History Anime / BloodPlus

* BloodIsTheNewBlack[=/=]BloodSplatteredWarrior: Saya. Seriously, you could count the number of times she ''hasn't'' been drenched in her foes' blood or her own on one hand. Talk about a blood orgy.

* BloodIsTheNewBlack[=/=]BloodSplatteredWarrior: Saya. Seriously, you could count the number of times she ''hasn't'' been drenched in her foes' blood or her own on one hand.

* BloodIsTheNewBlack[=/=]BloodSplatteredWarrior: Saya. Seriously, you could count the number of times she ''hasn't'' been drenched in her foes' blood or her own on one hand. Talk about a blood orgy.

* BloodIsTheNewBlack[=/=]BloodSplatteredWarrior: Saya. Seriously, you could count the number of times she ''hasn't'' been drenched in her foes' blood or her own on one hand.

* GlowingEyesofDoom: Chiropterans in general gain glowing eyes when they get serious.

* GoOutWithASmile: Diva's dying act is to smile at and caress her cocoons of her unborn daughters.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Amshel Goldsmith and Van Argeno.

** TokenHuman: Van Argeno

* GeniusSweetTooth: Van Argeno regularly eats hard candies.

* SecurityCling: [[spoiler: Moses and Carmen]] when they choose to burn up in the sun instead of succumbing to Thorn.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: George, Riku, and Solomon in the manga.

* SpoiledBrat: Saya (initially) thanks to Joel's superficial attempts at parenting. Meeting Hagi got her to mellow out.

* TagalongKid: David sees Kai and Riku as this. Riku [[spoiler: [[OutWithABang is raped and killed]] by Diva]]. Post-timeskip, Kai [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]], becomes more mature and becomes an important asset to the team.

** [[TheLancer The Lancers]]: Haji, being Saya's only Chivalier, and David, having a serious tone over his work.

** [[TheBigGuy The Big Guy(s)]]: Lewis, carrying most of hte heavy weapons. [[spoiler:Also the Schiff, who have the most experience in the war against Chiropterains and the only one who can kill them besides Saya and Haji.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: Each of the Schiff uses a different kind of weapon, many of them [[{{BFS}} fairly oversized]]. Saya wields a [[KatanasAreJustBetter specially designed katana]] [[spoiler: later reforged with a crystal from George]], David uses a [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]], Kai wields [[TragicKeepsake his father's handgun]] with [[AbnormalAmmo explosive ammo]], [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Solomon]] chooses to transform his hand into a [[SimpleYetAwesome simple and functional]] [[BladeBelowTheShoulder blade]]..... the list goes on. The weapons represent either their personalities or their history and emotions. Or both.

* WingPull: [[spoiler: Hagi, when Saya falls off a skyscraper]]

* ThePromise: Hagi's promise to Saya that [[spoiler:he will kill her after she defeats Diva]]

* DudeShesLikeInAComa: A gender averted example. Julia kisses David this way while he's injured at a hospital.

* LightIsNot

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Rasputin and Martin Bormann were Diva's Chevaliers

