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* WouldHitAGirl: Genzo. Hitting the princess who summoned him with a GermanSuplex was the first of many instances.
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* PunchedAcroosTheRoom: One of many fates that have befallen those who have called Genzo [[BerserkButton the Demon Beast Killer to his face.]]
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* ShoutOut: Genzo's wrestling outfit includes a [[Manga/TigerMask Tiger Mask.]]
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* BlackComedyRape: Genzo's first meeting and cuddling Gang.
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* IgnoreTheFanservice: Genzo completely ignores a naked Shigure bathing in a lake in favor of staring at a nearby bathing unicorn. [[Eyetwitch Shigure became rather annoyed by this.]]
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* MistakenForProstitute: Happens to Carmilla when she tried to get money.
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* PreciousPuppy: Hiroyuki, Genzo's dog.
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* PunchedAcroosTheRoom: One of many fates that have befallen those who have called Genzo [[BerserkButton the Demon Beast Killer to his face.]]
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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Genzo's dog Hiroyuki.
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* EatingContest: Hanako enters one when she tries to earn her keep. Unfortunately, her BigEater tendencies mean that the restaurant decides to start charging her when she just won't stop.
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* IsItSomethingYouEat: Hanako. Constantly.
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* BoisterousWeakling: Carmilla, who's attempts to seem powerful and threatening are quickly quashed by being easily beaten by everything she's fought against.
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* ButtMonkey: Carmilla.
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''Kemono Michi'' is a Japanese manga series written by Natsume Akatsuki (of ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'' fame) and illustrated by Mattakumo-suke and Yumeuta. It has been serialized in Monthly Shōnen Ace since November 2016, and also has anime adaptation airing in the Fall 2019 season, English title ''Kemono Michi: Rise Up.''
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* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' call Genzo the "Demon Beast Killer." That is the fastest way to ''personally'' experience a pro wrestling move from modern Japan, and often times end up being used to break furniture, or become embedded into the ground, the ceiling, or the walls.
** [[RunningGag As Heat Haze keeps finding out]], it is a bad idea to even mention that you're going to kill something while Genzo is around.
** [[RunningGag As Heat Haze keeps finding out]], it is a bad idea to even mention that you're going to kill something while Genzo is around.
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* BerserkButton: Genzo has several.
** Do ''not'' call Genzo the "Demon Beast Killer." That is the fastest way to ''personally'' experience a pro wrestling move from modern Japan, and often times end up being used to break furniture, or become embedded into the ground, the ceiling, or the walls.
** [[RunningGag As Heat Haze keeps finding out]], it is a bad idea to even mention that you're going to killsomething an animal/demon beast while Genzo is around.
** Do ''not'' call Genzo the "Demon Beast Killer." That is the fastest way to ''personally'' experience a pro wrestling move from modern Japan, and often times end up being used to break furniture, or become embedded into the ground, the ceiling, or the walls.
** [[RunningGag As Heat Haze keeps finding out]], it is a bad idea to even mention that you're going to kill
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** [[RunningGag As Heat Haze keeps finding out]], it is a bad idea to even mention that you're going to kill something while Genzo is around.
** Whatever you do, do not try to abduct Genzo's dog. Even if the dog has already been rescued by someone else, he will still track you down and wrestle you into submission.
** Whatever you do, do not try to abduct Genzo's dog. Even if the dog has already been rescued by someone else, he will still track you down and wrestle you into submission.
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* AllLovingHero: Genzo, [[ThouShaltNotKill who absolutely despises the thought of killing anything.]]
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* CutenessProximity: Genzo is practically as bad as [[VideoGame/KantaiCollection Nagato]] when it comes to this.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Masked Ogre (MAO) being [[spoiler:summoned when the Demon faction wanted to summon a Demon Lord from another world.]][[labelnote:Explanation]]''"Maou"'' is a Japanese word usually meaning "Demon Lord", and "MAO" is pronounced the same way.[[/labelnote]]
* LostInTranslation: Unless you're familiar with the Japanese term ''"Maou"'' (usually, "Demon Lord"), you won't get why Masked Ogre (MAO) was [[spoiler:summoned when the Demon Faction explicitly wanted to summon another realm's ''"Maou"'' into their own.]]
