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* ''Manga/CallOfTheNight'' has the [[TechnicallyLivingVampire technically-living]] variety. Once a human becomes a vampire they stop aging physically, but still require substenance. While they can consume normal food and drink and it's not made clear if they can go without it, they do require regular ingestion of blood, as the alternative is [[HorrorHunger slowly losing their lucidity the longer they go without blood]] until they die after ten years without a single drop. Compared to normal humans, vampires are [[SuperStrength physically stronger]] and possess [[SuperToughness superhuman durability]], {{flight}}, {{intangibility}} and a HealingFactor that allows them to reattach [[AnArmAndALeg severed limbs]] and regrow [[TorsoWithAView chest cavities]] after ingesting a few drops of blood. They can also [[TheEmpath get an idea of the emotions and thoughts their prey is experiencing]] as they drink their blood, and the same process allows them to experience the last memories of dead people or even [[TheFogOfAges refresh their own]]. All vampires, without exception, possess a "[[KryptoniteFactor weakness]]" in the form of an object from their human lives to which they have a particularly strong emotional attachment; said weakness can be used to injure or even kill them just by keeping it close to them, though it can also make them go feral as it causes them physical and mental discomfort. Finally, [[VampireProcreationLimit the single most important requirement for a vampire to turn a human into their offspring]] is that their prey must fall in love with them first; failing that, the human has a time limit of one year after the first bite to fall in love with their would-be sire before they can no longer turn at all, which has the side effect of [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth making their blood taste particularly foul to vampires]] as a warning that they can't be turned.

*** And the Stone Mask's true purpose for the Pillar Men was to unlock an even further potential than they already had and become an immortal [[UltimateLifeForm Ultimate Being]], with the abilities of and resistance to all life on Earth [[spoiler:including the sun and Hamon]], which can only be attained if a certain flawless Red Stone of Aja is in a Stone Mask and its wearer is exposed to sunlight ([[spoiler:natural or artificial]]). A semi-religious sect of Hamon warriors protect the flawless Super Aja to prevent the Pillar Men from becoming Ultimate Beings. There is no way to defeat an Ultimate Being... except for [[spoiler:turning its reactive evolution against it.]] Through sheer luck, [[spoiler:Joseph Joestar]] managed to [[spoiler:push Kars out of Earth's atmosphere, forcing him to "Evolve" into an [[FateWorseThanDeath unthinking half-organic half-mineral]] creature floating through the vacuum of space for all of eternity; after all, nothing ''on Earth'' can stop one.]]

** For starters (as established in both ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'' and ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]''), the most powerful ones are created by artifacts called the Stone Masks which have mostly been found in {{Mayincatec}} ruins in Mexico. While Vampires have fangs, they feed through their ''fingers''. They are not adversely affected by water, but direct exposure to sunlight means instant disintegration and permanent death for them. Other than sustaining them, sucking blood can heal their wounds and stop their aging. Those killed by Stone Mask vampires rise again as Zombies; this variety has a simple personality based on their most outstanding personality trait and, unlike Stone Mask vampires, cannot heal wounds. Stone Mask vampires ''can'', however, create other Stone Mask vampires by giving a human their blood (as Dio did to [[spoiler:Vanilla Ice]]). The only method short of sunlight or [[SupernaturalMartialArts Hamon]] that slays a vampire, Stone Mask or Zombie, is grievous head trauma; decapitation merely leads to a living, severed head [[spoiler:that can then attach to and take over any handy body,]] as [[spoiler:Dio did to Jonathan Joestar]]. While it was never 100% explained why blunt head trauma was deadly to the vampires, it is most likely due to the fact that the vampires in ''[=JoJo=]'' were originally humans that had specific points in the brain exposed to a severe acupuncture, which awakened what was supposedly a human's "[[NinetyPercentOfYourBrain true potential]]". That being said, getting punched in the head really hard may damage one of the activated brain points. Their powers are also outside the norm, including (but not limited to) the ability to shoot high-pressure fluid from their eyes and absorbing ambient heat to freeze any living being that touches them.
** And that's not even counting the Pillar Men from ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'', Kars, Esidisi, Wamuu, and Santana. Kars created the Stone Masks to make their already-powerful species even more powerful. Needless to say, nothing short of top-tier Hamon Users can kill them, and even ''that'' takes an eternity to work. Sunlight only turns them to stone for as long as they're exposed, and even if you were to grind up the remains into dust, Hamon is still needed to finish the job. [[spoiler:Even a second of usable dark while encased can lead to a fighter's death]] as [[spoiler:Wammu did to Caesar]]. They feed by absorbing anything they touch (typically vampires and humans), and can [[LovecraftianSuperpower shapeshift their bodies around to utilize their bones and veins for weaponry]] or to fit into tiny drainpipes and stretch their body parts. Also, they have horns on their heads, and the number of horns denotes their potential power levels.

