History Fanfic / BloodAndRevolution

* GrandTheftMe / KillAndReplace: Not actually killed but [[spoiler: Seto]] is kidnapped and [[spoiler: Seth]] assumes his identity for a year.

* HumanPet / TheRenfield:

* IncestIsRelative: It's probably easier just to give the general idea of the Bakurae than to figure out all their relationships to find the subtropes.
** {{Twincest}}: Yuugi and Atem have some sort of relationship, mostly implied.

** Harming [[{{PapaWolf}} Kenshin's family]] is enough to sometimes test his ThouShallNotKill vow.
** Likewise, harming Bakura's family, or - especially dangerous - trying to take [[{{MamaBear}} Yukito's "babies"]]. Punishments range from stabbing, to blizzards, to a cursed life.
** [[{{ArsonMurderandJaywalking}} Pulling Kenshin's hair]]. He finds it really rude.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Kenshin, Yukito, Ryou, Rune, Shun - they're all kind and gentle, but they all have snapping points that make them very dangerous.

** Seto gets one at the hands of Rune. [[spoiler: Seto's overconfident in Bakura's protection and his own righteousness, and starts making demands of the kami. Rune - a lake god - curses him with [[{{Manga/RanmaOneHalf}} Ranma-esque]] genderbending.]]
* CatNinja: Aoshi's AnimalMotif, as decided by Saitou, is a panther, and he lives up to it with his [[AnimalEyes vampire cat eyes]] [[spoiler:and chaos-demon cat tail and panther-shapeshifting]].

** Kenshin, Saitou, and Hiko, [[{{WeaponOfChoice}} not so much]]. Atem might be that pragmatic but never does it.

** EmpathicWeapon: Mamosei? Maybe? Or maybe Kenshin's [[{{CompanionCube}} just a little nuts.]]

*** [[spoiler: Confirmed after a hundred years of Kenshin's companionship allows Mamosei to become a [[{{TalkingSword}}sword youkai]] in his own right.]]
** LoyalPhlebotinum: Mamosei - the transformation from blade to reverse-blade depends on Kenshin's will alone, no matter who holds it.
** EvilWeapon: Unmeiga is powered up by "evil actions".

* {{Curse}}: Bakura [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} lays curses on]] [[spoiler: Saitou, and much later to Aoshi.]] Rune also does to [[spoiler: Seto]].

** Along with some BrokenPedestal to go along with it, since he consistently refuses to be a decent person with Saitou (whom he refers to as Kenshin's pet) and espouses killing Aoshi... At least he only talks and doesn't usually interfere unless it's to [[{{TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn}} teach Kenshin a lesson]].
** Then again, Kenshin does keep sending his family off to be trained in the Hiten by Hiko. Maybe Kenshin has a [[{{HorribleJudgeOfCharacter}} blind spot]] where he's concerned.
* DisappointedInYou: Kenshin toward Atem, Saitou, and / or Aoshi on occasions, particularly [[spoiler: after Aoshi massacres the government]]. It's also his best method of getting Kenji and Atem to do chores.

** And a second time: Bakura tells [[spoiler: Seto, who is both [[{{RevengeBeforeReason}} obsessed]] and would consider it a MercyKill - he was willing to make a DealWithTheDevil to kill him -]] that he killed [[spoiler: Seth]] so that he can rest easy and drop it.
* FantasticRacism: Japan's, and particularly [=KaibaCorp=]'s, views toward youkai ever since they wouldn't intercede in some [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII petty squabble]] is somewhere between "racist" and "Holocaust".

* GaiasVengeance: The kami D raises an army of dissatisfied youkai to wage war on humans because they are damaging to the natural world an d he thinks they aren't worthy of living there.

** [[spoiler: Seto gets cursed with genderbending for pissing off a kami. In his case it's controlled by water, a la [[{{Manga/RanmaOneHalf}} Ranma]].]]

