History Manga / Kimera

Kimera is a Seinen manga drawn by Creator/KazumaKodaka. The manga follows a man named Osamu who falls in love with an androgynous vampire-like alien named Kimera, being held by the Air Force and hunted by two other aliens. [[spoiler: One wishes to use Kimera for his hermaphroditic nature as the mother to revive their dying race, while another wishes to kill Kimera to save him from a fate Kimera did not desire.]]

Kimera is a Seinen manga drawn by Kazuma Kodaka. The manga follows a man named Osamu who falls in love with an androgynous vampire-like alien named Kimera, being held by the Air Force and hunted by two other aliens. [[spoiler: One wishes to use Kimera for his hermaphroditic nature as the mother to revive their dying race, while another wishes to kill Kimera to save him from a fate Kimera did not desire.]]

An OVA was produced by Creator/{{Toho}} in 1996. Both the manga and OVA were licensed and released in English by [[Creator/ADVFilms ADV Films]].

An OVA was produced by Creator/JCStaff in 2001. In the U.S., it was initially licensed by Creator/CentralParkMedia, and aired on the Creator/SciFiChannel's Ani-Monday block in 2008. It is currently licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia, who have announced plans for a future DVD rerelease.

The manga focuses on a man named Osamu, who falls in love with an androgynous vampire-like alien named Kimera, being held by the Air Force and hunted by two other aliens. [[spoiler: One wishes to use Kimera for his hermaphroditic nature as the mother to revive their dying race, while another wishes to kill Kimera to save him from a fate Kimera did not desire.]]

* EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite: Osamu falls for Kimera straight away, Jay says he's going crazy when he first sees him, then later [[spoiler: two men end up raping him]], Kianu is also revealed to have been in love with Kimera
* {{Facepalm}}

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Kimera on his homeplanet during the flashback, [[spoiler: on Earth he kills his rapists and shows no remorse after]]

* HealingFactor: the aliens, Kianu is shown to regrow his entire lower arm though the process was painful and he had to kill several people for it, which he does feel guilty over

* PeopleFarms: to Ginzu, humans are livestock

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Kianu claims a child of Kimera and Osamu will cause the downfall of Earth

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Ginzu literally tells Dr. Fenden this after he reveals the Mother System is ready

* CombatTentacles: Ginzu's left arm can turn into tentacles [[spoiler: [[LovecraftianSuperpower with smaller tentacles growing on them]] ,

* BarbieDollAnatomy: [[spoiler: Kianu who looks like a man but is not a man and "doesn't even have a man's functions", according to Ginzu]]

The manga focuses on a man named Osamu, who falls in love with an androgynous vampire-like alien named Kimera, being held by the Air Force and hunted by two other alien. [[spoiler: One alien wishes to use Kimera for his/her hermaphroditic nature as the mother to revive their dying race, while another wishes to kill Kimera to save him/her from a fate Kimera did not desire.]]

* WhatBeautifulEyes: Kimera

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Kimera has green hair

* ScaryTeeth

The manga focuses on a man named Osamu, who falls in love with an androgynous vampire-like alien named Kimera, being held by the Air Force and hunted by two other alien. One vampire wishes to use Kimera for his/her hermaphroditic nature as the mother to revive their dying race, while another wishes to kill Kimera to save him/her from a fate Kimera did not desire.

* TheChosenOne: Osamu, for creating children with Kimera (who was to become the Mother)

* SiblingRivalry: Ginzu comments on Kianu's beauty out of spite because he himself looks monstruous. It turns creepy when after thinking he's killed Kianu, Ginzu uses one of his smaller tentacles to gently pull the hair away from his face, even a single strand, and then carresses his cheek]].

