History OurVampiresAreDifferent / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'''s vampires diverge somewhat from the norms. Humans who are artificially "turned" via special chips [[spoiler:or, in the manga's case, by surgically implanted bits of Mina Harker's remains]] exhibit "standard" weaknesses. However, more powerful "true" vampires can ignore the rules. This is especially notable in the series' SociopathicHero, Alucard, who survives decapitation, holy bayonets and any number of other attacks. He dislikes sunlight, but it won't kill him. (It's also been said by his boss that the organisation has spent 100 years "enhancing" his abilities beyond the normal limits.) In volume 8 of the manga, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Alucard contains within him the lives of all those he has fed off of, making him nearly indestructible. He can also summon these souls forth into physical form to fight for him, at the cost of substantially reducing his own power.]] The only thing that finally stops him is [[spoiler: a serious case of existence failure. But even then, he eventually returned after thirty years of reestablishing his existence, more or less pulling the vampire equivalent of a Doc Manhattan.]] There's also a rule that to be turned into a true vampire you have to be a virgin. Otherwise you just become a ghoul. This is how Seras joins the undead.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' takes the vampire motif in various directions, starting with Arcueid. She's a ''shinso'' which is why she survived (albeit in a weakened state) even when Shiki cut her up with his mystic powers. Demon Lords and Dead Apostles depict the vampire motifs more traditionally.
** Half of the plot revolves around a family of HalfHumanHybrids descended from [[{{Oni}} oni]]. Why are they in a story about vampires? Because as noted above, the Japanese word for vampire literally means "blood sucking oni".

* ''Manga/{{Karin}}'' has a family of vampires, and they explain that it's not the fact garlic is harmful, they just have much more sensitive senses of smell. They have no idea where the running water weakness came from, can stand short stints in sunlight (which they can then heal with rest), and point out that "A stake through the heart would kill anybody!" They are pretty much all atheists, so religious icons have no power against them. As far as feeding habits are concerned, they don't suck their victims dry or really take over their wills. Instead, in a manner more reminiscent of Japanese Gaki than Western vampires, they suck out some aspect of the person they're drawn to -- stress, lying, pride, sadness -- erasing the victim's memory of that aspect in the process and leaving them less stressed, unable to lie, more humble, and very happy and energetic respectively. (Some vampires are stuck draining things like love, though.). Once they reach a certain age they become intolerant to normal food which takes on the taste of sand. Oh, and they ''can'' be seen in mirrors, are the bearers of CuteLittleFangs, can't change into bats (but can control them - and these are some ''incredibly'' versatile bats), and animals don't seem to be all that upset about them. It is also very [[{{Anvilicious}} on-the-nose]] with the blood metaphors: when Karin and Anju's respective first times at biting a victim are shown, both of them have the fronts of their white dresses conspicuously covered in "virginal" blood. Afterwards, both are referred to as vampires and adults.
** As a double inversion, the eponymous character in ''Karin'' is different even from the vampires in the rest of the series. She is called a "blood-maker" by her family (when they aren't calling her "mutant" and "loser"). She produces ''too much'' blood, and must bite "victims" to ''give'' them her extra blood. As side effects, the extra blood tends to energize them ''and'' (due to her affinity for sadness) cheer them up as well; the effect lasts about a month. If she fails to do so, she eventually has a ''spectacular'' nosebleed. On the flip side, she can eat normal foods, is immune to sunlight -- she's actually quite a morning person -- and in most respects resembles a normal human girl.
** Karin's brother seems exploitative but is actually a decent gentleman. Since his affinity is stress, he seeks out overworked young ladies and romances them. It's a win-win; he sates his hunger and the ladies appreciate having the emotional load taken off their shoulders.
** In this series, vampires do not transform humans into vampires, instead they reproduce the same way humans do. [[spoiler: And while they can interbreed with humans, all {{Dhampyr}}s are sterile due to humans and vampires being separate species.]]
** They can also die naturally, if deprived of blood for extended periods of time (Depending on their age, anywhere between several years and several decades).
** There are some vampires out there who sell commercial blood flavored after specific emotions. Calerra usually beats the snot out of Henry if he doesn't bring her blood from a truly despicable liar. Henry himself has been shown drinking himself to sleep off of bottled Pride blood, though he hates draining the pride from people.
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'''s vampires diverge somewhat from the norms. Humans who are artificially "turned" via special chips [[spoiler:or, in the manga's case, by surgically implanted bits of Mina Harker's remains]] exhibit "standard" weaknesses. However, more powerful "true" vampires can ignore the rules. This is especially notable in the series' SociopathicHero, Alucard, who survives decapitation, holy bayonets and any number of other attacks. He dislikes sunlight, but it won't kill him. (It's also been said by his boss that the organisation has spent 100 years "enhancing" his abilities beyond the normal limits.) In volume 8 of the manga, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Alucard contains within him the lives of all those he has fed off of, making him nearly indestructible. He can also summon these souls forth into physical form to fight for him, at the cost of substantially reducing his own power.]] The only thing that finally stops him is [[spoiler: a serious case of existence failure. But even then, he eventually returned after thirty years of reestablishing his existence, more or less pulling the vampire equivalent of a Doc Manhattan.]] There's also a rule that to be turned into a true vampire you have to be a virgin. Otherwise you just become a ghoul. This is how Seras joins the undead.
** More on Alucard: as noted above, he is practically [[{{Immortality}} immortal]] and has regenerative abilities beyond almost any other character in fiction. He also has [[SuperSenses superhuman senses]], [[SuperStrength superhuman strength]], [[ImprobableAimingSkills incredible accuracy with any weapon]], {{Intangibility}}, [[SuperSpeed super speed]], {{Invisibility}}, [[GravityMaster the ability to defy gravity]], [[CastingAShadow the ability to manipulate shadows (literal and figurative) into physical form]], [[WeatherManipulation weather control]], {{teleportation}}, telekinesis, [[CharmPerson mind control]], mind reading, [[SealedArmyInACan summoning an army consisting of souls whose blood he has sucked]], gaining a person's knowledge and memories through blood sucking, hibernation, and the ability to sense superhuman activity, to name a few. None of the other [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] in the series show these traits, implying that it might have to be something you gather over time after leveling up; no one has drunk more levels than he. This might be a case of PowerCopying. The demon dogs are a result of Alucard having drunk the blood of the Hounds of Baskerville.
** Another consideration is that vampires are not "truly" vampires until they drink someone's blood and take the victim's soul into him/herself. Those souls are the source of Alucard's power, and the power of the soul is considerable. When Seras finally really drinks someone's blood (as the victim's LastRequest, in Volume 7), she suddenly becomes so powerful she makes the hardened SS vampires quake in their boots. So as Hellsing vampires get more powerful through acquiring more souls they start moving out of the traditional skillset into LovecraftianSuperpower territory.

* ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita: Last Order's'' vampires have a lot of notable differences from the mythical standard. First, they're more literal representations of TheVirus; their condition is due to genetic modification from a factor called the V-Virus, which transforms them via an excruciatingly painful experience called Altered Shock. (They consider "vampire" to be an insult, and [[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord prefer the term]] "Cognate".) Less than one percent of individuals bitten by infected hosts survive this process, and those that do often commit suicide out of inability to cope with the increased carnivorous urge colloquially termed the "thirst for blood". Cognates don't have any particular aversion to sunlight, holy symbols, or garlic (though individual tastes and cultural stigma, as usual, do vary), and they do show a reflection. However, they also lack many of the more fantastical abilities of mythical vampires. They are not truly immortal (aging is halted, however), as their mechanism for fending off physical injury and aging (unlimited cell division) makes them highly susceptible to another means of death: cancer. Their regenerative capabilities can also be overridden with enough damage (decapitation and striking vital points are handy). The shapeshifting and hypnotic powers are also lacking, though individual Cognates that are very long-lived can sometimes undergo second "Altered Shocks", which tend to grant them unique and powerful abilities such as the ability to read minds by detecting neural pulse flow or the like.

* ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' features a variation on the standard vampire tropes, although since Tsubasa is essentially a multiverse AU it is not clear whether this particular vampire definition applies to the whole CLAMP multiverse or just the unknown world the vampires in question originated from. So far, the established rules are that vampires can be both "pure blood", presumably by birth, or "turned", by drinking the blood of a vampire. Kamui and Subaru are pure blooded and Kamui is responsible for turning [[spoiler:Fay]]. Vampires are explicitly stated not to be vulnerable to sun or holy water and while they are long-lived and have incredible healing capacity, they are not outright immortal. (This is also basic rule of the CLAMP-verse, everything no matter how powerful dies eventually.) Vampirism comes with a couple nifty side effects like enhanced speed and strength, nails that can turn into massive claws, and [[AnimalEyes golden, slit-pupiled eyes like a cat's]]. There is also an interesting twist on the need to drink another's blood, at least for turned vampires, as when the turning is performed, [[spoiler:the old vampire's blood can be mixed with the blood of a human who will become the new vampire's sole host. Kurogane agrees to become Fay's host in order to save his life]]. The only on-screen feeding seen so far has NOT gone for the usual jugular-biting, but rather from an intentional wound in the wrist. The [[HoYay relationship]] between the particular vampire and host may have had something to do with it... (not that it's stopped the fans from imagining the "possibilities")
* Bisco Hatori's manga ''Manga/MillenniumSnow'': they are not hurt by sunlight or crosses, and are not really immortal, living for about a thousand years. ''Millennium Snow'''s vampires do not strictly have to drink blood to survive, although doing without requires them to eat a lot of food to keep up their energy. When one of these vampires drinks the blood of a human, it forms a bond between them which extends the human's lifespan to match the vampire's, and that human becomes the vampire's sole source of blood. These vampires are also able to fly, and drinking some of their blood can heal a human, although ItOnlyWorksOnce.

* 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]].
* How different are the "Vampires" in Osamu Tezuka's ''Manga/{{Vampires}}''? Well, they're actually [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves.]]

* In ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD: Bloodlust'' movie, the mere presence of a vampire noble causes all sorts of minor disasters -- crosses bend out of shape, mirrors crack, flowers die... They must find it hard to make any kind of casual visits which is probably why most nobles keep a retinue. Also helps in regards to the few things that ''can'' affect them.
** They also have immense supernatural powers at night... and are [[TheStoic stoic]] as all hell, a trait D the {{Dhampyr}} has inherited.
** Killing them, or at least keeping them down can be somewhat difficult, [[spoiler:Carmilla]] was stabbed in the heart by [[spoiler:Dracula]] with a giant sword, it was effective in causing death but the ghost still hang around waiting for a chance to revive itself [[spoiler:all she needed was a sufficient amount of human blood and she would have been up and about again.]]
** Sunlight is effective however, even on half-breeds. Pure-breeds can catch fire when exposed to sunlight while Dhampyrs can only stay out for so long before experiencing sunstroke-like symptoms. In both cases, they need to get back into the shade and cover themselves until nightfall to recuperate.
** Male vampires seem to be able to reproduce with human women (producing dhampyrs) and its implied that two pure vampires can also reproduce. Biting also seems to work and only requires that the victim be bitten.

