Blood-C



""What do you think people are made of? I'm not talking about blood or flesh. We do care about what's on the exterior, but we want to focus more on what people even now still call the "inside." You can also call it "nature." I guess you are either born this way or raised to act this way. Are people born like this or do they become like this? The answer is...""

- --Opening Narration

Blood-C is a Summer 2011 Anime series that was produced and collaborated on by Studio Production IG and CLAMP. It is the second anime based on Blood: The Last Vampire, following 2005's Blood+, and the fourth overall incarnation in the franchise.

Kisaragi Saya is a High School girl born to a shrine family. By day, she's completely ordinary and enjoys hanging out with her friends. By night, she fights and kills the monsters called "Elder Bairns" who invade her town and attempt to feed on humans. But as Saya continues to fight for her life each night, she begins to notice something isn't quite right in this town...

The movie Blood-C: The Last Dark, which was out on June 2, 2012, is a sequel which continues the events of the TV series, one year later, and is set in Tokyo.

This series provides the following tropes:
"Why are you sad?"
 * Action Dress Rip: Saya rips off part of her school skirt and  in episode twelve.
 * Adorkable: Saya in spades.
 * Anguished Declaration of Love:
 * Ankle Drag:
 * Anti-Hero: Saya in spades
 * Anyone Can Die Double Subverted
 * Armor-Piercing Question: "Who did you promise?"
 * Asshole Victim:
 * Badass Adorable: Saya.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 * Becoming the Mask:
 * Big Bad/The Man Behind the Man:
 * Bishonen: Well, CLAMP did the character designs, so the males that have been introduced so far fit the trope.
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing:
 * As of the last episode,  can be added to the list.
 * Bloodier and Gorier
 * Bloody Hilarious: Lots of the Gorn.
 * Blood Is the New Black: Saya in the opening and in Episodes 3 and 4 has her covered from head to toe in blood.
 * Bob Haircut: Yuka has a glamorous, asymmetrical one.
 * Brainwashed and Crazy:
 * Break the Cutie
 * Broken Bird
 * Chaste Hero: Saya
 * Censor Shadow / Lens Flare Censor:
 * Several times when monsters attack. Replaced with blurs half the time in episode 12 for unknown reasons.
 * Removed in the BD/DVD releases.
 * Class Representative: Itsuki
 * Continuity Nod: In the teaser trailer for the movie, we see Saya in her school uniform from Blood the Last Vampire, the very first installment of the franchise.
 * Cool Sword: Saya's mother's sword.
 * Cradling Your Kill:
 * Cruel and Unusual Death
 * Cute Clumsy Girl/Dojikko: Saya's habit of falling on her face.
 * Daddy's Girl: Saya.
 * Dark Reprise:
 * Daylight Horror: Episode 6 and 8.
 * Dead Foot Shot:
 * Death By Genre Savvy: Safely getting away from the monster, and escaping outside,
 * Dogged Nice Guy: Itsuki towards Saya. It's hinted that Tokizane is also one for Saya.
 * But Wait! There's More!: Don't forget the movie coming next year. The finale has only just begun...
 * Eaten Alive: Only if an Elder Brain doesn't kill its victim first.
 * Eldritch Abomination: Most of the Elder Bairns that are bigger than an average human
 * Eyepatch of Power:
 * Eye Scream: The Eyeball-head Monster in Episode 5 and Saya thrusting her hand through its head/eye.
 * Failure Hero: Saya when it comes to saving people. Big time.
 * Failure Is the Only Option: Doesn't matter whether you were too dumb or just trying to get the hell out of there.
 * Fan Service: Saya's bathscene and the opening.
 * Fan Disservice:
 * Girl Next Door: Saya is this towards Fumito.
 * Girlish Pigtails: Saya.
 * Go Out with a Smile:
 * Gorn:
 * Dripping with it during monster fights.
 * Godiva Hair: In the opening and bath scene
 * Gory Discretion Shot: As the Elder Bairn of Episode 7 is cleanly bisected, his two halves turn around so that the gooey bits remain off camera.
 * Gratuitous English: In the opening theme (Spiral by Dustz). The full theme also adds Gratuitous French.
 * Gray Eyes: Saya has these unless she's kicking a vampire's ass.
 * Hannibal Lecture: The Elder Bairn in Episode 9 gives Saya the shortest one while killing
 * Girlish Pigtails: Saya.
 * Go Out with a Smile:
 * Gorn:
 * Dripping with it during monster fights.
 * Godiva Hair: In the opening and bath scene
 * Gory Discretion Shot: As the Elder Bairn of Episode 7 is cleanly bisected, his two halves turn around so that the gooey bits remain off camera.
 * Gratuitous English: In the opening theme (Spiral by Dustz). The full theme also adds Gratuitous French.
 * Gray Eyes: Saya has these unless she's kicking a vampire's ass.
 * Hannibal Lecture: The Elder Bairn in Episode 9 gives Saya the shortest one while killing
 * Hannibal Lecture: The Elder Bairn in Episode 9 gives Saya the shortest one while killing

