Curie Drakulya

Curie Drakulya is a Vampire who crossed the Japanese border illegally, as her kind are considered too dangerous to enter the country.

Although originally suspected by the protagonists and the M.O.N that Curie was a villain, this was later proven wrong as in reality the evil ghost of her late father Wladislaus who took control of his daughter at night was the actual villain. Curie became good friends with Papi during the events of Volume 12.

Appearance
Curie has the appearance of a thin girl with long silver hair that hangs over her yellow eyes, pointy ears, and she has heavy shadows under her eyes. As a Vampire, her most noticeable physical traits are her large bat-like wings in lieu of arms, her clawed feet, and her slit pupils. Like Papi and similar to a bat, her wings include a talon-like thumb.

She wears a headband that's mostly covered by her hair along with a one-piece custom-made for vampires and a floor-length caped robe with a blue-and gold ornate collar (which hides her bat-like wings). She also wears thick-soled black boots that conceal her claw-like feet.

Personality
Curie usually posesses a very reserved and quiet demeanor. She doesn't often voice her opinions and stutters easily. She is shown to be very timid, as when confronted with someone who is more outgoing, she was very nervous and had trouble interacting with them. In contrast to her usual mood, she is far more energetic and talkative during the night; speaking about her opinions with great enthusiasm and not stuttering.

As opposed to most of her kind, Curie does not like dark enclosed spaces, is afraid of heights, and has an aversion to blood. However, during nightfall, her personality changes and she becomes extremely dangerous and bloodthirsty. This is due to her father's spirit possessing her and no longer exists after Lala separates his spirit from Curie. That said, after being freed from her father's influence she still shows off a decidedly more confident and forceful personality at night, as seen with her roommates.

Skills & Traits

 * Personal traits:
 * Phobias: As seen in Chapter 50, Curie possesses several rather paradoxical phobias in the sense that she fears things that are actually natural traits of Vampires. Wladislaus considered his daughter as a "shame" to their species because of these phobias.
 * Fear of coffins: Curie is afraid of sleeping in a coffin, stating that she is afraid of dark cramped places. However, since Curie doesn't mind sleeping in a closet that can technically be considered as a dark cramped place, this fear seems to be specific to coffins only. It's possible that Curie has taphephobia, the fear of being buried alive in a coffin.
 * Acrophobia: Curie has acrophobia, the fear of great heights, which is strange given that, as a Vampire, Curie has wings and can fly. She was not affected by this phobia when Wladislaus' ghost took control of her in Chapter 51.
 * Chiroptophobia: Curie has chiroptophobia, the fear of bats, although as a Vampire herself she has bat-like properties such as leathery wings.
 * Hemophobia: Curie had hemophobia, the fear of blood, which was by far the most paradoxical of her phobias as a Vampire, not least because it was her strongest phobia. Just the sight or smell of artificial blood was enough to make Curie faint, though she was able to drink blood when Wladislaus' ghost took control of her. Later, Leechi and Moskii made efforts to train Curie to drink blood, and while their "training methods" can be considered drastic, (they force-fed her blood) they seem to have had success as, at the time of Chapter 59.5, Curie can now drink blood.


 * Vampire Physiology:
 * Ultrasonic Waves: Like a bat, Curie orients herself at night with ultrasonic waves. Her eye-sight however is very poor, regardless of the time of day.
 * Flight: Similar to Harpies, instead of hands Curie has large, bat like wings. She has enough strength in them to glide or fly, but she rarely uses this ability as she is ironically afraid of heights.
 * Blood Sucking: As a Vampire, her digestive system is underdeveloped and can only digest liquids. She therefore has to drink blood and other fluids for nourishment.
 * Weakness: As a Vampire, Curie is sensitive to sunlight and UV light, and is allergic to garlic and silver.
 * Inability to swim: According to Moskii in Chapter 59.5, Curie can't swim, possibly because her wings become to heavy with the water and are generally very cumbersome for swimming.

Possessions

 * Locket : Curie owns a locket with a portrait of her with her father inside of it. This locket was destroyed when Centorea unknowingly stepped on it after Curie was freed from her father's possession.
 * Fake hands: To mask her appearance in public, Curie wears fake hands over her wing claws. However, in Chapter 59.5, Curie no longer wears the fake hands.

History
Curie's mother died when she was still young, causing her to be raised by her father, Wladislaus. Due to the fact that the Vampire race was slowly nearing extinction, Wladislaus tried to raise Curie to continue their legacy. However, because of Curie's phobias of blood, heights, bats, and coffins, Wladislaus' efforts to make Curie a "true" Vampire were in vain. Extremely disappointed in his daughter, Wladislaus eventually died. However, instead of moving on, his spirit possessed Curie, and caused her to become extremely bloodthirsty every night when he took control. While Curie was aware of the possession to some degree, she was unable to do anything about it.

Plot
Curie arrives in Japan in part as thanks to the actions of Mr President of the Black Lily Advanced Materials Laboratory. As part of their negotiations, she and two others were sent to harass a certain Arachne's host family. She arrives outside of the Kurusu House near nightfall where she becomes possessed by her father and attempts to feed on Zombina.

Unfortunately Zombina's formaldehyde based blood poisons her and instead she's forced to flee, choosing to fly off to the Inter-Species Cultural Exchange Exposition to rest for the day and try to get some of her strength back. There she encounters Papi who was looking for a place to nap and the harpy ends up dragging her all over the Exhibition.

She was later seen at the laboratory, giving the scientists a saliva sample for research on the vampire virus, alongside Kino and Killa.

It's later revealed that she is now living with other blood feeding monster girls as roommates and together with them they are seeking a man to feed on/date.

Zoological Classification


The Vampire (吸血鬼) is a humanoid species that is famed in mythology for their aversion to sunlight and their possession of fangs for sucking the blood of other beings.

Due to their natural diet of blood, Vampires were considered predatory and associated as Devils until around the early 18th-century in southeastern Europe when they were first identified as their own species by human culture. As humans seemed to be their primary prey, Vampires were considered to be evil beings amongst the human populace and were greatly feared for their ability to lure their prey into being fed upon and their ability to turn "normal beings" into vampires thanks to a "Vampire Virus" that is transmitted via their bite in a similar manner to Zombies. Like them, the virus only works if the victim is already near death.

Although some facts are true to a degree, the traits of the vampire species has been exaggerated over time due to fear-fuelled myths and folklore. For unclear reasons, Vampires now exist in near extinction.

Trivia

 * When Curie is not sleeping in a coffin, like Vampires traditionally do, she prefers to sleep upside-down, like most bats do.
 * The Japanese spelling of Curie's name (Kyuri), like most other characters, is a pun derived from her species' name, in this case, the Japanese word for "Vampire" (吸血鬼), with "Ki" being swapped with "Ri".
 * The current situation of of Curie's people is the first serious case of a demi-human species being actually on the brink of extinction, with Curie being one of the last remaining vampires alive.
 * Her last name is probably a pun on Dracula.
 * In Volume 12, Curie was portrayed with rounded human-like teeth until the end of Chapter 50, before becoming always portrayed with pointed teeth thereafter. This was probably a suspense-building stylistic device by Okayado to leave it ambiguous to the end as to whether Curie was actually a Vampire (despite the numerous implications) since pointed teeth are such a distinctive trait of Vampires.
 * In Chapter 59.5, Leechi and Curie planned to try and train Curie to eat solid food. However, since Vampires can only consume food in liquid form due to their underdeveloped digestive system, these attempts would be doomed from the start.