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2 | ''Rooster Fighter'' is an action comedy manga by Shu Sakuratani, published on Hero's Inc.'s Comiplex website since December 2020 and later localized by Creator/VizMedia. |
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4 | Three years ago, mysterious giant demons called Kijuu have started to rampage throughout Japan. The only one who can fight them is a comically strong and hard-boiled rooster named Keiji who seeks revenge on them. Along the way, he meets other animals who are just as brutal and intelligent. |
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7 | !! ''Rooster Fighter'' features examples of: |
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9 | * NinetiesAntiHero: Keiji is a superpowered rooster who brutally murders demons, tries to mate with every chicken he meets, and acts as a {{Jerkass}} to everyone unless they impress him. |
10 | * AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Before leaving town, Keiji recalls that he left a chicken crying and goes to see her. She's already mating with someone else despite it only being a day, so he leaves quietly. |
11 | * AffectionateParody: The manga takes the classic superhero format, but the hero is a supernaturally strong and perpetually angry small animal. |
12 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: While chicken do have fingernails, Keiji's and Elizabeth's legs looks pretty much like four-fingered human hands. |
13 | * BaitAndSwitch: Several times in a row, [[spoiler:it looks like Morio is holding the dam, but it collapses anyway, and it takes several attempts for Keiji to block the river with a boulder. Turns out Morio survived, only to immediately get brainwashed by a devil.]] |
14 | * BigDamnHeroes: After a temporary BreakingTheFellowship, Keiji returns to save Ibokura from falling off the dam. |
15 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: Elizabeth is another chicken Keiji left after sleeping with, and he doesn't recall meeting her before at all. |
16 | * CarnivoreConfusion: Keiji is really offended by being offered a KFC stick from a little girl. |
17 | * TheCasanova: Keiju's habit of getting intimate with chickens not only got him a few enemies, he's not even above dating pigeons if they ask for it. |
18 | * ChildHater: Keiji dislikes children, human or bird, for typically being abusive idiots, but he's not above defending them. |
19 | * ClingyJealousGirl: Piyoko is a baby chick who worships Keiji and wants to marry him, and doesn't enjoy the company of Elizabeth. |
20 | * CockyRooster: Keiji the rooster can be extremely prideful, and him holding grudges often gets in the way. |
21 | * TheComicallySerious: By just being a rooster, Keiji turns every scene he appears in into a comedy by treating every situation with intensity, sometimes even bewildering his companions. |
22 | * CompellingVoice: A demon emerging from Sei's father hypnotizes villagers to dig up treasure for him. |
23 | * CoolOldGuy: |
24 | ** An old man shelters Keiju from violent kids and feeds him, and even tries to shield the same kids from a demon. |
25 | ** An old toucan lets Keiju sleep at the zoo, despite not being a zoo animal. He tries to fight a demon for disturbing his FamilyOfChoice [[spoiler:and [[AGoodWayToDie dies while being honored by them]]]]. |
26 | * DirtyCoward: Usyo's {{Yakuza}} partner says he's decided to start a legal company and asks him to sign a paper for it. Turns out the paper is actually labeling the receiver of an old loan, and soon {{Loan Shark}}s arrive and say they don't know anything about the other guy. |
27 | * DisownedParent: Keiji refuses to help his half-brother Keisuke to rescue their father because he has abandoned his mother dying and is implied to have left for demon-hunting. |
28 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: The series starts with Keiji saving a child from a demon like he's a Franchise/{{Superman}}, then flashbacking to him mating with a chicken he melodramatically leaves behind. |
29 | * ExtremeLibido: Keiji has a supposed special condition called Lord of the Rut that requires him to mate with someone twice a year or he'll get violent. His father [[LikeFatherLikeSon was no better]]. |
30 | * FaceOfAThug: A former {{Yakuza}} scares schoolgirls away by trying to sell them baby chicks he's been taking care of. |
31 | * FamedInStory: Due to Ibokura's livestreams, Keiji actually gets known as a hero. |
32 | * FantasticRacism: The turtle hates all birds because seagulls ate his baby brothers. |
33 | * FantasticVoyagePlot: Piyoko volunteers to get inside [[spoiler:Morio to remove a parasite from his brain.]] |
34 | * TheGamblingAddict: Sei's father has lost everything to horse races and believed that he'll make everything back by searching for buried treasure for a year. He didn't succeed. |
35 | * GoForTheEye: A good way to stun a giant demon is to poke it in the eye. |
36 | * GoingForTheBigScoop: Ibokura is a [=ViewTuber=] who found a superpowerful rooster to be his goldmine to boost his channel and chases after him despite the danger of demons, because he can't stand his coworkers criticizing him [[NeverMyFault for not doing his job]]. After [[spoiler:being impressed by Morio and Keiju, he starts changing for the better]]. |
37 | * GroinAttack: Elizabeth temporarily fixes Keiji's ExtremeLibido by kicking him where it hurts. |
38 | * HealingFactor: The Nume demon quickly regenerates from Keiji's attacks by [[OrganDodge hiding its organs in its tail]]. He just increases his range until there's nowhere to hide. |
39 | * HotSpringsEpisode: Chapter 8 features the team going to hot springs to heal wounds and doesn't have any fighting. |
40 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Chapter titles are derived from bird-themed proverbs. |
41 | * ImAHumanitarian: Demons are generally unintelligent giants who aim to eat humans, unless they are overwhelmed by some stronger desire. |
42 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: Keiju catches a flying bug by spitting a pebble at it. |
43 | * ItsNotYouItsMe: Keiji leaves a chicken he just slept with, not because he thinks of her as a toy, but because he's a "wanderer" and it's mating season. She's left heartbroken anyway. |
44 | * KidSidekick: Impressed by Keiji's justice, a little chick decides to follow him, who is initially not happy for dragging a kid along, but changes his mind and gives her a name Piyoko without thinking ([[GiverOfLameNames meaning Chick]]). |
45 | * NearlyNormalAnimal: All animals in the manga have human-like intelligence, but can only talk directly between each other. Elizabeth, a chicken, is even skilled at using the smartphone and at cooking. |
46 | * NotSoAboveItAll: When toucan Zena offers Keiji food, he states that he doesn't deserve such kindness. Then asks for it when Zena tries to take the food back. |
47 | * OurDemonsAreDifferent: Demons are eldritch {{Kaiju}} appearing from humans [[spoiler:and even animals]] with ThePowerOfHate. An indicator if a human is become one is a bud on their neck, that bursts if they get angry. The monsterization can be undone in some cases. Then there are devils, shapeshifting humans who can control other demons. |
48 | * PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Sarah]] appears to be able to manipulate flames. |
49 | * RoundhouseKick: Keiji knocks Tatsuo out with a 360 in the head. |
50 | * RuggedScar: A bitter turtle has a scar over his right eye and is just as strong as Keiji, though he's weaker outside of water. |
51 | * ScienceHero: As Elizabeth isn't as good in martial arts as Keiji, it turns out her weapons [[spoiler:are developed by Yonesaka Group specifically for demon suppression]]. |
52 | * SecretLegacy: [[spoiler:Keiji and Keisuke turns out to be descendants of the Goshikidori family, chickens specifically trained in SupernaturalMartialArts.]] |
53 | * ShockStick: Elizabeth fights using a 10000V electric baton, and is pretty good at it despite having only one leg to stand on. |
54 | * ShutUpKiss: Elizabeth swore revenge on Keiji for leaving her heartbroken, and attacks him disregarding the surroundings. He kisses her and she quickly joins his party. |
55 | * SoreLoser: In the past, Tatsuo has lost a fight with Keiji several times, then takes his sister Sarah hostage to ensure he'd win, which he still doesn't. Even a year later, he's still seeking "revenge" against him. |
56 | * SuperDrowningSkills: Keiji can't swim and nearly dies when baby birds push him into a pond. He tries to excuse himself that he was [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial practicing a new fighting style while screaming for help]]. He also tries to avoid a hot spring, despite it being pretty shallow. |
57 | * SuperScream: Keiju's finishing move is inhaling air many times his size, and crowing so hard, glass and demons in front of him explode. |
58 | * SuperSpeed: Keiju can move at supersonic speeds. |
59 | * SyntheticVoiceActor: Elizabeth can use a synthesizer app on her smartphone to talk to humans. |
60 | * TattooAsCharacterType: Impressed by a Yakuza tattoo, Piyoko asks her owner to give her one, and he writes "Justice" on her, which she's proud of. |
61 | * TemptingFate: |
62 | ** A nearby school holds an assembly to express gratitude to their pet chickens, only for [[spoiler:rooster Tatsuo to monsterize right above them]]. |
63 | ** Misuzu's grandpa says there were no floods in the village for 85 years. Cue the evacuation orders in a few hours due to the dam breaking. |
64 | * ThinkNothingOfIt: Keiji tries to avoid mentioning that he heard the dam is about to collapse and was worried about companions he left behind, by saying he just happened to be there. |
65 | * TokenHeroicOrc: While there are demons that instinctively help their community instead of attacking everyone, Morio stands out by being completely sentient, and turned out this way because his host got a call that his cancer diagnosis was mistaken right after giving to despair. |
66 | * {{Tsundere}}: Elizabeth hates Keiji's guts and can't admit that's what she likes about him. |
67 | * WakeUpCallBoss: [[spoiler:The two introduced devils turn out to be a lot stronger than the previous demon opponents, and their army of BrainwashedAndCrazy demons means the heroes can't use their strongest attacks against them]]. |
68 | * WhamShot: In Chapter 24 [[spoiler:Piyoko gets ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice, then manifests the same emblem as the white demon]]. |
69 | * YouKilledMyFather: Keiji's sister Sarah was eaten by an enigmatic white demon with a neck tattoo, which is why he hunts all of them down. |
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