[QUOTE=Hittokiri Zero] ...we are given more information on Rozen Kreuze (spelling? I spelled it on sound so I know it's wrong...)
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While Trinity Blood isn't exactly mind-blowing the "Crusnik" idea has me bought and i'm eager to find out more about many of the character's pasts and true intentions.[/QUOTE]
Wikipedia has it listed as the Rosenkreuz Orden, and references the [I]Rosicrucian[/I] . The site also goes into great detail about all the history the series is based on. I read a good portion of it and was piqued about the series before I even started watching the anime. There's a lot of symbolism there that exists outside of the political.
And I was struck by the Abel/Vash bit as well, although Abel seems to act much more incompetent than the Stampede; where Vash adroitly avoids anything and everything early in his series, Abel just lets himself get beat up, stabbed, and knocked out. Ah, well. It seems to be working for him. Besides, Vash can't absorb vampire blood through [I]his[/I] boot.
