History Literature / VampireHunterD

* BuyThemOff: D attempts this in ''Bloodlust'' when he learns Meier ''didn't'' hire the Barbarois and that someone's paid them $100 million to protect him. D suggests he can match the price, which the Elder finds entertaining. He points out that after 5,000 years of serving the people of the night, the Barbarois aren't exactly going to jeopardize that reputation, are they? That said, as he concedes, if there was hypothetically ''anyone'' that could get them to change their stripes, it would be for someone like D.

* FailedASpotCheck: All of the Marcus Brothers during the bridge confrontation in ''Bloodlust'', but Leila especially. [[spoiler: They were all so focused upon the burning, suffering Meier that none of them realized Mashira had survived and climbed back up the bridge. Leila in particular, by virtue of watching all this from miles away, was in the best position to realize the last Barbarois warrior wasn't dead and to warn Borgoff over the radio. She was just too engrossed to notice until it was too late.]]

* Volume 23 - ''The Royal Tiger of Winter'' (2011; to be released as Volume 28 in English, tentative 2019)
* Volume 24 - ''Battlefront of the Nobility'' (2012)
* Volume 25 - ''The Golden Demon, Parts 1 & 2'' (2012)

* Volume 35 - ''Dark Visitor'' (2019)

* {{Bishounen}}:
** D, who is described as being impossibly beautiful and has [[EvenTheGuysWantHim everyone]] he meets falling for him left and right.
** Vampires and dhampyrs in general are described as being unearthly beautiful creatures, when they aren't showing the monstrous side of their appearance.

* ImprovisedLightningRod: Unintentional example in ''Bloodlust'' when [[spoiler: Caroline tries to kill Leila in the forrest. Having dropped her gun while being pulled up into the tree, Leila throws one of her knives at Caroline's forehead. It doesn't kill the Barbarois, but it ''does'' provide an unintended lightning rod for the storm that's begun during this fight. Sure enough, the knife catches the next bolt of lightning and Caroline's instantly killed.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In ''Bloodlust'', the main villain Noble is referred to in both text and dialogue as "Meyer Link", despite the fact that a handwritten letter shown partway through the film spells it "Mayerling". The novel uses "Mayerling" consistently.

A horror novel series by Japanese author Creator/HideyukiKikuchi, a horror novelist in the same [[JustForPun vein]] as Creator/HPLovecraft and Creator/StephenKing,[[note]]At least according to the blurbs on the back of the books themselves[[/note]] ''Vampire Hunter D'' is the story of a [[{{Dhampyr}} half human, half vampire]] vampire hunter, usually just called D, who is scorned by the world that he roams. With the help of a morbid and otherwise obnoxious (but very useful) parasite that lives in his left hand, D wanders to wherever he is needed in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic world]] in the year 12,090 AD where monsters roam and humans live in fear.

** D fits this trope to a [[JustForPun D]].

* ImprovisedLightningRod: Unintentional example in ''Bloodlust'' when [[spoiler: Caroline tries to kill Leila in the forrest. Having dropped her gun while being pulled up into the tree, Leila throws one of her knives at Caroline's forehead. It doesn't kill the Barbarois, but it ''does'' provide an unintended lightning rod for the storm that's begun during this figtht. Sure enough, the knife catches the next bolt of lightning and Caroline's instantly killed.]]

* {{Dracula}}: The Nobility calls him the Sacred Ancestor, the god of their people. D calls him... well, [[IHateYouVampireDad a lot of things, mostly bad]]. The author himself gives Dracula different interpretations. At times, he makes Dracula out to be a heroic figure, even once fighting an perverse and evil vampire to save a human village in the backstory for Novel 7. Other times, like in [[spoiler:novel 2]], he's portrayed as more of a villain, apparently [[spoiler:being the one responsible for transforming the kidnapped children into strange, kinda-sorta vampires. This is more WellIntentionedExtremist however, since he's attempting to create vampires immune to sunlight - it's implied that such vampires would have the best qualities of humans and vampires.]]

** During Left Hand's first scene, the parasite reminds D of his susceptibility to Heat Syndrome. According to Left Hand, D almsot died the last time he ignored it, but we don't learn any other specific details about this prior close call.

** TONS of Westerns such as Film/TheSearchers, Film/{{Shane}}, and Film/TheDollarsTrilogy are used as inspiration or WholePlotReference.

* ItsPersonal: A driving motivation for D and the Marcus Brothers as the narrative of ''Bloodlust'' progresses. [[spoiler: The murders of Nolt and Kyle drive Borgoff insane with rage and grief, leaving him to continue the chase even though it's now a zero-sum game. Leila's initially more invested in recovering Charlotte because it reminds her of her mother's abduction (at least until her rage upon learning Charlotte ''wasn't'' a victim). Meanwhile, Left Hand correctly guesses Charlotte's infatuation with Meier -- and the thought of the two lovebirds giving birth to a Dunpeal -- ''really'' gets to D as a Dunpeal (and his own issues with his parents).]]

* FailedASpotCheck: All of the Marcus Brothers during the bridge confrontation in ''Bloodlust'', but Leila especially. [[spoiler: They were all so focused upon the burning, suffering Meier that none of them realized Mashira had survived and climbed back up the bridge. Leila in particular, by virtue of watching allthis from miles away, was in the best position to realize the last Barbarois warrior wasn't dead and to warn Borgoff over the radio. She was just too engrossed to notice until it was too late.]]

* FailedASpotCheck: All of the Marcus Brothers during the bridge confrontraton, but Leila especially. [[spoiler: They were all so focused upon the burning, suffering Meier that none of them realized Mashira had climbed back up the bridge. Leila in particular, by virtue of watching this confrontation from miles away, was in the best position to realize the last Barbarois warrior wasn't dead and to warn Borgoff over the radio. She was just too engrossed to notice until it was too late.]]

** During Left Hand's first scene, the parasite reminds D of his susceptibility to Heat Syndrome. The last time D ignored it, he almost died, but we don't learn any other specific details about that prior close call.
** When Borgoff and Kyle are devising their plan for entrapping Meier's carriage on an upcoming bridge, Kyle recognizes his brother's plan as one they'd used during a previous hunt against vampires at Keldo. [[spoiler: Unlike the Keldo Incident, this one ends ''badly'' for the Brothers.]]

* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: A major part of ''Bloodlust'''s plot. The abduction of Charlotte Elsbourne, which D and the Marcus Brothers take on as a simple job, instead turns out to be [[spoiler: the lynchpin of a plot to ressurect one of the most dangerous Nobles in Vampiric histoy.]]

** During Left Hand's first scene, the parasite reminds D of his suseceptibility to Heat Syndrome. The last time D ignored it, he almost died, but we don't learn any other specific details about that prior close call.

* NoodleIncident: In ''Bloodlust'', one comes up when Borgoff and Kyle are devising their plan for entrapping Meier's carriage on an upcoming bridge. Kyle recognzies his brother's plan as one they'd used during a previous hunt against vampires at Keldo. [[spoiler: Unlike the Keldo Incident, this one ends ''badly'' for the Brothers.]]