Bite-Sized Monster Dictionary[]
Also known as The Immortal Ones, Vampires are often mentioned in the folklore of various cultures: a monster that sucks the blood of humans and livestock. Possessing high battle capabilities and is not easy to kill, their strength is one of the greatest among monsters, but at the cost of such significant weaknesses like being weakened by rosaries (through the presence of silver) and water.
Appearance[]
Vampires are virtually identical, if not at least superficially the same to humans, but with the key distinction of having sharp fangs and red eyes. These same aforementioned eyes often have the appearance of a vertical slitted pupils (which can be observed very clearly within Inner Moka & Akua, but not in particular with other vampires like Issa, Kahlua, or Kokoa), which is not too dissimilar to that of a fox, certain variety of cats, and especially that of a snake.
Variants[]
Often referred to as a singular species, there are actually a number of varieties of vampires, sharing many similarities as well as distinct differences. Variants include the converted "Temporary Vampire", the infamous Ghoul, and the powerful Shinso.
Shinso[]
- The most powerful and renowned variant of any Vampire, also known as the "Super Vampire" or "First ancestors vampire", is a type of Vampire who has powers far above the other varieties and the baseline version, who can only be 'propagated' by another Vampire either ingesting its blood or having it injected. This type of Vampire is also capable of absorbing other monsters, as seen is the case with Alucard.
Temporary Vampire[]
- In these cases, a non-vampire (like a human) is injected with vampire blood, and depending on their reaction to the blood and how many times they are injected, they're bestowed with temporary vampiric powers and become physically semi-vampiric.
Ghoul[]
- In this case, they're fully transformed and possessed by the blood, becoming mindless killing machines, controlled completely by the innate nature blood lust. That state is the feared vampiric Ghoul. Both types are not true pure-blooded born Vampires, but rather are "converted" from non-vampires instead. These two types are sequentially related, as the the former can lead into the latter if too much blood is injected. This occurred to Tsukune Aono after Moka Akashiya injected her blood into him in order to save his life on multiple occasions.
Dhampire[]
- Another type of Vampire. Described briefly by Yukari Sendō, this Vampire variant is an individual born of Vampiric and human parents. Because their genetics are not pure, which is a point of pride for Vampires, these individuals are ostracized and shunned by their pure-blooded brethren.
Powers And Abilities[]
"A monster of legendary strength... that permanently infuses his own body with Yōkai. If they're pure-blooded, their combat abilities stretch well beyond imagination. They live apart from other creatures, either human or others monsters, for they're feared by everyone." - Lady Oyakata
As the most feared and renowned species of monsters, the Vampire have a variety of abilities as well as a number of basic ones shared across all members of the species. The specific abilities that an individual possesses can vary as much as their appearance, personality, preferences, and fighting styles. Some individuals might use the versatile but shunned shape-shifting ability, such as Kalua Shuzen, or employ weapons to maximize their efficiency in combat, such as Kokoa Shuzen. Others such as Moka Akashiya and Akua Shuzen rely instead on their fighting skills and techniques instead, employing those alongside the generic abilities shared across the species.
