Vampire Dormitory episode 1 aired on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at 11:30 p.m. JST. The episode, “The Pretty Boy Gets Picked Up,” focused on the encounter between Mito Yamamoto and the vampire named Ruka.
The episode starts by introducing Mito as he gets fired from his job in a ramen store. His good looks make the male clients uncomfortable and make women obsessed. Since he used to live at his workplace, he is now homeless with nowhere to go. The episode goes on to reveal his parents’ death and how he was passed around as a child until he was ignored when he got older, telling him to rely on his good looks.
His search for a job lands him in the LA FRAISE cafe. After an accident, he destroys a flower pot and cuts his hand. One of the staff members, Ruka, immediately attends to him and offers to take him back for further treatment.
While at the back, Ruka sucks off the blood from his injured finger and exclaims how disgusting his blood tastes. This annoys Mito, who asks him why he sucked on his blood in the first place.
Vampire Dormitory episode 1 spoilers: The next leader of the vampires
The beginning of the episode showed the vampire community settling on their next leader. The conclave claims the vampires’ next leader must be someone with strong abilities who has found their destined partner and drank their blood.
After their weird interaction, Mito leaves Ruka, who is stunned to find out that blood could be so disgusting. Ruka is confronted by the former leader of the vampires, who tells him that a man’s blood can only be as sweet as the amount he is loved.
He proposes that Ruka help ripen Mito’s blood so he can become an adequate supply line. However, Ruka refuses. He tells Ruka how the rest of the conclave doubts his decision to name him as successor, making Ruka rethink his decision.
Elsewhere, Mito struggles to make it out of the freezing rain. With nowhere to go, he arrives at a bridge. Thinking his existence is useless and unneeded, he goes to the other side. After a while, he changes his mind but loses his footing and falls.
However, Ruka rescues him just in the nick of time and drinks his blood. Ruka tells him to live for his sake and offers him the position of vampire thrall. Mito wakes up at the boy’s dormitory of Hijirigoaka Boys Academy, where Ruka lives. The latter tells him he rescued him on a whim.
However, hearing his existence could be helpful to someone, Mito accepts his offer. Ruka tells him he will make his blood sweeter by loving him, and all he has to do is accept it. The two properly introduce themselves as they prepare to embark on this journey together. The episode ends with Mito in the bathroom, revealing his identity as a woman.
