History YMMV / BloodPlus

** Diva/Riku. First, although Diva looks sixteen, she is really over 150 years old, while Riku is only fourteen and looks even younger. Second, Diva's obsession with Riku is just plain creepy. Third, there is the fact that [[spoiler:she rapes and kills him]]. Somewhat downplayed in the manga, as not only [[spoiler:she rejects and doesn't kill him]], but it's implied they became [[spoiler:good friends before the TimeSkip, causing him to become her honorary protector.]]

** The manga. Despite being very different from the anime, the gore factor has been amped UpToEleven, making the anime tame in terms of violence in comparison. And it was published ''in a shonen magazine''.

** Diva/Riku. First, although Diva looks sixteen, she is really over 150 years old, while Riku is only fourteen and looks even younger. Second, Diva's obsession with Riku is just plain creepy. Third, there is the fact that [[spoiler:she rapes and kills him]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: While it's generally considered for adults in the Western hemisphere, it's worth noting that the show aired at 6pm in Japan when it was first released. Yes, around the same time as family-friendly shows such as "Manga/SazaeSan". Did we also mention that this show is filled with tons of gore, rape, and even opens up with a scene featuring innocent men, women, and children being slaughtered with blood spewing everywhere? What on earth were the networks thinking???

** Riku is a sweet boy, being his siblings' MoralityPet. Then he loses his father, breaking him. He loses his new friend Mui, [[spoiler:has to be revived after he finds Diva, mistaking her for his sister, only to die again after being horrifically raped, despite everyone doing everything to keep him safe. And he was only 12.]]

** Kai is broken over his father's death, gets separated from his sister for a bit, sees her going insane, almost loses her a few times, [[spoiler:finds that his brother needs an EmergencyTransformation, loses a friend, and not long after, loses Riku. While this helps him grow, he's separated from his sister for a while and finds she's changed. After, he finds out his brother's killer is taking his form. While he's the only one active from start to end, it's clear he's been through a lot.]]

* TheWoobie: All three Miyagusuku siblings identify as this, especially after the death of George.
** Saya has been around for over a century and realizes she's the one responsible for her sister's release. Over the course of the years, she's had to deal with all the blood on her hands, lost her father, and [[spoiler:loses her younger brother, not gaining much from avenging his killer. After everything's been said and done, she needs to go through 3 decades of slumber.]]

** Kai is broken over his father's death, gets separated from his sister for a bit, sees her going insane, almost loses her a few times, [[spoiler:finds that his brother needs an EmergencyTransformation, loses a friend, and not long after, loses Riku. While this helps him grow, he's separated from his only relative for a while and finds she's changed. After, he finds out his brother's killer is taking his form. While he's the only one active from start to end, it's clear he's been through a lot.]]

* TheWoobie: When first introduced, Riku is a HappilyAdopted orphan with Saya and Kai [[spoiler:until their father's death]]. The neighborhood girl he was friends with is [[spoiler:miraculously bypassed by the storyline, considering that]] then the first girl he really noticed was Mui [[spoiler:who's then transformed into a pint-sized Chiropteran]], then Liza [[spoiler:(killed and impersonated by Amshel)]]. All of that is just the warm-up for when he spots "Saya" in the Zoo [[spoiler:and Diva drains his blood, forcing Saya to make him a chevalier]]. And then [[spoiler:Diva returns to rape and kill him]]. Even after that [[spoiler:Diva is still carrying his Chiropteran children and wearing his face just to taunt Saya]]. He was about age twelve, '''tops'''.

** Riku is a sweet boy, being his siblings' MoralityPet. Then he loses his father, breaking him. He loses his new friend Mui, [[spoiler:has to be revived, only to die again after being horrifically raped, despite everyone doing everything to keep him safe.]]

** Saya has been around for over a century and realizes she's the one responsible for her sister's release. Over the course of the years, she's had to deal with all the blood on her hands, lost her father, and [[spoiler:loses her younger brother, not gaining much from avenging his killer.]]
** Riku is a sweet boy, being his siblings' MoralityPet. Then he loses his father, breaking him, later, his new friend, [[spoiler:has to be revived, only to die again being horrifically raped, despite everyone doing everything to keep him safe.]]

** Kai is broken over his father's death, gets separated from his sister for a bit, almost loses her a few times, [[spoiler:finds that his brother needs an EmergencyTransformation, loses a friend, and not long after, loses Riku. While this helps him grow, he's separated from his only relative for a while and finds she's changed. After, he finds out his brother's killer is taking his form. While he's the only one active from start to end, it's clear he's been through a lot.]]

** Kai is broken over his father's death, gets separated from his sister for a bit, almost loses her a few times, [[spoiler:finds that his brother needs an EmergencyTransformation, loses a friend, and not long after, loses Riku. While this helps him grow, he's later in front of his brother's killer.]]

