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Summary:
As the rain pours down on the Metropolitan Opera House, Van Argeno tries to fend off a Chiropteran with his pistol. But before it can strike him down, David hits the monster with his gun, saving Van. Outside, Lewis and Lulu see that the Corpse Corps and the Chiropterans have all become quiet. Perking her ears, Lulu notices that the song has stopped. As all the Chiropterans face up and start howling, Julia and Mao get a call at the apartment from David. He learned from Van that the military has enacted Option D, and so he asks the two women to gather some intelligence for him. Before hanging up, Julia tells David that he has to come back. Meanwhile, back inside the opera house, Hagi covers up Diva’s body and Saya prepares to kill the babies. She explains to Kai that they’ll surely be used as tools of war again. Conflict will erupt for their blood, and that’s something she doesn’t want to see anymore – she doesn’t want anyone else to get hurt. Saya apologizes to the giggling babies as she raises her sword against them. She believes that they must not live on, but Kai disagrees and questions who decided that. He promises that if there’s someone who won’t accept them, he’ll hit that person. And he’ll make her understand that she’s just a normal girl who cries a lot and eats a lot.
As Saya lowers her sword, unable to proceed, Kai continues on, saying that he’ll show them his love, wherever they are. That’s why he wants her by his side. Kai thinks that Hagi, who is now in between Kai and Saya, feels the same way, but Hagi simply says that he obeys Saya, doing everything according to her wishes. Kai responds by punching Hagi and angrily demanding to know who he is. Kai wants Hagi to say what he himself really wants, and he tries to confirm Hagi’s love for Saya. After a moment of silence, Hagi turns to Saya and tells her that he wishes for her smile – he wants to see again the smile from the time when they first met. Hagi remembers when he first woke up after becoming a Chevalier, the first thing she showed him were her tears. And then she took up arms, choosing to fight while trembling with anger. But when he found her back then in Okinawa, she was wrapped in a smile. The smile which he had wished for but could not give her was there, and the people who actually gave it to her were Kai and her family. Hagi says that he has lived as a Chevalier under Saya’s wishes, but only this once, he is going against her. As he kneels down beside her and takes away her sword, he tells her to live today for the sake of tomorrow – she doesn’t have to any longer. Hagi leans in and, after looking at her face for a moment, kisses the side of her head. In tears, Saya answers him back by kissing his cheek and saying that she wants to live. The two then share a true kiss.
In Hagi’s arms, Saya says that she wants to live together with Kai and Hagi. As they hear the laughter of the babies, Kai claims that the children want to live too. After Hagi tells Saya that she can live how she wants from now on, Kai says that they can live today and laugh tomorrow. By turning to tomorrow and living their fullest, things will work out – nankurunaisa. However, their happy moment is soon interrupted by David announcing that they have to get out of there quick because Option D has been put into operation. From the balcony above, Okamura remembers that Option D is what happened at the Yanbaru Facility, and Joel wonders if the government intends to erase the inconvenient Chiropterans into the darkness. Julia reports to David that strike aircraft have taken off from an aircraft carrier, meaning that they don’t have much time left. Kai and Saya each take a baby, and Saya says goodbye to Diva, whom she considers the other her, before she goes. Suddenly, something comes crashing through the roof and lands in front of Hagi and Saya. A large purple blast shoots out of the smoke, aimed at Saya, but Hagi manages to get her out of the way at the cost of his own left arm.
The person responsible is Amshel and he’s got his eyes on the children. When Saya refuses to give the babies up because they have a happy tomorrow waiting for them, Amshel powers up another blast. Hagi rushes in and kicks Amshel in the face before Amshel can fire, but then Kai hears the roar of aircraft above them. Although Saya flies directly towards Amshel with her sword bloodied, Hagi meets her halfway so she gives him the sword in a twirling maneuver that avoids another one of Amshel’s blasts. With all of his strength, Hagi stabs the sword into Amshel and pins him against the wall. Although Amshel immediately starts crystallizing, he still manages to plunge his arm into Hagi’s chest. Hagi yells for Kai to go and guide Saya in the future. As Saya starts calling out to Hagi, he responds by saying nankurunaisa and by telling her that he loves her. Giant sections of the opera house crash down on him soon after those words, and Saya tearfully yells out Hagi’s name one last time. The US military jets eventually drop their ordnance and blow up the Metropolitan Opera House, including all of the Chiropterans still alive.
Sometime later, Saya has returned to Okinawa and is once again in her school uniform. As she examines the re-growth on the tree stump in the school courtyard, Kaori comes over and playfully head-butts her. Saya pretends to be bleeding and then sticks her tongue out when Kaori realizes that she’s lying. After the two happily splash dew onto each other, they head home. Before they part ways, Kaori confirms with Saya the gathering that they’re having tonight at OMORO. The television news is meanwhile reporting that the blast from Option D was a terrorist act, but also that a special inquiry committee is looking into the ties between Secretary Grant and Cinq Flèches America. In fact, one of the reporters who is at the scene where Van is being led to the committee looks like Nathan. Back in Okinawa, Joel comments to Lewis and David that after Diva’s death, Chiropteran incidents have quieted down. He mentions how an enzyme that Julia found in Saya’s blood can be mass produced to silence the Delta Series forever, and Lewis thinks that it also can be used to prolong Lulu’s life. As for Saya herself, David says that she’s miraculously able to continue staying awake, but… It seems that Saya still needs regular blood transfusions, courtesy of Julia. Still, Saya’s health is pretty good, and so is Julia’s. Saya suddenly asks if she can touch Julia, and Julia consents, but notes that you still can’t tell from the outside. Indeed, Saya isn’t able to feel anything, and she thinks that when she eventually meets the child, it’ll already be an adult. Saya hopes that her nieces and Julia’s child can get along happily. When Lulu comes in looking for her, Saya gives her an empty pack of tomato juice and says tonight they’ll move the blood packs to this. She also tells Lulu of the gathering tonight that could make Lulu some new friends.
At home at the OMORO, Saya finds Kai cooking at the stove. When he asks her what was the most delicious thing in her boxed lunch, Saya answers that it was the boiled egg. Facing Saya, Kai suddenly asks about cutting her hair. The two then go outside where Kai remembers that their father used the same scissors he has now to cut their hair. As he snips away, Kai mentions that Okamura is going overseas again with Mao, this time to the Middle East. After the two talk about Joel coming tonight too, Kai asks Saya to close her eyes so that he can cut her bangs. He recalls how Hagi often fixed her bangs and that he hated Hagi at first. But now Kai knows that he and Hagi shared something in that they both only looked at Saya. Kai feels that Hagi will show up unexpectedly again, and that all Saya needs to do is to call him and he will come. Kai also vows not to forget about the people who fought together for her and about the man who loved her. Saya lowers her head at all this, but Kai lifts it up again and tells her not to face downward. He eventually finishes the haircut, returning Saya to how she looked back when this all started. She doesn’t like it when he then pats her on the head, but the two get interrupted when Kai’s friends start arriving.
That night, the entire gang shows up at the Omoro and they have a party. While the others are still inside, Saya walks outside and stumbles to the chain link fence across from the restaurant. Tears form in her eyes as she looks at her father’s business, but she grows ever weaker and falls down. Fortunately, Kai catches her and offers to call Julia. However, Saya doesn’t want everyone to know and instead wants Kai to take her to the place where it all started. On his motorbike, he drives her out to the Miyagusuku gravesite where her cocoon had been. As he carries her on his back up the long set of stairs, Saya tells him that it’ll be soon and thanks him. Kai stops to tell her something, but it’s already too late – Saya is asleep. She had dropped a photo of herself, Kai, and Riku, which he now picks up and looks at. Addressing the sleeping Saya, Kai says that she taught him about the tomorrow he should live in. He believes that she fought not for her own happiness, but for everyone’s happiness. Kai vows definitely to make her happy, and then, with tears streaming down his face, he wishes Saya a good night.
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Several years later, Kai brings the two children back to the gravesite. The dark-haired girls want him to hold them and carry them on his back, but Kai instead addresses how they’re calling him “Kai” instead of “father.” The trio eventually arrives at the top where Kai notices a pink rose with a blue ribbon tied on it lying on the ground. From that, Kai suspects that that guy came. He tells the kids not to touch it because it’s auntie’s and changes the subject to the bento that he’s brought. The children run off happily with thoughts of the bento in their heads.
Lots to talk about with this final episode, but let’s begin with the technical stuff. I was quite surprised that they decided to start the episode with a credit-less version of the fourth OP. It’s like getting a DVD extra a little early. And fittingly, they went back to the first ending song, 「語り継ぐこと」 Kataritsugu Koto to end out this series. I had actually been hoping for This Love – which is my favorite out of all of the songs – even though I knew that they were either going to use the first ED or the last one.
I’m glad that they decided to show a short in-a-few-years scene at the end, which showed both that the girls were being raised as happy children and that Hagi was still alive. Nurture (as in nature vs. nurture) seems to be how Saya and Diva became so different, and so the theory is that if Kai raises these kids correctly and full of happiness, then they’ll turn out fine. As for Hagi, I actually laughed out loud when Kai punched him. I’m glad that he finally became less robotic manservant and slightly more human, though it feels a little like it’s too little too late. Still, I thought his “death” scene was really sad, and I almost started crying, but that scene ended so fast that I never really got a chance to do so. I went through the rest of the episode with a slight suspicion that Hagi was still alive; again, it’s the Mai-Otome principle of no dead body = no death. And there it is in the epilogue, the rose with Hagi’s hair ribbon attached – a sign that Hagi is still watching over the one that he loves.
As for everyone else, it seems that for now they’ll all have a happy ending. I say “for now” because the ending is left somewhat open. The Chiropterans haven’t been wiped off the map completely, though Julia has developed something from Saya’s blood. Nathan appears to have faked his own death and is still lurking around, though he may not be evil anymore (if he ever was). Almost everyone else is together back in Okinawa, giving this almost as happy an ending as they could, with even Lulu surviving and Julia seemingly pregnant. I guess the happiest ending (depending on if you like the pairing) would be to have Saya and Hagi end up together, though I was pretty content with how this concluded after having accepted what happened in last week’s episode. But I have to say, given everything, including the kiss and all that, it still feels like Saya and Kai’s bond is stronger than hers and Hagi’s. Maybe it’s just because the show ends with Kai, not that that’s a bad thing.
Final Thoughts: This is the end of the first year-long series that I’ve blogged from beginning to end, and it’s been a really great year. I can’t help but get nostalgic thinking about how first episode seemed more horror-ish than the rest of the series, and how Riku’s death at Diva’s hands caused shockwaves among the fans of this show. It was around that point that popularity for Blood+ seemed to explode as people realized what this show was capable of. Unfortunately, the show never got back up to that type of shocking high, but it remained a great series nevertheless. I suspect that partially because of Riku’s death and partially for a host of other reasons, we weren’t expecting a completely happy ending, yet we got something very similar to that. And the production team left it just open enough so that there’s plenty to go on if there were indeed a sequel or follow-up of some sort. I, for one, would love to see more of the future with the children grown up and Kai as their father figure.
In any case, the next show coming in this timeslot is Ayakashi Ayashi, which is being animated by BONES. It’s set to premiere on October 7th, though there is a half hour special airing next Saturday. You can read more about in my Fall 2006 Preview.
Hagi lives on err so does Nathan obe of the original chevs from a different queen such mystery surrounds him T_T sequel or no what u think>?
the series did continue ten years later as a light novel. It is called “blood sharp”. Let me tell you, the many questions it answered are shocking such as who Nathan Mahler really is.
Saya+babies survive?
so..hagi died huh ?
oh…that’s cute. , kai’s raising the children ^^ . i’m sure they will turn out good , just like hakuoro said , children are naturally borned pure , so they are not guilty of anything .
oh gosh im so gonna miss blood+ every saturday…
it must be one of the best long series i’ve ever seen
great starting, great ending, great story
i love you blood+!!!
hagi died!!!!!!!!! did he smile??? T________T so sad…
YES YES YES! The end I wanted! Oh GREAT PRODUCTION I.G, YOU ARE GOD!
Now I have to wait for the raw to appear somewhere! I can’t wait to watch this!
I’m happy with this ending. Blood + comes full circle and manages to position itself perfectly for an OVA or movie. My money is on the latter; with Saya and Haji returning to protects Diva’s daughters 30+ years from someone carrying on Joel’s work, or something like that…
downloading now, basicly the ending I said lol. Though Nathan being alive isnt a surprize he has to be Diva’s and Saya’s mom clevder like we thought meaning no one can kill him lol. Nice guy eh? He could have basicly killed divia and saya anytime he wanted. But I guess he didnt want to simply because hes there family. Hagi dies? Meh I dont think so. I’ll see in the episode but I dont think he died. Hell is amsel lived by getting hit by freaking lighting then some dumbass bombs arent going to take them out. unless they where nukes which of course they wherent lol. Ugh the seeds are low for the episode may have to wait for SM’s release. From the pics looks like Amsels gone for good. Hagi *sighs* we’ll see gotta see the episode to deside. ^^ From what I can see they left alot of room for a new series or a ova 30 years later thing. Also Jula having a kid basicly shows ya where going to add another character later on kinda thing along with kai being in his 40’s.
T_T poor Hagi… but i am glad to c he remained with Saya till the very end and protected her with his life… reasonable for his character trait. being optimistic, i hope Hagi is still alive somewhere waiting for Says to wake up… ^^
i wonder what plan Nathan is up to since he is still alive for some reason.. i am hoping for a sequel so that the mysteries of Nathan would b unravelled… and mayb Solomon would b back alive and kicking butts… =]
That Nathan, what a kidder. Not only does he fake his own death, he thinks he’s Clark Kent in that get-up. Look up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s super chevalier!
At least Hagi broke out robot-mode and showed some emotion finally. It only took having his left wing and arm ripped off to do it though. Or maybe it was Kai’s right hook that knocked some sense into him at last. Now that I think about it, I’m not entirely sure he is dead. Where would Kai get one of Hagi’s hair ribbons to tie it to the rose at the very end? They certaintly leave it very open to debate whether he’s really dead or not (minus a wing and an arm, though – no more cello playing for him).
David’s shirt is burning my retinas.
Overall, a very bittersweet and emotional ending. I really felt for Kai as he was carrying Saya up those stairs to the family grave, knowing that it’ll be another 30 years before he gets to speak with Saya again. But he’ll be there waiting for her when she does wake up again.
Here’s to hoping IG makes a sequel, featuring two sword-toting schoolgirls against the nasty Chiropteran. Double the fun.
well, the ribbon on the flower at the end pretty much proves that hagi didn’t die. he’s just waiting for her, like always.
Hagi die? nah…
Nathan didn’t do the crytalization thing in person so I figure his “death” was suspect, also how the hell could he have seen what has happened before unless he’s neither of the girls Chevalier….
Nathan really is quite the actor, playing out his death scene like that.
Come on, there’s a rose with a blue ribbon (Hagi’s hair ribbon) on it, Hagi obviously did not die.
Picture it now… Blood++
or wait since they’re twins and opposite…
Blood+-
it’s not spam…
I just really loved this series, the ending fit just fine with me although the latter part of the series seemed to go nowhere for awhile.
I also remembered that Solomon lost his left arm when he tried to stab Amshel and it broke apart. Hagi is missing his left arm thanks to Amshel’s energy/sonic blast attack. Why do I have the feeling that the sequel or OVA is going to feature a battle of the one-armed Chevaliers in a fight for Saya’s affection?
also the pink rose with the blue ribbion means hagi came right? So he didnt die ^^. ugh there leaving us hanging a little but Like I said basicly the ending I said lol. Leaving tons of room for another series ^^. Oh looking at the pics again Hagi kills Amsel I see lol. He musta grabbed saya’s sword with her blood on it and stabbed him. 59 percent done file wise *twiches* once this is done downloading going to watch it then make a anime chaos music vid summing up the whole blood+ series. ^^ Like alot of people said saturdays are going to be sadder without blood+ when I get out of work at night. ugh.. School rumble 2nd term is ending next week too, that leaves just Bleach and Naruto…Both in fillers. Though bleach has picked up and Im into the story line, naruto fillers are just.. evil. Guess I’ll find a new anime to watch to fill in OR Highschool maybe? ^^
Ya, Hagi and Saya do a little mid air combo dance move (kinda like a Dragonballer powering up only not quite as long or annoying) and he grabs her bloodied sword and stabs ol’ Amshel in that nasty beer gut of his. Judging by the TV ads, a new show will replace Blood+ in the same timeslot, featuring samurai and monsters or some such. The animation quality looks good at least.
I know, what I’m saying is absurd but could it be that Nathan was Saya and Diva’s father? O_o
Well Nathen is a actor at heart he probley just wanted to be dramic and wanted to simblize his death as divia’s chelever while at the same time making saya happy because she thinks she killed all the bad guys. Like he said if I dont go your dreams wont come true. So he faked his death. Theres more people like nathen around, I didnt buy from the beganning that just saya and Divia where the only vampires. Made no sence at all. Nathen was probley told by the vamps to keep a eye on the 2 girls. Like again we said and I’m saying once again hes most likely Saya and Divia’s Mom’s Chelevder ^^.
YES HAGI DIDNT DIE AFTER ALL IM SO HAPPY…..the rose with the blue ribbon is HAGI’S trademark and he left it on the step where SAYA is asleep………HAGI AND SAYA do stay together in some way……..i guess HAGI will wait for SAYA to wake up again……..but still I love the HAGI AND SAYA MOMENTs in this ep
OH and we know for sure Hagi is alive because they didnt show him cracking like everyone else lol. Like Nathen they just try to hide if they die or not. Its probley a little joke they made. That unless u see a Chelever Crastalize there not dead. I dont even need to see the episode to know Hagi is alive. Saya cut off his arm once but he grew it back, so Hagi should have a new arm when they make the new series. and yes I’m sure they will make a new series. Just too many ways they can ^^. 75 percent done! hehe I’ll seed for everyone else if it finishes. I’ll post the torrent link if anyone wants it. ^^
That idea’s been batted around. I’m more inclined to think he’s their mother’s chevalier rather than the father. I don’t see any family resemblance. But it would be an interesting take on Nathan if he was their father. All this time he was indulging Diva’s whims and supporting her wanting to start a family as a father would normally do (though in a rather strange and twisted way), but in the end he decided not to save his daughters from trying to kill each other.
I wonder if he let Diva fight and die knowing that she was too corrupted and evil a creature to leave alive in the world and was better off gone, something very hard for a father to admit of his child. It was never his dream to see a world overrun by Chiropterans, after all, that was all Amshel (I never understood that plan myself – if the entire world is ruled by Chiropterans, what would they feed on?). If that’s the case, that’s some really tough love on his part, but understandable, letting Diva and Saya make their own decisions and living their lives as they saw fit.
T_T blood has ended T_T im crossing my fingers for a 2nd season… i really wish that hagi is still alive and just waiting for saya to come back… booohoooh i’ll miss blood+
HAGI IS ALIVE. OKAY. A L I V E. Why is that so confusing?
damnt! The pictures dont tell enough, i really wanna see the description! It looks like an amazing final ep though
yup thats right, he gave them the call on the fight, he just was going to watch. If he broke them up and said ok stop fighting that wouldnt have solved anything. But hes defintly the neutral character of the series. I mean when James was about to stab saya in the head Nathen was right there to stop him. I wonder if ashel and nathen fought who would have won. Before I would have said ashel before ashel fought Hagi and Saya. He was just a punk. Nathen probley is the strongest out of them all. Once a torrent is out for the whole series. I’m going to really study his character from the very beganning and see if I pick up on anything. I mean when 1st saw him I was like wow, umm what a fag. But hes just a werid guy who has a deep evil voice to scare the shit out of people and hes strong lol. Nothing wrong with that right? lol. Ya thinking about it the dad thing could be a good thing, alot of dads act like that eh? lol. Who knows all we know for damn well sure he wasnt divia’s chevlder.
no! dont tell me hagi dies!?
cause in the short summery on here it says he looks like he died. lol. From the pictures alone and some people seeing the episode, which I’m about to see 85 percent done ^^ that he is alive. Just waitting for saya to wake up. Poor guy after all that when saya wakes up 1st thing shes going to say is, umm hi and you are? lol
Hagi: GAH DAMMIT I FORGOT YOU FORGET EVERYTHING AFTER YOUR DEEP SLEEP AND I GOTTA MAKE U REMEMBER!
Saya: duhhhhh
Kai: ya I’m your husband saya
Hagi: like hell you are!
Divia’s kids: is that our mom?
Kai: no shes your aunt who killed your mom, but shes nice really
Divia’s kids: WE VOW REVEGE!!
Kai: awww man…
Hagi: dumbass…
Saya: sucking on Hagi’s neck
Saya: wow this tastes good, I bet the spiky haired guys is all old tasting
Kai: aww come on I’m only 47!
