History Manga / Blattodea

* ReactionShot: In all of his series, Murata frequently uses the bottom right panel of pages for reaction shots. It gets to the point of an OverlyLongGag of Alice being confused or shocked at everyone and everything. Chapter 33 manages to end on something of an inversion of this use -- it's a splash page close-up of a puzzled Alice looking at Chiyuri, with the roach-girl holding at the bottom right of the page a mugshot picture of Alice with a blank expression.

** The moment they set foot on Hibarigaoka Prison, Alice and Hanakamakiri are sexually harassed by fugly hobos and Alice is so disgusted that she itches to crush their necks with wire. Hanakamakiri casually offers himself to get himself searched by them in Alice's place, which only gets the girl more disturbed. Then Chiyuri shows up and makes the men stop and apologize just by shouting at them, much to Alice's surprise.

* CastHerd: The story starts divided between Chiyuri and Setsuna's side and Alice and Hanakamakiri's side, with other main characters like Imomushi, Kabutomushi and Gokiburi eventually converging into one place.

** Even without anything to do with the outbreak, nearly every male character in the series is a deranged rapist. The exceptions are Chiyuri's adoptive father Yamato and his pals, who he scolds for thinking he had any dirty thoughts over her. But once those minor hobos are infected, they act like deep down they did want to rape their adopted niece. Unlike in ''Arachnid'', though, female zombies are also shown trying to rape people.

* AnimalMotifs: About every character has a bug motif, and once or twice per chapter the narrator will hype those critters with wild life trivia. Naturally, you can expect roaches to be treated like the apex of living beings here, even above spiders.

** The pod Alice is put in to connect her mind to worldwide news looks very similar to the teletransportation pod from ''Film/TheFly''.

** Hibarigaoka prison is made into a shelter from the zombie outbreak outside and Imomushi guides Chiyuri and Dinoponera to it, but she makes vague ominous remarks about not wanting to be there and for Chiyuri and Dinopo to survive no matter what. The place's director is Gokiburi of all people, who claims it's like Heaven in there but immediately starts bullying both of them before they even reach the main gate and has the two arrested as common prisoners for forced labor. It's also said by Bekkōbachi that the prison is actually intended to hold rebels from within the Organization under captivity.

** ...But afterwards the story makes a point of portraying Dinoponera [[ButtMonkey very weakly]] to the point she's repeatedly humiliated and practically disappears into the background. Then she meddles in the fight between Hebitonbo and Kamadouma from out of nowhere, instantly defeating Hebitonbo with her venom while declaring she's tired of playing nice in front of Chiyuri.

** There's plenty of female nudity here even compared to ''Arachnid'', even if, as usual, in a FanDisservice fashion with all the rape going on. Following ''Manga/ChoubuNoShinobi'', and unlike in ''Arachnid'', [[NippleAndDimed female nipples]] are uncensored on the volume releases.

** The status of Setsuna's panties is used to express her vulnerability. She used to be threatening and untouchable, so readers couldn't get a look at her panties no matter how scenes framed her. As ''Caterpillar'' retconned Imomushi's positive opinion of Setsuna to make her seem weak, the redrawn scenes then did feature panty shots of the ant-girl. Following Setsuna's humiliation and gang-rape, her panties are ripped off and she starts to get portrayed as very frail and ineffective for some time, with way more outright nude shots of her than readers could know what to do with.
* RunningGag: A scene of Megumi imagining Alice in a wedding dress is followed by Alice imagining Imomushi and Hanakamakiri as groom and bride. It was immediately followed by the author doing the same gag in ''[[Manga/KamiKatsuWorkingForGodInAGodlessWorld Kaminaki Sekai no Onee-chan Katsudou]]'' with same framing, background and all, as its protagonist imagines herself [[BrotherSisterIncest marrying her own brother]].

** The story refrains from showing Setsuna being raped by zombies during the Arachnid Hunt just to show her being assaulted by thugs a while afterwards. Then her zombiefication kicks him and she comically rapes one of the scumbags offscreen while the other two are unaware of what's actually going on.

