History Manga / SentaiDaiShikkaku

Thirteen years ago, the ''Evil Army Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin[[note]]Dragon God[[/note]] {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within a year, eradicating of all their commanders and leaving them with only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: The Keepers would stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries, while the Dusters get a weekly chance to come up with ideas for the show to attempt to defeat the Keepers for real. Thirteen years of this have passed with no progress for the villains, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], decided he's had enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

* MookPromotion: Played with. The Dusters are forced to come up with a MonsterOfTheWeek every week, which whoever is on duty transforms into and gains the appropriate abilities to fight with. Due to their {{immortality}} however, once defeated they revert back to being a normal mook and retreat to their fortress to recover, [[PunchClockVillain letting another mook take the next shift the following week]]. This was how they were able to keep this up for ''thirteen years''.

* TooDumbToLive: The Dusters are expected to keep up the ruse that their entire organisation and superiors still exist, despite being just {{mook}}s and the only {{sole survivor}}s of it. This results in them having severe difficulty coming up with plans and monster designs as their superiors were the ones handling it all before, to the point ''the Rangers had to provide them reference books'' to try to give them some ideas, and why they haven't had much success despite being given about ''a thousand chances'' by the beginning of the story. And yet, they still refuse to give up.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Chapter 2 starts off featuring a group of five supposed Ranger superiors monitoring the recruitment test. Given that one of them is later on revealed to be Sosei Akabane/Red Keeper, it's safe to say his four other colleagues next to him are actually the rest of the Dragon Keepers.

Thirteen years ago, the ''Evil Army Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin[[note]]Dragon God[[/note]] {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within a year, eradicating of all their commanders and leaving them with only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: The Dragon Keepers would stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries, while the Dusters get a weekly chance to come up with ideas for the show to attempt to defeat the Dragon Keepers for real. Thirteen years of this have passed with no progress for the villains, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], decided he's had enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Dragon Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

* AllPartOfTheShow: Despite the obvious military-like implements and actual weapons that the Dragon Keepers' organisation maintains and utilises, the public and ''most of the organisation itself'' are convinced the weekly confrontations with the Kaijins are just a show [[PropagandaMachine made to uphold and encourage justice amongst the citizens, while honoring the Dragon Keepers as heroes]]. D theorises that the only people who know the truth are only just between the remaining Dusters and the Dragon Keepers themselves.

* FantasticRecruitmentDrive: The Dragon Keepers' organisation, which recruits and trains many young cadets to one day succeed the Keepers' mantle should the time and need comes. Called ''Rangers'', they are mostly relegated to ordinary field work such as security guards for the live battles, or assisting the police.

* TooDumbToLive: The Dusters are expected to keep up the ruse that their entire organisation and superiors still exist, despite being just {{mook}}s and the only {{sole survivor}}s of it. This results in them having severe difficulty coming up with plans and monster designs as their superiors were the ones handling it all before, to the point ''the Dragon Keepers organisation had to provide them reference books'' to try to give them some ideas, and why they haven't had much success despite being given about ''a thousand chances'' by the beginning of the story. And yet, they still refuse to give up.

* AllPartOfTheShow: Despite the obvious military-like implements and actual weapons that the Dragon Keepers' organisation maintains and utilises, the public and ''most of the organisation itself'' are convinced the weekly confrontations with the Kaijins are just a show [[PropagandaMachine made to uphold and encourage justice amongst the citizens, while honoring the Dragon Keepers as heroes]]. D theorises that the only ones who know the truth are only just between the remaining Dusters and the Dragon Keepers themselves.

Thirteen years ago, the ''Evil Army Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin[[note]]Dragon God[[/note]] {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within a year, eradicating of all their commanders and leaving them with only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: The Dragon Keepers would stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries, while the Dusters get a weekly chance to come up with ideas for the show to attempt to defeat the Dragon Keepers for real. Thirteen years of this have passed with no progress for the villains, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], felt he has enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Dragon Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

* AllPartOfTheShow: Despite the obvious military-like implements and actual weapons that the Dragon Keepers' organisation maintains and utilises, the public and ''most of the organisation itself'' are convinced the weekly confrontations with the Kaijins are just a show [[PropagandaMachine made to uphold and encourage justice amongst the citizens]]. D theorises that the only ones who know the truth are only just between the remaining Dusters and the Dragon Keepers themselves.

* AllPartOfTheShow: Despite the obvious military-like implements and actual weapons that the Dragon Keepers' organisation maintains and utilises, the public and ''most of the organisation itself'' are convinced the weekly confrontations with the Kaijins are just a show made to uphold and encourage justice amongst the citizens. D theorises that the only ones who know the truth are only just between the remaining Dusters and the Dragon Keepers themselves.

* DecoyProtagonist: Early promotional materials indicate the main characters to be the Dragon Keepers themselves, however the plot actually follows VillainProtagonist Duster D, as he sets off on his own plan to infiltrate and defeat the Dragon Keepers from within their ranks.

Thirteen years ago, the ''Evil Army Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within a year, eradicating of all their commanders and leaving them with only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: The Dragon Keepers would stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries, while the Dusters get a weekly chance to come up with ideas for the show to attempt to defeat the Dragon Keepers for real. Thirteen years of this have passed with no progress for the villains, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], felt he has enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Dragon Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

* AllPartOfTheShow: Despite the obvious military-like implements and actual weapons that the Dragon Keepers' organisation maintains and utilises, the public and ''most of the organisation itself'' are convinced the weekly confrontations with the Kaijins are just a show made to uphold and encourage justice amongst the citizens. D theorises that the only ones who know the truth are only just between the remaining Dusters and Dragon Keepers themselves.