* The vampires in ''Manga/VampireKnight'' are ranked by how "pure" their lineage is. Pure-blooded vampires--those that don't have any human blood in them--have all sorts of mystical powers and suffer little to none of the typical weaknesses. It seems acceptable for them to indulge in [[RoyalInbreeding incest to keep their blood pure]]. Other vampires, that are descended from pure bloods but have some human ancestry, have some of the weaknesses of traditional vampires but still seem very powerful. Both types crave blood, but are able to satisfy their cravings with special blood tablets. However, humans that are turned into vampires have a much more difficult time controlling their bloodlust, and eventually lose their humanity and turn into nothing but monstrous, mindless killers.

* 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 millenia'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 Himegame 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]].

* ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'' featured a vampire girl who turned out to be something closer to a zombie.
** In the manga, Muraki is described almost like an energy vampire of some kind.
** In the anime adaptation, the singer Maria Wong (who was brought back from the dead and turned into a vampire by Doctor Muraki's sorcery in the Nagasaki Story Arc) has brown hair and eyes when she is human, but while possessed her hair and skin (and clothing) turn white, her eyes bright red, and she grows fangs and sharp fingernails. Once the spell is broken, she returns to her normal appearance... Unfortunately, she's still (un)dead, having killed herself months earlier after cracking under the FinancialAbuse of her stepmother, who is the one who had her revived via Muraki. [[spoiler:In the anime, Maria still gets a sort-of HappyEnding (or at least [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]] -- she has some bits of energy left for a brilliant and very successful last performance before she truly dies, and right before that she gets to [[CallingTheOldManOut call her stepmother out on her bullshit]].]]
* 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.

