Yofukashi no Uta Episode 2 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

2nd Night: Do You Do LINE?

Kou sneaks out at night to meet Nazuna, who reminds him that for a vampire, sucking blood is not just eating but, under certain conditions, also a form of mating. Nazuna admits she has been feeding on random people, and the two struggle to find each other each night. Kou gives her a wristwatch transceiver, and after a test play within its 150-meter range they spend more time together. On the school roof Nazuna bites his neck again, and Kou suggests they start as friends. The episode ends when a girl wearing the other transceiver appears behind Kou.

• Blood feeding and random search

  Kou sneaks out again and meets Nazuna, who reminds him that for vampires sucking blood is not just eating but, under certain conditions, also a form of mating. She admits she has been feeding on random people, and Kou wants a way to contact her instead of searching each night.

• Wristwatch transceiver exchange

  Nazuna has no phone, so Kou gives her a wristwatch transceiver with a 150-meter range, recalling the transceiver he hid as a child for a stranger to find. In the test call she answers from within range.

• Rooftop feeding and friendship

  On the school roof Nazuna bites Kou's neck and finds his blood tasty. Kou suggests they start as friends, and as he heads home alone, a girl wearing the other transceiver appears behind him.

Recent Timeline

• Night encounter with Nazuna (Episode 1)

  Kou, sneaking out at night and buying beer to fight insomnia, is caught by Nazuna, who takes him to her apartment. Pretending to sleep, he is bitten on the neck and learns she is a vampire. She then takes him to the roof and flies with him after kicking him off, ending his first night outside his routine.

• Blood feeding at Nazuna's home (Episode 2)

  Nazuna, tired, lies on her futon and invites Kou. When she asks to drink his blood, Kou first refuses, saying that since he won't turn anyway she can drink from someone else, but when she admits she had been looking for him because blood as tasty as his is rare, he offers his neck and she happily drinks.

• Wristwatch transceiver test play (Episode 2)

  Kou gives Nazuna a wristwatch transceiver to keep in touch. She treats it as a toy and they test it at a 150-meter range. When Kou calls, she replies from within range, and he is glad they can now reach each other.

• Blood feeding on the school roof (Episode 2)

  Nazuna takes Kou to the roof of his school and says the night changes how one sees things, making the school seem less bad. As Kou agrees, she bites his neck and feeds. She finds his blood tasty and a bit lewd to drink at school. Afterward Kou asks to call her Nazuna-chan, which embarrasses her, and she asks him to use -san. They agree to start as friends.

Character Graph

Girl with the other transceiver

Girl wearing the other transceiver, appearing behind Kou

Kou Yamori

A 14-year-old second-year middle schooler who can't sleep and has started sneaking out at night, where he feels free; he says he has no trusted friend and knows little about love. He wants to become a vampire, has given Nazuna a wristwatch transceiver, and still wears the old one from his childhood.

• Sleep trouble

  Recently started having trouble sleeping and sought advice online.

• Social life

  Has no trusted friend and is treated unkindly by girls at school.

• Transceiver

  Gave Nazuna a wristwatch transceiver to keep in touch

• Nazuna Nanakusa (Mentor, Pact, Friend, Mixed)

  Asked Nazuna to make him a vampire and to let him fall in love with her; he lets her drink his blood, and they have agreed to start as friends.

Nazuna Nanakusa

vampire

A vampire who roams the night drinking human blood and doesn't make offspring. She is teaching Kou to enjoy the night and finds his blood unusually tasty.

• Feeding

  Feeds on Kou only when the timing allows

• Identity

  Introduced herself by name and confirmed she is a vampire.

• Kou Yamori (Mentor, Pact, Friend, Mixed)

  Caught Kou buying beer and drinks his blood; she lets him try to fall in love with her while teaching him about the night, and they are starting out as friends.

World Memo

• Turning, feeding, and night blood

  A person can become a vampire only if they fall in love with the vampire who would turn them. For vampires, blood is simply food, and feeding does not require creating new vampires; making many offspring is not a universal habit. Human blood tastes best at night, especially just before a person falls asleep, because it is infused with night. Sucking blood is not only eating for vampires but also copulation under certain conditions.

• Blood variation and the turning process

  Different people's blood is like different meals, so feeding partners vary in taste. Blood-sucking is part of the feeding process, and a single feeding does not by itself turn a person into a vampire.

Clue Board

• Unexplained sleeplessness (Episode 1)

  Kou has recently had trouble sleeping, a problem he looked up online and that remains unexplained in this episode.

• Finder of the hidden transceiver (Episode 2)

  Kou hid one of two transceivers at age nine and never got a call, then found the other one missing and assumed someone had found it. This episode a girl wearing the other transceiver appears behind Kou and calls him by name, which resolves the question of who found it; her identity and reason for having it are not yet explained.

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–2

Kou Yamori, a sleepless 14-year-old who sneaks out at night, meets the vampire Nazuna Nanakusa, who drinks his blood and tells him that a human turns only by falling in love with a vampire. Kou asks her to make him a vampire and sets out to fall in love with her, and Nazuna, who makes no offspring, lets him try and begins teaching him to enjoy the night. To stop searching for each other every night, Kou gives her a wristwatch transceiver, and after she drinks his blood on his school roof, they agree to start as friends.

Music Releases

• Daten (OP)
• Yofukashi no Uta (ED)