* MookPromotion: Played with. The Dusters are forced to come up with a MonsterOfTheWeek every week, which whoever is on duty transforms into and gains the appropriate abilities to fight with. Due to their {{immortality}} however, once defeated they revert back to being a normal mook and retreat to their fortress to recover, letting another mook take the next shift the following week. This was how they were able to keep this up for ''thirteen years''.

* TooDumbToLive: The Dusters are expected to keep up the ruse that their entire organisation and superiors still exist, despite being just {{mook}}s and the only {{sole survivor}}s of it. This results in them having severe difficulty coming up with plans and monster designs as their superiors were the ones handling it all before, to the point ''the Dragon Keepers organisation had to provide them reference books'' to try to give them some ideas, and why they haven't had much success despite being given about ''a thousand chances'' by the beginning of the story, and yet still refuse to give up.

* TooDumbToLive: The Dusters are expected to keep up the ruse that their entire organisation and superiors still exist, despite being just {{mook}}s and the only {{sole survivor}}s of it. This results in them having severe difficulty coming up with plans and monster designs as their superiors were the ones handling it all before, to the point ''the Dragon Keepers organisation had to provide them reference books'' to try to give them some ideas, and why they haven't had much success despite being given about ''a thousand chances'' by the beginning of the story.

Thirteen years ago, the ''Evil Army Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within the year, eradicating of all their commanders and leaving them with only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: The Dragon Keepers would stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries, while the Dusters get a weekly chance to come up with ideas for the show to attempt to defeat the Dragon Keepers for real. Thirteen years of this have passed with no progress for the villains, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], felt he has enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Dragon Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

* MookPromotion: Played with. The Dusters are forced to come up with a MonsterOfTheWeek every week, which whoever is on duty transforms into and gains the appropriate abilities to fight with. Due to their {{immortality}} however, once defeated they revert back to being a normal mook and retreat to their fortress to recover, letting another mook take the next shift the following week. This was how they were able to keep this up for ''thirteen years''.

Thirteen years ago, the ''Evil Army Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within the year, destroying all their commanders and leaving them with only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: The Dragon Keepers would stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries, while the Dusters get a weekly chance to come up with ideas for the show to attempt to defeat the Dragon Keepers for real. Thirteen years of this have passed with no progress for the villains, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], felt he has enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Dragon Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

Thirteen years ago, the ''Evil Army Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within the year, leaving only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: The Dragon Keepers would stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries, while the Dusters get a weekly chance to come up with ideas for the show to attempt to defeat the Dragon Keepers for real. Thirteen years of this have passed with no progress for the villains, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], felt he has enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Dragon Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

Thirteen years ago, the ''Evil Army Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within the year, leaving only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: The Dragon Keepers would stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries, while the Dusters get a weekly attempt to come up with ideas for the show to defeat the Dragon Keepers for real. Thirteen years of this have passed with no progress for the villains, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], felt he has enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Dragon Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

Thirteen years ago, the ''Evil Army Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within the year, leaving only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: To stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries, while the Dusters get a weekly attempt to come up with ideas for the show to defeat the Dragon Keepers for real. Thirteen years of this have passed with no progress for the villains, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], felt he has enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Dragon Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

Thirteen years ago, the ''Evil Army Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within the year, leaving only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: To stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries, while the Dusters get a weekly attempt to come up with ideas to defeat the Dragon Keepers for real. Thirteen years of this have passed with no progress for the villains, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], felt he has enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Dragon Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

Thirteen years ago, the ''Evil Army Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within the year, leaving only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: To stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries, while the Dusters get a weekly attempt to come up with ideas to defeat the Dragon Keepers for reals. Thirteen years of this have passed with no progress for the villains, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], felt he has enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Dragon Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

Thirteen years ago, the ''Evil Army Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within the year, leaving only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: To stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries. Thirteen years of this have passed, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], felt he has enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Dragon Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

!!''Sentai Dai Shikkaku'' provides examples of:

Thirteen years ago, the evil army ''Kaijin'' attempted an AlienInvasion on Earth, only to be shortly thwarted by the ''Ryujin {{Sentai}} Dragon Keeper'' within the year, leaving only their immortal {{mooks}}, the Dusters. Eventually both sides called for a ceasefire agreement: To stage weekly live battles on Sundays in order to convince the Earth's public the entire incident was AllPartOfTheShow and quell their worries. Thirteen years of this have passed, and one Duster, [[OneLetterName D]], felt he has enough of this farce. Using a HumanDisguise, he plots to eliminate the Dragon Keepers from the inside through enlisting in their recruitment programme, but soon learns that he isn't the only alien race with the same plan in mind, and realises he may have gotten way too in over his head.

!!''Sentai Dai Shikkaku'' provides examples of:
* MookPromotion: Played with. The Dusters are forced to come up with a MonsterOfTheWeek every week, which whoever is on duty transforms into and gains the appropriate abilities to fight with. Due to their {{immortality}} however, once defeated they revert back to being a normal mook and retreat to their fortress to recover, letting another mook take the next shift the following week. This was how they were able to keep this up for ''thirteen years''.

!!''Sentai Dai Shikkaku'' provides examples of: