History Fanfic / LandOfTheDead

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Takagi (the elder) has this view of Tom. While it ''is'' a good thing in his mind that Tom has awoken the martial spirit of the nation's youth, he was hoping that if there was an awakening of the martial spirit, said spirit would be that of 1930s-1940s Japan, and not that of ''medieval vikings.''

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Too many to list or count. Most of the starting high school survives thanks to Tom, not to mention a Christian School, ''lots'' of youth gangs, and more.

** RageBreakingPoint: Tom had butted heads with Shido before (least of which is because many of the Huscarls were the victims of Shido's Track Club members). The final straw came when [[spoiler:Shido blocked his idea for a festival between his "reenactment club" and the various martial arts clubs (that would have coincidentally put their family, friends, and others safely inside the school grounds on Z-Day)]].

* AerithAndBob: Due to the local gangs starting to take up more and more Viking traits, the city's local gangs are seeing less traditionally Japanese names and more than a few "Ragnar"s, and one thug from across the river calls himself the ''extremely'' un-Japanese "Eric the Red."

%%* ZombieApocalypse: As per the setting.

* TheProtagonist: PlayedWith. The readers 'were' initially made to believe that Hisashi was going to be [[DecoyProtagonist the protagonist]] of the original manga. Here now that [[SparedByAdaptation he's still alive]], he has a gut feeling like he's had his status as the main character taken away from him.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Neither Tom nor Shizuka can't stop smiling after they sleep together for the first time.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Tom takes special care to stock up on ''multiple'' species of potatoes for his future farms, since his mother's side of the family were refugees from the Irish Famine, and the need for genetically diverse crops has been "Burned into his DNA."
** Shido is an absolute bastard. Tom knows exactly how more of a bastard the man would have become in the zombie apocalypse and how many would have died because of him. So killing him to prevent all of that should be easy right? Wrong. Despite knowing he did what was absolutely necessary for everybody's survival Tom can't just casually shake off the fact he intentionally murdered another human being. He even confesses as much to Shizuka who has to help him deal with the resulting negative emotions.
** One problem with the makeshift refugee camp at the Self-Storage park is getting new vehicles. Not, it is clear, that there are trucks and mass transit vehicles that cannot be taken, for this is the Zombie Apocalypse, and the abandoned vehicles are many. Not that there aren't people who can steal the cars and hotwire the engines, for a large chunk of the population of the camp is made of delinquents and gangsters. The simple fact is: there aren't enough people there who know how to drive stick shift.
** In the apocalypse, what's the difference in a self-storage park between your garage and anyone else's garage? Answer: Bolt Cutters.
** As much as Tom might want to teach everyone who comes to him, he knows that having every gang in the area descend on his school is not only infeasible, but would draw attention. Therefore he lays down three rules about attending the practice: you can't skip school to come, only the leaders can attend (and can pass it on to their gangs if they wish), and it has to be on the half-day on Saturday.

->'''Tom''': Shit, what was it about that women that made even eating semi-erotic?

* SparedByAdaptation: Too many to list or count. Most of the starting high school survives thanks to Tom, not to mention a Christian School, ''lots'' of youth gangs, and more.

* InterruptedIntimacy: Tom interrupts a private moment between Tom and Kohta, much to to their embarrassment.

* InterruptedIntamacy: Tom interrupts a private moment between Tom and Kohta, much to to their embarrassment.

* AdaptationalCurves: A fair amount of students like Takashi have become more muscular thanks to Tom's training.

* MagneticHero:

* TookALevelInBadass: Tom starts by giving Kouta weight training, which draws in several other nerds. Then he starts the weapons training.

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Tom is on the other side of the school when the zombie reaches the school gates, and he can't prevent the first teacher from getting bit. He manages to save the other three, only for one of them to panic and drive his car ''through the gates'', busting them open (and running over ''another'' teacher in the process). Then the moron drives ''back'' to the school, accomplishing nothing but breaking down the hastily reassembled barrier, drawing a horde of zombies to the building, and getting himself eaten.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Tom takes special care to stock up on ''multiple'' species of potatoes for his future farms, since his mother's side of the family were refugees from the Irish Famine, and the need for genetically diverse crops has been "Burned into his DNA."

* WorldOfBuxom: women in this universe are apparently have ''far'' bigger chest sizes than our earth's women on average.

* {{Crossover}}: Played with. After hearing Zombies referred to as "Walking Dead," he wonders if High School Of The Dead is in the same universe as {{Series/TheWalkingDead}}, and the events that happened in Georgia happened in the same world as this one.

* TheProtagonist: Played with. The readers 'were' initially made to believe that Hisashi was going to be [[DecoyProtagonist the protagonist]] of the original manga. Here now that he's still alive, he has a gut feeling like he's had his status as the main character taken away from him.

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Tom attacks and disposes of Shido the night before "Z-day" in an attempt to prevent the many deaths (among other things) the man would later cause.
** RageBreakingPoint: Tom had butted heads with Shido before (least of which is because many of the Huscarls were the victims of Shido's Track Club members). The final straw came when [[spoiler:Shido blocked his idea for a festival between his "reenactment club" and the various martial arts clubs (that would have coincidentally put their family, friends, and others safely inside the school grounds on Z-Day)]].
** His reason for including members of the Track and Field club (known to be bullies) on the first bus out of the school. Yes, they're jerks and yes, they bullied the Martial Reenactment Club members, but they know how to run and Tsunoda knows parkour, skills that will be invaluable in a post-apocalyptic setting. A much lesser degree than the above examples.

* SelfInsert: The Author as Tom Brody.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome : Tom takes special care to stock up on ''multiple'' species of potatoes for his future farms, since his mother's side of the family were refugees from the Irish Famine, and the need for genetically diverse crops has been "Burned into his DNA."
** Shido is an absolute bastard. Tom knows exactly how more of a bastard the man would have become in the zombie apocalypse and how many would have died because of him. So killing him to prevent all of that should be easy right? Wrong. Despite knowing he did what was absolutely necessary for everybodies survival Tom can't just casually shake off the fact he intentionally murdered another human being. He even confesses as much to Shizuka who has to help him deal with the resulting negative emotions.

** As much as Tom might want to teach everyone who comes to him, he knows that having every gang in the area descend on his school is not only infeasable, but would draw attention. Therefore he lays down three rules about attending the practice: you can't skip school to come, only the leaders can attend (and can pass it on to their gangs if they wish), and it has to be on the half-day on Saturday.

* RealityEnsues: Tom takes special care to stock up on ''multiple'' species of potatoes for his future farms, since his mother's side of the family were refugees from the Irish Famine, and the need for genetically diverse crops has been "Burned into his DNA."

* SelfInsert: The Author as Tom Brody.
* SparedByAdaptation: Too many to list or count. Most of the starting high school survives thanks to Tom, not to mention a Christian School, ''lots'' of youth gangs, and more.

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* ZombieApocalypse: As per the setting.

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Tom is on the other side of the school when the zombie reaches the school gates, and he can't prevent the first teacher from getting bit. He manages to save the other three, only for one of them to panic and drive his car ''through the gates'', busting them open (and running over ''another'' teacher in the process).]]

** GenreShift: In order to do that, he deliberately forces people around him to act less like an action horror story- which HSOTD is- and more like a survival horror story.