Bee People: Quite literally in one of our main characters.First human to kill a Terra Formar without any special surgery, abilities, or tricks. Badass Normal: George Smiles of Bugs #1.Was also the first to die in combat against the roaches. Badass Israeli: God Lee of Bugs #2, the ground beetle-human.Every single one of them gets a moment to shine, and unlike some of their subordinates, they aren't scared of the Terraformars. Bad Ass Crew: The squad leaders of the Annex.Author Appeal: Yu Sasuga is clearly a big fan of Kamen Rider, especially considering one of the most sympathetic characters in Bugs #2 was a locust-human.Not so here, where beheaded roaches die just as quickly as humans. It's also a somewhat infamous fact that in real life, cockroaches can survive being decapitated.Virus, which Earth's governments want to use to increase the success rate of the M.O. Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke: All of this stems from the enigmatic A.E.Then there's the fact that all this takes place in an atmosphere related to be the equivalent of 7000 meters above sea level. Despite basically being a foodsource for the cockroaches that strengthens them. To further complicate matters the moths that were left on Mars seem to be evolving even faster than the cockroaches. Not to say anything about the roaches' hyper-evolution, which is less like evolution and closer to the adaptation ability of the Borg. While the actual attributes and abilities of the insects they are based on are true, you can't just turn humans into human-bug hybrids outside of the X-Men. Artistic License – Biology: This almost doesn't need to be said.As of this point, we don't know who or what Rahab is, just that he/she/it is probably responsible for what the roaches have become in just 500 years. Arc Words: "The memory left by Rahab".In the film, only two of the people sent to Mars return to Earth.Before the end of the second chapter, the main male character's girlfriend is given a One-Hit Kill in the first encounter with the bugs.For instance Bugs #1 is annihilated by the first prequel chapter and there are only two survivors from Bugs 2 by the end of the first volume.Several others unfortunately, suffer from We Hardly Knew Ye. A Day in the Limelight: Several characters are given at least half an episode which explains their backstory and why they came on the mission.Action Girl: While this generally applies to any of the female cast, Michelle stands out as an example of an Action Girl amongst a cast of them.His Mars ranking is #1 and it is still unclear if he has even undergone the M.O. Newton, the product of a centuries long experiment of selective breeding applied to humans. Absurdly Sharp Blade: Pretty much any character who has an adaptation which gives them a blade.A live action film adaptation directed by Takashi Miike was released April 29, 2016. In 2014, the series gained an OVA covering the BUGS 2 arc and a 13 episode TV anime adaptation covering the Annex I arc. Very explicit and bloody, and in many ways is a Spiritual Successor to Gantz. The team members are all able to take on aspects of other creatures in the animal kingdom, and use these proportional abilities and unique insect powers to fight back against the nearly endless hordes of roaches. However, the company that sent out Bugs #2 knew this was going to happen, and had prepared for it. Having hyper-evolved in the last 500 years (hinted due to alien influence), they are now 7 ft tall cavemen-like humanoid creatures who posses their original proportional strength as bugs (50 times their body mass), and the seeming ability to keep evolving against anything that can kill them. Upon arriving, the team found out what caused Bugs #1 to lose contact: the roaches. Now it is the time of the second expedition, Bugs #2. However, contact was lost with them almost immediately after arrival. Recently a team named Bugs #1 went to Mars to exterminate the roaches, since the atmosphere had developed enough that the moss alone could finish the job. The plan by late 21st century scientists was to release a form of moss on the planet along with cockroaches, who in turn would grow and eat, and their corpses would contribute to the moss growth, eventually leading to enough of a greenhouse effect for a breathable atmosphere to take hold. Humanity has reached an unsustainable level of overpopulation on Earth, and is beginning what would be the final stages of terraforming and colonizing Mars. TerraforMARS (alternatively Terra ForMars or Terra Formars) is an action/sci-fi manga written by Yu Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana.
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