Akasha Bloodriver | |
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Kana | アカーシャ=ブラッドリバー |
Romaji | Akāsha Buraddoribā |
Debut | |
Manga | Rosario + Vampire |
Anime | Rosario + Vampire |
Profile | |
Gender | Female |
Age | 500+ |
Race | Shinso Vampiress |
Hair Color | Pink |
Eye Color | Green |
Technique | Martial Arts, Swordsmanship |
Equipment | Sword(Formerly) Rosario Cross (formerly) |
Personal Status | |
Relatives | Issa Shuzen (Husband) Moka Akashiya (Daughter) Kokoa Shuzen (Step-Daughter) Akua Shuzen (Step-Daughter) Kahlua Shuzen (Step-Daughter) |
Affiliations | Shuzen Family
Leader of the Three Dark Lords |
Class | Beyond S-Class |
Akasha Bloodriver (アカーシャ=ブラッドリバー Akāsha Buraddoribā) is the mother of Moka Akashiya, and the step-mother of Kokoa Shuzen, Akua Shuzen and Kahlua Shuzen.
Appearance[]
Akasha is a very beautiful fair-skinned young woman with long pink hair that she ties in a black ribbon and green eyes. Akasha looks a lot like Outer Moka as they both have the same traits; the same skin color, pink hair color and green eye color. Akasha is sometimes depicted with red eyes instead of green.
She wears a large Victorian-styled gown that is black, along with heeled platforms. Under her dress is a battle uniform which consists of a revealing corset, black shorts and garters.
Personality[]
Akasha appears to have a similar personality to both Outer Moka and Inner Moka. Akasha is shown to be kind and gentle towards other people and cares greatly for them; even her husband's other lovers, which is similar to how Outer Moka would react.
But when fighting, Akasha becomes more like Inner Moka as she has the same fighting style just like her daughter.
According to Touhou Fuhai, Akasha's tender-hearted nature could also be a drawback. As he stated in the flashback of Moka's past, Akasha's nature inhibited her battle prowess. Her given name goes before her family name, unlike Moka Akashiya and the rest of the Shuzen family. Although not a biological or blood-related Shuzen member, Akasha does serve a lot of purpose to the storylines in the manga chapters and volumes of Season II. Touhou Fuhai describes Akasha as a strong, but sad woman who carries a heavy burden. She is also mainly a stepmother to the Shuzen Family.
History[]
Akasha was a small child in 15th century Wallachia. Her kingdom had been destroyed by humans, and only she and her king, Dracula, survived the carnage. Her king would then rename himself Alucard, and work to avenge what became of his homeland and his people.
However, due to Akasha still hoping for peace between humans and monsters, Alucard separated from her to fulfill his goal for vengeance to rebuild his lost kingdom; and when they met again, the two became enemies to see which of their goals would triumph.
Manga[]
Akasha first appears in Rosario + Vampire II Chapter 029. According to Akua, Akasha is currently believed to be residing inside Alucard, which is itself held in the Floating Garden, Fairy Tale's Headquarters. Akua also states that she has possibly merged with Alucard because of the time that has past, this has yet to be proven.
Later on, it is revealed by Gyokuro that when Akasha, Touhou and Tenmei Mikogami were fighting Alucard many years ago, they were unable to defeat him. So Akasha allowed herself to be devoured in order to seal him from the inside. 170 years later, Akasha is rescued by the Shuzen Family; but due to being inside Alucard for all that time, her Yōki and even her blood had combined with Alucard's. This caused them to become synchronized. She would later pass the Shinso blood into her daughter, Moka, to save her life, and eventually it was passed into Tsukune by Moka.
During the battle against Fairy Tale in Gyokuro's flashback, Akasha tells Issa that she plans to make a world where humans and monsters can coexist with Issa who agreed with her that when the time comes for that they will all live together in the human world.
Akasha is later revived when Tsukune attaches the Rosario she made to Alucard's chest. She then binds Alucard and takes control of his main body. She told her former king that their journey had gone on long enough and that it had to end. And while they sought different goals (vengeance versus peace) it was for the same reason. To create a utopia where humans and monsters could live peacefully with each other. "And now," she went on, as she gazed at her daughter and Tsukune, "our dream has been passed on to a new generation." She watched as her former king finally relinquished his obsession and agreed to end their existence together.
Moka called out to her, clearly against at the thought of losing her mother again. At that time, Akua stepped forth, and revealed that Outer Moka was actually Akasha, who'd erased her own memories in order to protect her daughter as a personality.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Vampirism: Akasha is one of the two progenitors of the Shinso bloodline in the world with Alucard being the other which makes her one of the most powerful characters in the series. A sign of her strength is that she is recognized as the leader of the Three Dark Lords meaning her power is viewed to be greater than that of Tenmei Mikogami and Touhou Fuhai who are similarly very powerful monsters themselves despite not being vampires. Her power is demonstrated in fact that she needed help from the other two Dark Lords when fighting Alucard at full strength when he absorbed countless other monsters but was able to swiftly seal Alucard a second time on her own while fighting him in a starved state when he briefly reawakened. This being most notable as Akasha was the only character able to contend against Alucard singlehandedly when all other adversaries of the older Shinso Vampire needed to ally and fight together against him.
