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* [[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 successor to the Kuzunoha, who adopted her as a little girl. There is also Haru's unnamed clan, which was really more of a [[The Man Behind the Man|Man Behind the Man]] [[Ancient Conspiracy]] that was quite possibly older than both of them.}}

* [[Deadly Graduation]]: The graduation itself was perfectly lovely. Cherry blossoms, singing, the whole shebang. It was how they got to where they were in the epilogue that made it "Deadly". {{spoiler|As revealed at the end of the series, Class Black is actually an elaborate [[Rite of Passage]] for Haru's clan, to test the "refinement" of her primer pheromone and see if she had what it took to be a queen bee. The test did not explicitly involve killing her best friend, but she did have to survive to graduate, and that meant she couldn't just roll over and let Tokaku kill her either.}} This conflict of interest had different endings between the anime and manga, corresponding with the different versions of Haru starring in them:

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