History Characters / BlattodeaMainCharacters

* BeingGoodSucks: The few acts of kindness Setsuna shows to others after spending a year with Chiyuri backfire on her one way or the other. The villains repeatedly disparage their relationship as something that made Setsuna even more frail than usual and place under the care of Sasori of all people to unlock her true potential.

** Setsuna gets gang raped offscreen by zombies in ''Arachnid'' and disappears from the rest of that story. ''Caterpillar'' repeatedly makes indirect allusions to her and reprises her fight against Imomushi while still not mentioning her fate. It's only in ''Blattodea'' that her status is cleared up, with her barely recovering from baing zombiefied and saving Chiyuri.
** Setsuna is beaten and captured by Rin and Sasori for what most likely is human experimentation regarding her status as a ZombieInfectee. After several chapters, there is a jarring flashfoward to three months later just to show an unconcerned Chiyuri and Alice meeting for the first time with no mention of what happened to Setsuna.

** Megumi believes she and Geji only subdued Setsuna so easily because Chiyuri softed her up. After Setsuna is effortlessly humiliated and captured by Rin and Sasori, the latter talks about how Setsuna must only be used to fight in the wilderness.

* SailorFuku: She wears a green one and is a fan of the ''"[[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor]][[BlandNameProduct -Force]]"'' magical girl anime.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: To be expected of a girl raised to kill for fun.

* ButtMonkey: ''Blattodea'' gives her a co-protagonist role, but not exactly in a flattering way. She's depicted as more of a CuteClumsyGirl, starts getting pushed around by Chiyuri, becomes as ineffective in combat as Megumi was and the after-effects of her rape are both PlayedForDrama ''and [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]]''. In short, she changes from an imposing villain to a borderline joke character.

* TookALevelInKindness: Setsuna is nothing but kind to Chiyuri and is told to learn empathy for the pain of others after struggling with her zombiefication, so while Megumi's treatment of them gets her a bit murderous again she's also genuinely friendly to the other female staff at Hibarigaoka Prison.

->"''I'll use my privilege to sleep anywhere I want, whenever I want. That's kind of hard to beat. Hmmm... In the end... Not having a home... is the best!''"\\\

* CombatPragmatist: Chiyuri sucker punches Abu into submission before he can fight Hibiki, [[HonorBeforeReason who is disturbed]] by Chiyuri's lack of sportmanship. Made ironic by how Abu is the kind to sneak under the blind spots of enemies to kill them instantly but only at that time wanted to first learn from how Hibiki fights.

** Chiyuri has an unfortunate past but is still way more carefree than Alice despite being homeless and is far kinder and more well-adjusted than Gokiburi, Dinoponera, Imomushi... and just about everyone else in the cast. Even after Yamato dies and Chiyuri is left with just Dinopo for company, the two try to move on and start having ''fun'' fighting the zombie apocalypse.

** Dinoponera was the only named character who got helplessly raped by the zombies at the Arachnid Hunt, all while Sasori mocked her for "making a lot of friends". Once she leaves the school, she gets raped again but turns out to be a nymphomaniac in that state, pinning down and having a rough DestructoNookie with her assailants until they turn undead as well. Her going lucid for real and saving Chiyuri from also getting raped is a major MoodWhiplash from how graphic Chiyuri's molestation was, and even as Dinopo is trying to be dramatic and heroic, the story overfocuses on the loss of her panties as if it's a BrickJoke to how she was intentionally portrayed without panty shots in ''Arachnid''.

* PutOnABusToHell: After her battle against Sasori, by way of imminent rape from the student mob while she's paralysed. Six real life years later, ''Blattodea'' finally shows her as a pitiful zombie... and recovering from that to save Chiyuri's life.

* RapeLeadsToInsanity: Turned into [[PromiscuityAfterRape something of a nymphomaniac]] after getting horribly gangraped by zombies. At least it's downplayed in comparison to other uses of this trope in the series and she only lusts after Chiyuri anyway.

* BoobsOfSteel: She fights with GoodOldFisticuffs and is both a stronger and a curvier roach than Gokiburi is.