* LightIsNotGood: Solomon, who wears white and has an angelic appearance. ([[spoiler:That is, until he leaves Diva's side]], however, even that has nothing to do with any sense that [[spoiler: trying to kill off all or most of humanity is ''wrong''. He just decided that he liked Saya more]].
** Diva as well. Pale pretty girl with blue eyes, wears white Victorian clothing, is an opera singer and often described as an angel. Bad side? [[spoiler:She is a century and a half old Chiropteran Queen who has killed thousands of people, participated in an experiment to create a virus to turn others into chiropterans, had figures such as Grigori Rasputin and Martin Bormann as her chevaliers, meaning she was involved in, if not being the mastermind of, the Romanov Massacre (as she also impersonated Anastasia in a manga sidestory) and WWII. Should I also mention she raped a 14-year old boy to get pregnant and then killed him, all for the sake of pissing off her sister? Also, when she sings, people turn into monsters.]]
* LighterAndSofter: The manga- pretty much nobody dies, in stark comparison to the anime.
** Also DarkerAndEdgier in the sense that it is more perverted (inappropriate panty shots abound) and there is plenty of nasty gore.
* TheLoad: Played straight and averted with Kai and Riku. At the beginning of the series, neither have much fighting skill and mostly hindered Red Shield. On many occasions, though, they gave Saya some required emotional support in order to fulfill her tasks. After the [[spoiler: [[TimeSkip destruction of Red Shield]]]], Kai trains and becomes an important part of the team, being able to fight as well as counsel those in distress.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Saya until the Zoo arc.
* LuckilyMyPowersWillProtectMe: [[TemptingFate James taunts Saya]] about how her blood can't poison him if she can't pierce his armored skin.
* MadeOfIndestructium: What {{fanon}} believes Hagi's cello is made of. Otherwise it should have been smashed to pieces hundreds of times over while he is using his cello case as a weapon.
* MadScientist: [[spoiler:Amshel]] is a combination of this and CorruptCorporateExecutive.
** Cinq Fleche employs a few of others such as Boris (creator of the Schiff) and Van (who worked to perfect Delta 67)
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Avoided. Several [[GoodThingICanHeal Chevaliers]] avoid any major reactions when they undergo injuries. These injuries include [[spoiler: Solomon and Hagi]] having arms sliced off and Solomon having a giant hole ripped through his stomach. However, many of these aren't major injuries in the first place as they [[HealingFactor heal extremely quickly]].
* [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Men Of Wealth And Taste]]: Diva's Chevaliers.
* MayContainEvil: Cinq Fleche distributed a bunch of food products laced with Delta 67.
* MeaningfulName:
** The Schiff who led the others out of captivity is named [[Literature/TheBible ''Moses'']].
** [[LukeNounverber James Ironside]], a MightyGlacier with NighInvulnerability.
** Possible example with the name Hagi. In Japanese 'Haji' can mean 'shame' or 'guilt'. [[spoiler: This is meaningful as it is a possible explanation for why he becomes such a [[TheStoic Stoic]] after the Vietnam incident. Indeed, WordOfGod states that feeling responsible for what happened is the reason he is a more subdued character by the time Saya meets him again in the first episode.]]
* MegaCorp: Though Cinq Flèches is largely described as a pharmaceutical enterprise, it has enough resources to be active in other industries, such as technology, food production, military contracting, and, of course, Chiropteran-based genetic manipulation. They even own and run an all-girls high school in Vietnam.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: People didn't start to lose sympathy for Diva, despite the hundreds of people she killed, [[spoiler: until ''after'' she raped and killed Riku.]]
* MistressAndServantBoy: [[spoiler:Hagi and Saya's]] relationship began this way.
* MortalWoundReveal: Following a lengthy fight, [[spoiler: Solomon]] rips open a small cut on his clothing. Turns out a small wound with Saya's [[BloodyMurder blood]] was enough to make his body [[TakenForGranite slowly crystallize and crumble]].
* MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad
* MurderTheHypotenuse: What Solomon would love to do to Hagi.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Both Saya and Diva are tiny, but still able to hold their own. Saya can chop chiropterans in half with ease, and Diva was able to actually throw Saya clean through a ''brick wall'' without even trying.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Van towards the end of the series after witnessing Delta 67 turn [[spoiler:many members of the public]] into Chiropterans.
* MysteriousProtector: Hagi, early in the series. Less so once TheWorfEffect kicks in.
* NakedOnArrival: How the Chiropteran queens emerge from their hibernation cocoons.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Saya]] is responsible for unleashing Diva on the world. In her defense, however, she had no way of knowing what would happen, and it was more the original Joel and Amshel's fault that Diva became that way anyway.
* NighInvulnerability: Queens and their Chevaliers are capable of [[HealingFactor quickly healing almost any wound]]. This includes being impaled through the stomach with a tree trunk, stabbed with many large sharp implements and having arms cut off. If bad turns to worse and they are poisoned by Saya's [[BloodyMurder blood]], Chevaliers have the option to amputate themselves and obtain replacement limbs.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Two American politicians are based on Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleeza Rice; also note the hidden references to the Rothschild family in the names of the Chevalier. And "David" looks [[http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pureanimegallery.com/d/1508-2/david-from-blood-plus.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pureanimegallery.com/v/bloodplus/david/david-2.jpg.html&usg=__6-Gr3AOmdy6-AYUQESoycNUAtvg=&h=150&w=200&sz=8&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=QH0MgfaQTon15M:&tbnh=78&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBlood%2BPlus%2BDavid%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN just a bit familiar]], especially to fans of [[DavidBowie another David]].