* ''Anime/{{Nightwalker}}'' generally follows the generic Ricean mold with a few differences. Vampires are ex-humans that consume fresh human blood in non-lethal amounts to survive. They cannot consume normal food or liquids other than blood. Their physical attributes and senses are enhanced to superhuman levels. The conversion process is vaguely defined but seems to involve sharing blood with a dying individual, reanimating them upon death as a vampire; a simple bite does not infect victims. Vampires are burned by sunlight, but the damage varies with exposure and intensity: heavy clothes or cloudy weather can mitigate the effects. Vampires can magically create whips and swords [[BloodyMurder out of their own blood]] (but must first open a vein to do so). The bite appears to be a [[KissOfTheVampire pleasurable experience for the victim]]. The centuries-old Cain demonstrated powers like levitation, hypnosis, retractable claws, prehensile hair, and the ability to induce incredibly vivid dreams of his own design. Vampires appear to psychically sense one another in close proximity, but a centuries-old child-seeming vampire was able to disguise her nature from Shido.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'' has Mosquito, whose appearance, depending on the amount of blood he's consumed, varies from a little old man, a giant insect, something kind of resembling a gorilla, to a black suit-clad [[BishonenLine bishounen]] (each form older and stronger than the last). The kind of blood seems to matter, as Mosquito is very interested in [[{{Shinigami}} Death the Kid]]'s 'D-type' blood. He doesn't get to drink it, merely cause the boy to lose quite a bit through (temporary) loss of limb.
* Svetlana Chmakova's ''Manga/{{Nightschool}}'' plays with the "no reflections" rule a bit; a vampire who's been very recently turned still has one, which means that they can still regain their humanity if they're taken to a healer quickly enough. They also face losing their minds and turning into "Rippers" as they get older, which are little more than withered husks with a ravenous desire to feed.
-->'''Teresa:''' It's not even blood they want. It's life. A taste, any taste of what they once had.
* The male crossdressing vampire Lady Bat from ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' is rather mysterious; it's said that he feeds from memories instead of blood, but in a later manga chapter he said:
-->'''Lady Bat:''' Ah, the sweet scent of mermaid blood emanating from your necks...
** He also can sing a song which cause hypnosis to anyone who hears, which enables him to suck memories/blood without resistance. Oh, and he can also turn into a swarm of bats.
* One character in ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'' compares the Euphorics to vampires, noting how [[GenreSavvy in modern works, vampirism is often made "scientific" by being transmitted through viruses]]. Euphorics likewise get their powers from a virus, and like many vampires, possess a HealingFactor. Also probably important is the sexual violence element of vampires, which is mirrored by the fact that Euphoric powers are their (sexual) fetishes weaponized.
* 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.
* 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.]]
* From ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' we have the Myotismon lines and [=GranDracmon=]. Myotismon (who's Japanese name is Vamdemon - Vampire Demon) is basically the traditional aristocratic vampire hiding as a gentleman interpretation. He is weakened in the sun, controls bats, sucks blood (or data), controls the weather, and has Telekinetic powers. His evolution, [=VenomMyotismon=], is representative of the Beast from Literature/TheBible, and seemingly loses all of his vampire traits. [=MaloMyotismon=] continues in this vein, being more like the Devil than a vampire. [=NeoMyotismon=] brings back the bat look. [=GranDracmon=] is another vampire Digimon, but looks more like an EldritchAbomination than Dracula.
* 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.
* The vampires of ''Manga/SatouKunToTanakaSan'' are cold-blooded, like reptiles, and cannot stomach human food without having to regurgitate it later. They also have two seperate kinds: first generation, which are stronger and can withstand sunlight, and vampires who have been bitten as a human, and are therefore weaker.
* The [=Protodevlin=] from ''Anime/Macross7'', which can be best be described as [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Alien Space Vampires]] who suck life energy out of people and can do it from a distance.
* The Count in ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'' [[NotUsingTheZWord isn't called a vampire]], but clearly seems to be one, and a very traditional one at that, in a literalization of a theory raised about the Count in [[Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo the original novel]]. He does not show up in photographs, has fangs, in one instance displays the vampiric teleportation ability, and is basically incapable of normal eating (although he relies on drugs rather than blood). He is not soulless, but is essentially possessed by a demon, which allows him to regenerate from injury. [[spoiler:However, he is still ultimately killed by the traditional sharp object through heart, and experiences DyingAsYourself.]] The only really non-traditional thing about him, is that he's ''blue''.
* In Suehiro Maruo's ''Manga/TheLaughingVampire'' vampires are created in two ways. The first way is by being "rejected" by the earth when you're buried. The other way is to drink the blood of a vampire. They possess vampire powers like flight, super strength, and immortality. It is not said whether or not they will die without drinking blood, it appears that drinking blood makes them orgasm. They can be killed by sunlight, being staked, or beheaded. Also while they are immortal, drinking blood causes them to age physically.
* Of course, there are no real vampires in ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow'', but when Miu randomly dresses up like one:
** She's picky about the youth of the person she "bites". 11-year-old Matsuri is a viable target, but she figures 16-year-old Nobue would have "old lady blood", and declines. (Nobue takes offense, of course.)
** A cross Chika draws has no effect... mainly because it went a little crooked at the top. Chika goes for some garlic, but by the time she returns, Miu has the costume off, so we never find out how she would've reacted.
* The short film ''Anime/{{Kigeki}}'' is about the Black Swordsman, who is heavily implied but never outright stated to be a vampire. Case in point: devouring the corpses of an army he annihilates, skin, bones, blood and all. Not only is he more thorough than traditional vampires, he also shows no signs of having fangs, or a weakness to sunlight, nor does he seem to rely on blood to keep himself alive. He is, however, implied to be several centuries old, yet appears young, tall, dark and beautiful.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'' has Fangs (a.k.a. Dracula Man), a Muay Thai kickboxing vampire who can turn into a bat and has no problems fighting in broad daylight. He bears the other weaknesses, such as garlic and crosses.
* The [[OurDemonsAreDifferent "demans"]] of the KoreanWebtoon ''Lessa'' have [[HornedHumanoid horns and reddish skin]] but they're basically vampires who eat souls instead of blood. They can turn humans into demans and they're weak to sunlight; personality- and fashion-wise they're like ''Film/{{Blade}}''[='s=] vampires. Lessa is [[spoiler: the creator of the demans, but isn't one himself - he's actually a weakened god and the first deman was a friend he brought back to life and [[CameBackWrong you know]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong how that goes]]...]]
* ''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, EnergyDrain, 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.
* ''LightNovel/{{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.]]
* ''Manga/DGrayMan'' has the Exorcist Krory, who bears a Parasite-type Innocence in the form of [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily a set of teeth a shark would feel afraid of]]. This gives him the ability to cure Akuma poisoning by biting a person infected, as well as making his teeth his weapon of choice to fight Akuma -- he bites them to death, or just latches in and sucks them dry. Consuming Akuma blood also boosts his SuperStrength and SuperSpeed, as well as giving him a HealingFactor. He eventually gains the ability to [[BloodyMurder manipulate his blood]], as well. However, despite this, he's ActuallyNotAVampire; he's a human with vampire-like powers, and such he has none of the vampire weaknesses.
* In an early episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' Misty pulls out a crucifix, some garlic, a wooden stake, and a hammer to attempt to ward off a Gastly. Since Gastlys are sort of ghosts and not vampires, it doesn't work, although the sun rises and drives him away immediately afterwards.
* 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".
* ''Anime/KillLaKill'' has an interesting take on this in the form of Kamui: vampiric sailor fuku that drink the blood of their wearers to transform into [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman more powerful forms.]] Ryuko's Kamui, Senketsu, even has a red and black motif to go with the vampiric comparisons (though [[DarkIsNotEvil he's more considerate of Ryuko and fights with her as a team]], while the opposite Kamui, the blue-and-white Junketsu, [[LightIsNotGood is a mindless monster that Satsuki has to dominate through force of will to keep it from devouring her.]])
* [[http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/7/115598.jpg The main character named Nyanpire]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyanpire from the Manga and Anime series "The Gothic World of Nyanpire"]]. Was formally a dying cat, that was found by an actual vampire who decided to feed the weak cat by cutting his finger to let his blood drip into Nyanpire's mouth. Which turned Nyanpire from a normal cat, into an actual vampire cat complete with wings,a yellow cross on his stomach, and sharp teeth. Since then he found a new owner who would feed him a bowl of strawberries to him and [[http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/5462/neko1l.jpg her second pet cat named Chachamaru.]] He would later make friends with a [[http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/16/115597.jpg Samurai named Masamunya]], [[http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/2/115596.jpg and a fallen angel named Nyatenshi.]]