- Yōki Conversion: The signature ability of the Vampire race is their ability to channel their unrivaled reserves of Yōki directly into their unique musculature, generating incredibly high levels of raw strength. This means that their muscles are powered directly and continuously by their Yōki, which allows them to generate incredible amounts of physical force in their physical blows and techniques. While other monsters can channel their Yōki into their bodies to provide extra power to their attacks, they cannot do so at the same or similar intensity for much time, only being able to do so in a single or handful of attacks before depleting themselves. More precisely, other monsters, even those of the higher levels and the S-class, can only rival or match a Vampire's damage levels by channeling the maximum amount of physical strength and Yōki into a specific, lethal technique. Even then the amount of force generated is only an approximate match for a single blow from a Vampire. This is all thanks to their unique Yōki-powered musculature, which is often a subject of fear and envy for other monsters, even those of S-class such as a Werewolf. The consequences of this ability in battle are tremendous most monsters are severely injured and rendered unconscious upon impact, with only those of a very high enough level being able to recover from it. The physical forces generated by this ability sends many enemies flying through the air for a considerable distance upon crashing into an object or the ground, enough to create large craters upon crashing. Though not usually shown to kill the Vampire's targets, this ability can readily be brought to lethal levels which, in the case of a Shinso-class Vampire, the highest level of the Vampire race can outright disintegrate the opponent on impact. Environmental damage can and will manifest on the ground and nearby obstructions, having walls broken apart, craters forming, and obstacles being thoroughly pulverized. One last consequence of this ability is that at high enough intensities there is a visible discharge of energy, i.e. aura surges, which is most prominent in the bat-and-moon-themed energy surges in Shinso-class Vampire's high-intensity to full power attacks. Exceptionally powerful vampires, such as Shinso’s or otherwise Beyond-S class, have been shown to use the immense aura they generate offensively. The combined surges from Moka and Tsukune were powerful enough to create a beam that cut through Alucard’s arm. In the anime, Issa Shuzen used his own aura for a “push” technique to knock Tsukune back or fire his aura as a beam from his palm.
- Regeneration Abilities: As a species highly specialized for combat, Vampires possess unrivaled regeneration abilities and incredible stamina. Their regeneration is in response to receiving damage can be almost reflexive if not automatic, and they can take tremendous punishment in the unlikely event of taking an enemy's attack. In the case of a Shinso, the healing factor is so swift and potent that it effectively renders them immortal. This can be seen in Moka's ability to recover from cuts and physical impacts, and most significantly in Akasha rejoining her torso together after being sliced in two by Akua, Alucard was turned to shred by Tsukune and Moka attack yet he was able to regenerate in an instance without any injuries.
- Yōki Detection: Another signature vampiric ability is the ability to not only sense an opponent's energy, but their intentions as well. This allows a Vampire to be able to sense their thoughts and movements without relying on sound, sight, vibrations, and even smell, effectively enabling the Vampire to almost 'foresee' their enemy's attack, and fight accordingly. This capacity is most often employed by Moka alongside her combat techniques, allowing her to be one step or two ahead of her enemies, and often ending battles in little to no time at all. Converted qausi-vampires like Tsukune are also able to use this ability, though only after intensive and equally extensive training.
- Deception: The most basic skill naturally wielded by Vampires, they excel at deception. By use of deceit, they can get close to a person to charm them and then feed off of them. Also, as part of their true nature, they can still lie even under the influence of an artifact like Lilith's Mirror. EX: Inner Moka lied about Tsukune being replaced by the mirror so as to keep him out of the clash with Ishigami. As Lilith's Mirror released her true nature, that proves deception is at the core of a Vampire's true nature. (Though Inner Moka chose obscure words that were truthful, but hurtful; showing she couldn't lie directly).
- Wealth of Power: This largely forgotten and shunned ability enables a Vampire to be able to change their shape into almost any form that they wish, such as a wolf, mice, bats, mist, or and other forms known to folklore. Despite its tremendous potential, the Vampires obsession with creating and sustaining an aesthetically-pleasing appearance has led to the abandonment of this innate skill. The only known exception to this trend is Kahlua Shuzen in her role as an assassin for her family and the anti-human organization Fairy Tale. Later on, Moka and Tsukune are able to use this power after becoming stabilized Shinso vampires, When Akasha returns once more she is also able to use this power in her Shinso form.
- Flight: Vampires can use the Wealth of power to grow wings for flight. This appears to be the easiest and most natural ability for the Wealth of Power to be used for since Tsukune’s Ghoul form as well as both his and Moka’s Shinso forms grew wings immediately.
- Weapon Creation:
- Razor-Sharp wings: Kahlua in her first release state was shown to be capable of transforming one of her arms into several razor-sharp bat wings that are capable of cutting through a stone column. These blades are also very durable, but they are capable of being broken with enough force, as shown when Kokoa was able to break her sisters wings one at a time using her transformer bat, though she needed a direct hit and alot of force to do so.
- Blood-Bullets: In her full release state Kahlua was able to fire her own blood from her hand as bullets at her opponents.
