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1	The ''Bloody Rose'' fanfiction series is a metaseries of various fanfictions in a shared [[TheMultiverse multiverse]] featuring members of the {{Music/AKB48}} Group. The different series in the “Rose-verse” share supernatural fantasy elements, with vampires, demons, and magic being central elements. Each series is either an AlternateUniverse of one another, or an AlternateTimeline within the same universe.
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3	The main series, titled ''[[http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=40044.msg1360649#msg1360649 Bloody Rose]]'', follows Takahashi Minami as a half-angel who joins the titular organization whose task is to hunt down demons and rogue supernatural creatures to keep peace between the humans and supernatural beings. As of now, the series is on hiatus.
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5	''[[http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=39766.0 The Black Rose]]'' focuses on Matsui Rena and her relationship with Black, a vampire who has infiltrated the hunter’s base disguised as a human with the intention of redeeming herself. This series was completed in July 2017.
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7	''[[http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=38391.0 Fruits of a Rose]]'', or ''Bara no Kajitsu'', based off the [=AKB=] song of the same title, takes place in the future with a group of vampire girls secluded in an abandoned school building and an ongoing feud between them and human hunters. This series was completed in August 2017.
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9	All three were originally posted on JPHIP Forum, but "The Black Rose" and "Fruits of a Rose" were also posted on Asianfanfics, and later added to wattpad.
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11	“The Black Rose” and “Fruits of a Rose” originally weren’t intended to be part of the shared multiverse, but were added in due to their similar elements.
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17	[[folder: Tropes Across the Series]]
18	* AlternateUniverse: In every series, supernatural creatures such as vampires and faeries live among humans and things like magic are common.
19	* BadMoonRising: In ''Fruits of a Rose'', the Blood Moon has been shown to alter vampire's mental states and send them on a blood rage.
20	* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Black Rose'', in terms of some of the action sequences, and ''Fruits of a Rose'' in regards to the overall tone.
21	* TheFairFolk: Faeries appear in ''Bloody Rose''.
22	* FlowerMotifs
23	** Roses, '''obviously'''.
24	** Two schools are both named after flowers in ''Fruits of a Rose''; Tsubaki (Camellia) Academy in and Magnolia Hunters' Academy.
25	* TheMainCharactersDoEverything
26	* ShipTease: Of course.
27	** Atsuko and Minami in Bloody Rose is a good example.
28	* WeirdMoon: The Blood Moon.
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31	[[folder: Tropes from ''Bloody Rose'']]
32	* ChangelingTale: Somewhat subverted. [[spoiler: Yuki was abducted by shapeshifting Changelings as a baby.]]
33	* FriendlyGhost / CuteGhostGirl: [[spoiler: Atsuko becomes this in the prologue.]]
34	* {{Glamour}}: [[spoiler: It's likely the Changelings did this.]]
35	* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: '''Bloody Rose'''.
36	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Mayu and Yuki.
37	* IAmWho: Minami has lived her whole life unaware that she is a [[spoiler: Nephilim,]] until she meets Haruna.
38	* LandOfFaerie: We briefly learn of Mayu and Yuki's home.
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41	[[folder: Tropes from ''Black Rose'']]
42	* {{Curse}}: [[spoiler: Rena and Yuki were cursed in a past life by a demon into an endless cycle where they meet, fall in love, die, and are reborn for it to start over and over again for hundreds of years.]]
43	* [[spoiler: EvilSorceress: Yuki's mom.]]
44	* HeelFaceTurn: Black/Yuki wishes to change her ways.
45	* IncestSubtext: Rena and Jurina.
46	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Black/Yuki uses this on everyone at the hunter's base to make them forget who Black is. The only ones able to resist her hypnosis and remember are Rena [[spoiler: and her sister, Jurina.]]
47	** [[spoiler: ...Or so we're lead to believe. Takamina KnewItAllAlong.]]
48	* [[spoiler: NoSuchAgency: Turns out there's a secret agency called Walpurgis, who is responsible for dealing with demon curses or cases relating to witches ([[MeaningfulName hence their name]]). No one knows they exist, and their existence is even kept secret from memory, so even if you meet someone, you immediately [[ForgottenFirstMeeting forget about them...]] ''[[LaserGuidedAmnesia wait, what was I saying?]]'']]
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51	[[folder: Tropes from ''Fruits of a Rose'']]
52	* [[spoiler: AscendedExtra: '''THREE''' of them in this case; Akane, Jurina, and Rena. They became more prominent in the later half of the series, as well as a special chapter, "Chapter 0", as an OriginsEpisode.]]
53	* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: [[spoiler: The hunters who kidnapped Rena as a child brainwashed her to make her [[FakeMemories forget her true nature]] and fight for the humans.]]
54	* [[spoiler: BrotherSisterIncest: Rena and Jurina.]]
55	* CrapsackWorld: It's bad enough we've got vampires and humans in an unending war, to the point in which both are near extinction... but there's also demonic monsters called Fallen.
56	%%* OriginsEpisode: [[spoiler: Rena]]'s flashback in Chapter 12, and all of Chapter 0, for [[spoiler: Akane, Jurina, and Rena.]]
57	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The vampires here are slightly different from the others across the series, mostly due to the inspiration taken from the play, LiliumShoujoJunketsuKageki. Much like the vampires in that play, the girls are transitioning through their "Cocoon Period" and have to take medicine to regulate their symptoms.
58	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The girls are all centuries old. Then there's Nana, who's [[spoiler: been asleep in a coffin for 1000 years!]]
59	* SeparatedAtBirth: [[spoiler: Rena and Jurina were separated shortly after Jurina was born.]]
60	* TearsOfBlood: Implied to have happened to [[spoiler: Rena]] in Chapter 0.
61	* TwentyMinutesInTheFuture: Takes place about 200 years in the future.

Context Fanfic / BloodyRoseSeries