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Hatsuka Suzushiro (
Appearance[]
Hatsuka is a man of small stature with an androgynous physique, having a rather masculine but skinny upper body and feminine hips. He has shoulder-length black hair with blunt bangs that end just above his eyes and two smaller hair strands that run down each side of his face. The hair is styled in an undercut, leaving the lower half of his head shaven. His eyes appear black from a distance but are actually granite grey.
He prefers to dress femininely, which he says is because it suits him better and attracts both men and women to him, in turn furthering his goal as a vampire of producing more offspring. He mainly wears dresses and coats. His footwear consists of dark calf-length boots, smaller shoes, and slippers when he is at home.
On Halloween, he wore a maid outfit as he helped Midori advertise her maid café.[1]
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Personality[]
Hatsuka, unlike his vampire comrades, is a relatively laid-back individual. As a result, he is the only one who doesn't try to put Kou under his spell initially. However, he later expresses curiosity for the taste of Kou's blood since it is described as delicious and offers to make him his servant when Kou is at risk of getting killed by the other vampires. He believes that he'd make the best partner for Kou, saying they would get along well as fellow men and therefore only he could truly understand Kou's heart. Compared to the other vampires, Hatsuka seems friendlier, more helpful and level-headed. He is usually not as straightforward as the others but somewhat more distant and occasionally bored. He, like his friends, is fond of alcohol and invested in romantic stories but, unlike them, mostly tends to keep his thoughts to himself. Hatsuka doesn't hesitate to call others out if he finds them annoying.
Hatsuka is intelligent, carefree, and seeks enjoyment in life. He can read others very well and can predict other people's sentences before they are finished talking. While he doesn't understand his preference for feminine clothes, he doesn't care much either and dresses in women's clothes because it looks good on him. He considers himself male despite how he presents himself and is not opposed to the male gender. When Kou mentions that he's been thinking about "doing as he wants" and "letting others decide for him," Hatsuka has a brief flashback of a person in a female school uniform, hinting that he had a similar experience in the past.
Hatsuka believes that people are weak to contrast; a person who is used to dressing a certain way will evoke a stronger reaction if they radically change their appearance. For example, he correctly assumes that Nazuna, who usually dresses in skimpy outfits, would provoke a more intense reaction out of Kou if she wore an atypically modest outfit that's hard to move around in.
He can get very excited in certain situations, like when Nazuna asks him for advice about making Kou fall for her, and Hatsuka ends up more fired up about it than Nazuna herself. When she tries to wear an outfit he chooses for her, Hatsuka tells her that she looks so cute that he wants to French-kiss her and that the boy inside him is trembling.[2] When caught off-guard, Hatsuka is unable to keep his cool-headed attitude and loses his composure, like when Kou bluntly tells him that he looks cute.
Hatsuka can't contain his excitement.
Hatsuka is convinced that he can make Kou fall for him.
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. His lavish apartment only has one sofa in the living room, a sofa that is only meant for him or occasional guests to sit on. If the sofa is unavailable, he uses his servants as living furniture. In order to turn Kou into a vampire, Hatsuka planned to brainwash Kou into a state where he couldn't live without him, believing that love is just another form of brainwashing. [3][4][5]
Abilities[]
- Vampiric abilities: As a vampire, Hatsuka is immortal, can levitate and phase through objects, possesses superhuman speed, durability, and strength, a supernatural charm, as well as the ability to regenerate wounds much faster and better than humans.
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Trivia[]
- Like many other Komori vampires, he is named after one of the seven herbs of spring, daikon radish, the traditional name for which is suzushiro (蘿蔔).
- His servants address him with Sama (様, さま), an honorific used to address people who one generally sees above themselves, individuals of higher rank, and divine deities.
- Hatsuka's past has been briefly hinted at but has yet to be fully shown. With the manga having reached its final chapter, it remains unknown if his story will be elaborated on in a spin-off story.
- He broke down a floor to combine the apartment below with his own. [6]
Quotes[]
- (To his servants): "Didn't you hear what I said? I said he was 'my' guest, right? And you're badmouthing him? I don't like kids who behave that way." [7]
- (To Kou) "I'm sure it must be easier to talk to a boy like me compared to the other vampires, right? Only I can truly understand your man's heart." [8]
- (To Nazuna): "Seems like I'm the most reasonable vampire among us all, huh..." [9]
- (To Anko): "We don't amuse ourselves with killing others. But next time you do this, you're dead." [10]
References[]
- ↑ Call of the Night Manga: Chapter 84
- ↑ Call of the Night Manga: Chapter 47
- ↑ Call of the Night Manga: Chapter 44
- ↑ Call of the Night Manga: Chapter 45
- ↑ Call of the Night Anime: Episode 13
- ↑ Call of the Night Manga: Chapter 171
- ↑ Call of the Night Manga: Chapter 44
- ↑ Call of the Night Manga: Chapter 45
- ↑ Call of the Night Manga: Chapter 47
- ↑ Call of the Night Manga: Chapter 55