Seraph of the End 5: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen

Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen (Volume 5) is the fifth volume of the Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen light novel series, which includes Guren's past with Mahiru and his encounter with many characters of the manga sequel, Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign.

It is expected to be published as the first half of the third English omnibus.

Epilogue
Guren and Shinya play Bomberman while elbowing each other. It is now 3:30 a.m., and Mito and Goshi have both fallen asleep. Everyone starts waking up, so Sayuri offers to make them supper.

Prologue
Mahiru approaches Yuichiro in the Hyakuya Sect. It is revealed that his father attacked him with a knife while his mother tried to burn him and then committed suicide by lighting herself on fire.

Yu says that his parents called him a demon, but she says he looks human to her. Remembering everything, Yu begins crying. She asks if he needs to die just because someone told him to.

A researcher walks in, and Yu becomes still and quiet. Mahiru realizes the Hyakuya Sect has been abusing him. She notes that Yu has been marked as an excellent test subject, and Saito was not even punished for being seen when he collected Yu during the fire.

The researcher warns Mahiru that she will be used as experimental material as well if she steps beyond her bounds. She requests a seraph test subject and sees monsters that were former animals. They are the Four Horsemen of John. The researcher directs her to Saito at one of the Hyakuya Orphanages to collect her test subject.

Yu's memory of this conversation will be erased, just like his memory of the experiments.

Mahiru says that no one's life has any value, and she says she lives for romantic love.

Chapter 1
Guren visits Shinoa's apartment, which is large enough for a couple or a small family. He finds her sitting in the dark with a blank expression. He notices there is no refrigerator, and the only things present in the kitchen are canned foods and a microwave.

He tries to bait her to his apartment for good food, but she says he is just following orders to use her. She says his father and subordinates are being held hostage. She reveals that Mahiru told her this. As a matter of fact, Guren is there on Kureto's orders since Mahiru called Shinoa recently.

Shinoa calmly throws a knife at Guren with an exploding tag on it, but he easily catches the blade between his fingers and tears off the talisman with his thumb. Shinoa comments that he is strong. She says Mahiru told her they had sex and teases Guren about it.

Sayuri calls Guren after they undergo more experimentation under the Mikado no Oni. Guren orders them to prepare a good meal for 7:30 p.m. and says he is bringing a guest.

Shinoa's phone begins going off, and she insists the only people who call her are Mahiru, solicitors, and people with the wrong number. Guren eventually answers it.

Mahiru chats with him while Kureto sends Guren messages on his own phone. He struggles to not warn her about Kureto coming after her. She eventually hangs up, stating that Kureto has arrived and is about to start the party.

Guren takes Shinoa with him, and she points out his is only doing this out of guilt.

Meanwhile, Kureto arrives at the harbor with over 500 soldiers after tracing the phone call. Although Mahiru is not their, they find a cell phone with a microphone taped onto it. Kureto reads a message left by Mahiru on the phone. It greets him, says she is planning to go to Kyoto, and then says the phone will blow up ten seconds after he turns on the screen.

Alarmed, he chucks it into an empty area of the warehouse, but it does not explode.

She calls him and openly reveals her location as near the school. He explicitly describes how he will torture Guren if she does not cooperate, but she only laughs. She warns him that using the power of a demon to do something just will only weaken him. She says she is headed to Kyoto, and he hangs up.

Aoi reports they were unable to determine Mahiru's location.

Chapter 2
Mahiru goes to the orphanage as Miyuki Yamada. Akane investigates her and decides she is a trustworthy person. Mahiru realizes Akane has a crush on Mikaela, and she leaves with a child she "adopted" named Junji.

Chapter 3
Mahiru enters a van on the opposite side of the street, kills the driver, and knocks Junji unconscious. She gets onto the freeway but is attacked by vampires. She fights them, and there is a large car pile-up. The vampires surround Mahiru, drink her blood, and take her to Kyoto.

Chapter 4
Guren left Shinoa behind to keep her safe, and his group returns to his apartment to plan their next move. Guren reveals some documents Mahiru left him about the Seraph of the End.

Kureto rings the doorbell and orders Guren to kill Mahiru within forty-eight hours or else he will kill Guren's father and the rest of the Mikado no Tsuki. Kureto calls Aoi and tells her that Guren has betrayed them and cut him down. He order's Sakae's death. He is lying in order to deceive Mahiru, and Aoi is in on it.

Guren and his group escape to the roof and steal Kureto's helicopter. They head to Kyoto.

Chapter 5
They crash in the Kyoto mountains and begin trekking down. They finally reach farmland and steal a tractor. Guren sleeps for seven hours while chatting with Noya.

Guren and Shinya return to a love hotel and change into civilian clothes. Goshi and the girls are already dressed. Goshi is asleep with porn blaring on the television.

A vampire suddenly appears, but they kill her. Asuramaru's sword materializes in the room.

Meanwhile, Mahiru is tied to a cross and is being tortured in Sanguinem. Krul asks her if she is ready to talk and reveals that it is now December 20th. Mahiru summons Shikami Doji and breaks free. Krul asks her about Asura Tepes, but Mahiru only laughs.

Characters
List of characters in order of appearance: