Susuki

"I don't take orders from someone who lost to me."

- Susuki in Volume 13, chapter 120

Susuki (ススキ) is a side character in Call of the Night. She is an independent vampire vigilante who has made it her mission to silence anyone who poses a threat to the prosperity of vampires and makes them stand out in society.

Appearance
Susuki has long, reddish hair that she ties in a ponytail, with bangs that always cover the upper half of her face, whose right half sports a mole. Susuki has an athletic build and has been shown to be decently muscular in a flashback.

Her clothes are primarily sports-themed, including tight, black pants with a wide, white stripe on one of her legs each, a sports bra and wristbands (in a flashback), and a pair of sneakers. In contrast to the rest of her clothes, she wears an oversized white sweater. After her fight with Kou, her sweater featured a hole, exposing her cleavage and a part of her back before being replaced by one of Kou's tracksuits and later another model of the same sweater.

Personality
Susuki initially appears to be cold and emotionless; after becoming a vampire, she attempted to seek out as much strength as possible, prioritizing becoming stronger over all else. She says that combat among vampires is inherently unfair and is more than willing to fight dirty. Susuki has no tolerance for anyone who causes vampires to stand out in society, wanting vampires to be able to live out their lives as quietly as possible. She is willing to go to the extent of killing humans and vampires alike to protect the anonymity of vampires, acting personally to curb the situations where vampires may be exposed to the world, becoming confident that she would be able to beat any vampire who did not go through the extent of training she had.

However, it was later revealed that Susuki is a very meek and frail person, as she cried upon being beaten by Kou. She holds major respect for anyone stronger than her, to the point of obeying and immediately falling in love with Kou after she loses a fight with him, giving him the nickname "Kou Pippi." She values strength above all else but is also loyal and principled, as seen when she said she is willing to put her own life on the line for Akira and her refusing to drink blood directly from humans or create any underlings.

She is also shown to have a knack for cute things, as seen when she uses a soy sauce fish-shaped bottle to contain blood to regenerate faster during her fight against Azami.

Though she also engages in longer conversations and holds monologues, she often just resorts to blunt and very short sentences or sometimes just one or a few words.

Kou Yamori
Susuki was initially confused by Kou since she could sense both human and vampire inside of him. As they fought, Susuki noticed that he wasn't used to how vampires fight, thinking of him as an inexperienced baby. After losing for the first time in her life in a fight with Kou, Susuki promptly falls in love with him and asks to call him "Kou Pippi." Susuki insists on training Kou and turning him into a great vampire, no matter what it takes. She doesn't want to turn him into her servant because it could kill Kou, and she'd prefer to have him as a lover rather than a servant. Her respect and admiration for Kou are seen when she states that she would put her life on the line for Akira when Kou mentions her as his friend and quickly becomes friendly and affectionate to all his friends. While others looked down on Kou for "playing dirty" in a fight, Susuki told Kou's opponent that it was his fault for leaving an opening.

Azami
They first met when Susuki tried to kidnap Anko Uguisu while Azami wanted to protect her. She was aware of who he was, explained her motives, and told him that, despite their shared goals, he was too soft in his methods, announcing that she was planning to kill Kiku, then Anko, and then Kou, Nazuna, and Akira. Susuki wasn't interested in fighting Azami and told him to surrender since he wasn't very strong. The fight was brought to a quick end as Susuki struck Azami from below, breaking his spine. She lectured him further on vampiric combat and sadistically remarked that breaking his neck would buy her even more time before Azami regenerated.

After she joined Kou and proposed to train him, Susuki didn't hesitate to also accept Azami into her training, telling him that he's got good reflexes.

Abilities

 * Mastery of Vampiric Abilites: Similar to other vampires, Susuki possesses immortality, superhuman strength, speed and regeneration and is also capable of wallphasing. Due to her training Susuki is shown to have a greater mastery of these abilities compared to most other vampires seen, being knowledgeable on the logistics and properties of wallphasing. During their fight, Azami admitted to being inferior to her in strength, and she was able to easily outpace, outmaneuver and eventually, overpower both Nazuna and Azami in their respective fights.

Trivia

 * Susuki's name translates to a type of Asian grass called Silver Grass or Zebra Grass.
 * Susuki and Kou have similar clothing sizes.
 * Susuki can be seen undertaking "Takigyo" A form of waterfall training/meditation.
 * Susuki has an extreme resemblance to Shermie from the video game series King of Fighters.

Quotes

 * (To Nazuna and Kou) "I though I needed more power for whenever I got into a fight with another vampire. That's why I underwent several forms of training and I had the confidence that I would never lose to any vampires who sat on their toes and did nothing to improve."
 * (To Akira) "I am Susuki-Pippi... I am willing to risk my whole life to protect you for your safety...
 * (To Nazuna, Kou, Akira, Azami and Anko) "Vampires can't suck the blood of humans they fell in love with."
 * (To Nazuna, Kou, Akira, Azami and Anko) "Vampires never fall in love. To them, it's always a fame of making others fall in love with them. But I'm sure they don't do it because they're aware of this rule"