Hagi: ha your old..
Divia’s kids: FU…..SION….. HA!!!
*They form to Divia*
Divia: ohohohoho I’m back nei sama…
Hagi and Kai: oh no!
Saya: huh? whos she?
blood+ has definitely been an entralling series. Well,what can I say? I’ve been through thick and thin with Saya & co. and she chooses to conk out for 30 YEARS!danggit! i really hope the producers churn out a sequel. And I hope Saya finally GETS a love life after 90~years. On the other hand, she’s the equivalent of a greying crinkly hag if not for her chiropeteran blood.
Nathan cannot be Saya/Diva’s father because he’d have to die in order to impregate a queen ala Riku. Nathan is likely to be a chevalier of Saya/Diva’s mother or aunt.
ummm no he doesnt have to die, lol. Divia just killed Riku afterwords cause shes a nut lol. Sucking the blood of the other chelevder thats it, it doesnt kill them. Divia just put her blood into ruku afterwords to kill him. They dont have to die hehe ^^ 95 percent done, damn seeders I need more! lol
nah the father doesnt have to die… Riku died bcoz Diva decided to ‘reward’ Riku after she raped him… it’s just another example of her twisted mind. =]
As for the missing arm issue, it’s been shown that chevaliers can just pick up their hacked off limbs and put it back where it belongs and it’ll graft back in place and heal like normal (Solomon does this 2 or 3 times in the series, I’m guessing Hagi does this too when Saya first cut off his hand in Vietnam). But what about limbs that are just blown off (Hagi’s left arm thanks to Amshel’s energy blast). It was never really explained if they could just spontaneously regrow missing limbs back (Carl and James had to have genetically engineered limbs grafted as replacements after ripping off their limbs). If they could regrow body parts, Hagi would have his wing back, and Amshel wouldn’t have a huge gaping hole in his side?
I was never a big fan of Saya having a love life of any kind. Too solitary a sort, too afraid to let anyone get that close to her. The Saya in the original Blood movie was certainly way too cold and scary lol. But now that her lifelong purpose for her existence has finally been accomplished (killing Diva), she may ease up.
Nathan could have been Diva and Saya’s mother’s twin’s chevalier, it would kind of explain why he stopped James from killing Saya in episode 36, and why he never opposed either of them… ’cause he’s the father? …or something along those lines. Besides, most of the father figures are killed off in this series, Amshel doesn’t count.
Sorry for double-posting the same thing, but my computer went bogus and sent the message.
… now that I read Ryuma’s post, it could be, but they never gave enough information on Nathan, so we’re basically left hanging, unless they’re planning on 2 OVAs. (Blood+ was originally 52 eps but animenewsnetwork soon changed it to 50). By the looks of Saya, it doesn’t look like she will recover from the loss of her sister anytime soon. A second season is unlikely since Diva is dead, and most of the chevaliers on either side. Maybe we can pick some stuff off of the mangas, there are three kinds right?
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Nathan cannot be Saya/Diva’s father because he’d have to die in order to impregate a queen ala Riku. Nathan is likely to be a chevalier of Saya/Diva’s mother or aunt.
You don’t have to die to impregnate the queen, Diva killed Riku for her own malison. She said that she rewarded him for giving her something precious
ya true but meh maybe Hagi may get someone elses limp eh? He is a vamp still after all and needs to suck blood every now and then. Maybe he’ll get it from kai? lol!
Hagi: hey kai…
Kai: ya?
*Hagi rips Kais arm off and puts it on for his own*
Kai: ahhh!!!! damn you Hagi!
Hagi: oh shit I got the left instead of the right..
*he rips off Kai’s other arm*
Hagi: ahh there ya go..
Kai: damn you Hagi, damn you to HELL!
Divia’s kids: blackest hell, yes!
Hagi: damm we need saya to wake up already where pretty random without her
Saya: I hate the world I hate you all, but I love you all
Hagi: ahh there we go
Kai: I’m bleeding to death..
Saya: oh look blood yay ^^ lol
and the episode is done time to watch ^^
Why do I feel like a lot of Blood+ fans are going to start writing fanfics after this? ^^;;;
I love this anime, but I am looking forward to Deathnote!
I found this on ANN:
Ronny Yu Talks Blood (2006-09-16 23:21:57)
Ain’t It Cool News has posted an interview with director Ronny Yu. Most of the interview focuses on Jet Li’s Fearless, but towards the end Yu talks about his Blood: The Last Vampire live-action movie project. Yu says that he is currently working with the designer to design the movie’s monsters and production will start in October or November. The movie will take place in Tokyo in 1948
well, they still need to do something to take care of saya Sleepness…..Like an ova or something like that..
Blood: The Last Vampire (2007)
although some think that the story could have been better developed and etc. I’ve got to say the weekly dose of blood+ has been enjoyed by me completely. O genius
translator-and-reviewer-samas thank you for your ever radicalness and surpassing dudieness.
hagi die??
nooooo
bad ending
Arigatooooo Omni ^^
Thanks for blogging this fantastic series! Overall a great story, very well told visually!
The music was cool too! “This love” is also my favourite…as it is I find myself humming it right now!
Just watched the episode. I’m 100 percent sure that Hagi is alive. ^^ Kai even said so basicly. He really didnt have to say anything the rose with the ribbon around it is a dead give away. I love the creditless opening 4. Going to be awasome to put that in my anime chaos music video for blood+. Normally I dont plug my vids much but when I have it done I’ll post the link. I’ll make sure to recap the series and everything ^^. Also Saya FINALLY MOVED SUPER FAST! Against ashel, Like Divia,Hagi and all the Cheleviders. Ashel coming back for a sec was really annoying he was just basicly put there to make it look like Hagi died lol. Only thing is theres still clepakain out there, no one seemed to care though lol. Now just have to wait for the subtitled episode to see if we missed anything in the translation ^^.
Hot Kai is hoooot.
Err, predictable boring ending by the way. This anime really shouldn’t have been 50 episodes long.
YES!!! Long live Hagi! Hagi is the best anime male character, and this is from a fan who is in love and loyal to Larva! Still Hagi has managed to tie or surpass him!
Hagi/Saya is the best relationship in Blood+ and the most beautiful. Long live Hagi/Saya!
Yay~~Hagi and Saya moments. xD I really hope they didn’t kill him off…I mean, the blue ribbon could have been Solomon or Diva or something (though they probably wouldn’t show up at her sleeping site, since they’re dead).
And since Saya is sleeping, she won’t be back up until Kai is in his 50s. XD;;
Wait, Hagi didn’t die! At the end after the credits we see a pink rose with a Hagi’s blue ribbon tied around it which means me survived and visited Saya’s resting place probably waiting until she wakes up again.
It was a good series but the ending episodes felt a bit rushed! I will miss this show though! 🙂 And I am glad that Hagi finally let his real feelings known to Saya even if he died (or so we thought!)
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I really wanted [this love] but who cares nice ed by the way… Hagi Finally MAKE THE MOVE (altough way too late I mean 180 years to say such thing?….) anyway by the tçrose you can see that guy is alive and kicking, blah he’ll probably stick to his 49-epi chara (god plz not!) and then after some strangebthing we’ll see him kiss her again or something
chaos angel you rock by doing spinof ^^
and srry 4 double posting NATHA IS SUCH AN ACTORRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I HATE HIM…. THE DAM CHEVALIER IS STIL ALIVE (blah, truly he must be the hell of a father if you kno what I mean)
FANTASTIC! GAh! i’m really gonna miss Blood+, it’s been my fave all along =S
Very sweet ending.
Saya and agi are a otp, I wish we could have seen a reunion. But she kissed him! Yes! Fans have only been waiting all season for it.
So may things happened in this episode I will have to watch it again to allow the details to sink in.
Julia’s pregnant and Nathan is alive? Mao is traveling the world with Akihiro?
And is it the case that Nathan Saya’s father? If not, he has to be related to her by blood, without a doubt.
My head is still spinning.
Wah.. it so sad when hagi ‘died’ .. More sad if you were to watch it.. >___
Only thing I am disappointed in this episode is that Mao is going to go travelling the world with Akihiro. I can’t believe she gave up on Kai that easy.
o its 50 eps long some site said it was 52 eps long O.o
So sad the series ended 🙁
Thank you Omni, you did a great job.
i can’t believed they wasted an entire minute on a creditless version of an opening nobody likes.
all in all, i guess they wrapped it up the best way they could… which isn’t saying a whole lot.
holy crap this series sucked. i had high expectations for it after about episode 20. but reaching episode 35-40, it gets old and repetitive. it still doesn’t make much sense how saya and haji can let themselves get their ass kicked so much when they actually were equally strong to diva’s crew. diva should’ve just killed more people earlier on to test saya and see what she does.
1 year sure passed quickly… It’s fun reading from the start of Blood+ til the end. Thanks Omni.
Awwww…the producers should have used “This Love” for the ending. Then it would sound REALLY sad. I’m half satisfied with the ending and half NOT satisfied. I mean, it would’ve been better if Haji and Saya both died together. It’s so weird that Saya’s going to wake up thirty years later and Kai’s going to be around 50. Right? That’s just weird. But I’m glad that Haji’s still alive. 30 years later, he will find her again in Okinawa. So I’m assuming that he’s roaming the world again. Or maybe he’s back in the quiet streets of Paris thinking about Saya by his side.
Yay! I knew Mao and Okamura would end up together.
Yay for David and Julia.
I guess Lulu really isn’t going to die from Thorn. That’s great!
Great end to a good series. Everybody survived, even Van Argeno who so deserved to suffer an ironic end. Kai became a dad to Riku’s kids. Saya got to return to Okinawa. David and Julia can finally start making babies. LouLou kind of got adopted.
And Hagi survived, although the injuries that he suffered might have left his an entire body deformed similar to what happened to Karl and James. If Hagi had actually died, how else would they be able to awaken Saya?
I really liked this episode.
Sad that the show’s over though.
Thanks for all the hard work on the summaries and screencaps ^_^
Just wishful thinking, but there could be more, since a few scenes from the opening weren’t in any of the episodes [unless I wasn’t really paying attention :P] such as Nathan and Saya fighting, and the trio surrounded by all those soldiers. Guess I’m just going to miss seeing this show every week.
I’m glad Haji’s likely not dead. I’m also glad he’s grown his arm back – as he’d need to have done (do chiroptera have opposable toes?) to have knotted his hair-ribbon so beautifully. I’d be happy to see another series. Petition anyone?
Thank you OMNI for blogging this all year!
