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''If you were looking for the video game concept, try [[Boss Battle]] instead.''
 
A'''''Boss''''' is a Japanese live-action series. Osawa Eriko returns home after having worked in America for several years. Back in Japan she becomes the boss of a division that is filled with misfit detectives. This series ran in 2009 and consists of eleven episodes. The second season was released two years later.
 
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=== This series provides examples of: ===
If you were looking for the video game concept, try [[Boss Battle]] instead. If you were looking for a singer called "The Boss", see [[Gene Ammons]], [[Diana Ross]], [[Rick Ross]], or [[Bruce Springsteen]].
 
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: There are quite a number of them.
* [[A God Am I]]: The villain in episode 2 refers to himself as 'God'.
* [[Alone Withwith the Psycho]]: Osawa ends up in this kind of situation a couple of times.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Quite plenty.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: {{spoiler|The killer in Season 2's episode 4, who's also a [[Handicapped Badass]].}}
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* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Kogure (in Season 2's Episode 7) to Hanagata, {{spoiler|Numata}} to Osawa.
* [[Faking the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Nodate in the last episode}}.
* [[Five -Man Band]]: Osawa's subordinates:
** [[The Hero]]: Katagiri Takuma
** [[The Lancer]]: Yamamura Keisuke
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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Some of the villains.
* [[Shooting Gallery]]: The body parts that the different detectives aim at tells you a lot about their personal issues.
* [[Star -Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|Katagiri has no choice but to break up with his girlfriend as he is a detective, and her father is found out to be a murderer's accomplice.}}
* [[Title Drop]]: The detectives call Osawa "Boss".
* [[Trickster Mentor]]: Nodate.
* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|Morioka and Rika's father, who believe they are doing what's best for their country.}}
* [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child]]: {{spoiler|Masaki Shougo. While he has no qualms killing Manami's mother, who had nothing to do with his tragic past, he has a sort-of brotherly love for the little girl, who reminds him of his [[Dead Little Sister]].}}
 
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