History Literature / Kurozuka

* BradSwaile: voices Kuro in the dub.

A novel, manga, and TwelveEpisodeAnime by {{Madhouse}}. The anime has some truly outstanding animation and an awesome opening theme if you're willing to deal with an [[MindScrew extraordinarily confusing plot]].

* {{Immortality}}: One of the main focuses of the story. Kuromitsu is type III and Kurou is type [[spoiler: IV]].

* OffWithHisHead: Happens to several characters. [[spoiler:One of them is Kurou, who actually survives because he's ingested Kuromitsu's blood.]]

* OffWithHisHead: Happens to several characters. [[spoiler:One of them is Kurou, who actually survives.]]

* CoolOldLady: Saniwa, leader of LaReistance.

* SuperSerum: Kuromitsu's blood has this effect (as well as {{Immortality}}) on a few of the people who are injected with it. The rest don't survive.

* SuperSerum: Kuromitsu's blood has this effect (as well as {{Immortality}}) on a small number of people who are injected with it. The rest don't survive.

* LaResistance: Kurou helps them fight the Red Imperial Army. [[spoiler: Too bad [[EverybodysDeadDave they all get killed]]...]]

* AfterTheEnd: Caused by nucler war adn the ensuing nuclear winter.

* AfterTheEnd

* LaResistance: Kurou helps them fight the Red Army. [[spoiler: Too bad [[EverybodysDeadDave they all get killed]]...]]

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Kuromitsu's immortality makes her a continual target of the Red Army.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: A number of examples, from cooking stew to throwing away a bag filled with crap.

''Kurozuka'' is about a 12th-century man named Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Kurou). Kurou flees into the mountains after losing to his brother Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first Shogun to rule all of Japan. History records that he committed suicide, but instead, Kurou meets a strange, beautiful woman named Kuromitsu in her mountain hermitage. Eventually, Kurou falls in love with Kuromitsu, but then realizes she conceals a dark secret. He learns that he is unable to die and continues to live for a thousand years as Japan evolves into a future society. (Source: [=ANN=])

''{{Kurozuka}}'' is about a 12th-century man named Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Kurou). Kurou flees into the mountains after losing to his brother Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first Shogun to rule all of Japan. History records that he committed suicide, but instead, Kurou meets a strange, beautiful woman named Kuromitsu in her mountain hermitage. Eventually, Kurou falls in love with Kuromitsu, but then realizes she conceals a dark secret. He learns that he is unable to die and continues to live for a thousand years as Japan evolves into a future society. (Source: [=ANN=])

* HeyItsThatVoice: In the english dub, Kurou sounds just like [[Manga/DeathNote the God of the new world]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: In the english dub, Kurou sounds just like [[DeathNote the God of the new world]].

* GainaxEnding

* MindScrewEnding

!!''{{Kurozuka}}'' includes examples of the following tropes: