Line #31 Manga/Kimera


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4	''Kimera'' is a {{seinen}} manga written and drawn by Creator/KazumaKodaka, which was serialized in ''Super Jump'' from 1995 to 1996 and compiled into two volumes.
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6	The manga follows a man named Osamu who falls in love with an androgynous vampire-like alien named Kimera, being held by the Air Force and hunted by two other aliens. One wishes to use Kimera for his hermaphroditic nature as the mother to revive their dying race, while another wishes to kill Kimera to save him from a fate Kimera did not desire.
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8	An OVA was produced by Creator/{{Toho}} in 1996. Both the manga and OVA were licensed and released in English by Creator/ADVFilms.
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11	!!This series provide examples of:
12	* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Ginzu's skin is dark red.
13	* AnyoneCanDie: the opening of the OVA has [[spoiler: Ginzu kill the farmer who found the lifepods as well as his dog]], scientists and guards in the lab are killed by the aliens, later on Kimera [[spoiler: kills the two men who raped him]].
14	%%* BigOlEyebrows: Kianu.
15	%%* BizarreAlienSexes
16	* BodyHorror: Kimera [[spoiler: creating aliens out of the humans he killed, this is in the manga only]].
17	%%* BoysLove
18	%%* BrotherSisterIncest: Kimera and Kianu, Ginzu towards Kianu.
19	%%* CameFromTheSky: the lifepods of the three aliens.
20	* ClassicalMovieVampire: despite being an alien, Kianu looks decidedly like this in the OVA, complete with dark long hair and a [[OminousOperaCape cape]], in the manga he just wears a regular long coat.
21	* CombatTentacles: Ginzu's left arm can turn into tentacles [[LovecraftianSuperpower with smaller tentacles growing on them]].
22	* DissonantSerenity: Kimera is completely unfazed and humming a song after [[spoiler: killing two men with in the background the sirens of police cars driving to the dessicated remains, it's even worse in the manga where he kills a lot more people and is perfectly calm after]].
23	%%* DoubleStandardRapeMaleonMale: Averted, both in the manga and the OVA.
24	%%* DrivesLikeCrazy: Jay.
25	%%* DualityMotif: Kimera has one gold and one red eye.
26	%%* DudeLooksLikeALady: Kimera.
27	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: in the OVA Kimera and Osamu ride off into the sunset together, but since their offspring could end the world...Osamu even says he thinks he opened a Pandora's Box, but wants to believe hope is the only thing left in the box.]]
28	* EmotionlessGirl: Kimera, a male example [[spoiler: at least on Earth, on his home planet he showed emotions before transforming]].
29	%%* EscapedFromTheLab
30	* EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite: Osamu falls for Kimera straight away, [[StupidSexyFlanders Jay says he's going crazy when he first sees him]], then later [[spoiler: the men who end up raping him]], Kianu is also revealed to have been in love with Kimera.
31	%%* {{Facepalm}}: Jay.
32	* FateWorseThanDeath: Kimera sees [[spoiler: becoming the Mother as this and asks Kianu to kill him]].
33	* {{Flashback}}: after being teleported away, Osamu sees a flashback of Kimera's life.
34	* ForcefulKiss: in the OVA, while [[spoiler: one man is raping Kimera, the other one kisses him]].
35	* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: the flashback shows Kimera refusing to drink blood, he would rather die than take life to live, which causes Kianu to offer him his own blood.
36	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Kimera on his home planet during the flashback, [[spoiler: subverted on Earth he kills his rapists and shows no remorse after]].
37	* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Kianu tries to kill Kimera, but it's at [[FateWorseThanDeath Kimera's own request]], later he stops Ginzu from using their sibling to revive their dying race. He's also the only one to show regret at having to kill.]]
38	%%* HappilyMarried: Jay
39	* HealingFactor: the aliens, Kianu is shown to regrow his entire lower arm though the process was painful and [[spoiler: he had to kill several people for it, which he does feel guilty over]].
40	* HollywoodKiss: the first thing Kimera does when he's freed by Osamu is kiss him, cue Jay's [[{{Facepalm}} facepalm]] and subsequent turning around, they don't stop until Jay asks them to. It happens again in the [[RuinsForRuinsSake ruined church]].
41	%%* HorrorHunger
42	* IDontThinkThatsSuchAGoodIdea: Osamu tries to dissuade Jay from posing as doctors in the research facility, then Jay tries to stop Osamu from going into an area with a danger for viral contamination, then from opening Kimera's tank "you shouldn't push strange switches" and finally from getting Kimera out of the facility. Neither of them heed each other.
