Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Region (Manga)

 Region (Manga)
type
TVTItem
 Region (Manga)
label
Region (Manga)
 Region (Manga)
page
Region
 Region (Manga)
comment
Region is a horror manga by Fujisawa Yuki, the author of Bio-Meat: Nectar. It began its run in 2007, and was serialized in the magazine Play Comic.Something strange is going on in Tokyo. Despite it being February, it hasn't snowed once this year, and insects are dying off at an alarming rate. While politicians and scientists debate about the effects of global warming, the populace remains completely oblivious to and unprepared for what is coming next.Chief Togakushi, a widowed engineer who works for a regional power company, is called upon to inspect a newly installed wind farm that is about to go into operation. Along with his lovestruck coworker Asagiri and a guide from the prefecture government, Togakushi notices that none of the equipment on site is receiving power from the basement generators. When the group heads below to investigate, they are stunned by what they find: the basement is teeming with hundreds of thousands of starving rats who have been chewing through the electrical cables. And, as their unfortunate guide soon learns the hard way, the swarm is quick to turn its attention to the new source of food that has just stumbled upon it.As Togakushi and Asagiri rush to find a way to contact headquarters after discovering that their cell phones are mysteriously not working, the widower's panicked thoughts turn to his high school aged daughter, Kanon, and bug-obsessed younger son, Ryuuto, when he looks into the horizon and realized that there are no lights coming from the direction of Tokyo.His fears are well founded, as the swarm he encountered is nothing compared to the ravenous plague of rats that is descending on the city. As the Togakushi family rush to find each other before night falls and they are left with no place to hide, scattered emergency radio reports indicate that the entire country of Japan may be under siege.
 Region (Manga)
fetched
2023-04-06T01:28:16Z
 Region (Manga)
parsed
2023-04-06T01:28:16Z
 Region (Manga)
isPartOf
DBTropes
 Region (Manga) / int_1235f055
type
Dirty Coward
 Region (Manga) / int_1235f055
comment
Dirty Coward: If someone is Gonk, expect them to be this. Best example would be Ryuuto's elementary homeroom Sadist Teacher who left his students to be devoured by rats.
 Region (Manga) / int_1235f055
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_1235f055
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_1235f055
 Region (Manga) / int_129749df
type
All Men Are Perverts
 Region (Manga) / int_129749df
comment
All Men Are Perverts: Any male besides Togakushi, Kizaki and any other main character will be hit with this trope mercilessly. This includes the surviving men that were sent to exterminate the infestation. This trope is why Asagiri's grandmother makes her leave home with Togakushi on the trip to Tokyo, as Asagiri's beauty and age would make her a ripe target for her family's more unscrupulous neighbors (though the grandmother had a second reason for doing so).
 Region (Manga) / int_129749df
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_129749df
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_129749df
 Region (Manga) / int_18729bf8
type
Swarm of Rats
 Region (Manga) / int_18729bf8
comment
Swarm of Rats: Now with ant and mosquito swarms. Also, roaches.
 Region (Manga) / int_18729bf8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_18729bf8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_18729bf8
 Region (Manga) / int_1c5002bc
type
The Stoic
 Region (Manga) / int_1c5002bc
comment
The Stoic: Kizaki, whose face doesn't emote beyond a half-lidded expression.
 Region (Manga) / int_1c5002bc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_1c5002bc
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_1c5002bc
 Region (Manga) / int_1c6a9289
type
Bishōnen
 Region (Manga) / int_1c6a9289
comment
Bishōnen: Kizaki.
 Region (Manga) / int_1c6a9289
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_1c6a9289
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_1c6a9289
 Region (Manga) / int_1dfd19f9
type
Papa Wolf
 Region (Manga) / int_1dfd19f9
comment
Papa Wolf: Togakushi, who will do anything to make sure his kids are safe.
 Region (Manga) / int_1dfd19f9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_1dfd19f9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_1dfd19f9
 Region (Manga) / int_1e584efa
type
Cruel and Unusual Death
 Region (Manga) / int_1e584efa
comment
Cruel and Unusual Death: Besides being eaten alive by rats, people can also die by losing blood to mosquitoes and being stung to death by ants.
 Region (Manga) / int_1e584efa
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_1e584efa
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_1e584efa
 Region (Manga) / int_2317bc85
type
Tampering with Food and Drink
 Region (Manga) / int_2317bc85
comment
Tampering with Food and Drink: Ryuuto's Sadist Teacher tries feeding him a poisoned rice ball to avoid the chance of being outed for his actions. Luckily Kizaki saves Ryuuto just in time.
