Vampire Dormitory

Vampire Dormitory (Japanese: ヴァンパイア男子寮（ドミトリー）, Hepburn: Vanpaia Domitorī) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ema Tōyama. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi from November 2018 to June 2024. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Blanc aired from April to June 2024.

Vampire Dormitory
First tankōbon volume cover
ヴァンパイア男子寮（ドミトリー） (Vanpaia Domitorī)
Genre	Fantasy[1] Romance[1] Supernatural[1]
Manga
Written by	Ema Tōyama
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA
Magazine	Nakayoshi
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	November 2, 2018 – June 3, 2024
Volumes	14
Anime television series
Directed by	Nobuyoshi Nagayama
Written by	Touko Machida
Studio	Studio Blanc
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	Tokyo MX, BS NTV, AT-X, MBS
Original run	April 7, 2024 – June 23, 2024
Episodes	12

Plot

Teenage orphan Mito Yamamoto has spent most of her early childhood living with numerous relatives who saw her as nothing but a burden since her parents died in a house fire when she was a child until years later, she is kicked out by one of her relatives and is forced to fend for herself. Now homeless, she secretly starts sleeping at the ramen shop where she currently works as a waitress at until she fired by her boss for doing so; she then starts cross dressing as a boy to protect herself and prevent drawing unwanted attention from leering strangers. While searching for another job, she suddenly stumbles upon La Fraise, a popular cafe with handsome waiters where she accidentally breaks a vase and cuts her finger, causing it to bleed; one of the waiters Ruka Saotome takes her to the back room to tend to her injury.

Not knowing that she's a female, he licks off the blood from her cut until he feels disgusted from the taste of it, making her leave. Feeling like she has nowhere and no one to turn to, Mito later that night contemplates committing suicide by jumping over a bridge; when she begins having second thoughts she slips and falls off the bridge until she is rescued by Ruka, who is revealed to be a vampire and suddenly bites on her neck, while sucking her blood. Afterwards he comments that the flavor of men's blood tastes gross and the blood of someone who is unloved has a much bitter taste (explaining Mito's cut from earlier), he proposes for Mito to become his thrall to fill this position. Despite being a girl, Mito moves in with Ruka at the dormitory of Hijirigaoka Boys' Academy, where she continues to conceal her real gender by posing as a student on the campus; she then takes up a job at the cafe with Ruka and several others.

Characters

Mito Yamamoto (山本 美人, Yamamoto Mito)

Voiced by: Kana Ichinose^[2] (Japanese); Nia Celeste^[3] (English)

Ruka Saotome (早乙女 ルカ, Saotome Ruka)

Voiced by: Shun'ichi Toki^[2] (Japanese); Comona Lewin^[3] (English)

Ren Nikaido (二階堂 蓮, Nikaidō Ren)

Voiced by: Yūichirō Umehara^[2] (Japanese); Nick Huber^[3] (English)

Komori (小森)

Voiced by: Wataru Hatano^[4] (Japanese); Bradley Gareth^[3] (English)

Takara Kagurazaka (神楽坂 宝, Kagurazaka Takara)

Voiced by: Yusuke Shirai^[4] (Japanese); Matt Shipman^[3] (English)

Juri (樹里)

Voiced by: Yuki Sakakihara^[4] (Japanese); Lexi Nieto^[3] (English)

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Ema Tōyama, Vampire Dormitory began serialization in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi on November 2, 2018.^[5] The series ended its first part on July 1, 2022, and began its second part on December 1 that year.^[6] The series ended serialization on June 3, 2024.^[7] Its chapters were collected into fourteen tankōbon volumes from April 12, 2019 to July 11, 2024.^[8][9]

During their 2019 San Diego Comic-Con panel, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the manga in a digital-only format.^[10] On March 24, 2021, Kodansha USA announced a print release would be released in Q4 2021.^[11]

