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I'm really not a morning person.
It seems like it takes me forever to wake up.
Today was different, though.
Sophie-chan, good mo—
Oh, good morning, Akari.
What?!
Sophie-chan, you changed your hairstyle?!
I was awake in an instant!
Episode 12
The Vampire and the Changing Seasons
You got a lot cut off!
I didn't know there were salons open in the middle of the night.
You look great with short hair, too.
Oh, this happened
when I went to take out the trash earlier.
Since it's so close, I wasn't being very careful.
So the sun hit it...
and most of it turned to ash.
A-A-Ash?!
Well, these kinds of blunders happen from time to time.
I'm lucky it didn't hit my skin.
You can't put yourself in danger like that over trash!
It's a big deal, even if it's just your hair!
But it's against the city's rules to take the trash out at night.
I'll do it!
You're not allowed to take the trash out anymore!
Well, by the time the sun goes down, it should be back to normal.
I know, but...
Hey, Sophie-chan...
Let me play with it a bit before it grows back!
O-Okay...
You look kind of young with your hair like this.
Really?
Look, we look the same!
I can't tell since I don't have a reflection.
Anyway, don't you have to get ready for school?
You're right!
I'm home!
Welcome back.
Your hair's already back!
You know, that length does suit you better.
You think so?
All right, I'm going to get dinner ready.
Delicious Milk
Let's see...
Oh?
Sophie-chan, you don't have any blood left in the fridge.
Oh, shoot.
I meant to order some, but I forgot.
Oh, well... Should be fine if I order with express delivery.
Blood Delivery Notice of Temporary Service Interruption We apologize for any inconvenience, but our service will be not available for a while.
What's wrong?
The site I usually order from is temporarily out of service.
What?
Good evening!
Thought I'd come over for a bit.
Hi, Ellie-chan.
And you can't find anything elsewhere?
Doesn't look like it.
What's up with you two?
What's with these serious faces?
Ellie?
Hey, that's it! Ellie probably has extra blood on hand.
She also uses it on her skin and in baths.
I should see if she'd let me have some.
Ellie, I wanted to ask you...
Oh, that reminds me.
I've run out of blood.
I was wondering if you could order me some online.
I see.
I guess this is a bit of a problem.
Ellie-chan, actually...
Oh, my.
So we won't be able to buy blood for a while.
Right.
What should we eat until then?
My time has finally come!
Go ahead and take as much of my blood from wherever you see fit!
It's just a few days.
We can tough it out.
What? Tough it out?
Me, I said! Me!
I've never been good at toughing it out.
Hey!
If we do it carefully so we don't cause a scene,
we could just suck someone's blood.
There are a lot of humans in the city, so there's bound to be
some weirdos who'd like to have their blood sucked by a vampire once.
There's one right here!
As long as they consent, it's not a problem.
Hear, hear!
So I'll go out and see!
I'm too worried to let you go alone.
You could just suck my blood...
Does my blood really taste that bad?
There are a lot of really tasty-looking girls out here.
What is it?
Blood Bank
A blood bank?
That sounds enticing.
I wonder if they'd sell us some.
They won't. That blood is for transfusions.
They don't have any for vampires.
I got some candy.
That's kinda nice, huh?
For candy?
I see how it is.
Excuse me, miss.
I've got much better sweets right here.
What do you say?
Want to donate some of your blood to me?
Stop obstructing other people's businesses!
I didn't get to suck anyone's blood.
What's that cake for?
I'm sucking Sophie's blood tonight.
Wait, if vampires can suck each other's blood,
doesn't that mean you have an unlimited food supply?
No, we vampires suck something like the life force out of the blood we consume.
So if you suck the blood from someone who's not alive, it's fairly meaningless.
All it does is sate your hunger for a bit.
O-Oh, I see...
Ow!
Stare...
Stop staring like that.
No! I wanna see it!
All right, I'm going to school.
Okay.
I'm home.
