History Anime / Karas

* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]]: [[spoiler: So the entire city was destroyed, and what is the result? On one hand, the bad guy is dead, the city is being rebuilt, and most of the human cast has survived. On the other hand, the {{Masquerade}} apparently wasn't broken beyond apparently a few rumors of "ghosts" so nobody outside the main cast learned anything, a few important characters were killed, and, oh yes: THE ENTIRE CITY WAS DESTROYED!]]

* HoYay: Otoha and [[spoiler: Reiji]].
** [[spoiler: They were going to move to New Zealand together!]] ''AND''
--->"It doesn't matter where we go, as long as you're there."

* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: Hinaru, who works as a Christmas tree salesgirl to complement her other job as a gimmicky news reporter.
** She actually quits the reporting job after the incident. Wanted to start fresh.

* DeadlyDoctor: Otoka isn't actually a doctor, but he helps patch up the demons, so they call him "Doctor Karas."

** Or {{Batman}} meets KamenRider, what with the brooding atmosphere and transforming hero legacy.

''Karas'' is a series of six {{OVA}}s by TatsunokoProduction, later released as a two-DVD set entitled ''Karas: The Prophecy'' and ''Karas: The Revelation''. It was originally produced [[MilestoneCelebration to commemorate Tatsunoko's fortieth anniversary]]. It is very [[{{HSQ}} awesome.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Hinaru being single while living in a small apartment in a large city along with her age make her seem like a {{Christmas cake}}. She even sells them.

->''One...two...three...four...five...six...seven...eight...nine...and it is ten. Sway, to and fro, sway...''

!!''Karas'' provides examples of:

* LightIsNotGood: The main villain is themed around white, shininess, and light. He also has no traces of any morality [[spoiler: except in his backstory]].
** And that's what pushes it into FridgeBrilliance territory.

* HeroicResolve: Otoha's first act on waking up from his coma? Bisect a Makura.

* LightIsNotGood: The main villain is themed entirely around white, shininess, and light. He's also a CompleteMonster, and has no traces of any morality [[spoiler: except in his backstory]].

* XMeetsY: {{Guyver}} meets TheCrow.

Supporting characters include Nue, a [[GunsAkimbo dual-pistol wielding]] wolf-demon who has his own beef with the ''mikura'', Kure Narumi and Minoru Sagisaka, two human police officers in the newly-created [[ParanormalInvestigation demon hunting division]], and Hinaru, a ditzy [[WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs job seeker]] who survived of a water-goblin (mikura) attack.

* ConspicuousCGI: Not quite averted, but well enough integrated that its about as close as we're going to get.

** By the time they get to the truly henshin art style... it just seems so out of place.

* AnimalMotifs: Most of the characters have one. Otoha's is a crow, which fits with his job (Karas is the japanese word for crow).

* AnimalMotifs: Most of the characters have one. Otoha's is a crow.

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* FridgeBrilliance: Why is Otoha insusceptible to pain? Never overtly explained, but then you remember [[spoiler: that he's the child of an incestuous relationship. It's a genetic disorder!]]

* BreakTheCutie: Sagisaka's daughter Yoshiko is a post-break example, having become a near-catatonic mute after witnessing a mikura slaughter her entire class. [[spoiler:SheGetsBetter, with the help of Kure.]]