History Trivia / BlackCat

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Though Shiki is androgynous and uses gender-neutral language, he is officially male in every version of the manga and anime, which is essentially uncontested in the Japanese fandom. The manga's English fan translators assumed Shiki was a girl once he was unmasked, creating a myth in the series' English fandom that both [[GenderFlip the anime]] and [[ShesAManInJapan official English translations]] changed Shiki from female to male.
* TheWikiRule: [[http://blackcat.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Cat_Wiki The Black Cat Wiki]].

* DevelopmentHell: In the collected volume for the manga's finale in 2004, author Kentaro Yabuki expressed intentions to create a sequel series. However, his work as artist on ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' (and it's sequel ''Darkness'') proved so successful, he instead went with his other stated option of continuing Train and Eve's story via their {{Exp|y}}es Kuro and Yami.

* DevelopmentHell: Around ''Black Cat'''s finale in 2006, author Kentaro Yabuki expressed intentions to create a sequel series. However, in 2009 Yabuki had a CreatorBreakdown in the form of a troubled divorce turned legal battle over his work in ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' (so messy that it forced Yabuki and co-author Saki Hasemi to end said series) and he has not written a long manga series since.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://blackcat.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Cat_Wiki The Black Cat Wiki]].

!! The Marvel Comics character:

* PostScriptSeason: Her ongoing was ''not'' meant to be a long-term thing. It was one of Marvel's many "unofficial" miniseries, intending to only last 12 issues before being "cancelled". Its popularity led it to continue past that and then be relaunched.
* RealitySubtext: At the end of ''Venom Inc.'', [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]] tells Felicia Hardy to stop being some sort of criminal mastermind, that being a hero suited her better. Hardy's FaceHeelTurn was never popular with fans at all and many blamed Dan Slott for ruining the character.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Her original storyline, which had many plot points coming together that were dropped suddenly when the writer left the series, was going to end with her death as a J. Jonah Jameson who had lost his mind gunned her down.
** She was supposed to make her live-action debut in Creator/SamRaimi's cancelled ''Spider-Man 4'' and rumored to be played by Creator/AnneHathaway. Instead, she would make her live-action debut in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' played by Creator/FelicityJones, and in InNameOnly levels (she's Harry Osborn's assistant).

* PostScriptSeason: Her ongoing was ''not'' meant to be a long-term thing. It was one of Marvel's many "unofficial" miniseries, intending to only last 12 issues. Its popularity led it to continue past that and then be relaunched.

* RealitySubtext: At the end of ''Venom Inc.'', [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]] tells Felicia Hardy to stop being some sort of criminal mastermind, that being a hero suited her better. Hardy's FaceHeelTurn was never popular with fans at all and blamed Dan Slott for ruining a character.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:

** She was supposed to make her live-action debut in Creator/SamRaimi's cancelled ''Spider-Man 4'' and rumored to be played by Creator/AnneHathaway. Instead, she would make her live-action debut in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' played by Creator/FelicityJones.

** She was supposed to make her live-action debut in Creator/SamRaimi's cancelled ''Script/SpiderMan4'', played by Creator/AnneHathaway. Instead, she would make her live-action debut in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' played by Creator/FelicityJones.

* RealitySubtext: At the end of ''Venom Inc.'', Eddie Brock tells Felicia Hardy to stop being some sort of criminal mastermind, that being a hero suited her better. Hardy's FaceHeelTurn was never popular with fans at all and blamed Dan Slott for ruining a character.

** She was supposed to make her live-action debut in Creator/SamRaimi's cancelled ''[[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spider-Man 4]]'', played by Creator/AnneHathaway. Instead, she would make her live-action debut in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' played by Creator/FelicityJones.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Her original storyline, which had many plot points coming together that were dropped suddenly when the writer left the series, was going to end with her death as a J. Jonah Jameson who had lost his mind gunned her down.

* RealitySubtext: At the end of ''Venom Inc.'', Eddie Brock tells Felicia Hardy to stop being some sort of criminal mastermind, that being a hero suited her better. Hardy's FaceHeelTurn was never popular with fans at all and blamed Dan Slott for ruining a character.

* DevelopmentHell: Around ''Black Cat'''s finale in 2006, author Kentaro Yabuki expressed intentions to create a sequel series. However, in 2009 Yabuki had a CreatorBreakdown in the form of a troubled divorce turned legal battle over his work in ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' (so messy that it forced Yabuki and co-author Saki Hasemi to end said series) and he has not written a long manga series since.

* DevelopmentHell: Around the manga's finale in 2006, author Kentaro Yabuki expressed intentions to create a sequel series. However, after Yabuki had a troubled divorce turned legal battle over his work in ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' (so messy that it forced Yabuki and co-author Saki Hasemi to end the series), nothing has been heard since.

