The World of Blood Legacy (Episode)

The World of Blood Legacy is the first episode of the anime series, Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign. It corresponds with Chapter 1 of the manga.

Long Summary
People are going about their business as usual one winter night when the adults painfully collapse and die. Cars and planes crash. Third Progenitor Krul Tepes walks down the streets of Tokyo as the apocalypse begins. Yuichiro Hyakuya and Mikaela Hyakuya run with a few kids through the chaos around them. They run into the Hyakuya Orphanage to find the orphanage director collapsed on the floor. An announcement plays, explaining the virus. Mika directs the children, and eventually they hide in an upstairs playroom. The children huddle together. One hooded vampire enters through the door after them while another easily shatters their balcony window.

Four years later, Yu and Mika line up underground in Sanguinem and have their identities checked before getting their blood drawn. Mika drinks the foul-tasting juice provided to help them recover from losing blood, but Yu crushes his. Despite Mika's chiding, he says it is too disgusting to drink anyway. When Mika says this world is not so bad, Yu throws it at him.

A pair of young children draw on the street with chalk. A pair of hooded vampires walk up. One steps on one child's hand while the other kicks the second out of the way. Enraged, Yu attacks one. Mika apologizes for him and explains that Yu is messed-up in the head. Yu continues struggling, so the vampire holds Yu over the edge of the walkway. Mika panics.

Ferid arrives at that point, and the vampire returns Yu to the walkway before leaving. Mika cheerfully greets Ferid, and Ferid responds back in kind by stroking his cheek. When he asks if both Mika and Yu will be joining him tonight, Mika accepts and prevents Yu from causing another scene. He says that Yu is too shy. Later on, Yu asks Mika if he knows that vampire, and Mika answers that he gives Ferid blood in exchange for good food and anything he might need. Yu punches him lightly in the face and leaves.

Eventually, Akane finds Yu pouting on a rooftop. She asks him why he isn't with Mika and tells him their family is waiting on him to come back, so they can eat dinner. He comes in, and she prepares curry for all of them. The children are so excited that they begin saying its their birthday. Akane reminds them all to be sure to thank Mika later. The children dig in, but Yu refuses to eat.

Differences with the Manga

 * In the manga, the Hyakuya children are with the director when she collapsed. In the anime, Yu, Mika, and a few others are outside.
 * The livestock wear slip-on shoes in the anime, but they are barefoot in the manga.
 * The home the Hyakuya children live in underground looks like a beaten house with a second floor in the anime. In the manga, it is only a flat and bare room.
 * In the anime, Yu refuses to eat the curry until Mika joins him.