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	North American release date	North American ISBN
1	April 12, 2019[8]	978-4-06-515037-5	August 20, 2019 (digital) October 19, 2021 (print)[12]	978-1-64-651329-1
2	August 9, 2019[13]	978-4-06-516756-4	October 22, 2019 (digital) December 28, 2021 (print)[14]	978-1-64-651330-7
3	December 13, 2019[15]	978-4-06-518032-7	March 24, 2020 (digital) February 1, 2022 (print)[16]	978-1-64-651331-4
4	June 11, 2020[17]	978-4-06-519929-9	October 13, 2020 (digital) April 5, 2022 (print)[18]	978-1-64-651332-1
5	October 13, 2020[19]	978-4-06-520801-4	April 6, 2021 (digital) June 7, 2022 (print)[20]	978-1-64-651333-8
6	February 12, 2021[21]	978-4-06-522277-5	July 13, 2021 (digital) August 9, 2022 (print)[22]	978-1-64-651613-1
7	June 11, 2021[23]	978-4-06-523619-2	December 14, 2021 (digital) October 11, 2022 (print)[24]	978-1-64-651614-8
8	October 13, 2021[25]	978-4-06-525688-6	March 8, 2022 (digital) December 6, 2022 (print)[26]	978-1-64-651615-5
9	March 11, 2022[27]	978-4-06-527351-7	September 6, 2022 (digital) February 7, 2023 (print)[28]	978-1-64-651734-3
10	August 12, 2022[29]	978-4-06-528484-1	January 31, 2023 (digital) June 20, 2023 (print)[30]	978-1-64-651735-0
11	June 13, 2023[31]	978-4-06-532202-4	May 21, 2024 (digital) May 28, 2024 (print)[32]	979-8-88-877081-8
12	November 13, 2023[33]	978-4-06-533674-8	November 19, 2024[34]	979-8-88-877082-5
13	March 13, 2024[35]	978-4-06-534967-0	May 27, 2025[36]	979-88-9478576-9
14	July 11, 2024[9]	978-4-06-536189-4	July 29, 2025 [37]	9798888774694

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 30, 2023. It is animated by Studio Blanc and directed by Nobuyoshi Nagayama, with scripts written by Touko Machida, and character designs handled by Naomi Tsuruta.^[38] It aired from April 7 to June 23, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks.^[39][40] The opening theme song is "Sugar Blood Kiss", performed by Fantastics,^[41] while the ending theme song is "Mata Ashita" (また あした; "See You Tomorrow"), performed by Every Little Thing.^[42] Crunchyroll licensed the series.^[43] As of July 2024, the anime has adapted the first 6 tankōbons.^[a][44]

Episodes

No.	Title [45][b]	Directed by [45]	Written by [45]	Storyboarded by [45]	Original release date [47]
1	"The pretty boy gets picked up." Transliteration: "Bishōnen, Hirowareru." (Japanese: 美少年、拾われる。)	Kazuya Ishiguri	Touko Machida	Nobuyoshi Nagayama	April 7, 2024 (2024-04-07)
2	"The pretty boy is targeted." Transliteration: "Bishōnen, Nerawareru." (Japanese: 美少年、狙われる。)	Ayako Sugi	Touko Machida	Daigo Kinoshita	April 14, 2024 (2024-04-14)
3	"The pretty boy stays over." Transliteration: "Bishōnen, O Tomari Suru." (Japanese: 美少年、お泊まりする。)	Kazuya Ishikuri	Touko Machida	Kazuya Ishikuri	April 21, 2024 (2024-04-21)
4	"The pretty boy becomes friends." Transliteration: "Bishōnen, Tomodachi ni Naru." (Japanese: 美少年、友だちになる。)	Takanori Yano	Misaki Morie	Teru Ishii	April 28, 2024 (2024-04-28)
5	"The pretty boy runs away from home." Transliteration: "Bishōnen, Iede Suru." (Japanese: 美少年、家出する。)	Kenya Ueno	Rie Uehara	Akiyoshi Watari	May 5, 2024 (2024-05-05)
6	"The pretty boy is heartbroken?!" Transliteration: "Bishōnen, Shitsuren Suru!?" (Japanese: 美少年、失恋する！？)	Teru Ishii	Michiko Yokote	Teru Ishii	May 12, 2024 (2024-05-12)
7	"The pretty boy goes on a date." Transliteration: "Bishōnen, Dēto Suru." (Japanese: 美少年、デートする。)	Kazuya Ishiguri	Misaki Morie	Kazuya Ishiguri	May 19, 2024 (2024-05-19)
8	"The pretty boy has a fateful encounter." Transliteration: "Bishōnen, Unmei no Deai o Suru." (Japanese: 美少年、運命の出会いをする。)	Ayako Sugi	Rie Uehara	Kenichi Nishida	May 26, 2024 (2024-05-26)
9	"The pretty boy goes to a party." Transliteration: "Bishōnen, Pātī ni Iku." (Japanese: 美少年、パーティーにいく。)	Shiro Izumi	Michiko Yokote	Teru Ishii	June 2, 2024 (2024-06-02)
10	"The pretty boy transforms." Transliteration: "Bishōnen, Henshin Suru." (Japanese: 美少年、変身する。)	Takanori Yano	Michiko Yokote	Akiyoshi Watari	June 9, 2024 (2024-06-09)
11	"The pretty boy drowns." Transliteration: "Bishōnen, Oboreru." (Japanese: 美少年、溺れる。)	Tatsumi Mukaiyama	Touko Machida	Kenichi Nishida	June 16, 2024 (2024-06-16)
12	"The pretty boy vows!?" Transliteration: "Bishōnen, Chikau!?" (Japanese: 美少年、誓う！？)	Kazuya Ishiguri	Touko Machida	Yuri Isowa	June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23)

Notes

1. Until Chapter 22
2. All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.^[46]