* BoobsOfSteel: She's inexplicably strong on top of being able to ignore most blunt damage, and her naked brawl with Chiyuri in ''Blattodea'' plenty shows how busty she is.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Chiyuri is pretty much the only mentally stable and good natured girl with a fine upbringing in the whole cast of the series, or even the author's works in ''general''. She'll still beat the crap of anyone who harms her or Setsuna, to the point of attempting to kill Imomushi to protect Setsuna despite otherwise following a no kill rule. And although Chiyuri is surgically written for the "Dinoponera did nothing wrong" crowd, even the ant-girl isn't spared from punishment if she misbehaves.

* UseYourHead: The first attack she performs in the story, which is reminiscent of how Megumi fought Geji back in ''Arachnid''.

* ClothingDamage: The zombie rapists who assaulted Dinoponera removed her panties, tore off the tie of her sailor uniform and left both the shirt and her undershirt rather tattered, though just how much is inconsistent from scene to scene. Also, during the battle against Rin, Dino's skirt is chopped in half and she is left butt-naked.

* RapeLeadsToInsanity: Turned into something of a nymphomaniac after getting horribly gangraped by zombies. At least it's downplayed in comparison to other uses of this trope in the series and she only lusts after Chiyuri anyway.
* RapePortrayedAsRedemption: After being so bitchy to everyone, Dinoponera gets horribly gangraped for hours while paralysed and is turned into a sex-crazed zombie. ''Blattodea'' then establishes she did have a friend, Chiyuri, who she is desperated to meet back with. She struggles to keep her consciousness, is visibly traumatized but not outright broken and is forced to learn some humility and empathy to move on. It is shown that this was a sordid and convoluted plan from Suzumebachi to make Dinopo become the cure for the zombie outbreak.

-->''"You're overtaken by lust... Unless we're dating, I can't allow you... to have sex with me!"''

* AlternateCharacterReading: Her codename is given with "巨針蟻/Oo-hari-ari" in brackets, but nobody calls ''Dinoponera'' ants that. Instead, it refers to [=Giant/Asian=] Needle Ant or ''[[https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Brachyponera_chinensis Pachycondyla chinensis]]'' (オオハリアリ, written in kanji with 大/dai instead of 巨 for 大針蟻)... which she actually ''isn't'' ever compared to by the narrator despite ''Pachycondyla'' being the sister group of ''Dinoponera''. Fan translations use the common name for ''Dinoponera'', "Giant Amazonian Ant", instead.

* AlternateCharacterReading: Her name is given with "巨針蟻/Oo-hari-ari" in brackets. That refers to the [=Giant/Asian=] Needle Ant or ''Pachycondyla chinensis'', which she isn't even compared to despite ''Pachycondyla'' being the sister group of ''Dinoponera''. Fan translations use the common name for ''Dinoponera'', "Giant Amazonian Ant", instead.

* AssholeVictim: She's one of the assassins who are callous enough to kill a civilian during the Arachnid Hunt (by accident, but she shrugs it off) and tortures several Bugs including Alice before she is defeated and gets a harsh FateWorseThanDeath.

** Dinoponera was the only named character who got helplessly raped by the zombies at the Arachnid Hunt, all while Sasori mocked her for "making a lot of friends". Once she leaves the school, she gets raped again but turns out to be a nymphomaniac in that state, pinning down and having a rough DestructoNookie with her assailants. Her going lucid for real and saving Chiyuri from also getting raped is a major MoodWhiplash from how graphic Chiyuri's molestation was -- even as Dinopo is trying to be dramatic and heroic, the story overfocuses on the loss of her panties as if it's a BrickJoke to how she was intentionally portrayed without panty shots in ''Arachnid''.

* CelibateHero: After Megumi was said to have ExtremeLibido due to being a cockroach-girl, the narrator babbles about how female roaches can reproduce asexually or mate only once to stay pregnant for life to make Chiyuri into this trope instead. She wants Setsuna to romance her properly and is irritated by her half-zombified friend's lack of self-control and repeated attempts to molest her at night.

