Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san

I don't know how to get back.

What should I do?

And my phone isn't getting any signal.

A Western-style house by the side of the forest.

A girl who appears when night falls.

Her appearance remains unchanged, no matter how many years pass.

One theory says that she's a doll with a soul.

A doll-girl?

The word "doll" got her attention!

There's also a story about a girl who roams the forest,

and a story of a girl floating in the sky.

Are you researching this for the occult club?

Yup.

Wow, a doll-girl!

Th-That's just an urban legend!

Look at this.

I came here thinking that I could see that girl

if I found this place, but...

I-Is that an animal?

Or...

A girl?

She's so pretty...

But what is she doing in the middle of the forest?

Don't be afraid.

I'm just your run-of-the-mill vampire passing by.

Nobody suspicious.

Totally suspicious.

U-Um, I lost my way.

You came all the way out here?

That's rare.

I don't know which way to go!

All right, then, grab on.

See? If you go from above, you can't get lost.

Wow, you really are a vampire!

Episode 1

Ordinary Citizen of the Dark

So what are you doing in this forsaken place?

Actually...

There's this place called "The Doll Mansion."

I was looking for it.

Oh. That's my house.

Really?!

It's closer to the town, though.

But the rumors all say it's by the forest.

Oh, that's right.

A young girl like you can't just go wandering around alone at night!

The Mori family lives next to me.

It's a family whose name means "forest"?!

If you're curious, you can take a look.

Really?

Vampires don't age, so if they live in one place for a long time,

strange rumors tend to start spreading.

Oh. That sounds rough.

I don't really care about the rumors.

The bigger problem...

Huh?

...is that Mori-san keeps bringing food over to me.

You need to eat if you want to grow up big and strong.

I don't eat anything but blood.

Those weird diets are no good.

You also need your meat and vegetables!

I don't want the food to go to waste,

but she doesn't seem to understand when I explain it.

That does sound like a problem.

Here we are.

It's just like the photo Sakuya-chan showed me!

You can come in if you want.

Sure!

Thank you for having m—

Oh, wow!

It's so vampiriffic!

Glad to hear it.

So you heard the rumors and came here on a dare or something?

Actually, I came out here...

to capture the doll-girl!

You're more aggressive than you look.

So what's your name?

My name is Amano Akari.

My name is Sophie Twilight.

Oh! So you're Sophie-chan.

You know, I just love dolls.

I was thinking it would be so wonderful if a moving doll really did exist.

Sorry I'm not a doll.

Looking at you, though, you look exactly like my ideal doll.

Skin like porcelain...

Hair like silk...

Lithe calves!

You really do look just like a live doll!

Hey, are you all right?

Hey, Sophie-chan, can I pet you?

Pant Pant Pant

Can I take you home?

I want to comb your hair and dress you!

Uh... Stay away. You're scaring me.

Shock

I'm a normal human, and a vampire is scared of me!

Hey, Sophie-chan... It's really late.

Would you mind if I stayed the night?

I don't mind.

You're not scared to stay over at a vampire's house?

It's fine!

If it's you, even having my blood sucked out would be a treat!

She's not going to try anything funny while she's here, right?

I'm not so sure about this anymore.

Sh-Should we have dinner, then?

D-Dinner?

I-I guess so.

Just a little, okay?

I don't drink from live humans. That's scary.

I'm not a weirdo.

Shock

I scared a vampire again!

I happened to have some food Mori-san gave me.

It smells delicious!

You drink blood from a tea cup, huh?

How elegant!

Right.

Oh, you warm up the blood in the microwave.

600 watts, for fifty seconds or so.

Really?

Wow... She's a vampire, but she's a totally ordinary person.

Tune in again next week

As a nocturnal person, I can't help watching late-night anime.

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I bet everyone writing reviews around this hour is a vampire, too.

I don't think so...

When you say "nocturnal,"

does that mean vampires really don't go out during the day?

Right.

I don't handle the sunlight well,

so I don't go out during the day unless it's really important.

I see!

Oh, there's an autograph session with the author.

From 1:00 to 3:00 pm.

The autograph session with Surume-sensei is finally this Sunday!

All right!

Next Sunday, I'm going out!

Wait, that's something "really important"?

Hey, don't they also say that vampires can't enter

a place unless someone invites them in?

That's right. We can't.

So is it like, they're repelled by some kind of barrier that keeps them out,

or they can enter, but it does some kind of damage that hurts them?

Actually, we can still physically enter a place, even without an invitation.

But if we do...

What happens?

The people who lived there would think we were completely rude.

We'd be consumed by guilt.

That's such a normal reason!

So this is your room!

You really do sleep in a coffin, huh?

I wonder what it's like inside.

Huh?

I probably shouldn't have looked in there without permission.

Bye-bye, Sophie-chan!

Bye.

See you next time!

Did she say "next time"?

After that, this human started to visit me every day.

Glom Glom

Honestly, it's a little annoying.

Maybe It's a Vampire!!!

Wow, really?

Hey, vampires are stronger than humans, right?

Yes.

I know! Maybe if I shock her by showing her my power,

I'll get my peace back.

I can pick up a road roller just like that!

She ran away in such a panic.

Maybe I scared her too much.

But at least now I can go back to my quiet life.

Hey, hey, Sophie-chan!

I didn't think I'd miss someone that annoying,

but when I think she's never coming back, I actually feel sad...

Sophie-chan!

Human? I thought you fled in terror...

These are all the jars and things that I couldn't open myself.

I thought, with your strength...

So I hurried and grabbed them all from my house!

I thought she feared me, but she was just finding a way to use me.

I'm not like humans.

Aren't you even a little scared of me?

Not a bit!

You helped me out the first time we met, too.

You can do so many amazing things that I can't do.

So please, can I keep coming here?

You're a really strange human.

My name isn't "human." It's Akari.

Do as you like...

Akari.

Did you just say I can do whatever I like?!

Then I want to brush your hair and put it into pigtails

and pet it, and then I want to take a bath together!

Never mind, go home!

So now I'm going every day to visit my new friend who I met in the woods.

Every day?

Yeah!