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''[[https://antarctic-press.myshopify.com/collections/blade-bunny-series Blade Bunny]]'' is a fantasy/humor OELManga webcomic turned print comic by Eric "Drowemos" Kimball and Erwin Prasetya about [[InsistentTerminology Bunny]], an assassin-for-hire in a mash up of feudal Japan and ancient China. Hired by Lord Farnalan (when his own personal {{ninja}}s failed) to kill the Head Clan of the Asaki Clan.

Things go well at first, until [[ImplacableMan Wolf Fang]] enters the picture. Then things go down to hell, becoming embroiled in a war with spirits? and the journey to find some kind of... pearl?. It's confusing, mainly because the story is told from her point of view and she tends to fall sleep in the long boring speeches.

She wears a pair of bunny ears and a fluffy tail on the back of her skirt, oh and no underwear. While it could be considered SFW, it's very heavy in blood and doesn't pull punches in the most brutal deaths.

''Blade Bunny'' is also published in tankoubon form by Gashu Group. The first volume was released in February 2013. Unfortunately not long after that, [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2013/07/11/well-were-dead/ the comic had to go on hiatus]] because [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-07-10/viz-media-launches-monsuno-combat-chaos-original-graphic-novel-series Erwin got a job drawing another series]] for Creator/VIZMedia. Then he got back to Drowemos with more pages and indicated they could start up again in September. As of March, 2017, the domain, and thus the archives, are gone. The comic is now released in print form only.

Drowemos is also the creator of ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}''. Not to be confused with ''Webcomic/BladeKitten''.

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!!''Blade Bunny'' provides examples of:

