History Manga / DanceInTheVampireBund

An animated adaptation was released in 2010 (trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwZlzA05JLU here]], '''{{NSFW}}''') by StudioShaft. [[PaniPoniDash Yes,]] [[Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase we]] [[SayonaraZetsuboSensei do]] [[MariaHolic mean]] ''[[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} that]]'' [[NatsuNoArashi Studio]] [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Shaft]]. God help us. The animated adaptation was later licensed and released, uncensored, by {{FUNimation}} in the US; Similarly, the manga has seen a fairly faithful release by Seven Seas Entertainment in the west. There is also a side story spin off, ''Dive into the Vampire Bund'', which likewise was released by Seven Seas Entertainment.

* ActionBomb:

*** Rozenmann's affability extends only so far as to things that don't materially hinder him. When things don't go his way, he descends into hysterical anger and is more than willing to take it out on his nearest targets, loyal to him or not.
* AmbiguouslyGay:
** Vera's sexuality is not a matter of any great discussion, but her past relationship with Hysterica is heavily implied to have been romantic, and some have speculated she was in love with Mina's mother.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: "Tepes" is the nickname Vlad Draculea was known by (which means "The Impaler"). Not a clan/family name.

* BattleButler:
** This is one of Akira's roles.

** Mina lampshades this, or rather its [[EvilMakesYouUgly inverse]], during her final battle with [[spoiler: Ivanovic]].

* BoobsOfSteel: Vera can kick all kinds of ass while still being one if not the bustiest woman in the manga.

* ButNotTooForeign:

* CarnivalOfKillers: The basic plot of volume four, minus the {{Squick}} factor.

* CuteAndPsycho:

* DefrostingIceQueen: Arguably Mina. She is rather aloof at the start of the series but eventually becomes kinder (though no less manipulative or vicious when pressed) as the manga goes on.
* {{Doppelganger}}:

** We only see a glimpse of [[spoiler:the new Mina's]] "true" form in vol. 11, which consists of a gigantic crab-like claw and implies the rest is even more monstrous.

* EverythingsWorseWithBears:

* FaceHeelTurn:

** [[spoiler:Yuzuru appears to have joined Duke Rozenmann's forces, as he assists in Mina's recapture after she escapes from Rozenmann's castle in vol. 10.]]

* FantasticRacism:

* FullFrontalAssault:
** Akira is ''much'' bigger as a Werewolf than a human. He has no MagicPants.

** The shape shifting assassin hunting Akira in the fourth volume. Near the end of their battle, "she" is completely naked.

* GunKata: Seiji Hama with a shotgun.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The end of the Akira vs. Mina fight. Some collateral damage in the form of a roof of a church -- complete with cross -- comes flying at Mina, who is protected from the mother of all stakes through the heart by Akira jumping in the way -- and getting staked himself. Of course, a large cross through the chest isn't nearly as fatal to a Werewolf as it would be a Vampire...]]

* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]:
** How Hysteria (the villain in the third volume) is beaten when Nanami, whom she "reprogrammed" (and not to mention mercilessly abused), is secretly "reprogrammed" back by Mina and delivers the final blow to her. With her own weapon, no less.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl:

* IJustWantToBeNormal:

* InterspeciesRomance:

** Mina and Yuki, once they've settled their differences, have these sorts of moments ''all the time''. Mina has explicitly stated that Yuki is her most precious person after Akira, flirts with her, and even [[SkinshipGrope cops the occasional feel]]. For her part, Yuki has a tendency to turn [[LuminescentBlush a lovely shade of red]] at all of the above, and has more than once commented on how beautiful Mina's true form is. Yuki may have lost her shot at getting Akira ''all'' to herself, [[OT3 but if she plays her cards right...]]

* ManchurianAgent:

** [[spoiler:Nanami becomes one in vol. 9, nearly destroying the Bund before Mina forces Yuzuru to kill her. His anger over this is the fuel behind his apparent FaceHeelTurn.]]