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* PerpetualPoverty: Genzo has absolutely no idea how to be fiscally responsible, and always insists on taming, housing, and feeding ever more demonic beasts, no matter how much they eat or impractical it is to do so, and frequently brags about how expensive and high-quality the food and amenities he gives all his pets. Shigure constantly complains about the cash-flow nightmare that is her boss and the rest of their employees, but she always finds a way to keep them afloat--either through honest labour, or less-than-honest pawning of "dropped" swords, as mentioned above.
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* PerpetualPoverty: Genzo has absolutely no idea how to be fiscally responsible, and always insists on taming, housing, and feeding ever more demonic beasts, no matter how much they eat or impractical it is to do so, and frequently brags about how expensive and high-quality the food and amenities he gives all his pets. Shigure constantly complains about the cash-flow nightmare that is her boss and the rest of their employees, but she always finds a way to keep them afloat--either through honest labour, or less-than-honest pawning of "dropped" swords, as mentioned above.below.
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* TheRival: Masked Ogre (MAO) to Animal Mask, AKA Genzo. Their rivalry was extremely well-known in the original world, with Genzo being the only person MAO has never won against.
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* TheRival: Masked Ogre (MAO) to Animal Mask, AKA Genzo. Their rivalry was extremely well-known in the original world, with Genzo being the only person MAO has never won against. [[spoiler:It continues in the new world after MAO is summoned by the Demon Faction, explicitly to fight Princess Altena's hero: Genzo.]]
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* CouchGag: In the first few episodes, the main members look at the screen (generally in their debut episodes).
* EyeCatch: Features the cast in wrestling gear in the ring.
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* MyGreatestFailure: Summoning Genzo for Princess Altena. She got the most powerful warrior of another world, alright, but not only did he refuse her quest to save her world from the Demon Lord, but she also got to experience a German suplex firsthand, had her underwear and butt exposed to her entire royal court, and had the perpetrator successfully escape her guards. To add insult to injury, she is now forever known as "Princess Buttocks."
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* MoodWhiplash: From the first episode, the tone switches from isekai to comedy when Genzo beats down the Princess.
* MyGreatestFailure: Summoning Genzo for Princess Altena. She got the most powerful warrior of another world, alright, but not only did he refuse her quest to save her world from the Demon Lord, but she also got to experience a German suplex firsthand, had her underwear and butt exposed to her entire royal court, and had the perpetrator successfully escape her guards. To add insult to injury, she is now forever known as "Princess Buttocks.""
* MyGreatestFailure: Summoning Genzo for Princess Altena. She got the most powerful warrior of another world, alright, but not only did he refuse her quest to save her world from the Demon Lord, but she also got to experience a German suplex firsthand, had her underwear and butt exposed to her entire royal court, and had the perpetrator successfully escape her guards. To add insult to injury, she is now forever known as "Princess Buttocks.
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* RealityEnsues: An uncommon case for an Isekai series. In a world where summoning champions to fight for the “good guys” is possible, wouldn’t it also be possible for the villains to summon their own? [[spoiler:This happens when the forces of the Demon Lord summon MAO after hearing that the princess summoned a hero from another world.]]
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* ComicallyOneSidedRivalry: Animal Mask vs Masked Ogre (MAO). No matter how hard he trains, no matter how many other opponents he destroys, MAO always ends up pinned to the mat. It's explicitly stated that Animal Mask is the only person that he's never won against. It becomes a major plot-point when Genzo disappears during their final title match, and later, [[spoiler:when MAO is also summoned into the same world by the demon faction.]]
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* ComicallyOneSidedRivalry: ComicallyLopsidedRivalry: Animal Mask vs Masked Ogre (MAO). No matter how hard he trains, no matter how many other opponents he destroys, MAO always ends up pinned to the mat. It's explicitly stated that Animal Mask is the only person that he's never won against. It becomes a major plot-point when Genzo disappears during their final title match, and later, [[spoiler:when MAO is also summoned into the same world by the demon faction.]]