*** And the Stone Mask's true purpose for the Pillar Men was to unlock an even further potential than they already had and become an immortal [[UltimateLifeForm Ultimate Being]], with the abilities of and resistance to all life on Earth [[spoiler:including the sun and Hamon]], which can only be attained if a certain flawless Red Stone of Aja is in a Stone Mask and its wearer is exposed to [[spoiler:natural or artificial]] sunlight. A semi-religious sect of Hamon warriors protect the flawless Super Aja to prevent the Pillar Men from becoming Ultimate Beings. There is no way to defeat an Ultimate Being, outside of [[spoiler:hubris and managing to get it outside Earth's atmosphere and having it become an [[AndIMustScream unthinking half-organic half-mineral]] creature floating through the vacuum of space; after all, nothing ''on Earth'' can stop one.]]

* In ''Manga/InterviewsWithMonsterGirls'', one of the title girls is a cheerful young vampiress. The main character, a teacher with a background in demi-human research, once asks her how much of the vampire folklore is true. She feeds on government-provided packs of blood, but some "vegan" vampires are known to subsist without them. She loves garlic, which causes the teacher to surmise that while garlic is effective due to attacking the vampire's heightened sense of smell, it has no effect if the vampire likes garlic. Crosses have no effect on her. The one thing that she does come up with was "Oh, yeah! I'd die if a stake is driven through my heart", to which the teacher thinks to himself, "So would I."

* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' has the minor antagonist Pureblood, a vampire member of the Monsters Association. Unlike most other monsters (who are made/transformed), he claims to be born from a long line of vampires and is stereotypically arrogant and haughty. He also has the typical vampire powerset, sucking blood to regenerate himself, turning into bats, high levels of [[SuperStrength strength]] and [[SuperSpeed speed]]. [[spoiler: His powers are decently impressive, but he gets killed by the S-Class Hero [[ResurrectiveImmortality Zombieman]] without too much issue.]]

Sometimes a Handwave is given towards why they don't have certain [[YourVampiresSuck traits and weaknesses]] common in depictions of Western vampires; "[[CharlesAtlasSuperpower I trained]]" or "I grew out of that".

Sometimes a {{Handwave}} is given towards why they don't have certain [[YourVampiresSuck traits and weaknesses]] common in depictions of Western vampires; "[[CharlesAtlasSuperpower I trained]]" or "I grew out of that".

[[AC:By work]]

* The horror/drama tragedy manga "Hitsuji no Uta" (Lament of the Lab) portrays the main characters Kazuna Takashiro and his sister Chizuna as normal people whose blood hunger is a blood deficiency disease with no superpowers as a tradeoff. They need to drink the blood of others to stay alive. Chizuna uses a TitleDrop to describe their situation as "lambs living with the fangs and hunger of a wolf."