THANK YOU SO MUCH OMNI!!! YOU’RE A GREAT BLOGGER! Your summaries are SO DETAILED! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, PLEASE AND THANK YOU! =)
wow didnt see that comin another bittersweet ending
that made me cry….lol
These summaries are the best. I’m so glad I found this site. Without these summaries, it would have been major torture to wait for the fansubs to arrive in a timely fashion. It definitely kept my interest in the series going.
I’m glad that the series ended in a bittersweet way. Thankfully my guesses about Saya and Haji dying were wrong. Saya will probably look for her “true love Haji” once she awakens again. Can’t wait to see that!!!! You just never knew which way the story was going. So much sadness finally ending with some joy albeit bittersweet. I loved this story very much. I also enjoyed the bloggin by everyone here. Made for some informative reading and was great.
Heres hoping that an OVA will be coming and introduce those 2 twin fighting sword wielding little Sayas!!!!!!!!
YAY! *sobs tearfully*, I’m actually glad that Hagi’s not dead after seeing the last of the ending credits. ^.^
It really seems like a great ending, i cant wait
WHEW!!!! I’M GLAD THAT CRAP FACTORY FINALLY CLOSED.. DEATH TO ALL MAN SLAVES!!!!
GAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY
I’m so sad that it’s all over!!!
Why, HAGI?~?~?~ Although, I am VERY happy about the liplocking session that Saya and Hagi had. Supid Kai had to cut her hair. It was fine the way it was~~! I thought it was a little silly that Saya went back to school. Don’t you think people will wonder WHY she never grows up? Poor girl. I wanted to see her interact with the babies. I am happy though. The final cut scene was so cute with the little ones. *_*
Oh, Diva.. I will miss you.
Hmm interesting… Nathan’s the man!!!!!!!!
– To the author of the blog, just wanted to say thanx, ever since your first “Mai-Otome” theory mention, i went to get the title, and i must say i wasnt dissapointed. Thnx
thnx for what? (u might say)hmm for just mentioning it.
The ending seems to be fitting…although they kinda kill the brand actually.
Remember the original OVA is blood the *LAST* vampire.
Blood+ is kinda a spinoff of it and having Saya as the last one as the only hope makes it exciting. However now with the nieces that are immortal as well the sense of horror you felt when you watched the 2 first episodes of episode will almost definitely gone.
Good series nevertheless…..
Btw thanks for faithfully blogging this! Really appreciate it a lot!
thanks so much omni for blogging this… i really appreciate all the summaries you do.. and the detail!!!
i’m pretty excited that there is even the possibility of an ova or movie…
i’m wondering why hagi didn’t show up in okinawa before saya fell asleep if he’s still alive… i’m sure he could have made it back in time…
i can’t believed they wasted an entire minute on a creditless version of an opening nobody likes.
Vicious: Not everyone hates the OP like you, you know. There ARE some people who like it.
The ending is wonderful and bittersweet. It deserves the happy ending after so much tears and heartache in the last several episodes. Seeing them using Kataritsugu Koto again was lovely. Out of all the four EDs, this one has remained a favourite. A wonderful end to a fantastic series.
Thank you, Omni, for blogging this from start to the end.
lol this is the best ending ever!! woohoo to saya and haji!!.. he finally confesses his love for her… and the long awaited kiss!! .. yeah like i said before I’ve always thought that nathan was saya and divas father.. its pretty obvious now =P… he is basically just there to keep an eye on his girls.. he stuck with diva to see what that damm amshel is up to… i hope there will be a sequel =P…this is one of the best animes I’ve seen.. even though i think that they should have paid more attention in filling the gaps….we seem to be guesing lots of things most of the time =P…thanks omni for he detailed synopsis. its awesome =).. yay to haji and saya again !
hmm.. i’d say using Kataritsugu Koto as he ending song is more than fitting. The meaning of the song complements blood+ best.
lol i love that drink that say gave lulu.. how cute is that?.. im happy that lulu survived =).. and YESS i agree that they should have played this love instead.. it would have been much more meaningful that way =P… since they decided to revert back to the older song for the ending.. I wonder why they stuck with that awful song for the beginning.. apologies for those who like it =P… heheh..
thanks for the summaries and screencap =]
helps to calm me down while waiting desperately for the last episode
good job! thanks a lot ^^
Fo me this episode really made up for the last one. I’m still sad we didn’t get our kick-ass fight scene but the emotion at least was spot on. I loved how powerful Saya and Hagi were at the end when they finally finished off Amshel – I just wish they’d been more like that all the way through. And I’m SOOOOOOOOO happy that Saya and Hagi got together (however briefly). I still think Kai is in love with her too, but he’s not going to live forever so…
Does anyone know if there’s going to be a sequel/OVA? This episode seems to set up more things than it ends. I still don’t believe Solomon is dead. Nathan definitely isn’t. And now we have Diva’s twins and Julia’s unborn baby. It’ll be a bit odd when Saya wakes up though. If the twins stop ageing at the same age that Saya did, won’t the three of them look like triplets?
I think there’s definitely room for more. But I’d rather have a happy little OVA than another series.
Crap. I just realised that when Saya wakes up she won’t remember having got together with Hagi. God knows how long it’ll take him to declare himself again. She’ll probably be ready for her next sleep!
How long does she stay awake for anyway? It was only a few years this time but when Hagi first came to her she was awake to see him grow from what looked like an 11 year-old boy to a 23-ish year-old man…
BTW….
What is OVA?
no more Blood+ SIGH
I prefer a red rose then a pink one
So saya finally did the super speed dash against amshell with haji and it took her so long but she finally did it.
GOD I need explanations BADLY. I’m happy that so many characters turned out to be alive, but could anyone PLEASE provide me with some explanation?!
1. How the hell is Nathan still alive, didn’t we all see him get stabbed and crystallize + collapse?!
2. If Hagi is indeed alive, is there a possibility that Amshel is alive as well?! I mean, we haven’t seen his dead body either (and there I thought the crystallized body of his on the top of a tower was the proof that he was finished).
Well this was a definite WTF for me. Now that I know thorne isn’t as deadly as they made it out to be, I’m leaned to believe that Solomon, Amshel, the Shifu’s, and even Diva are still somewhere, alive. I loved the finale (hey, David finally made a move on Julia! That STUD!), but too many things were left unexplained, which I hope will lead us to a possible sequel (they could call it Blood- or something XD).
The series started out pretty sh*tty but it managed to get on its feet and climb the wall faster than most of the series this season. An A for me, loved the emotions, loved the references, loved the battles, and finally, loved the characters (I’m glad Kai got so much development, I think he got even more development than our heroine).
The only drawbacks for me were how Argeno was still alive, and how he was saved, as well as Saya returning to her former geeky look. WHY cut the beautiful sleek hair?! Other than that, hey, great series. 😀
お疲れ様, Omni. 😀
Nathan didn’t died because Saya’s blood didn’t crystalize his body. Nathan’s body didn’t react with Saya’s blood anymore because Diva died already. (I think)
Maybe Nathan became free somehow…
OMG Hagi is still alive!! XD
We never got to see what Lewis looked like when he was young and buff.
omg! thx omni for blgoging this series. when it started i just thought o u kno wtf it looks kinda violent and bloody and that’s all there is but then i just fell in love with this series when diva and solomon and then nathan were brought into this. and everything got so interesting.
the ending is pretty satisfying for me. we know that hagi is indeed alive (even check on saya’s profile in wikipedia!) and brought her a red rose! remember? back in the days lil hagi got saya a red rose but saya told him to go fetch her a pink one!!
*SORRY I MEANT A PINK ROSE!! …my bad
Please e-mail be back asap XD… i have three questions…
what’s happen to Saya in the end? Where’s Saya? Sleep? If so… how long she’s gunna sleep? Will she see Riku’s brother? eh?….
Nathan… i dont get it… i thought he been sliced by saya… wtf… how?!?
Riku’s brother… what’s gonna happen to him? two babies won’t get old right? Will Riku’s brother see sAYA again??!?!? gosh… im so confusing… so frickin sad!
ohter question.. haha… >
I have 2 questions.
1. How does lulu live on? I thought the thorn woulda got to her eventually.
2. If diva and saya never ages, how do diva’s 2 children grow up? Maybe there’s a certain age where once they’ve reached it, they’ll stop the process of aging. Not sure…
It takes 30 years for them to age to the external appearance of 16 years old, then they stop aging. They fall into first hibernation cycle after 50 years old.
Julia extracted an enzyme from Saya’s blood to cure Lulu.
*sniff* the ending is a real tear-jerker. if they do make a sequel, it’ll be interesting.
Nathan is still alive because he was their(saya/diva) mothers chevialer. Saya’s blood can’t hurt him.
if a character is alive go with the rule no body=alive
yea.. hagi still alive.. well in fact he wun be able to die when diva is not around. same goes to saya.. i keep wondering about the promise they made… kill her when everything is over… like wth.. how the hell is hagi gonna do tat without diva’s blood -.-‘
both of them are jus gonna live forever
Well it was a pretty good setting, the end is somewhat better than I expected, because I tought It was going to be less climatic due that all of the bad guys where out…
But the well know lesson of anime prevails… If you dont see the dead body that means is not dead..
Kai had a nice development being a irritable boy to be on par with his father George…
David was the true inmortal he got many wounds and never died and healed hyper fast….
Mao end arc was touching, she finally learned that she couldnt get to Kai thinking only on her happiness..
Hagi finally showed more emotions and make itself notorious to Saya….. he lost and arm and a wing (that I think it will regen, the only parts that neven regen where the ones that where crystalized on Karl and James), has other episodes showed they recontructed their limbs… We will see if we get an OVA..
Saya finally ended his grudge with his past and probably can live on, but I wonder only living a few years and sleeping 30 will help in her happiness due that in a couple of sleeps from here most will die by natural means… If we got an OVA will be cool watching how they nieces will be.. I still have some thinking on episode 2, when Hagi gives his blood to Saya she instantly goes to God mode, she had a hard voice and all her action in battle were perfect, like a true warrior, but after the battle she goes to the Saya we know, I wonder what they were trying to show with this part, I think Diva showed more power due that she used to drink their own chevalier blood.
And to end Nathan was somewhat misterious and probably he was a chevalier of a previos generation, similar than Solomon due the fact he sets him free to save Saya one more time. That could explain why he liked so much Diva and Saya probably it was the father..
Actually we never knew how he joined Diva…
Also big thanks to Omni for blogging this series, it was a hard job…. I hope I find something good to watch due because Ill miss a good series like this one.
im not satisfied w/ this unless they do something about nathan….i SOOOOOOO KNEW HE WAS ALIVE. How he fell into that pit was just too suspicious.