* 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]].
* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'': As a {{Dhampyr}}, Youko Shiragami has all the traditional weaknesses of a vampire but downplayed entirely for comedy: [[DaywalkingVampire being exposed to the sun makes her tan very quickly]][[note]]And even then, [[TheDitz she never thought to use suntan lotion until someone else mentioned it]][[/note]], garlic makes her cry like it was a peeled onion, [[CannotCrossRunningWater being in or over water]] (even in a boat or airplane) makes her uncomfortable, [[HolyBurnsEvil crucifixes just annoy her a bit]], and [[MustBeInvited she can enter buildings uninvited but feels really bad about it]]. Whereas traditional vampires can transform into bats or mist, the best Youko can pull off is making [[LittleBitBeastly cute bat ears]] or a tiny puff of steam appear from her head. Additionally, they can drink blood but seemingly don't need to; when Asahi Kuromine brings up the subject, Youko reacts as if he was sexually harassing her, explaining that [[KissOfTheVampire drinking blood is an incredibly intimate act]] to the point where vampire weddings use it in place of the traditional kiss. [[spoiler:Later in the series it turns out that Youko doesn't fully understand what drinking blood entails. As vampires drink more and more blood, it increases their "purity", making them more vampiric, which threatens to expose Youko's secret. It also turns out to be an alternative to sex, with female vampires capable of getting pregnant by drinking their partners' blood. This ends up happening to Youko and Asahi, and her father is surprisingly understanding about the whole thing.]]
** 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.]]
* ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'''s vampires are a rather traditional type. Full-blooded vampires have pointy ears, red eyes, and gradually lose their human emotions if they live long enough. They produce no body heat and have no libido, though drinking blood, especially straight from a human, is very pleasurable to them. They also have to wear special armbands or rings to protect them from sunlight; UV rays create a toxin in their bodies. Oddly, some high-ranked female vampires appear to have horns.
** Humans can be turned by drinking a progenitor (the highest ranked vampires)'s blood, though this is frowned upon as the vampires don't like increasing their numbers. Until they drink human blood, these vampires will age and retain their normal eye color.
* 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.
* ''Anime/{{Bloodivores}}'' distinguishes its bloodsuckers from regular old vampires by calling them... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin take a guess]]. Their bloodsucking ailment is the unfortunate side effect of a drug.
* 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."
* In Kōji Matsumoto's manga ''Higanjima'', the vampires are humans who have been infected with a mutagenic virus. Those who have been infected and die become vampires which look like normal humans with fangs, but when they become excited their hair turns white and their eyes become blood-red. Vampires have very poor eyesight but a fantastic sense of smell, the typical vampire is three times as strong as a regular human, and their saliva is a powerful drug that induces unconsciousness and euphoria. Oddly the vampires still need real food and water; what they need blood for is to prevent the virus from further mutating them. A vampire that hasn't had blood in a few days will mutate into a multi-headed "deceased one" if their body can't handle the change, or they will become a so-called "devil". These devils are abominations that can be twice the size of a man to something out of ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' and while many have fish-like heads, there are rare ones that include a stone-skinned Schmoo and a long tongued cyclops.
* The vampires of ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' take after vampire bats, with batlike wings for arms that enable them to fly but suck for fine manipulation, pointed batlike ears, and the ability to produce ultrasonic waves they can apparently use to control bats. Their digestive system can only take in nutrients in liquid form, requiring them to drink blood, and they have sharp teeth to enable them to feed. They have sensitive skin, so the sun's ultraviolet light is very dangerous for them, they show allergy-like reactions to garlic and silver, and Ms. Smith puts their issue with crosses down to a cultural taboo (though they do seem to like upside-down crosses). They do tend to sleep in coffins - Ms. Smith hypothesizes it's partly because they need to keep out of sunlight and partly species-wide habit - but they can't turn into mist, and they do show up in mirrors. Actual supernatural powers are ambiguous - one of them showed supernatural abilities, but that might have been just that one. As a species, they're on the verge of extinction, since the vampire virus has a very low infection rate, and their numbers have been steadily decreasing. Like zombies, they can infect humans with the virus, but it does not cause a physical transformation and only makes the human a new vector for the virus. This has led to in-universe speculation that vampires are actually bat liminals who were infected long ago by "true" vampires, a liminal type that no longer exists.
* A story arc of ''Manga/UshioAndTora'' features a Vampire as the main villain. He mixes and matches traditional vampire traits with other, unusual features: he masquerades as a pharmacist and doctor, preys exclusively on women and young girls, all his teeth are sharp as needles and he has a variety of powers, which include turning into mist to avoid attacks and move around, turning parts of his body into whole vampiric animals such as wolves or bats, emanating powerful invisible blasts from his forehead (Tora referred to this as "Telekinesis"), and turning people he bites into his thralls (not always). As part of his weaknesses, he cannot stand fire, is unable to turn into mist if he transformed into an animal, is powerless in front of a crucifix, and is ultimately finished off with a wooden stake to the heart. He's also a rather pathetic figure obsessed with his sire, which was his own mother, a Japanese woman who left for the continent. Tora stated that he met a Vampire once on the continent (China).
* In ''Manga/DevilsLine'', the vampires look virtually identical to humans. They are labelled "devils/[[{{Oni}} oni]]" and the "red-eye" race. Devils are small in number (0.01% of the total population in Japan) and their existence isn't known to civilians. They are biologically unchanged from humans, except for having a low body temperature (10 degrees lower than humans), pale-colored skin and heavy eyebags. They also have enhanced physical abilities (super strength, speed, reflexes and senses) and the ability to heal their injuries. However, when a devil sees human blood or experience sexual arousal their body starts to transform; their eyes turn red, their canines and nails grow to long lengths, their blood vessels bulge out and they lose their sense of self to their instinctive need to drink blood. In order for devils to suppress their bloodlust, they need to inject themselves with sedatives. Lastly, devils have short lifespans, living up to an average of only 39 years.
* According to Aria of ''Manga/VampeerzMyPeerVampires'', everything that Ichika heard about vampires was incorrect. For one, vampires don't shapeshift into bats; they have reflections in mirrors; and they are tolerant of crosses. At most, Ichika was partially right that some vampires didn't like garlic.
* [[SerialKiller Himiko Toga]] from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' is a superpower variation; her Quirk allows her to Shapeshift into whomever's blood she's ingested, and ingesting multiple people's blood allows her to switch between forms ([[spoiler: she later learns she can copy other people's Quirks as well]]). While she has sharp teeth and her costume has a collar designed to look like a grinning, fanged mouth, Toga uses [[KnifeNut knives]] and syringes for her bloodletting.
* The antagonists of ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' are not called "vampires" (they're "{{Oni}}" in Japanese, "[[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demons]]" in English; see above) but [[CallAPegasusAHippogriff that may be the most accurate description]]. They eat humans (though all of them instead of just blood), they are killed by sunlight and the only other surefire way to kill them is decapitation. They even turn humans into demons.
* 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."
* ''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.]]
* ''Manga/MusukoGaKawaikuteShikataganaiMazokuNoHahaoya'':
** Lizette sustains herself from human blood and can not handle even the slightest exposure to sunlight without being burnt. However, while Minami describes Lizette as a vampire, she is not undead, but rather a specific breed of demon. The main vampires abilities she has demonstrated are SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, and an incredible HealingFactor when drinking blood.
** In chapter 123, Lizette reveals reveals some odd quirks about her vampiric biology; specifically her digestive system and that she doesn't have a stomach as humans do. This means she's incapable of eating solid foods and her body is able to only process liquids. Normally she only drinks blood, but she's capable of drinking any kind of fluid, with the stuff she can't absorb building up in her bladder and making her need to pee faster than usual.
--->'''Lizette ''(while drinking apple juice)'':''' My body doesn't die-vest the bad things! But instead I end up needing to pee.\\
'''Chiharu:''' Makes sense.\\
'''Lizette:''' I already need to pee.
* ''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.

** More on Alucard: as noted above, he is practically [[{{Immortality}} immortal]] and has regenerative abilities beyond almost any other character in fiction. He also has [[SuperSenses superhuman senses]], [[SuperStrength superhuman strength]], [[ImprobableAimingSkills incredible accuracy with any weapon]], {{Intangibility}}, [[SuperSpeed super speed]], {{Invisibility}}, [[GravityMaster the ability to defy gravity]], [[CastingAShadow the ability to manipulate shadows (literal and figurative) into physical form]], [[WeatherManipulation weather control]], [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleportation]], telekinesis, [[CharmPerson mind control]], mind reading, [[SealedArmyInACan summoning an army consisting of souls whose blood he has sucked]], gaining a person's knowledge and memories through blood sucking, hibernation, and the ability to sense superhuman activity, to name a few. None of the other [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] in the series show these traits, implying that it might have to be something you gather over time after leveling up; no one has drunk more levels than he. This might be a case of PowerCopying. The demon dogs are a result of Alucard having drunk the blood of the Hounds of Baskerville.

* ''[[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Battle Angel Alita: Last Order's]]'' vampires have a lot of notable differences from the mythical standard. First, they're more literal representations of TheVirus; their condition is due to genetic modification from a factor called the V-Virus, which transforms them via an excruciatingly painful experience called Altered Shock. (They consider "vampire" to be an insult, and [[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord prefer the term]] "Cognate".) Less than one percent of individuals bitten by infected hosts survive this process, and those that do often commit suicide out of inability to cope with the increased carnivorous urge colloquially termed the "thirst for blood". Cognates don't have any particular aversion to sunlight, holy symbols, or garlic (though individual tastes and cultural stigma, as usual, do vary), and they do show a reflection. However, they also lack many of the more fantastical abilities of mythical vampires. They are not truly immortal (aging is halted, however), as their mechanism for fending off physical injury and aging (unlimited cell division) makes them highly susceptible to another means of death: cancer. Their regenerative capabilities can also be overridden with enough damage (decapitation and striking vital points are handy). The shapeshifting and hypnotic powers are also lacking, though individual Cognates that are very long-lived can sometimes undergo second "Altered Shocks", which tend to grant them unique and powerful abilities such as the ability to read minds by detecting neural pulse flow or the like.

* The vampires in ''Manga/VampireKnight'' are ranked by how "pure" their lineage is. Pure-blooded vampires--those that don't have any human blood in them--have all sorts of mystical powers and suffer little to none of the typical weaknesses. It seems acceptable for them to indulge in [[IncestIsRelative incest]] to keep their blood pure. Other vampires, that are descended from pure bloods but have some human ancestry, have some of the weaknesses of traditional vampires but still seem very powerful. Both types crave blood, but are able to satisfy their cravings with special blood tablets. However, humans that are turned into vampires have a much more difficult time controlling their bloodlust, and eventually lose their humanity and turn into nothing but monstrous, mindless killers.

*** 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.

** And that's not even counting the Pillar Men from ''Manga/BattleTendency'', Kars, Esidisi, Wamuu, and Santana. Kars created the Stone Masks because their favorite food are ''those'' vampires. 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 Ceaser]]. 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.

** 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. They don't need to drain blood constantly, but doing so heals their wounds, keeps them young and, if the person they drain was particularly powerful, it makes them exponentially stronger. 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 (including centuries-old corpses) their blood (as Dio did to Tarkus, Bruford, [[spoiler:and 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 blood from their eyes, blood freezing, and the ability to walk on walls and ceilings.

* Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba: the Demons are never called vampires. But they are very similar. They eat humans (though all of them instead of just blood), they are killed by sunlight and the only other surefire way to kill them is decapitation. And they can turn humans into demons.

* ''Manga/MusukoGaKawaikuteShikataganaiMazokuNoHahaoya'': Lizette sustains herself from human blood and can not handle even the slightest exposure to sunlight without being burnt. However, while Minami describes Lizette as a vampire, she is not undead, but rather a specific breed of demon. The main vampires abilities she has demonstrated are SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, and an incredible HealingFactor when drinking blood.

* ''Manga/MusukoGaKawaikuteShikataganaiMazokuNoHahaoya'': Lizette sustains herself from human blood and can not handle even the slightest exposure to sunlight without being burnt. However, while Minami describes Lizette as a vampire, she is not undead, but is rather a specific breed of demon.

* ''Anime/BloodPlus'' stretches Our Vampires Are Different nearly to the limit by including several different types of vampires -- referred to under the general heading of "chiropterans," from the word for bat -- none of which display many of the traits listed above. The vampires are communal, like bees, the mook Chiropterans are the workers, the Chevaliers are the drones, and Saya and Diva are the Queens of their "Hives".

