Blood Lad

Blood Lad (ブラッドラッド) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuuki Kodama and serialized in Young Ace. It follows Staz, a vampire from the surreal Demon World, who meets Fuyumi Yanagi, an ordinary Japanese high school girl who accidentally wanders into the Demon World through a portal. Shortly after their meeting Fuyumi is killed by a carnivorous plant and turned into a ghost, causing Staz to take responsibility and pledge to help bring her back to life. An anime adaptation aired between July and September 2013.

In North America, the manga has been licensed for an English language release by Yen Press. The anime series has been licensed by Viz Media for streaming on their website VizAnime and home video distribution in 2014. Neon Alley also acquired the series for streaming on their web service.

Plot

Staz is a powerful vampire boss of a territory in the Demon World. Unlike his vampire ancestors, he prefers not to prey on humans, and would rather indulge in their Japanese otaku lifestyle of reading manga, watching anime, and playing video games. One day, he becomes excited when Fuyumi Yanagi, an ordinary Japanese high school girl, accidentally wanders into the Demon World through a portal. The two's first meeting is cut short by the attack of a demon who challenges his territory. When Staz goes to stop the demon, Fuyumi is killed by a carnivorous plant and turned into a ghost. Staz takes responsibility and pledges to help bring her back to life. When they take the portal, they learn that Fuyumi needs to drink Staz's blood in order to not fade away. They meet Hydra Bell, a treasure hunter who reveals her ability to open and close the portal was stolen, and that in order to restore Fuyumi they need the Book of Resurrection.

Characters

Main characters

Buraddo Chārī Sutazu (ブラッド・チャーリー・スタズ)
Staz is one of the territory bosses of Demon World East. Although he is the descendant of the noble vampire Dracula who would go to the human world to suck blood, he shows no interest in the vampire lifestyle, preferring to indulge himself in Japanese culture and media. For secondary vampire characteristics, he does not fly or have bat wings, he can eat garlic, he is not susceptible to crosses, and he heals rapidly. He is immediately attracted to Fuyumi, but when she is killed and becomes a ghost, he makes it his mission to bring her back to life. He struggles with his feelings about her, whether it is his desire to suck her dry as a mummy or whether it could be something romantic. In the human world, he carries a spray bottle of his spit that allows him to manipulate the memories of the humans there. He can also revive Fuyumi by giving her some of his blood. He describes his abilities as radiating with a range of up to tens of meters. When he was younger, his brother Braz sealed his full potential power by shooting him with a special bullet. This was because he was unable to handle his power and would collapse in a nose bleed after using the power. He is later freed from the restriction.

Yanagi Fuyumi (柳冬実)
Fuyumi is a Japanese high school girl who got lost in the Demon World after wandering into a portal that had opened in her bedroom. She is eaten by a carnivorous plant demon, and ends up a ghost / demon, leaving behind only her bones and clothes. She wears a characteristic triangular white cloth on her head as a result. She accompanies Staz on his quest to bring her back to life. In the human world, she risks fading away so she must be replenished by Staz's blood or other methods. Prior to her adventures with Staz, she has been living with her father, but the whereabouts of her mother is unknown. When she starts fading in the demon world, Frankie discovers she might have a hybrid of demon attributes. It is later revealed that she and Bell became sisters, as her mother had merged with her doppelgänger counterpart from the demon world when they met each other.

Haidora Beru (ハイドラベル)
Hydrabell, or Bell for short, is a treasure hunter who is able to travel across dimensions and between the human and demon world using the Black Curtain. She initially appears with a large backpack with scrolls on its pockets. Her goal is to catch the magic thief who stole her ability to put away the Black Curtain that brought Fuyumi into the demon world, and then make that thief her lover-boy. She can teleport people away using a picture frame as the portal, and can spy on people by finger framing like a photographer. Although she determines that Staz is not the magic thief, she grows attracted to Staz, and secretly plans to win his affections. She learns later that Akim, when he was Pantomime, was the magic thief. The Volume 4 extra shows her corresponding with VIPs such as Bill Gates.. It is later revealed that her mother had met her doppelgänger counterpart on Earth and merged, making her and Fuyumi sisters.

Urufu (ウルフ)
He is the hybrid lycanthrope who controls most of Demon World West. He is Staz's friend and rival, having known each other since Staz ran away from Acropolis. Staz says that Wolf uses his magic to strengthen his own body so he can excel in beating up on an opponent. He is of noble blood and was supposed to live in Acropolis, but admitted that he was abandoned because he is not a pure-blooded werewolf. According to himself, he is "a mix of lycanthrope and nobody". He can assume his fully transformed form for about three minutes, although if not done right, he only partially transforms.

Supporting characters

Demon World East

Deku (デク)
Staz's right-hand man. He is often the one leading the gang when outside and patrolling whenever Staz is busy with his Japanese media.

Sati (サティ)
Saty is the manager of the Third Eye Cafe in the demon world. She and Mamejirou have clairvoyant powers thanks to her third eye. She does not speak, relying on Mamejirou to communicate her thoughts. She is able to stop Staz and Mamejirou from fighting with an intimidating stare.

Mamejirō (豆次郎)
A three-eyed talking weasel-like demon who works at the Third Eye Cafe along with his partner Saty. He is very talkative. He and Saty have clairvoyant powers. He appears regularly inside the jacket covers for the Japanese graphic novel publications.

