History Manga / DanceInTheVampireBund

** In the manga, it is noted that vampires and werewolves are ''not'' native to Japan, thereby rendering this trope irrelevant.

** Anna, one of the Fangless kids in the volume five, [[UndeadChild looks four or five]]. She's explicitly said by Jiji to be the oldest of the three and actually goes to ''high school'', in [[spoiler:Mina and Akira's class]]. This is also responsible for a CrowningMomentOfFunny in the volume five omakes.

* InstantHomeDelivery: The Lorenzo Corporation, makers of the artificial blood known as Stigma, have an absurdly efficient delivery system. A doctor once tromped an order for Stigma in the dirt on a hillside outside his clinic in a middle of nowhere community in ''Afghanistan'' and had two crates show up outside his door ''the next morning''. This does not occur in the manga.

* '''The Memories of Sledgehammer''': A three-volume story that takes place after the end of the first series and focuses on Akira's friend and fellow werewolf Seiji Hama, who finds himself trying to stop an assassination attempt while dealing with figures from his past.

* ButNotTooForeign: This series loves this trope. Akira Kaburagi Regendorf, son of Wolfgang Regendorf, is half-German and half-Japanese. Yuuhi, his little brother is the same. Inspector Seiji Hama is half-Navajo and half-Japanese. Apparently, [[spoiler:Gotoh and her twin]] are half-Japanese, as well. The [[spoiler:Akira Fujisaki]] is half-Brazilian and half-Japanese.

** Wolfgang and his wife also qualify, as do [[spoiler:Gotoh and Hama]] and Akira Fujisaki and [[spoiler:Ruli]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Yuki has this view, which is most likely how she deals with her present situation. The best insight into her attitude and feelings is given in chapter sixty-one, where it becomes apparent that her "beloved" is [[both Akira and Mina]], for somewhat different reasons.

* ButNotTooForeign: This series loves this trope. Akira Kaburagi Regendorf, son of Wolfgang Regendorf, is half-German and half-Japanese. Yuuhi, his little brother is the same. Inspector Seiji Hama is half-Navajo and half-Japanese. Apparently, [[spoiler:Gotoh and her twin]] are half-Japanese, as well. The [[spoiler:vampire Akira]] is half-Brazilian and half-Japanese.

** Wolfgang and his wife also qualify, as do [[spoiler:Gotoh and Hama]].

* PrincessesRule: Mina is usually referred to as princess but holds the position of queen, her actual title is never confirmed.

* PrincessRule: Mina is usually referred to as princess but holds the position of queen, her actual title is never confirmed.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The official public face of the Bund at large. Closer inspection, however, subverts this by showing that majority of the Bund's populace seem to be, if not "evil," then at least huge jerks. Also played straight in that there ''are'' several (Vera, Nanami, the Fangless) who really are harmless, or at least would be if left to their own devices. Mina herself, despite numerous PetTheDog moments, is too ruthless[=/=]manipulative to qualify, unless you take the other three (surviving) clan heads as benchmarks.

** [[TinyGuyHugeGirl Inverted]] with the beta couple.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Mina takes this position based on the very hard decisions she has to take as leader of the Vampires in the Bund. For example, after [[spoiler:blackmailing a politician with a threat of infecting his five-year-old grandson if he doesn't go away. She actually does have him bitten, but he is cured before he permanently becomes a vampire]].

* IHateYouVampireDad: Subverted. When [[spoiler:Nanami]] is turned, she goes on a rampage, calling herself a monster. Mina and the others assume the cause is this trope, but [[spoiler:Nanami explains that being a vampire is not the problem, what she hates herself for is the realization she had been sexually attracted to her twelve or thirteen-year-old neighbor all along, even when she was still human, vampire emotions being much more potent than human ones, and thus far harder to ignore. She comes around when Yuzuru returns her love, and everyone makes it clear they accept their love as real and valid.]]

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Yuki has this view, which is most likely how she deals with her present situation.
** [[spoiler:Alphonse takes this UpToEleven. The only part of Mina's affection he wants in the end is just to be reborn as a flower she can wear in her hair for only a few hours.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: Almost every vampire, with Mina as the alpha of this trope, however, not in a completely evil way as it tends to be a IDidWhatIHadToDo situation where that was the best option.
** Try [[spoiler:maneuvering the biggest opponent of the Earth Clan among her followers into giving up any hope of [[TheManBehindTheMan taking over her personal guard]]. Only, he executes the entirety of his own forces within the Bund afterwards as a precautionary measure]].
** [[spoiler:The "real" Mina]] is even worse, and in a purely malicious fashion.

* MarsNeedsWomen: The Vampire race is Mars, Mina is the woman in question, and her potential suitors are the most [[{{Squick}} disgusting things on this planet]]. [[spoiler:Later revealed that the father of all vampires had ''ninety-nine sons and one daughter''.]]