** The queens can create "chevaliers" by feeding a human some of their blood; the chevaliers, even more than the queens, are supernaturally strong, fast, and resilient, with the ability to shapeshift in various ways, most notably into monstrous batlike forms or into the forms of people whose blood they have drunk. They can also go for quite a long time without drinking blood, although it makes them increasingly weaker - a manga side story establishes that Haji, Saya's chevalier, swore it off entirely for something like twenty years without losing the ability to function, and is still much more powerful than mook chiropterans.

* In ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'' movie, the mere presence of a vampire noble causes all sorts of minor disasters -- crosses bend out of shape, mirrors crack, flowers die... They must find it hard to make any kind of casual visits which is probably why most nobles keep a retinue. Also helps in regards to the few things that ''can'' affect them.

* ''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 [[RessurectiveImmortality Zombieman]] without too much issue.]]

* 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 heal himself, turning into bats, some level of [[SuperStrength strength]] and [[SuperSpeed speed]]. [[spoiler: His powers are decently impressive, but he gets killed by the S-Class Hero [[RessurectiveImmortality Zombieman]] without too much issue.]]

* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'': As a {{Dhampyr}}, Youko Shiragami has all the traditional weaknesses of a vampire but downplayed entirely for comedy: [[DaywalkingVampire being exposed to the sun makes her tan very quickly]][[note]]And even then, [[TheDitz she never thought to use suntan lotion until someone else mentioned it]][[/note]], garlic makes her cry like it was a peeled onion, [[CannotCrossRunningWater being in or over water]] (even in a boat or airplane) makes her uncomfortable, [[HolyBurnsEvil crucifixes just annoy her a bit]], and [[MustBeInvited she can enter buildings uninvited but feels really bad about it]]. Whereas traditional vampires can transform into bats or mist, the best Youko can pull off is making [[LittleBitBeastly cute bat ears]] or a tiny puff of steam appear from her head. Additionally, they can drink blood but seemingly don't need to; when [[TheProtagonist Asahi Kuromine]] brings up the subject, Youko reacts as if he was sexually harassing her, explaining that [[KissOfTheVampire drinking blood is an incredibly intimate act]] to the point where vampire weddings use it in place of the traditional kiss. [[spoiler:Later in the series it turns out that Youko doesn't fully understand what drinking blood entails. As vampires drink more and more blood, it increases their "purity", making them more vampiric, which threatens to expose Youko's secret. It also turns out to be an alternative to sex, with female vampires capable of getting pregnant by drinking their partners' blood. This ends up happening to Youko and Asahi, and her father is surprisingly understanding about the whole thing.]]

** For starters (as established in ''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. They don't need to drain blood constantly, but doing so heals their wounds, keeps them young and, if the person they drain was particularly powerful, it makes them exponentially stronger. 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 (including centuries-old corpses) their blood (as Dio did to Tarkus, Bruford, and 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 that can then attach to and take over any handy body, [[spoiler:as Dio did to Jonathan Joestar's corpse]]. 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 blood from their eyes, blood freezing, and the ability to walk on walls and ceilings.

** And that's not even counting the Pillar Men from ''Manga/BattleTendency'', Kars, Esidisi, Wamuu, and Santana. Kars created the Stone Masks because their favorite food are ''those'' vampires. 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. Even a second of usable dark while encased can lead to the sloppy fighter's death [[spoiler:as Wamuu did to Ceaser]]. 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 resistance to all life on Earth [[spoiler:including human beings who can use 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.

** For starters (as established in ''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. They don't need to drain blood constantly, but doing so heals their wounds, keeps them young and, if the person they drain was particularly powerful, it makes them exponentially stronger. Those killed by Stone Mask vampires rise again as undead, but are much weaker and are usually called "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 (including centuries-old corpses) their blood (as Dio did to Tarkus, Bruford, and Vanilla Ice). The only method short of sunlight or [[SunshineKarate Hamon]] that slays a vampire, Stone Mask or Zombie, is grievous head trauma; decapitation merely leads to a living, severed head that can then attach to and take over any handy body, [[spoiler:as Dio did to Jonathan Joestar's corpse]]. 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 blood from their eyes, blood freezing, and the ability to walk on walls and ceilings.
*** ''[=JoJo=]'' Vampires are not killed by physical damage to their heads. Only Zombies are due to their lack of regeneration. Jonathan merely assumed it would work, though he was partially correct: the head is their weakness but it takes Ripple or sunlight to truly kill them. [[spoiler:Vanilla Ice and DIO (TWICE!) both had their heads split in half to no permanent effect and required Sunlight to finish them off for good. And further into the series, even when DIO was defeated and split into pieces by Jotaro shattering his [[FightingSpirit Stand]], The World, (Completely separate from his vampirism, mind you) he STILL didn't die (losing so much blood simply slowed his ability to recover). They had to expose his remains to sunlight to finish him off, because Joseph hadn't recovered yet, and Jotaro and Polnareff did not know how to use Hamon]].

** And that's not even counting the Pillar Men from ''Manga/BattleTendency'', Kars, Esidisi, Wamuu, and Santana. The former created the Stone Masks because their favorite food are ''those'' vampires. 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. They feed by absorbing anything they touch (typically vampires and humans), and can 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.
*** To get even more complicated, ''those'' Pillar Men were actually superpowered members of their kind. Kars and Esidisi were empowered by the Stone Mask, giving them their increased sun and Hamon resistance along with their ElementalPowers. Indeed, the Mask's true purpose was to unlock ''their'' true potential, with the end goal of CompleteImmortality. This gave them a greater need to consume other lifeforms, which made it fortunate that the mask ''also'' turned humans into much more substantial meals. From what we see of the rest of the Pillar Men and Women, they aren't anywhere near as powerful. They appeared to wield conventional weaponry and stood up to Kars and Esidisi because of how deathly afraid they were of the duo’s power. They were entirely wiped out by the two empowered Pillar Men.
*** And the Stone Mask's true purpose for the Pillar Men was to unlock an even further potential and become an immortal [[UltimateLifeForm Ultimate Being]] with the abilities of all life on Earth [[spoiler:including human beings who can use 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.

