History Literature / Kurozuka

* AndTheAdventureContinues: Humans, as well as Izana and Shera, will continue to chase after Kurou and Kuromitsu for their immortal blood. And they will continue to flee. [[spoiler: But at least now she and Kuro are together until the end of time.]] [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou "Move, humans!"]]
* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:The current White King, No.49 Izana, is a clone of Kurou. So is No.13 Tetsuya. And Kuon. No.78 Shera is a clone of Kuromitsu. There is also the unnamed clone of Benkei.]]

But instead of dying, Kurou finds himself waking up again and again centuries apart, with he himself seemingly not aged a day, his memory in shambles, and one all-consuming desire filling his mind: find Kuromitsu. Thus begins Kurou's journey through the ages of Japan, from the 12th-century to Main/PresentDay, through [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt an apocalypse]] and into the [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalypse]] and beyond, all to find the woman he once loved.

Its story opens with the famous 12th-century Japanese historical figure UsefulNotes/MinamotoNoYoshitsune. After losing to the forces of his brother to his brother Minamoto no Yoritomo, who in the wake of his victory would rise to become [[UsefulNotes/KamakuraShogunate the first Shogun to rule all of Japan]], Yoshitsune going under the psuedonym "Kurou" flees into the mountains with his retainer UsefulNotes/MusashiboBenkei. History records that Kurou [[{{Seppuku}} committed suicide]] after being cornered by Yoritomo's forces. [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope But in this version of events]], Kurou and Benkei instead meet a strange, beautiful preistess with a [[CreepyCoolCrosses Christian cross necklace centuries before Christianity should have reached Japan]] named Kuromitsu in her mountain hermitage. Eventually, Kurou and Kuromitsu fall in love, and Kuromitsu reveals her greatest secret to him: she is an immortal vamprie. Soon after Yoritomo's forces catch up with Kurou and Benkei, and in an attempt to save Kurou's life Kuromitsu shares her blood with Kurou. However, before Kurou's vampiric transformation can be completed, someone beheads him.

But instead of dying, Kurou finds himself waking up again and again centuries apart with he himself seemingly not aged a day, his memory in shambles, and one all-consuming desire filling his mind: find Kuromitsu. Thus begins Kurou's journey through the ages of Japan, from the 12th-century to Main/PresentDay, through [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt an apocalypse]] and into the [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalypse]] and beyond, all to find the woman he once loved.

Has a manga adaptation and a TwelveEpisodeAnime adaptation by Creator/{{Madhouse}}. The anime has some truly outstanding animation and an awesome opening theme if you're willing to deal with an [[MindScrew extraordinarily confusing rendition of the plot]].

Its story opens with the famous 12th-century Japanese historical figure UsefulNotes/MinamotoNoYoshitsune. After losing to the forces of his brother to his brother Minamoto no Yoritomo, who in the wake of his victory would rise to become [[UsefulNotes/KamakuraShogunate the first Shogun to rule all of Japan]], Yoshitsune going under the psuedonym "Kurou" flees into the mountains with his retainer UsefulNotes/MusashiboBenkei. History records that Kurou [[{{Seppuku}} committed suicide]] after being cornered by Yoritomo's forces. [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope But in this version of events]], Kurou and Benkei instead meet a strange, beautiful preistess with a [[CreepyCoolCrosses Christian cross necklace centuries before Christianity should have reached Japan]] named Kuromitsu in her mountain hermitage. Eventually, Kurou and Kuromitsu fall in love, and Kuromitsu reveals her greatest secret to him: she is an immortal vamprie. Soon after Yoritomo's forces catch up with Kurou and Benkei, and in an attempt to save Kurou's life Kuromitsu attempts to share her blood with Kurou. However, before Kurou's vampiric transformation can be completed, someone beheads him.

But instead of dying, Kurou finds himself waking up again and again centuries apart with he himself seemingly not aged a day, his memory in shambles, and one all-consuming desire filling his mind: find Kuromitsu. Thus begins Kurou's journey through the ages of Japan, from the 12th-century to Main/PresentDay, through [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt an apocalypse]] and into the [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalypse]] and beyond, all to find the woman who he once loved.

Its story opens with the famous 12th-century Japanese historical figure UsefulNotes/MinamotoNoYoshitsune. After losing to the forces of his brother to his brother Minamoto no Yoritomo, who in the wake of his victory would rise to become [[UsefulNotes/KamakuraShogunate the first Shogun to rule all of Japan]], Yoshitsune going under the psuedonym "Kurou" flees into the mountains with his retainer UsefulNotes/MusashiboBenkei. History records that Kurou [[{{Seppuku}} committed suicide]] after being cornered by Yoritomo's forces. [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope But in this version of events]], Kurou and Benkei instead meet a strange, beautiful preistess with a [[AmbiguouslyChristian christian cross]] necklace named Kuromitsu in her mountain hermitage. Eventually, Kurou and Kuromitsu fall in love, and Kuromitsu reveals her greatest secret to him: she is an immortal vamprie. Soon after Yoritomo's forces catch up with Kurou and Benkei, and in an attempt to save Kurou's life Kuromitsu attempts to share her blood with Kurou. However, before Kurou's vampiric transformation can be completed, someone beheads him.

