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* [[Assassin Outclassin']]
* [[The Clan]]: There are two assassin clans which have existed since ancient times: the Kuzunoha Clan of the West and the Azuma Clan of the East. Tokaku is the heiress of the Azuma Clan, {{spoiler|and Nio is the heiress to the Kuzunoha, who adopted her as a little girl. There
* [[Deadly Graduation]]: {{spoiler|As revealed at the end of the series, Class Black is an elaborate [[Rite of Passage]] for Haru's clan, to determine if she had what it took to be a primer. The test itself did not necessarily involve killing her best friend, but she did have to survive to graduation, and that meant she couldn't just let Tokaku kill her either.}}
* [[Death Notification]]: [[Inverted]]. Each assassin gets 48 hours to kill Haru once they deliver their advanced notice, and if they fail to do so within the time allotted, they are immediately expelled from Class Black. {{spoiler|It becomes a plot point that there are no rules pertaining to the exact nature of the notice except that it be delivered. Isuke uses that fact to her advantage by addressing her advanced notice as Banba's.}}
* [[Dwindling Party]]: The nature of the competition to assassinate Haru means that this was inevitable.
* [[Elaborate University High]]: Myōjō Academy.
* [[Evil Parents Want Good Kids]]: {{spoiler|Well, Tokaku's mother and aunt probably don't count as evil (no more than any other character in this story, at any rate), but they ''were'' fully blooded assassins, and Karami didn't want her daughter to become a murderer like them. Mako, Tokaku's aunt, tried to fulfill her older sister's [[Last Request]] and protect Tokaku from that life, but her mother,
* [[Hero Secret Service]]: Tokaku is single-handedly serving this role for Haru against eleven other trained assassins.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: The episode titles are riddles texted to Tokaku by her teacher, Kaiba.
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