* {{Meido}}: Mina's ladies-in-waiting. [[spoiler:Nanami joins them.]]

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Justified by the school's mysterious founder explicitly decreeing that "All operations, except for finances and education, ''will'' be managed by the will of the students themselves." Getting said founder to obey dress code is less successful.

** [[spoiler:Fake Mina]], Telomere's leader's past is only hinted at, making it an example of FridgeHorror. Mina's past as well.

* BetaCouple: Nanami and Yuzuru.
* BedmateReveal: Done for rather {{squick}}y shock value by [[spoiler:the fake Mina]] at the start of volume fourteen to [[spoiler:Alphonse]].

** Played with in volume eleven, when [[spoiler:the Mina imposter apparently reveals herself to be the "real" Mina by using this on Vera]]. [[spoiler:Vera seals herself away before it can be revealed whether she would turn on the real Mina or not.]]

* ButNotTooForeign: Akira Kaburagi Regendorf, son of Wolfgang Regendorf, is half German and half Japanese. Yuuhi, his little brother is the same. Inspector Seiji Hama is half Navajo and at least a quarter Japanese. Apparently, [[spoiler:Gotoh and her twin]] are half Japanese.

* DamselOutofDistress: Surprisingly, [[spoiler:Yuki]], when barely able to move due to a brain injury and held hostage by the BigBad, she risks her life to allow her to be put in a situation where she can inform Akira that [[spoiler:the Mina in the Bund is a fake and Alphonse seems to be in league with her]]. It's an incredible act of bravery which impresses even the BigBad.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: [[spoiler:Angel Arvenanto]]

* EngagementChallenge: Volumes four and five are about [[spoiler:Mina's utterly repulsive 'suitors' setting one up for Mina's hand without her knowledge or consent. The challenge? Kill Akira before sunrise.]]

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Akira's pretty tall for a seventeen-year-old Japanese highschooler (he ''is'' a [[ButNotTooForeign half-German]] werewolf after all), but not abnormally so. Mina's just that tiny -- she barely stands to his chest, and it's even more apparent in his wolf form, where he towers over her. Then it's inverted because in that Mina's [[SuperMode true form]] is ''bigger'' than Akira's normal size.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Rozenmann]] gets this in spades once his plans a foiled. In fact, he takes his [[BreakTheHaughty humiliating defeat]] and what he sees as the final end of the pure-blooded royal line so badly that [[GoMadFromTheRevelation he's next seen ''insane.'']]

* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Mina was spirited away by Rozenmann whose allied with Telomere. She managed to escape once but was taken hostage again. The second time she's rescued by Akira, Nanami, the Maids, and the Werewolf Senators]], ''and'' she refused to eat the entire time.

* ParentalAbandonment: A short scene shows Yuzuru noticing that [[spoiler:Nanami]]'s parents are moving away after their daughter was turned. [[spoiler:Yuzuru's mother]] was already nonchalantly practicing neglect, which is what [[AloneTogether brought him and [[spoiler:Nanami]] together]]. Even after [[spoiler:Yuzuru comes home with Yuki and his mother is informed that Yuzuru was ''attacked'' by a vampire, she only tells Yuki that she'll ''let'' her take care of him]]; this woman would make a lizard proud.

* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Mina was spirited away by Rozenmann whose allied with Telomere. She managed to escape once but was taken hostage again. The second time she's rescued by Akira, Nanami, the Maids, and the Werewolf Senators]], ''and'' she refuses to eat the entire time.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: [[spoiler:Creator/AmbroseBierce and [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Anastasia]] [[UsefulNotes/RedOctober Romanova]] became Vampires. Rasputin was an alias of Lord Ivanovic.]]
* BerserkButton: While Mina occasionally allows herself half-staged hissy fits [[spoiler:or genuine tears]] among those she actually trusts, she does have a couple of things that will genuinely ''make'' her lose her composure:
** Threatening or seriously harming Akira [=and/or=] Yuki. '''Especially''' Yuki, since Akira can take a lot of punishment. [[spoiler:Angie discovers this the hard way.]]
** Never, ''ever'' [[spoiler: call Mina's deceased mom a whore. Ivanovic also learned this the painful way.]]

* HarmfulToMinors: It is unknown how exactly [[spoiler:Mina's mother]] was killed, but it was probably not pretty. The killers found her hiding behind a curtain, and [[spoiler:if the original generation of vampires are going to survive, she has to bear the child of one]].

** In volume 13, [[spoiler:Lords Scott, Ernest, Edward, Atonio and Connery make a final stand against Rozenmann's entire army to allow Mina's group a chance to escape. It works. Scott even manages to graze the smug bastard himself before succumbing.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: How Hysteria is beaten when [[spoiler:Nanami, whom she "reprogrammed" (and not to mention mercilessly abused), is secretly "reprogrammed" back by Mina]] and delivers the final blow to her... with her own weapon, no less.