* ''Manga/TimeStopBrave'': Vampires in this setting are evil beings who feed off blood and can [[OneToMillionToOne turn into swarms of bats and back]]. Staking them through the heart will only incapacitate them for half a day, then they will revive, pull the stake out, and heal. Similarly, decapitating or dismembering them will only neutralize them until they can pull themselves back together. The only way to kill them permanently is exposure to sunlight or holy light.

* One of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''[='=]s filler arcs focused on the Bounts, a tribe of [[spoiler:artificially developed]] supernatural soul-suckers. Historically, they've been known as vampires although they notably don't conform to many of the usual tales; for example, people simply die after being a Bount's meal. And no one knew about the [[EmpathicWeapon talking supernaturally powered dolls]], all with [[ThemeNaming German names and summon commands]].
* ''Manga/BloodBlockadeBattlefront'' has its own vampires in the form of Blood Breeds, who were created by combining magic with normal DNA. They are near-invincible and lack any traditional weaknesses normal vampires have. However, if one knows the TrueName of the Blood Breeds, one can seal them away for good.
* The vampires in Creator/JunjiIto's short ''Blood-bubble Bushes'' feed on the fruits of the titular bushes. An arch-vampire implants the bush into the wounds of human victims, and the plant will continue to grow and [[BodyHorror bear succulent globes of blood]], until the victim's body is reduced to a dry husk. The only way a victim can save herself is to consume the fruit sprouted from her own wound, but that will turn her into another vampire.

* In ''Manga/{{Uzumaki}}'', the pregnant women at the hospital are an interesting example. Their behavior is based off of mosquitoes more than on traditional or mythological vampires.

** For starters (as established in both ''Manga/PhantomBlood'' and ''Manga/StardustCrusaders''), the most powerful ones are created by artifacts called the Stone Masks which have mostly been found in {{Mayincatec}} ruins in Mexico. While Vampires have fangs, they feed through their ''fingers''. They are not adversely affected by water, but direct exposure to sunlight means instant disintegration and permanent death for them. Other then sustaining them, sucking blood can heal their wounds and stop their aging. Those killed by Stone Mask vampires rise again as Zombies; this variety has a simple personality based on their most outstanding personality trait and, unlike Stone Mask vampires, cannot heal wounds. Stone Mask vampires ''can'', however, create other Stone Mask vampires by giving a human their blood (as Dio did to [[spoiler:Vanilla Ice]]). The only method short of sunlight or [[SupernaturalMartialArts Hamon]] that slays a vampire, Stone Mask or Zombie, is grievous head trauma; decapitation merely leads to a living, severed head [[spoiler:that can then attach to and take over any handy body,]] as [[spoiler:Dio did to Jonathan Joestar]]. While it was never 100% explained why blunt head trauma was deadly to the vampires, it is most likely due to the fact that the vampires in [=JoJo=] were originally humans that had specific points in the brain exposed to a severe acupuncture, which awakened what was supposedly a human's "[[NinetyPercentOfYourBrain true potential]]". That being said, getting punched in the head really hard may damage one of the activated brain points. Their powers are also outside the norm, including (but not limited to) the ability to shoot high-pressure fluid from their eyes and absorbing ambient heat to freeze any living being that touches them.
** And that's not even counting the Pillar Men from ''Manga/BattleTendency'', Kars, Esidisi, Wamuu, and Santana. Kars created the Stone Masks to make their already-powerful species even more powerful. Needless to say, nothing short of top-tier Hamon Users can kill them, and even ''that'' takes an eternity to work. Sunlight only turns them to stone for as long as they're exposed, and even if you were to grind up the remains into dust, Hamon is still needed to finish the job. [[spoiler:Even a second of usable dark while encased can lead to a fighter's death]] as [[spoiler:Wammu did to Caesar]]. They feed by absorbing anything they touch (typically vampires and humans), and can [[LovecraftianSuperpower shapeshift their bodies around to utilize their bones and veins for weaponry]] or to fit into tiny drainpipes and stretch their body parts. Also, they have horns on their heads, and the number of horns denotes their potential power levels.

** Since the series is a RomCom, the weaknesses are still PlayedForLaughs even when dealing with a full-blooded vampire like Youko's father Genjirou. He can't fly over water on his own power (Youko managed an airplane flight, but was still uncomfortable), and he can't even enter his daughter's bedroom in his own house without permission, which became useful in one story arc when he was on a drunken OverprotectiveDad rampage directed at Asahi. It's even suggested that a WoodenStake to the heart isn't fatal, since Genjirou's wife Touko has brandished a stake and mallet in order to make him calm down and stop harassing Asahi. [[spoiler:Except for the aforementioned blood purity, since when Genjirou was in high school he lost control of his vampiric powers in the middle of homeroom, which destroyed his life by exposing his identity and driving away the people he had considered his friends. Part of the reason he was against Youko going to a human school is because he didn't want her to go thought that herself; thankfully her friends are far more accepting and understanding.]]

* ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' prominently features vampires, and their abilities hew fairly close to the Stoker template with some changes to fit them into the setting's rules about "aberrations" (supernatural beings like demons and ''yokai''). Vampires are in fact nicknamed the "kings of aberrations" for their incredible power. They drink blood, have super strength and heightened senses, and can shapeshift. [[CannotCrossRunningWater They can't swim]]. They're weak to sunlight and crosses, but also have a HealingFactor which is powerful enough in some vampires to [[FromASingleCell overcome these weaknesses]]. Some less orthodox abilities include hiding in people's shadows, ManaDrain, and, of all things, TimeTravel. Koyomi Araragi, the main character, spent some time as a thrall to one of the strongest vampires in history and still allows her to suck small amounts of blood on occasion, meaning he still has heightened (but not extreme) strength, senses, and healing ability.

* The Vampires in ''Manga/BlackBloodBrothers'' suffer from all these weaknesses -- well, ''some'' of them do. Different bloodlines of vampires have different weaknesses; many, for example, can walk around in daylight, but our hero can not, as it is a weakness of his bloodline. Some bloodlines need invitations to cross barriers, but others do not. While the main bad guys of the series are the Kowloon child bloodline, who kill their victims because one bite is enough to turn someone, for almost every other bloodline, humans are lining up to be bitten, as it is seen as very pleasurable (not to mention briefly giving that human vampire senses).

* In ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', their vampires ''aren't'' different. Not from normal people anyway. Presumably, we haven't met any since they're apparently in hiding, but we're informed that they're just like normal people; They love, live, laugh etc. The only thing that separates them from regular humans are their immortality, need to drink blood and unlimited magical power. Also the fact that they're immune to classical weaknesses such as crosses and sunlight. Due to their magical power, they are highly sought after by magicians such as Aureolus Izzard, whom he uses Himegame's Deep Blood ability to lure and capture one and study it's brain. Vampires are also sought after by magicians since they can use their knowledge to perform Ars Magna, which requires what amount to centuries' worth of knowledge to be molded into a chant (Since they're immortal they can store a millennia's worth of information in their brains without their bodies breaking, as such Aureolus wanted this specific property of vampires to save Index, and stop the need for erasing her memories) but when executed can bring out thoughts into the real world, essentially, making those who can accurately simulate or mold the real world would be able to control it. Aisa Himegami is rather horrified with her [[PowerIncontinence natural ability]] Deep Blood to draw them in and then simply kill them due to something about her blood.
** Also, rather than being of the undead, they are descendants of the Biblical Cain despite [[InformedAttribute the lack of in-universe evidence that could support the theory]].

* Seraphim, Maelstrom/[[strike:Tomonori]]Yuki and Sarasvati/Kirara from ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'' are [[GratuitousNinja ninjas]]. All they need is to occasionally suck blood; their kiss helpfully makes it painless for whoever they're feeding on. Also being kissed by the opposite sex [[spoiler:equals marriage.]] Maelstrom even uses [[PlayingWithFire fire]] as a weapon.