* IJustWantToBeFree: Even as a homeless girl, Chiyuri is happy to live as she wishes. She was taught by Yamato to lead a dignified life not bound to anything, but after finding she wasn't free from the Organization, losing Yamato to the zombies and being tasked to help Setsuna, Chiyuri must [[WinYourFreedom fight tooth and nail for her freedom]].

* KarmicRape: Dinoponera was a very bad girl to Alice, and for that she was punished by being raped to half-death when the eviler Sasori tossed her to a crowd of sex zombies. After she recovers due to a ContrivedCoincidence, it is revealed the whole point of her being called to Japan in the first place was to get her raped and turned into an ambulant cure for the outbreak.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Bowl-haired Setsuna and her father are able to stun people with sudden screams, as if they are stridulating like ants. This is treated as exclusive to them even though several other characters in the series are themed after bugs capable of stridulation. Another way to look at it is that she is mimicking Sailor Moon's [[https://sailormoon.fandom.com/wiki/Supersonic_Waves "Supersonic Waves"]] attack.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: A southeast asian girl with dark skin and white hair.

** In both ''Arachnid'' and the reprise of her debut shown in ''Caterpillar'', Dinoponera is often drawn with HellishPupils to look creepy. So far ''Blattodea'' only rarely portrays her with those, and only when she's surprised or scared. The ExoticEyeDesigns she's supposed to have while C.D.F. is active are also ignored in the sequel.

* HoistByHerOwnPetard: She gets increasingly tangled up without noticing and has a taste of her own "medicine" upon being forced to stab her leg. [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice And since Alice forces it to get stuck in there]], [[{{Irony}} she agonizes in pain more than Alice did from a dozen stabbings]]. Ironically, Dinopo's venom is what saves her from being stuck as a zombie as it grants antibodies against the Queen's Rule.

** In ''Blattodea'', Hebitonbo is easily defeated by her venomous needle when she first uses it in the story, finally [[ThrowTheDogABone lifting the girl's morale]] after several chapters of humiliation and the official Gangan Comics' Manga UP Twitter profile just posting her rape scenes over and over for pity points.

* CelibateHero: After Megumi was said to have ExtremeLibido due to being a cockroach-girl, the narrator babbles about female roaches mating only once and staying pregnant for life to make Chiyuri into this trope instead. She wants Setsuna to romance her properly and is irritated by her half-zombified friend's lack of self-control and repeated attempts to molest her at night.

* {{Expy}}: Her hairstyle and hat make her resemble [[VisualNovel/SteinsGate Mayuri Shiina]]. Even their names are similar, and the time travel theme of ''Steins;Gate'' matches with Setsuna being named after Sailor Pluto and having a pseudo-time-slowing power.

* TheCameo: In the first episode of ''[[Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular WataMote]]'', Tomoko's brother is seen reading volume 8 of ''Arachnid''. Dinoponera's in the cover.

* CorruptTheCutie: She goes from being innocent and disgusted at the army ant zombies to being a nymphomaniac who keeps forcing herself on Chiyuri after getting gangraped.

** After Yamato locks himself behind a gate to HoldTheLine for Chiyuri and Setsuna, the ant-girl is framed behind the gate's bars when he says they need her brought to Alice to solve the incident. Chiyuri and Setsuna end up in a prison while looking for shelter, unaware that the Organization plans to have Setsuna killed to extract the zombie cure from her body.

** Dinoponera bearhugs Chiyuri when she accepts her friendship proposal, with neither of them batting an eye to how Dino is naked at the time.

* NoSympathy: After Alice tearfully reminisces about her mother's death, Dinoponera thinks Alice's mother really did succumb to despair and coldly responds she was too naive and that Alice's whining is pointless.

* NormalFishInATinyPond: Despite all the hype, it turns out Dinoponera's combat training against hapless mercs in the battlefield, as harsh as it was, couldn't prepare her for fighting the worst bug assassins around.

* HairAntennae: In the setting, roaches like her and Megumi are the only bug-people shown to have functional antennae which they use for detecting and avoiding threats. An oddly common [[OffModel drawing error]] in the story is the illustrator forgetting to put them atop Chiyuri's head even though he never makes that mistake on Megumi.

