Venus Versus Virus: Difference between revisions

One day middle school student Sumire Takahana meets the mysterious Lucia Nahashi, who is part of a group called Venus Vanguard. From that day on, Sumire is drawn into Lucia's ongoing battles with "The Virus", an evil spirit that snatches people's souls away. Sumire discovers that she not only has the power to see the Virus, but that she can turn into a mindless living antibody, called "Berserker mode"--an ability that Lucia finds highly useful for her purposes. It's needless to say that these events turn Sumire's life totally upside down.

 

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=== Tropes: ===

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Even a blank can do serious damage when the gun is is fired from a very close range.

** Also, a vaccine is for enhancing a person's immune system, not for destroying viruses directly. Since they're not literal viruses or vaccine, it's probably more [[Rule of Cool]].

* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: Lucia, Ruka, Lola, and Layla.

* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Layla, especially in the anime. Lucia often behaves like this too.

* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Lucif.}} This is the way {{spoiler|Lilith, Lucia's mom,}} dies in manga. It's a [[Tear Jerker]] and [[The Reveal]].

* [[Invisible to Normals]]: Only those with Vision can see Viruses.

* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Riku, Sumire's younger male cousin, has a crush on her.

* [[Kuudere]]: Lucia, sometimes with hints of [[Tsundere]] occasionally.

* [[Left Hanging]]: The fates of {{spoiler|Lucia and Sumire}} in the anime.

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Lucia usually wears the same dress. In fact, most of the characters have little variety in their wardrobes, except Sumire who usually wears something new each volume.

* [[More Than Mind Control]]: The way Aion prefers to manipulate others.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: In the anime, {{spoiler|Lola and Layla are ageless artificial humans, so they're much older than Lucia and Sumire. In the manga, they're just preteen girls with psychic powers.}}

* [[On the Next Episode of Catchphrase]]: "I'll kill you gently! Teehee!" (As said by Lola.)

* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: In the anime, Lola {{spoiler|summons the ghosts of Nahashi and Lilith to restrain Lucif from attacking Sumire and Lucia.}} They fall under types 2 and 7 and look like blue-white versions of themselves.

* [[Religion of Evil]]: {{spoiler|Aion and his followers are described as being a cult and responsible for many of the problems involving the Viruses, and their religions has shades of [[Useful Notes/Gnosticism|Gnosticism]].}}

* [[Revolvers Are Just Better]]: Lucia prefers a revolver over the half-automatic gun Sumire uses, although Sumire also uses a revolver in the manga.

** Lampshaded when Sumire's feelings for Lucia get pointed out to her by her male love interest, of all people.

* [[Say It With Hearts]]: Ruka is fond of doing this.

* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Lucia, but only in the manga. {{spoiler|Subverted, as of Volume 7 where Sumire finally convinces her to quit.}}

* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]

** Also, in early fansubs of episode 1, Lucia was subbed as "Ruchia."

* [[Subtext]]: Ooooh boy, is there ever.

* [[Supernaturally Delicious and Nutritious]]: Viruses see those with Vision this way.

* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Lola loves chocolate, whereas her twin sister Layla prefers konpeito.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Automatically Sumire when she enters Berserk mode. Even more so in the manga, where she can activate it whenever she wants and control herself.

* [[Urban Fantasy]]

* [[Vague Age]]: For the most part, Lucia is depicted as being older than Sumire, but she is apparently only one year older (two years in the anime).