VnC

This is a blog dedicated to The Case Study of Vanitas by Mochizuki Jun. It contains theories, assumptions, observations, fan art, ramblings and so on. Everything is TAGGED, for reference visit the tags page. THIS BLOG IS SHIP FREE or at least I try to keep it that way.

[vncthings]

I can already see them

They’re right

There

[nualie]

Marquis Machina

aka Francis Varney, is inspired from a real story! Thanks wikipedia.

Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood is a Victorian era serialized gothic horror story variously attributed to James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest.

Warning: The story is more or less inconsistent due to being written in leaflets. We don’t know what Mochijun would keep, if anything.

That said I emphasized what I found suspicious.

I’ll sum up what wikipedia told me:

It’s about Sir Francis Varney, a vampire, who bothers the Bannersworth family

The first vampire with sharp teeth in literature??

The Bannersworth were wealthy but ruined by the deceased father, making the surviving family Mrs Bannersworth and her children (Henry, Flora, and George early on)

Varney initially seems to want blood, but may or may not want money as well

The story being inconsistent, it’s unclear if Varney is a real vampire or not

He may or may not be part of the Bannersworth family

He turns someone called Clara Crofton into a vampire for revenge

He is increasingly sympathetic throughout the book, and shown as a victim of circumstances who fails to save himself (suspicious due to Vnc’s theme of salvation)

He was cursed, according to himself, for betraying the royalists for Cromwell (Our Francis is a Beastia. Uh oh…)

He commits suicide by jumping in a volcano after leaving a letter to a sympathetic priest (but he does seem to die a lot in the book, take that with a grain of salt)

There’s also a moment where he was revived by a doctor, Dr. Chillingworth

[vncthings]

The only thing that I’m thinking about after reading ch30 is on what Naenia said about powerful vampires and how she can’t take their names by force and what this implies for Louis. What I’m thinking of is that Louis actually wasn’t a curse bearer until he willingly gave up his name when Noé and the others tried to rescue Mina. From ch9, Naenia told Louis “finally you’re listening to me. I’ve been inside you all this time… I was waiting, for you to want something very badly”. This also means Louis had a wish granted and makes me think he might not be dead? Naenia was trying to tempt Noé into giving up his name in ch10 by saying “Should I take you to see him? Louis, I mean”.

[vncthings]

hey, sorry to bother, but do u have any idea when the english translation might come out? im desperate ahaha

You're not bothering me at all! Sadly, I have no idea when exactly it's going to come out but it should be pretty soon.

[popopretty]

“Give Louis back to me and Domi!”

[vncthings]

I laugh when, in the last chapter, I have seen Vani triying to be cool about Noe's capture (by a ennemi)/absence when he's probably internally screaming about it.

He tries to pretend he’s doesn’t care. “Tries” being the key word. And it’s just not working.

[kier-and-fictional-sons]

I’m screencapping this anon because I actually have been thinking about this for a few days now and I wanted to write a theory that kinda answers your question!

I was thinking after the previous chapter about how Vanitas has been in a really bad mood for more than half of the series so far. For the first two-ish volumes, he’s been pretty cheerful and sarcastic and taking nothing seriously.

In chapter 7, there is a change from the ebook to the published volume. When Domi is spinning Vanitas (like a record, baby, right ‘round ‘round ‘round), we see Vanitas’ eyes get really wide. In the ebooks, it just shows some ‘blood’ splatters. In the published volume, there’s something different.

After this, Vanitas starts acting…different.

He jumps off a balcony, reveals himself, puts himself in danger. Then he gets carried off by Jeanne and decides to risk his life by letting her drink his blood.

And after this we see again and again how much Vanitas no longer cares about his life. I’ve considered for most of the time this series has been running that Vanitas is passively suicidal - he may not be actively attempting to take his own life, but he doesn’t care whether he lives or dies, and doesn’t make too much of an effort to stay out of danger. And it makes sense that Vanitas is mentally ill, he’s very traumatized and has been through hell - and only what we know so far - and that it’s really really hard for him to find value in his life.

But wait a minute.

Vanitas didn’t start out the series like this at all!

He was super enthusiastic and having fun with everything, he was excited to be a doctor, he was confident in himself and what he was doing.

He barely seems like the same person, not after that party.

Also, he was super willing for Noe to protect him, to assist him, and act as his human shield.

And then after that, he gets super pissed if Noe ever protects him.

Vanitas is such a different person now.

Yep.

Different person.

I’m not saying that Vanitas has a split personality, though I think it’s a bit similar. But I don’t think it’s like DID, I think it’s more like Vanitas being possessed, and sharing his mind. It’s not a split from a single personality, it’s someone else.

Because this sure as hell looks like possession to me by VotBM!

Not to mention, if we consider the possibility that Bloom Vanitas, then it would make sense why Misha asks for Vanitas to “give him back”

The question I have left, and one that I don’t yet have the answer to, is who is the cheerful doctor and who is the depressed and pissed off teenager? And who experienced what? Who feels what? Who wants Noé to be a shield? And who wants to die?

…..

So back to the ask haha, I think that would be a really interesting perspective. Because then you could take killing Vanitas to possibly mean that one Vanitas (I have no fucking clue which one) might ‘kill’ the other. It’s goes along with this ask I got as well (if you are the same person hot damn you have some cool ideas)

There’s also a very good possibility that Vanitas is just being a moody little shit and it’s just who he is, but my description does not say “Vanitas no Carte overanalyst” for nothing

[vncthings]

The idea of Vanitas being possessed may not be that far off. If you remember waaaaay back from ch3:

Just look at Vanitas’s face. LOOK. AT. IT. That has to be the most suspicious expression I’ve seen on his face.

[vanitasnocarteconfessions]

“I don’t think Jeanne is the real hellfire witch. The hellfire witch was supposedly put into a coma and has long hair and while she may have just cut it there is a panel in chapter 26 showing a person with long hair who also appeared to be in an induced slumber. What if Jeanne is being lied to and the real hellfire witch is still asleep?“

[vncthings]

I have something to support this theory with. Sort of. So in this scene:

We see whoever is in the tank react to something right after the panel of Noé yelling at Naenia. I’ve thought about this quite a bit and I’m pretty certain that this is a distraction. Because there’s something else happening at that same moment or roughly around the same time:

Jeanne’s strong emotional response to that thing (it called her “our sweet daughter” so yeah, we have a pretty good idea as to what it is), could have resulted in her original body (or whatever it is) also reacting.

[vncthings]

we know that these four are dead.

I don’t know about you, but I see a few too many children here:

Even if we consider that the black haired girl could be Domi, there’s still one child unaccounted for.

Edited.

[vncthings]

Bringing back this post after 2 years even though it’s been quite some time since we got an explanation for this.

It has been confirmed that the above mentioned unnamed child survived... you know what *cries* because:

And so he left their group which subsequently saved his life. This means that this child is 99,9% this person from ch8 (as we suspected):

He does look a bit old compared to Noé and Domi but it could just be the mask or something. Anyway, this is a cause for concern. He’s sneaking around, that’s very suspicious. How likely is it that he’s holding a grudge for the death of the others? He definitely wasn’t at the ball by chance, that’s for sure.

[vncthings]

A very likely reference, Château d'Apcher is a ruined feudal castle which was built and altered in the 11th century, with further building in the 12th and 14th centuries. It was the ancient seat of the Marquis d'Apchier, one of the eight barons of Gévaudan.

[darkvncthings]

I lined and colored a sketch from the crossover cafe i think it turned out pretty neat

original art by jun mochizuki (i think)

[grelleswife]

Vanitas trying to reassure the vampires of the crimson moon of his good intentions be like

[hoshiko2000]

Questions about Dhampires in VnC

One of the things I’m desperately curious about in VnC is the Dham characters and what life is like for them. 

How severe is the predjudice they face within vampire society? All indications so far seem to imply it is pretty bad. Are they actively forbidden from entering vampire society, or simply driven out by the hostility they face? Look at Jeanne’s visibly nervous reaction to learning Johann is a Dham in this scene; are Dhams simply a social pariah, or are vampires actually raised to believe they have something to fear about Dhams?

