Dance in the Vampire Bund: Difference between revisions

The story is told from the point of view of Akira Kaburagi, Werewolf and Mina's chosen guardian. Giving up a life as an ordinary high school student when Mina decides to out the entire vampire population, Akira has his work cut out for him, as Mina has pissed off just about ''everyone'' with her announcement -- the humans want to wipe the Bund off the face of the Earth, rival vampire clans want to wipe the Bund off the earth, and even members of her own family want her for their own reasons.

Now has a [[Dance in The Vampire Bund (Manga)/Characters|Character Page]].

** Vera's sexuality is not a matter of any great discussion, but her past relationship with Hysterica is heavily implied to have been romantic, and some have speculated she was in love with Mina's mother.

** Angie, who exploits it for all it's worth.

* [[Artistic License Economics]]: This argument could be made about Mina's claim of paying off Japan's national debt<ref>specifically, about how that would actually affect Japan's economy</ref> at the start of the story.

* [[Artistic License History]]: "Tepes" is the nickname Vlad Draculea was known by (which means "The Impaler"). Not a clan/family name.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Do not mess with {{spoiler|the fangless - vampires who willingly pulled out their fangs to preserve their humanity - because having the weaknesses of/being hated by both vampires and humans made them ''the best guerrilla fighting force on the planet''. For example, when Ivanovic invaded the Bund and started rounding them up, the fangless responded by leading Ivanovic and his best vamps into a tight hallway filled with [[Razor Floss]] and ''dropping their entire apartment complex'' on the rest.}}

* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: The Earth Clan in general, and their elite forces known as Beowulf in particular.

** Allow me to expand: [http://img1.mangareader.net/manga/dance-in-the-vampire-bund/880957_e.jpg Big Badass Wolf in a Badass Longcoat]

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: The Lords of the Earth Clan Senate to the point where they scare the crap out of Beowulf when they show up for just a sparring session

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]:

** Akira Kaburagi Regendorf, son of Wolfgang Regendorf.

* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Mei Ren who takes over Hama role in the anime as he does not exist in that version. {{spoiler|The only difference is that while Hama has sorta friendly rivalry with Akira. Mei Ren is actually in love with him.}}

** {{spoiler|The anime's Episode 12 changes this a bit: Mei Ren is Akira's EQUIVALENT, to another Mina, the "True Blood Legacy". Mei Ren is also of a lost weretiger clan, the "Forest Clan".}}

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Arguably Mina. She is rather aloof at the start of the series but eventually becomes kinder (though no less manipulative or vicious when pressed) as the manga goes on.

* [[Doppelganger]]:

** In the manga, {{spoiler|this doppelganger is apparently the head of Telomere. She shows up at the end of vol. 9, has Mina spirited off as Rozenmann's eventual bride, and usurps Mina's rule...and in vol. 11, she revels herself to be the '''real''' Mina.}}] The anime was aired before this development came to light in the manga, so it's not known at this time if they were aware of this or if they just came up with it by coincidence.

* [[Drop the Hammer]]: Compared to Beowulf's swords, the Lords of the Earth Clan Senate on the whole prefer hammers, maces and other bludgeoning weapons. They make perfect tools to take on {{spoiler|the few werewolves still loyal to Ivanovic, who have been reduced to mindless and ravening but extremely powerful beasts.}}

* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: Side-character Alphonse Medici Borgiani has an entire army of these, and they are quite capable sword fighters too.

* [[Embarrassing Old Photo]]: Mina has a photo album borne of regular communication with Akira's mother; the results are inescapable.

** {{spoiler|Inspector Seiji Hama}}, easily [[The Ace|the most cool character]] of the later part of the manga, is a ''werebear''. {{spoiler|It's rather good for the protagonists that he did a [[Heel Face Turn]].}}

** The name of elite corps of the Earth Clan, Beowulf, is Old English for "bear".

** The Fangless are actually starting to subvert this; they're still the subject of racism from other vampires, but some have started interacting with normal humans and they get along just fine. Which makes sense... they don't kill people and they aren't huge jerks. That's already two reasons for the mortal populace to like them over most of the 'normal' vampires.

* [[Fiction 500]]: Mina ''pays off Japan's entire national debt.''<ref>A sum of money in the ''trillions'' of dollars</ref> This doesn't seem to affect her overall wealth at all.

* [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]]: The official public face of the Bund at large. Closer inspection, however, subverts this by showing that majority of the Bund's populace seem to be, if not 'evil', then at least huge jerks. Also played straight in that there ''are'' several (Vera, Nanami, the Fangless) who really are harmless, or at least would be if left to their own devices. Mina herself, despite numerous [[Pet the Dog]] moments, is too ruthless/manipulative to qualify...unless you take the [[Complete Monster|other three (surviving) clan heads]] as benchmarks.