* MadScientist: subverted with Jay's father, Dr. Gibson, ((though he does [[spoiler: work in a lab that treats aliens as specimens to be experimented on [[ForScience for science]] He assures his son that as long as the team is his, nothing inhumane will happen.]])), played straight with Dr. Fender

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Kimera

* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Kimera, with a male-ish physique but a face "more beautiful than a woman's", also Kianu who looks like a man but is not a man and "doesn't even have a man's functions", according to Ginzu

* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Kianu, who wants to kill Kimera at his own requests and stops Ginzu from using their sibling to revive their dying race]]

* IDontThinkThatsSuchAGoodIdea: Osamu tries to dissuade Jay from posing as doctors in the research facility, then Jay tries to stop Osamu from going into an area with a danger for viral contamination, then from opening Kimera's tank "you shouldn't push strange switches" and finally from getting Kimera out of the facility - neither of them heed each other

* GoodAllAlong: Kianu, who wants to kill Kimera at his own requests and stops Ginzu from using their sibling to revive their dying race

* HollywoodKiss: the first thing Kimera does when he's freed by Osamu is kiss him, cue Jay's [[{{Facepalm}} facepalm]] and subsequent turning around, they don't stop until Jay asks them to, it happens again in the [[RuinsForRuinsSake ruined church]], up to this point Kimera has not yet said a single word to Osamu

* HollywoodKiss: the first thing Kimera does when he's freed by Osamu is kiss him, cue Jay's [[Facepalm facepalm]] and subsequent turning around, they don't stop until Jay asks them to, it happens again in the [[RuinsForRuinsSake ruined church]], up to this point Kimera has not yet said a single word to Osamu

* Flashback: after being teleported away, Osamu sees a flashback of Kimera's life

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Kimera, though [[spoiler: he kills his rapists and shows no remorse after]]

* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Kimera, with a male-ish physique but a face "more beautiful than a woman's", also Kianu who looks like a man and "doesn't even have a man's functions"

* IDontThinkThatsSuchAGoodIdea: Osamu tries to dissuade Jay from posing as doctors in the research facility, then Jay tries to stop Osamu from going into an area with a danger for viral contamination, then from opening Kimera's tank "you shouldn't push strange switches" and finally from getting Kimera out of the facility

* MadScientist: subverted with Jay's father, Dr. Gibson, ((though he does [[spoiler: work in a lab that treats aliens as specimens to be experimented on [[ForScience for science]] He assures his son that as long as the team is his, nothing inhumane will happen.]], played straight with Dr. Fender

* MonstrousHumanoid: Ginzu looks like a red-skinned devil, complete with horns and fangs
* NakedFirstImpression: Kimera is stark naked when he and Osumi meet
* NakedOnArrival: Kimera is [[spoiler: naked in the tank when Osamu finds him]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Osamu distracts Kianu, allowing Ginzu to get the drop on him

* PillarOfLight: when Kimera disappears from the greenhouse, taking both Osamu and ? with him, though all three end up in different places

* PointyEars
* ProtectiveCharm: Osamu
* RaceAgainstTheClock: to enter the code for the security door, only for the alarm not to go off [[InstantCooldown absolutely nothing]] when the timer ends.
* SadisticChoice: Kianu tells Osamu if he doesn't kill Kimera, the world is doomed, but Osamu can't bring himself to do it

* [[SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes Rape]]: Kimera [[spoiler: is raped by two men in the city. Right after [[RapeAndRevenge he kills them both]].]]
* Sibling Rivalry: Ginzu comments on Kianu's beauty out of spite because he himself looks monstruous, turns creepy when after thinking he's killed Kianu, he uses one of his smaller tentacles to gently pull the hair away from his face, even a single strand, and then carresses his cheek]]
* SoBeautifulItsACurse
* TentacleRope: the creature in the church, Ginzu

* Troll: Osamu likes to troll Jay

* VampiricDraining: the aliens drain humans of all blood and bodily fluids, though the end of the OVA reveals Kimera bit Osamu without it causing further harm

* Facepalm

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Kimera and Osamu ride off into the sunset together, but since their offspring could end the world...Osamu even says he thinks he opened a Pandora's Box, but wants to believe hope is the only thing left in the box
* EmotionlessGirl: a male (sort of)

* TheVoiceless: Kimera doesn't say a single word in the OVA

* {{Bishonen}}: Kimera, [[spoiler: one of the rapists said "not even a woman is this beautiful"]]

* {{Bishonen}}: Kimera [[spoiler: one of the rapists said "not even a woman is this beautiful"]]

* Anyone Can Die: the opening of the OVA has [[spoiler: Ginzu kill the farmer who found the lifepods as well as his dog]], scientists and guards in the lab are killed by the aliens, later on Kimera [[spoiler: kills the two men who raped him]]