* HopelessSuitor: Akira's normal human high-school friend Yuki, whose feelings he turns down right before being taken away by Mina. Mina, in a moment of being a ManipulativeBastard, keeps her around as a friendly enemy and to rub her victory in her face. That said, [[spoiler:they end up being best friends thanks to their mutual fondness for Akira and Yuki's novels]], ironically enough, and the whole thing is completed with copious amounts of LesYay.
* HoYay: [[spoiler:Akira and Angie]], taken UpToEleven during [[spoiler:the first "training in Siberia" sequence]]. There's also a major (and intentional) subversion when the two reunite, since [[spoiler:only Akira knows that Angie is really a guy, and Angie milks it for all it's worth]]; see the Funny Moments page.
** Part of Hysterica's treatment of Nanami; also heavily implied to be part of her relationship with Vera in olden times.
** [[spoiler:Mina and Yuki]], once they've settled their differences, have these sorts of moments ''all the time''. [[spoiler:Mina]] explicitly states that [[spoiler:Yuki]] is her most precious person after Akira, flirts with her, and even [[SkinshipGrope cops the occasional feel]]. For her part, [[spoiler:Yuki]] has a tendency to turn [[LuminescentBlush a lovely shade of red]] at all of the above, and has more than once commented on how beautiful [[spoiler:Mina]]'s true form is.

** The name of army corps of the Earth Clan, Beowulf, is an Old English kenning (a type of poetic name) for "bear" (it literally translates to "bee wolf").

* ButNotTooForeign: Akira Kaburagi Regendorf, son of Wolfgang Regendorf, is half German and half Japanese. Yuuhi, his little brother is the same. Inspector Seiji Hama is half Navajo and at least a quarter Japanese.
* CanonForeigner: Mei Ren, who takes over Hama's role in the anime as he does not exist in that version. [[spoiler: The only difference is that while Hama has sorta friendly rivalry with Akira, Mei Ren is actually in love with him.]] [[spoiler:The anime's Episode 12 changes this a bit: Mei Ren is Akira's EQUIVALENT, to another Mina, the "True Blood Legacy". Mei Ren is also of a lost weretiger clan, the "Forest Clan". And dies.]]

* ColonyDrop[=/=]DeathFromAbove: [[spoiler:The fangless drop ''their entire apartment complex'' on Ivanovic's army.]]
** [[spoiler:The Necropolis' self-destruct system.]]
* CuteAndPsycho: An oddly ''suicidal'' example. [[spoiler:Angie (if his motive rant is to be taken at face value) believes that neither he nor Yuki nor Ryohei are as important to Akira as Mina is, and fears that they all will be forgotten eventually... unless they all die in a manner that would traumatize Akira enough to leave a 'scar on his soul']]. Yikes.

* {{Doppelganger}}: In the anime, [[spoiler:Mina gains one when the leader of Telomere is revealed -- to be a "sister" of hers (in a rather disturbing scene at the beginning of episode 12, which also explains Akira's LaserGuidedAmnesia), with the goal of controlling both the human world ''and'' the vampire world. Mina's goal is just to establish equality, and a home for vampires -- her doppelganger wants more, a LOT more.]]
** In the manga, [[spoiler:this doppelganger is apparently the head of Telomere. She shows up at the end of volume 9, has Mina spirited off as Rozenmann's eventual bride, and usurps Mina's rule...and in volume eleven she revels herself to apparently be the '''real''' Mina.]] The anime was aired before this development came to light in the manga, so it's not known at this time if they were aware of this or if they just came up with it by coincidence. [[spoiler:It turns out the doppleganger is the fake, as she could not activate an artifact that requires pure vampire royal blood, yet protagonist Mina, and even Rozenmann, could.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Rozenmann]] gets this in spades once his plans a foiled. In fact, he takes his [[BreakTheHaughty humiliating defeat]] and what he sees as the final end of the pure-blooded royal line so badly that [[GoMadFromTheRevelation he's next seen ''insane''.]]

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: In volume thirteen, [[spoiler:the elder werewolves: five of them versus Rozenmann's entire army. And oh, dear, does Rozenmann's army know they've had a fight...]]

* EngagementChallenge: Volumes 4 and 5 are about Mina's utterly repulsive 'suitors' setting one up for Mina's hand without her knowledge or consent. The challenge? Kill Akira before sunrise.

* EternalLove: Nanami and Yuzuru (the above mentioned babysitter couple), the latter [[spoiler:willingly letting the former turn him after she was freed from the antagonist's control]].

