History Anime / BloodPlus

* BittersweetEnding: True, Diva is defeated and the Chiropteran threat is ended; [[spoiler:Saya's nieces will receive a healthy and loving human upbringing courtesy of Kai rather than being brought up to be monsters like Diva was]], and Saya can finally live her life without fighting and killing. It's even implied that [[spoiler:Hagi also survived the bombing of the Met and will rejoin her]]. Unfortunately, she'll have to go through thirty years of hibernation first, and will miss out on a lot of the lives of her family and friends in the process.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: [[BadassNormal David]]'s WeaponOfChoice.

%%* AnAxeToGrind: Lulu.

* {{Bishonen}}: Hagi and Solomon. Kai also counts.

%%* DarkSkinnedBlond: Monique

* 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.

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* KnifeNut: In addition to his cello case, Hagi has a seemingly unlimited supply of throwing knives.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Saya and Kaori act more like lovers than friends.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Joel I locked Diva away in a tower with Amshel as her only companion, and at the same time treated Saya like his daughter. Had he not done that, Diva would've probably '''not'' become the AxCrazy BigBad of the story.]]

* ModestOrgasm: Nathan is implied to have on when he's bitten by Diva, with him gasping, clenching and unclenching his fist and then slumping into the ground in a daze after she's done.

** 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]].

** TheLeader/ BigGood: Joel Goldschmidt IV, the descendant of the founding family of Red Shield.

* InfantImmortality: Horrifically averted when [[spoiler: [[MoralEventHorizon Diva kills Riku after]] ''[[MoralEventHorizon raping]]'' [[MoralEventHorizon him]]]]. Also the Chiropteran children.

* JustTrainWrong: The ''Siberia Express'' episode(s) - ''oh boy''. The train interior is ''absurdly spacious'', the bogeys are ''hollow/see-through''. A fight sequence takes place on the roof right under electric catenary which is positioned [[SarcasmMode "a bit higher"]] than it is in reality. Not only nobody up there recieves an instant jolt - they don't even meet a single pylon to slam them off the train. The express is apparently being hauled by an [[CriticalResearchFailure EMU]] but those aren't powerful enough to haul such long heavy trains. Its front crudely resembles the Czech-made ChS2 locomotive.

* VampiresAreSexGods: [[SexGoddess Diva's]] [[KissOfTheVampire bite]] is shown to be extremely pleasurable, with Nathan slumping down into the floor in a orgasmic daze after a particularyl long one. In the light novel adaptation, it's explained that something in Diva's eyes causes the Chevalier bloods to react with a "[[LivingAphrodisiac maddening desire]]" which is played for FanDisservice when [[spoiler: Diva uses it to rape Riku, making him incapable of physically resisting her and explains how she managed to get pregnant with him]].

* MosdestOrgasm: Nathan is implied to have on when he's bitten by Diva, with him gasping, clenching and unclenching his fist and then slumping into the ground in a daze after she's done.

* 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.]]

* MostestOrgasm: Nathan is implied to have on when he's bitten by Diva, with him gasping, clenching and unclenching his fist and then slumping into the ground in a daze after she's done.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Most of the characters in the manga.

* AmnesiacDissonance: Saya,

* AnAxeToGrind: Lulu.
* [[AnimalsHateHim Animals Hate Her]]: Poor Saya.

* AnyoneCanDie

* BigBrotherInstinct: Kai for Saya and Riku. [[NotBloodSiblings Well, with some confusion related to his feelings for Saya]].

* BloodSplatteredInnocents
* BloodyMurder: Chiropteran Queens and Chevaliers

* BreathWeapon: One of Amshel's powers.** Also, technically speaking, [[spoiler: Diva's rape of Riku, seeing as he's the adopted brother of her identical twin sister.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Saya gets broken ''twice'' thanks to her amnesia.

* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Collins for Julia.]]

* CampGay: Nathan is the gayest thing since gay came to Gaytown: voice, wardrobe, hair, he is a fashion designer, he works in musical theater...
** And yet it's revealed [[spoiler:that he's one of the most powerful chiropterans in the series; even Amshel doesn't dare push him too far.]]

* CleanCut

* CoolBoat: Red Shield's headquarters

* 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 the full backing from the U.S. military who 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 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.
** If you want a simpler description of this world, try fighting [[GoodIsNotNice David]] with mere instinct, then have him mercilessly beat you up for it.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Nathan.
* CuteAndPsycho: Oh God, Diva.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Monique

* DeathByAdaptation: Nathan and Mui in the manga.