Are vampire parents even allowed to raise half-human children within the city? What about the half-vampire children raised by human parents - what is life for them and their families?

Do Dhampires crave blood like vampires? Do they have heightened physical abilities compared to humans? Are their life-spans longer? Can they be affected by the curse of the blue moon too?

Honestly, the Dhams are one of the most interesting group of characters in the series and I hope we find out more about them soon. 

[powwidge]

Let’s move Vanitas being a prostitute headcanon s to this post.

(This is almost as stupid as dick biting discourse but-)

Go on, people. DON’T HOLD BACK.

What we have so far:

Noé asking for a friendship discount and trying to sneak in in disguise.

Noé just knowing it because it’s vani.

The dhams also being prostitutes but paid with information/ asking for the information)

There’s a vampire brothel where every one sucks blood from Vanitas because he’s basically used to it??

Uuuuh if I forgot something then I’m extremely sorry ok.

Anyways: come at me with ideas

[k1ttyhw4]

*bags fist on the table*

This is the content I signed up for.

Do the prostitutes have those nice rooms decorated all in black and one colour? Because that’s the aesthetic I was thinking of. Vanitas, a room all blue and black, big bed and glass chandeliers.

Also we need a prostitute name for Vani. He can’t use Vanitas for that.

[powwidge]

Why did u sign up for this though that’s creepy xD

Anyways YES???? That’s a good idea?????????

Hmmmmmm maybe he uses something English like Charles or Jordan because that cracks me up like some vampire goes in and is like WHERE IS JORDAN and that………… I don’t know this makes me laugh wayyyyy too hard. Or Noé saying yeah is that Jordan good? I’ll take that Jordan. And then he steps into the room and it’s Vanitas.

SOMEONE WRITE THIS PLS 😂

[the-twisted-otaku]

Vanitas would always drop hints about that job of his but Noé never actually got what he meant until that one time he had to pick him up.

Vanitas: I can’t come, I’m working tonight.

Noé: Oh? Then I’ll come pick you up later. What’s the place?

Vanitas: Small white building around the corner. Ask for Jordan.

Noé: ?

[powwidge]

I’m crying about the name I proposed myself it is so bitter laughing about your own jokes but Jordan is just TOO GOOD and YES OMG. Ask for Jordan….. oh god no.

[moody-marshmallow093]

OMG I’M DYING BEST IDEA EVER

Also now it should be Vanitas no prostitution or oh wait Jordan no prostitution ok wtf this sounds so wrong

[powwidge]

No I should tag all my vnc posts with Jordan no prostitution lol

[moody-marshmallow093]

*a normal post with VnC with absolutely nothing wrong or out of context*

You: tag #jordan no prostitution

[phxvnc-deactivated20240924]

petition to make #jordan no prostitution a thing

PLOT TWIST

Whenever innocent suckers like Noe come in, Jordan grabs their attention with how shiny the book of vanitas is, then just reads to them for an hour. Bonus: Noe comes in on accident and Jordan just reads to him which turns Noe into the purest regular customer the business has ever had

[powwidge]

I wi thanks. Jordan no prostitution will now be my vnc tag.

OMG YES EJK2KDKKWKS YES YES HES

[pandorascandybox-deactivated202]

Vanitas no Carte vol.5 magazine vs. tankobon differences - PART 1

Yo peeps, as always here go the differences I spotted between the magazine and tankobon releases of the chapters in volume 5. I’ve only compared the drawings themselves and not the text. There were a loooot of changes, most of them very minor, so I’m splinting them into more than one post. Here goes comparisons for M.22 and M.23.

If you spot any other differences, feel free to tell me and I’ll add them in!

Enjoy!

Continua a leggere

[kuroleo-nightray]

Cover of volume 5 of Vanitas no Carte !

[sazandorable]

what spoilers of the next VnC chapter made it look like: jeanne and vanitas about to have super romantic sex, noé having sex

actual chapter content: jeanne has a huge damn girlcrush, vanitas compares her to noé and possibly to a family figure (?), they’re not even really kissing and probably not gonna have sex. noé is crying because a girl was on top of him.