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: [[spoiler: Hagi]] and the bombing of the opera house.
* NoSocialSkills: The Schiff due to being created to be used as living weapons. The very concept of asking somebody for something instead of taking it by force was completely alien to them.
* NotBloodRelated: Kai has a definite ''thing'' for Saya.
* Novelization: The Light Novel series by Ryo Ikehata, also acts as an AdaptationExpansion.
* NukeEm[=/=]ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure: [[NuclearWeaponsTaboo though actual nukes aren't used]], the US military's primary method of dealing with Chiropterans is "Option D", aka "turn the place into a smoking crater".
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Saya considers it her personal duty to kill Diva, not merely because she's the best suited for the job, but also because [[spoiler: she was the one who released Diva in the first place.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity [[spoiler: Nathan. Hinted at, and fully revealed in the end.]]
* OneWingedAngel: [[TheDragon Amshel]] and other Chevaliers. Strangely, [[BigBad Diva]] does not go through with this.
* TheOphelia: Diva really has the whole package going for her. Long hair, prone to sing songy babbling, broken princess.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Definitely one of the better uses of this trope and one that shows some real creativity. It's really a complete reinvention of the vampire archetype; they are a completely different species (rather than merely former humans[[note]]Ok, the Chevaliers are, but they can't exist without the queens.[[/note]]), with a [[BeePeople hive-like]] social hierarchy and reproductive method.
** It's worth noting that the Schiff, artificial chiropterans developed in a laboratory, are about as close as this series gets to traditional vampires. They look human, have superhuman strength and speed, need blood to survive, and burst into flames if they're exposed to direct sunlight for more than a few seconds.
* OutWithABang: [[spoiler: Riku.]]
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank
* PainfulTransformation: As seen when Saya turns [[spoiler:Riku]] to save his life, the conversion from human to chevalier is not a pleasant experience.
* PeopleJars: [[spoiler: How they make the Corpse Corps.]]
* PerpetualMotionMonster: Chirpoterans. One specifically had been sealed in a vault for decades with no blood and remained alive, yet emaciated.
* PinnedDown: Red Shield agents will provide support fire to keep enemy Chiropterans in one place distracting them from Saya.
* PlayingWithSyringes: The experiments with Delta-series drugs.
* PowerDegeneration: The Thorn for the Schiff, which slowly crystallizes their bodies. Saya goes through this when she [[spoiler: approaches her hibernation cycle]], suffering fainting spells and a weakened healing factor. [[spoiler:And Nathan reveals that Diva also suffered this as a result of her pregnancy, hence why her blood didn't petrify Saya when the two stabbed each other at the end of their FinalBattle.]]
* PowerPerversionPotential: [[spoiler: Rasputin]] used his [[FaceStealer shapeshifting]] abilities to get some naked gropes in on Saya while he looked like a girl.
* PrehensileHair: [[spoiler: Rasputin's]] primary method of attack in his Chiropteran form.
* ThePromise: Hagi's promise to Saya that [[spoiler:he will kill her after she defeats Diva]]
* PsychopathicManchild: Diva
* PsychoRangers: [[spoiler:The Corpse Corps are this for the Schiff. Despite undergoing similar treatment and brutal training, those of the Corpse Corps are emotionless, thoughtless, cold-blooded killers who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals as given by their masters. It's no wonder Moses freaks out when he sees who are really behind the masks.]]
* PsychoSerum: The Delta-series drugs originated as an attempt to create artificial Chevaliers to serve as {{super soldier}}s.
* PullingThemselvesTogether: Chevaliers border on this trope. Solomon and Hagi have been able to reattach their severed arms and use them just fine.
* TheQuietOne: Hagi.
* RapeDiscretionShot: When [[spoiler:Diva rapes Riku]].
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Both Saya and Diva, though the latter fits the trope better.
* RRatedOpening: The first episode begins with a {{flashback}} of Saya temporarily becoming AxCrazy and going on a killing spree through a Vietnamese village.
** MoodDissonance: This is immediately followed by the first TitleSequence with its bouncy J-pop theme music, then a present day scene with an unaged, perfectly sane Saya as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Saya, Diva and their Chevaliers.
** Charles is noteworthy, since he is physically 12 years old.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: [[BadassNormal David]]'s WeaponOfChoice
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Diva's first action when Saya let her out was to kill [[spoiler: Joel and his staff]]. Things probably wouldn't have been so bad if she didn't extend it to all of humanity.