* GoodIsNotNice: Saitou, Hiko

* GodInHumanForm: The Earthkami, [[spoiler: [[Characters/{{SailorMoon}} Darien Shields]]]], is a literal god living a human life.

* GoodIsNotNice: Saitou - you'd be hard to find a more lawful, incorruptible, and well-intentioned person in a position of power, but man is he a JerkAss.

* HybridPower: Played completely straight with Yukito, a half-incubus and half {{Yukionna}}. You just don't realize how powerful he is because [[{{TheCutie}} he's just really nice]].
** HalfHumanHybrid / {{Dhampyr}}: Kenji, who also gets an understated case of the above. [[{{InformedAbility}} He's supposed to be very powerful]], but he's too down-to-earth to use it.
** NonHumanHumanoidHybrid: Yukito is half incubus and half yuki-onna, with no human involved.

* ImortalityHurts: [[spoiler: Saitou]] can't die... but he has no healing factor at all.

* KillerRabbit: Yukito and Ryou. Both are quiet, calm, and sweet, but [[spoiler: [[{{EmotionEater}} both are able to drain life energy]] to the point of death]].
* LargeHam: Atem is overdramatic at times, Hyoga often, and Rei lives and breathes it.
* LevitatingLotusPosition: Kenshin at the Mountain Home [[spoiler:while trying to avoid losing control of his power.]] He also acts as a LivingBattery for the mountain's defenses.

** Kenshin has to channel his ki into maintaining a force field and boil magma, and still meditate on top of it[[spoiler: , to keep his people safe from him in the apocalypse.]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The vampires, or ryu-youkai as they call themselves, are not really related to European vampires, as [[Characters/{{TrinityBlood}} Abel]] lampshades. They do drink blood, but in truth they're feeding on the life force / ki ''in'' the blood, not the blood itself. They can transcend the need to feed on blood at all and become psychic vampires. Also, sun is only a sedative to them, not a direct danger.
* PerceptionFilter: All kami escape the notice of regular people, sometimes whether they like it or not. Only people with a [[{{IncorruptiblePurePureness}} sincerely pure heart]] can normally see them, though they can make an effort to be seen by regular people.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: The Japanese government originally treats youkai as potential weapons; when the majority refuse to be used, they become enemies.

** Aoshi is the amoral sidekick to [[{{TechnicalPacifist}} Kenshin]], who retains his vow not to kill, and [[{{LawfulGood}} Saitou]], who still believes in the law. He does things they can't or won't, usually involving killing people.
** [[spoiler: Bakura]] plays a similar role to Seto, who is also quite lawful... Or he would, if Seto had any compunction using him to his fullest (no one said Seto was lawful ''good'').

** TheBusCameBack: For most of them, anyway. [[spoiler: After the apocalypse is over, [[{{WordOfGod}} which hasn't actually been written yet]].]]

** Most of the names Saitou uses are names the [[{{HistoricalDomainCharacter}} real person]] did, and [[spoiler: he dies]] in the same year and in the same position.

** Kenshin in the modern day considers and makes plans to create a youkai food supply company, incorporating blood into their dishes, to try to mitigate the inherent conflict of the need to eat ad hte need to not be eaten.

* TrueName: Bakura, Yukito, Ryou, and all of Yukito’s children all have ‘secret’ names in Egyptian that are considered their [[{{IKnowYourTrueName}} true names.]]
* TheUnmasquedWorld: As of the 1940s TheMasquerade begins shattering, due to Japan recruiting youkai for warfare. Within Japan, it's a slow creep beginning several decades earlier, starting with Aoshi revealing his new vampire nature to Saitou.
* VanHelsingHateCrimes: KaibaCorp and the Japanese government are guilty of youkai experimentation and slaughter; this is a matter of some international tension. Some characters try to point this out to Seto, to little or no effect.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Kitsune are capable of shifting between human and fox forms, some tsukumogami can take human shapes, and chaos demons can shapeshift almost without limits.

