Delico's Nursery

A scourge has descended upon vampire society in the form of serial murders. The killings appear unrelated at first glance, but every crime scene has one thing in common: a card left behind, bearing the words "True of Vamp"—the name given to the legendary progenitor of all vampires.

The Vlad Agency, a secret intelligence operation, summons the renowned aristocrat Dali Delico to lead the task force investigating the murders. However, Dali refuses, choosing to focus on raising his children. His old colleagues—Gerhard Fra, Henrique Lorca, and Dino Classico—plead with him to balance his duty to the agency with child-rearing. He agrees on one condition: the other three men must also care for their children during the investigation.

Dali's estate therefore becomes a nursery and the base of operations for the four noble vampires. Meanwhile, a criminal organization Dali knows all too well lurks in the shadows with evil intentions that threaten to cause the collapse of the entire vampire society.

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Classico, Dino Main

Satou, Takuya Japanese

Fra, Gerhard Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Delico, Dali Main

Morita, Masakazu Japanese

Lorca, Henrique Main

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Classico, Theodore Supporting

Anzai, Chika Japanese

Watson, Kiki Supporting

Akasaki, Chinatsu Japanese

Anderson, Sophie Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Delico, Raphael Supporting

Kohara, Konomi Japanese

Katarina Supporting

Yasumura, Makoto Japanese

Fra, Angelico Supporting

Itou, Ayasa Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Matsukura, Yuuji Producer

Nagamine, Rieko Producer

Matsuo, Kousuke Producer

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Jun 30, 2025

Nerdodivergent

Recommended

Definitely a unique watch that I 100% say is worth the watch!
Even before this show aired I was HYPED. Lots of online anime content creators were talking about this show and building up the excitement. I'm also a big fan of anything related to "family tropes" so this felt right up my alley.
And it didn't take long for me to really enjoy this show. I watched both dub and sub, but personally I enjoyed the dub more (Mainly for Henrique calling Dali "Dali-Boy" but also it was just very well done). The world of the story is incredible. The blend of historical fiction as ... well as using the vampire tropes in new ways is super cool. While personally I would've liked more backstory and worldbuilding, the somewhat lack of it didn't take away from the plot. The art style is also one of my favorite things about this show. It's unlike anything I've really seen. The almost sketch like qualities blending the mix of 2D/3D, and never shifting the art style for tone shifts in the show. It's consistently gorgeous with each episode. All the characters are fantastic too. The main adult protagonists are such a nice mix. Each of them are strong in their character tropes and the interactions between them work well (And I cannot be the only one to think that there is a CRAZY amount of homoerotic subtext going on between them but then again I guess that's what happens when you don't have a whole lot of female characters). The kiddos are also a lot of fun. All of them have their own personalities and really capture both the joy and stress of taking care of young kids (Trust me 95% of my job is taking care of kids this show is pretty accurate). While the villains are a great mix, they're the only characters I feel aren't written as well. A lot of them feel a bit like carbon copies of villains from other shows (Looking at you My Hero Academia), but are still a lot of fun nonetheless. What they lack in individuality they make up in depth as being a lot more than just "Evil is my only personality trait" which I appreciate (Catarina I love you please never stop slaying!).
Overall I feel this show deserves all the hype it gets. It's thoughtful, exciting, heartwarming, and overall a great watch!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Feb 20, 2025

Ashuz

Mixed Feelings

Delico's Nursery
-after is wife death Delico, Dali decided to care he is children and raising he children on is on because of wife last wise Delico Dali privatize is job over he's children
In vampire society they going series of murder's in society and a card left behind, bearing the words "True of Vamp"—the name given to the legendary progenitor of all vampires.
The Vlad Agency, a secret intelligence operation who protect the vampire and Trump existence of the other people (vampire)
Dali firstly refuse mission at first to do he children caring but His old colleagues—Gerhard Fra, Henrique Lorca, and Dino Classico—plead with him to balance ... his duty to the agency with child-rearing. He agrees on one condition: the other three men must also care for their children during the investigation.
Hence Delico, Dali
House become a nursery for for children who are raising bye theirs bye father's with working mission other side they soon realise raising kid's are not simply as they thought
Every child has is own problems and adult won't understand other side mystery murder's are happening in stressed how Delico, Dali and colleagues going handle both childcare and duties same they it's fun to you will understand is children at emany problem may that adult simply ignore
Anime felling a rollcoster of good and bad boring episode some ep are good later anime felling boring in story' line and later on fell good
Last episode may confused you I not what is going on story
Anime background music nice to hear
There are some good written character other are just ok
Anime are was nice artistic style, especially with that excellent period setting.
Character development bet of form story but
Story point was good to
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Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 10, 2025

AeroGunz

Not Recommended

“Delico's Nursery” is what happens when ambition overshadows the writer's skill.

I am a bit confused about what kind of show this is supposed to be. In theory it wants to combine mystery and childcare. I’m all for it, those are two of three of my favorite genres. The problem is that both plot lines are pretty bad. The childcare plot isn’t a total travesty, at least compared to the mystery one. The mystery plot (that later becomes a generic action one) is absolute garbage. There isn’t even a proper story despite setting up at least 3.

Before we start I would like to explain something. I ... will be talking about “plot” and “story”. Many people use those terms interchangeably. I’m not one of those people, so to make sure everyone is on the same page…
I use the definitions for “plot” and “story” as Lisa Cron describes them:
“What happens in the story is the PLOT, the surface events.”
“STORY is about how the things that happen affect someone in pursuit of a difficult goal, and how that person changes internally as a result”.

