Ep. 10: Baku introduces meals while the class rehearses a vampire play that ends with Reiko acting strangely.

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Baku introduces the meals. Ako’s class rehearses a vampire play for the arts festival. Reiko claims the protagonist role, while Mari complains. Anko wrote the script and will narrate, but the teacher interrupts. Reiko claims the cast needs purification from curses, though Takuma and Sho question this. Reiko insists she does not believe in curses but worries about others. The play begins with Reiko as Mina and Sho as Lumen. Lumen’s father, played by Yuuma, asks Mina to marry his son. Lumen confesses love but seeks her blood. Mina is saved by her crucifix. Lumen flees, and Mina realizes they are both vampires. He shows her an escape route. Mina is found by Lumen’s father, but Lumen returns, kills his father with the crucifix, and dies. The mansion burns in blue flames. After the play, Reiko acts strangely, revealing red eyes and growling about becoming a vampire. Sho praises her acting. Reiko removes her contacts and teeth, laughing. The play succeeds. Sho and Ako visit the Car Graveyard at sundown. Sho explains Venus is the evening star. Ako dreams of flying to Venus but falls. She tells Sho, who shares a recurring dream of a white house and a blond girl under a starry sky resembling a planisphere. He feels shy because she reminds him of Venus. Ako offers help. They enter his dream, finding the house open. The blond girl plays with the planisphere, claiming she waited for him. Anko questions her. The girl tries to trap them, turning the planisphere backward to keep them young. Anko pulls Sho out the window. The girl drops the planisphere, aging instantly. Sho tells Ako to fly to Venus again. Her wings fall, and they return. Sho confirms he had the same dream. Anko tells a story about Junko, who texted her grandpa daily using their hometown’s ringtone. He lived in a mountain lodge. A storm caused a landslide, killing him. Junko placed his phone in his casket, asking him not to forget her. Her phone rang with their specific tone. Anko states that was the last message she received from him.