 Region (Manga) / int_2317bc85
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_2317bc85
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_2317bc85
 Region (Manga) / int_2a015a74
type
Beauty Equals Goodness
 Region (Manga) / int_2a015a74
comment
Beauty Equals Goodness: As in the author's previous manga, if you're a Gonk then you're an asshole (who'll likely end up on the menu sooner than later).
 Region (Manga) / int_2a015a74
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_2a015a74
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_2a015a74
 Region (Manga) / int_2a6a8e89
type
Sadist Teacher
 Region (Manga) / int_2a6a8e89
comment
Sadist Teacher: There's one teacher in Ryuuto's class who's behind the boy's constant bullying. During a school lockdown caused by a power outage, he decides to blame the situation on Ryuuto and ponder about whether he should increase his bullying or rape him. He also abandoned his students to die after the school is infested with rats so he wouldn't be held responsible for their safety.
 Region (Manga) / int_2a6a8e89
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_2a6a8e89
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_2a6a8e89
 Region (Manga) / int_31da1e24
type
Shipper on Deck
 Region (Manga) / int_31da1e24
comment
This trope is why Asagiri's grandmother makes her leave home with Togakushi on the trip to Tokyo, as Asagiri's beauty and age would make her a ripe target for her family's more unscrupulous neighbors (though the grandmother had a second reason for doing so).
 Region (Manga) / int_31da1e24
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_31da1e24
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_31da1e24
 Region (Manga) / int_3d4d3dc9
type
Humans Are Bastards
 Region (Manga) / int_3d4d3dc9
comment
Humans Are Bastards: Used interchangeable with the manga's Green Aesop. Best example comes when one of the group of survivors huddling in the elementary school for refuge beats a pest control worker with a chair in a rage and panic when he reminds the other survivors that the invading rats will double their numbers until they overrun the area and endanger the human population. The rest of the survivors (barring the heroes) cheer the attacker on. Kizaki lampshades the trope in the beginning, noting how the much world would be a much better place if people weren't busy being assholes.
 Region (Manga) / int_3d4d3dc9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_3d4d3dc9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_3d4d3dc9
 Region (Manga) / int_4c8e8078
type
All of the Other Reindeer
 Region (Manga) / int_4c8e8078
comment
All of the Other Reindeer: Ryuuto is constantly bullied by his classmates and homeroom teacher for being a Beetle Maniac and Friend to Bugs.
 Region (Manga) / int_4c8e8078
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_4c8e8078
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_4c8e8078
 Region (Manga) / int_56b53152
type
Green Aesop
 Region (Manga) / int_56b53152
comment
Green Aesop: Again like in Bio Meat, the source of the problems (the massive insect die-off and the rat population explosion, who no longer have insects as a viable food source) is humans screwing up the environment. Unlike the previous manga, however, this is something you could almost imagine happening in real life, seriously amping up the creep factor.
 Region (Manga) / int_56b53152
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_56b53152
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_56b53152
 Region (Manga) / int_618dc1ea
type
Parent with New Paramour
 Region (Manga) / int_618dc1ea
comment
Parent with New Paramour: While Chief Togakushi seems oblivious to the feelings of Asagiri, Kanon is quick to notice the way she acts around him. This drives a wedge between the father and daughter, as she feels that it's too soon for him to abandon the memory of her mother. It doesn't help that, when her hair is up, Asagiri looks like Togakushi's dead wife.
 Region (Manga) / int_618dc1ea
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_618dc1ea
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_618dc1ea
 Region (Manga) / int_63389b0b
type
Kids Are Cruel
 Region (Manga) / int_63389b0b
comment
Kids Are Cruel Ryuuto's classmates, in addition to being ridiculously Gonk, Kick the Dog when they crush one of his cherished Hercules beetles. Why? Because they got annoyed when Ryuuto proclaimed their right to live and responsibility to their care against them wanting to get rid of them because they thought they were useless.
 Region (Manga) / int_63389b0b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_63389b0b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_63389b0b
 Region (Manga) / int_6439de78
type
Heroic Sacrifice
 Region (Manga) / int_6439de78
comment
Heroic Sacrifice: Kizaki and Hayase carry Kanon and Ryuuto to the ocean to save them from ants, then go back to grab a small boat for them to use, knowing that the ants will overcome and devour them.