* ''Manga/BlackCat'' is an anime about assassins and sweepers; the plot involves stopping ''two'' [[NebulousEvilOrganization evil organizations]] and preventing a young girl from becoming a weapon of mass destruction for crazy religious magicians using for their own purposes; and that is ''without'' the rare {{tear jerker}}. Its first ending song features the characters as ''cats''. Yes, '''cats'''! See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Tt6qWtnUg here]]. And if just the basis of that ending theme song isn't insane enough, it also features the BigBad and the main character as cats... ''kissing''.
** And one of the organizations is actually ''not'' evil, and controls 1/3 of world economy, and is being antagonistic because the main character left the organization. Another organization's leader is a former assassin of the former organization and is [[StalkerWithACrush creepishly sexually attracted]] to the main character...and both of them are [[HoYay male]].

** And one of the organizations is actually ''not'' evil, and controls 1/3 of world economy, and is being antagonistic because the main character left the organization. Another organization's leader is a former assassin of the former organization and is [[StalkerWithACrush creepishly sexually attracted]] to the main character...and both of them are [[HoYay male]].

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* HeyItsThatVoice: In Japanese:
** Young Train is [[Creator/MinamiTakayama Conan]]. Considering one particular part of the Black Cat story, it's very ironic.
** Sephiria is [[Creator/KikukoInoue Chianti]] (the sniper with the butterfly tattoo in ''Manga/DetectiveConan'').
** Jenos is [[Creator/TakahiroSakurai older Loki]] from Manga/MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok. Jenos's anime status as TheCasanova makes this quite clear.
** Creed is [[Creator/ShinichiroMiki Yamino]] from Manga/MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok.
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* ''Manga/BlackCat'' is an anime about assassins and sweepers; the plot involves stopping ''two'' [[NebulousEvilOrganization evil organizations]] and preventing a young girl from becoming a weapon of mass destruction for crazy religious magicians using for their own purposes; and that is ''without'' the rare [[TearJerker tear jerker]]. Its first ending song features the characters as ''cats''. Yes, '''cats'''! See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aHJmtAz5E0&fmt=18 here]]. And if just the basis of that ending theme song isn't insane enough, it also features the BigBad and the main character as cats... ''kissing''.
** And one of the organizations is actually ''not'' evil, and controls 1/3 of world economy, and is being antagonistic because the main character got out of the organization. Another organization's leader is a former assassin of the former organization and is [[StalkerWithACrush creepishly sexually attracted]] to the main character...and both of them are [[HoYay male]].

** Jenos is [[Creator/TakahiroSakurai older Loki]] from MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok. Jenos's anime status as TheCasanova makes this quite clear.
** Creed is [[Creator/ShinichiroMiki Yamino]] from MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok.

** Sephiria is [[Creator/KikukoInoue Chianti]] (the sniper with the butterfly tattoo in DetectiveConan).

** Young Train is [[MinamiTakayama Conan]]. Considering one particular part of the Black Cat story, it's very ironic.

** Creed is [[ShinichiroMiki Yamino]] from MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok.

** Sephiria is [[KikukoInoue Chianti]] (the sniper with the butterfly tattoo in DetectiveConan).

* NamesToKnowInAnime: In Japanese:

** Jenos is [[TakahiroSakurai older Loki]] from MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok. Jenos's anime status as TheCasanova makes this quite clear.

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* NamesToKnowInAnime:
Japanese:

* ''Manga/BlackCat'' is an anime about assassins and sweepers; the plot involves stopping ''two'' [[NebulousEvilOrganization evil organizations]] and preventing a young girl from becoming a weapon of mass destruction for crazy religious magicians using for their own purposes; and that is ''without'' the rare [[TearJerker tear jerker]]. Its ending song features the characters as ''cats''. Yes, '''cats'''! See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aHJmtAz5E0&fmt=18 here]]. And if just the basis of that ending theme song isn't insane enough, it also features the BigBad and the main character as cats... ''kissing''.

*''BlackCat'' is an anime about assassins and sweepers; the plot involves stopping ''two'' [[NebulousEvilOrganization evil organizations]] and preventing a young girl from becoming a weapon of mass destruction for crazy religious magicians using for their own purposes; and that is ''without'' the rare [[TearJerker tear jerker]]. Its ending song features the characters as ''cats''. Yes, '''cats'''! See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aHJmtAz5E0&fmt=18 here]]. And if just the basis of that ending theme song isn't insane enough, it also features the BigBad and the main character as cats... ''kissing''.