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[[File:PrinRess.png|frame]] '''''Princess Resurrection''''' (alternatively titled ''Kaibutsu Oujo'', meaning Monster Princess) is an ongoing supernatural manga publishing in Shonen Sirius by Yasunori Mitsunaga which was adapted as an anime by [[Madhouse]]. The story revolves around the adventures of a young boy named Hiro Hiyorimi who is hit by a truck at the start of the series. He is killed, but revived by the master of the maid driving the truck, a mysterious woman simply referred to as "the Princess" ("Hime"). Through her blood he becomes a nigh-immortal servant under her command, though he must periodically drink it again to preserve his new existence.
 
Rounding out the cast are Flandre (a diminutive android maid who can only say "fugah"), Riza (a werewolf halfbreed who originally comes in search of the Princess for revenge), Reiri (a local vampire who just likes stirring up trouble), and occasionally the Princess' sister, Sherwood.
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An OVA of Princess Resurrection has been [http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/kaibutsu/ announced.] It seems this time there will be blood.
 
Now with a [[Princess Resurrection (Manga)/Characters|Character Page]]. Contributions welcome.
 
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* [[Action Girl]]: Hime and Riza Wildman. Reiri and Nakua too, when they actually bother.
* [[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms]]: Reiri gives Hiro the folder of pictures her stalker took, and tells him to "use it". These pictures include her in a bra and panties.
** Though it should be noted that Hiro is, understandably, utterly confused by Reiri's request.
* [[Afterlife Express]]: Chapter 39, "Princess Express".
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* [[Anachronic Order]]: The manga generally moves forward in a linear fashion, but between major arcs the chapters jump around in non-linear fashion (and some minor but long arcs are interleaved with one another and random [[Monster of the Week]] chapters). This gets more pronounced the later in the series you go.
* [[Art Evolution]]: The character designs get a little looser as the manga goes along.
* [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence]]: {{spoiler|In chapter 58, it's revealed that shortly before his death, Emil seemed to have done some form of this, [[Pet the Dog|to put a stop to the Royal fights.]] He's still not an adult though.}}
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: How werewolf society works.
* [[Badass Family]]: Riza, her brother and her father. Also from what we see in the 2nd and 3rd OVA, Hime came upon her fighting skills honest. Her brothers (excluding Severin) and sisters all kick ass.
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* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Hiro shows signs of this towards Hime, although it could just be the blood warrior part of him getting clingy.
** When he was dying in the opening pages and he sees Hime for the first time he thinks on how beautiful she is. So there is at least a physical attraction before the whole Blood Warrior thing.
* [[Brain In Aa Jar]]: The Professor. It's a very big brain, too, with what appears to be extensive cybernetic enhancements.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Hiro early chapters in manga and episodes in anime is this.
* [[Cain and Abel]]: The royal siblings are awfully competitive.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The very ''concept'' of Blood Warriors is a blatant take-off of the Wu from ''[[Sazan Eyes|3x3Eyes]]'', with Hiro standing in as a younger, wimpier Yakumo.
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Bucchi, Hiro's friend from school.
{{quote| '''Gillman''':"Not good! I'm stuck in a bottomless swamp!"<br />
'''Bucchi''':"Oh no! One of our guides has gotten stuck in a bottomless swamp!" }}
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: In chapter 11, Hime [[Dual-Wielding|dual wields]] ''two'' chainsaws to fight off the pharaoh.
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* [[Character Tics]]: Hime likes to wrap a lock of hair around her finger when she speaks.
* [[Charge Into Combat Cut]]: Done ''frequently'', mostly because the group has to figure out exactly what they are fighting. By the time they do, the chapter nearly over.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: For all the time that Hiro looks like a wimp, he can be surprisingly badass when Hime's in danger. (Much more so in the manga than in the anime.) {{spoiler|In the anime, he acts more as a Human Shield, as well as a [[Morality Pet]] for Hime}} It is stated by Shirwood, and noticed by Hime, that Hiro has the potential to be the greatest blood warrior. Hiro, being Hiro though, runs away before it is explained. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120526153230/http://mangable.com/princess_resurrection/chapter-13/35/\] Also, gilliam states in chapter 35, that he suspects Hiro has an identity in the monster world, and that it is important enough to give him a large power boost. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120526153235/http://mangable.com/princess_resurrection/chapter-35/35/\]
** {{spoiler|[[Future Badass]]: His older self actually comes out of nowhere and saves Hime from getting killed by Silvia in the future. Easily beating her subordinates in the process. Considering how Silva seems to be on top of everything. Him actually throwing her off guard is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].}}
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Hime, Sherwood, Riza and Reiri.
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* [[Dirty Coward]]: Severin. Just seeing that his sister is willing to stand up to him is enough to make him panic.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Basically each time Hiro gets a...donation of blood from Hime or Sherwood he has to suck it from them in a bit of a suggesting way really.
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]: Hime does not like to be called by her birth name, {{spoiler|Lilliane}}, but two of her brothers do it anyway.
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: Hime and Sherwood.
* [[Emergency Transformation]]: Hiro, and later, {{spoiler|the mermaid girl}}.
* [[Ephebophile]]:The hospital director has some shades of this to Hime.
* [[Epic Flail]]: Hime [https://web.archive.org/web/20120526154217/http://mangable.com/princess_resurrection/chapter-8/19/ uses a flail] to fight werewolves.
* [[The Empath]]: Partially averted in that Sawawa regularly gets a sense of foreboding when her brother is in danger, then promptly ignores it and eats some more ice cream.
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Reiri.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses]]: Most noticeably Hime, but also Sherwood and Sylvia.
* [[Eviler Than Thou]]: Vampires and Nobles who think nothing of feasting on humans are ''[[Even Evil Has Standards|horrified]]'' that anyone would think of unleashing the [[Zombie Apocalypse]].
** Justified; after all, if their food source is gone, what are they suppose to eat?
** Also justified in that monster could turn into zombies with a scratch, see Hime disallowing hand to hand combat see {{spoiler|Hime's city destruction}}. As if normal is not bad enough imagine vampire/werewolf/minotaur/giant spider zombies, or even a Cthulu zombie.
* [[Eye Tropes]]: Pretty much owns it due to the [[Monster Mash]] nature of the series. Just the main cast alone is plenty, [http://pic4.bengou.com/comicdata/gw/gwwn008081708/1266587588708/1266587589321.jpg spoiler alert.]{{Dead link}}
** Hime: on top of [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] also possess [[Hellish Pupils]]. She also does a great deal of [[Hidden Eyes]] Pretty much all the royals are like this.
** Hiro: normally a wimp. {{spoiler|appear Badass on anything related to Hime, and when his hair turns white and his pupils turn [[Hellish Pupils|hellish]] and eyes became [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]], run.}}
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* [[Hellish Pupils]]: Hime, and all the other Royals. Blood Warriors, and notably Hiro, also get them when entering a combat trance (triggered by their master/mistress being in mortal danger).
* [[High-Pressure Blood]]
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: Duke Kiniski. {{spoiler|He imprisoned Hime's sister Sylvia and drank her blood for his own pleasure, but ended up as a Blood Warrior as a result. When Sylvia manages to free herself from captivity, he's left without a blood source and ends up as a shriveled corpse.}}
* [[Horse of a Different Color]]: Our heroes ride ''undead pandas''.
* [[How We Got Here]]
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** Averted twice with Hime in the first of the new Ovas.
** Played with with Riza's skirt. Though we haven't seen anything, she's had two [[Panty Shots]] observed in-universe.
** Reiri is an intersting case. In the manga, she utterly averts the [[Magic Skirt]] trope. However, in the anime it's played completely straight. The [[OV AsOVAs]] have her solidly averting the trope again.
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: The hospital director is a subordinate of {{spoiler|Zeppeli}}.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Subverted -- HimeSubverted—Hime's actual name is Lilliane. (Protagonist Hiro is another story, as is Riza ''Wildman''.)
* [[Meido]]: Hiro's sister, Sawawa. The trope's invocation is even pointed out in the translation notes of the first volume of the manga, as she goes to a cafe on her downtime while still in her costume. Also, Flandre and her sisters.
* [[Mind Screw]]: Whatever it was that happened to {{spoiler|Emil}}. Seriously, what the hell?
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* [[Mistress and Servant Boy]]: Hime and Hiro.
* [[Monster Mash]]: Practically every known monster in the book and then some. One chapter even dealt with [[Invasion of the Body Snatchers|''pod people''.]])
** Not to mention the [[HPH.P. Lovecraft|member of the Great Race of Yith]] who briefly turns up.
* [[Monster Lord]]: The entire Royal Family.
* [[Mooks]]: A typical tactic of the villains is to swarm their adversaries with mooks, whether of the mummy, zombie, or vampire variety.
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* [[Robot Girl]]: Again, Flandre and her siblings.
* [[Robo-Family]]: Each of the royal siblings have their own android who are also called siblings; Flandre, Francisca, Francette, Flanders and Franz - and probably several more.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511171045/http://www.mangahere.com/manga/kaibutsu_oujo/v16/c076/15.html alien infestation of chapter 76] is breathtaking.
* [[Shotacon]]: Might be one reason why Hime brought Hiro back to life.
** Riza's two werewolf friends attempt to play this straight before Reiri stops them. It turns out they just wanted to fight him. See [[Blood Knight]] above.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Hime's resurrection spell is either an affectionate shout out to or a shameless ripoff of H.P. Lovecraft , depending on how charitable you're feeling.
** Sherwood has a bunch of [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]] references, ranging from her [https://web.archive.org/web/20150501235447/http://mangable.com/princess_resurrection/chapter-13/21/ Zhuge Liang fan] to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150906203359/http://mangable.com/princess_resurrection/chapter-13/40/ sworn pandahood].
** The recharging station Flandre uses [https://web.archive.org/web/20150501232603/http://mangable.com/princess_resurrection/chapter-4/04/ here] is remarkably similar to the ones used by [[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation|The Borg]].
** A bug-headed scientist, a la the original ''[[The Fly]]''; [[The Day of the Triffids|Triffids]], IIRC; The aforementioned Pod People; the series LOVES referencing classic sci-fi/horror. Chapter 13 even features a monster designed along the same lines as the imfamous Rat-Bat-Spider from ''[[Angry Red Planet]]''. How's that for obtuse references!
*** Later it's even worse: An old member off the [[Cthulhu Mythos|Great Race of Yith]] appears in one chapter as an assasin, and a squid creature judge in chapter 23 bears an uncanny resemblense to the Venusian from ''[[It Conquered the World]]''.
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** Chapter 59 has [[The Evil Dead|a tape recorder and possessed bodies]].
** Chapter 70 has a [[Silent Hill 2|Pyramid Head]] [[Captain Ersatz]].
** Another one from [http://www.mangareader.net/princess-resurrection/70/4 chapter 70] will seem familiar to fans of [[Cyborg 009 (Manga)|Cyborg 009]].
** In chapter 72, there's mention of a [[Cthulhu Mythos|Shoggoth]] and what appears to be a [[Star Wars|Saarlac.]]
* [[The Slow Path]]: Flandre stays behind when the crew goes to the past and deactivates. Back in the present, they find her and take her to her creator to be repaired.
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* [[The One Guy]]: Hiro is the only guy who lives in Hime's mansion, because the other occupants are his sister, Hime, Flandre, Riza, occasional visits from Reiri, as well as Sherwood and her team. Would be good for him except for the fact he's just their [[Chew Toy]].
* [[Theme Naming]]: The [[Robo-Family]].
* [[There Can Be Only One]]: {{spoiler|Every new generation of Royals must kill each other off until only one is left to [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence]].}}
* [[This Is a Drill]]: Francette, one of Flandre's sisters, loses an arm. Due to a lack of appropriate replacement android parts, she now has a drill for an arm. This doesn't seem like a bad thing.
* [[Time Travel]]: Hime and her retainers get sent 2,000 years in the past by a revengeful spider deity. {{spoiler|They manage to go back to the present thanks to Flandre, who however has to stay behind. When they are back, they see a shrine that wasn't there before: it was erected to house the powered-out Flandre.}}
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* [[Vampire Invitation]]: Reiri required an invitation to enter Hime's home, but was free to enter at will once that invitation was given. This trope also came to [[Incredibly Lame Pun|bite Duke Kinski]] in the butt, {{spoiler|when he seeks to replenish his supply of Royal Blood using Hime's corpse, only to find out that she's alive and well, and denying him entry to her home.}}
** Even needed an invitation to enter a long-abandoned cabin that obviously had no inhabitants or owners.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Flandre and all of her siblings, Francisca, Francette, Flanders ([[The Simpsons (animation)|NOT that Flanders]]) and Franz: Hooba ('Fuga' in the original).
** Which leads into some [https://web.archive.org/web/20120525022303/http://mangable.com/princess_resurrection/chapter-17/24/ rather odd conversations] between the androids.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Both played straight and subverted. Hiro usually prefers an axe (and you can bet he knows how to use it!). Hime, on the other hand seems to find a new weapon for each occasion: rapier, chainsaw, pistol, hammer, chandelier... (no, I am not making this up!)
** Her standby tends to be a [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw,]] though.
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