Line #30 Manga/VampireGame


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3	''Vampire Game'' is a manga series by Judal that was first published in 1996.
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5	A hundred years ago the vampire king Duzell tried to take over the world. The king Phelios was the only one who could stand against him, eventually giving his life to defeat Duzell. As they both died, Duzell swore to be reborn a hundred years later to defeat Phelios.
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7	True to his word, he returns a hundred years later... as a cat. Not just any cat, an orphaned cat that gets adopted by princess Ishtar, Phelios's direct descendant. To keep the bloodline pure for when Phelios returns his descendants are all horribly inbred. Furthermore, the whole family is a mess of intrigue, murder, double-crosses, political maneuvering, and more murder, all with the aim of wanting to rule Pheliosta. Ishtar, sick of being treated specially simply because of who her ancestor was (not to mention fed up with the multiple assassination and arranged marriage attempts trying to either bump her off the throne or yank it out from under her), agrees to help Duzell find and kill Phelios in his current incarnation.
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10	!!This series provides examples of:
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12	* AlasPoorYorick: Duzell plays with this trope with a random orc head
13	* AndYourRewardIsInfancy: At the end of the last volume, [[spoiler: Duzell is reincarnated as the son of Ishtar and Darres]].
14	* AntiHero: Duzell, before his meeting Ishtar (and probably a little bit after, too). He IS an ancient vampire king who started a war against humanity and tried to destroy the world [[ItAmusedMe just because he was bored]], after all.
15	* AvengingTheVillain: [[spoiler:Sharlen. For a given degree of "villain".]]
16	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Ishtar and Darres end up having twin boys; Duzell and... cue for the {{Irony}} ''Phelios''.]]
17	** [[spoiler: Also quite possibly known as Yuujin/Yuujel.]]
18	** [[spoiler: Or, ya know, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Phelios]].]]
19	* BigScrewedUpFamily
20	* BodyguardCrush: Ishtar has been in love with Darres pretty much since the age of five, whereas he's never seen her as anything other than the cute kid he's in charge of babysitting...for much of the series, the only part that changes is whether he'd still use the word 'cute'.
21	* BookEnds: La Gamme. [[spoiler:And a mother promising to give birth to Duzell's reincarnation in return for services rendered.]]
22	* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: The half siblings Illsaide and Falan.]]
23	** Also [[spoiler:Laphiji and Seiliez]] though this might not count considering they are [[spoiler:NotBloodSiblings]]
24	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: La Gamme, which is mentioned in the first volume and then used by Duzell in the final chapter.]]
25	* ChildByRape: [[spoiler: Illsaide]]
26	* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:"My childhood sweetheart rejected me! I WILL START A CIVIL WAR."]]
27	* DitchTheBodyguards: Ishtar. Every time. Although Darres is very tenacious about tracking her down.
28	* EveryoneIsBi: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, with the exceptions of Darres, Falan, Vord, and Ishtar, and of those four only Darress doesn't encourage unusual relationships anyway.
29	* EvilTwin: Vord. Kind of.
30	* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Duzell; his newly reincarnated form is...less than impressive, and far more likely to incite "awwwwwww"s than screams of terror.
31	* ForgotICouldChangeTheRules: "Why not make a law saying no one should go hungry?"
32	* GenocideBackfire: [[spoiler:The monsters imprisoned and experimented on in the Ci Xeneth arc just need one chance...]]
33	* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Jill and Krai, Ishtar's OTHER two bodyguards, must have tenure or something. Seriously, these two can't keep a teenage princess from sneaking out of the castle, let alone keep the monsters from coming IN. Although Krai does at one point claim that the reason he applied for the job was because everyone knew keeping her in was impossible so no one actually cared if they screwed up.
34	%%* GuileHero: Yujinn/[[spoiler:Yuujel]]
35	%%* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: Illsaide and Sharlen]]
36	%%* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: Vord, Laphiji, and eventually Seilez.]]
37	%%** Darres.
38	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Duzell performs 'La Gamme' at the end of the series in order to save Ishtar and Darres]]
39	%%* IWantGrandkids: Ramia, in the epilogue.
40	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Leene]]
41	%%* KnightInShiningArmor: DARRES.
42	* LadyOfWar: Captain Selen of Pheliosta is called the "Dark Angel" and commonly known to be able to kick the ever-loving crap out of anyone, ever, probably with her hair looking fabulous the ''entire time''. Her role as Darres' adopted mother, as well as her formidable sword skills, probably qualify her for both ActionMom and ActionGirl status as well.
43	%%* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler: Ishtar and Darres.]]
