Nazuna Nanakusa

Nazuna Nanakusa is a carefree vampire from birth who was raised by Kabura Honda before attending Kōgyō High School, where she met and befriended Kyouko Mejiro. By the time she chose to live a life by her own presence, Nanakusa encountered Kou Yamori, a night roaming middle schooler in Komori whose blood tasted astonishingly delicious. In an exchange for spending time with Yamori every night and drinking his blood, Yamori intended to fall in love with Nanakusa to become a vampire himself, a topic that discomforted Nanakusa. As time passed on, Nanakusa's relationship with Yamori grew slightly more intimate, with her wishing to protect his life. However, when the two best friends came into conflict with Nanakusa's vengeful first friend, Mejiro, she chose to take responsibility and clash with her for the sake of the vampire race. In the climax of the fight, Nanakusa refused to murder Mejiro, and after the latter's attempted suicide resulted in Yamori's “half-vampire” self to emerge, the two finally reconciled. Whilst investigating Yamori's new, strong and maniacal physiology with Mejiro's aid, Yamori had a fallout with Mahiru Seki, so Nanakusa, along with a large number of new friends, chose to support him and travel to Hokkaido to help Yamori and Seki make amends. Nazuna is a reasonably short woman, standing just a head or so higher than a middle school boy. Her body is skinny and petite, with a small bust and spindly arms, the latter of which hide her immense vampiric strength very well. Her hair is a very light purple, appearing almost grey. She keeps it long enough to reach the middle of her back; however, she keeps it in two long braids that she then curls up and pins to the rest of her hair, making two large rings. She has bangs that go down almost to her eyes, covering her eyebrows, and two medium-length tufts of hair that hang down from the middle of her head, framing her face and ending just at her mouth. She has fierce blue eyes. Instead of standard irises and pupils, her eyes have an almost target-like appearance with black rings that intersperse sections of her irises, getting smaller as they get to the middle until they reach the pupil. This gives her a piercing gaze that varies between uncanny and uncomfortable depending on how she looks at someone. She wears light-red eye shadows. Nazuna can most often be seen wearing a large piece of clothing resembling a cross between a cloak and a hooded jacket. This large piece of clothing covers nearly all of her body, going down to the middle of her calves and leaving only her hands exposed. Underneath the large cloak, Nazuna's general attire is a pair of black denim shorts that go down to just past her upper thigh and a black leather cropped keyhole shirt with no sleeves. Unlike other keyhole tops, hers has a collar that goes up higher and covers a good portion of her neck. It also has a similar back hole showing her shoulder blades. Hers is also very cropped, short enough that it ends just beneath her breasts and leaves a large section of her stomach and back uncovered. She also wears a pair of thigh-high leather boots and occasionally leather gloves to complete her distinctive look. Just like any other vampire that has appeared, she is described as pretty or cute. Nazuna is a very laid-back individual. She is not overly friendly but has a very relaxed presence in most situations. She's willing to talk to just about anyone and prefers keeping on good terms with most people. However, there are exceptions like Nico Hirata and her clique, who she finds very annoying and isn't interested in being on good terms with until later. She isn't shy to threaten others with death but doesn't have it in her to kill someone she is/was close with. If another vampire shows interest in her prey, Nazuna becomes highly agitated and possessive. Nazuna gets along with people who enjoy the night and loves to show people new things in the town's nightlife. She can become very excited if something new and interesting presents itself, even if it's something like a walkie-talkie. Despite pretending to know everything about the night and having fun, Nazuna spends most of her time drinking alcohol and playing video games and feels very bored most of the time. She doesn't advertise that she's a vampire but is more open about it than expected. Sometimes this means telling them she's a vampire; other people are just into that sort of thing. She mostly gets blood by finding insomniacs, helping them fall asleep, and feeding on them, which also helps them relax afterward. Unlike other vampires, she has little to no interest in creating underlings, actively trying to remain unpopular. She cares a lot about not being a bad person and, at one point, wants to leave Kou because she feels guilty about having pretended to be someone she isn't. Nazuna is often defined by her strong immaturity, being less mature than a middle schooler. She is very open about sexual topics, has no problems discussing them, and loves to make dirty jokes. However, she is very romance-averse and reacts strongly in embarrassment to the word "love" when used in the romantic sense. Ten years before the story started, Nazuna was very different from the person Kou knew. She was gloomy, inexperienced, lacked common knowledge, and quickly accepted anything someone told her about the world, much like a child. Her first friend (and attempted underling), Anko Uguisu, served an essential role in shaping the personality she would develop later. As the story progresses, Nazuna undergoes noticeable change and growth, becoming more serious, mature, responsible, and more sociable.