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Angie. This could also count as a IKnewIt since he shows up a bit antagonistic to Mina when they first meet. Over what exactly? Akira.]]
** [[spoiler:Yuzuru]] appears to have joined Duke Rozenmann's forces, as [[spoiler:he assists in Mina's recapture after she escapes from Rozenmann's castle in volume ten. However, the discovery in volume 12 that Nanami is still alive (her apparent death, at his hands, ordered by Mina, was the thing that made him switch sides in the first place) and that she still is loyal to Mina seems to have brought him back to Mina's side]].

** The Fangless are actually starting to subvert this; they're still the subject of racism from other vampires, but some have started interacting with normal humans and they get along just fine. Which makes sense... they don't kill people and they aren't huge jerks. That's already two reasons for the mortal populace to like them over most of the 'normal' vampires.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The official public face of the Bund at large. Closer inspection, however, subverts this by showing that majority of the Bund's populace seem to be, if not "evil," then at least huge jerks. Also played straight in that there ''are'' several (Vera, Nanami, the Fangless) who really are harmless, or at least would be if left to their own devices. Mina herself, despite numerous PetTheDog moments, is too ruthless[=/=]manipulative to qualify...unless you take the other three (surviving) clan heads as benchmarks.

* GenderEqualsBreed: [[spoiler:It's revealed that the daughters of the first and only pureblood female vampire can only give birth to girls, as the father of all vampires give this "blessing" to his daughter: as she was the only female among his children, she will only give birth to girls and those girls will only give birth to girls and so on. Because of that, it's strongly implied that Mina would only give birth to a girl.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: The end of [[spoiler:the Akira vs. Mina fight. Some collateral damage in the form of a roof of a church -- complete with cross -- comes flying at Mina, who is protected from the mother of all stakes through the heart by Akira jumping in the way -- and getting staked himself. Of course, a large cross through the chest isn't nearly as fatal to a Werewolf as it would be a Vampire...]]

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Akira's pretty tall for a 17-year-old Japanese highschooler (he ''is'' a [[ButNotTooForeign half-German]] werewolf after all,) but not abnormally so. Mina's just that tiny -- she barely stands to his chest, and it's even more apparent in his wolf form, where he towers over her. Then it's inverted because in that Mina's [[SuperMode true form]] is ''bigger'' than Akira's normal size.

* [[spoiler: [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Granddaughter]]]]: [[spoiler: Mina's adult form not only looks identical to her mother Lucrezia, but also to the ancient Queen found in the Necropolis.]]

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode title is taken from a horror movie, giving us titles like "[[Film/TheHowling Howling]]", "Film/TeenWolf" and "Film/InterviewWithTheVampire".
* IHateYouVampireDad: Subverted. When [[spoiler:Nanami]] is turned, she goes on a rampage, calling herself a monster. Mina and the others assume this trope, but [[spoiler:Nanami explains that being a vampire is not the problem, what she hates herself for is the realization she had been sexually attracted to her 12 or thirteen-year-old neighbor (who was like a little brother-figure to her) all along, even when she was still human, vampire emotions being much more potent than human ones, and thus far harder to ignore. She comes around when [[spoiler:Yuzuru]] returns her love, and everyone makes it clear they accept their love as real and valid.]]

* ImpaledPalm: The entrances to [[spoiler:the temples in South America and under Mt. Fuji]] can only be unlocked by pure vampire blood...provided by twin blades skewering the hand of the vampire in question.

* InterspeciesRomance: Played straight with almost all the romantic parings in the series. Especially the leads: Mina is a vampire, Akira is a werewolf, and their affection is mutual. Reinforced in the anime when [[spoiler:Mina and Akira make a promise to each other that is tantamount to a marriage vow]].
** There's Yuki -– in fact, the first scene of the manga (that doesn't read like a storybook) is of her confessing her feelings to Akira. [[spoiler: It's unclear whether or not she completely moves on from those feelings, either]]. Even in "Scarlet Order" her other love interest is [[spoiler:Shiva, a member of Beowulf's Elite Eight]], [[ObliviousToLove not that she shows signs of noticing]] [[LuminescentBlush his {{''very obvious''}} feelings]].

** There's Yuki -– in fact, the first scene of the manga (that doesn't read like a storybook) is of her confessing her feelings to Akira. [[spoiler: It's unclear whether or not she completely moves on from those feelings, either]]. Even in "Scarlet Order" her other love interest is [[spoiler:Shiva, a member of Beowulf's Elite Eight]], [[ObliviousToLove not that she shows signs of noticing]] [[LuminescentBlush his ''very obvious'' feelings]].