* MayflyDecemberRomance: If Duke Ivanovic is any indication, Mina will actually grow old eventually, and Akira's regeneration will probably extend his lifespan some decades beyond the human norm, but we are still looking at life expectancies differing by an order of magnitude here.
* MeaningfulName:

*** Also possibly a stealth ShoutOut: Akela, the leader of the wolf pack in RudyardKipling's ''Literature/TheJungleBook'', becomes "Akira" when spoken through Japanese phonetics. (The name also means "single, solitary" in Hindi, which rather accurately fits Akira's personality as well, after [[spoiler:Graham's death]].)

* NotSafeForWork: When your boss looks over your shoulder at what you're reading and sees a naked twelve-year-old girl, do you ''really'' think he'll let you explain how deep and engaging the plot is?
* OlderThanTheyLook:

*** Which is also responsible for a CrowningMomentOfFunny in the Vol. 5 omakes.

** The virginity test, although it's not truly "rape" given the circumstances.

* ShoutOut:

* SuperMode:

* UndyingLoyalty: The Beowulf for Mina, especially Akira. Vera for Mina as well, being a surrogate mother to her. Also, Rozenmann's werewolf servitor Gerhard seems to know that his boss is an immoral snake, but is compelled to obey him regardless.

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Akira's normal human high school friend Yuki, whose feelings he turns down right before being taken away by Mina. Mina, being a ManipulativeBastard, keeps her around as a friendly enemy and to rub her victory in her face...
** CursedWithAwesome: ...and ends up being pretty much best friends with her... complete with frequent LesYay. Yes, Yuki lost a boyfriend, but she ended up a confidante of one of the most powerful people in the world ''and still keeps her humanity''. Not a bad consolation prize.

* TheVoiceless:

* WhamEpisode:

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Played with. The major reason vampires aren't in complete control of the entire world is that most of them find eternal life so hard to deal with that they behave like suicidal lunatics in an effort to find some kind of sensation; it's so bad that within a matter of ''weeks'' of the Bund's settlement, maybe 10% of the population have already been killed in one way or another. The level-headed, vaguely happy vampires are the ones who have found something to hold on to that helps them cope with eternity (the most obvious example being Mina's love for Akira).

*** It does have the downside of bringing Yuki right into the middle of the supernatural world's power struggles, while giving her no means to defend herself. While her intelligence and support have proven absolutely unvaluable, the enemies have also proven terrifyingly uninterested in holding back just because a normal teenage girl happens to be caught up in the crossfire.

** A major plot point of vol. 3. [[spoiler:It seems there is a chemical which reacts explosively when mixed with the vampire blood, so implanting a vial of it set to open with a cell-phone receiver turns the vampire ''him[=/=]herself'' into a (potentially BrainwashedAndCrazy) bomb.]]
*** More than that, [[spoiler:the idea supposedly originated among ''human'' terrorists, a literal "suicide capsule" to prevent themselves from being captured or interrogated that, when exposed to air, would burst into flames and immolate the person.]]

* MsFanservice: Vera or Mina, depending on what side of the {{Lolicon}} fence you fall. Or both.

* UnequalPairing: Highborn matron in love with her head guardsman's teenage son? Raises almost as many eyebrows as what Mina and Akira actually [[{{Lolicon}} look like together]].

** Akira's pretty tall for a 17-year-old Japanese highschooler [[hottip:*:Somewhat {{justified}} in that he's a [[ButNotTooForeign half-German]] [[BigBadassWolf werewolf]]]], but not abnormally so. Mina's just that tiny -- she barely gets to his chest, and it's even more apparent in his wolf form, where he towers over her. Somewhat subverted in that Mina's [[SuperMode true form]] is ''[[HotAmazon bigger]]'' than Akira's normal size.

* FanDisservice / {{Fanservice}}: Loads, YourMileageMayVary on a [[KissOfTheVampire number]] of them.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The official public face of the Bund at large. Closer inspection, however, subverts this by showing that majority of the Bund's populace seem to be, if not 'evil', then at least huge jerks. Also played straight in that there ''are'' several (Vera, Nanami, the Fangless) who really are harmless, or at least would be if left to their own devices. Mina herself, despite numerous PetTheDog moments, is [[YourMilageMayVary arguably]] too ruthless[=/=]manipulative to qualify...unless you take the [[CompleteMonster other three (surviving) clan heads]] as benchmarks.

* LuminescentBlush: We get quite a few of these in the lighter moments. Yuki is especially prone to this, with Mina nearly as often. [[YourMileageMayVary Doesn't exactly help]] that Nozomu Tamaki's drawing style makes her look absoultely ''[[{{Moe}} ador]][[TheWoobie able]]''. Even Akira isn't immune.

An animated adaptation was released in 2010 (trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwZlzA05JLU here]], '''{{NSFW}}''') by StudioShaft. [[PaniPoniDash Yes,]] [[TsukuyomiMoonPhase we]] [[SayonaraZetsuboSensei do]] [[MariaHolic mean]] ''[[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} that]]'' [[NatsuNoArashi Studio]] [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Shaft]]. God help us. The animated adaptation was later licensed and released, uncensored, by {{FUNimation}} in the US; Similarly, the manga has seen a fairly faithful release by Seven Seas Entertainment in the west. There is also a side story spin off, ''Dive into the Vampire Bund'', which likewise was released by Seven Seas Entertainment.

* SexyBack: Angel Avenanto, repeatedly... as if he needed more StupidSexyFlanders potential.

* CuteShotaroBoy: Yuuhi, nuff' said.

*** Also possibly a stealth ShoutOut: Akela, the leader of the wolf pack in Rudyard Kipling's ''TheJungleBook'', becomes "Akira" when spoken through Japanese phonetics. (The name also means "single, solitary" in Hindi, which rather accurately fits Akira's personality as well, after [[spoiler:Graham's death]].)

Now has a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/DanceInTheVampireBund Character Page]].

* ManchurianAgent:
** [[spoiler:TheMole in Mina's palace is revealed in volume seven to be one of these. She's just a random maid, infected with a nanomachine that causes her to believe that any order she receives comes from Mina.]]
** [[spoiler:Nanami becomes one in vol. 9, nearly destroying the Bund before Mina forces Yuzuru to kill her. His anger over this is the fuel behind his apparent FaceHeelTurn.]]

* MayflyDecemberRomance: If Duke Ivanovic is any indication Mina will actually grow old eventually, and Akira's regeneration will probably extend his lifespan some decades beyond the human norm, but we are still looking at life expectancies differing by an order of magnitude here.
* MeaningfulName: Akira, pledged to serve the Princess of Vampires from birth, has a name meaning "Daybreak" (which, for vampires, would connote something along the lines of [[KryptoniteFactor Horrible Burning Death]]). Make of it what you will.

*** Also possibly a stealth ShoutOut: Akela, the leader of the wolf pack in Rudyard Kipling's TheJungleBook, becomes "Akira" when spoken through Japanese phonetics. (The name also means "single, solitary" in Hindi, which rather accurately fits Akira's personality as well, after [[spoiler:Graham's death]].)

* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Akira is forced to do this to one of his former childhood friends when said friend (already brain damaged and incurably insane) ends up pumped full of what amounts to Werewolf-grade PCP and is sent to assassinate Mina.]]

* {{Omake}}: Each volume features one, in {{yonkoma}} format. They generally revolve around Mina's maids, and are quite funny.

* PietaPlagiarism: Wolfgang with Akira in the end of the Volume 5. Subverted in that Akira was only wounded and recovered completely, thanks to [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn inspector Hama]]'s help]].

** The vampire attack in the church has heavy rape undertones (lots of ripped clothes, bites in delicate areas, and Mina telling Yuki that the victims are going through specialized counseling after their rescue and vaccination).

* RightBehindMe: Akira, [[spoiler:right behind Mina as she and Yuki plot out the next step in the creative process in Yuki's Boys Love story at the end of Chapter 33.]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Hilarity ensues.]]

* RoyalDecree: The first episode ends with Mina giving a long one to the [[MonsterOfTheWeek vampire of the episode]], culminating in "I order you to die." [[CompellingVoice Which he does]].
* SarcasticConfession: [[spoiler: It is amazing what will be blown off as a bad joke if you can fool the SuperSenses of "your" werewolf bodyguard]]

* SingleMomStripper: [[spoiler: Mina is sheltered by one after her escape from Rozenmann.]]

* SmugSnake: Really, Rozenmann tries to be a magnificent bastard, but when he's outmaneuvered, he won't take it well. He's not as smart or in control as he thinks he is and will not react well to realizing that, as his temper tantrums in volume 12 are proof of

* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler:Angie is revealed to be this to absurd levels where Akira is concerned.]]

* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler:An oddly ''suicidal'' example. Angie (if his motive rant is to be taken at face value) believes that neither he nor Yuki nor Ryohei are as important to Akira as Mina is, and fears that they all will be forgotten eventually... unless they all die in a manner that would traumatize Akira enough to leave a 'scar on his soul'. Yikes.]]

* DeathFromAbove / ColonyDrop: [[spoiler: The fangless drop ''their entire apartment complex'' on Ivanovic's army.]]

* {{Doppelganger}}: In the anime, [[spoiler:Mina gains one when the leader of Telomere is revealed - to be a "sister" of hers (in a rather disturbing scene at the beginning of episode 12, which also explains Akira's LaserGuidedAmnesia), with the goal of controlling both the human world AND the vampire world. Mina's goal is just to establish equality, and a home for vampires - her doppelganger is wanting more...a LOT more.]]
** [[spoiler:In the manga an as-of-yet unidentified double of Mina has appeared, and is apparently the head of Telomere. The anime was aired before this development came to light in the manga, so it's not known at this time if they were aware of this or if they just came up with it by coincidence.]]
* DropTheHammer: Compared to Beowulf's swords the Lords of the Earth Clan Senate on the whole prefer hammers, maces and other bludgeoning weapons. [[spoiler:The perfect tools to take on the few werewolves still loyal to Ivanovic who have been reduced to mindless and ravening but extremely powerful beasts.]]

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: In Volume 13. [[spoiler: The elder werewolves. Five of them versus Rozenmann's entire army. And oh, dear, does Rozenmann's army know they've had a fight...]]
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Ivanovic's true form]]
* ElegantGothicLolita: Side-character Alphone Medici Borgiani has an entire army of these, and they are quite capable sword fighters too.

** [[spoiler: Inspector Seiji Hama]], easily [[TheAce the most cool character]] of the later part of the manga, is a ''werebear''. [[spoiler:It's rather good for the protagonists that he did a HeelFaceTurn.]]

** [[spoiler:Yuzuru appears to have joined Duke Rozenmann's forces, as he assists in Mina's recapture after she escapes from Rozenmann's castle.]]
* FanDisservice / {{Fanservice}}: Loads, YourMileageMayVary on a [[{{KissOfTheVampire}} number]] of them.

** Very typical since the masquerade is uncovered. Most of the humans hate the vampires (in fact in the opening story they send special forces soldiers to take out Mina. None of them make it back.) and regard them as little more then mindless monsters. Most of the royal vampires seen hate werewolves (making Akira's job much tougher then usual) and those that decide to live fangless (i.e. they don't wish to drink blood) are hated by the usual vampires.

** Akira is ''much'' bigger as a Werewolf than a human. He has no MagicPants. Mina also rather enjoys doing this, especially when [[spoiler:she artificially ages herself when she unlocks her true power.]] So far, she's never worn ''any'' clothing when [[spoiler:in her adult form.]]

** Vera in volume seven; she [[spoiler: ambushes a spy by turning into mist... and when she returns to her human form she's totally nude. And while nude, she proceeds to ''rip the spy's head off with her bare hands, reach down the severed neck, and crush the woman's heart''. Which might qualify as even bigger FanService than the 'naked' thing.]]

* HoYay: [[spoiler:Akira and Angie]], taken UpToEleven during [[spoiler:the first "training in Siberia" sequence]]. There's also a major (and intentional) subversion (inversion?), since [[spoiler:only Akira knows that Angie is really a guy, and Angie milks it for all it's worth since he knows about Yuki's novel; see CrowningMomentOfFunny above]].
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: How Hysteria (the villain in the third volume) is beaten when Nanami, whom she "reprogrammed" (and not to mention mercilessly abused), is secretly "reprogrammed" back by Mina and delivers the final blow to her. With her own weapon, no less. Chapters 40-44 are pretty much all about this, especially when [[spoiler:Sanin pretty much rapes Angie]].

* ImmortalImmaturity: Mina treats this trope like a yo-yo. Going from pensive matron contemplating how she may be robbing her teenaged knight of his happiness to a bouncing teeny-bopper brainstorming with her friend over a BoysLove story literally in a matter of moments.

* LesYay:

*** And as if the Yuki/Mina LesYay wasn't obvious enough already, they have apparently started ''bathing together''. At Yuki's apartment, meaning the two of them were willing to inconvenience Mina's entire bodyguard unit and risk an international incident so they could have a sleepover with just the two of them. Wow.

* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Rozenmann. His plan fails spectacularly: Akira is alive, Mina escapes him and five elderly werewolves demolish his army and his palace. He can't take any pride in their deaths and is left staring in disbelief at the ruins of his castle.]]

* BabyGotBack: Angel. [[spoiler:Of all people, the guy is the sexiest. WHY?]]

An animated adaptation was released in 2010 (trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwZlzA05JLU here]], '''{{NSFW}}''') by StudioShaft. [[PaniPoniDash Yes,]] [[TsukuyomiMoonPhase we]] [[SayonaraZetsuboSensei do]] [[MariaHolic mean]] ''[[Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}} that]]'' [[NatsuNoArashi Studio]] [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Shaft]]. God help us. The animated adaptation was later licensed and released, uncensored, by {{FUNimation}} in the US; Similarly, the manga has seen a fairly faithful release by Seven Seas Entertainment in the west. There is also a side story spin off, ''Dive into the Vampire Bund'', which likewise was released by Seven Seas Entertainment.

* HistoricalInJoke: A few real-life people who are actually vampires: [[spoiler: Ambrose Bierce (AKA AB, lives in the Cradle and his ''Devil's Dictionary'' entries are the passwords), Rasputin (AKA Ivanovic, formerly one of the three most powerful vampires on earth), and Anastasia Romanov (AKA Ann, Mina's official photographer; gets to see the death of Ivanovic)]].

* GenreSavvy: At one point, Mina uses the movie ''{{Nosferatu}}'' and its depiction of Count Orlok as a reference when discussing vampires.

** Aforementioned {{Nosferatu}} reference as well.

An animated adaption was released in 2010 (trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwZlzA05JLU here]], '''{{NSFW}}''') by StudioShaft. [[PaniPoniDash Yes,]] [[TsukuyomiMoonPhase we]] [[SayonaraZetsuboSensei do]] [[MariaHolic mean]] ''[[Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}} that]]'' [[NatsuNoArashi Studio]] [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Shaft]]. God help us. The animated adaption was later licensed and released, uncensored, by {{FUNimation}} in the US; Similarly, the manga has seen a fairly faithful release by Seven Seas Entertainment in the west. There is also a side story spin off ''Dive into the Vampire Bund'' which likewise was released by Seven Seas Entertainment.

An animated adaption was released in 2010 (trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwZlzA05JLU here]], '''{{NSFW}}''') by StudioShaft. [[PaniPoniDash Yes,]] [[TsukuyomiMoonPhase we]] [[SayonaraZetsuboSensei do]] [[MariaHolic mean]] ''[[{{Bakemonogatari}} that]]'' [[NatsuNoArashi Studio]] [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Shaft]]. God help us. The animated adaption was later licensed and released, uncensored, by {{FUNimation}} in the US; Similarly, the manga has seen a fairly faithful release by Seven Seas Entertainment in the west. There is also a side story spin off ''Dive into the Vampire Bund'' which likewise was released by Seven Seas Entertainment.

** The vampire attack in the church has heavy rape undertones (lots of ripped clothes, bites in [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean delicate areas]], and Mina telling Yuki that the victims are going through specialized counseling after their rescue and vaccination).

!!''DanceInTheVampireBund'' contains examples of the following:

** A would be assassin tries this on Mina during a press conference by purposely letting herself get turned, then [[{{Squick}} sewing the bomb inside her now undead body with the trigger on her tongue]]. Luckily Akira's senses find her and she is stopped.