* ''Literature/Overlord2012'': The vampiric species Shalltear is modeled after isn't a bat, but a lamprey or leech. It normally isn't obvious because she looks like a cute, eternally preteen girl. When she covers herself in blood and turns into her true form, however, she becomes an abomination from nightmares.

* In ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'', vampires can only drink up to one bowl of blood per night, are subjected to the daylight/MustBeInvited weaknesses, and are scared to, hum, undeath by religious symbols. They have some kind of MindControl over their victims, [[spoiler:and all of them do not transform into vampires after death. Those of the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Jinrou]] subspecies are not affected by any of these weaknesses.]]
* ''Literature/SoImASpiderSoWhat'':
** Sophia's "True Ancestor" ability makes her a vampire and allows her to turn other people by biting them. She and her kin have massive boosts to their stats along with a proficiency in Charm and Blood magics. They also tend to treat humans and demons as lesser beings and are weakened in sunlight.
** Naturally occurring vampirism is similar to a supernatural rabies. Animals and people infected with it become stronger and can feed on blood, but become mindlessly violent. While it is possible to become sane again, it is very rare. The disease is extinct in the modern day.

* Vampires in ''Literature/StrikeTheBlood'' apparently get their powers from {{familiar}}s residing inside their bodies; the stronger and more numerous those familiars are, the stronger they apparently are themselves. Sunlight doesn't kill them, though it appears to affect them to an extent (protagonist [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Kojou]] apparently feels uncomfortable under sunlight, though it doesn't seem to affect him otherwise). Their abilities include immortality, enhanced speed, strength, stamina, summoning their familiar to fight for them and (for the strongest) HealingFactor. They don't need to drink blood to survive, but getting sexually aroused will cause them to feel an intense urge to do it, and their familiars won't acknowledge them as masters as long as they haven't drunk human blood at least once per familiar; they can appear as regular humans, but their fangs will appear and their eyes turn red whenever they use their abilities or feel the need to drink blood. Being non-lethally bitten by a vampire ''can'', but will not necessarily result in turning into a vampire yourself. There apparently are four extremely powerful vampires called "Progenitors".
* ''Literature/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'': Vampires are a monster race and are in the top-tier of the power rankings by that general scale, and they follow an aristocracy lead by their VampireMonarch [[spoiler:True Demon Lord Ruminas Valentine]]. Physically they're practically indistinguishable from humans aside from their developed canines to drink blood for life force, which they don't actually need a lot of (to the point a normal feeding doesn't kill the victim) but it is necessary to maintain their otherwise eternal lives, and [[StrongerWithAge older and more powerful vampires need less and less blood until it's more of a want than a need]]. Humans are their preferred "prey", and uniquely they get more nouishment and better taste based on the emotional state of their target at the time, with it providing the best effects when humans are happy. [[spoiler:That's why Ruminas established the human-centric Holy Empire with [[GodGuise with herself as its "god"]] and her closest vampire servants as the major political figures and turned it into an ideal and prosperous civilization, thus creating the ideal feeding ground for the ''underground'' vampire nation beneath the empire that she gives strict orders to never feed ''too much'' in order to avoid disturbing the peace.]] Their power-set includes SuperStrength, SuperToughness, SuperReflexes, a HealingFactor, [[ShadowWalker Shadow movement]], [[TheParalyzer paralysis]], [[CharmPerson charming]], VoluntaryTransformation, and other skills unique to specific vampires in question. Their VampireMonarch, can outright [[spoiler:manipulate life and death through her Ultimate Skill, allowing her to heal fatal injuries or even revive the dead within a limited scope, while also instantly killing those weaker than her with nothing but intent.]] Also, they don't have weakness to crosses ([[spoiler:Ruminas]] flat out wears one), but their strength is weaker on nights of a new moon, they share a similar vulnerability to holy attacks as most monsters (though their HealingFactor compensates), and their hearts are a noticeable weakpoint [[spoiler:as proven when Laplace crushed Roy Valentine's heart to kill him]]. Sunlight will instantly wipe a weaker vampire out, but the "overcomers" are vampires old and strong enough to walk in daylight without issue.

