Werewolf Academy

The two wolves of the comic/game.

***Werewolf Academy*** (人狼学園 '*Jinrou Gakuen*') is a yonkoma-manga made by Takashima based on her illustrations for the card game 人狼Blood (Werewolf Blood).

The game is widely known as simply *Werewolf* outside of Japan, though many versions and variants exist. It is considered a social deduction game in which a group of people (minimum of 6; maximum varies based on the version) are each assigned a role based on randomly selected cards with the goal of finding (in this case) the werewolf(s).

## Plot Summary

In Yoiyami Village, a wolf took the form of a villager—a werewolf is lurking. When night falls, the werewolf's true nature manifests, devouring the villagers one by one. Track down the wolf, punish it... according to the law of Yoiyami village.

However, an exchange student that comes to a school humans commute to is definitely a werewolf! "You can eat humans!? Isn't that awful!?? Run away! Run away!"

Based on the Werewolf game that caused a huge fad, "Werewolf Blood" was created as a "Very Beautiful Werewolf Game," and is now a manga!

## Characters

The only characters appearing in the comic are the werewolves and villagers. The designs are primarily based on the roles featured in game; such as the two main werewolves (pictured above). The whole comic, which is in the 4-Panel style, is all chibi-fied.

On the official website, you can view select roles. A short list is as follows:

* Werewolves:
	+ Two different designs (as mentioned many times now) as well as **Werewolf Child**.
* Villagers:
	+ A few different designs for the basic one, as well Specialized roles which include: **Guardian**, **Hunter**, **Shrine Maiden**, **Diseased**, **Exorcist**, **Elder**, & **Witch**.
* Other, third-party roles:
	+ Such as: **Thief**, **Cursed**, & **Master**.

## Publication History

In conjunction with Pixiv, Libre has a comic anthology magazine called *Kurofune* *100*. In vol.3, *Werewolf Academy* was published on May 28, 2015. This magazine is entirely digital and you need a Pixiv account to view any of the comics. Unfortunately, the magazine and its featured comics are updated every time a new one comes out, so unless you have already saved it, you will not be able to view it.

The game actually came first and was released on July 31, 2014, almost a full year before the comic's release. This was produced by Libre Publishing as well, though it was not marketed as a BL product. In fact, *Kurofune 100* does many other genres aside from BL, and *Academy* is so short there is not much of a "genre" to gleam from it.

Though *Academy* is not seemingly available anymore, you can still purchase the game, *Werewolf Blood*. The product comes with a small, decorative case, 30 fully illustrated cards all done by Takashima, and a rule book.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20150628060704/http://comic.pixiv.net/works/1563
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/kurofune\_label/status/603849835561648128
3. ↑ http://takashimakazusa.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2014/06/2015-8914.html
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://libre-inc.co.jp/special/jinrou/
5. ↑ https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E4%BA%BA%E7%8B%BCBlood-%E9%AB%98%E5%B6%8B%E4%B8%8A%E7%B7%8F/dp/4799715380/ref=sr\_1\_1?\_\_mk\_ja\_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&keywords=%E4%BA%BA%E7%8B%BCBlood&qid=1571109997&s=books&sr=1-1