History Trivia / BlackBullet

* SeriesHiatus: There hasn't been a new light novel volume since the seventh, which was originally released in 2014. A year later, author Shiden Kanzaki tweeted he was going into hiatus due to overstress, and hasn't been heard of since. Given that he was already a self-proclaimed "family restaurant writer" who wrote in his free time, it has been popularly entertained he retired quietly from writing and went to focus on his other work.

** If you are curious why every Cursed Child and Rentaro are given really sadistic treatment throughout the light novel, this is why. [[http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=4768539&postcount=214 According to one light novel translator's note]], the author happens to be a huge fan of [[Creator/NitroPlus Nitro+]] games and Creator/GenUrobuchi's works and ''Black Bullet'' is somewhat inspired by Gen's works. The author even originally wanted to have Rentaro having a personality similar to [[LightNovel/FateZero Kiritsugu]] before ditching that idea since the personality would not fit into the setting he was writing in. [[spoiler:The author even throws one of the most controversial plot devices in volumes 5 and 6 where Rentaro's love interest, Kisara, was forced to marry the antagonist ''and'' the said antagonist framed Rentaro for murder. Fortunately, that plot device ended being subverted.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rentaro was initially planned to have a personality similar to that of [[LightNovel/FateZero Kiritsugu Emiya's]]. It was ditched as the author felt it wouldn't fit into the work's setting.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: [[Creator/YuukiKaji Rentaro]] and [[Creator/RinaHidaka Enju]] are [[Literature/AccelWorld Haruyuki and Yuniko]].

* SeriesHiatus: There hasn't been a new light novel volume since the seventh, which was originally released in April 10, 2014. A year later, author Shiden Kanzaki tweeted he was going into hiatus due to overstress, and hasn't been heard of since. Given that he was already a self-proclaimed "family restaurant writer" who wrote in his free time, it has been popularly entertained he retired quietly from writing and went to focus on his other work.

* NamesTheSame: Rentarou is not [[Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou a boy who gains a hundred soulmates]].

* RelationshipVoiceActor: [[Creator/YuukiKaji Rentaro]] and [[Creator/RinaHidaka Enju]] are [[LightNovel/AccelWorld Haruyuki and Yuniko]].

* SeriesHiatus: There hasn't been a new light novel volume since the seventh, which was originally released in April 10, 2014. A year later, author Shiden Kanzaki tweeted he was going into hiatus due to overstress, and hasn't been heard of since. Given that he was already a self-proclaimed "family restaurant writer" who wrote in his free time, it has been popularly entertained he retired quietly from writing and went to focuss on his other work.

* FanNickname:
** "Lolis Getting Killed Left and Right: The Light Novel": The very nature of this series involves a lot of cursed children (a race of lolis) getting indiscriminately killed off.
** Also, "Loli Death Simulator" thanks to [[http://youtu.be/jpA0DEGEQtM?t=8m this video]].
** "[[{{Cuckold}} NTR Bullet]]": Volumes 5 and 6. It's infamous for having the main antagonist forcefully kissing [[spoiler:Kisara (Rentaro's love interest) and forcing a marriage with her. The said antagonist will later frame Rentaro for murder, forcefully ruin Enju's life by having IISO take her away and forcefully pair her with a stranger named "buddy killer" (implied that she suffered a lot of physical and emotional abuse from "buddy killer"), and Tina Sprout sentenced to death row. Apparently, this caused many of the Chinese light novel translators to drop their translation plans for this series due to how dark and depressing the later novels become. Not to mention, the plot device seen to be really trollish (see TrollingCreator below). Fortunately, volume 6 ended with the villain's plot foiled and Rentaro name cleared and reunited with Kisara, Enju, and Tina.]]

* SeriesHiatus: For unknown reasons, there hasn't been a new light novel volume since the seventh, which was originally released in April 10, 2014.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rentaro was initially planned to have a personality similar to that of Kiritsugu Emiya's. It was ditched as the author felt it wouldn't fit into the work's setting.

-->'''Shiden Kanzaki''': Taking myself as an example, I first go "I want to write this kind of scene!" then I think about "How exactly should the story go to develop into that direction?" through a process of reverse thinking (also known as the induction method) to conceptualize. Conversely, reversing the steps results in what's called the deduction method, but why do I find it impossible to write using the deduction method? If I try to write a story using it, I inevitably end up getting stuck somewhere. Although this is my flaw as a writer, it's not a totally bad thing. The inductive method is very logical so as long as things are arranged sufficiently cleanly, the story will have unity in logic.
-->...
-->Finally, there are the readers. Using the sweet bait of "lolis, lolis here" and "boobs, boobs here" like a peepshow to entice the readers, then turning the page to show disgusting scenes like heads falling suddenly to the ground or disemboweled guts, known for underhanded marketing methods rare in recent times, [[SelfDeprecation the worst writer in all of history—me, Shiden Kanzaki—still energetically aiming for renewing the record for being the worst]].

* CastingGag:
** Creator/YuukiKaji voiced another male lead protagonist [[Manga/AttackOnTitan with a similar premise]].
** Enju happens to be a BadassAdorable GenkiGirl [[RapunzelHair long-haired]] FieryRedhead young girl with a rabbit[=/=]bunny theme. This is not the first time Creator/RinaHidaka [[VideoGame/KantaiCollection voiced such as character]].
** An English dub meta example. This is [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} not the first time]] Creator/LuciChristian voiced an AllLovingHero NiceGirl or a TokenMiniMoe character.

** Enju happens to be a BadassAdorable GenkiGirl [[RapunzelHair long-haired]] FieryRedhead loli with a rabbit[=/=]bunny theme. This is not the first time Creator/RinaHidaka [[VideoGame/KantaiCollection voiced such as character]].

