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When Vanitas finds Mikhail, he tries to kill him but is opposed by Noé because his friend Dominique de Sade is being held hostage. [17] Vanitas eventually gives up and Jeanne saves the duo. Vanitas tells Mikhail he killed their father because he was cursed by an unknown vampire and Vanitas became a doctor to vampires as a means of revenge.
Mikhail still became a vampire and during an unknown day, 69 killed Vanitas and took his name. With Noe having learned the story, he is faced by Vanitas who tries to kill Mikhail. Noé is forced to fight Vanitas to protect Dominique and tries to take his blood too. In order to face Noé, Vanitas uses doping to increase his strength. 10
By June 2021, The Case Study of Vanitas had over 5.5 million copies in circulation. [42] [43] Upon its release, the Japanese volumes appeared in charts from Oricon. [44] [45] Critics enjoyed the handling of Vanitas and setting and praised the mix of action, humor and adventure, while at the same time praising his relationship with Noe.
Upon reaching Altus Paris, Dominique releases the chain from Noé's neck and invites him to drink her blood. Vanitas appears at the masquerade ball, proclaiming his blue vampire inheritance and offers to cure all vampire curse-bearers. However, he interrupted by the appearance of Dominique's older sister, Veronica, who attempts to kill him.
A vampire character called August Ruthven appears in the anime and manga series The Case Study of Vanitas (2015–). Ruthven and Sir Francis Varney are two of the main characters in Vivian Shaw's Strange Practice (2017) and its sequels. In this series, Ruthven's full name is Edmund Ruthven. [7]
The name "Vanitas" was given to him by the Vampire of the Blue Moon who bit him, making him part of the Blue Moon clan with some vampire abilities. He possesses the grimoire called The Book of Vanitas which is an analytical engine powered by a special form of astermite and has the appearance of a book. He believes the grimoire can restore ...
Vanitas (Latin for 'vanity', in this context meaning pointlessness, or futility, not to be confused with the other definition of vanity) is a genre of memento mori symbolizing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death, and thus the vanity of ambition and all worldly desires.
In the manga The Case Study of Vanitas, Noe's teacher and Dominique's grandfather tells them he is currently going by that name. In the novelization The Night Strangler, from the TV film of the same title, it is strongly hinted that the immortal villain, Dr. Richard Malcolm, is actually the Count St. Germain. When asked directly, Malcolm laughs ...