* According to Aria of ''Manga/VampeerzMyPeerVampires'', everything that Ichika heard about vampires was incorrect. For one, vampires don'ty shapeshift into bats; they have reflections in mirrors; and they are tolerant of crosses. At most, Ichika was partially right that some vampires didn't like garlic.

** For starters (as established in ''[[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. They don't need to drain blood constantly, but doing so heals their wounds, keeps them young and, if the person they drain was particularly powerful, it makes them exponentially stronger. Those killed by Stone Mask vampires rise again as undead, but are much weaker and are usually called "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 (including centuries-old corpses) their blood (as Dio did to Tarkus, Bruford, and Vanilla Ice). The only method short of sunlight or [[SunshineKarate Hamon]] that slays a vampire, Stone Mask or Zombie, is grievous head trauma; decapitation merely leads to a living, severed head that can then attach to and take over any handy body, [[spoiler:as Dio did to Jonathan Joestar's corpse]]. 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 blood from their eyes, blood freezing, and the ability to walk on walls and ceilings.
*** ''[=JoJo=]'' Vampires are not killed by physical damage to their heads. Only Zombies, are due to their lack of regeneration. Jonathan merely assumed it would work, though he was partially correct-the head is their weakness but it takes Ripple or sunlight to truly kill them. [[spoiler: Vanilla Ice and DIO (TWICE!) both had their heads split in half to no permanent effect and required Sunlight to finish them off for good. And further into the series, even when DIO was defeated and split into pieces by Jotaro shattering his [[FightingSpirit Stand]] The World (Completely separate from his vampirism, mind you) he STILL didn't die (losing so much blood simply slowed his ability to recover). They had to expose his remains to Sunlight to finish him off, because Joseph hadn't recovered yet, and Jotaro and Polnareff did not know how to use Hamon]].

** And that's not even counting the Pillar Men vampires from ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'', Kars, Esidisi, Whammu, and Santana. The former who created the Stone Masks because their favorite food are ''those'' vampires. 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. They feed by absorbing anything they touch (typically vampires and humans), and can 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 and become an immortal [[PhysicalGod Ultimate Being]] with the abilities of all life on Earth [[spoiler:including human beings who can use 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.

*** ''[=JoJo=]'' Vampires are not killed by physical damage to their heads. Only Zombies are due to their lack regeneration, Jonathan merely assumed it would work, though he was partial correct the head is their weakness but it takes Ripple or sunlight to truly kill them. [[spoiler: Vanilla Ice and DIO (TWICE!) both had their heads split in half to no permanent effect and required Sunlight to finish them off for good. And further into the series, even when DIO was defeated and split into pieces by Jotaro shattering his [[FightingSpirit Stand Ghost]] The World (Completely separate from his vampirism, mind you) he STILL didn't die (losing so much blood simply slowed his ability to recover). They had to expose his remains to Sunlight to finish him off, because Joseph hadn't recovered yet, and Jotaro and Polnareff did not know how to use Hamon]].

Occasionally, vampires in Japan will be portrayed as a kind of {{Youkai}}, or even a kind of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]]. The reason for this is the Japanese word for vampire, ''kyuketsuki'' (written as 吸血鬼 in Kanji). ''Kyuketsu'' simply means "bloodsucking". The ''ki'', represented by the 鬼 character, is where it gets interesting. Due to AlternateCharacterReading, 鬼 can instead be read as ''oni'', referring to the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demonic]] [[OurOgresAreHungrier ogre-like]] [[{{Youkai}} monsters from Japanese mythology]]. Thus, the Japanese word for vampire can be translated as "[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot blood-sucking ogre-demon]]". No wonder Japanese vampires are different!

** Half of the plot revolves around a family of HalfHumanHybrids descended from [[{{Youkai}} oni]]. Why are they in a story about vampires? Because as noted above, the Japanese word for vampire literally means "blood sucking oni".

* In ''Manga/DevilsLine'', the vampires look virtually identical to humans. They are labelled "devils/oni" and the "red-eye" race. Devils are small in number (0.01% of the total population in Japan) and their existence isn't known to civilians. They are biologically unchanged from humans, except for having a low body temperature (10 degrees lower than humans), pale-colored skin and heavy eyebags. They also have enhanced physical abilities (super strength, speed, reflexes and senses) and the ability to heal their injuries. However, when a devil sees human blood or experience sexual arousal their body starts to transform; their eyes turn red, their canines and nails grow to long lengths, their blood vessels bulge out and they lose their sense of self to their instinctive need to drink blood. In order for devils to suppress their bloodlust, they need to inject themselves with sedatives. Lastly, devils have short lifespans, living up to an average of only 39 years.

* ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'' has vampires 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 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.

* ''Manga/SoulEater'' has Mosquito, whose appearance, depending on the amount of blood he's consumed, varies from a little old man, a giant insect, something kind of resembling a gorilla, to a black suit-clad bishounen (each form older and stronger than the last). The kind of blood seems to matter, as Mosquito is very interested in [[{{Shinigami}} Death the Kid]]'s 'D-type' blood. He doesn't get to drink it, merely cause the boy to lose quite a bit through (temporary) loss of limb.