History Manga / Ratman

* FanserviceWithASmile: The female employees of '''Bison Burger''' dress as cowgirls with [[BareYourMidriff exposed navels]] and wearing [[WhoWearsShortShorts short short jeans]].

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: A side story about an inventor and his AI Android.

* SkunkStripe: Shouichiro Kizaki.

* ArtShift: Usually done for comical effects in single panels (like [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/44790/ratman_v1_ch1_by_mixini-studios/47 this awesome one]]).

* BulletCatch: A Jacky does this after an OffscreenTeleportation to grab a piece of concrete just as it was about to hit an unflinching Mirea seen [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c027/9.html here]]. Yes, that scene was a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.

* ClarkKentOutfit: Shouichirou is commonly seen in a business suit and looks to be about an average middle aged man. That is until he [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c037/19.html takes off his suit]]. It is later revealed that Ankaiser considers his only lost to him and he was almost picked to be Shiningman.

* GreenEyedMonster: Clear as day in [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c004/25.html this page]].
** And again [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c033/9.html here]]. Shiki even lampshades how dense Shuto is to not feel her anger.

** A nurse does this in Chapter 42, where Mirea was hugging Shuto she interrupted their their tender moment by stating "[[NotWhatItLooksLike If you are going to continue doing what you are doing, do it somewhere else]]". Easily seen [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c042/22.html here]].

** [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c007/10.html Group Photo anyone?]]

* OhCrap: [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c014/18.html This image]]

** Anzu gives one in [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c033/7.html Episode 33]] when her friend Hyuuga pushed her into the classroom.

* ShoutOut: Some of the poses on this [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c005/27.html page]] of this page look [[Franchise/SailorMoon AWFULLY]] [[{{Manga/Kinnikuman}} familiar]]...
** [[http://www.mangareader.net/ratman/10/24 This]] looks like the move [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Seras did to Zorin]].

** [[http://dragonflyscans.org/manga/ratman/012/19.html In Akihibara]] Shuto channels the spirit of [[Series/{{Heroes}} Hiro Nakamura]]. Must be the shared hero fever.

* WhenSheSmiles: Mirea Mizushima, [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c011/18.html she looks so cute]].
* WhipItGood: Crea Mizushima.

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Shuto, he is a kind and carefree superhero fan, but hit his berserk button and he will take you on.

Not to be confused with Italian superhero parody comic ''ComicBook/{{Rat-Man}}''.

** RealityEnsues when a photo of Mira and the Jackies shopping is taken and Ratman nearly goes berserk trying to stop it from being published in a popular magazine.

* ZettaiRyouiki:
** Rio in her school uniform.
** Ratman has a boot version.

Not to be confused with Italian superhero parody comic ''ComicBook/{{Rat-Man}}''. Also unrelated to the horror novel ''Literature/RatmansNotebooks''.

Not to be confused with Italian superhero parody comic ''ComicBook/{{Rat-Man}}'', the one-time character from [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory The Justice Friends]], the horror novel ''Literature/RatmansNotebooks'', or the strange benefactor from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''. Nor with ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''.

*** To really nail it in, Fatman's vehicle is the [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga Tumbler]], and his father who made it tells Fatman not to tell anyone as be doesn't want be sued for trademark infringement.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: Mirea Mizushima, type 1 {{Kuudere}} and, for once ''not'' with an [[ReiAyanamiExpy overused]] character design.

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Ratman looks like a SuperSentai version of ComicBook/{{Venom}}.

Not to be confused with Italian superhero parody comic ''ComicBook/{{Rat-Man}}'', the one-time character from [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory The Justice Friends]], the horror novel ''Literature/RatmansNotebooks'', or the strange benefactor from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.

* ZettaiRyouki: Rio in her school uniform.

* GenreSavvy: Rio, who was able to correctly assume that Ratman was an experiment for an evil organization.
** Shuto had some when he realized in the first chapter that the set up he was in was highly suspicious, but he ignored it because he thought Mirea was endangered.
** Shuto finally gets some of this in chapter 18. He realizes that Jackal isn't particularly evil, so they must have a better reason to fight the Hero Association, and "because you're short" is a ridiculous reason to make him Ratman. He confronts Crea about it, but she doesn't tell him the truth--he didn't really expect her to.

A {{manga}} series by Sekihiko Inui, brought to North America by {{Tokyopop}} (until they folded).

!Tropes seen in this series include:

* BlandNameProduct: Pizza Fat.
** Comicbook/{{Watch|men}}aman film, even has Rorschach on the ticket.

** Well it would have been, if another Jackey [[FunnyBackgroundEvent didn't get hit in the head by another piece]].

* WoobieDestroyerofWorlds: Shiki before his HeelFaceTurn, and [[spoiler: Akeboshi Shin/IS-KA/Sin, the son of Shiningman]].

* ShoutOut: Some of the poses on this [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c005/27.html page]] of this page look [[Franchise/SailorMoon AWFULLY]] [[{{Kinnikuman}} familiar]]...

** Fatman's family photo had him wearing a shirt with {{Keroro|Gunso}} on it.
** G9's little speech matches the members of the ''CodeBreaker''.

** Ratman in his look and origin seems very similar to KamenRider.

But this isn't your average super villain story - in a city that worships heroes without question, corporate heroes sell out on a daily basis, and low-profile villains prepare for war while the heroes just spend their days catching robbers and showing off. Armed with a TransformationTrinket with the power to turn its wearer into a seven-foot tall demon (and minions who are so lackadaisical that TheThreeStooges could look more competent), Shuto has to figure out what being a hero really means, and who his real enemies are.

TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, advances in technology have made low-level superpowers available to anyone who can afford the treatments and gadgets necessary. As a result, corporate-sponsored superheroes have become ubiquitous in Japanese society. Young Shuto Katsuragi has been a superhero {{otaku}} since he was rescued by one as a child, and plans to become a hero himself at the earliest opportunity. Unfortunately, Shuto is just short of five feet tall, skinny, and generally way too wimpy to be considered hero material.

* AntiHero: Shuto sees himself as a dark hero while as Ratman. The funny thing is: Ratman is an AntiVillain [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type II]] ({{Woobie}} Anti-Villain) and IV ([[DesignatedVillain In Name Only]])) ''together'', the only thing that separates him from true hero-dom is the [[CardCarryingVillain card carrying]]. And even that is forced on him.

* AscendedFanBoy: Shuto, but on the "wrong" side.

** His not stopping to think is [[LampshadedTrope brought up]] by none other than... himself. He outright thinks that he doesn't have time to be suspicious of the situation.

** [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Watchaman]] film, even has Rorschach on the ticket.

* BulletCatch: A Jacky does this after an OffscreenTeleportation to grab a piece of concrete just as it was about to hit an unflinching Mirea seen [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/ratman/c027/9.html here]]. Yes that scene was a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* CatGirl: [[spoiler: Rio's ]] costume and codename are based on this.

* DarkIsNotEvil=/=LightIsNotGood: Lampshaded by the reporter when she witnesses the fight between Ratman and the Unknown Hero, since she can't tell which one is supposed to be the hero or the villain.

* DistressedDamsel: Mirea Mizushima appears to be one, but is really a DecoyDamsel.
** Rio plays it straight later.

* GratuitousEnglish: here and there in the story, and every chapter name is "subtitled" in English too. At least it's usually grammatically correct, if not always stylish.

* LightEmUp: Shiningman and [[spoiler: Ratman]]

* [[MisterExposition Ms. Exposition]]: Crea, in Episode 05.

* NoKillLikeOverkill: A '''D'''-rank hero uses his strongest attack on a single Jackey who was simply grocery shopping.
** For bonus points, it doesn't even really do anything to him.

* ParentalAbandonment: Crea and Mirea's parents died when Mirea was little. Rio's [[MissingMom mother]] also died when she was little, partially fueling her desire to become a superhero so that she could save others from a similar fate. Shuto's father is also nowhere to be found, but his situation is less clear.

* RescueRomance: Taishi asked Shuuto and the Jackals to arrange this to impress her customer and LoveInterest, Haruka. HilarityEnsues. [[spoiler:In the end, it didn't matter; [[SamaritanRelationshipStarter Haruka already]] [[NiceGuy knows his]] [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan worth as a man.]]]]

** [[http://www.mangareader.net/ratman/10/24 This]] looks like the move [[{{Hellsing}} Seras did to Zorin]].

** Fatman's family photo had him wearing a shirt with [[KeroroGunso Keroro]] on it.

* [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman Boxing Lessons For Ratman]]: Shuto, after realizing that all of his strength is from being Ratman and relies solely on being UnskilledButStrong, deduces that he needs to actually learn how to fight to deal with his opponents that are equally strong or stronger. So he now jogs four days of the week and went to a Boxing Gym to improve himself.

* NoExportForYou: At first averted, then played straight, as lampshaded in [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/44790/ratman_v1_ch1_by_mixini-studios/74 this image]] by the scanlation group that picked it up after Tokyopop dropped it.