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Blood Lad
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Blood Lad

Cover of the first manga volume featuring Staz Charlie Blood (center) and

the supporting characters (background)

ブラッドラッド
(Buraddo Raddo)

Genre Action, Dark comedy, Supernatural

 Manga

Written by Yuuki Kodama

Published by Kadokawa Shoten

English publisher NA

Yen Press

Demographic Seinen

Magazine Young Ace

Original run September 4, 2009 – September 3, 2016

Volumes 17 (List of volumes)

Light novel

Written by Yasaka Kei

Illustrated by Kanata Yoshino

Demographic Male

Imprint Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko

Published July 1, 2013

Volumes 1

Manga

Bloody Brat

Written by Yuuki Kodama

Published by Kadokawa Shoten

English publisher NA

Yen Press

Demographic Seinen

Published September 25, 2012 – July 2, 2013

Volumes 2 (List of volumes)

Anime television series

Directed by Shigeyuki Miya

Written by Takeshi Konuta

Music by Yuki Hayashi

Studio Brain's Base

Licensed by AUS

Hanabee

NA

Viz Media

UK

Anime Limited

Original network TVS, tvk, Tokyo MX, SUN, TVQ, GBS,

MTV, CTC, BS11

English network NA

Viz Anime

Neon Alley
 Original run July 7, 2013 – September 8, 2013

Episodes 10 + OVA (List of episodes)

Anime and Manga portal

Blood Lad (ブラッドラッド Buraddo Raddo) is a manga series created by Yuuki Kodama and
serialized in Young Ace. The manga series has been licensed for distribution in English by Yen
Press. Blood Lad follows Staz, a vampire from the surreal Demon World, who meets Fuyumi
Yanagi, an ordinary Japanese high school girl who accidentally wanders into the Demon World
through a portal. Shortly after their meeting Fuyumi is killed by a carnivorous plant and turned
into a ghost, causing Staz to take responsibility and pledge to help bring her back to life.
An anime adaptation aired between July 7 and September 8, 2013 and was licensed in North
America by Viz Media for streaming on their website VizAnime and home video distribution in
2014. Neon Alley also acquired the series for streaming on their web service.

Contents
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 1Plot
 2Characters
o 2.1Main characters
o 2.2Supporting characters
 2.2.1Demon World East
 2.2.2Demon World West
 2.2.3Demon World Acropolis
 2.2.4Dimensional Highway
 2.2.5Other characters
 3Media
o 3.1Manga
 3.1.1Volumes
 3.1.2Bloody Brat
o 3.2Anime
 4Reception
 5Works cited
 6References
 7External links

Plot[edit]
Staz is a powerful vampire boss of a territory in the Demon World. Unlike his vampire ancestors,
he prefers not to prey on humans, and would rather indulge in their Japanese otaku lifestyle of
reading manga, watching anime, and playing video games. One day, he becomes excited when
Fuyumi Yanagi, an ordinary Japanese high school girl, accidentally wanders into the Demon
World through a portal. The two's first meeting is cut short by the attack of a demon who
challenges his territory. When Staz goes to stop the demon, Fuyumi is killed by a carnivorous
plant and turned into a ghost. Staz takes responsibility and pledges to help bring her back to life.
When they take the portal, they learn that Fuyumi needs to drink Staz's blood in order to not fade
away. They meet Hydra Bell, a treasure hunter who reveals that her ability to open and close the
portal was stolen, and that in order to restore Fuyumi they need the Book of Resurrection.
After challenging his friend Wolf, who is the boss of Demon World West, he learns that Bell has
the Book, but that Staz needs to get his big brother Braz to interpret it for him. Braz agrees to
interpret the book provided that Staz stops Papradon Akim, a creature who tears his fallen
enemies apart and uses their body parts to improve himself and his abilities. Meanwhile, Wolf
and scientist Franken Stein (who created Akim) try to find a substitute to keep Fuyumi from
fading. After Wolf fights Akim and Staz defeats Akim, Braz recruits Franken Stein to secretly
work on another creature.
Fuyumi is taken by Bell's brother Knell and delivered to their mother Neyn, who reveals that she
is the fusion of the mother of Bell and the mother of Fuyumi, making the two girls sisters. Neyn
asks Staz whether he is going to care for Fuyumi, which Staz agrees, so she releases him, only
to later send a team of assassins called Team Fearless to hunt down Staz. Meanwhile, the
Demon World Acropolis police officers Beros and Goyle arrest Braz for conspiring to overthrow
the king of the demon world, Wolf Daddy. Braz escapes but agrees to deliver to Wolf Daddy a
challenger to the throne. He places Akim's heart in the body of his late father and former king
Richarz and revives him. However Richarz is no mood to fight Wolf Daddy.
Braz and Staz learn that Richarz and Wolf Daddy had sealed up the essence of the demon king
Herrschaft Grimm behind a door, but that it is too powerful. Akim manages to revive and recover
his heart, killing Richarz and then absorbing Grimm's essence to become the new king of the
Demon World. Wolf Daddy and the gang are forced to escape, while Braz stays on as a servant
to Akim. Staz and Wolf want to take the throne back from Akim, so they start training under one
of Wolf Daddy's old friends White Step. Akim creates a team of minions to harvest more body
parts to grow stronger. To minimize this expansion, Wolf Daddy offers to Akim to fight a group of
demons on the black list, a list of criminals who were so powerful they were hidden away and
their existence erased from record. Akim agrees, and Wolf Daddy arranges for the blacklisted
demons to come and train themselves.

