History Anime / Witchblade

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* AuthorAppeal: if you're wondering why the most of the females in the anime put the comic book one's to shame, look up uno makoto.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Witchblade ultimately breaks down and slowly destroys Masane's body until she goes out in a blaze of glory to [[HeroicSacrifice protect Rihoko]].]]

* [=~I'm A Humanitarian~=]: During the first transformations, Masane under Witchblade influence licks a strange substance that oozes from X-Cons and I-Weapons. They're both the result of Witchblade research, so this amounts to eating one's own cloned tissue. In later episodes, she gains control of these urges. [[spoiler:Counts twice, considering another [[HumanResources component]] of X-Cons and I-Weapons.]]

* ClingyMacGuffin: Masane tried to get rid of the Witchblade, even using power tools in the ways that could cost her half of the arm.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: In particular, the buttocks are a <ahem> vulnerable region in every super-powered female's outfit.

* CompleteMonster: Tatsuoki Furimizu a.k.a. "Father". In his quest [[{{Squick}} to be reborn from the loins of a Witchblade bearer]], he has countless genetically-enhanced women engineered from his own genetic material and subsequently equipped with manufactured copies of the Witchblade called Clonebades. With full knowledge of the parasitic nature of these devices, he callously condemns countless numbers of his "children" to an early grave for the sake of his selfish ambitions. Moreover, his efforts to forcefully deprive Masane of the Witchblade ultimately work to expedite her inevitable death by forcing her to call upon its power in several unnecessary battles.

* CompleteMonster: Tatsuoki Furimizu a.k.a. "Father". In his quest [[{{Squick}} to be reborn from the loins of a Witchblade bearer]], he has countless genetically-enhanced women engineered from his own genetic material and subsequently equipped with manufactured copies of the Witchblade called Clonebades. Due to the parasitic nature of these devices, he callously condemns countless numbers of his "children" to an early grave all for the sake of his selfish ambitions. Moreover, his efforts to forcefully deprive Masane of the Witchblade ultimately work to expedite her inevitable death by forcing her to call upon its power in several unnecessary battles.

* ManipulativeBastard: Tatsuoki Furimizu. The manner in which he plays upon the emotions of his impressionable Neogene children while insuring their deaths obliterates the MoralEventHorizon.

* CompleteMonster: Tatsuoki Furimizu a.k.a. "Father". In his quest [[{{Squick}} to be reborn from the loins of a Witchblade bearer]], he has countless genetically-enhanced women engineered from his own genetic material and subsequently equipped with manufactured copies of the Witchblade called Clonebades. Due to the parasitic nature of these devices, he condemns countless numbers of his "children" to an early grave all for the sake of his selfish ambitions. Moreover, his efforts to forcefully deprive Masane of the Witchblade ultimately work to expedite her inevitable death by forcing her to call upon its power in several unnecessary battles.

* HotShounenMom: Masane Amaha, [[spoiler: Reina Sohou]], Tozawa's boss/editor.

* {{Stripperiffic}}

* MoralDissonance: Kidnapping a baby from the hospital is not right.

* Moral Dissonance: Kidnapping a baby from the hospital is not right.

* Moral Dissonance: Kidnapping a baby from the hospital is not right.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Bound to happen, considering [[GagBoobs those things]]. But perhaps most noticeably in the Beach Episode where Masane runs towards the camera after undressing to a white bikini.