** Saya after [[spoiler: Riku's]] death.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Saya and Kaori act more like lovers than friends.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Saya's eyes are a dull shade of red, but turn bright, glowing red when she uses her vampiric abilities. [[spoiler:Diva, the main antagonist, has blue eyes which also glow brightly when she's serious.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: [[spoiler: Saya and Diva, highlighted by their [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Color Coded]] eyes, as mentioned above.]]
** George and David's OddFriendship [[spoiler: back when he was alive.]]
** There's also Kai to Riku and Saya. Really, the whole series is rife with this trope.
* RedRightHand: Subverted; Hagi's right hand gives away his true nature as a Chevalier, and freaks Saya out when she first sees it, but he is still a heroic character.
** Played straight with Karl's hand, which was injured when he fought Saya in the Vietnam war.
* ReluctantWarrior: Saya in the first half of the show.
* TheRenfield: Diva's Chevaliers, although they are a bit of a subversion.
* {{Roofhopping}}
* SaltAndPepper: David and Lewis.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Saya sports one of these [[spoiler:during her final confrontation with Diva.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections / ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Joel crashes Cinq Fleches' party with David and it is perfectly clear that he was not invited; however, because of who he is, no one, including security and the Goldsmiths, dares kick him out.
* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily: The Schiff.
* SecurityCling: [[spoiler: Moses and Carmen]] when they choose to burn up in the sun instead of succumbing to Thorn.
* SenselessViolins: Averted; Hagi keeps Saya's sword in his cello case, along with an actual cello, and plays it more than once. He's very good, too.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Solomon's hand/blade.
* ShockAndAwe: One of Amshel's Chiropteran powers.
* ShutUpHannibal: Saya and Hagi's response to Amshel trying to give her a BreakingSpeech and TomatoSurprise. They [[CurbStompBattle failed]].
* SinisterScythe: Moses
* TheSleepless: Chevalier don't need to sleep. Saya has occasionally wondered how Hagi spends his sleepless nights.
* SlipknotPonytail: Hagi whenever he's taking a beating.
* SoldierVsWarrior: James and Saya.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: George, Riku, and Solomon in the manga.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Haji or Hagi? No one seems to know for sure. Same goes for the Schiff/Sif.
** And Karl or Carl.
* SpoiledBrat: Saya (initially) thanks to Joel's superficial attempts at parenting. Meeting Hagi got her to mellow out.
* SpoilerOpening: If you pay attention to the background before the chorus starts in the first opening, you'll see a significant plot point for the last 13 episodes of the series.
* StealthPun: A feature found on some swords is commonly known as a "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_groove blood groove]]", but rarely so literally as in this series.
* StuffBlowingUp: The preferred method of dealing with accidents is 'Option D', which means dropping missiles on the affected area. On a smaller scale, Kai uses [[AbnormalAmmo special bullets]] which ultimately cause parts of [[NighInvulnerable Chiropterans]] to explode.
* SuperEmpowering: Drinking a Queen's blood will turn somebody into a Chevalier.
* SuperSoldier: The Delta-series and the Schiff were failed experiments in creating artificial Chevaliers to serve as super soldiers. [[spoiler:Ultimately, they succeeded with the Corpse Corps.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: Solomon and Karl both have this for Saya, although to different degrees. Solomon wants Saya to love him, while Karl wants to kill her while she kills him. [[spoiler: Diva had also developed this kind of obsession with Riku after she met him.]]
** This was also Mao's initial reason for following Kai across the world.
* StationaryWings: Occurs every now and then
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Given by Kai to David after his [[HeroicBSOD BSOD]] as a part of [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan snapping him out of it]]
* TheStoic: Hagi and David, but especially Hagi.
* SuicideBySunlight
* SunglassesAtNight: Lewis
* SwordDrag: Saya
* SwordPlant: Saya, again.
* TagalongKid: David sees Kai and Riku as this. Riku [[spoiler: [[OutWithABang is raped and killed]] by Diva]]. Post-timeskip, Kai [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]], becomes more mature and becomes an important asset to the team.
* TakenForGranite: Any Chiropteran killed by the blood of the opposing queen, as well as Schiff who die of the Thorn.
* TakingYouWithMe: In their final battle, Karl attempts to completely drain Saya of her blood, which would kill him as well, in the hopes that they would die together. Saya [[DeliberateInjuryGambit doesn't go for it]]. Ditto with James and later Amshel.
* TheTeam: Red Shield becomes this notably in the later half of the series.
** TheLeader/ BigGood: Joel Goldschmidt IV, the descendant of the founding family of Red Shield.
** TheHero: Saya, the only one who can kill Chiropterans, the Cinqe Fleches Chivaliers, and Diva.
** [[TheLancer The Lancers]]: Haji, being Saya's only Chivalier, and David, having a serious tone over his work.
** TheSmartGuy: Akihiro, the reporter who gathers information pertaining to Chiropterains.
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Guy(s)]]: Lewis, carrying most of hte heavy weapons. [[spoiler:Also the Schiff, who have the most experience in the war against Chiropterains and the only one who can kill them besides Saya and Haji.]]
** [[TheChick The Chicks]]: Kai, Julia, and Mao. They all give emotional support to various members of the team.
* TeamChef: Lewis does love to cook.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Kakimoto and Kato, Kai and Mao's friends back in Okinawa. Their relevancy to the overall plot is about the same as air.
