Blood+ – I Think Thinks

Blood+ Update

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Annie Simm

Originally, I was going to do the plot section of this series based off of my 5+ year old memory of the Blood+ anime. However, the more I wrote and visited the wiki to refresh my memory, the more I realize that I actually remember a lot of what went on in the anime. I remembered major things like character personality and major plot points but little things like how Kai and Riku reunited with Saya escapes me.

So, the last part of the Blood+ series is going on hiatus until I can find and re-watch the series. (And no piracy because of something-something support the official release.) The only reason I’m doing this post is because I noticed that people were actually reading these posts and I didn’t want to stop a series so close to the end without giving them a heads up. Well, there’s that weight off my shoulders. Bye!

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Comparing And Contrasting: Blood+: Diva

Posted on July 21, 2019January 17, 2020 by Annie Simm

Finally time for the Blue Queen!

When analyzing this character, it is important to remember that Diva was not born a monster, she was made into one. When Joel started his experiment, he decided one twin would be to seem human as a social experiment, while the other twin would used for as a much more violent experiments. It was just chance that Diva ended up in chains and Saya in corsets.

Neither series forgets this fact, and each shows parallels between the sisters behavior to emphasize this. In the Anime, Diva’s energetic personality has lulls of calm that matches Saya’s demeanor. Meanwhile, Manga-Diva’s personality is very close to Saya’s before she regained her memories.

The experiments broke Diva, but how the pieces fell changes for each series. Let’s start by looking at the manga. (She’s my favorite).

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Comparing And Contrasting: Blood+: Chevalier

Posted on June 12, 2019January 17, 2020 by Annie Simm

Where would a Queen be with out her royal guard. While Diva liked a large group of boy toys to entertain her, Saya preferred a much smaller posse. Throughout the different stages of the story, these knight fill the roles of protector, lover, brother, father, and even enemy. Personally I feel that the manga gave the chevalier more unique and distinct personalities verse the anime’s more archetypical personalities.

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Comparing And Contrasting: Blood+: Saya

Posted on May 16, 2019January 17, 2020 by Annie Simm

What better way to start examining characters than to begin with our main character herself. Now the thing about Saya is, in both the anime and manga, she’s three different characters throughout the story: the Saya with amnesia, the Saya in the 1800’s, and the Saya that remembers her past. So for simplicity sake, let’s break this down into sections.

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Comparing and Contrasting: Blood+

Posted on April 26, 2019January 17, 2020 by Annie Simm

With different versions of the same story is told you are bound to get people saying one is better. So I’m here to do pretty much that! No, I actually want to be a little more objective with this comparison. After all, no series is perfect. This is more about how the different versions handled the storylines and characters. For this series of posts, I’m gonna be looking at Blood+.

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