A vampire aristocrat refusing council orders to raise a foundling alone feels absurd until you realize the show means it completely. The animation breathes with deliberate, almost painterly color work that makes mundane moments (feeding a baby, folding clothes) feel as consequential as supernatural intrigue. It splits you between two stories that never quite mesh, but the characters pull you through anyway, the childcare subplot has genuine warmth that most anime wouldn't risk, while the conspiracy unfolds with enough style to justify staying.

Dali Delico stands at the pinnacle of vampire society, a prestigious council member from a noble house with an enviable future ahead. When he is asked to lead a task force looking into a string of vampire killings, he turns the job down to focus on raising his children. His fellow council members Gerhard, Dino and Henrique come to his estate to change his mind and find him looking after an infant himself. Dali agrees to take the case on one condition: the other three must care for their own children during the investigation. His home becomes both a nursery and a base of operations. At every murder scene a card is left bearing the name of the legendary first vampire, and suspicion falls on Pendulum, a criminal group with ties to Dali's past that threatens to bring down vampire society. This gothic fantasy mystery balances noble duty with the demands of parenthood.