middle of traffic, she gets on her hands and knees and begs Moguro 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, Moguro 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. More of a general rule in NEW. Not that it never happens, of course, but in a lot of episodes, Moguro comes across somewhat more as finding some poor bastard being held back in life and giving them something to help. As opposed to finding a pathetic loser it'd be fun to screw over and deliberately setting them up to fail like what happened most of the time in the original series. Moguro slaps his clients with the Ironic Hell punishments when they overly rely on what they've been given, do something truly despicable, or ignore a reasonable warning from him.
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