* ZombieAdvocate: Saitou, in particular, and later Seth, work within the system to avocate rights for youkai and nonhumans.

* EveryoneIsGay: On the one hand, it ''is'' a yaoi fic. On the other, subverted - Saitou and Kenshin are both bi, Kenji is straight, and for a large portion of the cast the matter never comes up - and justified - Bakura's descendants are [[{{HornyDevils}} incubi]] who can only feed on men due to their [[{{Youkai}} yuki-onna]] [[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} heritage]].

** BadassGay: Aoshi, Kenshin, Saitou, Sesshoumaru, Atem, Bakura...

* MentorShip: It's implied that Masters and Little Ones have a pretty much inherently sexual relationship. Aoshi and his little ones, in particular, tend to get into offscreen orgies. Not to mention Aoshi and Kenshin, pretty much the original pairing. Theirs is more of an actual relationship not based on the sex, unlike most such pairings.
** SexyMentor: Aoshi in particular.

* ILoveYouVampireSon: In this case generally overlaps with MentorShip: master-little one relationships are both mentorly and sexual. The cases when they become romantic (Kenshin and Aoshi, [[spoiler: Seth and Rei]]) are the exceptions.

* {{Tricksters}}:

* HybridPower: Played completely straight with Yukito, a half-incubus and half yuki-onna. You just don't realize how powerful he is because [[{{TheCutie}} he's just really nice]].

** Rei is more literally and happily [[spoiler Atem and Seth's]] [[PropertyOfLove pet]].

** Duo was a KaibaCorp anti-youkai soldier, before being kidapped and turned by [[spoiler Atem and Seth]].

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: Aoshi intentionally turns Seth, one of the foremost anti-youkai activists, into a vampire when he recognizes him in a battle.]]
* AnimatedTattoo: Aoshi, eventually, has a snake tattoo that moves around on his body and acts alive, ad his flower tattoos gradually begin to move as well.

** [[spoiler: Bakura]] plays a similar role to Seto, who is also quite lawful... Or he would, if Seto had any compunction using him to his fullest.

* ProHumanTranshuman: Despite being not human anymore, Kenshin still firmly believes in protecting both humans and youkai. [[spoiler: Despite ascending to becoming a kami, Saitou never loses his desire to protect those who need it, no matter their species.]]

** [[spoiler: Mamosei]] attains sentience and a upgrade from EmpathicWeapon after 100 years.

* TechnicalPacifist: Kenshin and Kenji both use blunted blades and believe in not killing if at all possible, but have no problem battering people with their blunted instruments.

** Atem, Seth, and Rei start out well-intentioed when they [[spoiler: take over Osaka and the surrounding area after the EndOfTheWorld]].

* TechnicalPacifist: Kenshin and Kenji both use blunted blades and believe in not killing if at all possible.

* ToHellAndBack: Both Aoshi and Sesshoumaru go into Hell and come back out again. Aoshi also goes through heaven, which [[DespairEventHorizon he says was worse]].

* {{Tricksters}}: Bakura is a chaos demon, and Atem and Yuugi are both part kitsune; none of them are good at playing by the rules.
** Kaworu [[spoiler: likes to troll whole dimensions. And he gets away with it.]]
* TrueName: Bakura, Yukito, Ryou and all of Yukito’s children all have ‘secret’ names in Egyptian that are considered their [[{{IKnowYourTrueName}} true names.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Saitou [[spoiler: when he assassinates the generals in 1942 to try to stop UsefulNotes/WorldWarII]]. D’s army-gathering to try to protect the Earth. Aoshi [[spoiler: when he destroys the government]], arguably.
** Atem, Seth and Rei start out as this when they [[spoiler: take over Osaka and the surrounding area after the EndOfTheWorld.]]

** Several people to Aoshi [[spoiler: after he massacred most of the Japanese government.]]

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Kami have certain aspects; one of those aspects is “Wrathful”. It’s usually a RageBreakingPoint rather than a HairTriggerTemper, but if they get to that point, you need to get out of the vicinity, even if you’re their friend.
** Kenshin when he finally hits his breaking point.

** Bakura[[spoiler:, on finding a mortal soulmate he admits to loving, loses his status as a chaos demon.]]
** A more subtle example: the love and unwavering faith of his child changed his nature to suit expectations. Not metaphorically, either - [[YourMindMakesItReal chaos is malleable]].

** Atem also goes for the ManipulativeBastard level of pulling people's strings, but sometimes falters at SmugSnake level as his sadism distracts him.

** CanonWelding: Several are implied to have their canons be more or less intact, but in the same universe, including Rourouni Kenshin and Inuyasha. Yu Yu Hakusho seems to have its backstory intact but the plot of the series left out.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Bakura and his people are called "demons", but are based on the Ancient Egyptian chaos goddess Isfet, and are functionally incubi but also more than that... and they're not necessarily going to be what they are forever.

** [[spoiler: Saitou doesn't like to admit or be reminded that he didn't have any choice about eventually giving up his humanity and becoming a kami.]]

** Atem and Seth capture a young bunny-youkai Momiji explicitly to torture.

* MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover: The main series is ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', but there are major characters from ''Manga/YuGiOh'', ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'', ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', ''Manga/DragonKnights'', and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. There are also minor characters from ''Manga/SailorMoon'', ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', ''Manga/InuYasha'', ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'', ''Anime/{{Free}}'', ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'', ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'', ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'', ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', and ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'', as well as ''[[Anime/HellGirl Jigoku Shoujo]]'' cameos.

* AGodIAmNot: [[spoiler: Saitou doesn't like to admit or be reminded that he didn't have any choice about eventually giving up his humanity and becoming a kami.]]

* AnimatedTattoo: Aoshi, eventually, has a snake tattoo that moves around on his body and acts alive.

* {{Bishounen}}: It's actually easier to list the aversions - Hiko, Inuyasha[[labelnote:*]]who has aged to his physical fifties in here[[/labelnote]], Bakura unless he's trying to be, and Saitou[[labelnote:*]]who is always described as "sharp" - he must be an acquired taste[[/labelnote]].

* BreakTheCutie: In backstory for Yukito. [[spoiler: Apparently he was born with his chaos powers active and he traumatized himself out of using them by bringing his nightmares to life. It also explains why he has vision bad enough to wear glasses - not being able to see let him hide from them.]]

** [[spoiler: Seto gets cursed with genderbending for pissing off a kami. In his case it's controlled by water, a la Ranma.]]
* GodInHumanForm: The Earthkami, [[spoiler: [[Characters/{{SailorMoon}} Darien Shields]].]], is a literal god living a human life.
* GodNeedsPrayerBadly: Rune is slowly fading after a few decades of isolation from the humans who used to prayer for his healing. Additionally, [[spoiler: Saitou and other ancestor kami gain their power from the clan members revering them. Their power grows as the worship base does.]]

* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: [[spoiler: Aoshi uses his new chaos magic to create a silk kimono with a dragon motif for Kenshin out of his ragged gi and hakama]].

** [[spoiler: Eventually subverted by Kenji’s permanent death.]]

* ArtisticLicenceMedicine: Averted where practical; most medical stuff happens implied or offscreen, but if a character doesn't have self healing abilities, they're stuck with normal medicine or a trip to the south of Japan to [[spoiler: see the lake kami Rune]].

* ProHumanTranshuman: Despite being not human anymore, Kenshin still firmly believes in protecting both humans and youkai. Shun and Saitou [[spoiler: when they ascend to kami specifically are protectors of groups that include humans; children and his clan, respectively.]]

** [[{{ArsonMurderandJaywalking}}Pulling Kenshin's hair]]. He finds it really rude.