** [[spoiler:Karl in spades. He's insane, but it's been made clear he wasn't always this way. Over a century of abuse drove him mad and only Solomon has treated him like a brother.]]

** Original series: [[EvilutionaryBiologist Amshel Goldsmith]] is a researcher obsessed with [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Chiropterans]], TheManInFrontOfTheMan to Diva, and responsible for all the chaos in the setting. Since her birth, Amshel [[TheChessmaster twisted Diva]] to become a PsychopathicWomanchild easy for him to control, while he used her resulting appetite for death and destruction to [[{{Greed}} profit and increase his own power]] at the expense of her victims. Living for hundreds of years, Amshel now has the public persona of the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO]] of pharmaceutical company Cinque Flèches, and uses his wealth to create a group of artificial Chiropterans known as The Schiff, raising them as ChildSoldiers and treating them like equipment, as shown by his indifference to their deaths when they escape his clutches and their shortened lifespans begin to expire. A man with loyalty to none, Amshel even kills his own brother, Solomon, for falling in love with Saya. His false loyalty to Diva is an obvious ruse which even she can see through but chooses to go along with out of loneliness, and when she's killed, Amshel reacts with only irritation and demands to be given her children so he can continue his insane experiments.

* CryForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Diva. As Nathan puts it when she dies: "Poor girl...she just wanted to have a family..."]] Also Karl, possibly.

** Manga adaptation, by Asuka Katsura: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Amshel Goldsmith]] is no less vile in this abridged retelling of the anime. Back in the 19th century, Amshel devoted himself to Diva by becoming her Chevalier, [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating her sister Saya]] into releasing her and having her slaughter an entire banquet to his delight. Securing Diva for his own selfish needs, Amshel spent the centuries concocting schemes to fulfill Diva's dream of a world infested with Chiropeans, establishing the pharmaceutical company Cinq Fleches to [[PlayingWithSyringes conduct countless human experiments]] and massacres to achieve said dream. Seeking to have Diva mate with the Chevalier Riku, Amshel organizes an attack on a Red Shield ship to slaughter everybody onboard. With his care for Diva nothing more than possessive obsession, Amshel uses the Red Guard attack to reveal his secret project, the Corpse Corps, [[ChildSoldiers child Chiropean soldiers]] created for the sole purpose of wiping out all of Diva's Chevaliers so that only he can rule beside her. Spreading the Chiropean virus with his [=D67=] drugs, Amshel organizes an opera performance by Diva to be broadcasted worldwide, with her singing activating the drugs' effects and creating a massive Chiropean infestation.

%%* EvilIsSexy: Diva.

* CompleteMonster: [[MadScientist Amshel Goldsmith]] is a [[EvilutionaryBiologist researcher]] obsessed with [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Chiropterans]], TheManInFrontOfTheMan to [[TheHeavy Diva]], and [[DragonInChief responsible for all the chaos in the setting]]. Since her birth, Amshel [[TheChessmaster twisted Diva]] to become a PsychopathicWomanchild easy for him to control, while he used her resulting appetite for death and destruction to [[{{Greed}} profit and increase his own power]] at the expense of her victims. Living for hundreds of years, Amshel now has the public persona of the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO]] of pharmaceutical company Cinque Flèches, and uses his wealth to create a group of artificial Chiropterans known as The Schiff, raising them as ChildSoldiers and treating them like equipment, as shown by his indifference to their deaths when they escape his clutches and their shortened lifespans begin to expire. A man with loyalty to none, Amshel even kills [[spoiler:his own brother, Solomon]], for falling in love with Saya. His false loyalty to Diva is an obvious ruse which even she can see through but chooses to go along with out of loneliness, and when [[spoiler:she's killed]], Amshel reacts with only irritation and demands to be given her children so he can continue his insane experiments.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The anime version of Diva is supposed to be a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who turned evil [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent after being twisted by the evil men in her life]], and is genuinely sympathetic for most of the story... [[MoralEventHorizon until]] she [[spoiler:[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rapes and kills Riku]], a [[WouldHurtAChild 13-year old]] boy]]. The show still tries to give her an AlasPoorVillain moment as Saya cries for her [[spoiler:after killing her]], but by that point a good chunk of viewers lost any ability to feel sympathy for her. Notably, the manga writer seemed to agree, as the manga, as part of its rewriting of Diva to make her more genuinely sympathetic, ''removes this scene entirely''.

* EvilIsSexy: Diva again!