- Elasticity/Liquid Form: In her full release state, Kahlua became completely elastic and liquid like. Granting her resistance to physical injury and was able to nealry slive her own head off without any issue.
- Charm: Vampires can make victims they wish to suck blood from lower their guard by using charm; force is also possible, based on personality. Kokoa said she can charm 2 out of 10, if she went after them one at a time. Moka seems to use this unintentionally with Tsukune; suggesting genuine affection enhances charm's potency.
- Blood Transfusion: Vampires can bite others, and inject them with their own blood through their fangs. Depending of the kind of vampire that is giving the blood, and the species of the recipient, the results can vary:
- Normally, a vampire would give their blood to another of their kind that lost much of their own, in order to revive them; this happened with Moka, who received blood from Aqua and Tsukune.
- A Shinso vampire can accidently give another their power if too much of their blood is given.
- If a human is the recipient of the blood, they will either not be revived by the blood or they will temporarily become vampiric with memory loss.
- If a human is repeatedly injected with vampire blood, they will become a Ghoul or die from the over-dosage.
- If Shinso blood is injected into a human, they may become taken over by it, or become a true vampire by choice if a Holy Lock is suppressing the Shinso blood within them.
Weaknesses[]
With vampires being one of the strongest monsters, they ironically also have the most weaknesses such as water, crosses, etc. Due to water's purifying properties, it is the Vampire's greatest weakness as it disrupts their yōki channeling ability to the point where they cannot summon up their usual battle strength, and delivers a shock to the physical body upon contact not unlike being struck by an electrical current. To get around this, Vampires uses blended herbs and mixtures to dilute the water to a usable level for baths and cooking.
Silver is the next weakness that can affect Vampires, particularly blessed silver similar to Moka's Rosary cross. Her cross in particular drains her yōki at an incredible rate, thus sealing it. This is seen when a doppelganger takes Inner Moka's form and Tsukune uses the rosary cross to weaken that said doppelganger.
Other weakness such as garlic and sunlight are not a great issue since garlic can be avoided and sunlight has little effect other than being able to give a light sunburn. In volume 5 of the second season, Koko has said that vampires don't tan well.
In regards to Tsukune, he is not subject to many of these apparent weakness, especially noted that water has no effect on him when he uses his power. This is because while his blood is partially vampire, his body has not changed that much, thus retaining his human resistance to water. However, it stands to reason that a silver-tipped/bladed weapon might have much more of an effect against him than a regular weapon would. (the weakness of silver may only apply if it is enchanted or blessed, the same for crosses blessed by priests or wielded by people with great, spiritual, beliefs)
Note: If one simply backtracks the legends of vampires far enough, they will find that the oldest legend of vampires have them shown right alongside the oldest werewolf legend, suggesting a long-standing alliance or partnership between the S-Ranks of Power & Speed.
Notes[]
- According to Rosario + Vampire, unlike what false folklore states about them being able to have no reflection, vampires do appear in mirrors. And in Rosario + Vampire, their weakness is water, not holy water.
- Vampires are known for being extremely prideful. However, the only thing greater than their pride is their love for their partners; if their pride is in the way of helping them, a vampire will swallow their pride.
- It would appear this strong pride is not inherit in their blood, as Tsukune does not pick up this pridefulness from Moka's blood.
- It's considered cannibalism for a vampire to drink the blood of another vampire.
- Despite this, Moka seems to continue drinking Tsukune's blood even after he becomes a vampire.
- However, it would seem a vampire is attracted to the blood of their lover, given Moka refuses to drink any blood except Tsukune's and Tsukune initially craved hers.
- From one point of view, this confirms a vampire loves said person.
- Vampires can become addicted to a person's blood and prefer it over other blood.
- Moka noted Tsukune's blood was tastier than every blood she drank prior from transfusion bags.
- Its possible O Negative is tastier because of its rarity.
- Vampires need to consume blood at least on a weekly basis or they will get anemic and suffer fainting spells.
- As a result, if they smell tasty prey, they'll suck the victim's blood without hesitation; though once the urge has been satisfied, they regain their senses.
