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* FiveManBand:
** TheLancer: Yoshioka Masafumi
** TheSmartGuy: Yamanoi Mitsuru
** TheBigGuy: Iwakura Gou
** TheChick: Maeda Yoshiaki
** SixthRanger: Hanabata Shinpei
** TheMedic: Kasahara Yuuji
** TagalongKid / TeamPet: Riku
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* AbusiveParents: Mitsuru's mom was mentally unhinged and would lascerate his hands if he scored anything less than 100% on all of his exams. [[spoiler: Mitsuru still cared deeply enough for her to murder a social worker who'd come to get him out of such an unsafe household.]]
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Iwakura leads the boys to his mom's old arcade, which she kept open even after he left home, and sets the high score one last time.

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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Iwakura Yoshioka leads the boys to his mom's old arcade, which she kept open even after he left home, and sets the high score one last time.
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* FiveManBand: The Cell 4 gang.

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* FiveManBand: The Cell 4 gang.
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* DwindlingParty: At the end of each chapter there is a tally on the population of the academy for both inmates and guards. The initial tally was 144 survivors and now currently has 31 (along with additional survivors).

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* DwindlingParty: At the end of each chapter there is a tally on the population of the academy for both inmates and guards. The initial tally was 144 survivors and and, as of Chapter 29, now currently has 31 (along with additional survivors).
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* DwindlingParty: At the end of each chapter there is a tally on the population of the academy for both inmates and guards. The initial tally was 144 survivors and now currently has 31 (along with additional survivors).
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* FiveManBand: The Cell 4 gang.
** TheLancer: Yoshioka Masafumi
** TheSmartGuy: Yamanoi Mitsuru
** TheBigGuy: Iwakura Gou
** TheChick: Maeda Yoshiaki
** SixthRanger: Hanabata Shinpei
** TheMedic: Kasahara Yuuji
** TagalongKid / TeamPet: Riku

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* {{Bald of Evil}}: The "nimble" creatures.



* ChekhovsGun: Iwakura's missile launcher was later used by Hitotsukabuto to [[spoiler:shoot down the helicopter piloted by Hatt]].



** There's even those that "evolved" into seal-like creatures.



* {{Revenge}}: The surviving and defeated cultists were payed dearly by the inmates. [[ColdBloodedTorture One cultist is seen being tied up and hanging upside down from a tree and being beaten like a pinata]].



* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Daisy suffered so badly after being betrayed by Hatt that her mind regressed to that of a child and saw Hitotsukabuto as her father.]]



* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Hatt was truly after the Bokor (namely Maeda) and obtaining its power [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne all for himself]] and used the other cultists as [[UnwittingPawn unwitting pawns]], in which he bashed Daisy with a rock and abandoned her and killing the helicopter pilot.]]



* {{Bald of Evil}}: The "nimble" creatures.
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* BadAssPacifist: Played with when it comes to the cultists. They believe the zombies are divine, and have developed a special fighting style to deal with them without killing them. However, when it comes to humans who get in their way, they either shoot them on sight or toss them to the hoard.


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* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: While the "pretty" part is debatable[[labelnote:*:]]While the main group of four and the juvie warden certainly aren't half bad, pretty much everyone else is either ordinary or sometimes rather ugly[[/labelnote]], the trope mostly comes from the fact that there have so far been two female characters in the entire series so far. Justified in that the main setting is a male juvenile detention center.


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* TooGoodToBeTrue: [[spoiler: The UN soldiers, especially when pretty much everyone who asks them about their loved ones is told that they evacuated safely.]]

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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Mitsuru theorizes on the fly that [[PlagueZombie a virus is to blame]]. Later evidence of [[ViralTransformation severe mutation]] and an apparent hive mentality could either support or contradict him; the cast may never find out.
** At first the zombies show intelligence even as they try to devour others, but become mindless very quickly. [[spoiler: The "nimble" creatures appear to retain their intelligence and even trick the protagonists to entering a shed where they store food. They are also shown ''running away'' from the Bokor.]]



* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Mitsuru theorizes on the fly that [[PlagueZombie a virus is to blame]]. Later evidence of [[ViralTransformation severe mutation]] and an apparent hive mentality could either support or contradict him; the cast may never find out.
** At first the zombies show intelligence even as they try to devour others, but become mindless very quickly. [[spoiler: The "nimble" creatures appear to retain their intelligence and even trick the protagonists to entering a shed where they store food. They are also shown ''running away'' from the Bokor.]]
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* GenreSavvy: Mitsuru is very intelligent, and figures out many central plot points simply through intuition. For instance, he manages to figure out that the Bokor's goal was to infect Maeda, and that [[spoiler: the infection probably spreads very slowly based on how it would do things like bite of its own tongue so it could force Maeda to drink the resulting blood.]] When a survivor who's a biologist contact's the juvenile detention facility, he nearly hangs up on her because he's offended at how she felt the need to explain the nature of the outbreak to him using rabies as a point of reference--he'd figured out that a virus was to blame ''way'' earlier in the story.


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* UndyingLoyalty: The main group of four roommates, which later grows to six when they encounter two more survivors, almost always survives primarily because of their fierce loyalty to one another.
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* [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie And Then Maeda Was A Bokor]]: Proven when Maeda wakes up with his arm completely regrown from his amputated stump (which was cut to prevent the virus from spreading). Further proven when he unconsciously summons the undead to kill off the remaining cult members and heals his injuries completely after throwing himself out of a flying helicopter.
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* [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie And Then Maeda Was A Bokor]]: Proven when Maeda wakes up with his arm completely regrown from his amputated stump (which was cut to prevent the virus from spreading). Further proven when he unconsciously summons the undead to kill off the remaining cult members and heals his injuries completely after throwing himself out of a flying helicopter.
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* The Bokor has no nipples, genitals, or even excretory organs.

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* BarbieDollAnatomy: The Bokor has no nipples, genitals, or even excretory organs.
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* The Bokor has no nipples, genitals, or even excretory organs.
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* [[spoiler: [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie And Then Maeda Was A Bokor:]] He's certainly infected, showed the increased regeneration and the ability to control the mindless zombies. The change wasn't full yet though, he still had only 1 pupil... and his genitals.]]

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* BeautyIsBad: [[spoiler: The beautiful blonde woman's beauty is what tips off the group that the soldiers from the UN are suspicious and of course she turns out to be part of a cult.]]



* {{Cult}}: [[spoiler: The people pretending to be from the UN worship the Bokor as one closest to God and view the zombies as "angels".]]



* FetusTerrible: [[spoiler: After having its head blown off the Bokor grows a babies head in its own head, which proceeds to bite off Maeda's finger.]]

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* FetusTerrible: [[spoiler: After having its head blown off the Bokor grows a babies head in its own head, which proceeds to bite off Maeda's finger.fingers.]]


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* ThemeNaming: One of the other reasons the [[spoiler: UN soldiers are believed to be suspicious. They all have names of characters from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine''.]]

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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Maeda thought they were going to kill him, but they were simply planning on cutting off the limb that was bitten by the Bokor.]]



* CompellingVoice: [[spoiler: How the mysterious man controls the zombies.]]

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* CompellingVoice: [[spoiler: How the mysterious man Bokor controls the zombies.]]



* EvolutionaryLevels: [[spoiler: The ZombieApocalypse is life previous life evolving/dying out so that a new ecosystem in which the Bokor can survive in thrives.]]

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* EvolutionaryLevels: [[spoiler: The ZombieApocalypse is life previous life evolving/dying out so that a new ecosystem in which the Bokor can survive in thrives.]]
* FetusTerrible: [[spoiler: After having its head blown off the Bokor grows a babies head in its own head, which proceeds to bite off Maeda's finger.
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* HealingFactor: [[spoiler: The Bokor can regenerate from having its head cut off or even its brains blown to bits. Though it takes time for it to fully regenerate.]]



* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: The mysterious man. Who is called a Bokor]]

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* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: The mysterious man. Who man who is called a Bokor]]Bokor.]]



* StalkerWithACrush / StalkerWithoutACrush: Who knows what the deal is when it comes to the Bokor, but it's been obsessed with Maeda ever since he first harmed it.

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* StalkerWithACrush / StalkerWithoutACrush: Who knows what the deal is when it comes to the Bokor, but it's been obsessed with Maeda ever since he first harmed it.it [[spoiler: and its got is to infect him and make Maeda into another Bokor.]]



** At first the zombies show intelligence even as they try to devour others, but become mindless very quickly. [[spoiler: The "nimble" creatures appear to retain their intelligence and even trick the protagonists to entering a shed where they store food. They are also shown ''running away'' from the mysterious man.]]

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** At first the zombies show intelligence even as they try to devour others, but become mindless very quickly. [[spoiler: The "nimble" creatures appear to retain their intelligence and even trick the protagonists to entering a shed where they store food. They are also shown ''running away'' from the mysterious man.Bokor.]]

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* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: ''Nimbe'' zombies were shown doing this after one of their own was killed.]]
* MakeMeWannaShout: [[spoiler: The mysterious man can do this.]]
* MonsterClown: [[spoiler:The doglike zombies' facial features - dark-rimmed eyes, missing noses, no lips, and disgusting grins - evoke makeup rather than gore.]]

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* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: ''Nimbe'' ''Nimble'' zombies were shown doing this after one of their own was killed.]]
* MakeMeWannaShout: [[spoiler: The mysterious man Bokor can do this.this. It's also how he controls the zombies.]]
* MonsterClown: [[spoiler:The doglike nimble zombies' facial features - dark-rimmed eyes, missing noses, no lips, and disgusting grins - evoke makeup rather than gore.]]


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* StalkerWithACrush / StalkerWithoutACrush: Who knows what the deal is when it comes to the Bokor, but it's been obsessed with Maeda ever since he first harmed it.
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* BlobMonster / TheWormThatWalks: The Bokor uses a mound made of hundreds of zombies, which can form 'arms' to strike or capture targets. The mound also shift its mass around to protect him.
** CoolChair: And on top of the mound, he sits on a chair made of several zombies kneeling subserviently in the form of a throne.
* CombatClairvoyance: Hitotsukabuto claimed that he can see 2 seconds into the future, allowing him to preemptively react to many dangers. He wasn't exaggerating.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Arguably, Hitotsukabuto. At first he kicked the main characters out of the Academy as a form of death sentence, but when they returned with the promised weapons, he stuck true to his words of letting them stay (albeit with a little threat). During the Rikkun incident, he was willing to let the main characters go because they ''were'' attacked first. And during the Bokor's attack on the Academy, he protected Maeda from the Bokor's [[MakeMeWannaShout sound blast.]]
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** It looks like Hitotsukabuto is well on his way to becoming the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/DayOfTheDead?from=Main.DayOfTheDead Captain Rhodes]] and [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/TheWalkingDead The Governor]] of the series.

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** It looks like At first it looked as if Hitotsukabuto is well was on his way to becoming the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/DayOfTheDead?from=Main.DayOfTheDead Captain Rhodes]] and [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/TheWalkingDead The Governor]] of the series. However, in chapter 18 [[spoiler: the [[BiggerBad bigger bad]] and her private army show up]].

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* EvolutionaryLevels: [[spoiler: The ZombieApocalypse is life previous life evolving/dying out so that a new ecosystem in which the Bokor can survive in thrives.]]



* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: The mysterious man.]]

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* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: The mysterious man.]] Who is called a Bokor]]
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''Apocalypse no Toride'', or "Fortress of the Apocalypse" by Kuraishi Yuu, follows 4 inmates at the Shouran Juvenile Reformatory: the falsely accused Maeda Yoshiaki, cool but dangerous Masafumi Yoshioka, the strong and silent but fair Iwakura Gou, and the smart-mouthed genius Yamnoi Mitsuru. Upon arriving at Shouran on false murder convictions, Maeda Yoshiaki would rather be anywhere on earth, but when a van full of infected zombies crashes into the prison and begin to attack the guards and inmates, Maeda and his cellmates begin a fight to the death to stay alive amongst the infected from the outside world and the anarchy that arises within the prison. Eventually forced to leave the prison's walls of safety , the boys of Cell 4 find horrors in the ravaged cities beyond what they could have ever imagined.

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''Apocalypse no Toride'', or "Fortress of the Apocalypse" by Kuraishi Yuu, follows 4 inmates at the Shouran Juvenile Reformatory: the falsely accused Maeda Yoshiaki, cool but dangerous Masafumi Yoshioka, the strong and silent but fair Iwakura Gou, and the smart-mouthed genius Yamnoi Yamanoi Mitsuru. Upon arriving at Shouran on false murder convictions, Maeda Yoshiaki would rather be anywhere on earth, but when a van full of infected zombies crashes into the prison and its passengers begin to attack the guards and inmates, Maeda and his cellmates begin a fight to the death to stay alive amongst the infected from the outside world and the anarchy that arises within the prison. Eventually forced to leave the prison's walls of safety , safety, the boys of Cell 4 find horrors in the ravaged cities beyond what they could have ever imagined.
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** It looks like Hitotsukabuto is well on his way to becoming the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/DayOfTheDead?from=Main.DayOfTheDead Captain Rhodes]] and [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/TheWalkingDead The Governor]] of the series.

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* CompellingVoice: [[spoiler: How the mysterious man controls the zombies.]]



* MonsterClown: [[spoiler:The doglike zombies' facial features - dark-rimmed eyes, missing noses, and disgusting grins - evoke makeup rather than gore.]]

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* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: The mysterious man.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: ''Nimbe'' zombies were shown doing this after one of their own was killed.]]
* MakeMeWannaShout: [[spoiler: The mysterious man can do this.]]
* MonsterClown: [[spoiler:The doglike zombies' facial features - dark-rimmed eyes, missing noses, no lips, and disgusting grins - evoke makeup rather than gore.]]


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** At first the zombies show intelligence even as they try to devour others, but become mindless very quickly. [[spoiler: The "nimble" creatures appear to retain their intelligence and even trick the protagonists to entering a shed where they store food. They are also shown ''running away'' from the mysterious man.]]


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* ZombieGait: Regular zombies do this, [[spoiler:but they'll start running if the mysterious man is nearby and in danger. ''Nimble'' zombies are very fast.]]

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* ApocalypseAnarchy
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork
* CrapsackWorld

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* ApocalypseAnarchy
ApocalypseAnarchy: Type 2, and only because it happened ''fast''. Uninfested shops are treated as open season for free supplies and equipment.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork
BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: At first. Maeda tries to hang back from the action, but eventually is forced to carry his weight in combat.
* CrapsackWorldCrapsackWorld: Whether it was before or after [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt everyone died]] isn't entirely clear.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Iwakura leads the boys to his mom's old arcade, which she kept open even after he left home, and sets the high score one last time.



* HiveMind
* HiveQueen
* PlagueZombie
* ReignOfTerror

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* HiveMind
HiveMind: [[spoiler:Maeda encounters a [[HiveQueen mysterious man]] who can exert some form of sound-based control over the zombies. They pile on top of one another to carry him, and grow in ferocity to defend him.]]
* HiveQueen
MonsterClown: [[spoiler:The doglike zombies' facial features - dark-rimmed eyes, missing noses, and disgusting grins - evoke makeup rather than gore.]]
* PlagueZombie
PowerUpgradingDeformation: First appearing in Vol. 2, the [[spoiler:mutant zombies are roughly canine quadrupeds with human heads, hands, and feet]]. They completely lose the ability to speak, but run much faster than normal undead.
* ReignOfTerrorReignOfTerror: Inside the prison, once an inmate with [[{{Yakuza}} serious mob connections]] takes over.



* OurZombiesAreDifferent

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* OurZombiesAreDifferentOurZombiesAreDifferent: Mitsuru theorizes on the fly that [[PlagueZombie a virus is to blame]]. Later evidence of [[ViralTransformation severe mutation]] and an apparent hive mentality could either support or contradict him; the cast may never find out.



* {{Bald of Evil}}

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* {{Bald of Evil}}Evil}}: The "nimble" creatures.
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''Apocalypse no Toride'', or "Fortress of the Apocalypse" by Kuraishi Yuu, follows 4 inmates at the Shouran Juvenile Reformatory: the falsely accused Maeda Yoshiaki, cool but dangerous Masafumi Yoshioka, the strong and silent but fair Iwakura Gou, and the smart-mouthed genius Yamnoi Mitsuru. Upon arriving at Shouran on false murder convictions, Maeda Yoshiaki would rather be anywhere on earth, but when a van full of infected zombies crashes into the prison and begin to attack the guards and inmates, Maeda and his cellmates begin a fight to the death to stay alive amongst the infected from the outside world and the anarchy that arises within the prison. Eventually forced to leave the prison's walls of safety , the boys of Cell 4 find horrors in the ravaged cities beyond what they could have ever imagined.
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!!This manga provides examples of:
* ApocalypseAnarchy
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork
* CrapsackWorld
* FleshEatingZombie
* HiveMind
* HiveQueen
* PlagueZombie
* ReignOfTerror
* VillainousRescue
* OurZombiesAreDifferent
* ZombieApocalypse
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