Welcome back.
Oh? You're up early today.
Yeah.
Were you... so hungry you couldn't sleep?
That's not it.
Don't worry about it.
Are you sure?
How do you do?
I was so hungry, I couldn't really sleep.
I knew it!
It's not that long! Just tough it out!
Hey, Sophie.
Yes?
Black hair that's cut short is so sexy.
It really accentuates the whiteness of the neck.
If you take a closer look, Akari's quite a tasty-looking girl.
It's not proper for a young woman to expose her neck like that.
A scarf? Is this for me?
Why don't we kill some time with a movie?
Sounds good! I like movies.
An action movie should distract us.
You're right.
Freeze!
This is the end of the line.
Slowly get on your knees and put your gun down.
You're too late.
The goods are already gone!
I'm getting so hungry.
Any movie with blood is torture. Let's stop this one.
Let's just watch some peaceful slice-of-life anime.
This should be fine.
Want to go somewhere on the way home?
That sounds good.
I know a great all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu place.
Nobody gets all-you-can-eat shabu shabu on the way home from school!
Rumble
Young, healthy girls sure look tasty!
The Next Day
I hope Sophie and Ellie are okay.
They said the online shop should be reopened soon.
It's finally lunch time.
I thought I was going to starve to death during class.
Me, too. My stomach kept rumbling...
Starving... to death?!
What's wrong, Akari?!
Are you sick?
Sophie-chan, are you okay? Are you still alive?!
I'm a vampire, so I'm not alive, but I am okay.
She really doesn't seem very energetic.
Sophie-chan...
Please drink my blood.
My blood might not be particularly tasty,
but it must be better than nothing.
Akari, you're worried about me?
I have no intention of accepting charity from you, though.
Wha?!
I'm so hungry.
Ellie-chan, drink my...
I don't want your blood.
I'm sorry my blood is so disgusting that I can't help you at all,
even when you're both suffering so much.
Akari...
That's not it.
The reason we don't want to suck your blood is because you're our friend.
It would be dangerous to get into the habit of sucking
blood from humans we're around every day.
Sophie-chan...
I get it. The reason you don't want to drink my blood is
because you care about me.
And yet, I was always obliviously trying to...
Well, I also just don't have any desire at all to drink her blood.
Same.
Besides, the site is going to be back up tonight, so it's not so bad.
Really?
That's great.
Delivery!
We can finally eat dinner together again.
Everything's back to normal.
I'm starving.
Well, then...
Let's eat!
It's so good!
It is.
You know, I used to really want you two to suck my blood,
but now I'm content with just fantasizing about it!
I see.
Fantasy in Full Swing
It's bad manners to fantasize and grin like that during a meal!
She does look happy, though.
What a nice night.
Maybe I should go for a walk.
So, where should I take a walk today?
Oh, no!
I forgot to put shoes on!
I need to go back and put some on.
Oh?
Are you going for a walk?
Yeah.
It's a nice night.
I want to go, too!
That's fine, I guess.
Yay!
It's gotten pretty warm, huh?
Yeah.
I was thinking we could try to walk somewhere far today.
Was there a specific place you had in mind?
Well, there's this "date spot" in a park in the next town over.
Maybe we'd look like a couple if we walked there together.
Vetoed.
A high school girl is too young for that.
Nooooooo
Mori-san!
Oh, good evening!
Good evening.
Are you out jogging?
I am!
I took it up recently for my health.
I did gain some stamina, and people comment on how youthful I look!
But you're already plenty young.
Flattery gets you everywhere!
360s
50s
Incidentally, Teens
Man, these computer things break so easily.
Huh?
Hey, where are you two going?
Oh, hi, Ellie-chan!
We're just going on a walk.
Aw, but I was just on my way to your house to ask you to fix this.
You really need to stop hitting it in your attempts to "fix" it.
How many have you broken now?
When are you getting back?
Akari's coming too, so it won't be that late.