* ThickerThanWater: Subverted. One may expect [[ReluctantWarrior Saya]] to abandon her [[spoiler: adopted brothers]] after discovering [[spoiler: she's a Chiropteran]] and live with them. Instead, she decides to stay and fight as she feels the former are more important to her.
* ThroughHisStomach: David has a fondness for the horribly bitter coffee Julia brews.
* TimeSkip: An entire year passes between episode 32 and 33.
* TomatoInTheMirror: Thanks to her LaserGuidedAmnesia, Saya is initially unaware that she [[spoiler: is herself a Chiropteran]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Kai after [[spoiler: Riku's death]]
** Riku in the manga after the time skip, especially after learning of [[spoiler:Charles' death]], and Saya's plans for Diva.
* TragicKeepsake: Kai wielding George's handgun, Joel's dysfunctional watch, Saya's sword [[spoiler: when it becomes reforged with a crystal from her adopted father]], and Kai's necklace [[spoiler: which contains a crystal from Riku.]]
* TrueCompanions: The members of Red Shield, especially later in the series.
** The Schiff as well.
* {{Tsundere}}: Mao.
* VariableTerminalVelocity
* VegetarianVampire: Saya is one of a sort. She largely refrains from drinking ''any'' kind of blood, instead getting it through regular transfusions.
* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: Part of the BackStory.
* ThreeMonthOldNewborn: The newborn Saya and Diva are described in Joel's diary as looking like two-month-old human babies. [[spoiler:Diva's daughters]] are a better example; from the minute they emerge from the cocoons, they have full heads of hair, and are cooing, smiling, and even giggling. Justified, since in both examples, the babies aren't human.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Subverted. When Kai brings Irene back with him to just ask Saya if the Schiff can have some of her blood, Saya's response is to attack Irene. Kai and David talk her out of it and she agrees to give her blood to help Irene. And then the rest of the Schiff show up and think Irene has been captured and they start fighting again. This time it is Irene who talks them down.
* WalkingTheEarth: All the major characters do a lot of traveling.
* WeakButSkilled: Since Saya and Hagi get their blood from transfusions instead of eating humans like Diva and her Chevaliers, they aren't as physically powerful. They can still go toe to toe with them thanks to martial skills and teamwork.
** UnskilledButStrong: Diva contrasts this. She's nowhere near as skilled as Saya, but she's so strong and fast that she doesn't really need them.
* WeaponOfChoice: Each of the Schiff uses a different kind of weapon, many of them [[{{BFS}} fairly oversized]]. Saya wields a [[KatanasAreJustBetter specially designed katana]] [[spoiler: later reforged with a crystal from George]], David uses a [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]], Kai wields [[TragicKeepsake his father's handgun]] with [[AbnormalAmmo explosive ammo]], [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Solomon]] chooses to transform his hand into a [[SimpleYetAwesome simple and functional]] [[BladeBelowTheShoulder blade]]..... the list goes on. The weapons represent either their personalities or their history and emotions. Or both.
* WeAreTeamCannonFodder: Red Shield agents. The name is even a nod to this, their blood and flesh will become a shield for Saya so she can slay the Chiropterans.
* WillfullyWeak: [[spoiler: Hagi chooses not to use his higher end Chevalier powers because his initial usage terrified Saya. His [[RedRightHand right hand]] being [[ShapeShifterModeLock stuck in claw form]] is a source of shame for him.]]
* WingPull: [[spoiler: Hagi, when Saya falls off a skyscraper]]
* WhamEpisode: Episode 32, "Boy Meets Girl. [[spoiler: Diva rapes and kills Riku and Red Shield is destroyed.]]
* WhatHaveIBecome: [[spoiler:Saya's reaction to discovering she's a Chiropteran.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The Red Shield has little qualms about killing any and all chiropterans who ''aren't'' working with or for them (i.e. Saya and Haji), and neither do Saya and Haji. It's shown on multiple occasions that many chiropterans are capable of human emotions and have some form of conscience, but they don't seem to care: if they're out harming humans, they ''have'' to die. In the manga, Saya even explicitly tells Riku, her own brother, after his conversion that she's going to kill him simply for being a chiropteran.
* TheWorfEffect: Poor Hagi.
* WreckedWeapon: Amshel broke Saya's sword in their initial confrontation. When she got it reforged, David had a crystal that came from [[spoiler: George]] added to the hilt.
* {{Yakuza}}: Mao steals from her gangster father so she can follow the heroes around the world.
* YouAreWorthHell: Expressed by Solomon and Hagi towards Saya. Solomon threw away everything to try to be with her and Hagi doesn't regret his long life as a human pincushion either.
* YouShallNotPass: Hagi does his damnedest to perform one of these in episode 21, "Sour Grapes," against the Schiff. [[spoiler:And again, more successfully, in the finale.]]
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** Diva as well. Pale pretty girl with blue eyes, wears white Victorian clothing, is an opera singer and often described as an angel. Bad side? [[spoiler:She is a century and a half old Chiropteran Queen who has killed thousands of people, participated in an experiment to create a virus to turn others into chiropterans, had figures such as Gregory Rasputin and Martin Bormann as her chevaliers, meaning she was involved in, if not being the mastermind of, the Romanov Massacre (as she also impersonated Anastasia in a manga sidestory) and WWII. Should I also mention she raped a 14-year old boy to get pregnant and then killed him, all for the sake of pissing off her sister? Also, when she sings, people turn into monsters.]]

