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  • Angst? What Angst?: Several characters, such as Tsukune, Luna, and Kyouko, have been raped, but end up coming out of it none the worse for wear and largely brush it off. It's especially noticeable with Apoch and Astreal, who were brainwashed into being Jovian and Jacqueline's slaves in Act V, including sexually, and were fully aware of their actions and unable to control their bodies the entire time.
  • Complete Monster:
    • Hokuto Kaneshiro is far more vicious than his manga counterpart. Seeking to bring back Alucard to watch him destroy the planet, because he considers all life, human or monster, to be evil and meaningless trash, Hokuto has absolutely zero qualms against resorting to villainous and brutal means to further his plans. Such means include manipulating the protagonists into believing he's on their side; kidnapping Felucia and using her spirit artifact to extort her into being his minion; manipulating Kuyou into attacking the Yokai Academy as a distraction to steal an Artifact of Doom; allowing Jovian and Jacqueline to torture and rape Felucia to near-insanity before brainwashing her; and ordering them to hold Tsukune's family hostage to force Moka to come to him without a fight. In an effort to prove to Moka that human/monster co-existence is impossible, he personally orders Jovian and Jacqueline to cause as much destruction and death in Tsukune's hometown to force the gang to reveal they are monsters by fighting them, attempting to get them killed by the very humans they had sworn to protect before her very eyes. After his point has been proved false, Hokuto refuses to give up his evil ways and stabbed Moka in the guts with the Artifact of Doom, right in front of Tsukune. Upon being defeated, he gloats to Tsukune that he still wins, as Alucard has been succesfully resurrected. While he claimed to act for a higher cause, it's made clear that he's just an insane and nihilistic sociopath.
    • Falla Cii was one of the three princesses of the chronofly kingdom, along with Luna and Complica. Viewing the Complica as a disgrace for their species, she sent her to her death by telling her how to use a forbidden spell to save her deceased boyfriend. Out of jealousy that Luna was going to become the queen instead of her, Falla attempted to kill her several times—including one which caused her father's death—then caused the near-extinction of her race. In Act IV, to get Luna to restore her powers, Falla tricked her and her friends into thinking she wanted to become a good person. She then bisected Luna and rubbed in the others' faces that her this was all an act. Brought back as a soul, and planning to get the Pandora's Box keys from the group to get back her body, she gleefully tortured her alternate self, threatening to kill Kyouko if she doesn't let her do so, and she forcing the others to watch all of it. A self-centered, manipulative sadist, devoid of any empathy or moral conscience whatsoever, Falla is nothing short of a sociopathic monster.
  • Ensemble Dark Horse: Luna. If this reaction journal is any indication.
  • Fridge Horror: Hokuto was already an irredeemable monster and nihilistic sociopath, but the new Jovian and Jacqueline resummoned by Talon in Act VI serve to make him even worse. They explain to Rin that their morality is shaped by their master/summoner's, and they're not naturally good or evil on their own. With that in mind, consider the fact that Talon's control, the Kikion sisters are much less violent and have several Pet the Dog moments, while under Hokuto's control, they were completely Ax-Crazy Psycho Lesbians and and Psychopathic Manchildren who freely and gleefully committed such atrocities as Cold-Blooded Torture, rape, and wanton mass murder and destruction as a matter of course.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: The fic has been going strong well before the end of the Rosario+Vampire manga, so some of these examples were inevitable.
    • Dark's Extreme Mêlée Revenge on Miyabi: Turns out Dark just beat up and killed Alucard.
    • Akasha being revived to help combat the threat of Babylon: She has been technically alive the whole time in the manga. Akasha is the Outer Moka we all know and love. Bonus points for the two being separate individuals in the fic and, therefore, communicating with one another.
    • Tsukune becoming a full-fledged vampire happened here first before it became official in the manga.
    • Turns out that Kokoa does start dating someone as of the manga epilogue... but it's not Gin like in the fic. Rather, it is Gin's good old friend Haji. Talk about awkward.
  • Informed Wrongness: In Act III chapter 13, Kurumu and the others call Mizore out on Dark's treatment of Tsukune, specifically his statement that he only saved Tsukune from the ghoul-infected Kokoa so Kokoa could repay her debt to him and make amends, and then he'll kill him to prevent the ghoul from surfacing again. However, Mizore and Felucia inform them that Dark was actually pulling a Jerkass facade to trick the headmaster into thinking that the Holy Lock's damage wasn't critical yet and find time to figure out a solution, and then outright accuse the others of being Ungrateful Bastards and giving Dark too little credit. Of course, they had good reason to take Dark's words at face value, considering the fact that Dark had repeatedly stated beforehand that if he even suspected that the lock wouldn't hold, he would kill Tsukune without hesitation.
  • Moral Event Horizon: In Act II chapter 21, Miyabi crosses it when he extorts Mizore for sex in exchange for sparing her mother Tsurara's life, and then orders Tsurara's execution anyway for the sake of making an example of those who disobey Fairy Tale's rule; and if that wasn't enough, three chapters later, when Tsukune and the others find out, he openly gloats about it to their faces. This makes his Rasputinian Death at Dark's hands immensely satisfying to watch.

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