Blade (anime): Difference between revisions

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* [[And This Is For]]: Though he never actually says those words, the message is clear enough when Blade {{spoiler|kills Deacon Frost with the help of his mother's knife and Makoto's knuckledusters.}}

{{quote| Blade: {{spoiler|My partner sent this for you! Take it!}}}}

* [[Anti Villain]]: {{spoiler|Kikyo is a [[Sliding Scale of Anti Villains|Type I]], as he was in his [[Wolverine (Anime)|previous appearance]].}}

* [[Anti-Villain]]: {{spoiler|Kikyo is a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type I]], as he was in his [[Wolverine (Anime)|previous appearance]].}}

** {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Deacon Frost]] is a [[Tragic Villain]], straddling [[Sliding Scale of Anti Villains|Type II and Type III]] as he was driven to [[Those Who Fight Monsters|turn himself into a vampire]] by the death of his son and subsequent cover-up by the [[Dirty Cop|corrupt police force]], creating Existence to take his revenge on all vampires and the humans who work for them.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Deacon Frost]] is a [[Tragic Villain]], straddling [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type II and Type III]] as he was driven to [[Those Who Fight Monsters|turn himself into a vampire]] by the death of his son and subsequent cover-up by the [[Dirty Cop|corrupt police force]], creating Existence to take his revenge on all vampires and the humans who work for them.}}

* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: In episode 3, he's a vampire that appears to hunt humans in a similar way to a fox hunt.

** All of the "purebloods" (traditionalist European vampires) seem to have this trait.

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* [[Calling Your Attacks]]

** "Deadly Sword Technique #1: [[Doppelganger Spin|Residual]] [[No I Am Behind You|Moon]]."

** "Deadly Sword Technique #2: [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|Phantom]] [[~~Everythings~~ Better With Spinning|Moon]]."

** "Deadly Sword Technique #2: [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|Phantom]] [[Everything's Better With Spinning|Moon]]."

* [[The Cameo]]: {{spoiler|Yep, Wolverine appears in this one too, as the trail takes Blade and Makoto to [[Wretched Hive|Madripoor.]] It also turns out that [[Anti Villain|Kikyo]] survived his duel with Wolverine, and is now working for Existence.}}

* [[The Cameo]]: {{spoiler|Yep, Wolverine appears in this one too, as the trail takes Blade and Makoto to [[Wretched Hive|Madripoor.]] It also turns out that [[Anti-Villain|Kikyo]] survived his duel with Wolverine, and is now working for Existence.}}

* [[Composite Character]]: Noah Van Helsing is a character from the comics, and his relationship and first meeting with Blade have similarities to that of Abraham Whistler in the films.

** Blade himself is a composite of the movie version (black trench coat, silver katana and the majority of his weaponry) and his comic book version (primarily in backstory, being born and raised in England).

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* [[Finishing Move]]: The man who taught Blade {{spoiler|and Kikyo}} how to use a sword taught him a few techniques for finishing a battle.

** [[Flash Step|Savage Moon]]: To the villain, it looks like Blade freezes for a second with his sword in hand. When they go for the kill, the [[Expendable Clone|clone]] will act as if struck and then disappear. [[No I Am Behind You|He cuts them in half from behind before they have a chance to react.]]

** [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|Phantom Moon]]: Blade [[~~Everythings~~ Better With Spinning|whirls around]], and the villain is sliced to pieces as they are slashed from many angles at once.

** [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|Phantom Moon]]: Blade [[Everything's Better With Spinning|whirls around]], and the villain is sliced to pieces as they are slashed from many angles at once.

** [[Homing Projectile|Chaotic Moon]]: The victim sees Blade unleashing a deadly miasma which homes in on them. When it hits, the illusion falls away with Blade's sword piercing them where they were struck.

* [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]]: Stan, a [[Shell Shocked Veteran]] of the Vietnam War, and the last survivor of a unit of vampire soldiers. By far the most moral vampire in the series, he stays away from people and steals blood packs from neighboring towns so he doesn't have to prey on them. {{spoiler|Naturally, this makes him [[Too Cool to Live]].}}

* [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]]: Stan, a [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]] of the Vietnam War, and the last survivor of a unit of vampire soldiers. By far the most moral vampire in the series, he stays away from people and steals blood packs from neighboring towns so he doesn't have to prey on them. {{spoiler|Naturally, this makes him [[Too Cool to Live]].}}

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Blade.

** {{spoiler|To get revenge for his son, who was murdered by a vampire, Deacon Frost turned himself into a vampire and created Existence in order to be able to destroy the Purebloods, becoming the very thing he hates.}}

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** Jaral in episode 7 attacks Blade with a small dagger.

** Stan with his combat knife.

* [[Maybe Magic Maybe Mundane]]: For the most part, vampirism is treated as a virus that people can be infected with, and Existence is trying to use advanced science to create a perfect bloodline. At the same time, one of their weaknesses is [[White Magic]] and purebloods can use animals as familiars, suggesting that they are still at least partly supernatural in nature.

* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: For the most part, vampirism is treated as a virus that people can be infected with, and Existence is trying to use advanced science to create a perfect bloodline. At the same time, one of their weaknesses is [[White Magic]] and purebloods can use animals as familiars, suggesting that they are still at least partly supernatural in nature.

* [[Names to Know In Anime]]

** [[Akio Ohtsuka]] as Blade (who reprise his role from the Japanese dubs of the live-action films)

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* [[Red Right Hand]]: Deacon Frost has four fangs, marking him as different even from other vampires. {{spoiler|It is later revealed that this is because his vampirism was artificially induced.}}

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Makoto after her father turned vampire was killed by Blade. Blade for what happened to his mother.

* [[Scare Em Straight]]: Blade's reputation with the monsters.

* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: Blade's reputation with the monsters.

* [[Shipper On Deck]]: {{spoiler|Wolverine}} ships Makoto and Blade.

* [[Team Pet]]: Razor

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* [[We Are Everywhere]]: A [[Dirty Cop]] (specifically the police chief of the Osaka PD with a few uniform and plainclothed officers) working for Existence basically says this to Blade and honest cop Sakomizu. {{spoiler|When Sakomizu's partner pulls this again, threatening Mizu's family if he continues to dig any deeper, it earns the [[Smug Snake]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|an elbow to the face.]]}}

* [[Weird Moon]]: The moon is always abnormally large and bright red.

* [[What Happened to The Mouse]]: Detective Sakomizu is never seen or heard from again after the second episode.

* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Detective Sakomizu is never seen or heard from again after the second episode.

* [[You Killed My Father]]: {{spoiler|Deacon Frost kills Makoto's father, but after he turns into a vampire that is destroyed by Blade, she shouts this at Blade in her grief.}}