History Characters / RatMan

An newly-registered but powerful hero working for the Ad-Bank cellphone company.

* FreudianExcuse: His father abandoned him and his mother committed suicide due to extreme debt.

* ScarfOfAsskicking: As Ame-No-Uzume-No-Mikoto she wears one that invokes female ''[[JapaneseMythology kami]]''. It is also a ''literal'' scarf of asskicking, as she can direct it to protect her or attack.

* {{Bishounen}}: He's almost an {{expy}} of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Kowaru]].

* HiddenDepths: He actually knows and understands his granddaughter very well, and [[spoiler:the only real reason he's involved in mad science or supervillainy is because he feels her revenge plot is something she needs to go through with for her own sake.]] He also believed, correctly, that [[Shouichiro was innocent all along.]]

* HiddenDepths: He actually knows and understands his granddaughter very well, and [[spoiler:the only real reason he's involved in mad science or supervillainy is because he feels her revenge plot is something she needs to go through with for her own sake.]]

* KarmaHoudini: Played with. He's depicted as a legitimate victim and clearly doesn't enjoy having to be evil when in control of himself. [[spoiler: Rio realizes this and essentially forgets about how he was one of her captors.

* [[spoiler: DamselInDistress: Is abducted by IS-KA.]]

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* [[spoiler: MoralityPet: Keeps her sister from shooting Shouichiro Kizaki.]]

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: [[spoiler: Her Hero moniker.]]
* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: [[spoiler: Finally becomes a heroine in chapter 45.]]

* CatGirl: [[spoiler: Her hero motif.]]

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Does not like scary things.

* JetPack: [[spoiler: Part of her eventual hero gear.]]

* SidekickGraduationsStick: [[spoiler: She eventually gets to finally become a hero and debuts in chapter 45 as '''Andou Electrics''' hero... CatGirl Rio.]]

* WolverineClaws: [[spoiler: Her main means of offence as Cat Girl Rio.]]

* [[spoiler: EnemyMine: With the Hero Organization against IS-KA.]]

* [[spoiler: [[EmpireWithADarkSecret Organization With A Dark Secret]]: Crea and Mirea's parents were two of the founding members of the Hero Organization and were involved in the creation of Shiningman.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Revenge}}:]] Chapter nineteen confirms this as their ''true'' goal.

* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Before creating the Jackal Organization, she and Hijiri came up with the idea of Kreios.]]

* [[spoiler:MisplacedRetribution:]] Spends nine years of her life [[spoiler:pursuing revenge against an innocent man.]]

* [[spoiler: YouKilledMyFather: Watched Shouichiro Kizaki kill her parents and blow up their laboratory as a child.]]

* TheVoiceless: One does talk in disguise.

* DatingCatwoman: Was hinted to have once been [[spoiler: Crea's]] boyfriend.

* [[spoiler: TheMole: Joined up to investigate the S-Genes.]] Also a rare positive variant, as [[spoiler: the people he's working with have made it clear that they are ''not'' above breaking the law and doing downright awful things.]] At least Jackal avoids the latter...

* [[spoiler: BroughtDownToBadass: Ratman's Shining Ray shatters his Unchain exoskeleton and he doesn't use it again until the fight with IS-KA, but he retains his psychic powers.]]

* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]: Played with. He's depicted as a legitimate victim and clearly doesn't enjoy having to be evil when in control of himself. [[spoiler: Rio realizes this and essentially forgets about how he was one of her captors.]]

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Based on lab rats, spefically on the notion of their use in experiments.

* BerserkButton: Making fun of his height, heroes who don't act heroic, and people making fun of others' dreams.

* LightEmUp: [[spoiler: Through his [[ChekhovsSkill continuous imitating]] of Shiningman's transformation pose and [[FinishingMove killer move]], he can do it as well; his version is called "Shining Ray de Alter"(a mix of {{gratuitous foreign language}}s which could mean "Alternate Shining Ray").]]

* OneWingedAngel: If Shuto becomes ''really'' angry his S-Genes overwhelm him and he transforms into a bestial, berserk form with claws on its hands and feet, different FacialMarkings and a long tail. [[spoiler: When Shuto thinks Sin has killed Mirea his S-Genes kick into overdrive and he becomes a mindless monster that makes his previous berserk form seem tame.]]

* SuperPoweredEvilSide: If Shuto is [[YouWontLikeMeWhenImAngry truly furious]] his S-Genes will activate and he will transform into a [[OneWingedAngel bestial form]] but he won't [[LaserGuidedAmnesia remember what happens afterwards]]. Its bloodlust is so great that even [[EvilCounterpart Unchain]] is utterly terrified of it, and Shuto's consciousness feels like he is being consumed by it.

!! IS-KA[=/=]Sin

* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: Can activate the S-Genes in people.]]

* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:His mother committed suicide due to extreme debt.]]

* [[spoiler: PowerOfTheVoid: Can summon a black vortex that sucks up projectiles and even people.]]

%%* AmazonBrigade

%%* {{Meido}}

%%* {{Acrofatic}}

* BlandNameProduct: Pizza Fat.

* CoolCar: The Fat Mobile, an {{Expy}} of the Bat Mobile[[note]]specifically the Bat Tumbler from Film/TheDarkKnightSaga[[/note]].

* {{Kevlard}}: His super power.

* [[spoiler: TookALevelInBadass: Actually handles the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy berserk Mr. Big Horn]] better in battle than Ratman, takes him on solo and wins when he thinks Ratman is going to activate a similar power.]]

* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy: Due to the Hero Amplifier effects.]]

* HurtingHero: [[spoiler: The ''Bison Burger'' franchise was bought out, making the Japanese store the last one left, and he's been running it all by himself.]]
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Fatman.

! E-List

%%* DarkSkinnedBlond

* [[spoiler: BrokenPedestal: Actually speaking to Shiningman nearly disenchants Shuto.]]

* [[spoiler: Emergency Transformation: A variant. He was allowed to become Shiningman after coming to his friends, whom he was working with in order to create a superhero, and explaining to them that the people he was working against in a court case have taken his son hostage.]]
* [[spoiler: FallenHero]]

* [[spoiler: TheGlassesComeOff: Before he was a hero, he was a glasses-wearing lawyer. When he's about to be turned into Shiningman for the first time, he takes off the glasses that he almost always wore, revealing how he's essentially an older version of Shuto in appearance.]]
* [[spoiler: InTheBlood: Infused Shuto with the S-Genes by giving him a blood transfusion to save his life.]]
* LightEmUp: His power; he is called '''Shining'''man after all.

* [[spoiler: RetiredBadass: Lives in the United States.]]

* [[spoiler: SpiritAdvisor: Seems to be this to Shuto through the S-Genes.]]

* [[spoiler: SuperPoweredEvilSide: The S-Genes trigger this, according to Kreios and IS-KA.]]

* [[spoiler: AintTooProudToBeg: Gets down in a kneeling bow when asking Crea for forgiveness.]]
* [[spoiler:BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon:]] The reason why Crea has it in for him. [[spoiler:He attacked the soldier who killed her parents, making him drop his gun. Shouichiro then grabbed the gun that killed his friends, vowing he would never forgive their killers. Crea only arrived after the soldier had already fled, so all she saw was Shouichiro standing over the bodies of her parents while holding a gun.]]

* [[spoiler: YouKilledMyFather: Killed Crea and Mirea's parents and destroyed their lab.]]

%%* IntrepidReporter

* MagicalGirl: Complete with a ''SailorMoon''-esque TransformationSequence.

* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler: After his costume is destroyed by Mikoto, he unveils his true identity as "Sin" in Chapter 47.]]

* CoolCar: The Fat Mobile, an {{Expy}} of the Bat Mobile[[note]]especially the Bat Tumbler from Film/TheDarkKnightSaga[[/note]].

* BreathWeapon: In his berserk state he can spit a KamehameHadoken

* [[spoiler: LightEmUp: Through his [[ChekhovsSkill continuous imitating]] of Shiningman's transformation pose and [[FinishingMove killer move]], he can do it as well; his version is called "Shining Ray de Alter"(a mix of {{gratuitous foreign language}}s which could mean "Alternate Shining Ray").]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Gender inverted and downplayed, he is MPGB of Mirea, [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c023/35.html observe]].

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: When he gets angry or excited as Ratman his faceplate morphs into a mouth full of fangs.

* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel: When Shuto thinks IS-KA has killed Mirea his S-Genes kick into overdrive and he becomes a mindless monster that makes his previous berserk form seem tame.]]

* ScarfOfAsskicking: As Ratman.

* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Ratman's instincts will take over if Shuto is [[YouWontLikeMeWhenImAngry truly furious]], [[spoiler: activating his S-Genes,]] and he will transform into a [[OneWingedAngel bestial form]] but he won't [[LaserGuidedAmnesia remember what happens afterwards]]. Its bloodlust is so great that [[EvilCounterpart Unchain]] is utterly terrified of it, and Shuto's consciousness feels like he is being consumed by it.

* SuperStrength
* TransformationTrinket: [[GadgetWatches APPEND GEAR]]

** FlawedPrototype: Prone to malfunctioning.

* [[spoiler: AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Her Hero moniker.]]
* [[spoiler: [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: Finally becomes a heroine in chapter 45.]]