Then I'll just go in and wait for you.
I wanted to finish that manga anyway.
Later!
Okay, later.
She's totally acting like she lives here.
Yes, but it's nice that she comes over so often.
Yeah, you're right.
Akari, aren't you tired?
We've been walking for a long time.
I'm still fine!
Schools have a totally different feel at night than during the day.
Let's go inside.
Huh?
I've never been on the school's roof before!
Wow!
You can see so much of the city!
Akari?
What is it, Sophie-chan?
You're saying you don't eat lunch on the roof like they do in anime?
Hey!
Rooftop Do Not Enter
What are you doing out here this late?
Besides, the roof is always off limits!
Rooftop Do Not Enter
It's written right here!
Huh?
What? Huh?
But they were right there...
I hear a new ghost story started going around school after that.
Watch where you step, Yuu.
Yeah.
There have been rumors about floating girls spotted in this area.
A must-see for our occult club!
Hey, could that be...
Oh...
Sakuya, isn't that her over there?
I-I finally get to see the real...
deal?
Huh? Sakuya-chan? Yuu-chan?
Akari-chan and... Sophie-chan?
I knew it.
What are you doing here?
We're doing an investigation.
We were looking for the floating girls.
There are rumors of that around here, too?
Let's get out of here, Akari.
S-See you later, Sophie-san.
What is it, Mikan?
Hinata-chan!
Akari! Sophie!
On a walk with Mikan-chan?
Yeah.
Hey, Mikan, stop that!
I never thought I'd run into you here.
Is this your usual walking route?
We don't really have one.
I was thinking we might run into you, though, if we came this way.
Akari...
I... I'm so happy...
Hinata-chan, what's wrong?
Next time, you should come to my place again.
We can't always crash at Sophie's house.
R-Right.
Next time, we'll bring Ellie-chan with us, too.
Don't worry, Sophie-chan.
Once she understands that you want to be friends,
I'm sure she won't bark at you anymore.
Be friends... Be friends...
I guess she was so comfy, she fell asleep.
Good for you, Sophie-chan!
Yeah.
Want to try holding her?
Yes.
I-I guess it's still too soon for that.
Sorry, Sophie.
See you tomorrow, then.
Yeah!
We've run into so many people we know today.
Yeah.
That reminds me, Sophie-chan...
Want to walk over toward the woods?
But there's nothing there.
That's not true.
Okay, then. I haven't been there in a while.
I used to go there on my walks,
but when weird rumors started going around, I stopped.
But it was thanks to those rumors that I got to meet you in the first place.
That takes me back.
Thinking of the spot where I first met you...
We're here. It's been a while.
Y-Yeah.
I built this place up too much in my memory, didn't I?
The cherry trees are starting to bloom.
Huh? Cherry trees? Where?
It's so dark, I can't see anything.
It was around this time of year when we met, too.
Hey, look! There's a rare mushroom there.
Huh? Wai—
Sophie-chan...
Sophie-chan, where are you?
Hey, Sophie-chan!
What is Akari doing?
Oh, right, humans can't see anything in the dark.
I totally forgot.
Akari!
Sophie-chan!
Thank goodness.
All of a sudden, you were just gone.
But I knew you would come and find me.
Wait, isn't this...
Don't be afraid.
I'm just your run-of-the-mill vampire passing by.
Nobody suspicious.
Um, I lost my way.
My name is Amano Akari.
There's this place called "The Doll Mansion." I was looking for it.
That's my house.
You can come over.
Akari, here.
That's right.
This is where I met Sophie-chan,
and this is where my new life with Sophie-chan began.
Now it's not scary anymore, right?
Right!
It's late.
Let's fly back home.
Wait!
Can we keep walking a little longer?
I guess that's fine.
Together... Slowly. Okay?
Got it.
I want to keep walking with you for hours and hours.
You have school tomorrow. We're going to get home at a decent hour.
Just a little bit longer!