* [[Full Frontal Assault]]:

** How Hysteria (the villain in the third volume) is beaten when Nanami, whom she "reprogrammed" (and not to mention mercilessly abused), is secretly "reprogrammed" back by Mina and delivers the final blow to her. With her own weapon, no less.

** Chapters 40-44 are pretty much all about this, especially when {{spoiler|Sanin pretty much rapes Angie}}.

** Akira's pretty tall for a 17-year-old Japanese highschooler (he ''is'' a [[But Not Too Foreign|half-German]] [[Big Badass Wolf|werewolf]] after all,) but not abnormally so. Mina's just that tiny -- she barely gets to his chest, and it's even more apparent in his wolf form, where he towers over her. Somewhat subverted in that Mina's [[Super Mode|true form]] is ''[[Hot Amazon|bigger]]'' than Akira's normal size.

** [[Tiny Guy Huge Girl|Inverted]] for good with [[Shotacon|Nanami]] and [[Undead Child|Yuzuru]].

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Mina takes this position based on the very hard decisions she has to take as leader of the Vampires in the Bund. For example, after {{spoiler|blackmailing a politician with a threat of infecting his five year old grandson if he doesn't go away. She actually does have him bitten, but he is cured before he permanently becomes a vampire.}}

* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]:

** The Fangless. Those vampires willing to extract their own fangs are the ones that are serious about keeping away from the whole predator thing.

* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: {{spoiler|Yuzuru-chan}} gets a good dose of it in Episode 10 of the anime.

* [[Mars Needs Women]]: The Vampire race is Mars, Mina is the woman in question, and her potential suitors are the most [[Squick|disgusting things on this planet]].

* [[Meaningful Name]]:

** Akira, pledged to serve the Princess of Vampires from birth, has a name meaning "Daybreak" (which, for vampires, would connote something along the lines of [[Kryptonite Factor|Horrible Burning Death]]). Make of it what you will.

* [[Stalker Shrine]]: Mina has a small private cubbyhole that contains her true personal treasures. It contains some old furniture, an antique gramaphone, a few other knicknacks, and ''many'' photos of Akira.

* [[Stalker With a Crush]]: {{spoiler|Angie}} is revealed to be this to absurd levels where {{spoiler|Akira}} is concerned.

* [[The Stinger]]: Consisting of an [[Eyecatch]]-style picture and the caption "You '''will''' watch the next episode.".

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: Damn you, Angie!

* [[Together in Death|Together In Undeath]]: Nanami and Yuzuru (the above mentioned babysitter couple), the latter willingly letting the former turn him after she was freed from the antagonist's control.

* [[Toplessness From the Back]]: Angel Avenanto, repeatedly... as if he needed more [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]] potential.

* [[Undead Child|Undead Children]]: Vampires turned before puberty? We have plenty. Pint-sized horrors that invoke feelings of the natural order being defiled in all who see them? [http://www.mangareader.net/825-45748-1/dance-in-the-vampire-bund/chapter-33.html Not so much].

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: The Beowulf for Mina, especially Akira. Vera for Mina as well, being a surrogate mother to her. Also, Rozenmann's werewolf servitor Gerhard seems to know that his boss is an immoral snake, but is compelled to obey him regardless.

** Volume 9 in general, and chapter 53 in particular. {{spoiler|1=Lord Ivanovic launches a full scale, multi-pronged invasion to secure the Bund and Mina's post-pubescent [[Super Mode]] (Tower HQ getting blown up, fangless being executed to draw Mina out, the works). This ends in Mina and Akira killing Ivanovic in battle deep beneath the island... however the whole thing was a [[Xanatos Gambit|distraction]] and Lord Ivanovic an [[Unwitting Pawn]]. Turns out that Nanami was [[Manchurian Agent|infected by the Pied Piper a couple of volumes back]] and triggered during said fight, forcing Mina to...not kill her, that would not be traumatizing enough... compel/command ''Yuuzuru'' to kill her before she overloads the nuclear reactor beneath the Bund and blows the whole place sky high (irradiating metropolitan Tokyo in the bargain). It turns out that the primary motive behind ''that'' stunt was to separate Mina from her bodyguard and [[Heroic BSOD|rattle her badly enough]] for the [[The Chessmaster|leader of Telomere]] to ambush her personally... [[Evil Twin|and pull a switch]].}}

* [[What Could Have Been]]: [[Studio Shaft]] was willing to do a faithful adaptation of the manga until the author of the manga told them to do it in their own way. Needless to say, a lot of manga fans were somewhat displeased, although some found it a pretty good adaptation nonetheless.

* [[Widget Series]]: Whether it applies to the manga or not, just keep in mind that ''Shaft is doing the anime''.

* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Inverted. While Mina didn't personally raise the boy who was born to become her companion, there are strong and intentional shades of this, especially when she pulls out his baby pictures to show people... one of which is her holding him as an infant.