"Kanako: That's fine, but..."
 * Healing Factor: Saya's is officially recognized in Episode 8. Though it does take a day or two, the end result is fairly clear.
 * Hidden Depths: Despite her established klutziness, Saya is REALLY good at sports.
 * High-Pressure Blood
 * Hot Chick With a Sword: Saya.
 * Hot Teacher: Kanako.
 * House Husband: Fumito.
 * Humanoid Abomination: Elder Bairns in episode 5 (first half), episode 7 and episode 9 and
 * I'm a Humanitarian: In a weird twist:
 * Impaled With Extreme Prejudice:
 * I Will Definitely Protect You: What she promised her class in Episode 8.
 * Karma Houdini:
 * Katanas Are Just Better
 * Kill the Cutie:
 * Killed Off for Real:
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia: Saya.
 * Late for School: This is how Tokizane is introduced.
 * Leaning On the Fourth Wall: In episode 11
 * Living a Double Life: There's sweet Saya, and then there's cold, red-eyed vampire hunter Saya.
 * Living Shadow: The Elder Bairns in episode 6
 * Love Dodecahedron: Sort of. There's a mild one with Itsuki and Tokizane having feelings for Saya, who "loves" Fumito.
 * Lyrical Dissonance:
 * Made of Plasticine
 * Magic Skirt: Apparently just for Saya.
 * Meaningful Name:
 * Megane: Itsuki.
 * Meganekko: Saya.
 * Miko: Saya.
 * Mind Screw:
 * Missing Mom: Saya's mother died when she was a child.
 * Monster of the Week: Starts off this way.
 * The Movie: A movie connected to the series will air in June of 2012.
 * Multi-Armed and Dangerous: The Samurai Elder Bairn in Episode 7.
 * Multi Wield
 * Names to Know In Anime:
 * Nana Mizuki as Saya Kisaragi (Mizuki also performs the ending theme)
 * Keiji Fujiwara as Tadayoshi Kisaragi (This is Fujiwara's second involvement with the Blood franchise)
 * Kenji Nojima as Fumito Nanahara (Nojima's second involvement with the series as well)
 * Masumi Asano as Yuka Amino
 * Misato Fukuen as the Motoe sisters, Nene and Nono
 * Atsushi Abe as Itsuki Tomofusa
 * Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Shinichiro Tokizane
 * Jun Fukuyama as the Narrator in the first episode
 * Nice Guy: This is mainly the reason for Saya "loving" Fumito (for being kind, making delicious food, and listening to her).
 * Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here: So it seems for the people who don't get to see the Elder Bairns. Which leads to
 * Be Careful What You Wish For: As Nene found out.
 * And Nono would have if she were in her right mind.
 * Noodle Incident:
 * In episode 11, it's implied that.
 * Noodle People: Well, CLAMP is doing the character designs.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity:
 * Oblivious to Love: Saya. Poor Itsuki and Tokizane.
 * Off-Model:
 * Fumito during a few scenes in Episodes 2 and 8.
 * And the monster in Episodes 8 and 9. The tips of its fingers seem to have a different shape, depending on the shot. They're either a continuous purple blade or something resembling a scorpion's stinger.
 * Off With His Head
 * Oh Crap:
 * Older Than They Look:
 * Our Vampires Are Different: They can look like just about anything, they're called 'Elder Bairns', and... they're not really vampires at all.
 * Panty Shot: We get a clear panty shot of Nono.
 * Rain of Blood: Near the end of episode 6
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Saya
 * Rapunzel Hair: Saya.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: When Saya's eyes change color, it's over.
 * Red Shirt:.
 * Screaming Warrior: Saya
 * Scenery Censor: Played with when the dog appears while Saya is taking her bath.
 * Scenery Porn