* IndirectKiss: Akira and [[spoiler:Mei Ren]], in episode 10, [[spoiler:via a piece of hard candy... which is shot from one mouth into another]]. It's a subversion: [[spoiler:the candy was laced with a drug that inhibited Akira's ability to transform into a werewolf. This causes much hassle for him, especially after Mei Ren's true nature is revealed in episode 12.]]
* InstantHomeDelivery: The Lorenzo Corporation, makers of the artificial blood known as Stigma, have an absurdly efficient delivery system. A doctor once tromped an order for Stigma in the dirt on a hillside outside his clinic in a middle of nowhere community in ''Afghanistan'' and had two crates show up outside his door ''the next morning''.
* InterspeciesRomance: Played straight with almost all the romantic parings in the series. Especially the leads: Mina is a vampire, Akira is a werewolf, both are in love, but there's social stigma. Reinforced in the anime when [[spoiler:Mina and Akira make a promise to each other that is tantamount to a marriage vow.]]
** There's Yuki -– in fact, the first scene of the manga (that doesn't read like a storybook) is of her confessing her feelings to Akira. [[spoiler: It's unclear whether she completely moves on from those feelings, either]]. Even in "Scarlet Order" her other love interest is [[spoiler:Shiva, a member of Beowulf's Elite Eight]], [[ObliviousToLove not that she shows signs of noticing]] [[LuminescentBlush his ''very obvious'' feelings]].

** [[spoiler:Alphonse! The only part of Mina's affection he wants in the end is just to be reborn as a flower she can wear in her hair for only a few hours.]]

* LapPillow: Yuki provides this for Mina in volume 4 after the chastity test.

* LotusEaterMachine: Mina goes through one in volume 6. [[spoiler:While in a life-threatening coma, she dreams she and all the other characters are ordinary people, her mother is still alive, there are no supernatural beings, and everyone is happy. She forces herself to wake up, right before she (as a grown-up) marries Akira.]]

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Very common, but especially seen in the werewolves. Akira's remarks after his battle with Mina indicate that even serious injuries for a werewolf are simply not all that painful unless inflicted by a silver weapon. [[spoiler: In more detail Akira remarks the wound where he was stabbed by a silver sword hurts a lot more than where his body was run through by the steeple of a church.]]
* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:TheMole in Mina's palace]] is revealed in volume seven to be one of these. [[spoiler:She's just a random maid, infected with a nanomachine that causes her to believe that any order she receives comes from Mina.]]
** [[spoiler:Nanami]] becomes one in volume 9, nearly destroying the Bund before [[spoiler:Mina forces Yuzuru to kill her. His anger over this is the fuel behind his FaceHeelTurn]].
* ManipulativeBastard: Almost every vampire, with Mina as the alpha of this trope (however, not in a completely evil way). For example, she [[spoiler:kidnaps and infects a 5-year-old with vampirism just to blackmail a politician, only to cure him when the politician surrenders]].
** Try [[spoiler:maneuvering the biggest opponent of the Earth Clan among her followers into giving up any hope of [[TheManBehindTheMan taking over her personal security]]... Only he executes the entirety of his own forces within the Bund afterwards as a precautionary measure]].

* MarshmallowHell: [[spoiler:Yuzuru-chan]] gets a good dose of it in Episode 10 of the anime.
* MarsNeedsWomen: The Vampire race is Mars, Mina is the woman in question, and her potential suitors are the most [[{{Squick}} disgusting things on this planet]]. [[spoiler:Later revealed that the father of all vampires had ''99 sons and just one daughter''.]]

** A sidestory collection included some information about relative werewolf/vampire lifespans. Old age for a werewolf is 150-200, and most of them don't live that long because they tend to go into dangerous careers. Mina is ''already'' over 400 years old. Of coursen "the kiss of the rose" allows for werewolves to more than double their normal lifespans too (the lords of the Earth Clan Senate were all alive before Mina was born).

** There's his little brother Yuuhi ("evening sun"). It seems ol' Wolfgang really ''does'' have [[TheComicallySerious a sense of humor, after all...]]

* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Akira]] is forced to do this to [[spoiler:one of his former childhood friends when said friend (already brain-damaged and incurably insane) ends up pumped full of what amounts to Werewolf-grade PCP and is sent to assassinate Mina]].

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Gerhard, Rozenmann's werewolf retainer. He knows Rozenmann is wholly unworthy of his loyalty, but he's still the master Gerhard's sworn to, even if Gerhard has to stoop to dishonorable tactics.

* NewTransferStudent: Mina. No, she does not seem to regard having secretly founded the school and commissioned the construction of the campus to her specifications as causing a conflict of interest.

* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Averted, it's explicitly mentioned that the only disease that humans and vampires have in common is tooth decay. Some vampires even ''like'' drinking the blood of the diseased, because it alters the flavor.

* UnequalPairing: Royal scion in love with her head guardsman's teenaged son? Raises almost as many eyebrows as what Mina and Akira actually look like together.