* [[spoiler: CatGirl: Her hero motif.]]

* [[spoiler: JetPack: Part of her eventual hero gear.]]

* [[spoiler: SidekickGraduationsStick: She eventually gets to finally become a hero and debuts in chapter 45 as '''Andou Electrics''' hero... CatGirl Rio.]]

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She has acrophobia.
* [[spoiler: WolverineClaws: Her main means of offence as Cat Girl Rio.]]

* ZettaiRyouki

%%* BarrierWarrior

!! IS-KA

%%* [[spoiler: BigBad]]

%%* CastingAShadow

* [[spoiler: EvilCostumeSwitch: Reveals [[OneWingedAngel his true form]] in Chapter 47.]]

* [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse: His mother committed suicide due to extreme debt.]]
%%* GunsAkimbo
* HeroWithAnFInGood: His introduction has him plotting to attack Shuto's school and throwing a fireball at Mikoto. It turns out [[spoiler: he's not a hero at all.]]

%%* PowersAsPrograms
* [[spoiler: PowerOfTheVoid: Can summon a black vortex that sucks up projectiles.]]

%%* StrawNihilist

%%* [[SuperHeroPackingHeat Super Villain Packing Heat]]
%%* SuperWristGadget
* TransformationTrinket: An "IS-[=KA05=]" smartphone.

* HiddenDepths: He actually knows and understands his granddaughter very well.

%%* SuperheroesWearCapes

%%* SuperheroesWearCapes

%%* HornAttack

%%* SuperheroesWearCapes

%%* GoodOldFisticuffs

* [[spoiler: SuperPrototype: To Ratman, IS-KA, and others possessing S-Genes.]]

%%* {{Maid}}

%%** IdenticalTwinIDTag

* CoolCar: The Fat Mobile, an {{Expy}} of the Bat Mobile[[hottip:*:especially the Bat Tumbler from Film/TheDarkKnightSaga]].

A young man who saved Shuto, but is not what he seems.

* EvilKnockoff: As Unchain he looks suspiciously similar to Ratman.

A hero otaku who was given the powers of Ratman. His idolization of heroes began when he was very young, and the legendary superhero Shiningman saved him from a collapsing building. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that Shiningman did ''not'' appear in the nick of time, and that, contrary to his memories, Shuto was severely injured at the ''least.'']] Crea insists that he was chosen to be Ratman because nobody in their right mind would guess that someone as small as him would be Ratman. [[spoiler: In reality, it seems to have something to do with him being the few people with S-Genes, sometimes allowing them to manifest natural superpowers if not stronger artificial ones.]]

Classmate of Shuto who has a crush on him. She is a member of Jackal who recommended him for being Ratman. She lost her parents at a young age and was then raised by Crea. [[spoiler: She quickly develops feelings for Shuto.]]

Sempai of Shuto and Mirea. Daughter of the president of the Heroes' Association who dreams of being a hero herself someday to help people. [[spoiler: Her dream began when she lost her mother in the same accident in which Shiningman saved Shuto.]] Her father does not want her to become a hero. However, [[spoiler: she gets her wish when she becomes the hero for a small electronics company.]]

An evil organization who opposes the Heroes' Association. [[spoiler: This seems to be a revenge effort in part motivated by the deaths of the Mizushima parents.]]

The leader of Jackal who made the technology of Ratman's APPEND GEAR. Mirea's older sister. She raised Mirea herself after the deaths of their parents. [[spoiler: The Heroes' Association seems to be responsible, which is why she went on to found and head Jackal.]]

* EmpireWithADarkSecret

* NewTransferStudent

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy

* SuperheroesWearCapes

* BadassLongcoat
* BarrierWarrior
* FingerlessGloves

* ChromaticArrangement
* {{Color Character}}s
* GemstoneAssault
* {{Sentai}}

* TheLancer

An newly-registered but powerful hero working for the Ad-Bank cellphone company. He is connected to Ratman through [[spoiler: the S-Genes]], and aims to [[spoiler:show the world how [[OneWingedAngel monstrous]] heroes can be by infecting them with [[SuperPoweredEvilSide S-Genes]].]]

* TheAce

* [[spoiler: BigBad]]
* CallingYourAttacks: "Start the app. *insert app name here*"
* CastingAShadow

* GunsAkimbo

* MulticoloredHair

* PowersAsPrograms

* StrawNihilist

* [[SuperHeroPackingHeat Super Villain Packing Heat]]
* SuperWristGadget

* AmazonBrigade

* {{Meido}}
** NinjaMaid

* SuperheroesWearCapes
* ThoseTwoGuys

* {{Acrofatic}}

* {{Determinator}}
* HenshinHero

* SuperheroesWearCapes

Exclusive hero of fast food chain '''Bison Burger''' who moved from the United States to Japan. He was initially a D-Lister before upgrading to the C-List by [[spoiler: downloading the [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Hero Amplifier]] app.]]

