Yofukashi no Uta Episode 6 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

6th Night: Might as Well Have Fun

Kiyosumi Shirakawa, tired after an after-work drinks event, visits Nazuna's place and is welcomed by Kou, a fourteen-year-old on his first day working there for money and to keep enjoying the night. During the massage she breaks down about her job, and when her boss calls summoning her to the office, Kou blocks the door and calls Nazuna, who throws her out the window; Kou leaps after her, and Nazuna catches them both. Kou then says he wants to become a vampire and promises to turn Kiyosumi too. Later the two go to a club's nighttime pool, then fly to an empty school pool where Nazuna drinks his blood.

• Massage interrupted by work call

  Kiyosumi, tired from after-work drinks, comes to Nazuna's place and gets a massage from Kou. She breaks down over her job, but when her boss calls she tries to leave, and Kou blocks the door.

• Window escape and vampire wish

  Kou calls Nazuna, who throws Kiyosumi out the window; Kou leaps after her, and Nazuna catches them both in midair. Kou says he wants to become a vampire, and Kiyosumi, admitting she envies his wish to keep enjoying the night, laughs and heads back to work after he promises to turn her too.

• Nighttime pool and blood-sucking

  Nazuna chooses Kou's nighttime pool idea, and at the club Kou gets jealous of men hitting on her and pulls her away. They fly to an empty school pool, where Nazuna drinks his blood.

Recent Timeline

• Dawn reunion with Akira and making up (Episode 3)

  Kou reconnects at 4 a.m. with his childhood friend Akira, who has kept the old transceiver he left in her mailbox years ago, and they start meeting before dawn. Noticing him leaving early, Nazuna finds them, drinks Kou's blood in front of Akira to show she is a vampire, and takes them to a bar; after Akira invites Kou to school, Nazuna leaves irritated without paying, and they make up when Kou calls her on the transceiver to apologize.

• Blood feeding after the public bath (Episode 5)

  After bathing together, Kou's thoughts scatter and he cannot focus, so he asks Nazuna to drink his blood to calm his strong emotions and clear his head, which also lets him sort out his feelings. She drinks somewhat more than intended. Afterward Kou looks for a place to rest and ends up at a couples' venue.

• Massage course cut short by a client (Episode 5)

  Kou orders a massage course from Nazuna's price list and learns that she uses massages to relax customers into sleep before feeding on them. Just as she is about to feed on him, the doorbell rings; Nazuna has forgotten to take down the sign, so Kou answers and invites the client in while the boss rests.

• Kou tries to keep Kiyosumi from work (Episode 6)

  Called back to the office at 2 AM by her boss, Kiyosumi is blocked by Kou, who keeps her in the apartment. Nazuna then throws her out the window; Kou leaps after her, and Nazuna catches them both in midair. Kou explains he would not let her go because her job made her cry. She still heads to work in the end, after Kou promises to turn her into a vampire too if he becomes one.

• Night pool outing ending in blood feeding (Episode 6)

  Kou suggests a nighttime pool, which Nazuna enjoys, but the club is crowded and Kou grows jealous when men try to approach her. Nazuna takes him to an empty school pool, where they jump in fully clothed, and she then drinks his blood.

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.

Kiyosumi Shirakawa (Kiyosumi)

office worker

A 24-year-old office worker and returning client of Nazuna's, worn down by after-work drinks and a boss who calls her in at all hours. During Kou's massage she broke down, saying she can't take it anymore; when Kou and Nazuna tried to keep her from answering her boss's 2 a.m. summons, she admitted she envies Kou's wish to keep enjoying the night, but she still went to work.

• Visit

  Came back to Nazuna's place because she enjoyed it last time, and got her massage from Kou on his first day working there.

• Work strain

  Her work is fun but cannot be done alone; she must handle her boss and colleagues and pretend to enjoy herself, and is called to the office at ridiculous hours.

• Night attitude

  Recalls enjoying walking alone at night ten years ago and envies Kou's wish to keep enjoying the night.

• Kou Yamori (Other, Affinity)

  Met him at Nazuna's place; they share the feeling of enjoying the night, and she encourages him while admitting she cannot keep doing it as an adult.

Kou Yamori (Kou)

A 14-year-old second-year middle schooler who stopped going to school out of boredom and started going out at night because he couldn't sleep. He now works at Nazuna's place for money and wants her to turn him into a vampire so he can keep enjoying the night, even promising to turn Kiyosumi too.

• Sleep trouble

  Recently started having trouble sleeping and sought advice online.

• Feelings

  Admits his goal is to fall in love with Nazuna, but finds such thoughts about a friend improper.

• Age and schooling

  Fourteen years old; stopped going to school after getting bored, and began going out at night because he could not sleep.

• Vampire wish

  Wants Nazuna to turn him into a vampire so he can keep enjoying the night.

• Nazuna Nanakusa (Mentor, Pact, Friend, Colleague, Other, Affinity)

  Asked Nazuna to make him a vampire and to let him fall in love with her; he now works at her place, and she teases him and drinks his blood.

• Akira (Friend, Affinity)

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

• Kiyosumi Shirakawa (Other, Affinity)

  Empathizes with her exhaustion, walks with her in the street, and promises to turn her into a vampire too if he becomes one.

Nazuna Nanakusa (Nazuna)

vampire

A vampire who roams the night drinking human blood and doesn't make offspring. She runs a cuddling-and-massage service where Kou now works, and Kou wants her to be the one who turns him.

• 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.

• Powers

  Can pass through walls and fly.

• Kou Yamori (Mentor, Pact, Friend, Colleague, Other, Affinity)

  Drinks Kou's blood and lets him try to fall in love with her; she treats him as the boy working for her, teases him, and takes him out for the night.

• 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

• Turning, feeding, and blood nature

  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, so 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. For vampires, sucking blood is not only eating but also copulating 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.

• Vampires cast no reflection

  Vampires do not have a reflection, so they cannot see themselves in mirrors or water.

Clue Board

• Cause of Kou's unstable emotions (Episode 5)

  Kou experiences a mix of good and bad thoughts after the bath and cannot focus. He suspects either Nazuna's different hairstyle or his increased blood flow from bathing, but the cause is not determined. Sucking his blood calms the strong emotions for now.

• Kou's feeling after the bite (Episode 6)

  After Nazuna sucks his blood, Kou wonders what he felt that day and whether he would be told if he asked her. The question is left unanswered.

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–6

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.

Nazuna, who can read Kou's feelings in the taste of his blood and now drinks only from him, turns out to make her living as a professional cuddler, and when a client arrives she begs Kou to give the massage in exchange for 2,000 yen and another kiss. The client, exhausted office worker Kiyosumi Shirakawa, breaks down during the massage. When her boss summons her at 2 a.m., Kou stops her, Nazuna throws her out the window and catches her and Kou in midair, and Kou promises to turn Kiyosumi too once he becomes a vampire.

Music Releases

• Daten (OP)
• Yofukashi no Uta (ED)