Romero

Romero (ロメロ,) is the zombie pet poodle of Kotaro Tatsumi.

Official Bio
Kotaro Tatsumi's pet zombie dog.

Supposedly a toy poodle, although according to various people his size always seems to change. Being a zombie dog, Romero can gobble up food that would be bad for most dogs. His favorite food is cuttlefish. His gender is male. *Never feed dried squids to living dogs!

Appearance
Romero is a zombie dog with stitches and bandages over its body, it has different fur in two shades of blue, as well as what appears to be a bruise in its right elbow. It has doll-like eyes and its long fangs stick out of its mouth.

On various moments, he would look realistically frightening or Chibi-like.

Personality
Due to Romero's zombie appearance, he seems to look and act aggressive, but he actually behaves like a normal dog. As he spends more time with the Franchouchou idols, he becomes attached to them.

He's also very fond of eating the cuttlefish given to him.

Trivia

 * The name Romero is likely a reference to George A. Romero, a film director that is well known for the cult classic zombie movie called Night of the Living Dead.
 * Romero died one month after his third birthday.


 * Art Shift - switch from an adorably cartoonish design to a more realistic and scary one when you eat.
 * Extreme Omnivore: Like Tae, he generally tries to eat things that aren't even meant to be edible. In Episode 5 he swallows a whole baseball, and in Episode 10 it is implied that he ate a grasshopper who was unlucky enough to approach him.
 * Eye Scream - His left eye is missing, and when he undergoes an art change, his remaining eye is shown protruding from the socket.
 * Friendship between species: Tae and Romero show some form of friendship, the former being a human zombie and the latter a zombie dog. He is also friendly to Sakura, joins her in his morning jogs and fiercely protects her after she is run over by a truck in Episode 10.
 * Killer Rabbit: It may be an adorable puppy, but it is an adorable zombie puppy and becomes extremely dangerous when hungry.
 * Mysterious past: We don't know anything about his life and death, nor what time period it comes from.
 * Named after someone famous: His name is a nod to zombie movie director George A. Romero.
 * Non-Standard Character Design: It has the biggest cartoon design of all the characters, at least until it gets hungry.
 * Raising the Steaks: A cute puppy (usually) who is also a zombie. Presumably, Kotaro used the same methods to bring him back as a zombie that he did for the girls.
 * Series Mascot: Serves both inside and outside the universe; In Episode 6, Kotaro sells Franchouchou merchandise that has images of Rosemary (and is remarkably drawn in a much cuter art style).
 * Team Mascot: It is the mascot of the group of zombie idols, and is properly a zombie.
 * Endless Loyalty: Again, pun, he is very loyal to both Kotaro and the girls. After Sakura is hit by a truck again, she tries to attack the driver.