History Manga / AnimalX

** [[AffablyEvil Dr.]] [[MotherlyScientist Min]] [[EvilGenius Gwen]]: [[ForScience A genius scientist whose research]] [[spoiler: produced a super-soldier]] and who successfully took over an influential research department, [[WomanScorned showing up and replacing the man who abandoned her while she was pregnant and dismissed her work years ago.]]

* WomenAreDelicate: {{Averted}} yet [[DiscussedTrope discussed]]. So far several characters have talked about how women are weak and submissive, especially when comparing Yuiji to a woman for his ExtremeDoormat personality. However, thus far every named female character to appear is a complete badass, including:

** Dr. Min Gwen: A genius scientist whose research [[spoiler: produced a super-soldier]] and who successfully took over an influential research department, [[WomanScorned showing up and replacing the man who abandoned her while she was pregnant and dismissed her work years ago, without even seeing him face-to-face.]]
** Yurya: A [[spoiler: [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie]]-]]marine involved in a minor LoveTriangle who, despite sleeping with the wrong guy a few times, [[WomenAreWiser actually lets her love life influence her work less than the other two guys in the triangle.]]

** Even a minor nurse becomes a HeroicBystander by rescuing Yui from captivity and returning her to Minato.

** Dr. Gwen: A genius scientist whose research [[spoiler: produced a super-soldier]] and who successfully took over an influential research department, [[WomanScorned showing up the man who abandoned her while she was pregnant and dismissed her work years ago.]]

* SexForSolace: Yuiji begins instigating sex with Minato on a regular basis after being gang-raped, and the dialogue he has when propositioning him implies this trope.

** Dr. Gwen: A genius scientist whose research [[spoiler: produced a super-soldier]] and who successfully took over an influential research department, showing up the man who dismissed her work years ago.

** A [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie-marine]] involved in a minor LoveTriangle who, despite sleeping with the wrong guy a few times, [[WomenAreWiser actually lets her love life influence her work less than the other two guys in the triangle.]]
** A genius scientist whose research [[spoiler: produced a super-soldier]] and who successfully took over an influential research department, showing up the man who dismissed her work years ago.
** One of Yuiji's students who ''appears'' to fit several female-based stereotypes initially, due to having a crush on Yuiji and being a rather silly {{Fangirl}} for him. Then we learn she's the adopted daughter of the scientist above, and she goes on a few adventures with Yuiji, including breaking him out of captivity. Later, she successfully evades and escapes [[spoiler: her mother's]] attempts at capturing her, [[ActionGirl learns that she's a super-soldier]], and single-handedly tracks down someone else involved in the conspiracy in order to get a better understanding of her new situation. Apparently, [[RealWomenDontWearDresses having a stereotypically-feminine personality]] [[AvertedTrope does not stop her]] from keeping a calm head in stressful situations and kicking ass.

** A female dinosauroid who is apparently fertile but [[HandicappedBadass too frail]] to successfully carry to term. She's [[spoiler: actually a FemmeFatale [[IllGirl using her sickness]] to manipulate an amoral scientist and uses him to create fertile and stable clones of herself, then once she has what she needs uses her psychic powers to control all the male dinosauroids around her and leads a revolt against the humans.]] Best of all? [[MagnificentBastard She gets away with it.]]

** An AxCrazy, [[spoiler: deformed]] dinosauroid woman who's determined to collect a "wife" for her brothers and feels despair over her own inability to propagate their race.

** Yuiji's [[BadassNormal completely human]] [[ArrangedMarriage fiancé]] who climbs down a drainpipe to escape captivity, and [[IWillFindYou refuses to believe her childhood friend/fiance is dead]] [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies until he tells her that he's safe and there's nothing she can do to help him.]]

** One of Yuiji's students who ''appears'' to fit several female-based stereotypes initially, due to having a crush on Yuiji and being a rather silly {{Fangirl}} for him. Then we learn she's the adopted daughter of the scientist above, and she goes on a few adventures with Yuiji, including breaking him out of captivity. Later, she successfully evades and escapes [[spoiler: her mother's]] attempts at capturing her, [[Actio Girl learns that she's a super-soldier]], and single-handedly tracks down someone else involved in the conspiracy in order to get a better understanding of her new situation. Apparently, [[RealWomenDontWearDresses having a stereotypically-feminine personality]] [[AvertedTrope does not stop her]] from keeping a calm head in stressful situations and kicking ass.

* WomenAreDelicate: {{Averted}} yet [[DiscussedTrope discussed]]. So far several characters have talked about how women are weak and submissive, especially when comparing Yuiji to a woman for his ExtremeDoormat personality. However, thus far every named female character to appear is a complete badass. The named female characters include:

** A zombie-marine involved in a minor love triangle who, despite sleeping with the wrong guy a few times, actually lets her love life influence her work less than the other two guys in the triangle.
** Yuiji's completely human fiancé who climbs down a drainpipe to escape capture, and refuses to believe her childhood friend/fiance is dead until he tells her that he's safe and there's nothing she can do to help him.

** One of Yuiji's students who ''appears'' to fit several female-based stereotypes initially, due to having a crush on Yuiji and being a rather silly {{Fangirl}} for him. Then we learn she's the adopted daughter of the scientist above, and she goes on a few adventures with Yuiji, including breaking him out of captivity. Later, she [[spoiler: successfully evades and escapes her mother's attempts at capturing her, learns that she's the aforementioned super-soldier, and single-handedly tracks down someone else involved in the conspiracy in order to get a better understanding of her new situation.]] Apparently, having a stereotypically-feminine personality does not stop her from keeping a calm head in stressful situations and kicking ass.

** A female dinosauroid who is apparently fertile, but [[HandicappedBadass too frail]] to successfully carry to term. She's [[spoiler: actually a FemmeFatale [[IllGirl using her sickness]] to manipulate an amoral scientist and uses him to create fertile and stable clones of herself, then once she has what she needs uses her psychic powers to control all the male dinosauroids around her and leads a revolt against the humans.]] Best of all? [[MagnificentBastard She gets away with it.]]

** One of Yuiji's students who ''appears'' to fit several female-based stereotypes initially, due to having a crush on Yuiji and being a rather silly {{Fangirl}} for him. Then we learn she's the adopted daughter of the scientist above, [[spoiler: the aforementioned super-soldier]], and she goes on a few adventures with Yuiji, including breaking him out of captivity. Later, she [[spoiler: successfully evades and escapes her mother's attempts at capturing her and single-handedly tracks down someone else involved in the conspiracy in order to get a better understanding of her new situation.]] Apparently, having a stereotypically-feminine personality does not stop her from keeping a calm head in stressful situations and kicking ass.

** A female dinosauroid who is shown to be fertile, but [[HandicappedBadass incredibly frail]] [[spoiler: becomes a FemmeFatale for an amoral scientist and uses him to create fertile and stable clones of herself, then once she has what she needs uses her psychic powers to control all the male dinosauroids around her and leads a revolt against the humans.]] Best of all? [[MagnificentBastard She gets away with it.]]

** One of Yuiji's students who ''appears'' to fit several female-based stereotypes initially, due to having a crush on Yuiji and being a typical {{Fangirl}} for him. Then we learn she's the adopted daughter of the scientist above, [[spoiler: the aforementioned super-soldier]], and she goes on a few adventures with Yuiji, including breaking him out of captivity. Later, she [[spoiler: successfully evades and escapes her mother's attempts at capturing her and single-handedly tracks down someone else involved in the conspiracy in order to get a better understanding of her new situation.]] Apparently, having a stereotypically-feminine personality does not stop her from keeping a calm head in stressful situations and kicking ass.

* InformedFlaw: For women in general. So far several characters have talked about how women are weak and submissive, especially when comparing Yuiji to a woman for his ExtremeDoormat personality. However, thus far every named female character to appear is a complete badass. The named female characters include:
** An AxCrazy, [[spoiler: deformed]] dinosauroid woman who's determined to collect a "wife" for her brothers and feels despair over her own inability to propagate their race.
** A zombie-marine involved in a minor love triangle who, despite sleeping with the wrong guy a few times, actually lets her love life influence her work less than the other two guys in the triangle.
** Yuiji's completely human fiancé who climbs down a drainpipe to escape capture, and refuses to believe her childhood friend/fiance is dead until he tells her that he's safe and there's nothing she can do to help him.
** A genius scientist whose research [[spoiler: produced a super-soldier]] and who successfully took over an influential research department, showing up the man who dismissed her work years ago.
** The adopted daughter of the scientist above, [[spoiler: the aforementioned super-soldier]], who helped Yuiji escape captivity. Later, she [[spoiler: successfully evades and escapes her mother's attempts at capturing her and single-handedly tracks down someone else involved in the conspiracy.]]
** [[HybridPower Yui]] herself, shown to be a super-baby at only a few months old.
** A female dinosauroid who is shown to be fertile, but [[HandicappedBadass incredibly frail]] [[spoiler: becomes a FemmeFatale for an amoral scientist and uses him to create fertile and stable clones of herself, then once she has what she needs uses her psychic powers to control all the male dinosauroids around her and leads a revolt against the humans.]] Best of all? [[MagnificentBastard She gets away with it.]]
** Even a minor nurse becomes a HeroicBystander by rescuing Yui from captivity and returning her to Minato.

