What is Blood Raining Night?
Blood Raining Night started off as a terribly written fan fiction published on Quizilla, March 19th, 2012, by ReicheruKetsuekineko. Its infamy increased on DeviantArt around chapter 9 (an ass-wrenching sex scene), and it soon graduated into an animation. Lightly treading the clusterfuck footsteps of My Immortal and Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls, Blood Raining Night has rightfully earned its own unique spot on the shelf of hilariously bad fandom. The story is about a 17-year-old girl who is a hybrid of a cat-demon and a vampire with a few magical powers that works for the Yakuza. She is classified as a “Mary Sue” due to her overly tragic past, bland, ever-changing personality, cute cat ears, and boobs that are so enormous that they are sometimes unintentionally used as a weapon. This girl, named Reicheru Ketsuekineko-Oni, is confronted by her abusive father who is back with a vengeance after he was supposedly killed by her many years ago. His hatred for her is rooted in an event that happened when she was a little girl; her cat-demon had randomly decided take over and that resulted in her eating her mother alive.
What Happens in the Story?
Soon after the fan fiction begins, Reicheru cheats on the “love of her life” (Denmark from Hetalia) and is impregnated with Inuyasha’s rapidly-growing baby. This baby actually turns out to be the god of the world. With the help of her friends Yuki, Minna, and Aza, Reicheru is determined to kill her father and protect her child. Many characters in the Blood Raining Night fan fiction and fanime are from popular sources such as Inuyasha, Hellsing, Elfen Lied, Legend of Korra, and Hetalia. Most, if not all, of these characters are described poorly and written completely out of character. Most of the author’s OCs are bland and unimpressive, but she did create some memorable ones. Sensei Hanayubi is probably the most loved OC in Blood Raining Night. He is endearing, funny and kind in both the fanime and the fan fiction, and is portrayed as a dedicated teacher who often finds himself in obscurely perverted situations that he’s completely oblivious to. In the fanime, Alucard is also a very popular character because of his oddly funny voice acting and silly dialogue. In contrast to the real Alucard from Hellsing, Reicheru’s version of Alucard tries to be bad-ass but epically fails and comes off as an utter joke, but even then he is still a likeable and popular character.
Bad Sex Scenes and Horrendous Writing
BRN doesn’t just have butchered, beloved characters to offer- oh no! If you like to read about people being killed with dildos or cum raining down upon innocent citizens, then this story will suit you just fine! Besides the outrageous and confusing plot, the writing mechanics are just plain terrible; Misspelling after misspelling, inappropriately used Japanese, perfectly placed typos, and Reicheru’s signature similes create one funny but headache-educing experience. The estimated amount of chapters that Reicheru wants to accomplish is 50.
But this must be a parody, right?
Well, to be honest, no one really knows at the moment. Blood Raining Night’s infamy has spread across YouTube, Deviant Art, Fanfiction.net, and Tumblr.; and you will find that on all of those sites, you will receive quite conflicting answers to that question. You will hear people strongly argue that Reicheru-Ketsueki is not a troll, and then you will also hear people who are certain she is one. “Reicheru” herself has not admitted to being a troll, if she even is.
Take a look at an excerpt from the Troll Debate: Reicheru-Ketsueki,
“If you look at everything Reicheru does individually (the fanfic, the fanime, her OCs), you might say that she’s definitely trolling. But you can’t just focus in on one thing; you have to look at the whole picture…On her Deviant Art, Reicheru doesn’t just post chapters to her fan-fiction. She also posts poems, drawings, art-trades and everything else someone who is serious about their Deviant Art would do.”
And of course, she is also involved in her animation project and various other hobbies. The confusion as to whether she is or is not trolling has also greatly contributed to Blood Raining Night’s growing popularity. As time has gone on, people that see Reicheru as an extremely crafty and dedicated troll or as a serious-but-terrible artist have embraced Blood Raining Night and have even shared a few tears. Reicheru has improved on not only her attitude towards harsh criticism and being seen as a joke, but also her artistic skills; and through all the hatred and general negativity, she still manages to write a new chapter and animate a new episode. Blood Raining Night even holds some of its own originality; it’s considered funny, terrible, mind-fucking, heart-warming, and bizarre; but whatever it actually is, it’s here to stay.
External References
The Troll Debate: Reicheru Ketsueki
http://bloodrainingnight.tumblr.com/post/48436889786/the-troll-debate-reicheru-ketsueki
Sources From Reicheru:
http://quizilla.teennick.com/user/reicheruketsuekineko/
http://reicheru-ketsueki.deviantart.com/
http://www.fanfiction.net/~reicheruketsuekinekooni
http://www.youtube.com/user/ReicheruKetsuekineko/videos?view=0
BRN Fan Site:
http://bloodrainingnight.tumblr.com/
Official BRN Fan Site:
http://reicheruskittypowers.webs.com/