Characters[edit]
Main characters[edit]
Staz Charlie Blood (ブラッド・チャーリー・スタズ Buraddo Chārī Sutazu)
Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka[1] (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook[2] (English)
Staz is one of the territory bosses of Demon World East. Although he is the descendant
of the noble vampire Dracula who would go to the human world to suck blood, he shows
no interest in the vampire lifestyle, preferring to indulge himself in Japanese culture and
media. For secondary vampire characteristics, he does not fly or have bat wings, he can
eat garlic, he is not susceptible to crosses, and he heals rapidly.Ch. 1 He is immediately
attracted to Fuyumi, but when she is killed and becomes a ghost, he makes it his mission
to bring her back to life. He struggles with his feelings about her, whether it is his desire
to suck her dry as a mummy or whether it could be something romantic.Vol. 1 In the human
world, he carries a spray bottle of his spit that allows him to manipulate the memories of
the humans there. He can also revive Fuyumi by giving her some of his blood.Ch. 3 He
describes his abilities as radiating with a range of up to tens of meters.Ch. 6 When he was
younger, his brother Braz sealed his full potential power by shooting him with a special
bullet.Ch. 9 This was because he was unable to handle his power and would collapse in a
nose bleed after using the power. He is later freed from the restriction.Ch. 12
Fuyumi Yanagi (柳 冬実 Yanagi Fuyumi)
Voiced by: Iori Nomizu[1] (Japanese); Xanthe Huynh[2] (English)
Fuyumi is a Japanese high school girl who got lost in the Demon World after wandering
into a portal that had opened in her bedroom. She is eaten by a carnivorous plant demon,
and ends up a ghost / demon, leaving behind only her bones and clothes. She wears
a hitaikakushi (white triangular headband) as a result. She accompanies Staz on his
quest to bring her back to life. In the human world, she risks fading away so she must be
replenished by Staz's blood or other methods. Prior to her adventures with Staz, she has
been living with her father, but the whereabouts of her mother is unknown.Ch. 3 When she
starts fading in the demon world, Frankie discovers she might have a hybrid of demon
attributes.Ch. 9-10 It is later revealed that she and Bell became sisters, as her mother had
merged with her doppleganger counterpart from the demon world when they met each
other.Ch. 27
Hydrabell (ハイドラベル Haidora Beru)
Voiced by: Sarah Emi Bridcutt (Japanese); Kira Buckland[2] (English)
Hydrabell, or Bell for short, is a treasure hunter who is able to travel across dimensions
and between the human and demon world using the Black Curtain. She initially appears
with a large backpack with scrolls on its pockets. Her goal is to catch the magic thief who
stole her ability to put away the Black Curtain that brought Fuyumi into the demon world,
and then make that thief her lover-boy.Ch. 4 She can teleport people away using a picture
frame as the portal, and can spy on people by finger framing like a photographer.Ch.
4
Although she determines that Staz is not the magic thief, she grows attracted to Staz,Ch. 8-
9
and secretly plans to win his affections.Ch. 24-25 She learns later that Akim, when he was
Pantomime, was the magic thief. The Volume 4 extra shows her corresponding with VIPs
such as Bill Gates.Vol. 4 extra. It is later revealed that her mother had met her doppleganger
counterpart on Earth and merged, making her and Fuyumi sisters.Ch. 27
Wolf (ウルフ Urufu)
Voiced by: Takuma Terashima[1] (Japanese); Ben Diskin[2] (English)
He is the hybrid lycanthrope who controls most of Demon World West. He is Staz's friend
and rival, having known each other since Staz ran away from Acropolis. Staz says that
Wolf uses his magic to strengthen his own body so he can excel in beating up on an
opponent.Ch. 6 He is of noble blood and was supposed to live in Acropolis, but admitted
that he was abandoned because he is not a pure-blooded werewolf. According to
himself, he is "a mix of lycanthrope and nobody".Ch. 8 He can assume his fully-transformed
form for about three minutes, although if not done right, he only partially transforms.Ch. 14
Supporting characters[edit]
Demon World East[edit]
Dek (デク Deku)
Voiced by: Taichi Yones (Japanese); Kyle Hebert[2] (English)
Staz's right-hand man. He is often the one leading the gang when outside and patrolling
whenever Staz is busy with his Japanese media.Ch. 1, Vol. 1 extra
Saty (サティ Sati)
Saty is the manager of the Third Eye Cafe in the demon world. She and Mamejirou have
clairvoyant powers thanks to their third eyes. She does not speak, relying on Mamejirou
to communicate her thoughts. She is able to stop Staz and Mamejirou from fighting with
an intimidating stare.Ch. 2, Vol. 2 extra
Mamejirou (豆次郎 Mamejirō)
Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō (Japanese); Cristina Vee[2] (English)
[1]

