Volume 8

Seraph of the End 8 (終わりのセラフ 8) is the eighth volume of the Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign manga, written by Takaya Kagami and illustrated by Yamato Yamamoto.

A special edition of the volume was released on the same day.

Contents

 * 28. "Livestock Revolt" (反逆するカチク)
 * 29. "Who's Pulling the Strings?" (黒幕はダレダ)
 * 30. "Sword of Justice" (正義のツルギ)
 * 31. "Shinya and Guren" (深夜とグレン)

Japanese
名古屋での吸血鬼殲滅作戦で優一郎たちは鳴海隊と連係し、貴族の吸血に挑む. チームワークが勝敗の鍵だが…. 一方、他の部隊には死者も出て、クローリーに人質まで取られる事態に. 部隊を率いるグレンは!?

English
The attack on Nagoya begins! The Japanese Imperial Demon Army descends on the vampire nobles, aiming to exterminate them completely. Three squads are assigned to take down each of eight nobles. Because they are undermanned in comparison, Shinoa and Narumi squads will have to work together seamlessly to take down their one noble. But lurking amongst the nobles is Crowley Eusford, a formidable vampire eager to drink dry his would-be vanquishers.

Characters
List of characters in order of appearance:
 * Yūichirō Hyakuya (Chapter 28)
 * Lucal Wesker (Chapter 28)
 * Shihō Kimizuki (Chapter 28)
 * Shinoa Hīragi (Chapter 28)
 * Makoto Narumi (Chapter 28)
 * Mitsuba Sangū (Chapter 28)
 * Rika Inoue (Chapter 28)
 * Yayoi Endō (Chapter 28)
 * Tarō Kagiyama (Chapter 28)
 * Shūsaku Iwasaki (Chapter 28)
 * Yoichi Saotome (Chapter 28)
 * Shinya Hīragi (Chapter 28)
 * Guren Ichinose (Chapter 28)
 * Mel Stefano (Chapter 28)
 * Norito Goshi (Chapter 28)
 * Mito Jūjō (Chapter 28)
 * Sayuri Hanayori (Chapter 28)
 * Shigure Yukimi (Chapter 28)
 * Eita Kusunoki (Chapter 28)
 * Crowley Eusford (Chapter 28)
 * Horn Skuld (Chapter 28)
 * Chess Belle (Chapter 28)
 * Aiko Aihara (Chapter 29)
 * Lacus Welt (Chapter 29)
 * René Simm (Chapter 29)
 * Mikaela Hyakuya (Chapter 29)
 * Gekkouin (Chapter 31)

Author's note
"Volume 8 is here! Since I needed to do a comment for the version of this volume that comes with the Drama CD too, here's my second comment! To those of you who haven't bought the version with the Drama CD yet—what are you waiting for? I wrote an original script for this! Plus the cover has Yu and Mika on it. So pick up both versions to enjoy Yu, Mika and Guren all together!"

- Takaya Kagami

"It's been really busy lately with both the anime and Drama CD coming out. Volume 5 of the novels just came out, and there was also a short one-shot bonus story in Weekly Shonen Jump. Check them out if you're interested. I hope you like them."

- Yamato Yamamoto

Cover Details
Volume eight's cover features Guren drawing his Cursed Gear sword, Mahiru-no-Yo, with the titular demon themselves visible to the left of the image. Standing within a location containing black walls with vertical straight lines adorning them, Guren is depicted in color with his black hair and violet eyes shown. Wearing his Japanese Imperial Demon Army uniform, Guren is also wearing a high collared black cloak that he is rarely seen wearing, of which the red interior is visible where it flows around him. The long sheath to his weapon goes off of the image at the bottom. In drawing his sword which has two tassels on the two handed hilt, the glowing crimson blade stands out, where it emits a pale red, spectral like energy.

For where Guren is standing on, while they resemble ripples in a puddle, it is more probable that the expanding circles around Guren's feet have been decoratively placed into the floor. All of various sizes, and overlapping one-another, where some circles appear carved into what could be stonework, other lines to the circles are interrupted seemingly depending on the light. A possibility is that they may be Spell Circles. In any case, the floor's surface is dark yet very reflective.

On the left side of the image, Mahiru-no-Yo, the demon within the sword, is either being reflected or literally appearing there where they share Guren's smiling expression. Around their legs it appears as though they are reflected in a surface of water, yet around the face it is far more clear despite there being ripples there too. There is a faint light seen in the lower section to the surface, as if coming in from a forest canopy. Such light is also shining on the top of Guren's head, largely on the right such as on his face and shoulder. The cursed gear room where black demon weapons are kept in Shibuya is the likeliest location for a setting otherwise not seen in the series.