Mimikku Yoshida (ミミック吉田)

Demon World East

Deku (デク)
Staz's right-hand man. He is often the one leading the gang when outside and patrolling whenever Staz is busy with his Japanese media.

Sati (サティ)
Saty is the manager of the Third Eye Cafe in the demon world. She and Mamejirou have clairvoyant powers thanks to her third eye. She does not speak, relying on Mamejirou to communicate her thoughts. She is able to stop Staz and Mamejirou from fighting with an intimidating stare.

Mamejirō (豆次郎)
A three-eyed talking weasel-like demon who works at the Third Eye Cafe along with his partner Saty. He is very talkative. He and Saty have clairvoyant powers. He appears regularly inside the jacket covers for the Japanese graphic novel publications.

Mimikku Yoshida (ミミック吉田)
Yoshida is a doppelganger who joins Staz's gang, serving as Staz's double whenever he is away.

Demon World West

Kiji (キジ)
Wolf's underling. He has light hair and wears a black turtleneck.

Tobi (トビ)
Wolf's underling. He wears a knit cap and has dark hair.

Furanken Shutain (フランケン・シュタイン)
A scientist within the Demon World, named after the scientist who had stitched body parts of humans together, and whom he calls his ancestor. He is an expert on demon physiology and conducts experiments on demons. He is interested in experimenting on Fuyumi, He had worked on an experiment to create a supreme body based on stitching together the body parts of demons; the result was Papradon Akim.

Demon World Acropolis

Buraddo Dī Burazzu (ブラッド・D・ブラッズ)
Staz and Liz's older brother. He is the one who wrote the book of resurrection that Staz and the others believe can bring Fuyumi back to life. When they were younger, he conducted experiments on Staz to unlock his true potential. He later sealed Staz's powers away with a magic bullet that he shot into Staz's heart. While his intentions are always under suspicion from Staz, his motive is to dethrone Wolf Daddy's reign as King of Acropolis, since Wolf Daddy had killed his father. He orchestrates the creation of Papradon Akim and has Staz test his strength on him. One of his abilities is to manipulate blood.

Buraddo Tī Rizu (ブラッド・T・リズ)
(Japanese); Sherry Lynn[5] (English)
Liz is Braz and Staz's younger sister. She has a great respect for her eldest brother Braz and a deep disdain for her older brother Staz. This is partly because Staz ran away from home and partly because Braz would spend all his time on Staz. She is the jailer of Acropolis and has the power to judge and imprison demons in her own personal dungeon known as Liz's Toy Box.Liz comes to care for Staz and admire him after seeing his real power (that Braz sealed). She takes a liking to Fuyumi after finding that Fuyumi isn't afraid of her or seeking to win her favor.

Dimensional Highway

The Dimensional Highway is one of the seven wonders of the demon world. It is described as a labyrinth of countless doors.

Neru (ネル)
Knell is a transporter and takes on jobs to transport goods to different locations. He is the younger brother of Bell, and fellow spatial magic user. He was born after Neyn had fused so his demon powers are not as strong as Bell's.

Nein (ネイン)
Bell and Knell's mother. She has dark hair, but originally had light hair when Bell was a child. Fourteen years ago, when she met her doppelgänger counterpart in the human world, who happened to be Fuyumi's mother, she fused with her and became one person (she has heterochromia). She had since agreed to live in the demon world with Heads. She and Braz are e-mail friends.

Hezzu (ヘッズ)
Heads Hydra is Neyn's husband and Bell and Knell's father. Initially appearing as a flying multi-headed serpent, he assumes a human shape where he typically wears a "I ♥ Neyn" T-shirt and pajamas that he had during their honeymoon.

Other characters

Yanagi (柳)
Fuyumi's father. He was aware of the Demon World's existence following his wife's fusion with Neyn and decided to give up being with her to Heads Hydra to instead raise Fuyumi on his own. He has a Demon World counterpart who works as a butler to the Hydra family.

Katy (ケイティ)
Wolf's mother and Wolf Daddy's estranged wife. She lives on Earth where she is a school teacher. Although Wolf Daddy covets her powers, Katy says her time on Earth has diminished them so she is willing to teach Wolf how to use his powers so she doesn't have to return to the demon world.

White Step (ホワイトステップ)
White Step is a colleague of Wolf Daddy; they were in a secret task force called the Demon Colors under the king. He is a human who has survived in the demon world using his dodging skills and living off the grid. He trains Staz and Wolf in the art of dodging, and agrees to let the Blacklist be exposed if it will protect his demon disciple Pati. He resides in Demon World North.

Pati (パティ)
White Step's demon disciple who appears as a boy. Although he appears to be rather meek, he transforms into a beast. His name was kept off the Blacklist when it was revealed as part of White Step's negotiations with Wolf Daddy.

type	tv series
director	Shigeyuki Miya
writer	Takeshi Konuta
music	Yuki Hayashi
studio	Brain's Base
network	TV Saitama, tvk, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TVQ, GBS, MTV, Chiba TV, BS11
first	July 7, 2013
last	September 8, 2013
episodes	10 + OVA
episode list	List of Blood Lad episodes

Plot

Characters

Main characters

Supporting characters

Demon World East

Demon World East

Demon World West

Demon World Acropolis

Dimensional Highway

Other characters

Media

Manga

Volumes

Bloody Brat

Volumes

Bloody Brat

Anime

Reception

Works cited

External links

References

Demon World West

Demon World Acropolis

Dimensional Highway

Other characters