* IronicEpisodeTitle: In most shows, with a title like "Boy Meets Girl", you might expect the plot to involve a poignant tale of FirstLove. Of course, if you expect that from this series, you've forgotten what show you're watching, as this is the episode where all hell breaks loose, [[spoiler: Red Shield's headquarters is destroyed, and Joel is paralyzed. Oh, and the eponymous boy meeting the girl? That's where Diva rapes and kills Riku.]]

** [[spoiler: first [[SubvertedTrope subverted]], given that one does not expect Riku to survive his first encounter with Diva, then tragically [[TheUntwist untwisted]], given that one does expect him to survive his second encounter with her.]]

* KissOfLife: Played with; to awaken Saya's Chiropteran powers to save her from the first Delta-series Chiropteran she encounters, Hagi gives her some of his blood by putting it into his mouth and kissing her. [[spoiler: This is later revealed to be a sort of MeaningfulEcho of how she turned him into a Chevalier in the first place, giving him some of her blood to save his life after he fell off a cliff-which ironically was her fault, since she tried to grab a flower over the edge just to give it as a birthday present to the first Joel.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: Played straight for both sides. In their final showdown, [[spoiler: Diva and Saya stab each other with their blood, which normally would have killed both of them, but Saya survives because Diva's pregnancy - via raping and killing Riku - made her blood lose its potency]].
** Also, [[spoiler: the first Joel locked Diva up for decades and treated her like a lab rat for no good reason, while treating Saya like a daughter. Retribution comes when Saya releases Diva, who kills him in revenge.]]