* BlackComedy: This ZombieApocalypse story was serialized during the COVID-19 pandemic. There's one scene where Kabutomushi, who's dressed in an essential [=McDonald's=] worker uniform, meets Alice and Hanakamakiri while jokingly acting like they're zombies and that she's going to whack them away. Hanakamakiri responds by casually pulling up a certificate that proves neither of them are infected.

* AnArmAndALeg: The story opens with Alice having just completely crippled a hapless zombie girl. In one of the next pages, there's a newspaper ''recommending'' the survivors amputate all four limbs of the not-exaclty-dead zombies to neutralize them. Said zombie girl is also notable because Dinoponera is juxtaposed with her in chapter 8, adding to multiple scenes from ''Caterpillar'' which had a suspicious subtext tying poor Dino to characters getting their limbs severed...

* BlackComedyRape: The story seems to be going for this to avoid making the mood too bleak despite relishing in the inevitable SequelEscalation of the attempted and successful rape scenes that actually get portrayed more graphically than in the ''Caterpillar'' seinen spinoff.

** Gokiburi was a main character in ''Arachnid'' with a supporting role in ''Caterpillar''. Instead of helping Chiyuri find Alice and solve the outbreak, she is highly hostile for no reason other than being her usual bossy-bitch-to-anyone-not-named-Alice self and takes Geji along to harass her and Dinoponera near the gates of Hibarigaoka prison. Likewise, Soichiro is supposed to be the TokenGoodTeammate in there, and yet his reasoning is that if two 16 year-old dumbos show up in the prison and refuse to be subjugated by his henchmen, then they are American spies and must be annihilated.

** Gokiburi was a main character in ''Arachnid'' with a supporting role in ''Caterpillar''. Instead of helping Chiyuri find Alice and solve the outbreak, she is highly hostile for no reason other than being her usual bossy-bitch-to-anyone-not-named-Alice self and takes Geji along to harass her and Dinoponera near the gates of Hibarigaoka prison.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: In yet another man behind the man twist, it is revealed that the mysterious Kirigirisu had outplayed everyone during the Arachnid Hunt to get Yoriko killed, and that he had not only Alice but also Sasori saved for unknown reasons.

** Alice also thinks back to her former master Kumo. While the scene gives no context for new readers, he's who kidnapped and trained Alice as an adopted daughter but forced her to a DuelToTheDeath after her training was completed. She often recalls his advices to figure how to win fights.

** Yoriko Tajima, whose corpse is seen on-panel in chapter 3, weaseled her way into Alice's heart while hiding that she was the Boss and the one who ruined her family. She wanted to kill Alice for refusing to [[WeCanRuleTogether become her final wasp puppet]] and being a loose end despite caring for her on some level, but was foiled and killed by Kabutomushi. Alice regrets her death a lot, and worse, takes to heart her claims that she would have grown into a murderer no matter what.
** Kamakiri, the mantis assassin killed by Alice early in ''Arachnid'', appears on a flashback in chapter 15. While having tea with Kinohadakamakiri, [[PetTheDog he discourages him from abusing Hanakamakiri]] while he's watching.

* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Strangely, the official synopsis for the story and Alice herself claim she killed the Boss even though she no, she didn't, it was Kabutomushi who blew Yoriko to her death. Alice was hopelessly immobile and being tossed off the building by Yoriko before Kabuto and Goki rescued her (Alice was even trying to reach out for the falling Yoriko in despair), and the event was reported correctly by Kirigirisu. Nonetheless, Hanakamakiri forces Alice to take over the Organization as he promised to Suzumebachi midway through the Arachnid Hunt.

* InstantSedation: While Setsuna was shocked from being stripped and nearly slashed to death by Rin, Sasori was stinging her right on the butt with sleep-inducing venom at the same time. The sedation kicks in just a while later, while Setsuna was attempting to stab Sasori from behind.

** Rin always speaks of herself as a ''"shinobi"'', leading to Setsuna's confusion as she somehow isn't familiar with that term despite knowing about ninjas and their weapons and techniques.

** Unlike in ''Caterpillar'' or ''Choubu no Shinobi'', some flashbacks and imagination scenes are [[StylisticSuck portrayed as sketches]].

** In chapter 27, Setsuna attempts to attack Rin in a BulletTime scene that mirrors her fighting Alice in chapter 46 of ''Arachnid'', complete with Setsuna backflipping over Rin. Unfortunately, Setsuna is the one who gets owned and almost killed in this instance while Rin is always a step ahead of her.

** Even if she acts cute and really just wants companionship, Dinoponera is a very self-centered and violent {{cloudcuckoolander}}. She's seen bathing on a public fountain without a care in the world, and then greeting Chiyuri just to kick her in the face while calling Japanese people weak.

** Being partly themed after the works of Creator/LeijiMatsumoto, Chiyuri Haijima appears to be inspired by Tetsuro Hoshino from ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' in how she's a impoverished girl in shabby clothes who lost her family. She ends up looking all too similar to Mayuri Shiina from ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'', though, and is likely named after her.

** Mixed with her usual gratuitous Thai is Dinoponera shouting "YEAH! Di mak!" after Chiyuri smashes a zombie's head open. She later says "WHY?!" in English out loud to Rin, seemingly establishing it as an habit even though she didn't have it before and had nobody to pick it up from during the time skip.

* GratuitousSpanish: As a FunnyBackgroundEvent while Alice and Hanakamakiri are shooting zombies on chapter 23, one of the zombies has a FunTShirt reading "¡Llena mis adentros con mierda!" ("Fill my insides with shit!") on its back.

* RunningGag: A scene of Megumi imagining Alice in a wedding dress is followed by Alice imagining Imomushi and Hanakamakiri as groom and bride. It was immediately followed by the author doing the same gag in ''Kaminaki Sekai no Onee-chan Katsudou'', same framing and all, as its protagonist imagines herself [[BrotherSisterIncest marrying her own brother]].

* DropDeadGorgeous: The ''Anime/AgentAika''-esque non-lethal version of the trope sees use in how Setsuna keeps getting knocked out while nude, with increasingly exploitative views of her defenseless body.

** When Alice [[UnsettlingGenderReveal learns Hanakamakiri is a crossdressing boy]], she's so taken aback that Hanakamakiri has to kill the zombie she was trying to warn him about. She remains flabbergasted for a minute before foaming at the mouth and fainting, realizing she spent days walking around half-naked, getting back massages, being taught about underwear sizes and even playing the Pocky Game with a boy and not a girl.

** Hanakamakiri claims nobody will force Alice to become the Boss if she hates the idea of it so much. The boy has been conditioned for years to be deceitful towards others and yet even he cannot say that with a straight face.

** In chapter 20, when Hibiki is talking crap about all the naked women before him, Setsuna asks him if he's LGBT. Like when Alice and Megumi prevously asked this in ''Arachnid'', he bluntly confirms it just to backpedal on his words right afterwards.

* IDieFree: When confronted by Bekkobachi over joining the Organization or being executed, Alice once again says she'd rather die than lose her identity and freedom to them. Alice's wasp-aunt notices traps all over the corridor and just incapacitates the spider-girl by... [[DefeatByModesty turning her threads into a vibrator]]... instead of shooting her to death, though.

* JoinOrDie: Implied when Hanakamakiri declares Alice the new "Boss" while backed up by a squad of armed soldiers and Alice has no choice but to follow. After Alice defeats Hanakamakiri in her escape attempt, Bekkobachi directly orders her to do what they say or die. She doesn't go through with her threats, though.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Alice tells Hanakamakiri it was Kumo's dying wish for her to be free from the Organization's grasp, so it doesn't sit right with her to work for them even as the new Boss. Through a HannibalLecture and returning Alice's prized RazorFloss dagger, Bekkōbachi tries convincing her to quit whining and accept her new role already. Even then, Alice remarks that even if she could enjoy being a ShadowDictator, she would only do it if the late Yoriko's vision for Japan really justifies the genocide caused to achieve it.

