

**Warning: Answers may contain (hopefully hidden) spoilers from the end of the
series.**

Kiroumaru is a leader of the bakenezumi (monster rats or queerats) but he
looks a lot different from all the other ones in the show.

![Picture of Yakomaru and Kiroumaru next to each
other](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0cWeD.jpg)

On the left is Yakomaru, who looks like pretty much every other bakenezumi in
the show. On the right is Kiroumaru who is quite different from Yakomaru. In a
few of the episodes, I think I heard characters refer to Kiroumaru as a
bakenezumi, and nobody questioned why he looks so different. Is he really a
bakenezumi, or is he some other species that joined a bakenezumi tribe?


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Is Kiroumaru really a bakenezumi?


Think of Queerats as humans (WINK WINK). A person can be Asian, Caucasian,
etc. So, there are many different types of Queerats too; some of them have
horns, some have smaller teeth and (in this case) some of them are tall.

HOWEVER. There IS a speculation regarding Kiroumaru's height that involves the
origin of the Queerats. It's a last ep spoiler:

> Since Queerats are from non-PK humans, Kiroumaru's height might come from
> this. It might mean that he or his race didn't "evolve" properly into
> Queerats. Or, Kiroumaru's race might be tall in the first place. That is,
> when they were still humans, they were tall. So, when they turned into
> Queerats, they're tall too.

Hope that helps you :D


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