History Manga / WitchbladeTakeru

* BleachedUnderpants: Fans of Sumita will immediately recognize the manga as this when compared to his previous works. The only bit of difference is that unlike his previous creations, Sumita (a-hem!) keeps those...uh, ''private parts'' of the titular heroine covered, at least by the ''minimal'' amount.

* SexierAlterEgo: Takeru, when transformed, invokes this. Seriously, you just can't believed that those [[IncrediblyLamePun man-crushing]] thighs and [[BoobsOfSteel gravity defying "assets"]] belonged to a 15-year-old.

* SexierAlterEgo: Takeru, when transformed, invokes this. Seriously, you just can't believed that those [[IncrediblyLamePun man-crushing]] [[ShesGotLegs thighs]] and [[BoobsOfSteel gravity defying "assets"]] belonged to a 15-year-old.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Turned UpToEleven by [[spoiler:[[WalkOnWater dashing all the way across a good portion of The Pacific]] and [[PersonOfMassDestruction promptly thrashed almost the entire US carrier fleet]], which mission is to wipe out her home village the demons had brutally reclaimed.]]

** When Takeru transformed for the first time, the Witchblade was seen visibly producing tentacles [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything which crawled all over her body]] , and the school uniform she was wearing seemed to be slowly "dissolving" away as the tentacles progressed, as though coming to contact with strong acid, all while some kind of smoke filled the scene. Cue Takeru standing on the same spot in the next panel, [[LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt panting in an ecstatic fashion]] while the author presents her [[MaleGaze "most important bits"]] being clad in a [[{{Stripperiffic}} insect-like green carapace which covers even less than some of the microkinis]], complete with a pair of ridiculously high CombatStilettos.

Written by YasukoKobayashi (who also did the script for the anime), and drawn by Kazuasa (better known for his various ''ero''-manga creations, and many of his Pixiv images are {{NSFW}}), it initially ran for a total of twelve chapters between March 2006 and Feburary 2007 on the monthly ''Champion Red'' magazine, and was later released in the US (translated, colored and ''flipped'') by Top Cow and Bandai Entertainment from February 2007 to February 2008.

** When Takeru transformed for the first time, the Witchblade was seen visibly producing tentacles [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything which crawled all over her body]] , and the school uniform she was wearing seemed to be slowly "dissolving" away as the tentacles progressed, as though coming to contact with strong acid, all while some kind of smoke filled the scene. Cue Takeru standing on the same spot in the next panel, [[LooksLikeShesEnjoyingIt panting in an ecstatic fashion]] while the author presents her [[MaleGaze "most important bits"]] being clad in a [[{{Stripperiffic}} insect-like green carapace which covers even less than some of the microkinis]], complete with a pair of ridiculously high CombatStilettos.

* EagleLand: A blatant Type 2 in the manga. First we have a war-mongering US senator (with a rather obvious Oedipal Complex) whose actions can stand-in for any number of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical America's foreign jaunts from Korea onwards, with Takeru and her little village representing the oppressed peoples fighting back and driving them off]]. [[spoiler: Most commonly due to how the village looks, however, and the fact they got napalmed, it winds up being analysed as a Vietnam parable]]. On the other hand, [[spoiler: it is no other than the US military's top-secret projects which managed to revive the oni/demons, in a request to find the "ultimate living weapon", causing them to run amok after an accident which left many casualties]].

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Turned UpToEleven by [[spoiler:[[WalkOnWater dashing all the way across a good portion of The Pacific]] and [[PersonOfMassDestruction promptly thrashed almost the entire US carrier fleet]], which mission is to wipe out her home village the demons had brutally reclaimed.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Turned UpToEleven by [[spoiler:[[WalkOnWater dashing all the way across a good portion of The Pacific]] and [[PersonOfMassDestruction promptly thrashed almost the entire US carrier fleet]], which mission is to wipe out her home village the demons had brutally reclaimed alongside ANY forms of life within, humans or demons.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Sweet Lord... Takeru turned it UpToEleven by [[spoiler:[[WalkOnWater dashing ALL THE WAY across a good portion of The Pacific]] and [[PersonOfMassDestruction promptly thrashed almost the entire US carrier fleet]], which mission is to wipe out her home village the demons had brutally reclaimed alongside ANY forms of life within, humans or demons. The weapon of choice? Bloody. [[KillItWithFire Napalm]]. The motivation? Wipe their own asses and claim the Witchblade for themselves]].