** An AxCrazy, [[spoiler: deformed]] dinosauroid woman who's determined to collect a "wife" for her brothers and feels despair over her own inability to help their race continue
** A zombie-marine involved in a minor love triangle who, despite sleeping with the wrong guy a few times, actually lets her love life influence her work less than the other two guys in the triangle
** Yuiji's completely human fiancé who climbs down a drainpipe to escape capture, and refuses to believe her childhood friend/fiance is dead until he tells her that he's safe and there's nothing she can do to help him
** A genius scientist whose research [[spoiler: produced a super-soldier]] and who successfully took over an influential research department, showing up the man who dismissed her work years ago

One evening, he comes home to find that he has left a window in his room open. A wild young man who has just escaped government custody leaps out from beneath his bed and threatens to kill him. Yuuji's roommate, another in the long line of bullies Yuuji apologetically endures, bursts in... and is promptly decapitated by a fifteen-foot-tall T-rex. It turns out that Minato is a 17-year-old dinosauroid, part of a species that has long lived apart but parallel with humans, and he is capable of transforming into a reptilian killing machine under stress. ''Something'' has attracted him to Yuuji's room: Yuuji "smells like kin" and Minato is immediately overcome by an overwhelming desire to mate. From there, the story becomes the tale of various [[AncientConspiracy ancient conspiracies]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt researchers and executives]], and Yuuji and Minato's evolving relationship.

* ArrangedMarriage: Yuuji and Kyouko

* BreakTheCutie: Between MorningSickness, anemia, constant [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Even The Guys Want To Violently Violate Him]], having to bear the child of the man who raped him, and both him and his family being pawns/targets in half a dozen gambits, Yuuji cannot catch a break.
** He crosses the DespairEventHorizon when he finds out [[spoiler: what happened to his first child: she was subjected to vivisection, died, and then her remains were kept on ice in a research facility.]] After that, Yuuji is quietly broken and makes remarks that show that he's reached a point where he doesn't much care if he lives or dies.

* MisterSeahorse: Yuuji

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted, naturally. Yuuji is... fully functional.

* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: Not even a full chapter after rescuing Yui from her captors, Minato and Yuuji are told that 10 dinosauroid prisoners will be killed if they don't give her back. Minato grudgingly agrees that it's for the greater good, Yuuji adamantly refuses. He gets overruled.]]

* [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry]]: The dinosauroids turn into ... well... ''dinosaurs'' when stressed or angry, and not the sissy herbivore kind.

* {{Blooper}}: Minato loses an arm [[spoiler: during his fight with Maya]] and gets a mechanical replacement quite a few chapters later. During these chapters the missing arm magically reappears for two pages and then disappears again.

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: {{Averted}}.

''AnimalX'' is a lengthy {{yaoi}} manga by mangaka Sugimoto Ami.

One evening, he comes home to find that he has left a window in his room open. A wild young man who has just escaped government custody leaps out from beneath his bed and threatens to kill him. Yuuji's roommate, another in the long line of bullies Yuuji apologetically endures, bursts in... and is promptly decapitated by a fifteen-foot-tall T-rex. It turns out that Minato is a dinosauroid, a species that has long lived apart but parallel with humans, and he is capable of transforming into a reptilian killing machine under stress. ''Something'' has attracted him to Yuuji's room: Yuuji "smells like kin" and Minato is immediately overcome by an overwhelming desire to mate. From there, the story becomes the tale of various [[AncientConspiracy ancient conspiracies]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt researchers and executives]], and Yuuji and Minato's evolving relationship.

* LovingForce - A staple BoysLove trope somewhat averted. Yuuji never falls in love with the ones who have their way with him, and Minato, who truly loves him, never goes that far.
** It's oddly reversed in that the original rapist, [[spoiler:Takatori]], despite considering him nothing more than a conquest at the time, ends up falling for Yuuji and shows quite a bit of concern for their daughter [[spoiler:whom Yuuji gave up]]. Yuuji eventually forgives him but does not return his feelings.

[[ItGotWorse And then]] [[MisterSeahorse Yuuji gets pregnant]].

* VictimFallsForRapist - A staple BoysLove trope somewhat averted. Yuuji never falls in love with the ones who have their way with him, and Minato, who truly loves him, never goes that far.

!!This series provides examples of:

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: {{Averted}} brutally.

* BodyHorror: Yuuji takes manifesting female reproductive organs pretty well, but is scared of the idea of carrying a child to term.
** Later, he becomes detached and apathetic about his body as a coping mechanism for traumatic experiences. It's metaphysical HighOctaneNightmareFuel BodyHorror.

* RapeIsLove - A staple BoysLove trope somewhat averted. Yuuji never falls in love with the ones who have their way with him, and Minato, who truly loves him, never goes that far.
** It's oddly reversed in that the original rapist, [[spoiler:Takatori]], despite considering him nothing more than a conquest at the time, ends up falling for Yuuji and shows quite a bit of concern for their daughter [[spoiler:whom Yuuji gave up]]. Yuuji eventually forgives him but does not return his feelings.

* PregnantBadass: A rare male example. Whether it's hormones or his newfound relationship with Minato, Yuuji becomes much more courageous, to the point of fully intending to take on a [[TyrannosaurusRex T-rex]] with nothing but a chainsaw.
* RapeIsFunnyWhenItIsMaleOnMale - Averted brutally.