''Kurozuka'' Kurozuka (黒塚, lit. "Black Tomb") is a 2000 Japanese HistoricalFantasy / AfterTheEnd [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] novel written by Baku Yumemakura.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Played with. On top of UsefulNotes/MinamotoNoYoshitsune becoming an immortal vampire instead of dying in the 12th-century, and Kuromitsu being [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ningyo Yao Bikuni]] myth as a vampire, the source of Kuromitsu's vampirism is revealed in the finale to be [[Literature/TheBible Judas Iscariot]], who was cursed for betraying Jesus and attempting to take Jesus's divine abitilies by consuming his blood.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Benkei and Kuon]]
%%* SceneryPorn: Every other second. Yes, even the bloody parts.

''Kurozuka'' Kurozuka (黒塚, lit. "Black Tomb") is a 2000 HistoricalFantasy / AfterTheEnd [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] novel written by Baku Yumemakura.

But instead of dying, Kurou finds himself waking up again and again centuries apart with he himself seemingly not aged a day, his memory in shambles, and one all-consuming desire: find Kuromitsu. Thus begins Kurou's journey through time, through each era of japan, through apocalypse and post-apocalypse, all to find the woman who he made him what is has gone.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Played with. On top of UsefulNotes/MinamotoNoYoshitsune becoming an immortal vampire instead of dying in the 12th-century, the source of Kuromitsu's vampirism is revealed in the finale to be [[Literature/TheBible Judas Iscariot]], who was cursed for betraying Jesus and attempting to take Jesus's divine abitilies by consuming his blood.

''Kurozuka'' is about a 12th-century man named UsefulNotes/MinamotoNoYoshitsune (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: she is a vampire. He learns that he is unable to die and continues to live for a thousand years as Japan evolves into a future society.

A novel, manga, and TwelveEpisodeAnime by Creator/{{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]].

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:The current White King, No.49 Izana, is a clone of Kurou. So is No.13 Tetsuya. No.78 Shera is a clone of Kuromitsu. There is also the unnamed clone of Benkei. Kuon is [[WildMassGuessing probably]] the clone of Kurou.]]

''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: she is a vampire. He learns that he is unable to die and continues to live for a thousand years as Japan evolves into a future society.

* CloningBlues:[[spoiler: The current White King, No.49 Izana, is a clone of Kurou. So is No.13 Tetsuya. No.78 Shera is a clone of Kuromitsu. There is also the unnamed clone of Benkei. Kuon is [[WildMassGuessing probably]] the clone of Kurou.]]

* AndTheAdventureContinues: Humans, as well as Izana and Shera, will continue to chase after Kurou and Kuromitsu for their immortal blood. And they will continue to flee. [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming But at least now she and Kuro are together until the end of time.]]]] [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou "Move, humans!"]]

%%* FiveBadBand: The Red Imperial Army
%%** BigBad and EvilGenius: Hasegawa
%%** TheDragon: Arashiyama
%%** DarkChick: Kagetsu
%%** TheBrute: Kurumasuo
%%** TheMole: [[spoiler: Kuon]]

''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: Website/AnimeNewsNetwork)

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Kuon]]

* FiveBadBand: The Red Imperial Army
** BigBad and EvilGenius: Hasegawa
** TheDragon: Arashiyama
** DarkChick: Kagetsu
** TheBrute: Kurumasuo
** TheMole: [[spoiler: Kuon]]
* GainaxEnding

* {{Immortality Seeker}}s: The Red Imperial Army. They want Kuromitsu's blood because it can make them immortal, and their pursuit of her underlies the entire story.

* MindScrew[=/=]JigsawPuzzlePlot: Surrealism, flashbacks, illusions, and lack of explanation makes the plot near incomprehensible until the grand finale.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Kuromitsu and Kurou possess the desire
* RainOfBlood
* [[spoiler: ResetButtonEnding]]: [[spoiler: Sort of. Time still passes, but in the end it's shown that the events of the story continually repeat themselves, even down to the characters involved and that it's likely that nothing will ever change.]]
* LaResistance: The Haniwa movement. Kurou helps them fight the Red Imperial Army. [[spoiler: Too bad [[EverybodysDeadDave they all get killed]]...]]

* SceneryPorn: Every other second. Yes, even the bloody parts.
** SceneryGorn: Every other second (The other half).

* {{Super Soldier}}s: The field generals of the Red Imperial Army, thanks to Kuromitsu's blood. One reason the RIA is chasing Kuromitsu is so they can use her blood to make more.

* {{Badass}}: Kuro

* WorldOfBadass: Where even the mooks have machine guns for hands... [[SchizoTech in modern day tokyo]]. In the future, they have lasers, chainguns, and rockets.

** TheDarkChick: Kagetsu

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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Humans, as well as Izana and Shera, will continue to chase after Kurou and Kuromitsu for their immortal blood. And they will continue to flee. [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming But at least now she and Kuro are together until the end of time.]]]][[DontMakeMeDestroyYou "Move, humans!"]]

* WorldOfBadass: Where even the mooks have machine guns for hands... [[SchizoTech in modern day tokyo]]. In the future, they have lasers, chainguns, and rockets.

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''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: AnimeNewsNetwork)

* ActionGirl[=/=]BikerBabe: Rai of the resistance.

* CoolOldLady: Saniwa, leader of LaResistance.

** TheMole: [[spoiler Kuon]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: A number of examples, from cooking stew to throwing away a bag filled with an old man's feces.

* {[Badass}}: Kuro