[spoilers, obviously]
I will re-write this on a pc after I re-read this wonderful manga in the near future. For now, a mobile jank-script is all that you'll get (sry)
10/10, very biased.
This manga resonated with me in many ways, and I truly enjoyed reading it. Experiencing it.
The ending was left open-ended, and in this case, I feel it was a benefit.
The ending being open ended, and leaving some loose ends being untied gives the reader a chance to make an after-story.
I'd say it was a good ending. It wasn't perfect in terms of storywriting but even if it sounds like me coping (it really is not) the "poor" storywriting present at some moments in the story led to a more open ending than if things were actually rigidly defined by the author. Loose strings were left in such a way that you can construct your own 'after-end' story, which I appreciate. I already have a theory in my headcanon that I will be sharing later on.
The thing is, this is not the first time that I've seen this kind of ending for a story. This is very stereotypical of a romance comedy manga/anime/light novel. To put it succinctly, it is a story **about** the characters you are reading, not **their** story you are reading. That might sound obvious, but think about it, aren't most of the stories written as stories **of** the characters they write about? Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Harry-Potter; etcetera. One might say otherwise, but what I feel those three giants in their industry share is the fact that the stories are written in such a way that the characters do not exist without the story, whereas usually RomComs and therein Call of the Night are stories ABOUT the characters and you could 100% imagine their lifes continuing on past/pre main-plot. This, whilst not explicitly better, (seriously, not saying one side is better than the other) allows stories to be told with possibility of wonder around their characters.
Sure, you might wonder about the world of Game of Thrones and the writing might even give you some room to do so, but in much of the story the fates of the characters are set in concrete, not to be expaned upon by the reader, but to be experienced.
(Bear in mind, the bit about Game of Thrones is anectodal.)
So yeah, it might just be lazy writing, or it might just as well be genius writing.
With that being said, here is my poorly formatted headcanon -
It is explicitly stated that vampires themselves are not properly aware of their own biology. Whilst this could just be a way to avoid exposition and introduce tension in some parts of the story, this also leaves room for theorising.
Kou has gone past the one-year mark, and yet can still turn half-vamp. Specifically, it has been three years, so 2 years since the vampirization potency expiration. He can still be human, as evident by him giving his own blood to Nazuna at the end of the story, and yet can also turn vampiric.
So, this has me thinking - if he somehow can still turn into a vampire seemingly on his own accord, maybe Nazuna actually taking a chomp at him might not be as dangerous as it might seem?
My idea is, that because he is still able to half-vampirise, his vampirisation-potency is not yet gone but actually in a way extended or otherwise lying dormant. However, since he is also in a way a vampire, the killer agent responsible for terminating a vampire if they try to vampirise a human they love, might not activate, because Kou isn't exactly human.
Kou not being human I feel is even more solidified once you pay attention to what the vampires say about him. They're confused, smelling both vampire and human in him. FEELING, both vampire and human.
One more thing important in the story is Anko's idea on how half-vampirization might affect Kou. Anko said that it would be pretty wreckless to abuse half-vampirisation because if one uses it too much, they could potentially at some point get stuck in the vampire state forever.
Whilst obviously pure speculation by a human, it is worthy of note because of Anko's intuition that she has garnered because of her extensive working background against the vampires.
Simply put, what if Kou just turns himself into a vampire by intentionally abusing the half-vampirization thing? It would kinda half-sidestep the whole thing about Nazuna then being his pseudo-vamp-parent, as explained by Seri. Which is an obvious plus unless you're up a for an incestual vibe in your blood-suckly romantic relationship.
Ngl tho, Nazuna turning Kou into a vampire directly would be amazing. I miss the blood-sucking scenes. There's something about them that just hits right.
Also, what the hell was that blood-bending thing? This really is a Tokyo-Ghoul scenario where the MC is a weirdo a-la uniqueale, isn't it?
This is obviously a far reach in that if it was an actual story bit, trying it would be very risky for the both of them, but I will still stand by this theory of mine unless or until the author somehow directly disproves it.
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