- Immense Strength: Akasha has demonstrated some of the powerful feats of physical strength in the series, perhaps second to that of Alucard himself. 7 years ago, after her recent fight with Akua, she was able to effortlessly slash apart Alucard's tentacles with her bare hands while Akua needed to use her Jigen-Tou technique for the same result all the while still regenerating from being bisected. Later during the fight against Alucard, Akasha was able to completely destroy his body altogether with her kicks to the extent that they weren't able to regenerate from the sheer damage which left Akua herself completely astonished by the feat. This being most notable because both Tsukune and Moka, two recent full-fledged Shinso Vampires, using the Creation ability to create armaments to explode on contact with their target in addition to their greatly enhanced strength weren't able to accomplish this same feat at all. Though it should be noted that Akasha was fighting Alucard when he just recently awakened in a starving state while Tsukune and Moka were fighting him after he regained his full strength and merged with his clone who seemingly increased Alucard already immense power.
- Immense Speed and Reflexes: Akasha was able to dodge most of Akua's super speed attacks, in fact the only reason that Akua even managed to land those attacks on Akasha in the first place was because Akasha's power restrictions and the elder vampire never had any real intent on fighting Akua. Also is the fact Akua was only able to bisect Akasha when the Dark Lord was momentarily distracted by Moka's unexpected interruption towards their battle. In the battle against Alucard to rescue Moka, Akasha is capable of dodging Alucard's tentacles and damaging him in the process; however, she did not dodge his last attack due to knowing what she had to do to seal him up again.
- Immense Agility: As in accordance with her speed Akasha has demonstrated great agility being able to dodge all of Alucard's attacks whilst in mid-air. In fact, Akasha was able to swiftly retaliate against Alucard's tentacles with numerous kicks in a second while in mid-air and performed several acrobatic movements during her fight with Akua as well.
- Immense Stamina: Akasha's body produces considerably less fatigue toxins than that of both humans and monsters including her fellow vampires as she's able to exert herself beyond the limits of even vampires. 200 years ago, it is said that Akasha and the other two Dark Lords fought against Alucard non-stop for many days before she sealed him from the inside. Her stamina is furthered shown when she was able to easily save Akua from Alucard's tentacles all the while still regenerating from her bisection which completely surprised the younger vampire then. Also, she was able to perform the sealing ceremony on Moka to seal her Shinso blood in order to seal Alucard just after briefly fighting against him that required using tremendous enough strength to destroy his body without showing any fatigue.
- Immense Durability and Endurance: Akasha displayed incredible endurance, physical resistance, and pain tolerance more so than most other characters in the series. This was first shown in her fight against Akua where she easily endured Akura's Jigen-Tou attacks without showing any signs of outward pain or reaction despite them destroying sections of the Shuzen mansion. She also only showed small discomfort and grimacing while regenerating from Akua's bisection of her after saving the younger vampire from Alucard. Later on, during her fight against Alucard 7 years ago, Akasha also willingly endured the older Shinso's last attack which involved being pierced by many of his tentacles at the same time with only a small of pain being shown in order to reach Moka. Also, while performing the sealing ceremony on Moka, Akasha displayed no outward reaction to Alucard's constriction of her with his tentacles while explaining to Moka the details of the sealing before being eaten.
- High-Speed Regeneration: As demonstrated when she was cut by Akua early in their battle, Akasha showed a remarkable regenerative factor. In only a matter of moments, gaping wounds were sealed up, leaving her none the worse for the wear. Even being bisected by Akua failed to keep her down as it took only a few minutes for her to pull herself back together, much to Akua's complete and utter surprise with Akasha remarking that her body is much sturdier than most would believe. As of now, Akasha is the only one seen with this level of regeneration besides Alucard.
- Shinso Bloodline: Akasha is well known for being a progenitor of a Shinso bloodline with the other being Alucard himself. This bloodline gives Akasha a legendary power described as a "darkness deeper than night". Due to the 170 years of time, she spent sleeping inside Alucard in order to seal him from the inside out, their Shinso blood mixed together and became synchronized. Gyokuro stated that this combination poses a danger level beyond imagination. After fusing with Alucard again for 7 years Akasha gained control over his body being able to wrest control of it when Tsukune provided the catalyst for her resurrection by placing Moka's broken Rosary on Alucard's chest with him referring to her as a bomb inside him.
- Immortality: As a progenitor of a Shinso bloodline, Akasha is near immortal as she is one of two oldest characters being over 500 years old, second to that of Alucard, and according to herself is very hard to keep down demonstrated when recovering from Akua's bisection which only briefly incapacitated her for a few minutes while both Moka and Akua believing she was killed. This suggests that ordinary vampires would die from such a fatal wound despite their regenerative healing while Akasha easily survived this attempt on her life. Also, she willingly allowed herself to be devoured by Alucard twice in order to seal him from the inside and surviving both times within his body with the first being recused by the Shuzen family after 170 years of slumbering and other after Tsukune placed Moka's rosary cross on Alucard which allowed her to resurrect herself from his body. This being most notable as all other monsters Alucard devoured and absorbed quickly died from such including vampires such as Gyokuro Shuzen who willingly fused herself to Alucard only to be devoured and killed after losing the rosary cross to Moka.
