| Aluca | ||
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| Physical Appearance | ||
| Monster Species | Vampire | |
| Gender |  Female
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| Height | 160 cm (5'2")[1] | |
| B-W-H | B75(A)-W52-H76[1] | |
| Monster Profile | ||
| Occupation | *Student at the Grimoire Public High School (temporarily) *Exchange Student *Bodyguard at Black Lily Research Facility (since Chapter 85) | |
| Media Debut | ||
| Manga | Chapter 78 | |
Aluca is a female Vampire who, like many other people, was originally drawn into the world of Arbatel by the magic of the Grimoire, where she, together with her friends Garou and Vic, became more or less voluntarily acuaintances of Ms Smith. She gives her debut in Chapter 78.
Later, after Arbatel released the consciousness of the absorbed people in Chapter 80, the three girls later encountered the Interspecies Exchange Coordinator again by coincidence in the onsen town in Chapter 84, and after the three girls successfully stopped the Orc leader together, Smith suggested them to work with her, like the MON-Team. However, after witnessing a MON operation in Chapter 85, the three girls reject Ms Smith's offer and instead take jobs as bodyguards at the Black Lily Innovations Research Laboratory because of the better pay, much to Smith's dismay.
Appearance[]
Aluca has the appearance of a young adult girl with a very thin body build typical for her species, with light skin and and straight, black hair. As a Vampire, she has bat-like ears and pointed teeth, but her most noticeable feature are her huge bat-like wings in lieu of arms, her clawed feet, and her slit pupils. Like a bat her wings each have a talon-like claw on the thumb.
During Aluca's stay in the Grimoire, her clothing consisted of the usual school uniform, consisting of a Seifuku with a plaid skirt. In Chapter 84 she wears long black pants and a white shirt that is specially made for her wings and has an opening on both sides. She usually wears a long black cloak over it and a small frameless glasses with black tinted lenses.
Personality[]
Aluca is friendly and also a bit playful, for example when she jokingly calls Garou "little miss upset-all-the-time". Just like Vic and Garou, Aluca also seems a bit insecure since all three decided to try to find jobs to show their boyfriends their abilities as adult working woman since they couldn't exactly go around all lovely-dovely with younger boyfriends who are high school students. The fact that she likes being with a younger boyfriend could also mean that Aluca is a shotacon. Aluca is also very modest because when someone is impressed by her abilities such as her good sense of hearing, she always replies that it's not that special since she uses echolocation all the time anyway.[2]
Like Garou and Vic, Aluca is ready to use force to stand in the way of criminals such as the Orc leader. In contrast to the sometimes hasty Garu, Aluca is always very cautious, for example when she used her hearing to assess the potential danger posed by the Minotaurian Liminal traffickers by using her good sense of hearing to check how many members has the smuggler group and how heavily armed they were.[3]
Although Aluca is willing to stand in the way of bad guys, she is still sceptical about whether she is cut out for a job that involves confronting armed criminals. Because of this, after wittnessing the work at the MON, Aluca felt a lot of respect for what Ms Smith does, but in the end she rejected Smith's offer to work with her at the MON after Mr President offered her a job as a bodyguard at Black Lily Research Facility with better pay, less obvious danger and more opportunity for free time with her boyfriend.[3]
Skills & Traits[]
Pysical Traits[]
- Vampire Physiology:
- Ultrasonic Waves: Like a bat, Aluca orients herself at night with ultrasonic waves. Her eye-sight however is very poor, regardless of the time of day, but in return, her hearing is extremely good. As seen in Chapter 85, Aluca can determine the number of people in a room based on noises by using her sense of hearing, as well as determining whether these people are carrying weapons through the sounds of metal clinking.
- Wings: Similar to Harpies, instead of hands Aluca has large, bat like wings. She has enough strength in them to glide or fly.