* HornAttack

* SuperheroesWearCapes

* DarkSkinnedBlond

* FingerlessGloves
* GoodOldFisticuffs
* HenshinHero
* HeroicWannabe

* ScarfOfAssKicking

The hero who inspired Shuto to become a hero after saving his life as a child. [[spoiler: Before becoming a hero, while he did have a strong sense of justice, he was a rathe frail lawyer. He was friends with the scientists working on the Shiningman project, and became involved after having reconnected with them. It's later revealed that Shuto's memories were altered, and that while Shiningman did rescue Shuto, he ''not'' in fact make it to him in the nick of time and Shuto was at least severely injured]]. [[spoiler: He bears a striking resemblance to Shuto.]]

* FinishingMove: Shining Ray

* NiceGuy
* TheParagon: He inspired Shuto to be a hero, and its implied he is this to the other heroes as well.

* SomethingPerson

* SuperheroesWearCapes

* SuperheroesWearCapes
* SuperheroPackingHeat

* {{Megane}}

* MadScientist
* {{Megane}}
** FourEyesZeroSoul

* SkunkStripe

* ApronMatron
* BroomstickQuarterstaff
* {{Maid}}

* BaldOfAwesome
* CallingYourAttacks

* BareYourMidriff
* IntrepidReporter
* {{Meganekko}}

* SkirtOverSlacks

** IdenticalTwinIDTag
* PolarOppositeTwins
** TomboyAndGirlyGirl

* BromanticFoil
* {{Otaku}}

* HairDecorations
* FormerlyFat

* ZettaiRyouki

* PunnyName: In Japanese naming order her name would be "Andou Roiko"[[hottip:*:android girl]]. It irks her that her creator is lazy in naming sense.
* RapunzelHair
* RobotGirl
* RocketPunch: [[CallingYourAttacks Super Warrior Fist]]

An out of work inventor who created Roiko. [[spoiler: He later started his own business '''Andou Electronics''' and becomes the sponsor of Cat Girl Rio.]]

* {{Megane}}
* TheProfessor
** RobotMaster
** GadgeteerGenius
* SmartPeopleBuildRobots

* ForeignFanservice

* PhenotypeStereotype

The hero who inspired Shuto to become a hero after saving his life as a child. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that Shuto's memories were altered, and that while Shiningman did rescue Shuto, he ''not'' in fact make it to him in the nick of time and Shuto was at least severely injured]]. [[spoiler: He bears a striking resemblance to Shuto.]]

The hero who inspired Shuto to become a hero. [[spoiler: He bears a striking resemblance to Shuto.]]

The hero who inspired Shuto to become a hero.

!! Shiningman

A hero otaku who was given the powers of Ratman. HIs idolization of heroes began when he was very young, and the legendary superhero Shiningman saved him from a collapsing building. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that Shiningman did ''not'' appear in the nick of time, and that, contrary to his memories, Shuto was severely injured at the ''least.'']] Crea insists that he was chosen to be Ratman because nobody in their right mind would guess that someone as small as him would be Ratman. [[spoiler: In reality, it seems to have something to do with him being the few people with S-Genes, sometimes allowing them to manifest natural superpowers if not stronger artificial ones.]]

A hero otaku who was given the powers of Ratman.

Classmate of Shuto who has a crush on him. She is a member of Jackal who recommended him for being Ratman.

Sempai of Shuto and Mirea. Daughter of the president of the Heroes' Association who dreams of being a hero herself someday to help people.

An evil organization who opposes the Heroes' Association.

The leader of Jackal who made the technology of Ratman's APPEND GEAR. Mirea's older sister.

* MagicalDatabase: The "QR Code" app, which scans his opponents and looks up data and trivia on them.

* CoolDownHug: Tries to give one to a rampaging Ratman to stop him from eating Unchain, but [[SubvertedTrope gets slashed for her trouble]]. [[DoubleSubverted It still works.]]

* ClingyJealousGirl: She does NOT like it when Shuto gets close to new people.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: Normally puts on an aloof demeanour, but this melts when she's with Shuto.

* PeekABangs: Her bangs cover the right half of her face.

* [[spoiler: TookALevelInBadass: Actually handles the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy berserk Mr. Big Horn]] better in battle then Ratman, takes him on solo and wins when he thinks Ratman is going to activate a similar power.]]

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Fat control