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* ComicallyOneSidedRivalry: Animal Mask vs Masked Ogre (MAO). No matter how hard he trains, no matter how many other opponents he destroys, MAO always ends up pinned to the mat. It's explicitly stated that Animal Mask is the only person that he's never won against. It becomes a major plot-point when Genzo disappears during their final title match, and later, [[spoiler:when MAO is also summoned into the same world by the demon faction.]]
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* TheRival: Masked Ogre (MAO) to Animal Mask, AKA Genzo. Their rivalry was extremely well-known in the original world, with Genzo being the only person MAO has never won against.
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* PrettyFreeloaders:
** Hanako and Carmilla's default state is lazing around and spending on food and alcohol, respectively, although Shigure can sometimes badger them into helping with work.
** The demon beasts eat up most of the household budget without contributing anything. Probably only Genzo considers them "pretty", though.
** Hanako and Carmilla's default state is lazing around and spending on food and alcohol, respectively, although Shigure can sometimes badger them into helping with work.
** The demon beasts eat up most of the household budget without contributing anything. Probably only Genzo considers them "pretty", though.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: After getting a one-way ticket to [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar suplex city]], with the consequence of getting her ass flashed to her servents and knights, Altena get's the unfortunate nickname "Princess Buttocks". Obviously, she's not happy about it, and intends to find Genzo and make him pay for it.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: After getting a one-way ticket to [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar suplex city]], with the consequence of getting her ass flashed to her servents servants and knights, Altena get's the unfortunate nickname "Princess Buttocks". Obviously, she's not happy about it, and intends to find Genzo and make him pay for it.
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* MyGreatestFailure: Summoning Genzo for the Princess. She got the most powerful warrior of another world, alright, but not only did he refuse her quest to save her world from the Demon Lord, but she also got to experience a German suplex firsthand, had her underwear and butt exposed to her entire royal court, and had the perpetrator successfully escape her guards. To add insult to injury, she is now forever known as "Princess Buttocks."
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* MyGreatestFailure: Summoning Genzo for the Princess.Princess Altena. She got the most powerful warrior of another world, alright, but not only did he refuse her quest to save her world from the Demon Lord, but she also got to experience a German suplex firsthand, had her underwear and butt exposed to her entire royal court, and had the perpetrator successfully escape her guards. To add insult to injury, she is now forever known as "Princess Buttocks."
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* EmbrasassingNickname: After getting a one-way ticket to [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar suplex city]], with the consequence of getting her ass flashed to her servents and knights, Altena get's the unfortunate nickname "Princess Buttocks". Obviously, she's not happy about it, and intends to find Genzo and make him pay for it.
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* EmbrasassingNickname: EmbarrassingNickname: After getting a one-way ticket to [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar suplex city]], with the consequence of getting her ass flashed to her servents and knights, Altena get's the unfortunate nickname "Princess Buttocks". Obviously, she's not happy about it, and intends to find Genzo and make him pay for it.
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* EmbrasassingNickname: After getting a one-way ticket to [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar suplex city]], with the consequence of getting her ass flashed to her servents and knights, Altena get's the unfortunate nickname "Princess Buttocks". Obviously, she's not happy about it, and intends to find Genzo and make him pay for it.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: The Princess specifically summoned the most powerful warrior in another dimension, to try and save her kingdom from the demonic beasts. She got him, alright, but after he refused the call, all of her soldiers have been basically helpless at trying to stop him.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: The Princess Altena specifically summoned the most powerful warrior in another dimension, to try and save her kingdom from the demonic beasts. She got him, alright, but after he refused the call, all of her soldiers have been basically helpless at trying to stop him.
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* IronButtMonkey: Carmilla, Hanako's loyal lady-in-waiting. Since her appearance, she has been on the tail-end of constant physical and psychological abuse, such as nearly having her arms snapped off by Genzo, being chased by angry, armed mobs, or having her Lady Hanako pretend she doesn't know her out of embarrassment and annoyance. Thankfully, she is an undead vampire and can just recover and resurrect from the numerous ''lethal'' situations she finds herself in.