* BareYourMidriff: Although the Sailor Scout expies she's a fan of have exposed navels, Dinoponera avoids baring her belly by wearing a black shirt under her uniform. A nod to [[Characters/FutariWaPrettyCure Nagisa]] getting her abdomen covered up in ''Futari Wa Pretty Cure [=MaX=] Heart'', peharps.

** Chapter 16 shows part of her costume is just transparent tights under a shirt barely long enough to cover her panties. This actually contradicts past chapters where the camera points to her butt and her panties aren't visible, as if she was wearing leggings instead... and by the next chapter they're opaque again. ''What''.

* TragicDream: Her dream of making friends is sincere, but she is too AxCrazy to make any. Even when Chiyuri manages to get Dinoponera to calm down and becomes her first friend, Dinopo remarks later that her standards have increased even more.

* IOweYouMyLife: Although Chiyuri plays hard-to-get, it's clear she became infatuated with Setsuna after being saved from the zombies by her. The author's afterword in ''Blattodea'' volume 5 outright describes Chiyuri as being attracted to Setsuna and showering her in "unconditional love without expecting anything in return".

* HatedByAll: Described by the author on the afterword for ''Blattodea'' #5 as a TragicVillain who's hated by everyone because of her unstable and ferocious nature and who rejects everyone in turn. The exception is Chiyuri, who sees past Setsuna's flaws, tames her and pours unconditional love onto her.

* HyperAwareness: Due to her "Concentration Driving Force" (changed to Concentration Driving[=/=]C. Drive in ''Blattodea'') ability, she can freely control her focus to perceive her surroundings in slow motion much like Alice does with her C.E.C..

* IKnowYoureWatchingMe: When Sara first finds her, Dinoponera is ominously looking towards the camera... but she doesn't seem to be aware of Sara's plans. Or much of anything else.

-->'''Setsuna''': N-- NO! I'm NOT lewd! ''That was a one time thing!''

* MacGuffinSuperPerson: Dinoponera basically got called to Japan just to get raped in the army ant outbreak, which only due to ''[[BatmanGambit sheer coincidence]]'' she survives due to Alice making her stab herself with her own venom which produced antibodies against the deadly queen substance virus. So then Yamato tasks Chiyuri with bringing Dinopo to Alice so they can put an end to the outbreak, but a year goes by and they don't find her. What's worse is that the Serena and Karina want her killed to keep the outbreak going until most of the people in Japan are gone.

* TrainingFromHell: She was raised as [[HadToBeSharp a mercenary in Thailand.]]

* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: She's [[FatBastard Paraponera's]] adopted daughter.

** In ''Blattodea'', Hebitonbo is easily defeated by her venomous needle when she first uses it in the story, finally [[ThrowTheDogABone lifting the girl's morale]] after several chapters of humiliation and the official Gangan Comics Smartphone App's Twitter profile just posting her rape scenes over and over for pity points.

** She then keeps attempting to molest and even rape Chiyuri because of her zombiefication and lack of social skills, even when Chiyuri is sleeping or in front of other people. This is played for laughs every time, and Chiyuri isn't above hitting Setsuna and knocking her out to get to stop.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Despite her nasty attitude and all the killing, part of what makes Setsuna a tragic character is her depiction as an innocent little girl on flashbacks. And she's still [[SkilledButNaive rather naive]] despite her experiences in war.

* ClothingDamage: The zombie rapists who assaulted Dinoponera removed her panties, tore off the tie of her sailor uniform and left both the shirt and her undershirt rather tattered, though just how much is inconsistent from scene to scene. During the battle against Rin, Dino's skirt is chopped in half, leaving her butt-naked.

* CorruptTheCutie: She goes from being rather innocent and disgusted at the army ant zombies to being a nymphomaniac who keeps forcing herself on Chiyuri after getting gangraped.

!!Setsuna Dinoponera (セツナ=ディノポネラ)

A bright and optimistic 16-years old orphan with cockroach powers. After escaping from Pomario as a child, Chiyuri was adopted by a homeless man named Yamato and has been happily living with him and his community since. Unfortunately, that peace is ruined by the aftermath of the Arachnid Hunt...

%%zce* ArrogantKungFuGirl: Her nonchalance about everything says it all.