The Case Study of Vanitas
In nineteenth-century Paris, the young vampire Noe joins Vanitas, a human who calls himself a vampire doctor, to investigate curse-bearers and the mystery of Charlatan with the Book of Vanitas, a grimoire used to save vampires from their curses. This timeline covers both cours of the 24-episode TV anime.
- Genre:
- ファンタジー / 吸血鬼 / スチームパンク / ミステリー
- Medium:
- Anime
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The Case Study of Vanitas — Timeline12 events
Noe Meets Vanitas Aboard an Airship Bound for Paris
Noe, a vampire traveling to Paris in search of the Book of Vanitas, meets Vanitas, a human who calls himself a vampire doctor, aboard an airship. Sharing the goal of catching the culprit behind the vampire incidents, they begin working together and encounter Luca and his chevalier, Jeanne.
Vol.TVアニメ第1〜2話 Vanitas―ラスティ＝ホープスの場合―／Noé―花の都にて―Ch. — Official TV anime synopses for episodes 1–2. ↗
Noe and His Companions Enter the Masquerade in Altus Paris
After seeing Charlatan distort Amelia's true name within her memories, Noe travels with his childhood friend Dominique and Vanitas to a masquerade in Altus Paris. Multiple curse-bearers erupt at once, while a man wearing a spider mask attacks Noe and Luca.
Vol.TVアニメ第3〜4話 Archiviste―血を暴く牙―／Bal masqué―仮面が嗤う夜―Ch. — Official TV anime synopses for episodes 3–4. ↗
Charlatan Forces Noe to Confront His Memories of Louis
Naenia, Charlatan's black shadow, reawakens Noe's traumatic memories of his childhood friend Louis. Vanitas saves Noe at the last moment, but Naenia and the spider-masked man escape. Afterward, Noe renews his decision to continue alongside Vanitas.
Vol.TVアニメ第5〜6話 Réminiscence―友―／Salvatio―疑問―Ch. — Official TV anime synopses for episodes 5–6. ↗
The Pair Pursue Missing Vampires and Meet Roland in the Catacombs
After visiting Ruthven for clues about the masquerade, Vanitas and Noe investigate a connection between missing vampires and abducted curse-bearers. In the catacombs beneath Notre-Dame Cathedral, they encounter Roland, the jasper Paladin who commands the Chasseurs.
Vol.TVアニメ第7〜8話 Femme fatale―恋―／Catacombes―死が眠る場所―Ch. — Official TV anime synopses for episodes 7–8. ↗
Vanitas Restores the Predator's True Name in Moreau's Laboratory
Once Roland hears them out, the group proceeds deeper underground and finds the expelled researcher Doctor Moreau. They battle the abducted curse-bearer known as the Predator; with Noe's help, Vanitas restores its true name before escaping the collapsing laboratory.
Vol.TVアニメ第9〜10話 Chasseur―紅を狩る者―／Cicatrice―No.69―Ch. — Official TV anime synopses for episodes 9–10. ↗
Vanitas and Noe Depart for Gevaudan to Investigate the Beast
After Vanitas's date with Jeanne and Noe's meeting with Ruthven, Vanitas grows wary of Ruthven's behavior. When the Beast of Gevaudan, feared in the eighteenth century, is reported to have returned, the pair depart to investigate its possible connection to curse-bearers.
Vol.TVアニメ第11〜12話 Serment―誓約―／Deux Ombres―出発点―Ch. — Official TV anime synopses for episodes 11–12. ↗
The Group Is Separated in the Silver Forest and Noe Meets Chloe
While searching Gevaudan's Silver Forest for the Beast, the party is separated by a sudden snowscape and Charlatan's chaos. An injured Vanitas shelters with Jeanne in a cabin, while Noe awakens in an unfamiliar castle and meets Chloe and Jean-Jacques.
Vol.TVアニメ第13〜14話 Forêt d'argent―邂逅―／Château de sorciére―魔女と青年―Ch. — Official TV anime synopses for episodes 13–14. ↗
Noe Traces the Beast's Past Through Jean-Jacques's Memories
Noe worries about Chloe's connection to Naenia but learns that Chloe herself chose it. As Vanitas realizes a curse-bearer has turned the entire forest into a sealed world and heads for the castle, the immobilized Noe is made to drink Jean-Jacques's blood and sees his memories.
Vol.TVアニメ第15〜16話 Oiseau et ciel―ダプシェの吸血鬼―／Chasse aux vampires―“獣”―Ch. — Official TV anime synopses for episodes 15–16. ↗
Vanitas and Jeanne Seek a Way to Save Chloe
When Chloe uses an alteration engine to give Naenia physical form, Naenia reveals her true appearance. Vanitas tells Jeanne that Chloe was falsely branded as the Beast and proposes saving her, then realizes Chloe's curse-name can only be healed with her own will. Jeanne reaches out to the rampaging Chloe.
Vol.TVアニメ第17〜19話 Vengeance―悪夢に触れる手―／Avec toi―ふたりぼっち―／Canorus―雪の花―Ch. — Official TV anime synopses for episodes 17–19. ↗
Back in Paris, Vanitas Realizes He Is in Love with Jeanne
After the Gevaudan incidents end and the group returns to Paris, Vanitas becomes exhausted because he cannot stop thinking about Jeanne. He consults Roland and Olivier after meeting them by chance, and they identify his condition as love.
Vol.TVアニメ第20話 Mal d'amour―不治の病―Ch. — Official TV anime episode 20 synopsis. ↗
Mikhail Takes Dominique Hostage and Summons Noe to an Amusement Park
After receiving Dominique's severed hair with an amusement-park flyer, Noe goes alone to the designated place. Through Mikhail's blood, he sees memories of Vanitas and Mikhail being used as Moreau's test subjects and rescued by the Vampire of the Blue Moon. Vanitas follows Noe and arrives at the park.
Vol.TVアニメ第21〜22話 Un autre―傷痕―／Rencontre―蒼の夜―Ch. — Official TV anime synopses for episodes 21–22. ↗
Vanitas and Noe End Their Fight and Reaffirm Each Other's Wishes
Noe intervenes between Mikhail, who wants to resurrect the Vampire of the Blue Moon, and Vanitas, who tries to shoot him, because Dominique is being held hostage. After a violent clash, Vanitas and Noe stop trying to kill each other, affirm their respective wishes, and continue forward together.
Vol.TVアニメ第23〜24話 Pleuvoir―空知らぬ雨―／Après la pluie―彼の願い―Ch. — Official TV anime synopses for episodes 23–24. The official synopsis stops during the confrontation, so the summary of its resolution, drawn from the broadcast episode, needs review. ↗
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