History Manga / TheLaughingSalesman

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 UsefulNotes/SegaCD in Japan that consists of three episodes from the show. In 1999 there was a LiveActionAdaptation, but it only lasted ten episodes and is now believed to be lost. A second anime, called ''Laughing Salesmen NEW'', with a SettingUpdate, started running in the spring 2017 anime broadcasting season. It is available for worldwide streaming on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/the-laughing-salesman here]].

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** 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, [[spoiler:Moguro doesn't even deliver an ending monologue as he boards a flight to UsefulNotes/{{H|awaii}}onolulu. He just gets on his plane and lets out his SignatureLaugh as the plane takes off]]. Also, when the title card appears in every episode, he would do his usual laugh, but the final episode had him do a different variation of his laugh.

* AwfulWeddedLife: There's plenty of marital dysfunction to go around in this show. One man considered his family so awful that he considered [[spoiler:getting gradually eaten alive by an affectionate mother-daughter vampire duo]] to be an unambiguous upgrade from them.

* {{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.

* CruelTwistEnding: 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.
* DealWithTheDevil: 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.

** In Episode 12B of ''NEW'', the very last episode, in fact, [[spoiler:Moguro doesn't even deliver an ending monologue as he boards a flight to UsefulNotes/{{H|awaii}}onolulu. He just gets on his plane and lets out his SignatureLaugh 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.

* LiteralGenie: He uses ExactWords 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.

%%* RecycledScript: [[spoiler:Episodes 40 and 48 both involve older men who regain youth and then lose everything when they push themselves too far]].

* StalkerShot: 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.

''The Laughing Salesman'' (''Warau Salesman'') is a BlackComedy PsychologicalHorror manga by duo Creator/FujikoFujio, and later, Fujiko Fujio A. It's story is about Moguro Fukuzou, an [[CheshireCatGrin ever-smiling]] salesman whose job is to help people out with any desire they want. In reality, [[JackassGenie he ruins said people's lives the moment they betray or deny his help.]]

* {{Expy}}: Moguro is Fujiko Fujio A's own Manga/{{Doraemon}}. Except he is not a robot but a human who humiliates people. He also bears a striking resemblance to Mr. Smith from [[Franchise/TheTwilightZone The Twilight Zone’s]] episode [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E111PrintersDevil Printer’s Devil]], as they both have consistent smiling grins, habits of ruining other people’s lives, and have humorous obsessions with souls.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Arguably, some of Moguro's victims were just getting what was coming to them eventually.

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 UsefulNotes/SegaCD in Japan that consists of three episodes from the show. In 1999 there was a LiveActionAdaptation, but it only lasted ten episodes and is now considered lost media. A second anime, called ''Laughing Salesmen NEW'', with a SettingUpdate, started running in the spring 2017 anime broadcasting season. It is available for worldwide streaming on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/the-laughing-salesman here]].

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 UsefulNotes/SegaCD in Japan that consists of three episodes from the show. In 1999 there was a LiveActionAdaptation, but it only lasted ten episodes and is now considered lost media. A second anime, called ''Laughing Salesmen NEW'', with a SettingUpdate, started running in the Spring2017Anime broadcasting season. It is available for worldwide streaming on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/the-laughing-salesman here]].