* ActionGirl: Bunny herself.
* AffablyEvil: Bunny, beside her figure and snarkiness, she is pretty much a complete sociopath with no sense of guilt whatsoever. [[spoiler:Before CharacterDevelopment, that is.]]
* AnachronismStew: This is a setting done in a mash up of ancient Japan and China, with: kimonos, {{ninja}}s, samurai, daimyos, onis, kamis, 4 Great Gods and the Celestial Bureaucracy. It also posses [[spoiler: robots, automatic weapons, laser beams and leg jets]].
* AnimatedTattoo: Kyoto has one in the shape of a dragon. Taken to its logical conclusion when she uses it to [[spoiler: provide her with wings]].
* {{Animesque}}: The design and visual style is specifically drawn to appear like a manga, although it's not Japanese in origin.
* ArmedLegs: Bunny extends and wields a blade boot [[http://www.bladebunny.com/comic/book-14-page-30a/ here]].
* AscendedMeme: [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2012/01/15/greeting-from-the-octobus/ Bunny meets the Octobus]]
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Bunny, it may be [[ObfuscatingStupidity an act]].
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: Bunny says that she's been Bunny instead of herself for so long that she doesn't even remember her name, let alone how to be herself.]]
* BerserkButton: Never, ever tell Bunny to shut up. Or imply she is a pet. She doesn't like that. [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2011/02/28/book-5-page-6/ Not one bit.]][[spoiler: Or take [[http://www.bladebunny.com/comic/book-14-page-30/ Kyotos dragon]]. This deed so devious, it puts her in an even for Bunny uncharactaristic, calm {{unstoppable Rage}}]]
** SHE.IS.NOT.USELESS.
* BlueWithShock: Yeah, no matter how polite they might be [[spoiler: [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2013/03/20/book-12-page-11/ robots]] ]] are scary
* BreakingTheFourthWall: From the info page.
-->'''Bunny:''' Hmm, actually you know, I'm talking about a comic in a comic that I am talking about, that must be breaking around 8 walls. TakeThat, Film/{{Ferris Bueller|sDayOff}}!
* BunniesForCuteness: The title character has bunny ears. Why? It makes her look cute.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Bunny ears assassin.
* CaptainObvious: Bunny.
-->'''Bunny:''' You are fast.\\
'''Wolf:''' Yes, I am.
* ChekhovsGunman: In Book 5, Bunny decides to randomly make out with a cute guy while in a restaurant. He returns in Book 12, [[spoiler:where it turns out that Bunny's decision [[ObfuscatingStupidity wasn't so random after all...]]]]
* TheChosenOne: The old immortal protecting the pearl [[spoiler: who turned out to be just a terracotta guardian to Jin, the son of the Sun Goddess]].
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Half the time when Bunny does this she seems to be avoiding the subject. The other half...
-->'''Bunny:''' Where the heck am I, anyway?.\\
'''Kyoto:''' Hey! Clothes!\\
'''Bunny:''' [[LiteralMinded Yes, they are]]... So where the heck...\\
'''Kyoto:''' [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn PUT THEM ON]].
* ComplimentBackfire: Either averted or was InsultBackfire.
--> '''Bunny:''' No offense, by the way. You are really horrific and I would be totally freaked out by you if I wasn't running from a dragon\\
'''Random Passerby:''' What a polite girl.
* CountryMatters: "I wonder what else rhymes with Bunny?"
* CoversAlwaysLie: Lampshaded. The second Antarctic Press release of the comic has a cover depicting the NoodleIncident of Bunny and the overly affectionate octopus, with a chibi Bunny acting as GagCensor and complaining about the cover. At the author's insistence, a bonus page was added where Bunny warns the octopus off and complains about the editor.
* CovertPervert: Kyoto [[spoiler: if imaginary Bunny continously flattery is anything to go by. Might be the case of low-self esteem thought]].
* CripplingOverspecialization: Bunny is extremely competent in combat and anything to do with killing. Outside of it [[CloudCuckooLander not]] [[NoSocialSkills so]] [[SarcasmBlind much]].
** She claims her skill set is "Anything involving sharp objects" after demonstrating skill at sewing.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Either she is the greatest actress in history or she is simply incompetent in any non "Kill everything that moves" situation.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Most of the origin stories are downright nasty.
* DeadlyDodging: Bunny uses this to kill some mooks, then uses it against Wolf to [[spoiler: drop a building on his head.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: All the characters in the series, but Bunny seems to had it coded in her DNA.
-->[[spoiler: '''Dragon''']]''':''' Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you but...\\
'''Bunny:''' [[OhCrap Well]] [[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises you are not doing a very good job at that.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: "Sherri" has come to control an entire town through these.
* DeathGlare: [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2011/02/28/book-5-page-6/ Holy crap, man.]]
* DemonicPossession: The demon "Sherri" appears to have an entire town under her control.
* {{Determinator}}: Wolf will take ''any'' amount of abuse and keep on coming afterwards. [[spoiler: Even having a building dropped on him by Bunny doesn't do much more than slow him down for a while.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Almost quoted word for word [[http://www.bladebunny.com/?p=174 here]]. Leads to a case of DidntSeeThatComing.
* TheDreaded:
