Curb-Stomp Battle: When 'Eric the Red,' an obnoxious Thegan, starts acting up and questioning Tom's authority in front of Takagi the Elder, Tom challenges Eric to a Holmgang (honor duel).Tom, more than once, has to go in and verbally (and sometimes literally) beat it into people's heads that the time for disagreements can wait until after everyone is safe and sound. You have kids and families from an upper-class high school, survivors of a high school (and their families) from the poorer end of town, groups of Japanese street gangs that are also wannabe vikings and germanic barbarians, the remains of a Christian Parish and school, and members of the Ultra-Nationalist movement. The group Tom gathers after the dead start rising are an.Western-style warfare, according to Tom, means slamming two nations together in a massive grinding slog, with the last nation to collapse being the winner. More importantly, the fight between Tom and Saeko breaks down what Tom calls the basic tenants of Western-style warfare and Eastern-style warfare: Eastern-style is based on that of a Glass Cannon, where you use your superior mobility and maneuverability to get into the right place and end the battle in a single stroke. The Kendo club is about poise and control, while the Reenactment Club are all about brute savagery.

Tom and the Reenactment Club are trained in a style used for war, while the Kendo Club uses a style for tournaments.

Culture Clash: In a literal sense, the duel between Tom and Saeko (and their respective clubs) on many levels.

After hearing Zombies referred to as 'Walking Dead,' he wonders if High School Of The Dead is in the same universe as The Walking Dead, and the events that happened in Georgia happened in the same world as this one. Specifically, while the weapons and supplies for the most part are all okay and make sense, potatoes and other perishable food needs to be bought or refreshed fairly quickly, so he knew the date this was going to happen.

The Takagi women quickly catch on that Tom knew that this was coming, specifically because of how prepared he was.

Crazy-Prepared: Tom put himself into debt just to buy everything that will be needed for the incoming zombie apocalypse, turned one of the maintenance rooms into an armory and trained a bunch of nerds and delinquents into an effective fighting force against the zombies.

Ascended Extra: Oga and along with Hilda, a 'vicious-looking green-haired baby', Furuichi Takayuki and the rest of Ishyama High School later found refuge with Tom and help him saving the rest of the remaining students at Fujimi High School.

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