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Ratman  
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Description
Meet Shooto. He's a bit vertically-challenged. He also wants to be a hero. So he becomes a villain instead. Sort of. Not really. Wait a minute here, why is he so heroic if he’s sup­posed to be the bad guy? And what about the so-called good guys? Why are they so… evil?

Type
Manga

Related Series
N/A

Associated Names
RATMAN ฮีโร่พันธุ์จิ๋ว
Ratman - The smallest hero!?

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Dragon&Fly Scans
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Latest Release(s)
v.10 c.47 by Silent Sky (5d ago)
v.9 c.46.5 by Dragon&Fly Scans (237d ago)
v.9 c.46 by Dragon&Fly Scans (245d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
11 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?
No

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

User Reviews
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Forum
2 topics, 3 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.6 / 10.0 (334 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.45 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 18th 2013, 5:58pm PST

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Genre
Action  Comedy  Ecchi  Romance  School Life  Sci-fi  Shounen 
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Author(s)
INUI Sekihiko

Artist(s)
INUI Sekihiko

Year
2007

Original Publisher
Kadokawa Shoten

Serialized In (magazine)
Shounen A (Kadokawa Shoten)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
TokyoPop (4 Volumes - Defunct)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #29 increased(+4)
Monthly Pos #81 increased(+127)
3 Month Pos #348 increased(+220)
6 Month Pos #374 increased(+123)

List Stats
On 2355 reading lists
On 492 wish lists
On 23 unfinished lists
On 185 custom lists

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Forum Posts
Vol 7 Chapter 32 73 days, 19 hours, 3 minutes ago
Discussion (spoilers) 427 days, 16 hours, 17 minutes ago

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 What do u value when u read manga?   
Rating: N/A
by takashi_mubi
September 14th, 2012, 9:53am
Its all come down to what do u want in a manga. This manga is typically a happy manga with light drama that really wont bring u to tear. However, it have some decent comedies with the jackies in the early chapters. Not only that, decent art too. If u want a fun and relaxing thing to read, this is for you. If you r looking for some grand advanture, this isnt the right one.
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 Pretty Good..   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by Vayth
August 27th, 2012, 10:12pm
I like the settings and the plot. I like all the jackals member, including shooto, especially jackys XD
the humors are good too..
if only not for the fillers and random chapters, I would give it higher
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 Author is starting to run out of idea   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by gensou
August 2nd, 2012, 11:23am
Ratman was a good series until about 30 or so chapters in which the author writing skill deteriorate to a point of him writing a random plot out of no where and can easily be pick apart for all of its plot hole that all end with Ratman being consider more and more like a hero which is good in some way but it get old after 30 or so chapters, to a point where there aren't really much plot creativity left for the author.
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 lolz   
Rating: N/A
by tazmaniandeval
July 27th, 2012, 1:21am
ok give a good guy a super suit..... then tell him he (by contract) is a villian.... i just got to laugh at the sad turnout for our little illfated "hero"... then you throw in the escapades of the mime-like jackies and its perfect.... i mean those dudes just know how to be in the worst place at the worst time.... then when you think they are completely useless they do something right, and to be honest in my opinion i mostly kept reading to see what the heck they will pull off next.... the jackies are just awesome smile

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 The "antihero" category is misleading   
Rating: 6.0 / 10.0
by RIP131
July 26th, 2012, 6:27am
It is hard to have an antihero main character in a shounen manga. Sometimes it works /Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro/ but without making it borderline seinen it feels half-assed.
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
The main character is typical shounen male lead, in other word a hero with strong moral compass, witch is a polar opposite of the egoist, manipulative antihero. The method of accomplishing their goal is just too different
. The other characters are great,
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
except the sempai who is just a female clone of the main char
. The comedy is generally good but nothing groundbreaking. If you like shounen manga check it out.
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 The usual crap   
Rating: 1.0 / 10.0
by imercenary
May 3rd, 2012, 7:54am
Kid gets superpowers. Kid has ideals questioned. Kid's power of friendship and kindness triumphs over child soldiers, human experimentation and black box organizations. Everyone goes home happy.

(6 volumes translated) This is shallower than a Saturday morning cartoon plot. The story keeps hinting at the darker aspects of human biological weapons development but never goes anywhere with it. Instead, the story plays it safe with the usual "beat up enemy = become their friend" pattern. The whole synopsis about becoming a villain? Never explored. The heroes? Never explored.

... Last updated on May 3rd, 2012, 8:05am
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 Real good.   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by ninjarear
April 8th, 2012, 11:55am
I know most people hate the cliche hero story but Shooto is a genuinely nice guy with his own faults so he's both likable and the reader can relate to him. The art isn't the greatest in the world but it's decent in its own sort of charm. The characters are all pretty cool and Ratman is such a badass looking kamen rider inspired anti hero that you just can't hate him, kinda reminds me of a cross between Venom, Batman, and Kamen Rider.
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 decent shounen   
Rating: N/A
by Domonkazu
February 28th, 2012, 1:54pm
so far I like it pretty much, this is not your average shounen, the characters are definitely not single dimension, the main character started as weak person, but he has strong belief and very good personality, even so what I like that he always questioned every action he made, not really simple minded like in majority of shounen char, and even the seems to be a bad guy has another side.

the art is pretty clean and well drawn, definitely a good read
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 useless peace loving protagonist.   
Rating: 1.0 / 10.0
by Astral100
February 16th, 2012, 4:40am
Oh my god, so disappointed. It was wonderful until 2nd volume where the fight in heroes conference happened. Can't stand this cliche fight where main hero keep getting punched by the bad guy without resisting although he is stronger and then bad guy says something making main hero angry and main hero defeats the bad guy in one punch.
What the fuck was good guy knocked around for? Just seems really stupid. Hate cliches like that.
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 Random Comedy JACKIES!!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Trejon
January 20th, 2012, 7:49pm
Whahaha, its been a while since i had such a good read, to bad that there are only 17 chapters released... i want MOARRR (more), and the jackies are really good, i wonder how they are under their masks
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