A three-eyed talking demon animal who works at the Third Eye Cafe along with his
partner Saty. He is very talkative. He and Saty have clairvoyant powers.Ch. 2 He appears
regularly inside the jacket covers for the Japanese graphic novel publications.
Mimic Yoshida (ミミック吉田 Mimikku
Yoshida, alt. Yoshida the Mimic)
Voiced by: Kazutomi Yamamoto (Japanese); Jason Baker[2] (English)
[1]

Yoshida is a doppelganger who joins Staz's gang, serving as Staz's double whenever he
is away.Ch. 2, 3
Demon World West[edit]
Kiji (キジ)
Voiced by: Shūsaku Shirakawa
Wolf's underlng. He has light hair and wears a black turtleneck.Ch. 8
Tobi (トビ)
Voiced by: Kenji Roa
Wolf's underlng. He wears a knit cap and has dark hair.Ch. 8
Franken Stein (フ
ランケン・シュタ
イン Furanken
Shutain)
Voiced by: Tetsu Inada (Japanese); Patrick Seitz[2] (English)
A scientist within the Demon World, named after the scientist who had stitched body
parts of humans together, and whom he calls his ancestor.Ch. 12 He is an expert on demon
physiology and conducts experiments on demons. He is interested in experimenting on
Fuyumi,Vol. 2 He had worked on an experiment to create a supreme body based on
stitching together the body parts of demons; the result was Papradon Akim.Ch. 12
Demon
World
Acropoli
s[edit]
Braz D.
Blood (ブ
ラッド・
D・ブラ
ッ
ズ Buradd
o Dī
Burazzu)
Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura[1] (Japanese); Johnny Yong Bosch[2] (English)
Staz and Liz's older brother. He is the one who wrote the book of resurrection that Staz
and the others believe can bring Fuyumi back to life. When they were younger, he
conducted experiments on Staz to unlock his true potential. He later sealed Staz's
powers away with a magic bullet that he shot into Staz's heart.Ch. 9 While his intentions are
always under suspicion from Staz, his motive is to dethrone Wolf Daddy's reign as King
of Acropolis,Ch. 25 since Wolf Daddy had killed his father.Ch. 29 He orchestrates the creation
of Papradon Akim and has Staz test his strength on him. One of his abilities is to
manipulate blood.Ch. 27
Li
z
T.
B
lo
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d
(
ブ
ラ
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ド
・
T
・
 リ
ズ