* ''Literature/TrinityBlood'':
** Regular vampires are called Methuselah, the result of humans being infected by an extraterrestrial bacterium; they are living creatures, look almost totally human and at puberty develop a weakness to sunlight. They are able to breed with each other. They are naturally faster, stronger and more resilient then humans, although some humans can match them in combat with enough training. Biting humans usually results in the death of the victim. It should also be noted that they can survive off of regular food, don't really need blood and tend to develop powers; for example [[KillItWithFire pyrokinesis]] and PrehensileHair.
** Then there are the Crusnik, the results of test tube babies being infected with nanomachines. They feed off the blood of the Mesthuselah (they are to vampires as vampires are to humans), have no known weakness, and at full power are basically unstoppable death machines. There are thankfully only 4 of them. Unfortunately, one of them is the BigBad. The light novels eventually specify that [[spoiler:even decapitation only ''slows down'' their regenerative powers; the only way to kill one for real is to extract all of the nanomachines from its body. And even then, injecting nanomachines back into them can save them if done in time. That's how Abel was saved after Cain extracted his nanomachines.]]

* ''Literature/{{Vamp}}'' plays vampires fairly straight, with the addendum that there are very few catch-all traits, and each vampire is different. Some vampires are capable of unaided {{Flight}}, while others will be [[MightyGlacier very slow, even compared to humans]]. They are described as capable of VoluntaryShapeshifting into [[BatOutOfHell bats]] and [[SavageWolves wolves]], some can [[BreathWeapon breathe]] [[PlayingWithFire fire]], and some have HypnoticEyes. However, vampires rarely do ''all'' these things. This applies to weaknesses, too, as some CannotCrossRunningWater, or have no problem with [[HolyBurnsEvil crucifixes]] or garlic. Even staking is said not to be 100% reliable. The only thing all vampires have in common (no mention of drinking blood) is that they are [[WeakenedByTheLight weak to sunlight]], either to the point of turning to ash, or at the very least weakening them. The former seems to be the majority as well.
** Cargilla is also naive. Vamp! has examples of literally any vampire you can imagine...including ones you normally wouldn't. [[spoiler: Watermelon Vampires, Sentient black-hole vampires, T-Rex vampires, Megaladon Vampires, purely Liquid vampires that need sunlight to survive, just to name a few.]]

* In the one-shot yaoi manga ''Nosferatou Kiss'', vampires are living creatures that age and reproduce just like humans, except that they enjoy sleeping in coffins for some reason, possess certain supernatural powers (like levitation), and have a taste for human blood (particularly virgin blood, because it's unlikely to have venereal disease). As children, Kura (a vampire) plays hide and seek with Shuichi (his human friend) and hides in a coffin, then Shuichi promptly loses interest in the game and walks off, completing forgetting about Kura. Kura remains lying in the coffin for a decade, [[PerpetualMotionMonster apparently without needing to eat, sleep, or attend to any other bodily functions]]. When Shuichi returns later looking for him and opens the coffin, [[BrickJoke Kura pops out, now aged into a teenager]]. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext In a bizarre twist]], Kura then demonstrates to a surprised Shuichi that vampires aren't limited to drinking their victim's blood: [[CoitusEnsues blowjobs work just fine too]].

* The vampires in the Creator/{{Madhouse}} adaptation of ''{{Anime/Blade}}'' are vulnerable to sunlight, silver and {{white magic}}, but not to holy symbols, garlic or running water. There are also a large number of sub-species (enhanced by [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetic tinkering]] courtesy of [[BigBad Deacon Frost]]), able to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting change shape]] between human form and creatures from the mythologies of the regions where the show takes place.