* WhamEpisode: The end of volume 8, when it's revealed that [[spoiler:Angie has betrayed Mina and the Beowulf, nearly killed Yuki, and sold Mina's secret to the other vampire lords out of his twisted love for Akira]].

* NobleWolf: The Earth Clan in general, and their elite forces known as Beowulf in particular. They have a ProudWarriorRaceGuy culture and has been loyal to Mina's family for centuries. Ironically, "Beowulf" ("bee wolf") is an Old English kenning (i.e. a poetic name) for a ''{{bear|sAreBadNews}}''.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Played straight with [[spoiler:Sanin (skull crushed and thrown off a cliff)]], much to Akira's eventual regret. [[spoiler:Beowulf learns their lesson, and when they cannot find the body of [[TheMole Angie]] (throat ripped out and toppled off a skyscraper) they promptly warn Mina of his probable survival.]]

** Anna, one of the Fangless kids in the Volume 5, [[UndeadChild looks]] ''[[UndeadChild four]]''. She's explicitly said by Jiji to be the oldest of the three, and actually goes to ''high school'', eventually ending in Mina and Akira's class. This is also responsible for a CrowningMomentOfFunny in the volume 5 omakes.
* {{Omake}}: Each volume features one or more, in {{yonkoma}} format. They generally revolve around Mina's maids, and are quite funny...until the plot takes a serious turn for the worse, in which the humor becomes mixed with drama. These eventually turn into background events that prop up the main story.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. The protagonist of the ''Dive Into The Vampire Bund'' sidestory is also named Akira, though written with slightly different kanji. This becomes a plot point when the main series Akira needs to escape the Bund.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Subverted. Akira's really a werewolf, and [[spoiler:several students become vampires]].
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Some vampires remove their fangs and become "Fangless", and are hated by both humans frightened of vampires and vampires contemptuous toward those who do not embrace the predator thing.
** It is clear from the whole "attending a Catholic School (with nuns, no less) thing" that ''someone'' doesn't have an issue with crosses.
** Vampirism in this story is transmitted simply through feeding rather than a blood exchange. The change takes 72 hours to complete and can be stopped if a vaccine is taken within 48 hours. Secondly, vampires don't need to have blood to survive (Fangless, etc.) There is also a synthetic substitute for blood called (conveniently) Stigma. The latter may allow for the former, as it is shown that vampires without blood or a substitute become weak and ravenous for blood over time.

** 'True Blood' Vampires such as Mina and the Great Lords can also sexually reproduce, which means they don't need to convert in order to propagate... too bad females can only have one child and there's only one female. ]
* OutOfFocus: After the initial series publication [[spoiler:Ryohei and Yuuhi (Akira's best friend and werewolf younger brother respectively) as well as Tatiana]] just vanish, to despite how close they are to Akira and, as of "Scarlet Order," they are the only characters significantly involved in the main plot to do so, since others are (bare minimum) mentioned.

* ParentalAbandonment: A short scene when Yuzuru finds out that [[spoiler:Nanami]]'s parents are moving away after their daughter was turned. [[spoiler:Yuzuru's mother]] was already nonchalantly practicing neglect, which is what brought him [[spoiler:and Nanami together]]. Even after [[spoiler:Yuzuru comes home with Yuki and his mother is informed that Yuzuru was attacked by a vampire, she only tells Yuki that she'll ''let'' her take care of him]]; this woman would make a lizard proud.
* PietaPlagiarism: Wolfgang with Akira in the end of volume 5. Subverted in that Akira was only wounded and recovered completely, thanks to [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn inspector Hama]]'s help]].

* RoyalDecree: The first episode ends with Mina giving a long one to the [[MonsterOfTheWeek vampire of the episode]], culminating in "I order you to die." [[CompellingVoice He does.]]

* PinkySwear: Akira and Mina make one to seal ThePromise at the end of the anime. [[spoiler:It's tantamount to a vow of marriage; Akira asks as his wish from the Princess that she be with him always; she agrees and says that "their lives will be entwined until one of us dies".]]
* PoorCommunicationKills: A great deal of trauma and violence could have been avoided if Mina had just sat down with Akira and explained in detail that yes, she was taking measures to protect the students and no, she was not [[spoiler:''really'' going to let the corrupt minister's five year old grandson be turned into a vampire.]] But instead of explaining things, she basically told Akira, "What? Did you think I was nice? I'm a monstrous vampire, what did you expect me to do?" ...And then got pissed when his doubts became significant.

** In volume 11, [[spoiler:the Mina doppelganger]] reveals to [[spoiler:Yuki]] that the confrontation between Mina and Akira hurt the two more than anyone could imagine and that [[spoiler:she intends to use the emotional damage to play on Akira's loyalties]].

* RRatedOpening: The OP of the anime and the first chapter of the manga both provide ample warning about... potentially objectional aspects of this work.
* RapeAsDrama: This shows up a few times, although mostly as subtext. First, there's the vampire attack in the church has rape undertones (although this could be due to the way being bitten feels), and in the anime, especially, it pretty much goes past undertones...
** The virginity test, although it's not rape, given the circumstances, it is a form of aggressive domination of a female by multiple males through sexual means.
** [[spoiler:Angie]] is raped in chapter 41.
** [[spoiler:Ivanovic]] does his best to assualt Mina in volume 9, and tries again in volume 10 after [[spoiler:assimilating with his shapeshifing assassin. Of course, by this point the Telomere leader has replaced Mina.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Mina is the poster child, since she's at least 400 years old. She still ''looks'' twelve, though.

* RightBehindMe: Akira, [[spoiler:right behind Mina as she and Yuki plot out the next step in the creative process in Yuki's Boys Love story]] at the end of Chapter 33. HilarityEnsues.
* RightInFrontOfMe: The [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil chairperson of the student council]] stormed into the office of the school's director to demand an explanation for the admission of a NewTransferStudent without informing them, only to find said student (Mina) in said office.

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Since Mina literally owns the school, she can do whatever she wants. However, the only thing she does with this that's for her own sake rather than to advance her agenda of improving human/vampire relations is to deliberately ignore the rules about acceptable modifications to school uniforms -- and make her alterations ''more'' obvious when someone calls her out on it.
* ShapeShifterGuiltTrip: One of the assassins in volume 4 uses it against Akira to perfect effect. Unfortunately, then it tries [[BerserkButton using Mina]]...
* ShapeShifterWeapon

* SingleMomStripper: [[spoiler:Mina]] is sheltered by one after [[spoiler:her escape from Rozenmann]].
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Wolfgang intentionally comes off as this where his son is concerned. The fact that this [[ToughLove makes him appear to be]] [[AbusiveParents a less-than-wonderful father]] does ''not'' go unmentioned. In chapter twenty-two and the ensuing arc, this attitude is taken UpToEleven to CruelToBeKind proportions.

* SmugSnake: Really, Rozenmann tries to be a MagnificentBastard, but when he's outmaneuvered, he won't take it well. He's not as smart or in control as he thinks he is and will not react well to realizing that, as his temper tantrums in volume 12 are proof of.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: [[spoiler:The father of all vampires gave rise to ''99 sons and one daughter''.]][[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial This led to the female pureblood vampires being the rulers of all vampires.]] Also, girls fathered by a werewolf are human; [[spoiler:there are exceptions to this one (well, at least one)]].

* TheStinger: Consisting of an EyeCatch-style picture and the caption "You '''will''' watch the next episode".
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Mina is practically a child version of her mother, Lucrezia. The resemblance is stronger when Mina is in her OlderAlterEgo. [[spoiler:Later revealed that all queens of vampires are carbon copies of their ancestor, the first pureblood female vampire]].
* StupidSexyFlanders: Damn you, Angie!

* SuperMode: Vampires are capable of assuming a "true form" which is the ultimate expression of their power and usually involves turning into a monstrous form. In Mina's case, [[spoiler:she turns into a [[BoobsOfSteel buxom]] adult blonde who looks a lot like her mother, with a Comicbook/{{Witchblade}}-esque carapace (with optional wings!) that partially covers her arms and legs... [[{{Stripperific}} and, usually, little else]]. It's also the form that she will do anything to avoid revealing to her political rivals.]]
** Of course, there's also the Earth Clan. A SuperMode is pretty standard for any werewolf, after all. And the (anime-only) [[spoiler:Forest Clan? Who can PARTIALLY transform? And whose fur is bright yellow with some black striping?]]

* TechnicalPacifist: Akira, although not by choice. Thing is, in his case it is a mostly subconscious result of his [[DarkAndTroubledPast traumatic past]], rendering him [[spoiler:unable to cause anyone any sort of lasting harm]]. Ultimately he goes back and forth between being this and being a BrokenBird depending on his present state of mind.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: While the problem is not as immediate as normal for this trope Akira says "This isn't gonna end well," when [[spoiler: Mina is introduced as a NewTransferStudent at his school]].
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Angel Avenanto, repeatedly. As if he needed more StupidSexyFlanders potential.

* UndyingLoyalty: All of Beowulf for Mina, ''especially'' Akira. Vera for Mina as well, being a surrogate mother to her. Then you have Rozenmann's werewolf servitor, Gerhard, who seems to know that his boss is an immoral snake, but feels compelled to obey him regardless.
* UnequalPairing: Highborn matron in love with her head guardsman's teenaged son? Raises almost as many eyebrows as what Mina and Akira actually look like together.