Hmmm..did Hagi and Saya really kissed on the lips?? I dunno but with that angle? Hmm..maybe for a brief second then Hagi kissed her on the cheeks again…Argh, they could’ve showed the kiss
Hagi can only be killed by Diva’s blood and since she’s dead then Hagi is invincible like Nathan. So that thing that Amshel said that Chevaliers can only be killed in what ways was crap cause he didn’t die by getting fried by lightning instead he only truly died of Saya’s blood.
Someone can tell me what is an OVA? Blood+ OVA is what thing?
T.T da ending was beautiful… *snifle* i hope they do something out of it, like an ova or something. i hoped dey would show more future stuff but they gave us so little. *sniffle* o well all in all, blood+ is a good show. maybe except da episode where diva died. that was a lilttle pathetic. i think da way solomon died was pathetic too. but it was good show nonetheless.
Continuity error or intentional: Kai does not age in the 5 years or so that Diva’s children grow up.
Discuss.
Lots of questions.
Lulu was saved by an enzime that julia found in Saya’s blood.
I believe that Saya and Haji kissed because Kai turned his head around in embarrasment.
There is no doubt that Haji is alive.
I was surprised about Mao going overseas with Okamaru, she probably liked traveling around.
I didn’t like Mao at the beginning, but she grew on me and she became a favorite, too bad she didn’t end with Kai, but maybe she will be happy traveling the world and there is always hope that if she returns to Okinawa and is still single she might end with Kai, no way Kai can last 30 years without a woman. 🙂
Nethan deserves an oscar for faking that death.
Kai was 18 when Aya went to sleep, so he is now 23 if 5 years have passed, she should still look pretty young.
i wish for another highly animated blood the last vampire movie with nethan the main villain
Nathan as he has hinted is a Chevalier of a past Chiropteran queen. It would be interesting to know what happened to the past one, Diva and Saya’s mom, and is Nathan that queen’s chevalier. His agenda probably was to ensure the propagation of the chiroptera species….which is by “peaceful” means which could be more effective than Amshel’s “make the whole world filled with chiroptera w00ts” tactic. That’s why he allowed Saya and her family to take Diva’s children cause he knows they will be taken good care of.
I won’t be surprised if there ever is gonna be a sequel, it might be a prequel. Saya & Diva’s mom was found by Joel close to the 18-19th century. Nathan might be from the medieval ages or something, then the plot suddenly includes a secret society of vampires that pull the strings of the world from behind the shadows…ho ho ho. XD
I was so sad at the end. I cried for Diva and Saya. Saya wanted her dead so badly, but wanted to go with her. That was a very desperate scene which made all the crappy, whiney, emo moments of Saya worth it.
I’m beginning to think that Nathan was meant to be their father. He saved Saya, he never interfered just kept them all ‘safe.’ He let them battle it out. He asked her to kill him then applauded her, in what, at the time, struck me as a very fatherly reaction. The way he berated Amshel for his treatment, on top of it all, made it seem a little too familial.
I’m so sad to see blood gone…I want another series. Who would have thought that a movie as crappy as Blood the Last Vampire would bring about this?
OMG…I WAS AFRAID TO WATCH IT
Haji and Saya’s bond is the strongest
damn kai
Haji lives…right, I am ok
in 30 years kai will be an old man
ha ha ha!
Nathan not die yet …. so there is a chance that Solomon still alive haha
SOOO PERFECT!!!
kyaaa i loved the part o f the pink roses…*-*
yeah,Haji is so loyal to saya,he will wait for her until the day she woke up again…^-^
and the kids?cute,and i hope they don’t get in trouble >_)
just one thing,they REALLY kissed each other?*-*
if they decide to do a continuacion i hope saya still is the heroine and haji…always with her…*¬*…
blood+ was and for ever will be,the best Tv anime ever made.
its just ART.
well,ther goes my happy saterday… ;_;
omani thanks for helping me so musch during this year,reading things i didnt fully understand in your blog.
^_^
alice.
To answer a question to what is an OVA? Read on
Original Video Animation is a term used in Japan for anime titles that are released directly to retail sale, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. OVA titles were originally available on VHS, though they later became available on other media such as Laserdisc and DVD. OVA is sometimes used, perhaps inappropriately, to refer to any extremely short anime series or special regardless of its release format.
Hope this answers the question for Kei. There was a rumor concerning a 2 episode Blood+ OVA coming in December. Lets cross our fingers……….
I didnt think they could do it, but they sure pulled it off. When i heard there was only gonna be 50 eps i thought there was no way they could fit it all in, but they did!
What i think they should of done:
*THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID WHATS GONNA HAPPEN TO ALL THE CHIROPTERAN! THEY SAID NOTHING WHAT HAPPENDS TO THEM… They really should of, they said there were like 2 million, i think they said some stopped destroying, but they should of explained more or killed them all cuz the chiropteran are very important in the series.
* I wish did alittle bit more about Solomon, and the dead chevaliers. But especially Solomon. He died in ep 47..and they just never mentioned him again…they really should have, or said alittle something about him. Also they should of brang up something about the dead shiff members. It woul of been good if they mentioned must of the characters that died,like Diva…and ESPECIALLY RIKU AND GEORGE!!( more then they did)
* I wish they got alittle more into the relationship stuff. Like KaiXMao…mao did all this stuff during the series all for getting Kai back but in the end there wasnt really anything.
* I wish Amshels fight with Hagi was longer, and made his death alittle longer and with alittle more drama..( if he really is dead). Hagi was such an important character, he needed alittle more in his last fight and his death should of been a bigger deal to everyone.
* They could of explained alittle more about the ending of cinque flesh and van argano.
* They should of said alittle more about the Corpse corpse. Not just at the end but during the whole series.
* Will the world return to normal?
But some stuff i liked in this episode is that Nathan is still alive, he was never my favorite but knowing one chevalier left is good…but i have a feeling he isnt evil anymore.
I liked the ending with Hagi putting the bow on the rose, it was a good ending with that…but i still dont belive that hagi is still alive with just that.
Saya going back to sleep was a really good ending i thought.
Oh and at the end, What makes me think that there will be an OVA is that they didnt show Diva’s childrens faces…mabye to make it a surprise if they make more ( even know they probably look normal). I hope there is more, so that it can answer my questions and so the show wont feel missing anymore…and it deserves more. This is and has always been my favorite show. There was alot more room for alittle extra, i hope they make something.
I cant believe the show is over. What a great anime, im just sooooo sad that it’s over. It’s great that Haji survived and that Kai is raising the twins (so cute). I really dont get how Nathan survived though (it does smell like an OVA or a movie). All the important and non important thing about this anime have allready been said above. I just wanted to say home much i loved this anime.
Blood+
blood++++++++++++++++
Also I still wonder, whats gonna happen to all the important red shield people like david, and all the others. They were all so important, i think they should of added more about them at the end.
I really thought this series was seriously crap at the beginning and gave up for awhile. But eventually I started to rewatch it again and well i’m glad that I wasn’t continued on wasn’t ever dissapointed again. This show really grew on me as the story went along, at times it seemed a bit emo, others were lame, but all in all it was a good mix. This is one of the few “long anime” series that I’ve enjoyed in a long while. You really felt sorry for Saya at the end when she worked so hard to ensure everyones safety and happiness by defeating the chiropteans. In the end she didn’t get to enjoy the future that she worked so hard for with everyone else because of that stupid 30 year hibernation crap she has. Jesus makes me feel worse for her than Vash from Trigun, at least he got to enjoy the future and watch over everyone. Really hit home when Kai was carrying Saya on his back and he cried while having to carry one of the few family members he had left. That song fit in so well, some don’t like it, like me originally. However that song grew on me like most of the other things in this show, because I realized it was sung in a traditional asian folk song fashion. SIGH* I will miss this show so much…I didn’t realize this show would influence me so much. I feel so empty now =/
Keith says:
“I wish they got a little more into the relationship stuff. Like KaiXMao…mao did all this stuff during the series all for getting Kai back but in the end there wasnt really anything.”
I agree partially with this, Mao had been losing her confidence, she told Kai that she wanted to ber his strength, but during the Nc concert she mentioned to Okamura that she can’t do anything, and he tells her that she was doing something by being a reporter.
Mao had decided to go back to Okinawa because she couldn’t do anything to support Kai after she found him. She lost her purpose to follow Kai, even more after he didn’t return her feelings for her when she kissed him because he was worried about Saya. She found a way to support the person she love the most when she discovered about Saya going into hybernation soon. She then became a supporter for KaixSaya because she knew their time was short, that is when Mao gain big points with me, whe can see this when Hagi bowed to her after she lectured Saya. She then tore up the airplane ticket and decided to stay as she found a purpose, To support Kai and Saya for the little time they had left. So I think they did a good job settling things with Mao and Kai. Mao is going to become a force to be reckon in the OVA and the sequel, because I will be so shocked if there is not a second season of Blood+. That is why she is going on training with Okamura. Whoever think that Mao is going to give on Kai, doesn’t know Mao very well. 🙂
The red shield people are still fighting the Chiroptean that are still around, David retired and is now married to Julia.
Welp heres the blood+ summery MV, did the best I could with the song picked ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jezyHkDO5LI
I made other blood+ ones Anime Chaos 57 and 64 I think where my best Blood+ ones. Ugh I’m going to miss this series so much… I hope they make a new one for it soon.
SPOILER ABOUT NATHAN ANALYZED AND UNDERSTOOD:
IF ANYONE recalled in the previous episode where they are on the stage Nathan and Amshel and they discuss Solomons death, DID ANYONE EVER PICK UP WHEN NATHAN SAID SOMETHING LIKE, “YES AND MAYBE TIME DOES GO AROUND IN A CIRCLE AND MAYBE DIVAS MOTHER HAD CHEVALIERS TOO AND THEY TOO FOUGHT FOR SUCH TRAGIC ENDING” its hinting that Nathan is not Diva’s Chevalier but Divas mother thus he cannot be killed by Saya..Amshel further ask “WHAT HOW WOULD YOU KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT ITS NOT LIKE YOU WERE THERE AT THAT TIME THAT WAS THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO”..then Nathan says something like “oh believe me i know!” then smirks..
