Nico Hirata

"Those tiny kids became magnificent men... The perks of being a teacher..."

- Nico in Volume 8, Chapter 73

Nico Hirata (ニコ) is a side character in Call of the Night. She's a vampire and a teacher who teaches night classes.

Appearance
Nico is a relatively tall lady with a slim figure and red hair, which she partially ties to a bun and sometimes wears loose; both options result in the left side of her face always being covered by hair. Nico has yellow eyes. Her lips are occasionally more apparent than those of most other characters, and her ears feature an earring each.

Her outfit usually consists of a dark suit with a plain white shirt underneath and matching pants, although she dressed in a simple white top and a tight, short skirt on Halloween. Nico wears no socks and wears high heels. While she has fangs like any other vampire, her entire mouth is full of sharp teeth when she gets angry and volatile.

Personality
Nico is normally very level-headed and represents her whole clique; She is very invested in romance, fond of alcohol, despises lewd topics, putting a great deal on "dignity", and competes with the other girls (and Hatsuka) in a friendly manner, prideful of her popularity.

Although she claims otherwise, Nico has a violent side that's shown when she becomes highly upset and angry. While she doesn't enjoy killing others and wants to avoid it, she is willing to do it if she has a reason to.

Overall, Nico is a very friendly and supportive person who wants the best for the people around her, actively supporting Kou and Nazuna on their journey, caring a lot about her students like Lira Echigo, and being very forgiving, shown when she harbored no grudge against Anko Uguisu, even though Anko killed and injured other vampires and shot Nico in the head before.

She revealed that she loves it when her male students fall in love with her. She rejects them when they are young but loves it when they return several years later as "magnificent men".

Abilities

 * Superhuman strength: Although Nico didn't use her vampiric abilities as much as some other vampires, she has demonstrated superhuman strength, easily obliterating a table with her fist.
 * Regeneration: Like other vampires, she can regenerate and recover from injuries that would cripple or kill an average human, like getting shot in the head.

Trivia

 * Many of the Komori vampires are named after the seven herbs of spring, which means her name may be an anagram of nipplewort or koonitabirako (コオニタビラコ / 小鬼田平子).

Quotes

 * (To Nazuna and Anko) "So, stories that aren't about me... Sorry? I just don't know what it's like to be an unpopular lady..."