 Region (Manga) / int_6439de78
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_6439de78
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_6439de78
 Region (Manga) / int_65cd483d
type
Friend to Bugs
 Region (Manga) / int_65cd483d
comment
Friend to Bugs: Ryuuto believes that all bugs have the right to live as any other creature on Earth. This earns him the scorn of his classmates.
 Region (Manga) / int_65cd483d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_65cd483d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_65cd483d
 Region (Manga) / int_6682d6e4
type
Dying Moment of Awesome
 Region (Manga) / int_6682d6e4
comment
Dying Moment of Awesome: Kizaki and Hayase running/wading through a very sea of hungry, flesh-eating ants to carry Kanon and Ryuuto to safety, then going back to get them a boat, and only showing minimal signs of pain as they're being eaten. Considering how everyone reacted to being eaten prior, this is quite a feat.
 Region (Manga) / int_6682d6e4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_6682d6e4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_6682d6e4
 Region (Manga) / int_66dfe36a
type
Missing Mom
 Region (Manga) / int_66dfe36a
comment
Missing Mom: Ryuuto and Kanon's mother died before the events of the story.
 Region (Manga) / int_66dfe36a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_66dfe36a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_66dfe36a
 Region (Manga) / int_7831b670
type
Gaia's Vengeance
 Region (Manga) / int_7831b670
comment
Gaia's Vengeance: Discussed. It's been suggested frequently that the swarm of animals such as rats and insects were the direct result of humans screwing up the Earth's environment.
 Region (Manga) / int_7831b670
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_7831b670
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_7831b670
 Region (Manga) / int_7a82c3d2
type
All Love Is Unrequited
 Region (Manga) / int_7a82c3d2
comment
All Love Is Unrequited: Asagiri really wants to start a relationship with Togakushi, her co-worker. The problem is, Togakushi is totally oblivious to it.
 Region (Manga) / int_7a82c3d2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_7a82c3d2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_7a82c3d2
 Region (Manga) / int_8ed5c6e4
type
Asshole Victim
 Region (Manga) / int_8ed5c6e4
comment
Asshole Victim: All over the place, just like in Bio Meat. Most of the time, the victims are Gonk.
 Region (Manga) / int_8ed5c6e4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_8ed5c6e4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_8ed5c6e4
 Region (Manga) / int_91697559
type
Half the Man He Used to Be
 Region (Manga) / int_91697559
comment
Half the Man He Used to Be: When Kanon's ankle is grabbed by a man who is pleading for help, she is horrified that everything below the man's waist is covered with rats, happily gorging themselves on what little remains of his flesh.
 Region (Manga) / int_91697559
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_91697559
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_91697559
 Region (Manga) / int_921cdca8
type
Nothing Personal
 Region (Manga) / int_921cdca8
comment
Nothing Personal: Ryuuto's Sadist Teacher thinks this trope as he abandons his remaining students (after two are eaten and Ryuuto leaves) to the rats.
 Region (Manga) / int_921cdca8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_921cdca8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_921cdca8
 Region (Manga) / int_abcb9af1
type
Eaten Alive
 Region (Manga) / int_abcb9af1
comment
Eaten Alive: The fate of those caught by the rat swarms.
 Region (Manga) / int_abcb9af1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_abcb9af1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_abcb9af1
 Region (Manga) / int_ad1db87c
type
Oh, Crap!
 Region (Manga) / int_ad1db87c
comment
Oh, Crap!: Ryuuto's homeroom teacher gets this when he saw that the boy survived the rats thanks to Kizaki and worries he'll be exposed for throwing Ryuuto's classmates (who all weren't very nice to begin with) to the rats.
 Region (Manga) / int_ad1db87c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_ad1db87c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_ad1db87c
 Region (Manga) / int_b42e16fb
type
Feathered Fiend
 Region (Manga) / int_b42e16fb
comment
Feathered Fiend: Inverted. When it looks like Kanon and Ryuuto, trapped on the roof of their house, appear ready to be devoured by the surrounding swarm, a flock of crows descend from the sky and devour the rats, inadvertently saving their lives in the process.
 Region (Manga) / int_b42e16fb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_b42e16fb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_b42e16fb
 Region (Manga) / int_b707726f
type
Hypocritical Humor
 Region (Manga) / int_b707726f
comment
Hypocritical Humor: In the first chapter, Kanon criticizes Ryuuto's habit of letting bugs sleep with him on his bed. Tagokushi points out that Kanon once did the same thing with a hamster she found. Kanon argues that hamsters are cute, unlike bugs.