B
ur
a
d
d
o
Tī
R
iz
u)
Voiced by: Yūka Nanri[1]
Liz is Braz and Staz's younger sister. She has a great respect for her eldest brother Braz
and a deep disdain for her older brother Staz. This is partly because Staz ran away from
home and partly because Braz would spend all his time on Staz. She is the jailer of
Acropolis and has the power to judge and imprison demons in her own personal dungeon
known as Liz's Toy Box.Vol. 2 She takes a liking to Fuyumi after finding that Fuyumi isn't
afraid of her or seeking to win her favor.Ch. 19
B
e
r
o
s

(
べ
ロ
ス
)
Voiced by: Masumi Asano[3] (Japanese); Julie Ann Taylor[2] (English)
Beros is the peacekeeper of the Acropolis Police.Ch. 20 She is in the form of a girl wearing
a visor cap, a black top and uneven-length shorts for uniform, and she has a tail whose
end is a snake head. She uses a collar called an Underdog Choker which restricts the
wearer from using magic.Ch. 21 Outside of police activities, Beros is part of a music band
where she plays bass guitar.Vol. 6 extra, Vol. 10
W
o
l
f
D
a
d
d
y

(
ウ
ル
フ
 ダ
デ
ィ

U
r
u
f
u
D
a
d
i
)
Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto[4] (Japanese); Richard Epcar[2] (English)
King of the Demon World Acropolis.Ch. 20, 25 He is Wolf's biological father and killer of the
Blood siblings' father Richarz, the previous king.Ch. 29 In the later story, it is revealed that
Wolf, Richarz and Heads are good friends, and that he had killed Richarz at the latter's
request when he had been infused with Grimm's magic essence.Vol. 9-10 He was part of a
secret task force called the Demon Colors under the previous king where he went under
the name Red Wolf.Vol. 11

Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio[5] (Japanese); Ben Pronsky[2] (English)

Captain in the Acropolis. He wears glasses and has a barbed tail.Ch. 25 He works with
computers.Ch. 26, Vol. 6 extra He uses anger to summon and to power up his demon pet creature
named Angry Spear.Ch. 26, 36 He also has a power called Cool Decision, which lets him
freeze his opponent if they touch his head.Ch. 29, 37
Voiced by: Kōji Yusa[1] (Japanese); Lucien Dodge[2] (English)
He is a monstrosity created by Franken Stein stitched up by the body parts of demons. In
order to obtain stronger parts for his body, he escaped from Franken's lab via spatial
magic and began hunting and killing demons with exceptional magical properties in order
to harvest their limbs.Ch. 12 Akim's true form is that of a phantom and he uses magic to
manipulate the separate body parts which make up his physical form.Ch. 14 Akim's entire
creation was orchestrated by Braz, who anonymously delivered a demon corpse to
Franken to serve as the central container for Akim.Ch. 17, 20 The corpse was later revealed
to be a spy from Wolf Daddy named Pantomime.Ch. 25 Akim's heart is placed in a new
vessel that turns out to be Braz's father Richarz, but Akim is unable to control the body
and only serves as a power source to keep the heart beating.Ch. 34 Akim later comes back
to life, taking the heart out of Richarz's body, and absorbing Grimm's magic to take over
Demon World Acropolis.Vol. 9-10
A group of assassins sent by Neyn to hunt down Staz. Although they have never actually
killed a vampire before, they hope that this would elevate their standing at the Acropolis.
They consist of: Shamkid "the leader" who can transform into a cat and can foretell a
person's actions after having a piece of their hair; Sam "the veteran" who sports a
ponytail and an eyepatch, and wields a katana; Jasmine "the looks"who is dressed as
a jiangshi, speaks Chinese, and wields a claw weapon; Roy "the brain" who wears a
striped shirt, handles navigation for their team airship, and whose special ability includes
falling asleep to enable a "chat room" that allows the team to communicate with each
other telepathically; and Rando "the brawn" a mummy who was able to capture Fuyumi
inside his body.Vol. 7 After Akim takes over the Acropollis, they join Akim's staff as an elite
squad where they help cook and clean, while secretly thinking of ways to depose him.Vol. 11

