"What do you think people are made of? I'm not talking about blood or flesh. We do care about what's on the exterior, but we want to focus more on what people even now still call the "inside." You can also call it "nature." I guess you are either born this way or raised to act this way. Are people born like this or do they become like this? The answer is..."
Blood-C is a Summer 2011 Anime series that was produced and collaborated on by Studio Production I.G and CLAMP. It is the second anime based on Blood: The Last Vampire, following 2005's Blood+, and the fourth overall incarnation in the franchise.Kisaragi Saya is a High School girl born to a shrine family. By day, she's completely ordinary and enjoys hanging out with her friends. By night, she fights and kills the monsters called "Elder Bairns" who invade her town and attempt to feed on humans. But as Saya continues to fight for her life each night, she begins to notice something isn't quite right in this town...The movie Blood-C: The Last Dark, which was out on June 2, 2012, is a sequel which continues the events of the TV series, one year later, and is set in Tokyo.Funimation has licensed both the TV series (released in November, 2012) and film, which is expected to be released sometime in 2013. A manga adaptation of the TV series and the movie was serialized in Shounen Ace. There's also a spin-off manga entitled Blood-C:Izayoi Kitan which is set in 1946.
Anguished Declaration of Love: Tokizane confesses to Saya in Episode 9. She reacts in confusion and asks what he likes about her. Turns out the whole thing was just an act.
Played straight with Itsuki.
Ankle Drag: Happens to the Motoe twins in episode 12. Nene is dangled in the air and then repeatedly smashed into the ground, while Nono gets ripped in half.
As of the last episode, Yuka can be added to the list. She only participated in The Masquerade because she wanted to be a politician and doesn't seem to care when the rest of the participants are slaughtered.
Blob Monster: The Elder Bairns in latter half of episode 6
Bloodier and Gorier: Bound to happen when you consider that most gimmicks from the previous installments (Like the crystallization from Blood+) are given up on in favor of full blown cutting, slicing, hitting, crushing, chewing and eating.
Blood Is The New Black: Saya in the opening and in Episodes 3 and 4 has her covered from head to toe in blood.
Tried to be subverted by Fumito in a rare in-story example. After The Reveal, Nono and Nene hint at the possibility of the uniforms being black and red to conceal any blood stains left from one of Saya's feedings. Doesn't work as well.
Brainwashed and Crazy: What Fumito does to the Elder Bairns and Tadayoshi when he gives them some of Saya's blood.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Most are, given the fact that the Elder Bairns take on rather weird shapes and states of existence, resulting in unusually painful ways for most of the characters to die, like being impaled by a shadow or having one's legs torn off by it.
Elder Bairns aren't safe from it either, since upon encountering Saya and being allowed to kill all humans in their vicinity, they're bound to suffer a horrifying death at the hands of the girl, such as being sliced in half (A series favorite) or stabbed from the inside out.
Fan Disservice: The Motoe twins' panty shots during their deaths. Then there's Kanako who not only had several panty shots, but a full breast exposure when she was killed.
I'm a Humanitarian: In a weird twist:While the Elder Bairns feast on humans, Saya (being one herself) cannot. Instead, she can only feast on the blood of other Elder Bairns.
The Guimauve that Fumito fed her was made from the blood of Elder Bairns.
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: In episode 11 Nene and Nono explain that: Saya, Tokizane, Yuuka, Itsuki and the twins themselves are the main characters and the rest are just extra.
Living a Double Life: There's sweet Saya, and then there's cold, red-eyed vampire hunter Saya.
Living Shadow: The Elder Bairns in episode 6 that possesses Nono
Love Dodecahedron: Sort of. There's a mild one with Itsuki and Tokizane having feelings for Saya, who "loves" Fumito.
Lyrical Dissonance: The cheerful Nono and Nene in Episode 7... just an episode after their deaths. Talk about Mood Whiplash.
And Nono would have if she were in her right mind.
Noodle Incident: What exactly were the Motoe twins arrested for?
In episode 11, it's implied that the twins were previously arrested for pimping out other girls when one of them suggests that they should get more school uniforms for "the girls" to wear, but that this time they'd have to be more careful.
And the monster in Episodes 8 and 9. The tips of its fingers seem to have a different shape, depending on the shot. They're either a continuous purple blade or something resembling a scorpion's stinger.
Oh Crap: The Motoe Twins, and Kanako in episode 12, when the nearby Elder Bairn kills Tokizane, and Fumito informs the the talismans protecting them from it, are fake. And he sics it on them as well.
Our Vampires Are Different: They can look like just about anything, they're called 'Elder Bairns', and... they're not really vampires at all. Saya, though...
Panty Shot: We get a clear panty shot of Nono. Right before the Elder Bairn rips her legs off, split wise...
School Uniforms are the New Black: Pretty much the only thing we've seen any of the teenagers wear, except for Saya's miko clothes. She even wears her school uniform when she's out hunting vampires.
Shout Out: The train in the third episode may have some relation to the one in Blood: The Last Vampire, even if the train is the monster in this case.
The monster of the day in Episode 7 looks a lot like Tadakatsu Honda from Sengoku Basara, of which Production I.G did the anime adaption for.
When Saya's memory returns in episodes 11 and 12 we can see her fighting Fumito's army in her Blood: The Last Vampire outfit, making this series a tentative Continuity Nod.
Strictly Formula: Episodes 1 through 5 followed a predictable pattern. Sing on the way to school, play with the puppy, eat and chat with friends, and kill the Monster of the Week. And then came Episode 6...
Tempting Fate: In Episode 8, one of the students in Saya's class remarks that the monster seems to be a Mighty Glacier, giving them time to run, seconds before he went Lightning Bruiser on them.
Too Dumb to Live: The villagers, seriously. It's understandable that they are not aware of the existence of the Elder Bairns. But when Saya tells them to run away while she deals with the monsters, they just stay on one spot near the battle field and then, they got killed.
Town with a Dark Secret: It increasingly seems like everyone is in on some sort of plot with the Elder Bairns. Then, well, look at the next trope down.
With Friends Like These: More like, with a sister like this. Nono knocks Nene over, so she can escape the Elder Bairn in episode twelve. She doesn't get away though.
Also applies to Saya whose only real friend turned out to be Itsuki.
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