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* TomatoInTheMirror: Apparently [[spoiler:Iura]]. Although it's obvious enough to the audience and to Oda, he seems to believe he's uninfected because he was never bitten (TheVirus can spread through other means as well, unfortunately for him). Played straighter with [[spoiler:some of the Pisa and Paris "survivors", who believe that they and those around them are unaffected and are seen ThroughTheEyesOfMadness]].
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* EliteZombies: Combat types, child zombies, and a pregnant zombie are all seen early on. [[spoiler:Later, FleshGolem Brutes start to be assembled, we learn of the existence of creatures like Kuruso and the Naked Emperor who retain human level intelligence, and most of the regular zombies are eliminated completely to build Hives (enormous Flesh Golems the size of a city block) from their bodies. At least one Horde Master briefly appears in charge of an enormous zombie conglomeration]].
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* AlienInvasion: An early guess as to what caused the infection. [[spoiler:Also apparently the correct one. The ZQN are a way to wipe out humanity without destroying infrastructure, and to eventually create alien/human hybrids]].
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* MeaningfulHaircut: Hiromi, [[spoiler:after crushing the zombified Oda, as a representation of mourning. It's also in a sense a representation of her StartOfDarkness, since this is the point where she realizes that she ''wants'' to kill people in anger]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: The zombie that Hideo and Hiromi find in Aokigahara Forest had attempted suicide before the infection could take hold, but failed.
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* WaifFu: Hiromi and Kurusa, [[spoiler:both of whom are given unusual strength for their physical stature by infection].
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ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: We get to see what the world looks like to a few of the Infected, [[spoiler:most dramatically Hiromi and Takashi]]. This provides significant insight into the behavior of the other ZQN.
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* WaifFu: Hiromi and Kurusa, [[spoiler:both of whom are given unusual strength for their physical stature by infection].
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* HiveMind: Although initially just randomly violent, the zombies eventually form one. [[spoiler:It's pretty basic at first, just leading them all in one direction. As time goes on, though, the zombies begin to make themselves into Flesh Golems and develop "leaders" who are more aware]].
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* TranshumanTreachery: [[spoiler:Hiromi]]. When asked what she wants the others to do if she turns completely, she says that she wants to be left that way because she feels painfully alone as a human after experiencing the HiveMind. [[spoiler:She does eventually turn again, although what she becomes is too dangerous for her earlier wishes to be relevant]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Humanity survives, but only just, and by the end a lot of the main characters are killed. Hideo fails spectacularly at saving Hiromi, and winds up surviving alone in the ruins of Tokyo, but is ultimately able to find contentment in his new life.]]
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* SupportingProtagonist: Hideo sees himself as this in his own life. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he's not wrong. In the big picture, his main roles are meeting and initially caring for Hiromi (a person who becomes an Infected Queen) and having a gun. He's really not that significant]].
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* TechnicallyLivingZombie: However, the infection gives them the unnatural resilience more often associated with traditional zombies, and increased strength to boot.
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** Also the older man [[spoiler:murdered by the group at the Gotemba Outlet Mall]]. He didn't do anything to deserve being killed while there, but he's apparently sincere about having underworld connections and knowing people in the military and police force. He's almost definitely been the villain of someone else's story]].
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Several of the covers feature scenes that don't happen in that volume. Particularly extreme with Volume 5, with a perfectly healthy Hiromi sitting in her underwear for [[{{fanservice}} no apparent reason]] on the cover. [[spoiler:Throughout the entirety of the volume, she's not only fully dressed but also visibly infected and completely delirious]].
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* {{Fanservice}}: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by two men in a stolen Ferrari who offer Hiromi a ride if she takes off the pants under her dress because she ''needs'' to "show some ass".
** Played straight with some of the Volume covers, which depict scenes with one of the female characters in various states of undress.
** Played straight with some of the Volume covers, which depict scenes with one of the female characters in various states of undress.
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** In the short spinoff story ''She is a Slow Walker'', written and illustrated by Creator/JunjiIto, [[spoiler:an uninfected human starving in an apartment eats the flesh of his infected and decaying girlfriend]].
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* HorrorHunger: The zombies who completely lose themselves don't stop at the [[IAmAHumanitarian living]].
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* ApocalypseHow: Starts out looking like a regional societal disruption. [[spoiler:It rapidly becomes clear, however, that global societal collapse is inevitable]]. Once we find out what eventually happens to [[spoiler:Hiromi and those like her, it starts to look like total annihilation of humanity, or at least ''normal'' humanity, is the most likely outcome]].
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: When Hideo points out that Hiromi is too young to drink after the group raids the beer supply near the Fifth Station, she promptly points out that after the day they just had, she couldn't even begin to care less. [[spoilet:It's the last normal, happy thing she gets to do for awhile]].
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* BloodSpatteredInnocents: Hiromi, soon after meeting Hideo. When a suicidal zombie decapitates itself, she ends up covered in its apparently partially coagulated blood.
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* UndeadChild: Several appear throughout the series, from infants that crawl like monkeys to children who chew on their dead loved ones.
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** Played straighter with [[spoiler:Hiromi]], although she doesn't hide her bite and neither she nor anyone else believes that it broke the skin (since it came from an infant). When she does turn [[spoiler:She thankfully doesn't kill anyone, and is still mostly harmless]].
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Apparently, zombies still have menstrual cycles.
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* LaughingMad: A mild example. When and Hiromi are escaping Aokigahara by bike, stress and the absurdity of the situation cause them to burst out laughing while Fujiyoshida is destroyed around them. They get better quickly.