** [[spoiler: Ao-lung]] is the only one so far who can shut up Bunny with a simple [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2011/03/09/book-5-page-9/ glare]].
** The Bounty Hunter is pretty much Bunny's nightmare made real.
** Kyoto's "slip" had made her this for Jin. So far, he trusts Bunny more than her [[spoiler: although it could be because Bunny never lied, or treated him with disrespect]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The "what could have been" bonus strips [[http://www.bladebunny.com/comic/book-15-page-18/ here]] show what normally would have been Bunny's quick solution to [[spoiler: being attacked by a demon wielding Kyoto's powers. In the real strip, however, she's actually let herself get to like Kyoto.]]
* FantasticSlurs; While they mean... well and it's because of the setting, the Bounty Hunter feel annoyed at being called a "demon" [[spoiler: He is a multi-agent cognitive architecture, thank you very much]].
* FireForgedFriends: Kyoto and Bunny had become quite the team after being nearly killed over a dozen times [[spoiler: to the point of self- sacrifice]].
* FlawlessVictory:
** Most fights with Bunny ends in NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. It doesn't matter if they are soldiers, ninjas, armies or demons, they all go down fast and hard [[spoiler: except against robots. Two times she was barely able to survive and the second time only thanks to the help of Kyoto]].
** The third time she only got away [[spoiler: because she confused his internal program. And is following them waiting for her to slip to kill her until his memory is updated]].
* FloatingAdviceReminder: After the battle on the bridge [[spoiler: Kyoto developed an inner bunny, down to her "unique personality"]].
* FoeTossingCharge: Wolf doesn't let anything stand in the way of his prey. Not even a legendary warrior/oni/spirit? in the middle of a climatic battle of his own.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Played for laughs when Bunny expresses disgust for being stared at by a big gooey [[spoiler: dragon's]] eyeball that is bigger than she is. [[spoiler: The dragon then voluntarily shrinks down small enough to punch out.]]
* ForTheEvulz:
** Bunny kills a man for four good reasons. [[spoiler: It was really funny counts twice.]]
** [[spoiler: Sherri]] gets called out for killing someone she didn't have to and replies that that's the point of power, you don't have to do anything.
* GodivaHair: [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2010/11/22/book-4-page-1/ Here]].
* GoodIsNotNice: The Bounty Hunter. Calm, polite and will not hurt an innocent, but if you are suspected to be an accomplice of his "target" he will end you.
* GroinAttack: [[http://www.bladebunny.com/comic/book-14-page-22/ Negotiated.]]
* TheGunslinger: [[spoiler:[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot A cowboy robot, infinite ammo, bean canon bounty hunter from ancient Japan flavor]]]]
* HeroAntagonist: The Bounty Hunter. Bunny is a ''remorseless serial killer'' that is working for the "good guys" on penalty of death after all.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: More of an student/daughter relationship but [[spoiler: Ao-lung, dragon of the south wind]] makes pretty clear what would happen to Bunny if anything happens to Kyoto.
* ImplacableMan: The Bounty Hunter [[spoiler:(especially so since he isn't sure Bunny is the [[InsistentTerminology Hare]], he is tagging along, waiting to see if she is the Hare and kill her if that is the case]].
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: It may be [[ObfuscatingStupidity an act]].
* InsistentTerminology: "IT'S BUNNY!!!"
* KimonoFanservice: Kyoto after Bunny's "help". She is either starting to like it or is suffering from StockholmSyndrome.
* LamePunReaction: [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2013/06/01/book-12-page-29/ Book 12, Page 29:]]
--> '''Bunny:''' Nothing personal, cutie, but I have to end this now... with an ax.\\
'''EliteMook:''' You mean cut this short?\\
'''Bunny:''' ''[{{beat panel}}]'' SHUT UP! ''[swings the ax]''
* LiteralMetaphor: Bunny proudly states to her latest employer that she isn't tripped up easily. Then a bystander points out that her bootlaces are untied (again). Bunny trips and {{faceplant}}s.
-->'''Bunny:''' That doesn't count. I was being metaphorical.\\
'''Lady Kyoto:''' I am beginning to believe this plan was an horrible mistake.
* LiteralMinded: Bunny.
--> '''Kyoto:''' I'm sorry, I can't let you leave.\\
'''Bunny:''' [[TalkToTheFist OK]].
* LogicBomb:
** Averted repeatedly.
---> '''Bunny:''' Calculate this out. Can God make a rock so big he can't move it?\\
[[spoiler:'''Wolf''']]''':''' [[AskAStupidQuestion YES]].\\
'''Bunny:''' ... Really?
** Also:
---> '''Bunny:''' How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?\\
[[spoiler:'''Wolf''']]''': 3079 pounds of wood per year.
** Once more:
---> '''Bunny:''' This statement is false. What do you think of that?\\
[[spoiler:'''Wolf''']]''':''' It's stupid.
** And then it finally [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2013/02/05/book-11-page-27/ works]].
** [[spoiler:[[http://www.bladebunny.com/2013/02/25/book-12-page-4/ Finally works with an actual robot, although unintentionally since her actions are so against her past record that it unnerves the robot.]] ]]
* LoopholeAbuse: The Chrome Cowboy runs on this trope; if there is any way to abuse a loophole to his advantage, he'll take it.
* MacGuffin: The Pearl, though [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2011/12/12/book-7-page-10/ Bunny doesn't believe it is real]].
* MagicFeather: At one point Bunny loans her rabbit-ear hairband to Kyoto, who manages to hear some monks whispering about the two of them. She believes that the ears enhance the wearer's hearing, but Bunny says no, Kyoto only ''thought'' they did.
* MagicSkirt: Several images appear to look upward at Bunny when she is, by her own admission, wearing a miniskirt and no underwear. It remains SFW. Most obvious [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2012/06/20/book-9-page-12/ here]].
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Bunny's attempt at a BondOneLiner [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2013/01/04/book-11-page-20/ here.]]
* NeckLift: Wolf to Bunny.
* NeckSnap:
--> '''Bunny:''' You are not nice, Mister.\\
'''Ninja Mook:''' Maybe I'm not. [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2010/04/26/page-4-in-high-res-1/ What are you]] [[KilledMidSentence --]]