 * School Uniforms Are the New Black: Pretty much the only thing we've seen any of the teenagers wear, except for Saya's miko clothes. She even wears her school uniform when she's out hunting vampires.
 * Shout-Out: The train in the third episode may have some relation to the one in Blood the Last Vampire, even if the train is in this case.
 * Episode 6:
 * Episode 7: The owns a shop that grants wishes.
 * Note that the
 * The monster of the day in Episode 7 looks a lot like Tadakatsu Honda from Sengoku Basara, of which Production IG did the anime adaption for.
 * Single-Minded Twins: Nene and Nono Motoe.
 * Small Town Boredom: Nene and Nono, who wish that they could do more normal high-school things.
 * Specs of Awesome: Saya.
 * Strictly Formula: Episodes 1 through 5 followed a predictable pattern. Sing on the way to school, play with the puppy, eat and chat with friends, and kill the Monster of the Week.
 * Strong As They Need to Be: Saya seems to only gain the strength to kill the Monster of the Week after they've managed to
 * Supreme Chef: Fumito, who owns a coffee shop that Saya often visits.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Saya and Yuka.
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome: Tokizane.
 * Tempting Fate: In Episode 8, one of the students in Saya's class remarks that the monster seems to be a Mighty Glacier, giving them time to run, seconds before he went Lightning Bruiser on them.
 * Theme Twin Naming: Nene and Nono Motoe.
 * Third Person Person: Saya.
 * Tomato in The Mirror:
 * Too Dumb to Live: The villagers, seriously.
 * Town With a Dark Secret:
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Saya always eats Guimauve (or marshmallows) and drinks coffee.
 * Unorthodox Sheathing: Saya does this in the opening sequence by holding up her sword and having the sheath land perfectly in place.
 * Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Nobody comments when Saya brings her katana to school in Episode 6. By Episode 8, they start to take notice.
 * Unwitting Pawn:
 * Vampire Hunter: Saya, for certain values of 'vampire'.
 * Vapor Wear: When the multi-armed Samurai Elder Bairn from Episode 7 cuts up the back of Saya's uniform, no bra is seen.
 * Wham! Episode:
 * Episode 6 throws the series into Anyone Can Die territory with the deaths of
 * Episodes 8 and 9 together formed another Wham! Episode, where
 * Episode 10 has the death of and the return, or not, of the dead
 * Episode 11. That is all.
 * Wham! Line: Two in Episode 10. First...
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Saya always eats Guimauve (or marshmallows) and drinks coffee.
 * Unorthodox Sheathing: Saya does this in the opening sequence by holding up her sword and having the sheath land perfectly in place.
 * Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Nobody comments when Saya brings her katana to school in Episode 6. By Episode 8, they start to take notice.
 * Unwitting Pawn:
 * Vampire Hunter: Saya, for certain values of 'vampire'.
 * Vapor Wear: When the multi-armed Samurai Elder Bairn from Episode 7 cuts up the back of Saya's uniform, no bra is seen.
 * Wham! Episode:
 * Episode 6 throws the series into Anyone Can Die territory with the deaths of
 * Episodes 8 and 9 together formed another Wham! Episode, where
 * Episode 10 has the death of and the return, or not, of the dead
 * Episode 11. That is all.
 * Wham! Line: Two in Episode 10. First...
 * Episode 11. That is all.
 * Wham! Line: Two in Episode 10. First...


 * And after that:


 * With Friends Like These...:
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: