result of this action, his arms quickly became littered in scars. Chizuna believes that her strong resemblance to her mother kept her father from going insane after his wife died. Mrs. Ishikura Chizuna and Kazuna's paternal grandmother. She appears during a flashback of Chizuna's in the second manga volume. She begs her son Shizuna to take Kazuna somewhere safe because he seems to have not contracted the disease from his mother like Chizuna. The flashback takes place soon after her daughter-in-law's death. The last we see of her is when Shizuna asks his mother not to visit him or his children again. The last she is heard of, in the manga, is that she regularly visits her son's grave. Shinobu Kazami A manga-only character. The last nurse employed by Dr. Takashiro at his clinic. She was deeply troubled by his suicide and investigates to try and understand why he did it, uncovering two important facts. This leads to a confrontation with Chizuna. References External links Tokyopop's page for the manga 1996 manga 2003 anime OVAs Gentosha manga Madhouse (company) Seinen manga Tokyopop titles Vampires in animated film Vampires in anime and manga