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* IronButtMonkey: Carmilla, Hanako's loyal lady-in-waiting. Since her appearance, she has been on the tail-end of constant physical and psychological abuse, such as nearly having her arms snapped off by Genzo, being chased by angry, armed mobs, being treated like a griffin's chew-toy, or having her Lady Hanako pretend she doesn't know her out of embarrassment and annoyance. Thankfully, she is an undead vampire and can just recover and resurrect from the numerous ''lethal'' situations she finds herself in.
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** Several characters notice how odd the Giant Ant is, but never comment about why it suddenly showed up at their table, is serving them tea, or sweeping up at the world's first and so far only pet store. It's very clear everyone has questions, but they don't bother to ask, and the author certainly isn't going to be giving them out any time soon.
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** Several characters notice how odd the Giant Ant is, but never comment about why it suddenly showed up at their table, is serving them tea, or sweeping up at the world's first and so far only pet store. It's very clear everyone has questions, but they don't bother to ask, and the author certainly isn't going to be giving them answers out any time soon.
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Pro Wrestler Shibata Genzo (stage name "Animal Mask") has a dream, and that is to earn enough funds to open up a pet shop and spend the rest of his life enjoying the company of animals. However, on his very last match before achieving that goal, a Princess from another dimension summons him to her world alongside his pet dog, Hiroyuki. She tasks Genzo with saving it from demonic beasts, but after she clarifies that demonic beasts are a (very, very dangerous) type of animal, Genzo refuses the call.
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Pro Wrestler Genzo Shibata Genzo (stage name "Animal Mask") has a dream, and that is to earn enough funds to open up a pet shop and spend the rest of his life enjoying the company of animals. However, on his very last match before achieving that goal, a Princess from another dimension summons him to her world alongside his pet dog, Hiroyuki. She tasks Genzo with saving it from demonic beasts, but after she clarifies that demonic beasts are a (very, very dangerous) type of animal, Genzo refuses the call.
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* FurryReminder: Shigure sometimes shows off her more animalistic instincts, such as hissing back at Soldier Monkeys being aggressive at her, and panicking at the scent of ''extremely'' powerful predator species like dragons.
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* LittleBitBeastly: Many sentient, bipedal residents of this world have animal ears, tails, horns, and other features. Interestingly, they coexist with full on [[BeastMan BeastMen]] like the Kobolds.
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* LittleBitBeastly: Many sentient, bipedal residents of this world have animal ears, tails, horns, and other features. Interestingly, they coexist with full on [[BeastMan BeastMen]] Beast Men]] like the Kobolds.
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[[caption-width-right:350:It's a Fight for Animal Rights!]]
[[caption-width-right:350:It's a Fight for Animal Rights!]]
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* RefusalOfTheCall: Genzo does not appreciate being kidnapped from his last match before he retired to fulfill his lifelong dream, and much more strongly refuses being asked to kill animals, demonic or no. He even gives the Princess a German suplex to 'really'' get his displeasure across, and because of his immense strength as a warrior, no one is able to force him to.
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* RefusalOfTheCall: Genzo does not appreciate being kidnapped from his last match before he retired to fulfill his lifelong dream, and much more strongly refuses being asked to kill animals, demonic or no. He even gives the Princess a German suplex to 'really'' ''really'' get his displeasure across, and because of his immense strength as a warrior, no one is able to force him to.
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* SkewedPriorities: Upon seeing dangerous creatures both sentient and not, Genzo's first impulse is ''always'' to snuggle them, shower them with affection, and try to get them to come home with him, regardless of if they're trying to kill him.
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* MyGreatestFailure: Summoning Genzo for the Princess. She got the most powerful warrior of another world, alright, but not only did he refuse her quest to save her world from the Demon Lord, but she also got to experience a German suplex firsthand, had her underwear and butt exposed to her entire royal court, and had the perpetrator successfully escape her guards. To add insult to injury, she is now forever known as "Princess Buttocks."