- Blood Transfusion: As a vampire, Akasha can transfer her own blood into another being if she has to by using her fangs. In a brief flashback, Akasha transferred as much of her blood into the baby Moka in order to save her sick daughter's life shortly after her birth.
- Wealth of Power: Yukari states that all vampires and vampiresses have an ability called "Wealth of Power." Yukari also stated that most vampires have rejected this ability in spite of its tremendous potential due to their innate narcissism and vanity. In Akasha's Shinso form upon her revival, she is able to grow six gigantic bat wings with the lowering pair being larger than the one on top.
Abilities[]
Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Akasha's fighting style is identical to how Inner Moka fights, with a variety of Tae Kwon Do kicks, but the difference in raw power and skill that Akasha is capable of generating is exponentially staggering. She also passed on to Moka her signature catchphrase of "Know Your Place" when kicking an enemy down which suggests that Akasha had personally taught to her daughter this fighting style that Moka uses to this day. During the battle against Alucard 200 years ago, Akasha required help from both Mikogami and Fuhai in order to temporarily defeat and seal Alucard away while 7 years ago during his brief reawakening in a starving state, she was able to swiftly deal with Alucard on her own in order to reach Moka and seal her Shinso blood. Touhou Fuhai stated that Akasha is also known as the "Nosferatu" due to practically nothing being able to kill her when she fights seriously thus proving that had she been serious and able to use her true power, Akua wouldn't have been able to briefly defeat her at all.
Black Arts Expert: Possibly having learned from fellow Dark Lord Touhou Fuhai or perhaps self-taught, Akasha has some expertise of black arts in particular with seals as she created Moka's Rosario Cross that sealed Moka's Shinso blood and memories. This seal also houses an artificial personality cloned from Akasha herself. In fact when she created the rosary, Akasha also built in a connection between her and the rosary allowing her protect Moka from lethal blows originating from Alucard's body while inside him. When Tsukune pressed the broken Rosario Cross to Alucard's chest Akasha was also able to use that opportunity to revive herself from his flesh as well.
Mother's Love[]
When Moka was born, she was on the verge of death. To save her, Akasha transfused as much of her blood as possible in order to revive her. An unexpected result was that her Shinso power transferred into Moka, saving her from certain death. Akasha's love for Moka was so powerful that she specially made a Rosario Cross for Moka; to lock away her Shinso blood, and thus prevent Moka from awakening Alucard to give her a chance at a normal life, not involved with Alucard.
As fate would have it, Moka went insane upon seeing her mother cut in half by her sister and awoke her powers; at the same time awakening Alucard from its slumber. To save Moka, Akasha gave her life to activate the seal, placing the fake personality "Outer Moka" which was herself, in place of her daughter, and was subsequently absorbed into Alucard to "seal him from the inside".
Etymology[]
- The name Akasha (Sanskrit ākāśa आकाश) is a term for ether in traditional Indian cosmology, depending on the religion. The term has also been adopted in Western occultism and spiritualism in the late 19th century. In Hindi, Nepali, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil it means "sky". In many modern Indo-Aryan languages and Dravidian languages the corresponding word (often rendered Akash) retains a generic meaning of "sky".
- Her name may also be a reference to Akasha, the queen & original vampiress from Anne Rice's 1988 novel "Queen Of The Damned."
Trivia[]
- Her first name, Akasha, most likely comes from Moka's surname, Akashiya.
- Akasha might be the only family member of the Shuzen Family without her first name or given name relating to a beverage, though she makes up for this by her last name, Bloodriver, as its similarity to the sound of "blood river".
- Akasha is one of the oldest vampires in the Rosario + Vampire franchise.
- Akasha, like Kahlua, Akua, Gyokuro and Alucard is a manga-exclusive character.
- Akasha's knowledge that she has strength means she has great confidence, unlike Outer Moka, who shows no confidence in her abilities.
- Akasha used to keep photos of Moka and herself in photo albums, but tore all of them away when giving the Rosario to Moka, and became Outer Moka.
- Akasha doesn't seem to feel offended by Gyokuro's hatred for Akasha's wish in human-and-monster equality.
- Akasha was the target of Gyokuro's anger because Akasha stole Issa away from her.
- Akasha's hair is almost always worn in a low ponytail with a red bow.
- Akasha's wish for equality between monsters and humans is similar to the same wish as Tsukune Aono also as Alucard (before his kingdom destruction).
- Akasha's main look is old fashioned goth.
- Akasha is the first Shinso Vampire in a way of having the blood of Alucard, but Alucard is the real First Ancestor.
- Akasha is most probably based of "Akasha Queen Of The Damned" from the vampire chronicles, Who in it, is the main Villain of the story and known as the "first vampire" also as "queen of vampires". After been revived from Alucard body, Akasha had bore a quite similar look to those of "Akasha".