44	* LoveDodecahedron: Lucy loves Ashley loves Leene is crazy about Yuujel who's got a thing for Darres and also Ishtar who's in love with Darres who ''she'' thinks is in love with Selen who actually loves Galahad. Laphiji loves Seiliez likes Ishtar while everyone thinks he's sleeping with his mom but he's actually banging Sharlen who's also doing Jened who raped the Old Man of the Sea's daughter and has a creepy obsession with Falan only matched by Illsaide's creepy obsession with Falan who herself loves Illsaide but who is also very fond of Vord who loves Ishtar. Also on the Ishtar-loveboat is Duzell, who also has feelings for Illsaide and used to have a thing with [[spoiler:Rishas/Lailis]] while flirting up a storm with Diaage and having FoeRomanceSubtext with Phelios. Phelios, meanwhile, had an affair with [[spoiler:Diaage]] while telling Duzell "I want you to be mine". Lailis loves Duzell but Lassen loves ''her''. Hume loves Illsaide and Jill loves Maura loves Jill. Nobody loves Krai.
45	* LoveMakesYouEvil: Leene, [[spoiler:although she calms down a lot after her murder attempt fails. And, of course, the star of this trope is Lassen. And Illsaide, although in Illsaide's case it's more Love Makes You Morally Confused.]]
46	* TheMatchmaker: Yujinn to Leene and Ashley and [[spoiler: Ishtar and Darres.]] He admits that he may not be very good at it.
47	* MurderTheHypotenuse: Leene tries this.
48	* ObliviousToLove: Darres, Darres, Darres.
49	* OlderThanTheyLook: Captain Selen; Duzell.
50	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: For one thing, the only time we ever see one bite anybody is when Kitten!Duzell's in a very bad mood.
51	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Ishtar.
52	* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Vord]] qualifies for this. Considering [[spoiler: He was originally supposed to be killed due to being the [[EvilTwin younger twin]] born into the Razenia royal family, but was conveniently traded to Lady Ramia instead]], he probably could have fared a lot worse.
53	* ParentalMarriageVeto: Jened to [[spoiler: Falan and Illsaide, [[SurpriseIncest for good]] [[BrotherSisterIncest reason]].]]
54	* PlatonicProstitution: Both Seilez and Darres with [[spoiler: Seilez's mom.]]
55	* ProducePelting: Implied. Lady Sonia's marriage to a non-relative resulted in a riot and a kingdom-wide ban on eggs and tomatoes.
56	* PrincessesRule
57	* {{Protectorate}}: Ishtar for Darres.
58	* RagsToRoyalty: Darres, who used to be a street kid. Also, to a lesser extent, Lassen.
59	* RebelliousPrincess: Ishtar; starts off more so in the spoiled princess category and develops out of it over the length of the manga.
60	* RevengeByProxy: Leene, [[spoiler:who ultimately can't go through with it - but she ''can'' go through with killing her real target.]]
61	* RoyalInbreeding: Enforced; the law is that descendants of Phelios can only marry other descendants of Phelios.
62	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Phelios, Duzell (being the Vampire King and all) and, depending on your definition of "something", Ishtar.
63	* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Ishtar, every so often, puts her foot down. This is the result.
64	* SexlessMarriage: [[spoiler: Leene and Ashley, although they've gotten over it by the epilogue.]]
65	* ShipperOnDeck: Ishtar. By far the best pairing she comes up with is Illsaid and Duzell, especially because she pretends Duzell is her little sister to pull it off.
66	* SingleTargetSexuality: Ishtar is Darres-sexual.
67	* SleepCute: After Ishtar is [[spoiler:poisoned]], Darres sleeps by her bed.
68	* SonOfAWhore: [[spoiler: Seiliez]]
69	* SuddenlySuitableSuitor: [[spoiler: Yujinn lies to try to make Darres one for Ishtar.]]
70	* SuicidePact: [[spoiler: Yujinn and Leene had one. They both lived, and she accuses him of tricking her into it as part of a BatmanGambit to get her to marry Ashley.]]
71	* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler: Falan and Illsaide]]
72	* ThoseTwoGuys: Jill and Krai.
73	* ThroughHisStomach: Ishtar tries and fails to make chocolate for Darres. She and Duzell drink it instead.
74	* TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside: Falan; described as maybe a four, she nevertheless still manages to have [[spoiler: Illsaide and Vord]] fall for her just because she's so darn sweet [[spoiler: her father's creepy "I love you so I'm going to take over the kingdom by bathing in the blood of the innocents for you" doesn't count]].
75	* TheUnfavorite: Seiliez.
76	* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: If of course you think that Ishtar's [[spoiler:bodyguard, Darres]] counts as a childhood friend...
77	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Duzell, eventually.
78	** And also Yujinn
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Context Manga / VampireGame