 Region (Manga) / int_b707726f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_b707726f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_b707726f
 Region (Manga) / int_be0ad6b7
type
Used to Be a Sweet Kid
 Region (Manga) / int_be0ad6b7
comment
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Kanon used to be a lot cheerful as a kid and more close to her family before her mother died.
 Region (Manga) / int_be0ad6b7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_be0ad6b7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_be0ad6b7
 Region (Manga) / int_c2cedc1c
type
Big "NO!"
 Region (Manga) / int_c2cedc1c
comment
Big "NO!": After Togakushi and Asagiri barely escape a flood of rats in the first chapter, Asagiri sees some managed to slip by and freaks out. Later, Kanon utters this trope after seeing the still-living body of an older man latch onto her leg while being eaten by rats.
 Region (Manga) / int_c2cedc1c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_c2cedc1c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_c2cedc1c
 Region (Manga) / int_c335b9ec
type
Irony
 Region (Manga) / int_c335b9ec
comment
Irony: There are a couple of Gonk girls in Ryuuto's class who fret over how a school lockdown wouldn't be good for "beauties".
 Region (Manga) / int_c335b9ec
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_c335b9ec
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_c335b9ec
 Region (Manga) / int_c5249b29
type
Nice Guy
 Region (Manga) / int_c5249b29
comment
Nice Guy: Ryuuto doesn't have a single mean bone in him. When the school is infested with rats, his first thought is to go try save his classmates, the same classmates who relentlessly bullied him. Kizaki notes how the world would be a better place if people thought just like Ryuuto.
 Region (Manga) / int_c5249b29
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_c5249b29
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_c5249b29
 Region (Manga) / int_dab2f3ee
type
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking
 Region (Manga) / int_dab2f3ee
comment
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Ryuuto's homeroom teacher, aside from being Gonk and being responsible for the boy being bullied by his classmates, is a constant smoker, making him a very unpleasant person all around.
 Region (Manga) / int_dab2f3ee
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_dab2f3ee
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_dab2f3ee
 Region (Manga) / int_dca70c44
type
Reasonable Authority Figure
 Region (Manga) / int_dca70c44
comment
Reasonable Authority Figure: Kizaki, an elementary school teacher who's quite mature and helpful. When he and Ryuuto find two school children being eaten by rats in the restroom, Kizaki covers Ryuuto's eyes so he won't see the carnage.
 Region (Manga) / int_dca70c44
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_dca70c44
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_dca70c44
 Region (Manga) / int_e542d80a
type
Gonk
 Region (Manga) / int_e542d80a
comment
Gonk: Just like in Bio-Meat: Nectar, lots and lots of unsympathetic secondary characters look like they were beaten with the fugly stick nine times over. Even the children aren't safe from this trope.
 Region (Manga) / int_e542d80a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_e542d80a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_e542d80a
 Region (Manga) / int_eb81c601
type
Big Damn Heroes
 Region (Manga) / int_eb81c601
comment
Big Damn Heroes: Kizaki saves Ryuuto and Kanon are surrounded by rats in the elementary school by driving into the school's entrance with a mini-van. A flock of crows saves Kanon and Ryuuto from certain death while visiting their father's house, picking off and eating the rats.
 Region (Manga) / int_eb81c601
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_eb81c601
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_eb81c601
 Region (Manga) / int_eec6da21
type
Beetle Maniac
 Region (Manga) / int_eec6da21
comment
Beetle Maniac: Ryuuto, who is willing to risk bullying from his classmates and elementary school teacher over his refusal to let them kill the insect collection they were keeping as a class project. This leads to him sleeping with the insects in his bed to help them stay warm, much to his unsuspecting sister's chagrin.
 Region (Manga) / int_eec6da21
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_eec6da21
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_eec6da21
 Region (Manga) / int_ffd816e7
type
Everything Trying to Kill You
 Region (Manga) / int_ffd816e7
comment
Everything Trying to Kill You: Besides rats, the main protagonists also have to deal with ants and mosquitoes.
 Region (Manga) / int_ffd816e7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_ffd816e7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_ffd816e7
 Region (Manga) / int_name
type
ItemName
 Region (Manga) / int_name
comment
 Region (Manga) / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 Region (Manga) / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Region (Manga) / int_name
 Region (Manga) / int_name
itemName
Region (Manga)

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Beetle Maniac / int_37ac7ec0
 Region (Manga)
hasFeature
Eaten Alive / int_37ac7ec0
 Region
seeAlso
Region (Manga)