* [[spoiler: LeaveYourQuestTest: In 1900's Russia, with the chevalier girl tempting Saya.]]

* LightIsNotGood: Solomon, who wears white and has an angelic appearance ([[spoiler:that is, until he leaves Diva's side]], however, even that has nothing to do with any sense that [[spoiler: trying to kill off all or most of humanity is ''wrong''. He just decided that he liked Saya more]].
** Diva as well. Pale pretty girl with blue eyes, wears white Victorian clothing, is a opera singer and often described as a angel. Bad side? [[spoiler:She is a century and a half old Chiropteran Queen who has killed thousands of people, participated in a experiment to create a virus to turn others into chiropterans, had figures such as Gregory Rasputin and Martin Bormann as her chevaliers, meaning she was involved in, if not being the mastermind of, the Romanov Massacre (As she also impersonated Anastasia) and WWII. Should I also mention she raped a 14-year old boy to get pregnant and then killed him, all for the sake of pissing off her sister? Also, when she sings, people turn into monsters.]]
* LighterAndSofter: The manga - pretty much nobody dies, in stark comparison to the anime.

* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Karl to Saya (and Diva, it's implied) in the anime; Solomon to Saya in the manga

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:the Schiff, and later Solomon Goldsmith.]]

* HesBack: David, after he's finished [[DrowningMySorrows drowning his sorrows]]

* FlashBack: Many scattered throughout the series, with a few [[WholeEpisodeFlashBack episodes flashing back to Saya and hagi's past]]

* CrapsackWorld: Wherever you are, a nearly NighInvulnerable Chiropteran could appear and attack you. Whether hiding as a person you know or out in the open at night. If you're lucky, one of them could be a Chevailer of an EvilDiva who runs rampant when she's awake. Furthermore, you yourself could turn into a Chiropteran just by taking an everyday food produced by a massive MegaCorp run by these things. Worse yet, they have full backing from the U.S. military and do will do their best to eliminate you if you get too close. If you're lucky to survive, your only way of fighting them is Saya, who is retains having an {{Angst}} personality and will only side with you normally every thirty years. The other option is Red Shield, which is reluctant to accept those who slow their fight against the Chiropterans.

* CharacterDevelopment: Kai evolves from an EmoTeen to a mature, confident hero. Saya and Hagi get a bit as well

* BodyguardCrush: Hagi's love for Saya

[[caption-width-right:350:Hagi and Saya, with a Chiropteran in the background.]]

* CryForTheDevil: [[spoiler: Diva. As Nathan puts it when she dies: "Poor girl...she just wanted to have a family..."]] Also Karl, possibly.

* AlternateContinuity: The series' relationship to ''BloodTheLastVampire''. Also, the manga's relationship to the series.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Amshel Goldsmith and Van Argeno
* CrapsackWorld: Wherever you are, a nearly NighInvulnerable Chiropteran could appear and attack you. Whether hiding as a person you know or out in the open at night. If you're lucky, one of them could be a Chivailer of an EvilDiva who runs rampant when she's awake. Furthermore, you yourself could turn into a Chiropteran just by taking an everyday food produced by a massive MegaCorp run by these things. Worse yet, they have full backing from the U.S. military and do will do their best to eliminate you if you get too close. If you're lucky to survive, your only way of fighting them is Saya, who is retains having an {{Angst}} personality and will only side with you normally every thirty years. The other option is Red Shield, which is reluctant to accept those who slow their fight against the Chiropterans.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Played straight for both sides. In their final showdown, [[spoiler: Diva and Saya stab each other with their blood, which normally would have killed both of them, but Saya survives because Diva's pregnancy - via raping and killing Riku - made her blood lose its potency]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: Played straight for both sides. In their final showdown, [[spoiler: Diva and Saya stab each other with their blood, which normally would have killed both of them, but Saya survives because Diva's pregnancy made her blood lose its potency]].

Saya Otonashi is seemingly an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent in Okinawa, aside from her amnesia and anemia. All she wants is to compete in track and spend time with her American adopted father George and her (also adopted) brothers, moody Kai and innocent Riku. However, Saya's world changes forever when she's attacked by a Chiropteran, a hulking, bat-like humanoid monster. This prompts a rescue by Hagi, a mysterious, handsome [[TheStoic stoic]] who seems devoted to protecting Saya. Hagi kisses Saya, forces her to drink his blood, then gives Saya a sword coated with her own blood. This event cause a strange transformation in Saya; her eyes glow red and she becomes a fighting machine, quickly killing the Chiropteran. Afterwards, answers are refused while even more strange accidents occur all around Saya; eventually, she is forced into leaving her home to help a secret organization called Red Shield stop a mysterious entity only known as Diva. However, not everything is black and white, and Saya soon begins to doubt her reasons to fight, her allies, and her own humanity.

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