* SeriesHiatus: There hasn't been a new light novel volume since the seventh, which was originally released in April 10, 2014.

* SeriesHiatus: There hasn't been a new light novel volume since the seventh, which was released in April 10, 2014.

* ActorAllusion:

*** Also, "Loli Death Simulator" thanks to [[http://youtu.be/jpA0DEGEQtM?t=8m this video]].
** [[spoiler:"[[{{Cuckold}} NTR Bullet]]": Volumes 5 and 6. It's infamous for having the main antagonist forcefully kissing Kisara (Rentaro's love interest) and forcing a marriage with her. The said antagonist will later frame Rentaro for murder, forcefully ruin Enju's life by having IISO take her away and forcefully pair her with a stranger named "buddy killer" (implied that she suffered a lot of physical and emotional abuse from "buddy killer"), and Tina Sprout sentenced to death row. Apparently, this caused many of the Chinese light novel translators to drop their translation plans for this series due to how dark and depressing the later novels become. Not to mention, the plot device seen to be really trollish (see TrollingCreator below). Fortunately, volume 6 ended with the villain's plot foiled and Rentaro name cleared and reunited with Kisara, Enju, and Tina.]]

* TrollingCreator: If you are curious why every Cursed Child and Rentaro are given really sadistic treatment throughout the light novel, this is why. [[http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=4768539&postcount=214 According to one light novel translator's note]], the author happens to be a huge fan of [[Creator/NitroPlus Nitro+]] games and Creator/GenUrobuchi's works and Black Bullet is somewhat inspired by Gen's works. The author even originally wanted to have Rentaro having a personality similar to [[LightNovel/FateZero Kiritsugu]] before ditching that idea since the personality would not fit into the setting he was writing in. [[spoiler:The author even throws one of the most controversial plot devices in volumes 5 and 6 where Rentaro's love interest, Kisara, was forced to marry the antagonist ''and'' the said antagonist framed Rentaro for murder. Fortunately, that plot device ended being subverted.]]

-->Finally, there are the readers. Using the sweet bait of "lolis, lolis here" and "boobs, boobs here" like a peepshow to entice the readers, then turning the page to show disgusting scenes like heads falling suddenly to the ground or disemboweled guts, known for underhanded marketing methods rare in recent times, [[SelfDeprecation the worst writer in all of history—me, Shiden Kanzaki—still energetically aiming for renewing the record for being the worst]].

* DuelingShows: With ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''

* TrollingCreator: If you are curious why every cursed child and Rentaro are given really sadistic treatment throughout the light novel, this is why. [[http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=4768539&postcount=214 According to one light novel translator's note]], the author happens to be a huge fan of [[Creator/NitroPlus Nitro+]] games and Creator/GenUrobuchi's works and Black Bullet is somewhat inspired by Gen's works. The author even originally wanted to have Rentaro having a personality similar to [[LightNovel/FateZero Kiritsugu]] before ditching that idea since the personality would not fit into the setting he was writing in. [[spoiler:The author even throws one of the most controversial plot devices in volumes 5 and 6 where Rentaro's love interest, Kisara, was forced to marry the antagonist ''and'' the said antagonist framed Rentaro for murder. Fortunately, that plot device ended being subverted.]]

* TrollingCreator: If you are curious why every loli and Rentaro are given really sadistic treatment throughout the light novel, this is why. [[http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=4768539&postcount=214 According to one light novel translator's note]], the author happens to be a huge fan of [[Creator/NitroPlus Nitro+]] games and Creator/GenUrobuchi's works and Black Bullet is somewhat inspired by Gen's works. The author even originally wanted to have Rentaro having a personality similar to [[LightNovel/FateZero Kiritsugu]] before ditching that idea since the personality would not fit into the setting he was writing in. [[spoiler:The author even throws one of the most controversial plot devices in volumes 5 and 6 where Rentaro's love interest, Kisara, was forced to marry the antagonist ''and'' the said antagonist framed Rentaro for murder. Fortunately, that plot device ended being subverted.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: The anime have some recognizable names:
** Creator/YuukiKaji as Rentaro
** Creator/RinaHidaka as Enju
** Creator/YuiHorie as Kisara
** Creator/AkiToyosaki as Seitenshi
** Creator/RikiyaKoyama as Kagetane
** Creator/AoiYuuki as Kohina

* GenreKiller: A smaller scale and character archetype example, this series has North American anime viewers to ''completely hate'' the LittleSisterHeroine and {{loli|con}} character archetype. This is mostly because many viewers see this series as a {{lolicon}} harem pandering series, and anime that features a LittleSisterHeroine and/or a {{loli|con}} will ''automatically'' be seen as {{lolicon}} pandering. The series also caused the American fandom to completely hate the harem ''and'' SliceOfLife genre despite the fact that Black Bullet isn't a SliceOfLife anime and harem isn't technically a major theme to the series. [[note]]The SliceOfLife genre was thrown in mainly because most of them are usually SchoolgirlSeries {{Moe}} anime that often has a {{loli|con}} character[[/note]]

* GenreKiller: A smaller scale and character archetype example, this series has North American anime viewers to ''completely hate'' the LittleSisterHeroine and {{loli|con}} character archetype. This is mostly because many viewers see this series as a {{lolicon}} harem pandering series, and anime that features a LittleSisterHeroine and/or a {{loli|con}} will ''automatically'' be seen as {{lolicon}} pandering.

* GenreKiller: A smaller scale and character archetype example, this series has anime viewers in North American to ''completely hate'' the LittleSisterHeroine and {{loli|con}} character archetype. This is mostly because many viewers see this series as a {{lolicon}} harem pandering series, and anime that features a LittleSisterHeroine and/or a {{loli|con}} will ''automatically'' be seen as {{lolicon}} pandering.