Hatsuka Suzushiro

Hatsuka Suzushiro (ハツカ) is a side character in Call of the Night.

Appearance
Hatsuka is a man of small stature with an androgynous physique, shoulder-length black hair, and a narrow face. He prefers to dress femininely, which he says is apparently because it suits him better. The clothes he mainly wears are dresses and coats.

Personality
Hatsuka, unlike his vampire comrades, has little to no interest in creating new underlings. As a result, he is the only one who doesn't try to put Kou under his spell initially. However, he later offered to make him his underling when Kou was at risk of getting killed by the other vampires and was fond of being with Kou, saying that they would get along well as fellow men.

Compared to the other vampires, Hatsuka seems friendlier and more helpful. He is usually not as straightforward as the others but somewhat more distant and sometimes bored. He doesn't hesitate to call others out if he finds them annoying and is fond of alcohol, like his friends. He is not ashamed of his appearance, nor is he opposed to the male gender and considers himself a man despite how he presents.

However, Hatsuka also has a dark side. He describes himself as less gentle regarding his underlings and can be very authoritative towards them, scolding them for talking without his permission. Furthermore, he treats them like children; he punishes them if they don't follow his orders and says he is gentle to those who obey him. To turn Kou into a vampire, Hatsuka told him that he was planning to brainwash Kou into a state where he wouldn't be able to live without him, believing that love is just another form of brainwashing.

He can get very excited in certain situations, like when Nazuna tried to wear a more modest outfit, where he told her that she looked so cute that he wanted to French-kiss her and that the boy inside him was trembling.

Abilities
Like other vampires, Hatsuka can fly and demonstrates the ability to phase through objects. He also possesses superhuman speed and strength, as well as the ability to regenerate like all other vampires.