Also ever notice why unlike all the Chevalier Nathan never really does any damage or revenge or any orders by Diva. Thats cuz Nathan works on his own. He’s pretty much like a god where hes already been there and just wants to see how events in time play never really playing a role just laying back and seeing how things unfold. NOTICE HOW HE NEVER FOLLOWS AMSHELS ORDERS AND ALWAYS TELLS AMSHEL (WHO IS PROBABLY DIVAS STRONGEST CHEVALIER) “DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DO OR I’LL KILL YOU” at this Amshel is frightened and does not boss around Nathan for he knows that he only came into service of Diva and was never given Divas blood.
yah, most probably Nathan is SAYA AND DIVA MUM’s Chevalier. THe reason why he cant be killed by Saya is that he is SAYA AND DIVA MUM’s sister chevalier and he is actually wearing contact lens that are red… but maybe his actual color is blue just like Haji so he cant be killed by Saya…
YOu guy think again… SAYA can definitely kill Diva Baby who eye is blue… understanded? but she cant kill he baby who eye is red cos she share the same blood wif her… because of Riku…
Which mean Nathan main objective is to stay with Diva TO MAKE DIVA DIED cos maybe he is ordered by his queen who is red eye to killed of all those blue eye queen so they would face threat… and most probably he is ordered to inpregant SAYA AND DIVA MOTHER who is blue eye and later kill her then arrange this plot to make SAya Kill DIva…
so the world would be easly control only by those red eye queen… And the Big final boss might be Saya AND Diva’s Aunt…
As you all know Saya would allow this.. cos she like human, but her blood cant crystallise her aunt.. so it will be a tough battle to protect the world… by the way… you guy know who Nathan let the blue eye baby live because he want her to reproduce other red eye queen..
HAha.. my wild imagination.. lol
golthin said:
I agree partially with this, Mao had been losing her confidence, she told Kai that she wanted to ber his strength, but during the Nc concert she mentioned to Okamura that she can’t do anything, and he tells her that she was doing something by being a reporter.
Mao had decided to go back to Okinawa because she couldn’t do anything to support Kai after she found him. She lost her purpose to follow Kai, even more after he didn’t return her feelings for her when she kissed him because he was worried about Saya. She found a way to support the person she love the most when she discovered about Saya going into hybernation soon. She then became a supporter for KaixSaya because she knew their time was short, that is when Mao gain big points with me, whe can see this when Hagi bowed to her after she lectured Saya. She then tore up the airplane ticket and decided to stay as she found a purpose, To support Kai and Saya for the little time they had left. So I think they did a good job settling things with Mao and Kai. Mao is going to become a force to be reckon in the OVA and the sequel, because I will be so shocked if there is not a second season of Blood+. That is why she is going on training with Okamura. Whoever think that Mao is going to give on Kai, doesn’t know Mao very well.
I knew that, i just kinda forgot most of the important details u brang up. Thank you ^^
Oh, and I do THINK there will be a next series, but at the end when it says ” END ” It makes me think…are they really going to?
alot of animes say END and still go on, heck school rummble 1 and 2 did that, and 3rd term is coming out. Animes are made if the fans wanna see it. I hope blood+ people actally surf around and read this, cause really we would all love to see more of this series. ^^
Please dont just make it a spin off either with just Divia’s kids in it and Hagi showing up to help out every now and then lol. We all love Saya! Please make sure shes a big part of the series! Ya its a long shot blood+ creators read this but who knows ^^
Kaith, I think that there will be a blood+ second season. The writers left many things open ended. It will be silly for them not to make a second season. The ratings for blood in the “Golden slot” weren’t as good as the two previous anime in that time slot, gundam seed and full metal alchemist. Blood avaraged a 3.0 rating until episode 46, while gundam and FMA avaraged a 6.0 . It might seem that blood didn’t do as well, but FMA and Gundam didn’t have any competition in their time slot. one was a brand name in japan and the other was based on a very popular manga, while Blood+ had to compete with Major 2nd season. It is interesting that episode 43 didn’t do very well according to the source, it only got a 1.9 rating, such a low rating for such an important episode.
here is my source for the ratings, if someone has a better source please let me know, this is all I was able to find.
http://www.geocities.jp/animesityouritu/index.html
I think the chances of a second season are good, because I heard that the Blood+ DVd are selling very well. Of course with 4 episodes per DVD I can understand why the Japanese are buying them.
remeber the 4th ending in the part where the two little girls running on a street?? that must be saya’s nieces^_^
Ronny Yu is directing a Blood+ movie; all hail Ronny Yu!
Well I loved the whole anime, the ending was trully weaker than the series, it needed a much stronger ending, hmmmmm
Saya kills the children, then Hagi kills her, then Hagi kills himslef, Kai has completely lost every1 he cares for, Theatre gets bombed, david, and the others die, Nathan gets to live, THE END. Now thats darama.
Anyways Nathan was my favourite character, if only it weren’t for his weird pseudo homosexuality (maybe not so pseudo, hmm?), he absolutely took the upper hand in the last episodes. Every1 fears him, Diva never even said anything to him.
And about Nathan’s death, yes the guy is very very very artistic, he needed to put on a proper finale’, where he dies at the end, diva dies with her children beside her, all takes place at the tower (where saya released diva). Then she kills him and he say Thank you. Thats a theatrical closure, which he needed. After all, during the whole time he was only preparing a final stage.
Bottom line, NATHAN RULES!!!!!!1111oneoneone, I don’t think there will be a sequel, now gotta download the ost, and find another good anime.
OMG!! THE BLOOD+ DUB IS COMING ON CARTOONNETWORK!! ZOMG!!!!! YES YES YES!!
Diva and Nathan are still alive .
Hagi didnot die in the finll he pot flower has a ribbon in it its from his hier kay sed dont touch it thats for your auntie(saya)) so Hagi didnot die didnot die
I think Nathan is the queen who kill Saya’s mother
Anyone have the downloadable version of the Ending?
You can just download the episode and get the end song
that was amazing, the ending was beautifully done..and I’m glad I see I’m not the only one smelling(though perhaps it is simply because I want it) another sequel sort of thing…And yes, I’m confused as well about Nathan…But…oh well. Anyway…The next Blood+(+) should be somthing like…Haji and Saya come back to save the twins, but one twin gets corrupted…and they find that the red sheild people are actually evil…and Kai has become one of the girl’s chevaliers, and such…yes…twisty drama 😀
so is it true that Blood+ 2 is coming out? I mean on the japanese website for blood+ volume 13 it says special shots of Blood+ 2? I cant read japanese but I saw Blood+ 2 so wondering if anyone else knows about this ^^
Aaah, what a great anime. It goes down as one of my favorites.
Btw: I was like GTFO when Kai started cutting her hair, i also thought months had passed when we saw her at school, so i was hoping for her to look more like the past version, but to my disappointment she didn’t.
@chaosdemon06
if that’s true then YEAY!
welp with blood+ coming to cn later this year I wouldnt be surprized at all at blood+ 2 hehe.
I wonder if it will come to Adult swim or regular CN. I think it would fit perfect with adult swim, it would be just awesome..but i think they would screw it up on regular CN ( not AS) Its called BLOOD plus, its not a kids show, and should not be editted..u can tell its not a kid show by the title. Well i hope its deffintly coming this year..ill be waitin!
And blood+2..there is either going to be a second series or acouple of OVA’s.. I know that for sure. I just know nothing at all on it yet
blood+ COMES ON MARCH 17th!! on ADULT SWIM! YES.
… SEQUEL….. Must.. have… SEQUEL! Seriously if they let us off just there we would be left hanging ne? What will happen to Saya and Haji?!!?! T-T yeh, I wanna see Julia’s kid. lolz. so anyways. I think there should be a sequel…. must.. need…. HAJIXSAYA.. there are no fanfics.
yey 150 comments for the last episode. Well..i thought they did pretty good with the dub.
It’s difficult to describe how I felt about the series. First parts were great but started to drag near the end. Good thing it tries (and more or less manages) to get back on its feet.
I pitied Diva from the start. It’s really sad how she became a victim of Joel and Amshell’s quest for knowledge. Her “jealousy turned hate” towards Saya kinda makes sense. I mean, Saya gets all Joel’s fatherly affections, lived with almost boundless riches and pretty much had anything and everything she could ask for. Diva on the other hand probably got the pointy end of the scalpel whenever Joel/Amshell decides to examine their precious specimen’s anatomy. Or maybe even testing how far her regenerative powers can go, like say giving her an escalating level of injury… Although both have expressed amazing regeneration, they’ve also been shown to feel pain.
Sort of reminds me of the greek myth on Prometheus. Every morning some giant bird would feast on his liver (pressumably causing a lot of pain) and when the bird’s had its fill, he regenerates, only to be eaten again the next day. Eternal torment ftw.
@_@ Poor Diva.
As for Nathan, I’m not sure what to think of him. He is most likely a Chevalier of one of the previous queens. Whether he is Saya and Diva’s mom’s Chevalier or their mom’s sister’s Chevalier however, we may never know.
Unless the creators decide to reveal Nathan’s past or even better, provide insight on what happened to the previous queens.
His goal really seems to be the preservation of their species but whether he plans to do it by letting the newly born twins grow up peacefully among humans or make them destroy humanity later on to totally dominate the earth, will probably also remain a mistery…
I’m leaning more towards believing that he wants Diva’s kids to live in peace with us lowly humans since he pretty much lives and enjoys a very human lifestyle. He enjoys “human art (plays) and music” and even fashion (albeit in a slightly exotic way) and “sympathizes” with Diva and her wish to have her own family.
On a side note, has it been confirmed that it’s only twin daughters that are born?
There’s a “what if” scenario in this twisted brain of mine.
What if it’s possible for Chiropteran twin Kings to exist?
The first time I saw Saya and Diva’s mom, who apparently is also named Saya, I thought that (since it wasn’t very human looking and Saya and Diva have not shown any sign of being able to turn into the monstrous versions of Chiropterans) their mom was a Chevalier of one of the Kings, whom his twin got pregnant (possibly the reason for its death before giving birth)
while Nathan being a Chevalier of one of the previous “Kings” can be explained by his homosexuality… lol
Anyway, the ending was nice. Haji seems to be alive, the kids are tormenting Kai, there’s going to be a third “David” and Lulu won’t suffer from thorn (kinda makes her the potential unofficial protector of the two twins). I found it odd however that Mao left Kai. From what I’ve seen he’s pretty much resigned himself to being Saya’s bro by calling Saya the twins’ aunt and wanting them to call him their Dad. He also didn’t vissibly object to Saya and Haji’s kissing earlier. Ah well…
er.. er..
wuds de meaning of nankurunaisa? o.0
can any1 tell me wuds de meaning of Nankurunaisa t__t
de show rocks XD
i saw a lot of show.. aso hab de name kai
ehhehe
T.T
Two comments:
1) I think Diva is a tragic character. It’s sad to see her destinied for death. If not of being locked up in the tower in the first place, maybe none of the bad things will happen. I think she feel very lonely and want to enjoy having happy time with her sister Saya, yet Saya just want to kill her from the beginning.
