Clean up
Clean up verb - To make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff.
Both terms in one sentence
- That makes this the perfect trope for a Small Steps Hero, since they can clean up the world one bad guy at a time.
Source: Sorting Algorithm of Evil -
Mundane Made Awesome: The "Perfect Crime Party" manga, which shows a group of preteens committing small meaningless pranks (like tricking someone into thinking they've forgotten to clean up their lunch tray), but it's treated as if it's Serious Business, with the gravitas of a crime drama.
Source: Manga / Bakuman。
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