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* GoneHorriblyRight: The Princess specifically summoned the most powerful warrior in another dimension, to try and save her kingdom from the demonic beasts. She got him, alright, but after he refused the call, all of her soldiers have been basically helpless at trying to stop him.
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Pro Wrestler Shibata Genzo (stage name "Animal Mask") has a dream, and that is to earn enough funds to open up a pet shop and spend the rest of his life enjoying the company of animals. However, on his very last match before achieving that goal, a Princess from another dimension summons him to her world alongside his pet dog, Hiroyuki. She tasks Genzo with saving it from demonic beasts, but after she clarifies that demonic beasts are a (very, very dangerous) type of animal, Genzo refuses the call.
More specifically, he gives her a [[SuplexFinisher German Suplex.]]
After escaping the Princess's armed and outraged guards, and finding some valuable allies in this new world, Genzo proceeds to make it his new life goal to find and tame every last demonic beast in this world, open up a shop, and introduce this new world to the joys of pet ownership.
''Kemono Michi'' is a Japanese manga series written by Natsume Akatsuki (of ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'' fame) and illustrated by Mattakumo-suke and Yumeuta. It has been serialized in Monthly Shōnen Ace since November 2016, and also has anime adaptation airing in the Fall 2019 season, English title ''Kemono Michi: Rise Up.''
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* BaitAndSwitchBoss: When Genzo strides into an orc camp and asks for a fight with the strongest one there, an orc with an eyepatch answers his challenge. He is then quickly knocked aside by an even ''larger'' orc, who Genzo proceeds to have a wrestling match with.
* BattleHarem: Heat Haze is strongly implied to have one, given that he is a transparent parody of the generic male ''isekai'' protagonist. Amusingly, they're never useful for anything more than dragging his unconscious ass off after triggering Genzo's BerserkButton.
* BeastMan: Alongside sentient LittleBitBeastly species like Shigure, there are also bipedal, completely fur-covered, animalistic species, such as Kobolds.
* TheBeastmaster: Most animals quickly come around to love Genzo as much as he loves them, and his wrestling experience, brute strength, and incredible reflexes help him survive the initial "tough love" they show him. The few exceptions seem to be the ''especially'' dangerous and intelligent animals such as Griffins.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' call Genzo the "Demon Beast Killer." That is the fastest way to ''personally'' experience a pro wrestling move from modern Japan, and often times end up being used to break furniture, or become embedded into the ground, the ceiling, or the walls.
* BigEater: Hanako's main character trait. She ran away from her family's luxurious mansion due to being forced to eat the same Orc, Goblin, and Troll meat day-in, day-out; her primary motivation for exploring the world is to eat whatever (and sometimes, ''who''ever) seems delicious; and Genzo pays her with food and board than a wage.
* BlatantLies: Hanako always ''insists'' she's a dragon-half, than the much more dangerous, infamous, and ''directly'' connected to the Demon Lord full dragons. This is in spite of the ''overwhelming'' evidence that Shigure always finds, but Genzo either ignores or does not realize are there.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Shigure and Genzo respectively. The former handles all matters of finance, accounting, and business, while the latter does almost all of their manual labour, fighting, and especialy animal care.
* TheButcher: Subverted. Genzo may be best known as the "Demon Beast Killer," but he would ''never'' actually kill an animal, and does his best to non-lethally subdue and tame every demon beast he comes across. It just so happens this world can't even begin to ''comprehend'' the idea of intentionally letting demon beasts live, more so ''taking care of them.''
* ExtremeOmnivore: Hanako. She will eat anything. ''Anything.'' This can be meat from sentient and non-sentient creatures alike, to infrastructure like wooden posts. We should also mention she doesn't mind if her meat is still ''alive'' before she bites into it.
* FantasticRacism: It's very mild, but Shigure claims ''obviously'' wolf-girls like her are the best, when Genzo goes off on the appeal of LittleBitBeastly creatures like her.