2) Kai is the most annoying character in this anime. He is totally weak and useless, yet always wanted to act hero instead of listening to advice of asking him to stay at a safe place and wait for saya to return. Furthermore he treated Mao as dirt. He really annoyed me from beginning to the end, if I write this anime I’ll have him killed in episode 1.
Lin Kai, Nankuranaisa means: LIVE TODAY FOR TOMORROW
ooo.. tq keith =P
no problem Lin kai! anything for another blood+ fan!!!
Just a prediction, don’t know if there are any takers.
Nathan might be the chevalier of the mother chiroptera(mummy), that was cut open to find Saya and Diva. He was talking about the chevaliers of that creature. This could be the reason why he is not affected by Saya’s blood.
i just LOVE the ending!
so does this mean that saya loves hagi??
I HAVE NEVER EVER cried soooooooooooo much for an anime!!
not since naruto the 3rd hokage died!!!
and honey and clover morita kissed hagu!!
THIS SOOOO SAD!!!!!!
thanks for blogging!
Haji obviously didn’t die. Wait.. Saya and Haji shared a true kiss? Does that mean that Saya loves Haji too? ahihi can’t wait for the sequel. I really hope they end up together.
Since this place is still running I thought that I should post this. I want to see what people have to say about this.
Saya’s blood didn’t affect Nathan (as shown in episode 50)
Nothing happened when Diva drank his blood. (episode 40)
Nathan’s blood is neutral to them. (since nothing happened to him)
speaks in a manner usually employed by the feminine gender through the use of kashira and wa (as said in wikipedia)
The only thing I can come up with is that he is a she. Pardon my ability to make conclusions, but I seriously don’t see what’s up with him.
I think the theory that Nathan might be a chevalier of Saya’s and Diva’s mother is a good one. Since I did remember in the last episode (was it?) that Nathan did mention about this to Amshell.
I like the ending though I wish we could have seen more of Hagi at the end. However, I really do hope there will be a sequel to this series since there are many aspects that needed uncovering. For example, from where chriptoreans came from? How come the mummy they found in Iceland looked like a monster and with a crushed face as if after a battle? and why Saya and Diva never ever turned physically into chriptoreans like the mummy? Ooh, I can’t wait for the sequel! and more of Saya and Hagi… *sigh*
I loved this series to the very end! I almost cried when the credits rolled and the original end theme played T_T. This show is often criticized for being too long but Blood+ had a lot of story to tell and was never, ever boring. The end was bittersweet and I commend Saya for deciding to live but I believe she will live to regret her decision not to kill Diva’s children, Haji and herself.
I don’t understand, Nathan is death? mmm… I don’t think so, who was that man???
I like Nathan and I think he is a chevalier of Saya’s and Diva’s mother.
And I think Hagi is still alive, I hope so… they look pretty good.
I cried in this episode!!! I’m gonna miss BLOOD+!!
I really felt like Kai and Saya’s bond was stronger >_
Blood+ is a really good series, and the ending is really touching. I really like the last few scenes with Saya looking at Omoro, Kai and Saya riding by the coast, and Kai piggy-bagging Saya to the tomb – they are so beautifully done, and the music really bring out the mode. We can almost feel Saya’s sadness as she bid farewell to the people and place she love so much. The ending song was also well chosen, and I love how it beautifully fades into Kai and the two little girls (Diva’s daughter) visiting Saya’s tomb. I’m really happy for them (Diva’s daughter) as they will have a childhood full of love and happiness.
The saddest character for the whole series is Diva, she has been treated as an experiment and manipulated since birth, and eventually died in the hand of her only family, her sister Saya. The saddest part is that all this could have been prevented. Diva’s biggest mistake is to have Amshel as her chevalier. From Diva/Saya’s perspective, the only truly evil guys in the series are Amshel and Joel the first. The only difference between them is Joel died while Amshel became immortal. In their pursuit of science, they plant the seed of the tragedy that lead Diva’s death. Amshel never really care for Diva, he was like Dr Collin who wants to study Diva as a new species. The delta-67 and the Corpse Corps are all Amshel idea not Diva. The fact that Diva goes to 30yr’s sleep every few years give too much power to her chevaliers. The only enemy of the Red Shield and Saya is also Amshel not Diva. I was hoping that before Diva died, she will have a chance to spend some time with Saya as her sister, but unfortunately, that was not the case.
The other sad part is the weakness of the chevaliers (Hagi, Solomon, James, Carl and Nathan) who do love Diva/Saya. They should have fought for Diva/Saya’s happiness instead of blindly obeying their every wish. Don’t they realize that Diva and Saya only have the maturity of a 16yr and a 12yr old respectively? Diva and Saya need to be educated and loved, and I think it’s the chevalier’s job to do it. For Diva, Solomon should have killed Amshel and travels the world with her. For Saya, Hagi should tell her everything everytime she wake-up much like Adam Sandler in 50 first dates. I don’t see why Saya has to relive all those nightmare every time she wakes up.
These are just my thoughts, but I guess if everyone has been logical, they will be no story. All in all, I really enjoyed the series, and I hope they make a sequel.
I saw this episode in its orijinal language, and it was awsem! But now I need to see it in english.
will there blood+2 ?
Omni-sama thanks for blogging the entire series! Not since Deathnote have I been watching a series straight up for days. Wow. This anime blew me away.
Wish they had played This Love on this ep though, suits the ending better. IMHO. 🙂
Blood+ rocks this 26-year-old’s socks! XD
Im hoping on another series…It kinda pissed me off the way they endid the series. I wanna see Saya’s necies in the future and that chabaliea that she supposedly killed that ended up as a newspaper reporter?!?!?!?!…So i just hope to that in the near future and if i dont i will be on PISSEDOFF fan, but it was still a splendid ending, I hope ill see more shows with that much brilliance in them.
P.S I still think that show was ended befor it’s time only 50 episodes!?!?!?! REDICULAS
Im still wondering about Solomon though…hmmm did he really die???
Kai! Aww. I really did like this series, although there were some low points to it. Still, it was good. ^o^
lovley im alredey in a loed of shit for watching this anime oh well bravo
This is a wonderful anime. I really cried in the end T.T
Anybody know if/when they’ll put out the complete series on DVD in the US?? All I can find is the original version, which does me no good! Need English!!
I just finished watching the whole series in 2 days.. and YES I’m that addicted to Blood+… Im really pissed off that it just ended like that. They left so many holes in Blood+. what happens to Kai and her 2 nieces? Haji? Saya after she wakes up? The remaining monsters? Nathan? Ahhh I’m mad! I’ve been searching all over the net for any hints of an OVA or another animated sequel. I kno that a movie of Blood: The Last Vampire is in production but I would prefer to know what happens afterwards. I’m really pissed… After I finished watching the last episode.. I just realized that theres no more Blood+.. No more Saya and Haji.. AHHH =[
If anyone ever find any news regarding a Blood++ or Blood+ OVA please post here!! I’ll never forget Blood+.. they’ll always be remembered in me..
Entertaining + Freaking Awesome = BLOOD+
Really love this show! I am a sucker for happy endings and the scene between Haji and Saya was great! HAJI IS NOT DEAD! He left that rose for Saya. Will Definitely miss this show.
Haji DID NOT Die because he HAD survived. In Kai’s grave, Haji visits Saya’s grave, untying his hair and tying a pink rose on Saya’s grave.
Ah~~ I was ever so sad when it ended. at least i noe that hagi is still alive and is waiting for saya to awaken again. i realy want a season 2 for this. the story line could be like how the blond guy, Nathan, was actually saya’s mother’s actual chriropteron and that the war starts again. saya then awakens and go fighting again together with everyone again. it’ll be so great if this’ll happen right?? really really really truly uberly wish for season 2… TT^TT I REALLY WANT SEASON 2!!!!!!! I LOVE BLOOD+ TOO MUCH THAT I DON’T WANT IT TO END!!!! TT^TT
This is one of the greatest anime’s i watched….. everything was awesome…
i do have a comment about NATHAN…
YOU ARE ALL WRONG!!… nathan is not saya and diva’s mom’s chevalier!!
He didm’t die because he’s GAY… homosexual chevalier’s/chiropteran dont get affected by either blood…
trust I KNOW…dont worry about NATHAN woory about yourself!!!!
amm.. haji is alive !! ^-^ i luv him
jajaajaj!! LOL.. he didnt die becouse is gay? hahah, great joke
waa se le jue la otra mano a haji ¬¬ ahora tendra ke tener ambas manos de chiroptero.. shiiit
I don’t think Nathan was ever evil, just wanted see Diva on “stage”. xD
He’s more of a manager for a celebrity. 😛
Hagi(Haji)…. You are such a drama man! I love it! Making a scene like that and then 4 or 5 years later you come with a rose and your hair-tie. You are too dramatic, but your too sweet to get mad at! I heard there will be another season coming out. Can’t wait! Hagi and Saya can finally be together after that fight with Diva
Still waiting for season 2….hoping, and waiting..
Yes, David and Julia are having a baby! They’re one of my favorite pairings ever! =D
At the end of the series, after the ending song, it shows Kai with the 2 new queens visiting Saya’s resting place. There is a pink rose like the one Haji gave Saya earlier in the series, except it has Haji’s blue hair ribbon around it. No wories, Haji lives on.
Haji.. isn’t dead. 😛
the rose is from him.
Is there gonna be a new story? I just finished watching this series and I was a bit disappointed with the ‘love story’ angle. I dunno. It seemed to me that it is a one-sided love…that maybe only Haji loves Saya and Saya is only ‘putting up’ with Haji because she has no choice…I mean with them being immortal and all…and besides he does live his life for her. He said “I Love you” before the balcony collapsed…but I never heard Saya say that to Haji… I don’t know..I just wish that Saya declared her love for him…not just her gratitude for being there for her always. It just seems kinda unfair for Haji….
But other than that….I enjoyed watching Blood +…I wouldn’t mind if they had a new series…..