I’m gonna need someone to explain to me why the hell this show has 13 episodes. Everything wraps up in 12, even if in a rather anticlimactic and boring way. The 13th episode doesn’t really bring anything new to the table. It doesn’t answer any questions that are still lingering, but it does, for some reason, repeats things we already knew. It also sets up a season 2 that will probably never come, and I can’t say that’s a bad thing, judging by the writing in this one.

I’ll start with the thing that annoyed me the most. World building. It’s an absolute travesty. For starters, we get that the main cast are vampires called vamps in this universe. Ok. There is a whole race of vampires. Ok. They have their own society, rules and politics. Ok. Nothing wrong so far. But… There is an entity called “True of Vamp” “Trump” for short (Yes, I did laugh as well when I heard that). It’s said to be the god of the whole race and every member of the vamp race has a mental connection to him. But we never really get info about what are other differences between vamps and Trump. Apart from the fact that Trump is called immortal (and the things I mentioned earlier) we don’t get the differences. Does that mean that vamps grow old and die of old age? We know they can be killed but that brings nothing new to the mythos about vampires.
Vamps go through something called “cocoon phase” when they are adolescence but we don’t really get an explanation of what exactly it is, how long it lasts and what happens during that time. Trump has a set of unique powers but a vamp during the cocoon faze also gets them. So why do they lose them after? What’s the evolutionary point of gaining power when they seem to be most emotionally unstable (If we assume that the teenage years of a vamp are similar to that of a human), only to lose them after? It seems like a cheap excuse to give the antagonist some sort of age over the main cast.
Why is Trump such a pathetic excuse for a creature? The mofo is immortal and it seems he’s just killing time in the most basic, boring way possible. You’re telling me that he can’t find a hobby once every couple of decades? He doesn’t seem to be a psychopath, sociopath or anything fun like that, even if he does seem to have a murder boner every few years, so why not make him more active? He has all the time in the world, he doesn’t want to make vamps his slaves but doesn’t really seem to care all that much about them. I get the free will shtick but he could at least be more interested in their evolution. If not actively than from an observer / scientist sort of way. As it stands he’s boring, rather pathetic and seems to just feel sorry about himself. If it’s a way of saying that eternal life is a curse… then the writer went about it in the most pathetic way possible — telling and not showing. Even the “telling” part is rather moronic because it’s just one sentence said almost like an after thought.

The mystery plot is equally bad. I get that it had to be dumb down a little because of its amalgamation with the childcare plot but this is just ridiculous. Delico (the MC) and his companions are positioned as competent in their job and are tasked with solving the murder case. Ok. But the truth of the matter is that they do jack shit for most of the show. Every breakthrough that happens is not because of them but because of someone or something else. They don’t even find the antagonists on their own, the antagonists attack them. We have 4 members of the main cast and apart from child caring they do nothing. We get 4 passive characters that rarely talk about the case in terms of planning their next move. They just wait. At first I was really annoyed because I thought that their job is to save people, but the show proved me wrong a few minutes later by stating that their job isn’t to save individuals but the vamps as a race. We even get a pseudo-speech about it and everyone agrees. The fuck? So why do they risk their goal to save their kids? What? It’s ok if people they don’t know die, but when it’s personal their priorities suddenly shift? I get it, it’s an anime. Anime and hypocrisy of the MCs is a standard practice but it’s still stupid. If this hypocrisy was in any way, shape or form addressed, maybe, I wouldn’t be as pissed about it but as it stands it just positions the main cast as assholes and not the good kind. For effs sake, give me at least some sort of conversation about them pretending to care about the victims. That would at least soften the blow.
The nail to the coffin is that the antagonists are much more interesting as characters and that’s despite the fact that they don’t seem to have a proper plan and sometimes I got a feeling they are winging the whole thing. Their interactions are complex, they get into fights with each other and still mostly end up on the same side of the conflict with the main cast. I liked that. It makes them not as flat and bland as Delico’s coterie. It almost makes me wish they were the main characters of the show, especially that most of them don’t seem to be truly evil. Just people with a very specific goal that they use to justify their actions. That is some seriously good story and plot point.

The childcaring plot is actually better, but still pretty flat. I will give credit, where credit is due, 2 of the 4 members of the main cast do evolve in this regard. Granted only one in any meaningful way but I’ll take what I can get at this point. Apart from Henrique, everyone learns something about their kids and changes their approach to raising them. I actually appreciate that. Gerhard is the best example of evolution in this plot. He starts as strict, distant and almost cold towards not only his own son but children in general, but quickly the cracks appear. Despite being the first to start changing he seems not to want to admit it. Like a damn tsundere that he is. But at the end of the show every member of the main cast is closer with their kids and it’s actually shown and not told.

The kids themselves are actually better characters than I expected them to be. I thought that they would be used just as an excuse to make their fathers act in a certain way, or maybe as a mcguffin from time to time (that does happen) but no. Almost all have their problems and mini (very mini) arcs and development. It’s actually a shame that their development is treated mostly as background noise because I would love to see a deeper exploration of Theodore and Raphael's mental states and the way they cope with their problems. Those were really good story ideas, but unfortunately they were all cut short because of the mystery plot.

It’s a constant problem. When the mystery plot is getting good it’s snuffed out by the child caring plot. When the child caring plot is getting good, it’s cut short by the mystery plot. Those two plots are pretty much disjointed apart from two moments when the kids decide to run away. Those are the only moments when the plots almost work together. Almost. Unfortunately because of the way they are handled it’s rather painful to watch how those two plots fight for Your attention and destroy each other’s internal logic because of it.

I don’t want to say this show is bad. If You don’t think about it too much it can be entertaining and I totally understand people that give it a high score but I think even they understand how bad the ending and the climax truly are.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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