* ''Anime/Blood-C'' takes a page from its predecessor and similarly redefines and reframes vampires into "Elder Bairns", monstruous ancient horrors who feed not just on blood but all maner of human flesh; at some point the Elder Bairns hunted humanity to near extinction, in order to prevent the destruction of both races the influential Nanahara family stroke a deal with them: Feeding would be limited to a small timeframe, known as Shrovetide, in which the Elder Bairns would be allowed to roam specific feeding grounds (Mainly isolated villages) and have their fill; this in turn had the opposite effect, and Elder Bairns themselves became near extinct while human populaitons boomed.
** The series proper provides two examples of Elder Bairns that are much closer to the classical depiction of vampires, [[spoiler:Saya and Tadayoshi]], and seems to imply that these vampiric creatures are the result of hybridization between Elder Bairns and humans; moreover, [[spoiler:Saya]] through another pact, has sworn off feeding off of humans and must instead feed exclusively off of Elder Bairns, which puts the whole story in motion when [[spoiler:Fumito Nanahara]] realizes the impending extinction of Elder Bairns means she will die too.

* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' prominently features vampires, and their abilities hew fairly close to the Stoker template with some changes to fit them into the setting's rules about "aberrations" (supernatural beings like demons and ''yokai''). Vampires are in fact nicknamed the "kings of aberrations" for their incredible power. They drink blood, have super strength and heightened senses, and can shapeshift. [[CannotCrossRunningWater They can't swim]]. They're weak to sunlight and crosses, but also have a HealingFactor which is powerful enough in some vampires to [[FromASingleCell overcome these weaknesses]]. Some less orthodox abilities include hiding in people's shadows, ManaDrain, and, of all things, TimeTravel. Koyomi Araragi, the main character, spent some time as a thrall to one of the strongest vampires in history and still allows her to suck small amounts of blood on occasion, meaning he still has heightened (but not extreme) strength, senses, and healing ability.

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', their vampires ''aren't'' different. Not from normal people anyway. Presumably, we haven't met any since they're apparently in hiding, but we're informed that they're just like normal people; They love, live, laugh etc. The only thing that separates them from regular humans are their immortality, need to drink blood and unlimited magical power. Also the fact that they're immune to classical weaknesses such as crosses and sunlight. Due to their magical power, they are highly sought after by magicians such as Aureolus Izzard, whom he uses Himegame's Deep Blood ability to lure and capture one and study it's brain. Vampires are also sought after by magicians since they can use their knowledge to perform Ars Magna, which requires what amount to centuries' worth of knowledge to be molded into a chant (Since they're immortal they can store a millennia's worth of information in their brains without their bodies breaking, as such Aureolus wanted this specific property of vampires to save Index, and stop the need for erasing her memories) but when executed can bring out thoughts into the real world, essentially, making those who can accurately simulate or mold the real world would be able to control it. Aisa Himegami is rather horrified with her [[PowerIncontinence natural ability]] Deep Blood to draw them in and then simply kill them due to something about her blood.

* The Proxies of ''Anime/ErgoProxy'' might qualify. They have at least one traditional vampire weakness [[spoiler: (namely, they are supposed to die if they come into contact with UV light)]], and some of them, particularly Ergo Proxy himself as well as Kazkis Proxy, look a lot like the Crusnik forms in ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood''. This resemblance might be deliberate, as like the Crusnik, Proxies are [[PhysicalGod ludicrously powerful]] and evoke OurAngelsAreDifferent.

* ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'':

* Vampires in ''LightNovel/StrikeTheBlood'' apparently get their powers from {{familiar}}s residing inside their bodies; the stronger and more numerous those familiars are, the stronger they apparently are themselves. Sunlight doesn't kill them, though it appears to affect them to an extent (protagonist [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Kojou]] apparently feels uncomfortable under sunlight, though it doesn't seem to affect him otherwise). Their abilities include immortality, enhanced speed, strength, stamina, summoning their familiar to fight for them and (for the strongest) HealingFactor. They don't need to drink blood to survive, but getting sexually aroused will cause them to feel an intense urge to do it, and their familiars won't acknowledge them as masters as long as they haven't drunk human blood at least once per familiar; they can appear as regular humans, but their fangs will appear and their eyes turn red whenever they use their abilities or feel the need to drink blood. Being non-lethally bitten by a vampire ''can'', but will not necessarily result in turning into a vampire yourself. There apparently are four extremely powerful vampires called "Progenitors".
* ''LightNovel/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'': Vampires are a monster race and are in the top-tier of the power rankings by that general scale, and they follow an aristocracy lead by their VampireMonarch [[spoiler:True Demon Lord Ruminas Valentine]]. Physically they're practically indistinguishable from humans aside from their developed canines to drink blood for life force, which they don't actually need a lot of (to the point a normal feeding doesn't kill the victim) but it is necessary to maintain their otherwise eternal lives, and [[StrongerWithAge older and more powerful vampires need less and less blood until it's more of a want than a need]]. Humans are their preferred "prey", and uniquely they get more nouishment and better taste based on the emotional state of their target at the time, with it providing the best effects when humans are happy. [[spoiler:That's why Ruminas established the human-centric Holy Empire with [[GodGuise with herself as its "god"]] and her closest vampire servants as the major political figures and turned it into an ideal and prosperous civilization, thus creating the ideal feeding ground for the ''underground'' vampire nation beneath the empire that she gives strict orders to never feed ''too much'' in order to avoid disturbing the peace.]] Their power-set includes SuperStrength, SuperToughness, SuperReflexes, a HealingFactor, [[ShadowWalker Shadow movement]], [[TheParalyzer paralysis]], [[CharmPerson charming]], VoluntaryTransformation, and other skills unique to specific vampires in question. Their VampireMonarch, can outright [[spoiler:manipulate life and death through her Ultimate Skill, allowing her to heal fatal injuries or even revive the dead within a limited scope, while also instantly killing those weaker than her with nothing but intent.]] Also, they don't have weakness to crosses ([[spoiler:Ruminas]] flat out wears one), but their strength is weaker on nights of a new moon, they share a similar vulnerability to holy attacks as most monsters (though their HealingFactor compensates), and their hearts are a noticeable weakpoint [[spoiler:as proven when Laplace crushed Roy Valentine's heart to kill him]]. Sunlight will instantly wipe a weaker vampire out, but the "overcomers" are vampires old and strong enough to walk in daylight without issue.

* ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'':

** Vampires are capable of having children. They can donate their blood to a human, giving them temporary vampire traits (HealingFactor and super strength and speed). However, the human risks turning into a ghoul, a mindless, souless berserker that cannot be restored except with sealing magic. That's what happened to Tsukune as time passed, and it forced him and everyone else to adapt to this.

* ''Manga/TimeStopBrave'': Vampires in this setting are evil beings who feed off blood and can [[OneToMillionToOne turn into swarms of bats and back]]. Staking them through the heart will only incapacitate them for half a day, then they will revive, pull the stake out, and heal. Similarly, decapitating or dismembering them will only neutralize them until they can pull themselves back together. The only way to kill them permanently is exposure to sunlight.

* In ''Manga/TheCaseStudyOfVanitas'', vampires are an advanced human subspecies that came into existence because of the catastrophe of the TowerOfBabel. Because of their direct connection to the World Formula, they have abilities similar to magic that allow them to increase their physical strength and stamina, and in the case of more powerful vampires, use ElementalPowers and such. They apparently won't die unless directly killed via decapitation and their bodies [[ReducedToDust instantly turn to dust]] after losing their head. Drinking blood is not a necessity for them and they can easily suppress their blood cravings unless they become Curse-Bearers, which are vampires that had their true name corrupted and made them go insane.