Call of the Night
Sleepless second-year middle-school student Ko Yamori meets the vampire Nazuna Nanakusa in the city at night and decides to fall in love with her so he can become a vampire. Their playful nights gradually uncover vampire secrets and detective Anko Uguisu's past.
- Genre:
- 青春 / 恋愛 / 吸血鬼 / 夜 / ドラマ
- Medium:
- Manga / Anime
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Call of the Night — Timeline12 events
After leaving school, Ko ventures into the night alone
Exhausted by school life, Ko Yamori stops attending and can no longer sleep at night. He secretly ventures into the city after dark for the first time and, amid its unfamiliar freedom, is approached by Nazuna Nanakusa.
Vol.TVアニメ Season1 第1夜 第1夜 ナイトフライトCh. — Official season 1 episode 1 synopsis; no calendar year is stated, so the date is limited to the contemporary era and Ko's second middle-school year. ↗
Nazuna drinks Ko's blood, and he decides to become a vampire
Invited to Nazuna's room, Ko pretends to sleep and has his blood drunk. Learning that a human becomes a vampire's offspring when bitten after falling in love with that vampire, he makes it his goal to fall for Nazuna and transform.
Vol.TVアニメ Season1 第1〜2夜 第2夜 てかラインやってる?Ch. — Official season 1 episode 1–2 synopses. ↗
Ko's childhood friend Akira joins his nighttime world
Returning from a night with Nazuna, Ko reunites near dawn with his childhood friend Akira Asai. Worried by his absence from school, Akira meets Nazuna and learns about Ko's chosen nighttime life and his goal of becoming a vampire.
Vol.TVアニメ Season1 第3〜4夜 第3夜 いっぱい出たねCh. — Official season 1 episode 3–4 synopses; timing is estimated from its early position in Ko's nights with Nazuna. ↗
Ko meets the other vampires and learns of the one-year limit
Ko meets vampires Seri Kikyo, Niko Hirata, Kabura Honda, Midori Kohakobe, and Hatsuka Suzushiro. They distrust a human who knows their secret, and he learns that if he does not become an offspring within one year of his first bite, he never can.
Vol.TVアニメ Season1 第7〜8夜 第8夜 どいつもこいつもCh. — Official season 1 episode 7–8 synopses; the one-year limit is explicit in episode 8. ↗
Seri accepts her bond with Akkun and makes him her offspring
Seri considers killing Akihito Akiyama when his attachment becomes troublesome. Ko points out the friendship beneath their romance, prompting Seri to face her feelings. Akihito confesses his love, becomes her offspring, and begins a new nighttime life as Akkun.
Vol.TVアニメ Season1 第9夜 第9夜 ずるいCh. — Official season 1 episode 9 synopsis and the episode's conclusion. ↗
Despite Anko's warning, Ko and Nazuna choose to pursue love
Detective Anko Uguisu kills a vampire who has not fed for years and warns Ko that he does not understand what becoming one means. Ko and Nazuna nearly drift apart amid his doubts, but reunite and decide to continue their attempt to understand love together.
Vol.TVアニメ Season1 第11〜13夜 第13夜 よふかしのうたCh. — Official season 1 episode 11–13 synopses; the timing is estimated from their position at the end of the season. ↗
Mahiru falls for the vampire Kiku as Anko resumes her attacks
Mahiru Seki becomes close to the older Kiku Hoshimi, whom Ko identifies as a vampire. As Ko grows suspicious of Kiku's long past, Anko stabs Akkun and reveals that objects deeply cherished during a vampire's human life can become lethal weaknesses.
Vol.TVアニメ Season2 第2〜3夜 第3夜 おばけ屋敷にはおばけいないCh. — Official season 2 episode 2–3 synopses; placement after season 1 is estimated from series order. ↗
Haru and Kabura's past reveals the truth of Nazuna's birth
As Ko and Nazuna investigate hospital records and photographs, Kabura recounts meeting the nurse Haru Nanakusa while still human. Haru made Kabura her offspring, and it is revealed that Haru later had Nazuna with a human.
Vol.TVアニメ Season2 第4〜5夜 第5夜 あなたと過ごした数年間Ch. — Official season 2 episode 4–5 synopses; marked estimated because the flashback has no explicit calendar year. ↗
Nazuna meets Kyoko Mejiro and witnesses the roots of Anko
About ten years earlier, Nazuna attends high school, befriends Kyoko Mejiro, and investigates suspicions about Kyoko's father as a game of detective work. A vampire-related tragedy destroys Kyoko's family, setting her on the path to becoming the hunter Anko Uguisu.
Vol.TVアニメ Season2 第7〜8夜 第8夜 先輩が初めてっすよCh. — Official season 2 episode 7–8 synopses and their flashback; ten years earlier is explicit in the official episode descriptions. ↗
Anko attacks the vampires, and Ko takes a bullet
Amid the Halloween crowds, Anko shoots Niko and targets the other vampires. Having remembered their past, Nazuna confronts Anko at the school and tries to stop her self-destructive course. Ko arrives, intervenes in the struggle, and is shot.
Vol.TVアニメ Season2 第9〜10夜 第10夜 せめてお前にCh. — Official season 2 episode 9–10 synopses and the conclusion of episode 10. ↗
Ko heals overnight, revealing a partial vampire transformation
Ko awakens in the hospital, and his gunshot wound heals completely by the next day. Examining the event with Anko and Nazuna, they conclude that intense emotion or blood loss can trigger vampire abilities in him, leaving him neither fully human nor fully vampire.
Vol.TVアニメ Season2 第11夜 第11夜 んちゅCh. — Official season 2 episode 11 synopsis and the discussion within the episode; partial vampire summarizes the condition described in the story. ↗
They welcome Anko into the night as Ko and Nazuna continue their unconventional bond
Ko and Nazuna do not cast out Anko after she loses her sense of purpose, instead welcoming her into a night shared with their companions. Without finding a final answer about normal life or love, Ko and Nazuna continue sharing blood, time, and the night.
Vol.TVアニメ Season2 第12夜 第12夜 Call of the NightCh. — Official season 2 episode 12 synopsis and its conclusion; episode 12 is an anime-original story written by the original creator. ↗
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