SHIIT why hagi died? 🙁
i cried when i saw the final
u__u
man! such a great anime!
wuhoo at last haji becomes human and honest telling what he really feels… and he is still alive.. yey!!
hope solomon too, since only a small part of his chest got crystalized so he can still survive just like that of james, unless amshel really killed the heck of him.. oh well
about nathan being chevalier of the previous queen(either saya&diva’s mom or aunt) that’s a good explanation, but I really hope they make another season to clear things up…
as i see there’s still th chiropterans and the corpse corpse to deal with, if they do become enemies..
and about diva’s children, cute, kai is bringing them up.. good..
hope when saya wakes up, and someway remembers everything, she’ll tell her feelign for Hagi…
If anyone does hear about a sequel, please inform me
domo
Did Kai become a Chevalier? Coz it Seems He Doesn’t Get Old! It Might Turn Out Well When Saya and Kai Become Lovey Dovey!
I guess I dont get why everyone likes the pairing of kai and saya!? They were raised as brother and sister for a year! Kai even reffered to her as a little sister for half of the show!! I can’t stop thinking of them as siblings. I have to admit I got kind of grossed out when there were hints of love from kai’s side near the closing of the series. The only saving grace is that Saya never seemed to treat kai as anything more than a brother. She even seems to get a little hebbi jebbied out when kai asked her to be “with him” on the cable car. Good for saya, no incest!!
I’m totally for saya haji. I mean come on, they were obviously having some kind of relationship even before he was turned. They spent every living (well waking) moment with eachother for a centry, saya had a thing for holding on to him, grasping him, clutching his cloths… she even rests her head on his pelvis once. I dont know about you but I dont do that with people I hate. I think she often did get annoyed at him, she was going through a lot of stuff, and haji’s robotic behavior can get a little annoying. But she could have dismissed him at any time (as diva did with soloman) It did annoy me that saya did not say the 3 big words back, but I think by the time that haji got around to saying them first, there was no time to recipricate before he got crushed. All’s saya could do was scream her head off. There was true love between those two… and when saya wakes up…
I think they all got a bittersweet ending. 😮
Hi,
I’m working on a second novel that involves a character–maybe a 24 year old female–whose sister, a human rights worker, is kidnapped in Iraq. The main character has been living a slacker existence for a few years, watching a lot of anime, and is forced to move out of that shell.
She processes her feelings through writing fanfiction (before the kidnapping, she had been describing Blood+ episodes in e-mails to her sister.)
So here are my questions:
1. Where are the best sources of fanfiction? I think I’d like samples of both really good and really bad writing.
2. What is a more respectful term than “anime nerds” to refer to people who are really into it. When anime fans are being self-deprecating, what do they call themselves? kk
OMG!!! I like totally know that the show is supposto revolve around Haji and Saya but my most fave Blood+ couple is Mao and Okamura. I mean they are like total opposites (like they say opposites attract) but I think thats what makes them click. Please tell me someone out there agrees with me?
HAJI DOESNT DIEEE!
at the end Kai picks up the rose and says something like “so he’s visited”
and it was haji!
he doesnt diieeee.
i really like that episode. they are going to play it in 4 Saturdays on Adult Swim at 12:30 a.m.
Hey! This is cool! ^.^
I doubt that Nathan ever really was truly evil. I believe that he was Saya and Diva’s mother’s Chevalier. He liked a good story with plot twists and stuff. But he realized that once Diva had died, Saya would continue on fighting Chiropteran until they were gone. He then tricked her into believing that he would die after being asked to be killed. Or if the off chance he WAS evil he could come back later and stir up trouble to create more drama. After all, what’s more of a plot twister than someone coming back from the “dead”?
Pretty much watched the entire show in one sitting (not a joke lol), I really like Nathan character as well as Solomon, I guess you can say that Nathan was the only Chevalier who truly understood Diva. Have to admit that I was rather saddened by the story, especially how both of those girls could have turned to be fine living beings if they were not treated as mere specimens for a scientific freak show.
I saw this I think last year or earlier this year on Animax. Nice series. Two years hence this post but then I’m also amazed… they got an accurate F/A-18E for this e? hehe
hey is it possible if Nathan is actually Saya and Diva FATHER?
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well, i have to say – Blood+ was a very good anime. i havent watched something like that in such a long time. bewteen waiting for the next Bleach eps to come out in subs and just mindlessly thinking about how the ending will play out (Ichigo dieing…Renji dieing…Ichigo becoming captin…how ichigo will find out his father is a shinigami – or soul reaper)it gave me something to enjoy while the subs came out. though, it didnt keep me preoccupied for long. i was soon addicted and watched it almost ever moment of my free time – on the laptop or on my iPhone, it didnt really matter. in just 2 days, i had finished the entire season in 2 days. i wish something like that wouldnt have happened to Haji. Haji was my most favorite character of them all. i like him better than Saya, Diva, Kie(or, however u spell it), David or Julia. i wish he hadnt died(or, at least i think he did) and had gone and taken care of Saya. what will happen when she wakes up? Haji wont be there to “be by her side”, Sullavon wont be there either, he died because he got accidently slashed by Saya’s blade when fighting James.
it is sad really. the series was great over all, but the ending nearly broke my heart, and leaves me with so many questions…where is Haji? Did Saya even go back to the reckage to check for him? what will happen to Saya now? what will happen to Diva’s children? so many questions…no more episodes…it is really depressing. though i loved the series, i believe it did more harm than good to me. all i can think about are alternate endings to Blood+, over and over, replaying in my mind again. i would literally give 3 years of my life for the anime creators to make at LEAST 5 more episodes explaning what happened to Haji, to Saya, and everyone else. that is all i wish, and all i really want.
~dont think im crazy! i know ur thinking the same thing as you read this! x3
I finish the series at last! I think it’s better the series just end like this. I mean if there’s another season it must be as good as this!!
It’d be better if the series just end like this. I mean if there’s more season, it must be as good as this one.
Sorry for posting 3 times! I feel so sad when the series are finally finish, i was cry when i watched it. It was very sad, but also a happy ending.:'(
I really liked this series. There were many things they could’ve done better, but overall it was great. The one thing I wish they made different was the Chiropteran’s designs – it slowly changed over the course of the series and I wish it hadn’t. The first Chiropteran you see in the series (not counting Saya or Haji) was a beast and that thing deserved a bit more screentime in my opinion.
One thing I want to point out, though, just for the (sick) fun of it: Look at the second picture in the 3rd row, then the 3rd picture in that row, the 1st in the next row, the second in the 5th row, and then the 2nd in the 7th row. You can call me disgusting, but, hey. Who isn’t?…
…Anyway, great show. I didn’t expect an ending like that one, but it was satisfying enough.
i loved this series, i started yesterday around 4pm and i finished today at 7pm i seriously couldn’t stop watching it. I really want their to be another season and new episodes but I also think they stopped at a good place. even though i really want more to happen it will jsut drag on and eventually get boring. but i will still want it =[ im so sad its over… i wish we could have seen haji one last time that would have made it better.. and just little note:
R.I.P
George, Riku, Solomon, Irene, Moses,
some of my favorite characters that died TT-TT i cried for you all
Nankurunaisa means “live for today and look forward to tomorrow”
i think they should make new episodes and carry it on and is hagii alive ??
i want 2 see more of Blood+ this is like the only anime i like !!
I loved the review/blog entree, and i don’t wish to criticize, but I’m not sure Nathan faked his death… I thought he was in his new life, or reborn like Irene from the Shiff. I too dropped my jaw when Haji “died”. it wasnt till later that i discovered the little after story thing. i was depressed for sooooo long…Great review, enjoyed reading it.
for those who think haji is dead… hes not. he has been smashed under boulders and stuff many times. thats why he put the pink rose on her cocoon thing… he stabbed amshell with sayas sword cause he didnt crystilize before, and then he did and died…haji was probabaly stunned or something… and aat the end i dont think saya was faking the ‘being bleeding’ part, i think she was, but it heeled by the time she looked up. 😛 sorry, BIG Blood+ fanatic… i too admit to having a crush… being in Love with Haji… is having him as my phone background prof enough???!!!
I <3 HAJI SOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gotta love the open ending (although with a lovely optimistic, bitter-sweet twinge).
FINALLY Hagi snapped out of robot-mode (which was pretty damn annoying), although I was expecting it a little sooner especially since the ‘flashback to siberia’ episode. I mean, yes, the rare flashbacks showed how he gradually grew more emotionless over time, but there could have been a little more emotive indication other than his willingness to skewer solomon for getting within 100 feet of Saya…
(anyway…) So Hagi survived, watching over Saya as always (leaving pretty rose with ribbon), although you’ve kinda got to wonder how many years it took him to piece himself together after being crushed and blown up. I mean yes, as we’ve seen with James and co. Chevaliers can live in pieces for quite a while after being squashed/mutilated/throwndownverylargepit/etc. but paiiinnnfulll *wince*.
Kai got on with his life, all well and good, caring for Diva’s kids, and very sweet how Julia was pregnant at the end. Everything came full circle in the end in a lovely pas de deux ^^. Funny how Mao went off with photographer-guy (am wondering whether the war-zone will kill him or Mao will). Was very relieved that Lulu survived. It was simply too tragic how all the Schiff died agonisingly in succession (poetic justice that James was brought down by the Thorn though). …I cried when Moses committed suicide with Karman (saddest moment in entire series)
And Nathan. … okay am I the only one thinking ‘wtf?’ I mean, yeah they’ve been indications for a while that he could kick Ashmel’s ass into the ground (which he should have done a while back), and that he has a greater insight into Chiroptera past than anyone else (and also he mentioned something somewhere about changing his occupation in a couple of centuries… hasn’t this thing only been going since 1883? since when has he had the perspective to think “hmmm, okay I’ll spend half a millenia doing this, and then after that I might do that… see how I feel, eh?”) so I was kinda expecting him to do a disappearing trick somewhere near the end (a little suspicious how he didn’t crystallise *shifty eyes*), and am betting, as is the common consensus, that he’s the chevalier of Saya and Diva’s predecessor… but seriously, dude, why the hell are you hanging around in that get up?
So, as everyone else has said before me, definite potential for movie/OVA (please!), but I’m really gonna miss blood+ – if they do create some sort of coda, I’m betting it’ll be Hagi and Saya going around mopping up Ashmel’s mess and trying to stop Nathan corrupting the sweet innocent kids (so cute as babies ^^). Hoping that Hagi and Saya get their happy-ever-after (they kinda deserve it after everything that’s happened).
As an afterthought, is it just me, or was the entire soundtrack for blood+ (not including OP end EP) VERY similar to jin-roh? Just a thought.
Ah *cracking fingers* I think I’ve rambled enough and taken up a viable quota of cyberspace (thought I should stamp up my opinion somewhere on the net hehe).
Off to pollute someone else’s forum …. zzooommm *swoosh*
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