Blade [Oj]

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Eric Brooks, Ripped from the womb of his Dying mother, killed by a vampire, her blood already infected
with their unholy taint as he is born is a Daywalker, able to live in the sunlight while having the abilities,
strength and agility of a vampire. His crusade to rid the Earth of the evil that stole his mother and left him
cursed has earned him the name Blade, aided by a small group of allies he Hunts vampire anywhere their evil arises
while all the time searching for the one who killed his mother.
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No. Title Original airdate English airdate
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01 "The Man, Blade" (His Name is Blade)
"Sono Otoko, Bureido" (その男、ブレイド) July 1, 2011 January 13, 2012

While recapping his history, Blade saves a drunk man from being preyed upon by a female vampire and some police vampires while looking for a
vampire with four fangs. Blade manages to get answers about a vampire organization in Asia and kills the last police vampire upon learning
that his boss is coming to the nearby nightclub called Club Feed. A girl named Makoto enters Club Feed drawing the attention of every vampire
in the club. Makoto meets the club's owner Radu and brings her to his office. Makoto identifies a familiar smell on Radu and attacks him.
Makoto then attacks and slays every vampire in Club Feed while the humans escape. Makoto's father Hayate enters to assist her as Radu assumes
his werewolf-like appearance. Just then, Blade appears and slays some of the vampires. Makoto and Hayate arrive as Blade fights Radu while
trying to get the info on where Radu's boss is. Blade manages to use his Residual Move to destroy Radu. Makoto and Hayate end up encountering
the Existence's leader Deacon Frost who ends up biting Hayate. Blade arrives and confronts Deacon who shows him the scar on his left hand that
he got from Blade's mother. Deacon beats up Blade as two of his henchmen take blood samples of Blade before they escape. Hayate ends up turning
into a vampire and attacks Makoto only to be killed by Blade. As Blade leaves, Makoto vows to make the Daywalker pay for killing her father.

02 "Mad World" (A Night for the Living, A Mourning for the Dead)
"Kurutta Sekai" (狂った世界) July 8, 2011 January 20, 2012

South Asian Woman immigrants have been going missing in Japan. Detective Sakomizu and his partner Ikeda take part in the investigation and end up
canvasing the neighborhood yet nobody knows anything. A break-in at the Sakanishi Industries is reported and Detective Sakomizu and his partner
head there. At the Sakanishi Industries, it is shown that Blade had broken in and interrogates a member of the Existence just as Detective Sakomizu
arrives. Blade ends up escorting Detective Sakomizu out by sword-point and makes him take him in. At the police station, Blade breaks into the
Police Chief's office and identifies the Police Lieutenant and the Police Chief as members of the Existence. The Police Chief states that they are
everywhere to make sure the chosen ones get first. Detective Sakomizu learns from the Police Chief that the missing women were part of a bargain
they made with the Existence. Blade and Detective Sakomizu then head to the subway with Makoto not far behind them. While in the subway, Blade and
Detective Sakomizu encounter the vampire Tanaka who is running a blood farm. When Blade asks about Deacon Frost, Tanaka states that he has left the
country and unleashes some vampire cats on them. Blade tells Detective Sakomizu to hit the deck while he slays the vampire cats. Blade chases after
Tanaka while Detective Sakomizu frees the missing women. He manages to free a woman when more vampire cats arrive. Blade chases Tanaka who assumes
a water tiger-like appearance and drags Blade under the sewer water. When the vampires cats close in on Detective Sakomizu, Makoto arrives and kills
the vampire cats. Upon making his way out of the water, Blade uses his Residual Move on Tanaka. Before Tanaka reduces to ashes underwater, he activates
an explosive in an attempt to take everyone down with him. When Makoto arrives to deal with Blade, an explosion goes off as Detective Sakomizu gets
the missing women to safety. Blade and Makoto managed to get out before they end up consumed by the explosion. The next day, Detective Sakomizu sees
off the ambulance carrying the women off just as Ikeda shows up. Detective Sakomizu discovers that Ikeda is one of the Existence and knocks him out
while he heads off to meet with his daughter whose birthday he missed. Meanwhile, Blade encounters a man who states that Frost is in the Philippines.

