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“Traveling salesman Moguro grants desires with deals, but rule-breakers face severe consequences.”
Laughing Salesman
笑ゥせぇるすまん
7.03
4,580 rank · 8,520 viewers · 59 favorites
Comedy
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Adult Cast
Psychological
Seinen
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Synopsis
Traveling salesman Moguro grants desires with deals, but rule-breakers face severe consequences.
Each episode follows Fukuzou Moguro, a traveling salesman, and his current customer. Moguro deals in things that give his customers their heart's desire, and once his deals are made and their unhealthy desires are satisfied, Moguro's customers are often left with terrible repercussions, especially if they break the rules of his deals...
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9.0
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Score distribution
median 9
mode 8
σ 0.82
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σ 0.82 · scores cluster tight
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I've kept Laughing Salesman (1989) with me for over a year now, because I'm really bad at finishing longer series. But also because I didn't want to give it up. I knew nothing about laughing...”
- 9 “Warau Salesman is an episodic show with no real plot, where each episode is its own little story. Every episode has a different protagonist, Moguro's client, whose life almost always is ruined in...”
- 10 “Warau Salesman is not only one of those "one of a kind anime" but is also heavily underrated and missunderstood. First of all, Warau Salesman is a Horror-Comedy with pretty heavy social commentary....”
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- Format 103 × 10′ eps × min
- Total runtime 17h 10m all episodes
- Aired Oct 1989 – Sep 1992 Fall 1989
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-2791 catalog
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