- Vampire Virus: A Vampire can spread the Vampire virus through a bite, which can also turn their victim into a Vampire, although the actual viral transmission rate is actually extremely low. However, it should still be taken into account that Vampires can spread the virus not only through their saliva, but also through their mucous membranes, so that any direct contact with a Vampire can pose a low but still potential risk. Although the infected victim is considered a "Vampire", they do not grow wings or fangs and essentially they only become a carrier of the virus, so the claim that the victim is "turned into" a Vampire is rather inaccurate. As indicated by Wladislaus in Chapter 51, the Vampire virus can infect not only humans but also certain Liminal species, such as Devils, Lamia and Harpies.
- Blood Sucking: As a Vampire, Aluca's digestive system is underdeveloped and can only digest liquids. She therefore has to drink blood and other fluids for nourishment.
- Claws: As a vampire, Aluca has claws on her toes that are sharp enough to injure the orc leader's nose.
- Bones: Much like bats, Vampires have a very thin skeletal structure as an adaptation to flight, but this also caused their bones to be slightly less strong than the extremely hardy bones of bird-like Liminal species like Harpies.
- Weakness: As a Vampire, Aluca is sensitive to sunlight and UV light, and is allergic to garlic and silver.
Possesion[]
- Glasses: Aluca has small frameless glasses, presumably to compensate for her naturally very poor eye-sight as a Vampire. Since the lenses of the glasses are tinted black, it probably also serve to protect Aluca's eyes from sunlight.
History[]
Aluca, alongside with her friends Vic and Garou came to Japan for a relaxing time doing some Interspecies Cultural Exchange. She was one of the numerous people whose consciousness was absorbed into the magical world of the Grimoire Public High School by Arbatel, although the exact circumstances of how this happened are unknown. Like everyone else, Aluca was brainwashed by the enchanted school uniform and really believed that she was a student of Grimoire Public High School.[4]
Plot[]
Make the acquaintance with Ms Smith[]
Aluca's, Garou's and Vic's first (strange) acquaintance with Ms Smith in Arbatel's world.
During their time at Grimoire Public High School, Vic, Aluca and Garou made, more or less voluntarily, the acquaintance of Kuroko Smith, whose consciousness was also been absorbed by Arbatel. Hypnotized by the magic of the Grimoire, Ms Smith established a rumour spy network which allowed her to collect information about all romantic relationships between the students. As a hobby, Smith then often told Vic, Aluca and Garou of those relationships. The three listen to Smith out of politeness, although they found Smith to be pretty hyper and annoying and often wonders why Smith telling them about those things. Despite this exchange of informations, the four remained only acquaintances at this point, as Smith did not introduce herself to the three and also didn't ask them for their names.[4]
Eventually all three of the girls found boyfriends at the school. However, after Arbatel released the consciousness of all absorbed people in Chapter 80, a new problem arose in this regard: in the Grimoire world, all absorbed people were "students", but in the real world Aluca, Vic and Garou were full fledged adults, while all their boyfriends were actually real high high school students. Since the three couldn't exactly go around all lovey-dovey with younger boyfriends, they then tried to find jobs to show off their abilities as adult working women. However, this proved to be very difficult, as there are still too few jobs in Japan that are suitable for Liminal skills, so the three were unsuccessful.[2]
Reunion with Ms Smith in Chapter 84[]
The three girls are initially shocked to see Ms Smith again.
Some time later, Aluca, Garou and Vic visit the Hotel Okaya in the Onsen Town after hearing that there are job positions for Liminals there. However, when they arrived the hotel, the receptionist at the front desk tells them that they no longer accept job applications for part time positions since yesterday after getting to many, much to the dismay of the three girls. Desperate that they might have come for nothing, the three asks the receptionist if she don't has any other open spots, when they are suddenly approached by Ms Smith. As the coincidence would have it, Smith also booked an overnight stay at the hotel after her boss gave her a few days off, although Vic, Aluca and Garou are briefly unpleasantly surprised and shocked to suddenly met her again.
Aluca, Garu and Vikk introduce themselves to Ms Smith.
