Order

## The Order

The **Order** (ORDERオーダー, *Ōdā*?) is a group consisting of the strongest assassins within the JAA. Their main task is maintaining the order of the assassin world when friction in the industry arises. Their existence is considered an urban legend.

## Overview

The Order is a suborganization of the strongest assassins in the JAA. While the Order has a limit ten members, the roster has never been full. Who they report to is unknown, though Iriya, an Association of Assassins Communications Coordinator, has given them missions on one occasion.

Each member of the Order is significantly more powerful than the average assassin in virtually all aspects. As a testament to this, former Order member Taro Sakamoto estimateed that even if ten of Shin Asakura attacked one Order member, all would die in six seconds and his best bet would be to play dead if he met one. Fukumitsu stated that a single Order member is more than capable of destroying an entire JAA branch. Only a couple members are typically deployed for extremely dangerous missions; when Shishiba, Nagumo and Osaragi were deployed for one mission, Shishiba and Nagumo agreed said mission would be intense.

Satoru Yotsumura's mentorship of Shishiba implies hierarchy exists within the Order. However, they generally have little regard for each other and remain unpreturbed if a fellow member dies.

Order members can be recruited, as (such as Satoda who declined the offer.) While almost all Order members are Japan Clear Creation graduates, not even graduation from an academy is necessary - Shishiba was a Kansai Region Assassin Institute dropout and Osaragi never attended an assassin institution.

Order members can be banished; former Order member Yotsumura was also sentenced to death and banishment for failing a major mission and for trying to kill JAA executives.

Order members appear to enjoy a greater degree of freedom, as Osaragi stopped to buy snacks during missions and four Order members failed to show up for a mission briefing with Iriya. Similarly, the pay appears to be very high, as ex-Order member Sakamoto's paid 756,000 yen bill for an assassin movie and Shishiba and Nagumo rented a luxury SUV (with full-coverage insurance) for a mission and members have congregated in high-class restaurants for a meeting.

### Mission

The Order's role is described as maintaining order in the assassin world when friction arises. Though the exact definition of this directive is unclear, "friction" may refer to individuals that pose a threat to or disrupt everyday operations. Examples of this are Minimalist, Dump and Saw, who were all killed by Order members for killing assassins and/or targeting assassin agencies. Similarly, Order members were sent after Kashima, likely due to the trouble his research would cause the JAA. Another example would be Takamura showing up at the JAA Tokyo Bureau due to it being attacked by Slur and Gaku.

# **Candidates**

## Trivia

* Nagumo and Sakamoto attended the JCC together.
* Currently, all of the former members have different reasons of how they stop being members of the order.

## References

1. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 15 (Page 9)
2. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 6 (Page 15)
3. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 14 (Page 13)
4. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 26 (Page 2)
5. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 96 (Page 6)
6. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 79 (Page 1)
7. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 79 (Page 4)
8. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 89 (Page 7)
9. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 77 (Page 11)
10. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 79 (Page 6)
11. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 78 (Page 19)
12. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 96 (Page 5)
13. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 79 (Page 3)
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 14 (Page 12)
15. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 13 (Page 17)
16. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 77 (Page 14)
17. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 42 (Page 4)
18. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 43 (Page 19)
19. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 46 (Page 15)
20. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 51 (Page 18)