03 "Vampire Hunter" (Dead on Arrival)
"Vanpaia Hantā" (ヴァンパイア・ハンター) July 15, 2011 January 27, 2012

Blade slays a vampire as the man turns out to be his teacher Noah van Helsing and his dog Razor. Blade and Noah board a ship run by Captain MacRae as
Makoto is shown to have stowed away. When Makoto tries to attack Blade, Noah manages to knock down Makoto as Razor licks Makoto. Noah passes Makoto off
as a boy. While on the ride to the Phillipines, Noah gives Blade a medicine that would help with his condition. Later that night, Makoto tries to slay
Blade in his sleep only for Blade to awaken and Noah to remove Makoto from the room. Noah explains to Makoto that Blade is a Daywalker vampire and recaps
his history with Blade. In England, a younger Blade came to the rescue of a young girl from Baron Howard and his fellow vampires. Noah arrived and
killed Baron Howard and his followers. Noah found Blade and spared him. The next day, Noah discovered that Blade wasn't harmed by sunlight.
Noah mentioned to Blade that he is a vampire hunter as Blade revealed that he has been having blood cravings. Blade mentioned that he has been looking
for a vampire with four fangs. Noah revealed a prototype of the Retro Virus made from the ashes of vampires which causes anyone in his experiments to
turn to ashes. Noah decided to test the Retro Virus on Blade since his human DNA had found a way to co-exist with his vampire DNA. Noah stated that if
it worked on Blade, he will have to decide what he would do with his second chance at life. The next day, it is shown that Blade had survived the Retro
Virus with no blood cravings. Blade then asked for Noah van Helsing to train him how to fight vampires. In the present, Noah tells Makoto that Blade
travels with him. Makoto mentions that Blade killed her father, but Noah suggests that Makoto is only trying to run away from the darkness within herself.
Noah states that he has since held onto a knife that Blade has had since the days he hasn't mentioned. Noah then offers Makoto some hot cocoa, and she
tells Noah to call her that name. Just then, the passengers of the ship come under attack from a flock of the vampiric Mandurugo that fly towards the
ship as the passengers take arms against them. When one Mandurugo flies towards Makoto, she is saved by Blade, but the Mandurugo leader Matthes grabs
Blade and makes off with him. When Noah states to Makoto that Blade needs help, Makoto goes to Blade's aid and attacks Matthes. Noah throws Blade an
injector containing the Retro Virus into Matthes, and the Mandurugos carry Matthes' body away. Noah thanks Makoto for saving him as a Mandurugo makes
off with Noah at the last minute. Knowing where the Mandurugos are heading, Blade tells Captain MacRae to continue on the course to the Philippines.

04 "Childhood Days" (That Was Then, This Is Now)
"Shōnen no Jibi" (少年の日々) July 22, 2011 February 3, 2012

In the Philippines, Blade recalls the time that when he as a child, he was caught by a police officer who caught him standing up for a bullied kid
and was supported by Tara Brooks' friend Carol, who stated that Eric has done the right thing. Another flashback has Blade remembering the night his
mother was attacked by Deacon Frost. When Carol came home, she found Eric awake and tells him that his mother would be with him in spirit.
Later, Eric came across a murder scene and started to show signs of his vampire genes kicking in as he ran away. He later found a policeman dead
and Carol's apartment in flames. In the present, Makoto and Razor approach Blade, wondering what is eating him. Blade tells Makoto that the
neighborhood they are in runs on fear as they are spied upon by two humans working for the Existence. Later that night, Matthes is informed by her
human spies that Blade is in the Philippines and tells Noah that they will give Blade a warm welcome. Matthes then states that her orders were to
obtain a blood sample of Blade and then kill him. Following a nightmare, Makoto has a brief moment of tears as Blade knocks on her door.
Blade states that Makoto is lucky to have known her father before he turned. Makoto asks Blade about what Noah mentioned about darkness in Blade's soul.
In a flashback, Eric went into her apartment and found his mother in vampire form biting Carol. When she tried to have Eric come to her, Eric grabbed
a fallen knife and tells the vampire Tara that she is not his mother and slew her. Tara snapped out of it and apologized to Blade before she turned to ash.
In the present, Blade states that his mother was the first vampire that he killed and that his Daywalker appearance was a gift from his mother.
Blade tells Makoto that she has to be willing to fight the darkness within her. Blade says his goodbyes to Captain MacRae as Makoto accompanies Blade's
hunt for vampires. Blade stumbles upon a slave ship. Matthes learns that Blade is attacking the slave ship, and Matthes and her followers assume their
Mandurugo forms and fly to the harbor. Makoto and Razor infiltrates Matthes' mansion and manage to free Noah. At the harbor, Blade fights the Mandurugos
and slays most of them. Matthes then fights Blade, who then uses his Residual Move attack on Matthes. Before she turns to ashes, Matthes states to
Blade that he will never defeat Frost. The next morning, Noah thanks Blade for saving him. Noah tells Blade that he heard Matthes stating in a
conversation that Frost has an underground hideout on a remote island. Noah tells Makoto to take Razor and help Blade fight Frost. Somewhere near the shore,
Frost learns that Matthes has fallen in battle with Blade and states that it is time for him to come out into the open. He then informs his driver to
take him to his base on Siquijor Island.