* HoYay: Nathan and James, Moses and Karman, and Karl and Solomon in the anime, Riku and Charles, and Hagi and Nishi in the prequel manga.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** The entire soundtrack is composed by Hollywood composer, [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006183/ Mark Mancina]] who is a former student of the legendary Music/HansZimmer, the producer of the show's soundtrack.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWVlB5LrPS8 "Diva"]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8CVSZzynGk Saya's Victory]], rightfully placed amongst the Greatest Battle Music Of All Times.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPRY62CcOHI Blood+ Grand Theme]] certainly qualifies.
** The OP theme songs, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74zyuWSaxA "Aozara no Namida"]] by Hitomi Takahashi, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H12yeB7Lmo "Season's Call"]] by HYDE and most definitely, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8nsqbHNakQ "Colors of the Heart"]] by [=UVERworld=] are definitely one of the best songs.
** "Kataritsugu Koto" (''The Things I Pass Down''), the ending theme for the first series.

* SignatureScene: The third opening's animation.
* UnfortunateImplications: Kinda. The Goldsmith/Goldschmidt family is a pretty obvious analogue for the Rothschild Family of real life and both the Red Shield and Cinq Fleches draw their namesakes from the Rothschild coat of arms. On the one hand, this has the unfortunate effect of playing into antisemitic conspiracy theories, with Cinq Fleche in particular being a global organization led by vampiric creatures attemping to TakeOverTheWorld; on the other hand, Joel VI and the Red Shield are portrayed as more or less entirely heroic, and both organizations are multiethnic groups with no obvious Jewish traits.

* UnfortunateImplications: Kinda. The Goldsmith/Goldschmidt family is a pretty obvious analogue for the Rothschild Family of real life and both the Red Shield and Cinq Fleches draw their namesakes from the Rothschild coat of arms. On the one hand, this has the unfortunate effect of playing into antisemitic conspiracy theories, with Cinq Fleche in particular being a global organization led by vampiric creatures attemping to TakeOverTheWorld; on the other hand, Joel VI and the Red Shield are portrayed as more or less entirely heroic, while Cinq Fleche is a multiethnic consortium with no obvious Jewish traits.

** Van Argiano [[spoiler: and the American government cross it when they plan to turn people around the world into Chiropterans and then choosing who to send TheCavalry to, effectively control the world.]]
** James Ironside crosses it when he [[spoiler: tricks Moses into hunting down Kai with the false promise that he can cure him and his friends of the Thorn.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: Diva's Chevaliers are all named after various members of the Rothschild family, which has some antisemitic undertones.
* TheWoobie: When first introduced, Riku is a HappilyAdopted orphan with Saya and Kai [[spoiler:until their father's death]]. The neighborhood girl he was friends with is [[spoiler:miraculously bypassed by the storyline, considering that]] then the first girl he really noticed was Mui [[spoiler:who's then transformed into a pint-sized Chiropteran]], then Liza [[spoiler:(killed and impersonated by Amshel)]]. All of that is just the warm-up for when he spots "Saya" in the Zoo [[spoiler:and Diva drains his blood, forcing Saya to make him a chevalier]]. And then [[spoiler:Diva returns to rape and kill him.]] Even after that [[spoiler:Diva is still carrying his Chiropteran children and wearing his face just to taunt Saya]]. He was about age twelve, '''tops'''.

* UnfortunateImplications: Diva's Chevaliers are all named after various members of the Rothschild family, which has some antisemitic undertones (they're a conspiracy of literal bloodsuckers, you do the math).

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The entire soundtrack is composed by Hollywood composer, [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006183/ Mark Mancina]] who is a former student of the legendary Music/HansZimmer, the producer of the show's soundtrack.

* MoralEventHorizon: Diva crosses it when she [[spoiler:rapes Riku so that she can bear his child, and then kills him]].

* NoYay: Diva/Riku. First, although Diva looks sixteen, she is really over 150 years old, while Riku is only fourteen and looks even younger. Second, Diva's obsession with Riku is just plain creepy. Third, there is the fact that [[spoiler:she rapes and kills him]].

** [[http://23.237.134.90/anime_ost/blood-complete-best/dibevglq/09%20-%20BLOOD%2B%20Grand%20Theme.mp3 Blood+ Grand Theme]] certainly qualifies.

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Diva! In addition to being [[spoiler: the polar opposite of all things Saya]], she's an AxCrazy PsychopathicManchild who seeks nothing but the total destruction of mankind. Her antics as an [[ImplacableMan Implacable Girl]] toward [[spoiler:Riku]] do not help matters at all.

* WhatDoYouMean,It'sforKids: While it's generally considered for adults in the Western hemisphere, it's worth noting that the show aired at 6pm in Japan when it was first released. Yes, around the same time as family-friendly shows such as "Manga/SazaeSan". Did we also mention that this show is filled with tons of gore, rape, and even opens up with a scene featuring innocent men, women, and children being slaughtered with blood spewing everywhere? What on earth were the networks thinking???