Shortly aterwards, Ms Smith and the three girls enjoy an relaxing bath together in the hotel's onsen. Smith asks the girls if they haven't looked for jobs before, to which the tree say yes, but they adds that it feels like a waste that they came to the onsen and leaving without doing anything, since there are no job positions left. Smith wants to asking them something else before she realizes that she never intruduces herself to the three girls during her time at the Grimoire High School. The four then introduces themselves to each other in a short welcome round.
Smith notes that she hasn't seen the three of them since those school days and asks them what they did after all that. Garu dodges the question being grumpy, to which Smith asks her what's wrong and if she's upset after not finding a job. Aluca then agrees to explain it to Smith. It happens that all three of them found boyfriends at the school, with Aluca amusingly describing it as a miracle that not only the "nice girl Vic" but also she herself and "little miss upset-all-the-time (to Garou's outrage) have found boyfriends.
Aluca tells Smith about the problems of the three girls with their younger boyfriends.
The problem, however, was that in the Grimoire world everyone was a "student", but in the real world Aluca, Garou and Vic are full fledged adults while their boyfriends were actually real high school students. The three girls had to come to Japan for a relaxing time by doing some Interspecies cultural exchange, but now they couldn't exactly go around all lovey-dovey with younger boyfriends. With a deep sign, Aluca says that they decided to find jobs to show off their abilities as adult working women, but that they unforntunately haven't been able to find jobs at all.
Ms Smith's reaction to Garou's question.
Aluca says depressedly that it is hard enough to find work as a Liminal but that she, Garou and Vic don't really have any special skills or qualifications either. Vic adds to this explanation that's why they're all a little on edge like this. Smith shows understanding for the situation of the girls but when Garou asks her in return what kind of work she does, Ms Smith is taken aback by the question and stammers a few incoherent and nonsensical words, much to the confussion of the three girls.[2]
Incident with the Orc leader[]
The three girls leave the Onsen with Ms Smith.
In the evening, Ms Smith and the three girls leave the onsen and go to the reception, where the three tells Smith that they will not stay in the hotel overnight. Aluca says to Smith that it seems that she has calmed down a lot compared to how she was in that high school and Garou adds that Smith was pretty hyper and annoying there back then. Vic asks Smith if she found a boyfriend at the school, but Smith, embarrassed, asks the three to change the subject because she wants to forgot her experiences in Arbatel's world.
However, an unpleasant surprise awaits the four at the front desk of the reception in the form of an old acquaintance of Ms Smith, the Orc leader. The Orc asks the receptionist if he can work her in the onsen at the "mixed bath lifeguard", although his malicious grin makes it clear that he once again has perverted intentions. Instinctively, Ms Smith reaches for her gun, only to curse and remember that she doesn't have a gun, as she is off duty. The attempt of the two Orc employees of the Hotel Okaya also fails and he brutally beats them off.
Aluca attacks the Orc leader.
However, Vic, Aluca and Garou then work together as a team to stop the Orc leader. Vic uses her control over electricity through her mind to turn off the lights in the hotel hallway, leading the Orc leader suddenly surrounded by darkness and he is unable to see. Aluca then uses her claws to injure the nose of the Orc in a surprising attack, impairing his sense of smell and making him completely unable to orientate himself in the dark. Garou gives the Orc then a good beating with her strength and quick reflexes. Vic then turns the lights in the hotel back on as the Orc, defeated, collapsed unconscious at Garou's feet.
The three girls are confused when Ms Smith offers them to work with her.
The three girls congratulate each other on their performance, albeit in all modesty. Ms Smith look at the three for a moment, amazed and impressed by how perfectly they worked together as a team and mastered the situation without any problems. She asks Aluca, Vic and Garou if they, since they looked for a job, might be interested in working with her, much to the confusion of the three women.[2]
An unplanned "field trip"[]
Ms Smith picks up Garou, Aluca and Vic in her car.
Early in the morning, Ms Smith drives into the parking lot in a somewhat old-fashioned black VW-Beetle, where Garou, Aluca and Vic are already waiting for her. After looking at the car, Aluca says that it's a real motoring enthusiast car, although Smith explains to her that it's actually a hand-her-down car from her dad. Somewhat unsure, Vic asks Smith if they will go to the MON headquarters, which Smith confirms, although Garou reminds her that they have not yet agreed to her offer to work with her at the MON. As the three girls get into the car, Ms Smith tells Garou that 's no problem since this visit is just like a little field trip and that they can make their decision afterwards.
The girls are shocked by Smith's crazy fast driving style.
However, Smith suddenly receives a phone call from Zombina who tells her that they need her help immediately and urgently. The next moment, Ms Smith races accross the street in the VW-Beetle at high speed. Completely shocked by his totally fast and careless driving (and the lack of seatbelts), Garou, Aluca and Vic tell Ms Smith to drive more carefully, although Smith apologize to them and that they should just hand on for a bit. But the girls are not really reassured by this.
After Zombina explained on the phone how the MON successfully arrested all members of a Liminal traffiking syndicate, they also found out that today a trafficking deal should take place. And on top of that, it's an in-person deal, which means that the dealer take the victim directly to the swap location. But since the MON has now arrested all members of the syndicate, there is no one left who will show up for the deal, so the MON will have no idea what will happen to the victim or where the dealers will take her afterwards.
Since no one from the MON will make it to the swap location in time, they nedd Smith's help. Smith aggress, although she points out that she don't think she will be much of a help, since during the fact that she's ofd-duty, she is unarmed and has no gun. Fumbling for words, Zombina says that Smith could just by them some time or try to tail the dealer even without a weapon. When Zombina ends up the phone call, Smith calmly says that it's not like she doesn't have any weapons.
The three by Smith called "weapons".
Garou, Aluca and Vic look at Ms Smith in shock for a moment before they realize that Ms Smith is referring to them by the "weapons" and are horrified by the idea of being involved in a situation with criminals and tell Ms Smith that they want out. However, Smith replies that this is just another "little bit of experience" and continues with the three girls to the place Zombina told her. Once there, Garou, Aluca and Vic are all dizzy from the turbolent car ride, but Smith realizes that it will be difficult to find the dealer's hiding place because there are tons of warehouses and factories around there and Zombina only gives her data about the general location, not about the actual location.[3]
The warehouse and the Minotaur trafficking dealers[]
After they calm down a bit, Aluca and Vic ask Ms Smith how they should find the dealer's hideout, but suddenly Garou turns to Smith and asks if the trafficking victim is a plant-like Liminal like a Alraune or a Dryad. Ms Smith checks her phone for the pictures Zombina sent her of the victim, which states that the victim is a Alraune. Surprised, Smith asks Garou how she knew that, whereupon the Werewolf woman explains that she can smell flowers with her fine sense of smell and that a sweet smell is outta place somewhere like this. Smith asks Garou if she can lead them to the scent, whereupon the Werewolf determinedly goes to the place where she smell the Alraune smell.
The group spies out the dealer's hiding place behind the wall.
Garou leads the group to a large warehouse in front of which a huge Liminal man stands guard and the Werewolf woman assures them that the Alraune is in the warehouse. The group hides behind a low wall, wondering if the Liminal man, who is a Minotaur, is might be the seller. Ms Smith congratulates Garou, who wonders what they should do now. She considers whether she should beat the shit out of the man, claiming that even as a Minotaur he is no match for her. Before Garou can do anything, however, Aluca shouts a warning to her.
Aluca warns Garu of the danger.
The Vampire woman focuses her hearing on the noises coming from the warehouse and decuces that there are at least 5 other Minotaurs in there and that they are all armed with guns, to Garu's shock. Smith is surprised that Aluca could gather all that, although the Vampire woman dismisses this as nothing special since she can also hear ultrasonic waves with her ears. Unsure, Vikk points out that they can't do anything if the Minotaur have guns. Ms Smith thinks for a moment and then asks Vikk how much she can do with her electrical control power, much to Vikk's surprise.