43	%%* InhumanableAlienRights
44	%%* LecherousLicking: one of the men [[spoiler: who rapes Kimera]].
45	%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Kimera and Kianu.
46	* MadScientist: subverted with Jay's father, Dr. Gibson, ((though he does [[spoiler: work in a lab that treats aliens as specimens to be experimented on [[ForScience for science]]. He assures his son that as long as the team is his, nothing inhumane will happen.]])), played straight with Dr. Fender.
47	* MoodWhiplash: Kimera is portrayed as gentle, ethereal and defenseless, until [[spoiler: he bares his fangs and kills his rapists]].
48	* MonstrousHumanoid: Ginzu looks like a red-skinned devil, complete with spikes growing from his head and fangs.
49	* NakedFirstImpression and NakedOnArrival: Kimera is [[spoiler: naked in the tank when Osamu finds him]].
50	* NeverFoundTheBody or NotQuiteDead: Kianu collapses after killing Ginzu, but his condition is not revealed.
51	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Osamu distracts Kianu, allowing Ginzu to get the drop on him, Osamu again [[spoiler: when rather than killing Kimera, drives off into the sunset with him, possibly dooming the entire human race]].
52	* NonhumansLackAttributes: [[spoiler: Kianu who looks like a man but is not a man and "doesn't even have a man's functions", according to Ginzu]].
53	%%* NotOfThisEarth
54	* NotQuiteHuman: Kimera and Kianu look human, subverted with Ginzu who looks like a demon.
55	%%* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: Kimera towards Osamu.
56	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Alien vampires, actually, who are said to be the originators of the vampire legend.
57	* PeopleFarms: To Ginzu, humans are livestock.
58	* PeopleJars: Kimera is sealed in a tank after being captured
59	* PillarOfLight: When Kimera disappears from the greenhouse, taking both Osamu and Kianu with him, though all three end up in different places.
60	%%* PlayingWithSyringes
61	%%* PointyEars: Ginzu.
62	* PrettyBoy: Kimera, [[spoiler: one of the men who raped him said "not even a woman is this beautiful"]].
63	%%* ProtectiveCharm: Osamu, it somehow connects him to Kimera.
64	* RaceAgainstTheClock: to enter the code for the security door, only [[InstantCooldown for the alarm not to go off]] when the timer ends.
65	* SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes: [[spoiler: Kimera is raped by two men in the city, in the manga it's three men. Right after [[RapeAndRevenge he kills them all]].]]
66	* RidingIntoTheSunset: [[spoiler: Kimera and Osamu at the end of the OVA]].
67	* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: Kianu tells Osamu if he doesn't kill Kimera, the world is doomed, but Osamu can't bring himself to do it]].
68	* {{Salaryman}}: Osamu and Jay are corn cereal salesmen.
69	%%* ScaryTeeth: Ginzu.
70	* SiblingRivalry: Ginzu comments on Kianu's beauty out of spite because he himself looks monstruous. [[spoiler: It turns creepy when after thinking he's killed Kianu, Ginzu uses one of his smaller tentacles to gently pull the hair away from his face, even a single strand, and then carresses his cheek]].
71	%%* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Kimera.
72	%%* TallDarkAndHandsome: Kianu.
73	%%* TechnicolorEyes: Kianu has violet eyes.
74	%%* TentacleRope: Ginzu, and the alien in the church.
75	* TheChosenOne: Osamu, for creating children with Kimera [[spoiler: (who was to become the Mother)]].
76	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Kianu claims [[spoiler: a child of Kimera and Osamu will cause the downfall of Earth]].
77	%%* TheGadfly: Osamu likes to troll Jay.
78	* TheVoiceless: Kimera doesn't say a single word while on Earth, though in the flashback it's revealed he did talk on his homeworld.
79	%%* TheyWouldCutYouUp
80	%%* UnusualEyebrows: Kianu.
81	* VampiricDraining: the aliens drain humans of all blood and bodily fluids, [[spoiler: though the end of the OVA reveals Kimera bit Osamu without it causing further harm, so it doesn't necessarily kill them]].
82	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Ginzu literally tells Dr. Fenden this after [[spoiler: he reveals the Mother System is ready]].
83	* YouTasteDelicious: Kimera licks blood off Osamu's face after he gets hurt.
84	* WindowLove: when they first meet, Kimera and Osamu kiss through the glass of Kimera's tank.

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