Yofukashi no Uta Episode 4 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

4th Night: Isn't This a Tight Squeeze?

Thinking the previous night's kiss means he is in love, Kou asks Nazuna to bite him, but he doesn't turn, and she says the kiss was probably just lust. Later Akira, who has started waking before midnight, runs into Kou, and he invites her to spend the night with him and Nazuna. The three play games at Nazuna's place, and Akira, kept there by the rain, learns Kou wants to become a vampire; she says she'll stay his friend but keep pushing him to go to school, then falls asleep and wakes four hours later to head to school.

• Night meeting and bite

  Kou searches for Nazuna and finds her; he asks her to bite him after deciding he is in love, and she drinks his blood while denying he has become a vampire.

• Games and futon night

  Akira joins at Nazuna's place; they play a fighting game and a dating sim, then lie down together on a futon as rain keeps Akira there.

• Akira falls asleep and wakes

  Akira asks about the blood-sucking, Kou admits he wants to become a vampire, and she falls asleep; after four hours she wakes late for school.

Recent Timeline

• Night encounter with Nazuna (Episode 1)

  Kou sneaks out at night to buy beer for his insomnia and 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 brings him to the roof and flies with him after kicking him off, ending his first night outside his routine.

• Blood feeding and transceiver test (Episode 2)

  Tired, Nazuna invites Kou to lie on her futon and 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. Kou also gives her a wristwatch transceiver to stay in touch; she treats it as a toy, and at a 150-meter test range she answers his call from within range, which pleases him.

• 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. Kou agrees, and she bites his neck and feeds, finding 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.

• Dawn reunion with Akira (Episode 3)

  At 4 a.m. Kou calls on his old transceiver and reconnects with his childhood friend Akira, who has kept it ever since he left it in her mailbox as a child, clearing up their misunderstanding. Akira, out on her early walk to school, arranges to meet him again at the same time the next day.

• Reunion at the bar and making up (Episode 3)

  Noticing Kou leaving early, Nazuna finds him with Akira, drinks his blood in front of her to show she is a vampire, and takes them both to a bar. After Akira asks Kou to come to school with her, Nazuna leaves without paying and flies off irritated. Kou calls her on the transceiver to apologize and they make up; when he admits he hesitated because he didn't know how to tell a human friend he wants to become a vampire, Nazuna kisses him to drink the blood from his scrape.

• Mistaken love and a night with Akira (Episode 4)

  Believing the kiss means he is in love, Kou asks Nazuna to bite him, but he does not turn and she calls it lust. Akira, unable to sleep, spends the night at Nazuna's place with them, learns Kou wants to become a vampire, and says she will stay his friend while still pushing him to attend school.

Character Graph

Akira

human · schoolgirl

Kou's childhood friend who kept the transceiver he left in her mailbox years ago. Lately unable to sleep, she spent a night at Nazuna's place with Kou, learned he wants to become a vampire, and says she will stay his friend while still pushing him to go to school.

• Background

  Had different classes from Kou in childhood; he became outgoing around sixth grade and she lost the chance to talk with him again.

• Current state

  Still believes she and Kou are friends; enjoys spending time with him and asks him to attend school together.

• Concern for Kou

  Feels embarrassed and wants to leave, then stays; says she wants to be supportive but cannot accept Kou being with Nazuna.

• Kou Yamori (Friend, Affinity)

  Childhood friend she has reconnected with; she worries about his nights and wants to stay his friend while urging him to study and attend school.

• Nazuna Nanakusa (Other, Hostility)

  Met Nazuna through Kou; she calls Nazuna an obscene monster she can't accept Kou being with and is annoyed watching her drink Kou's blood, though she stayed the night at her place.

Kou Yamori (Kou)

A 14-year-old second-year middle schooler who can't sleep, sneaks out at night, and has stopped going to school. He wants to become a vampire by falling in love with Nazuna; after their kiss he thought he had, but Nazuna says it was only lust. He has now told his childhood friend Akira about his goal.

• Sleep trouble

  Recently started having trouble sleeping and sought advice online.

• Social life

  Thought he had no trusted friend and finds girls at school mean, but has reconnected with his childhood friend Akira.

• Transceiver

  Gave Nazuna a wristwatch transceiver to keep in touch

• Vampire aspiration

  Openly states his wish to become a vampire one day, which Akira learns about this night.

• 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, which she calls supply and demand, and believes he must fall in love with her to turn.

• Akira (Friend, Affinity)

  Akira worries about him and wants to remain his friend while still pushing him to attend school.

Nazuna Nanakusa (Nazuna)

vampire

A vampire who roams the night drinking human blood and doesn't make offspring. She drinks Kou's blood, calling it supply and demand, teases him about his feelings, and insists that their kiss was lust, not love.

• Feeding

  Feeds on Kou only when the timing allows

• Identity

  Introduced herself by name and confirmed she is a vampire.

• Blood supply arrangement

  Drinks Kou's blood and explains the exchange as supply and demand, saying Kou's blood is tasty.

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

  Drinks Kou's blood and lets him try to fall in love with her; she denies that the kiss means he is in love and calls it lust.

• Akira (Friend, Neutral)

  Invites Akira to play games at her place and teases her, and lets her stay the night when it rains.

World Memo

• Vampire turning, blood as food, and feeding conditions

  A person can become a vampire only if they fall in love with the vampire who would turn them; a bite alone is not enough. 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. Feeding is also a form of copulation under certain conditions.

• Blood variation and feeding in turning

  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 3)

  Resolved in episode 3: the girl is Kou's childhood friend Akira, who kept the transceiver he had left in her mailbox years ago without knowing which mailbox was hers; Kou realizes the whole thing was a misunderstanding.

• Reason for skipping school (Episode 3)

  Kou told Akira that at some point school stopped being fun and he didn't know how to deal with that feeling, and apologized for not telling her sooner. Later he told Nazuna he hesitated over Akira's invitation because he didn't know how to tell a human friend he won't go back to school because he wants to become a vampire.

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–4

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.

The girl holding the other transceiver turns out to be his childhood friend Akira, who kept it all these years, and Kou starts meeting her before dawn. Nazuna finds them, shows Akira she is a vampire, and leaves irritated when Kou hesitates over Akira's invitation to come back to school; after Kou calls to apologize, she kisses him to drink the blood from a scrape. Thinking the kiss means he is in love, Kou asks to be bitten but does not turn, and Nazuna calls it mere lust. Akira, unable to sleep, spends a night with them, learns Kou wants to become a vampire, and promises to stay his friend while still pushing him to go to school.

Music Releases

• Daten (OP)
• Yofukashi no Uta (ED)