* NoMisterBondIExpectYouToDine: "Free food? Yeah!"
* NoodleIncident:
** Bunny hasn't seen a zombie horde, but she once saw a zombie political action committee who managed to get in the school council so they could improve the student BRAINZZZZ.
** Whenever Bunny [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2010/12/27/book-4-page-11/ mentions]] her [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2011/12/12/book-7-page-10/ ex]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity:
** Bunny can't even work out how to use chopsticks. [[spoiler: Until she gets an opening to use them as a weapon.]]
** [[spoiler: The dream(?) sequence starting [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2013/06/10/book-12-pages-0-and-1/ this]]page confirms that it is in fact all an act, that she is in fact much more intelligent than she lets on, possibly even a genius level intellect.]]
** In Book 5, Bunny sees a cute guy and tries to make out with him, only for Kyoto to drag her away. [[spoiler:Seven books later, we learn that her ''real'' goal was pickpocketing the MacGuffin off of the guy while [[ShowSomeLeg distracting him with all that talk about making out.]]]]
* OfficerAndAGentleman: The Bounty Hunter. Of the southern variety.
* OhCrap: Wolf [[spoiler:survived having a building dropped on him.]]
%% * ParentalAbandonment: Kyoto
* PunBasedTitle: WordOfGod states that the title started out as a contrast to a Gun Bunny type of character.
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom:
--> '''Bunny:''' So what? You got no more [[spoiler: guns]]. You're completely helpless.\\
''[She was'' ''[[http://www.bladebunny.com/2011/07/11/book-6-page-5/ wrong]].]''
* Really700YearsOld [[spoiler: Jin]] turns out to have been 10k Years old all along.
* RecklessGunUsage: Yeah, she is kind of an idiot like that.
* RuleOfCute: By Bunny's own admission, it's the reason she wears a fluffy tail on her butt.
* SceneryCensor: When Kyoto blocks her own view of a naked Bunny, she coincidentally blocks the reader's as well.
* ShowSomeLeg: [[spoiler:Bunny's attempt to make out with "Lucky" was just a ruse to get close enough to him to pickpocket the MacGuffin pearl.]]
* ShroudedInMyth: The epilogue to the pearl storyline begins with a summary of the legends that sprang up as a result of Bunny's actions in that world.
* SplitPersonality: Don't push Kyoto. [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2012/11/12/book-11-page-2/ Just don't.]]
* SuperStrength: She is insanely strong, far above even SuperSoldiers and warriors [[spoiler:but a complete weakling against robots, who toss her around like a rag doll]].
* SuperReflexes: It comes with being a ninja.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Done [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2012/05/07/book-9-page-2/ deliberately]] - she really didn't do anything, she just wants people to slow down while they work out what she did.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Many times, but stopping to taunt your victim's bodyguards with a [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2010/06/21/page-20-in-high-res/ poem]] when they have arrows is not really a good idea.
* TemptingFate: Really, Bunny, you have to stop underestimating your opponents [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2011/07/11/book-6-page-5/ so]] [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2010/09/01/book-2-page-18-in-high-res/ much]].
* ThankTheMaker: Inverted. Meeting his maker is why the Chrome Cowboy considers religions to be wasteful. When told someone is a god in human form, he rejects the notion that this makes him something special.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: [[spoiler: Kyoto's origin story]]
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Implied with [[spoiler:Bunny herself]].
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: When told the immortal's true name, the Chrome Cowboy complains that it takes too much drive space to store and too much time to shout in anger.
* TooMuchInformation:
-->'''Bunny:''' Yeah, you sound like my ex. "All I want to do is talk" and then the bondage gear comes out.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Honestly, going with the setting, it's debatable whose influence is worse to whom: Kyoto or Bunny.
* VaporWear: Bunny claims that she isn't wearing underwear in the first storyline.
-->[[http://www.bladebunny.com/2010/07/05/book-2-page-1b/ "Um… I mean… Look it's laundry day and that's not the point."]]
* VillainProtagonist: Bunny is a remorseless serial killer hitwoman. She has traits of being a NominalHero since she's working for the good guys, but that's only under the threat of death.
* VisualPun: Claiming that it is a popular request, the author provided an image of Bunny suffering a WardrobeMalfunction. [[http://www.bladebunny.com/2014/12/12/bunnys-wardrobe-malfunction/ Meaning she is fighting a malfunctioning wardrobe.]]
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Discussed in [[http://www.bladebunny.com/comic/book-15-page-18/ this]] "what could have been" bonus strip.
-->'''Bunny:''' You robots are all defective. All you do is talk about killing me instead of just killing me.
* WhyWontYouDie: Wolf's sheer toughness and determination elicits this reaction from Bunny.
* WorthIt: When discussing other animal-themed ninjas, a mantis-girl is summarily rejected after it's noticed she's trying to hide the corpse of a decapitated naked man holding a sign with this printed on it.[[note]] For those of you who didn't get the obvious joke, it's a standard BlackComedy piece on the AnimalStereotypes of mantids and spiders being LiteralManEater {{Black Widow}}s who eat their lovers after sex.[[/note]]
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Parodied to hell and back with [[SociopathicHero Bunny]] by various characters [[spoiler: but done honestly by Bunny, both real and imaginary, to Kyoto]].

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