* ClothingDamage: Both cases mentioned below leave Takeru's clothing completely intact when Takeru untransforms, hence the aversion. However, unlike her anime counterpart Masane, her unarmored parts are being ''particularly'' targeted by an enemy who [[http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/2708/01-007.0/compressed/witchblade_takeru_manga_7_012.jpg?v=11214218693 shot some kind of hardened spider webs through her flesh, and Takeru can be seen obviously crying in pain.]].
** When Takeru transformed for the first time, the Witchblade was seen visibly producing tentacles [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything which crawled all over her body]] , and the school uniform she was wearing seemed to be slowly "dissolving" away as the tentacles progressed, as though coming to contact with strong acid, all while some kind of smoke filled the scene. Cue Takeru standing on the same spot in the next panel, [[LooksLikeShesEnjoyingIt panting in an ecstatic fashion]] while the author presents her [[MaleGaze "most important bits"]] being clad in a [[{{Stripperiffic}} insect-like green carapace which covers even less than some of the microkinis]], complete with a pair of ridiculously high CombatStilettos...[[http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/2708/01-001.0/compressed/takeru_manga_035.jpg?v=11214216161 you'll have to see it]] [[http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/2708/01-001.0/compressed/takeru_manga_036.jpg?v=11214216161 to believe it]].
** Her second visible transformation (the third overall) was given one large overleaf panel, and all we see is that the tentacles produced by the Witchblade seemed to slowly replace her civilian clothing by [[http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/2708/01-006.0/compressed/witchblade_takeru_6_015_016.jpg?v=11214218693 "transcending" into the aforementioned armor]].

* FullFrontalAssault: Takeru[[spoiler:'s [[OneWingedAngel second Witchblade form]] leaves her very, very, ]]''very'' close to this trope, [[http://starkana.com/manga-img/2215/73934/witchblade_takeru_10_040.jpg see for yourself]].
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Takeru's transformed state has glowing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] eyes.[[http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/2708/02-011.0/compressed/witchblade_takeru_11_013.jpg?v=11214222286 A particularly doom-y example incoming!]] They practically became the ''only'' features (if there were any) still visible on Takeru's face during her [[spoiler:RoaringRampageOfRevenge]] until the finale.

Written by YasukoKobayashi (who also did the script for the anime), and drawn by [[http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=35162 Kazuasa]] (better known for his various ''ero''-manga creations, and yes, many of those Pixiv images are {{NSFW}}), it initially ran for a total of twelve chapters between March 2006 and Feburary 2007 on the monthly ''Champion Red'' magazine, and was later released in the US (translated, colored and ''flipped'') by Top Cow and Bandai Entertainment from February 2007 to February 2008.

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[[caption-width-right:260: Wait, so those tentacles ''are'' part of the transformation? Okay, we all know where this is going now...]]

A two-volume manga adaptation of the American comic book series ''Comicbook/{{Witchblade}}'' and the second of the three Japanese adaptations of the series (preceded by the [[Anime/{{Witchblade}} anime]] and followed by a single-volumn novel titled ''Witchblade: Midori no Shoujo''). It tells the story of the teenage schoolgirl Takeru, who became the wielder of the titular ancient, sentient weapon and eventually discovered the perils lurking around herself and the little village where she lived with her families and friends.

Takeru Ibaraki is an average, 15-year-old [[{{Joshikousei}} Japanese high school girl]] raised in a Buddhist convent by nuns. She has been experiencing reoccurring nightmares about the Witchblade calling out to her. This is due to the [[DarkSecret secret]] that the temple houses within: the Witchblade sealed inside a box. Furthermore, her lineage keeps an unknown connection with the mystic artifact and the folklore of the Oni, hence explaining Takeru's strong attraction to the gauntlet, which is locally called "Oni no Te" (literally "The Oni/Demon's Hand"). Ultimately, Takeru's life suffers a drastic change when she becomes the next wielder of the Witchblade due to some circumstances that force her to randomly encounter it, and the enemies standing before her all bear an eerily similar appearance to the legendary "Oni" which had long been a part of her home village's folklores...

Written by YasukoKobayashi (who also did the script for the anime), and drawn by [[http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=35162 Kazuasa]] (better known for his various ''ero''-manga creations, and yes, many of those Pixiv images are {{NSFW}}), it initially ran for a total of twelve chapters between March 2006 and Feburary 2007 on the monthly ''Champion Red'' magazine, and was later released in the US (translated, colored and ''flipped'') by Top Cow and Bandai Entertainment from February 2007 to February 2008.
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!!This series provides examples of:

* ActionGirl: Takeru, duh. She's fighting oni!
* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Takeru is conceived as the child of Hougan, the current leader of the demons, and a human woman called Akeno, in order to allow her demonic blood awaken and reclaim the Witchblade, thus returning the demons to their former glory by killing all the intervening humans...with Takeru leading the charge.]]
* AxCrazy: Takeru became this when [[spoiler:her grandmother died in her arms trying to protect her]], thus [[spoiler:triggering her further transformation into her [[OneWingedAngel second]] [[DeadlyUpgrade Witchblade]] form.]]
* BleachedUnderpants: Fans of Sumita will immediately recognize the manga as this when compared to his previous works. The only bit of difference is that unlike his previous creations, Sumita (a-hem!) keeps those...uh, ''private parts'' of the titular heroine covered, at least by the ''minimal'' amount.
* BlessedWithSuck: Okay, so you have a [[EmpathicWeapon mystic, sentient gauntlet]] with plenty of badass legacies forming a symbiosis with seemingly harmless teenage girl, creating a literally [[ItMakesSenseInContext hot-as-hell]] [[ActionGirl swordswoman]] fighting off packs of man-eating demons who threaten the well-beings of her home village...all sounds cool and are excellent twists from an otherwise bland life, except that the weapon and the girl [[spoiler:shared a DarkSecret which may eventually put the girl's very HUMANITY in jeopardy...]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Out of options in the face of Takeru's unstoppable destruction spree, Kou is forced to [[AnArmAndAleg lop off Takeru's right arm alongside the with his sword]]…all while Takeru [[TearJerker silently and tearfully]] thanking him. The epilogue has us seeing that the survivors of the village rebuilding it, the dead being memorized, while a seemingly broken Takeru (apparently rendered [[TheWoobie unable to walk or talk from all the trauma]]) being cheered on and supported by her friends…who managed to hear a single word from her again after so many days of silence. The whole incident was very hastily covered up by the authorities of both Japan and the US, and only the top brasses knew how much of a bad taste did it left in their mouths.]]
* CompositeCharacter: Not just Takeru, you can see elements from almost ''every single one'' of Sumita's past female protagonist being distributed to the female characters within the manga.
* CatchPhrase: "Buddha will surely punish you!" produced a few times by Takeru.
* ClothingDamage: Both cases mentioned below leave Takeru's clothing completely intact when Takeru untransforms, hence the aversion. However, unlike her anime counterpart Masane, her unarmored parts are being ''particularly'' targeted by an enemy who [[http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/2708/01-007.0/compressed/witchblade_takeru_manga_7_012.jpg?v=11214218693 shot some kind of hardened spider webs through her flesh, and Takeru can be seen obviously crying in pain.]].
** When Takeru transformed for the first time, the Witchblade was seen visibly producing tentacles [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything which crawled all over her body]] , and the school uniform she was wearing seemed to be slowly "dissolving" away as the tentacles progressed, as though coming to contact with strong acid, all while some kind of smoke filled the scene. Cue Takeru standing on the same spot in the next panel, [[LooksLikeShesEnjoyingIt panting in an ecstatic fashion]] while the author presents her [[MaleGaze "most important bits"]] being clad in a [[{{Stripperiffic}} insect-like green carapace which covers even less than some of the microkinis]], complete with a pair of ridiculously high CombatStilettos...[[http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/2708/01-001.0/compressed/takeru_manga_035.jpg?v=11214216161 you'll have to see it]] [[http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/2708/01-001.0/compressed/takeru_manga_036.jpg?v=11214216161 to believe it]].
** Her second visible transformation (the third overall) was given one large overleaf panel, and all we see is that the tentacles produced by the Witchblade seemed to slowly replace her civilian clothing by [[http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/2708/01-006.0/compressed/witchblade_takeru_6_015_016.jpg?v=11214218693 "transcending" into the aforementioned armor]].
* ChainmailBikini: Make that chainmail ''micro''kini (*nosebleed…)!
* TheComicallySerious: Liberarian Sakurai appears as this. [[spoiler:Turns our it's part of her façade.]]
* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: Averted with the case of [[spoiler:Hougan]], the current leader of the oni [[spoiler:and Takeru's father]], in a sense that [[spoiler:his underlings never bothered to place him in a life support as they fed off his very flesh and blood. What's more disturbing is that the immensely fat and amputated body of Hougan was enshrined in a decorated litter, [[FanDisservice wearing nothing except what looks like a makeshift bondage gear]], his stumps constantly bleeding through the hastily applied bandages. Basically, he was treated as nothing but a living meat larder.]]
* DeadlyUpgrade: [[spoiler: Acquiring this SuperForm will NOT actually kill her, but it turns her into a being driven solely by the most primal killing instinct, making her too large a threat for anyone, thus elimination must be considered]].
* TheDragon: Fuura and to a lesser extent, Gakura, to Hougan, the current leader of demons.
* EagleLand: A blatant Type 2 in the manga. First we have a war-mongering US senator (with a rather obvious Oedipal Complex) whose actions can stand-in for any number of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical America's foreign jaunts from Korea onwards, with Takeru and her little village representing the oppressed peoples fighting back and driving them off]]. [[spoiler: Most commonly due to how the village looks, however, and the fact they got napalmed, it winds up being analysed as a Vietnam parable]]. On the other hand, [[spoiler: it is no other than the US military's top-secret projects which managed to revive the oni/demons, in a request to find the "ultimate living weapon", causing them to run amok after an accident which left many casualties]].
* FullFrontalAssault: Takeru[[spoiler:'s [[OneWingedAngel second Witchblade form]] leaves her very, very, ]]''very'' close to this trope, [[http://starkana.com/manga-img/2215/73934/witchblade_takeru_10_040.jpg see for yourself]].
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Takeru's transformed state has glowing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] eyes.[[http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/2708/02-011.0/compressed/witchblade_takeru_11_013.jpg?v=11214222286 A particularly doom-y example incoming!]] They practically became the ''only'' features (if there were any) still visible on Takeru's face during her [[spoiler:RoaringRampageOfRevenge]] until the finale.
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: Takeru is half demon on her father's side.]]
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Those victims of Takeru, obviously.
* HeroicBSOD: Takeru received a major one at the end of Chapter 9. It did not take effect until mid-Chapter 10, when she un-transformed and collapsed in her grandmother's arms. The reason?...She just found out that she is [[spoiler:actually a half-oni and part of their bigger plan.]]
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: The demon's attitude to humans in general, and no one can really blame them for believing so:
* ImAHumanitarian: Oh yes, they don't give a ''bloody damn'' about consuming fellow oni in order to [[spoiler:regenerate and [[CannibalismSuperpower strengthen themselves.]]]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Takeru showed signs of this since she [[spoiler:doesn't want to become a full demon]].
* OrgasmicCombat: In all of the anime's and Sumita's glory, and all courtesy of Takeru! Even Takeru's first [[TransformationSequence transformation]] literally screams of "hardcore"!
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: The "oni" in the manga appear to be little more than savage, man-eating, humanoid beasts with little to no supernatural connections. Those of higher hierarchy all possess human disguises (although some of their [[RedRightHand demonic traits are still visible under such disguise]], most noticeably their lengthened canine), and will instantly drop them once they decide to [[LetsGetDangerous put up a proper fight]]. Moreover, they also hold no qualms [[MonstrousCannibalism eating their own kind]] for the purpose mentioned above.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Sweet Lord... Takeru turned it UpToEleven by [[spoiler:[[WalkOnWater dashing ALL THE WAY across a good portion of The Pacific]] and [[PersonOfMassDestruction promptly thrashed almost the entire US carrier fleet]], which mission is to wipe out her home village the demons had brutally reclaimed alongside ANY forms of life within, humans or demons. The weapon of choice? Bloody. [[KillItWithFire Napalm]]. The motivation? Wipe their own asses and claim the Witchblade for themselves]].
* SealedEvilInACan: The Witchblade was preserved and treated as such in a room at the back of the convent.
* SexierAlterEgo: Takeru, when transformed, invokes this. Seriously, you just can't believed that those [[IncrediblyLamePun man-crushing]] [[ShesGotLegs thighs]] and [[BoobsOfSteel gravity defying "assets"]] belonged to a 15-year-old.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Three words: Takeru's Witchblade forms.
* FemmeFatalons Takeru's right hand (or left, if you read the flipped version) are covered with the original "claw" part of the Witchblade gauntlet.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Discussed quite a few times between the heroine and the supporting characters.
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