05 "Island Lights" (The Island of Fire)
"Hikaru Shima" (光る島) July 29, 2011 February 10, 2012

Arriving on Siquijor Island, Blade tells Makoto that this island would make a good hideout for Deacon Frost. Meanwhile, Frost is visited
by Lucius Issac, who states that the High Council has issued a warning against his unauthorized experiments and that he is here to check
up on him. Frost claims that the High Council is outdated and that he is currently working on a new vampire breed. He tells Issac that
he needs a new blood sample from Blade for the one he has breaks down the other blood samples. Upon arriving at the building, Blade and
Makoto are attacked by three Verdugos (the Guardians of Siquiore Island) Lupit, Cimarron, and Hagibus, looking for the Manananggal which
has been freed by Deacon Frost. Blade then opens the secret door as Makoto follows them while the three Verdugos look for the Manananggal.
Blade and Makoto slay some vampire guards while the Verdugos attack the other vampires. Frost and Issac learn that Blade is in the building
and decide that they should leave Blade alive if they are going to obtain a blood sample. Blade finds Frost by his helicopter and fights him
as Issac watches. Frost manages to knock him down as he takes some blood samples before fleeing in his helicopter. Just then, the Manananggal
attacks as the Verdugos activate a ritual that causes the Manananggal to crash to the ground. The Manananggal knocks down Cimarron as the
Manananggal bites him while it kills Hagibus. When the Manananggal tries to attack Lupi, Blade takes the attack as Makoto and the others retreat.
The next morning, Hagibus' Danas wants to avenge her brother's death as Lupit learns that Blade is a Daywalker. Blade states that they will
need his help to fight the Manananggal. When night falls, the Manananggal arrives and Blade has Makoto be the bait for the Manananggal.
Blade emerges and fights the Manananggal alongside the Verdugos as they discover that Cimarron and Hagibus have been turned into Manananggals
as well. During a ritual, Lupit slays the Manananggal that used to be Cimarron. As Danas kills the Manananggal that used to be Hagibus,
Lupit calls for the spirits that bind the Manananggal as Blade uses his Phantom Move to slay the Manananggal. Issac watches this from afar
stating that the High Council will be pleased with the information he learned. The next morning, Blade vows to go after Frost for the misery
he caused to the Verdugo Tribe.

06 "The Magic Medicine Man" (Bad Blood)
"Mahōi no Otoko" (魔法医の男) August 5, 2011 February 17, 2012

In the Philippines, Makoto tells Blade that the Verdugos saw Frost's helicopter going south. Razor detects a bat that is a messenger of the High Council.
The bat states to Blade that Frost is in Sumatra where he has a silver mine and that the High Council wants him dead. Blade slays the bat messenger as
he and Makoto head to Sumatra. The next day, Blade, Makoto, and Razor find a silver mine run by the Existence. Blade and Makoto meet a shaman named
Agus who states that if they attack the Existence settlement, the Existence will harm the people of his village, whom the Existence has enslaved.
At Agus' house, Blade and Makoto find that Agus' wife Yati was turned into a vampire. Agus states that he has been immersing Yati in a sacred water
until he can find a cure for her. Agus stated that he made enough water for the other women that were converted into vampires. Blade states that
there has never been a cure for vampires. Blade leaves as Makoto wonders if it will work. Later that night, Blade encounters Lucius Isaac who states
that he should focus his aggression towards his real enemy. Blade ends up fighting Issac who states that Agus won't be able to cure him.
Makoto joins the fight, and Issac knocks her into a tree before leaving. The next day, Blade tells Makoto that vampires get stronger as they age.
Blade starts to wonder if Agus was right about a cure for vampires before he and Makoto leave for the hunt. At Agus' house, Agus finds that Yati
is gone. At the silver mine, Blade and Makoto free the slaves as Agus catches up, stating that Yati has gone missing. Agus wants Blade to give him
his word not to kill Yati. Blade states that there is no curing people of their vampirism. As night falls, Yati emerges and she constricts Agus.
Agus tries to reason with her only for Yati to bite him and Blade to retaliate by slaying her. More vampire women emerge; Makoto and Razor fight
them while Blade looks for Frost. As Agus admits that he failed to save his wife, he tells Makoto to lead them to the lake. Blade encounters a
vampire named Saragi who states that Frost left for Madripoor five days ago. Saragi assumes a rat-like appearance with the ability to split into many rats.
Blade manages to use his Phantom Move to slay Saragi. Agus seals his own fate as he slowly ashes. With the female vampires in the water,
Agus activate