* UnwantedAssistance: [[spoiler:Lord Scott tells Angie not to interfere in his final battle. While they've chosen different leaders, they're still wolves and Angie cannot sully a warrior's last stand. Angie is driven to tears by his grandfather's words.]]
* VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle:
** First we have Akira/Mina/Yuki, which is somewhat unusual for this trope in that the [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent relatable teenage girl]] is one of the rivals drooling over the studly teenage werewolf alongside the cradle-robbing vampire queen (who winds up becoming her best friend).

* TheVoiceless: [[spoiler:Yuki]], as a result of brain damage suffered from [[spoiler:Angie's attempt to kill her]]. [[spoiler:She is able to get her voice back in volume 14, just in time to save Mina from being killed by the fake Mina.]]
** [[spoiler:Angie, unless his throat fully recovers from Yuuhi ripping it out. [[LaserGuidedKarma Serves him right.]]]]
* WaifFu: Half a dozen freshly-turned grown men. One scrawny prepubescent vampire queen. No problem [[spoiler:(aside from the former [[ActionBomb blowing up]])]].

** Volume 9 in general, and chapter 53 in particular. [[spoiler:Lord Ivanovic launches a full scale, multi-pronged invasion to secure the Bund and Mina's postpubescent SuperMode (Tower HQ getting blown up, Fangless being executed to draw Mina out, the works). This ends in Mina and Akira killing Ivanovic in battle deep beneath the island... however the whole thing was a [[KansasCityShuffle distraction]] and Lord Ivanovic an UnwittingPawn. Turns out that Nanami was [[ManchurianAgent infected by the Pied Piper a couple of volumes back]] and triggered during said fight, forcing Mina to... not kill her, that would not be traumatizing enough... compel[=/=]command ''Yuzuru'' to kill her before she overloads the nuclear reactor beneath the Bund and blows the whole place sky high (irradiating metropolitan Tokyo in the bargain). It turns out that the primary motive behind ''that'' stunt was to separate Mina from her bodyguard and [[HeroicBSOD rattle her badly enough]] for the [[TheChessmaster leader of Telomere]] to ambush her personally... [[EvilTwin and pull a switch]].]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Played with. The major reason vampires aren't in complete control of the entire world is that most of them find eternal life so hard to deal with that they behave like suicidal lunatics in an effort to find some kind of sensation; it's so bad that within a matter of ''weeks'' of the Bund's settlement, maybe 10% of the population have already been killed in one way or another. The level-headed, vaguely happy vampires are the ones who have found something to hold on to that helps them cope with eternity (the most obvious example being Mina's love for Akira).

* YaoiFangirl: Yuki's latest novel is apparently a BoysLove story... and one of the main characters is heavily based on Akira. Also, Mina (although she didn't understand some of the, er, [[{{Uke}} "advanced]] [[{{Seme}} vocabulary"]] at first) absolutely ''loved'' this story when she read it, to the point of ''personally'' translating it into Latin (The official language of the Vampire world) so it could be published in the Bund, so make of that what you will. Nero got a lot out of it as well, seemingly being a full-blown {{otaku}}.
** As of chapter 33, Mina has puzzled out that the book is essentially about her boyfriend's romance with another man... and this has made her like it ''more'', and even start actively contributing to the 'creative process'. Upon discovering this, Akira was... ''not'' amused.
* YouShallNotPass: Volume 13. [[spoiler:The Werewolf Elders pull this on Rozenmann's entire army. Not a single one gets past.]]

* TheChessmaster: The leader of Telomere, [[spoiler:Katie Maurice]], having set up the WhamEpisode below, has secured this ranking.

* {{Doppelganger}}: In the anime, [[spoiler:Mina gains one when the leader of Telomere is revealed - to be a "sister" of hers (in a rather disturbing scene at the beginning of episode 12, which also explains Akira's LaserGuidedAmnesia), with the goal of controlling both the human world AND the vampire world. Mina's goal is just to establish equality, and a home for vampires - her doppelganger is wanting more...a LOT more.]]
** In the manga, [[spoiler:this doppelganger is apparently the head of Telomere. She shows up at the end of vol. 9, has Mina spirited off as Rozenmann's eventual bride, and usurps Mina's rule...and in volume eleven she revels herself to apparently be the '''real''' Mina.]] The anime was aired before this development came to light in the manga, so it's not known at this time if they were aware of this or if they just came up with it by coincidence. [[spoiler:It turns out the doppleganger is the fake, as she could not activate an artifact that requires pure vampire royal blood, yet protagonist Mina, and even Rozenmann, could.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Rozenman]] gets this in spades once his plans a foiled. In fact, he takes his [[BreakTheHaughty humiliating defeat]] and what he sees as the final end of the pure-blooded royal line so badly that [[GoMadFromTheRevelation he's next seen ''insane''.]]