At Ms Smith's idea, Vic uses her electrical power control to hook Smith's phone and the loadspeaker in the warehouse so that Smith can talk to the Minotaurs on her cell phone and demands that they are all under arrest for illegal trafficking. At first the Minotaurs laugh at this obvious bluff, but one by one the television, the central overhead light and then the smartphone of the Minotaur leader suddenly explode. Ms Smith tells the Minotaurs that the MON has snipers that are cabale of hitting targets more than 2 km away and that no of them can go to escape. Intimidated by this, the Minotaur dealers surrender and are finally arrested by the MON. In reality, however, it was all a bluff by Smith: the electrical equipments were not destroyed by a sniper, but by Vic using her electrical power control to overload them.[3]
After the operation[]
Smith praises the girls for the successful operation.
After the Minotaur dealers are arrested, Aluca, Garou and Vic are reluctantly impressed by how Ms Smith resolved the situation. However, Smith replies that she would never have been able to do this without the help of the three girls, highlighting Aluca's hearing with which she figured out the numbers and weapons of the dealers. Garou hesitantly asks if there is something like the today's operation, which Smith confirms, even though their work is normally plain old office work like preparing documents or helping with local problems. However, Garou still hesitantly wonders whether she, Aluca and Vic are cut out for this job.
The girls considers Ms Smith's offer...
Smith then gently explains to thee three girls that the job at MON is of course not easy because there are many emergencies and danger involved, but that's exactly why it's worth doing it. She adds that they help people in need and that's why she think it'an amazing job. She kindly tells Aluca, Garu and Vic that if they think it's worth considering, she would welcome the three of them to work with her at MON. Garou, Aluca and Vic then remain silent as they think about Ms Smith's words.[3]
The decision of the girls[]
... but in the end they reject it and become bodyguards for the Black Lily Laboratory, much to Smith's dismay.
The next morning, however, Ms Smith is in for an unpleasant surprise when it turns out to her shock that Garou, Aluca and Vic have instead taken jobs as bodyguards at the Black Lily Research Facility. Aluca apologetically explains to Smith that after talking to her, the three received a call from Mr President, who somehow found out that they were looking for a job. Ms Smith curses Mr President and accusingly tells the three girls that they can't just throw away her offer like that.
The three girls apologetically explain to Smith their reasons for declining her offer.
However, the three girls apologetically tell her that the Black Lily Innovations Research Laboratory pay them much better and that they have the feeling that if they work at MON they would no longer have any free time to hang out with their boyfriends. In desperation, Smith realizes that she hasn't good arguments with which she could convince the three girls. Garou, Aluca and Vic assure Smith that they really respect the work she does at MON and that they loved to continue to learn from her example, although this is of no real consolation to Smith given her huge disappointment.
A gesture that says more than a thousand words.
As a depressed Smith is about to leave, she suddenly notices movements from one of the upper floors of the Black Lily Laboratory and when she looks up she sees Mr President standing at the window of his office and looking down at her. He waves goodbye to her mockingly, whereupon Ms Smith is frozen in shock as she realizes at this gesture that he partly just offered Garou, Aluca and Vic the offer to work for him in order to get one over on her.[3]
Zoological Classification[]
- Main article: Vampire
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[]
- Aluca's name is possibly a pun on Alucard, the vampire protagonist from the manga/anime titled Hellsing and her appearance also parodied his.
- Her name is may also be a reference to Alukah, a Vampiress from Jewish folklore.
- Although it is stated in Volume 12 that sunlight is very dangerous for Vampires in Monster Musume, Aluca shows no problems being active during the day during Volume 19, or at least this is not addressed. The Secret Pages of Volume 19 eventually reveal that Aluca used sunscreen to hang out with her friends during the day and that the bags under her eyes are due to her new sleep rhythm.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Volume 19 Secret Pages
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chapter 84
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Chapter 85
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 78