The father of the Blood siblings. He had lost the throne when he was killed by Wolf
Daddy who crushed his heart, but ten years later, he is brought back to life by Braz using
Akim's heart.Ch. 34, 38 However, Akim is able to grab the heart back.Vol. 9 It is revealed that he,
his wife and Wolf Daddy were part of the original squad that tried to contain the old king
Grimm but he had lost his wife and his heart got corrupted by Grimm's essence, so he
asked Wolf Daddy to kill him.Vol. 9

Kelly and Burgundy are female demon servants created by Akim infused with Akim's
Grimm magic and some of the top organs harvested by Akim. Kelly has light hair and
dark skin, and dresses with a tank top with a zig-zag stripe, a cheetah animal print wrap
skirt and black pants. Burgundy wears a mask, rabbit ears and tail. a single strap top,
black bikini bottom, and thigh-high knee socks. Their mission is to scour the Demon
World territories and grab the best organs to harvest.Vol. 10-11
Amber was created by Akim as another demon to fight with him against the blacklisted
demons. He has a mohawk hairstyle. He was rated a little stronger than the two demon
girls, but was still unable to beat Akim in their sparring match.Ch. 60-61
Voiced by: Yūki Kaji[6] (Japanese); Erik Scott Kimerer[2] (English)
Knell is a transporter and takes on jobs to transport goods to different locations.Ch. 21 He is
the younger brother of Bell, and fellow spatial magic user.Ch. 21-22 He was born after Neyn
had fused so her demon powers are not as strong as Bell's.Ch. 28
Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi[7] (Japanese); Wendee Lee[2] (English)
Bell and Knell's mother. She has dark hair,Ch. 21 but originally had light hair when Bell was
a child.Ch. 27 Fourteen years ago, when she met her doppleganger counterpart in the
human world, who happened to be Fuyumi's mother, she fused with her and became one
person (she has heterochromia). She had since agreed to live in the demon world with
Heads.Ch. 24, 27 She and Braz are e-mail friends.Ch. 25

Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara[8] (Japanese); Keith Silverstein[2] (English)

Heads Hydra is Neyn's husband and Bell and Knell's father. Initially appearing as a
flying multi-headed serpent, he assumes a human shape where he typically wears a "I ♥
Neyn" T-shirt and pajamas that he had during their honeymoon.Ch. 28
Voiced by: Eiichiro Tokumoto (Japanese); Matt Mercer (English)
Fuyumi's father.Ch. 3 He was aware of the Demon World's existence following his wife's
fusion with Neyn and decided to give up being with her to Heads Hydra to instead raise
Fuyumi on his own.Ch. 28 He has a Demon World counterpart who works as a butler to the
Hydra family.Ch. 27

Wolf's mother and Wolf Daddy's estranged wife. She lives on Earth where she is a school
teacher. Although Wolf Daddy covets her powers, Katy says her time on Earth has
diminished them so she is willing to teach Wolf how to use his powers so she doesn't
have to return to the demon world.Ch. 35

White Step is a colleague of Wolf Daddy; they were in a secret task force called the
Demon Colors under the king. He is a human who has survived in the demon world using
his dodging skills and living off the grid. He trains Staz and Wolf in the art of dodging, and
agrees to let the Blacklist be exposed if it will protect his demon disciple Pati. He resides
in Demon World North.Vol. 11

The blacklist demons are ones who are not bounded by any demon territory and have
gone off the grid. They are very strong demons that are coveted by Akim. Outside of Pati,
Wolf Daddy has brought in the following demons:
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