** Alice starts getting rather enamored with Hanakamakiri despite her trust issues only worsening after he attacked her with killing intent for defying the Organization, because she's impressed with his fighting skills and how nice he seems to be outside of the dirty work he's expected to do for the Organization. This doesn't get anywhere, though, as Hanakamakiri soon reunites with Imomushi and Alice is happy for them.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Alice tells Hanakamakiri it was Kumo's dying wish for her to be free from the Organization's grasp, so it doesn't sit right with her to work for them even as the new Boss. Through a HannibalLecture and returning Alice's prized RazorFloss dagger, Bekkōbachi tries convincing her to quit whining and accept her new role already. Even then, Alice remarks that even if she could enjoy being a ShadowDictator, she would only to it if the late Yoriko's vision for Japan really justifies the genocide caused to achieve it.

** Rin Saotome is based on the heroine from the previous spinoff in the series, ''Manga/ChoubuNoShinobi''.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Hanakamakiri becomes rather intimate with Alice while acting as a maid but tries to beat her into submission as soon as she steps out of line. He even throws [[SchmuckBait a fake apology]] in after his initial threat to try to stab her, with Alice guessing he's been conditioned to deceive others as much as herself.

** Even if she acts cute and really just wants companionship, Dinoponera is a very self-centered and violent {{cloudcuckoolander}}. She's seen bathing on a public fountain without a care in the world, then greeting Chiyuri just to kick her in the face while calling Japanese people weak.

** Alice starts getting rather enamored with Hanakamakiri even after he beat her up with intent to kill her for defying the Organization, because she's impressed with his fighting skills and how nice he seems to be outside of the dirty work he's expected to do for the Organization.

** Alice while lamenting Yoriko's and Suzumebachi's deaths.
** Dinoponera while confessing to Chiyuri and Yamato she did get raped and zombified by the army ants.
** PlayedForLaughs when Chiyuri realizes Yamato was working for the Organization the whole time. What shocks her is him actually having a job at all.

* {{Anticlimax}}: ''Arachnid'' ended with Kabutomushi and Gokiburi looking to invade the Organization's headquarters in search of Alice, with Kabutomushi being noted to have a sense of duty over it. A year later, Gokiburi ended up working for the Organization again as a prison director but failed to find Alice despite her surveillance drones and is left in the dark about the whole "make Alice the Boss" thing. As for Kabutomushi, she's just hanging out at an abandoned WcDonalds. Some SequelHook payoff this is...

** Kabutomushi herself finally reappears with no build up whatsoever, just casually killing zombies while "working" at an abandoned WcDonalds.

* CasualDangerDialogue: Kabutomushi first appears "working" at a WcDonalds in uniform while violently refusing to give Happy Meals to the nearby zombies. It's seen that Imomushi has been living with her, and the two talk about what's going around Hibarigaoka Prison while killing zombies.

** After a whole year wandering about without making any progress, Alice is found and saved by Hanakamakiri and the Organization's soldiers. Despite so much effort trying to be free of them, Alice admits she might like to be their Boss and murder people at this point. The whole time Alice was in danger, Gokiburi was unable to find her despite acquiring a ton of security drones and Kabutomushi, who was soooo determined to protect Alice, was slacking in a WcDonalds.

* WcDonalds: After disappearing for a whole year in-universe, Kabutomushi is reintroduced hanging around an abandoned WcDonalds restaurant in uniform as she casually blasts zombies left and right.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Back in ''Arachnid'', Kamadouma and Geji were assumed to have fallen prey to the army ants but they show up looking just fine at Hibarigaoka Prison. This left Kabutomushi as the one important character who's suspiciously absent, especially considering Gokiburi was with her looking to rescue Alice from the Organization but has instead joined them as the director of the prison. Then, in Chapter 17, Kabutomushi finally shows up... dressed like a WcDonalds employee and just having fun killing zombies on the streets. Alice? What's an Alice?