* [[spoiler: DeliverUsFromEvil: Thoroughly averted.]]

* DressHitsFloor: The pivotal scene between [[spoiler: Diva and Riku]] in the episode 'Boy Meets Girl'.

* {{Eagleland}} Flavor 2: The American government is just downright '''EEEEVIL''' in this one
** Which is funny, considering how many of the good guys are American.
* [[spoiler:EarnYourHappyEnding]]
* EmergencyTransformation: Happens to [[spoiler: Riku]]
** [[spoiler: And Hagi.]]
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Saya. Poor Saya.

* EvilutionaryBiologist: Cinq Flèches.
* [[spoiler:EvilKnockoff: The Corpse Corps. See PsychoRangers below for details.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilTwin: Diva. Justified because of her upbringing.]]
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: The Schiff.
* ExtremeDoormat: Hagi, until late in the series
** Subverted. All of the Chevaliers appear to be Extreme Doormats, but they actually aren't. Ultimately, Hagi wants to fulfill Saya's wish, but he doesn't coddle to her every whim and is perfectly capable of disagreeing with her in order to protect her. The other Chevaliers are almost the opposite. They spoil Diva by giving her every little thing she wants, but they are primarily motivated by selfishness and continually manipulate her for their own benefit.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Diva.

* FlamboyantGay: Nathan Mahler, but boy is he dangerous

* GenkiGirl: Lulu

* GodzillaThreshold: Haji

* GunsAreWorthless: Bullets might slow a Chiropteran down, but to kill them you need Saya -- or at least her blood. Beheading and incineration also work, but these aren't exactly things that can be accomplished with firearms, and are generally nigh-impossible for ordinary humans to pull off anyway.
** Encasing them in concrete and sinking them to the bottom of the ocean seems to be the preferred method of dealing with them semi-permanently. Of course, this only works if you can manage to trap them into a strong cage before pouring in the concrete.
*** With the ignition rounds that Kai uses after the TimeSkip, they become slightly less useless in a fight.
* HappilyAdopted: Saya, Kai and Riku when living with George. [[spoiler: Too bad it didn't last.]]
** [[spoiler: In the epilogue, Diva's children living with Kai.]]

* HighPressureBlood

* HotScientist: Julia

* IfICantHaveYou

* IntrepidReporter: Okamura.

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: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.]]
** Averted in the manga [[spoiler: where he lives]].

* 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]].

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

* MadScientist: [[spoiler:Amshel]] is a combination of this and CorruptCorporateExecutive.

* MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad

* 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.

* 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".

* 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.

* OutWithABang: [[spoiler: Riku.]]
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank

* PreserveYourGays: [[spoiler:Nathan survives 'til the very end, outliving his boss, associates, underlings and several main characters. After Saya ''cuts him in half.'']] He makes a passing statement that implies [[spoiler:that he is not actually Diva's chevalier, but the chevalier of Saya and Diva's ''mother'']]. Saya's blood might not have ever been a threat to him. If this is true, [[spoiler:Nathan would be completely impossible to kill, unless Saya and Diva's aunt (who must have existed since Chiropteran queens are always twins) is still out there somewhere]].

* PsychopathicManchild: Diva

* TheQuietOne: Hagi.
* RapeDiscretionShot: When [[spoiler:Diva rapes Riku]].

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Saya, Diva and their Chevaliers.

* 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.

* 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.

* {{Roofhopping}}
* SaltAndPepper: David and Lewis.

* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily: The Schiff.

* SinisterScythe: Moses

* SoldierVsWarrior: James and Saya.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Haji or Hagi? No one seems to know for sure. Same goes for the Schiff/Sif.

* 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.]]

* StationaryWings: Occurs every now and then
* TheStoic: Hagi and David, but especially Hagi.
* SuicideBySunlight
* SunglassesAtNight: Lewis
* SwordDrag: Saya
* SwordPlant: Saya, again.

* 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.

* TrueCompanions: The members of Red Shield, especially later in the series.
** The Schiff as well.
* {{Tsundere}}: Mao.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Joel I locked Diva away in a tower with Amshel as her only companion, and at the same time treated Saya like his daughter. Had he not done that, Diva would've probably '''not'' become the AzCrazy BigBad of the story.]]
* VariableTerminalVelocity

* 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.

* TheWorfEffect: Poor Hagi.