Blood C

I'm surely not the only one to notice this, but Saya's personality and character design remind me a hell of a lot of Anri.

edited 10th Jul '11 10:07:59 AM by KSPAM

One attacks vampires, one attacks Izaya. Aside from that, I see what you mean, although I didn't notice the similarity until you pointed it out.

Does anyone know if the second episode is up yet?

It will be up 1 week after the first one, so you should be able to figure that out for yourself.

Well I expected it to be up yesterday since the first episode came out last Saturday. I just asked because I still haven't seen at least a raw of episode 2 anywhere yet.

Didn't this get mentioned earlier? The airing on the first was early. The regular premiere was on the 7th. So episode 2 will be out on the 14th

Ohhh, thanks for clearing that up.

And episode 2 is up.

That track used at the start sounds remarkably like Terror adhaerens

That thing is a dog? Looks more like a cat

Saya doesn't have the second-to-last seat on the far left. How strange

Definitely straying away from the usual Blood designs with that plant-monster thing

Okay, I'm no expert on Blood Plus or the Blood franchise as a whole, but I'm pretty sure this doesn't have jack shit to do with vampires.

Their vampires are different, you know.

PLANTS AND STONE BUG-MEN ARE NOT VAMPIRES RIOTOUS.

Well, further revelations may add some vampire-ness

They are vampires of a different sort. They ae known in Blood Plus as Chiropterans.

edited 15th Jul '11 3:29:34 AM by Demongodofchaos2

Well after watching the second episode I am getting very suspicious about the village and the fact that there seems to be nobody there except Saya and her class. It almost seems like The Truman Show with everything created just for Saya.

Also I still think that the "puppy" is probably a fox spirit.

But we haven't seen any chiropterans, have we? Despite them being fairly prominent in the OP, they are nowhere to be found.

The monsters she is fighting are Chiropterans, with a different name, pretty much. Chiropterans aren't just limited to humanoids, not even in the other incarnations of the Blood franchise.

And I liked this episode, and its fight. Damn, that was bloody.

I love it more ALREADY!

edited 15th Jul '11 6:19:41 AM by Demongodofchaos2

Eh, I don't find the five minutes of awesome fighting worth wading through the cliché-laden school scenes surrounding it. Even if a twist is coming in due course, that doesn't make those lifeless characters any less painful to watch.

I don't think I'll be bothering with any more of this series. It's just not working for me.

Yeah, I've got Mawaru Penguindrum anyway.

@KSPAM: Please. In this day and age, damn near anything can be a vampire. In the Nasu Verse, for instance, the following things are considered vampires:

• The moon.
• A 40-metre tall crystal spider which lives in the Amazon.
• A dimension-hopping wizard who once beat the moon in a fight.
• An alchemist with a fondness for spinning.

If I can accept those as vampires, then giant plants and rock lobsters are no trouble at all.

edited 15th Jul '11 11:16:57 AM by RiotousRascal

At least the Nasuverse vampires drink blood

Maybe they'll show up in future episodes? And hey, if vampires can sparkle...

But I'm getting kind of tired of this. It really does have potential, but if I don't see anything happening with that potential soon I'm dropping it. The fights seem good, but it's such a pain to sit through the boring school parts to get there...

And whatever Saya uses to keep her glasses on when she falls from a cliff hanging onto a tree and they don't even crack, I want some of it.

edited 15th Jul '11 10:53:36 PM by anikiani

Superglue.

I can't help but think the story's a lot more sinister than on the surface. The 'treat' Saya got from the restaurant owner...Those pink cubes with a 'special texture'- my mind immediately jumped to 'blood'. Same for her father's story- He's not telling the whole truth, as he seems entirely human, but Saya's glowing-red eyes hint that she isn't. Maybe he *wants* her to think that she's battling supernatural threats...While they're actually Chiropterans?

Remember, this is CLAMP. When things get dark and disturbing, they get dark and disturbing in a big way.

edited 16th Jul '11 4:41:00 AM by iridium248

My theory is that the red eyes are caused by Saya being possessed by the sword, which is what gives her the borderline-inhuman durability and strength to take down...whatever the monsters are called. Elder Bairns. Point: Her father mentions something about "perhaps you gripped it too tightly" in the first episode. Perhaps the hand-jitters are a side-effect of extended sword use? This probably also has something to do with what happened to her mother, too.