* FoodChainOfEvil: As Hanako emphasizes in her backstory, she ran away from home to escape the constant menu of Orc Meat. Orcs are shown to be a fully sentient species capable of organizing into communities and living in houses, though they are infamous for relying on raiding and pillaging than creating their own production chains.
* IronButtMonkey: Carmilla, Hanako's loyal lady-in-waiting. Since her appearance, she has been on the tail-end of constant physical and psychological abuse, such as nearly having her arms snapped off by Genzo, being chased by angry, armed mobs, or having her Lady Hanako pretend she doesn't know her out of embarrassment and annoyance. Thankfully, she is an undead vampire and can just recover and resurrect from the numerous ''lethal'' situations she finds herself in.
* KlingonPromotion: Genzo becomes the new Orc King by challenging the previous king to a duel, then kicking his ass.
* LightningBruiser: Genzo is built like a tank, can move as quickly as one roaring at full-speed, and hit with the force of a main gun blast or two.
* LittleBitBeastly: Many sentient, bipedal residents of this world have animal ears, tails, horns, and other features. Interestingly, they coexist with full on [[BeastMan BeastMen]] like the Kobolds.
* TheLoad: In spite of explicitly being Hanako's lady-in-waiting, Carmilla spends most of her days at the store drinking, sleeping, and asking for money to indulge in her overflowing passion for her mistress. Whenever she ''is'' coerced or forced into working, she never contributes anything more meaningful than a temporary distraction as a demonic beast kills and/or eats her. It's telling that both Genzo and Hanako both have no qualms nor hesitations about leaving Carmilla behind.
* MadeOfIron: Along with his incredible raw power, speed, and reflexes, Genzo is also ''extraordinarily'' tough, being able to withstand several swipes by a Griffin's razor-sharp claws, and later surviving getting rammed directly into the side of a mountain, so hard he ends up in a crater. He can be knocked out, but it's telling he's not even bleeding nor scarred after so much abuse.
* NeverLiveItDown: As we eventually find out in the anime, the Princess's getting suplexed by Genzo and having her underwear exposed to her entire court became so infamous, ''everyone'' can't resist calling her "Princess Buttocks", much to her chagrin.
* OneHitKO: It never takes more than one vicious wrestling move for Genzo to take out all human opponents.
* OnlySaneMan: Shigure oftentimes has to be the reasonable one in the group, thinking of important things like food bills, loans and payments, and money in general, where the others are all too often distracted by their hedonistic impulses to care.
* PerpetualPoverty: Genzo has absolutely no idea how to be fiscally responsible, and always insists on taming, housing, and feeding ever more demonic beasts, no matter how much they eat or impractical it is to do so, and frequently brags about how expensive and high-quality the food and amenities he gives all his pets. Shigure constantly complains about the cash-flow nightmare that is her boss and the rest of their employees, but she always finds a way to keep them afloat--either through honest labour, or less-than-honest pawning of "dropped" swords, as mentioned above.
* RedBaron: Heat Haze, the legendary adventurer, is only known by his title.
* RuleOfCool: Somehow, Genzo challenging the leader of an Orc Tribe to a duel lets him use a small club as a microphone, complete with reverb, and everyone just so happens to play along with his treating it like it were a pro wrestling match.
* RunningGag: Several.
** Several characters notice how odd the Giant Ant is, but never comment about why it suddenly showed up at their table, is serving them tea, or sweeping up at the world's first and so far only pet store. It's very clear everyone has questions, but they don't bother to ask, and the author certainly isn't going to be giving them out any time soon.
** Heat Haze, the famous adventurer with his own personal BattleHarem, always ends up calling Genzo the "Demon Beast Killer" and experiencing a OneHitKO. He always drops his expensive, very rare swords, which Shigure always picks up whilst claiming "Looks like someone forgot their sword!" then running away with it.
** Carmilla being hurt, humiliated, and severely injured in some brutal and entertaining fashion.
** Hanako wanting to consume anything and everything that seems like it might taste good, regardless of if majority of the sentient species would even consider it edible.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: From the very first episode, some of the worst, most violent, most ''hilarious'' instances of violence happen to women. Fitting for the creator of ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}''.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Unsurprisingly, when your protagonist was a former professional wrestler. Genzo regularly performs a number of iconic wrestling moves--the German suplex he gave the Princess most notably--and whenever he gets into a serious match with a fellow humanoid like the Orc King, it's oftentimes framed as if it were a pro wrestling match.
More specifically, he gives her a [[SuplexFinisher German Suplex.]]
After escaping the Princess's armed and outraged guards, and finding some valuable allies in this new world, Genzo proceeds to make it his new life goal to find and tame every last demonic beast in this world, open up a shop, and introduce this new world to the joys of pet ownership.
''Kemono Michi'' is a Japanese manga series written by Natsume Akatsuki (of ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'' fame) and illustrated by Mattakumo-suke and Yumeuta. It has been serialized in Monthly Shōnen Ace since November 2016, and also has anime adaptation airing in the Fall 2019 season, English title ''Kemono Michi: Rise Up.''
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!! This series provides examples of:
* BaitAndSwitchBoss: When Genzo strides into an orc camp and asks for a fight with the strongest one there, an orc with an eyepatch answers his challenge. He is then quickly knocked aside by an even ''larger'' orc, who Genzo proceeds to have a wrestling match with.
* BattleHarem: Heat Haze is strongly implied to have one, given that he is a transparent parody of the generic male ''isekai'' protagonist. Amusingly, they're never useful for anything more than dragging his unconscious ass off after triggering Genzo's BerserkButton.
* BeastMan: Alongside sentient LittleBitBeastly species like Shigure, there are also bipedal, completely fur-covered, animalistic species, such as Kobolds.
* TheBeastmaster: Most animals quickly come around to love Genzo as much as he loves them, and his wrestling experience, brute strength, and incredible reflexes help him survive the initial "tough love" they show him. The few exceptions seem to be the ''especially'' dangerous and intelligent animals such as Griffins.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' call Genzo the "Demon Beast Killer." That is the fastest way to ''personally'' experience a pro wrestling move from modern Japan, and often times end up being used to break furniture, or become embedded into the ground, the ceiling, or the walls.
* BigEater: Hanako's main character trait. She ran away from her family's luxurious mansion due to being forced to eat the same Orc, Goblin, and Troll meat day-in, day-out; her primary motivation for exploring the world is to eat whatever (and sometimes, ''who''ever) seems delicious; and Genzo pays her with food and board than a wage.
* BlatantLies: Hanako always ''insists'' she's a dragon-half, than the much more dangerous, infamous, and ''directly'' connected to the Demon Lord full dragons. This is in spite of the ''overwhelming'' evidence that Shigure always finds, but Genzo either ignores or does not realize are there.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Shigure and Genzo respectively. The former handles all matters of finance, accounting, and business, while the latter does almost all of their manual labour, fighting, and especialy animal care.
* TheButcher: Subverted. Genzo may be best known as the "Demon Beast Killer," but he would ''never'' actually kill an animal, and does his best to non-lethally subdue and tame every demon beast he comes across. It just so happens this world can't even begin to ''comprehend'' the idea of intentionally letting demon beasts live, more so ''taking care of them.''
* ExtremeOmnivore: Hanako. She will eat anything. ''Anything.'' This can be meat from sentient and non-sentient creatures alike, to infrastructure like wooden posts. We should also mention she doesn't mind if her meat is still ''alive'' before she bites into it.
* FantasticRacism: It's very mild, but Shigure claims ''obviously'' wolf-girls like her are the best, when Genzo goes off on the appeal of LittleBitBeastly creatures like her.
* FoodChainOfEvil: As Hanako emphasizes in her backstory, she ran away from home to escape the constant menu of Orc Meat. Orcs are shown to be a fully sentient species capable of organizing into communities and living in houses, though they are infamous for relying on raiding and pillaging than creating their own production chains.
* IronButtMonkey: Carmilla, Hanako's loyal lady-in-waiting. Since her appearance, she has been on the tail-end of constant physical and psychological abuse, such as nearly having her arms snapped off by Genzo, being chased by angry, armed mobs, or having her Lady Hanako pretend she doesn't know her out of embarrassment and annoyance. Thankfully, she is an undead vampire and can just recover and resurrect from the numerous ''lethal'' situations she finds herself in.
* KlingonPromotion: Genzo becomes the new Orc King by challenging the previous king to a duel, then kicking his ass.
* LightningBruiser: Genzo is built like a tank, can move as quickly as one roaring at full-speed, and hit with the force of a main gun blast or two.
* LittleBitBeastly: Many sentient, bipedal residents of this world have animal ears, tails, horns, and other features. Interestingly, they coexist with full on [[BeastMan BeastMen]] like the Kobolds.
* TheLoad: In spite of explicitly being Hanako's lady-in-waiting, Carmilla spends most of her days at the store drinking, sleeping, and asking for money to indulge in her overflowing passion for her mistress. Whenever she ''is'' coerced or forced into working, she never contributes anything more meaningful than a temporary distraction as a demonic beast kills and/or eats her. It's telling that both Genzo and Hanako both have no qualms nor hesitations about leaving Carmilla behind.
* MadeOfIron: Along with his incredible raw power, speed, and reflexes, Genzo is also ''extraordinarily'' tough, being able to withstand several swipes by a Griffin's razor-sharp claws, and later surviving getting rammed directly into the side of a mountain, so hard he ends up in a crater. He can be knocked out, but it's telling he's not even bleeding nor scarred after so much abuse.
* NeverLiveItDown: As we eventually find out in the anime, the Princess's getting suplexed by Genzo and having her underwear exposed to her entire court became so infamous, ''everyone'' can't resist calling her "Princess Buttocks", much to her chagrin.
* OneHitKO: It never takes more than one vicious wrestling move for Genzo to take out all human opponents.
* OnlySaneMan: Shigure oftentimes has to be the reasonable one in the group, thinking of important things like food bills, loans and payments, and money in general, where the others are all too often distracted by their hedonistic impulses to care.
* PerpetualPoverty: Genzo has absolutely no idea how to be fiscally responsible, and always insists on taming, housing, and feeding ever more demonic beasts, no matter how much they eat or impractical it is to do so, and frequently brags about how expensive and high-quality the food and amenities he gives all his pets. Shigure constantly complains about the cash-flow nightmare that is her boss and the rest of their employees, but she always finds a way to keep them afloat--either through honest labour, or less-than-honest pawning of "dropped" swords, as mentioned above.
* RedBaron: Heat Haze, the legendary adventurer, is only known by his title.
* RuleOfCool: Somehow, Genzo challenging the leader of an Orc Tribe to a duel lets him use a small club as a microphone, complete with reverb, and everyone just so happens to play along with his treating it like it were a pro wrestling match.
* RunningGag: Several.
** Several characters notice how odd the Giant Ant is, but never comment about why it suddenly showed up at their table, is serving them tea, or sweeping up at the world's first and so far only pet store. It's very clear everyone has questions, but they don't bother to ask, and the author certainly isn't going to be giving them out any time soon.
** Heat Haze, the famous adventurer with his own personal BattleHarem, always ends up calling Genzo the "Demon Beast Killer" and experiencing a OneHitKO. He always drops his expensive, very rare swords, which Shigure always picks up whilst claiming "Looks like someone forgot their sword!" then running away with it.
** Carmilla being hurt, humiliated, and severely injured in some brutal and entertaining fashion.
** Hanako wanting to consume anything and everything that seems like it might taste good, regardless of if majority of the sentient species would even consider it edible.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: From the very first episode, some of the worst, most violent, most ''hilarious'' instances of violence happen to women. Fitting for the creator of ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}''.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Unsurprisingly, when your protagonist was a former professional wrestler. Genzo regularly performs a number of iconic wrestling moves--the German suplex he gave the Princess most notably--and whenever he gets into a serious match with a fellow humanoid like the Orc King, it's oftentimes framed as if it were a pro wrestling match.
