“Ángel de la Muerte” (1865). Obra del pintor ruso Iliá Repin

Trinity Blood illustrations by Thores Shibamoto

Trinity Blood is a Japanese light novel series by Sunao Yoshida, illustrated by Thores Shibamoto, later adapted into manga and a 2005 anime.

Set 900 years after an apocalyptic war between humans and vampires, the story blends sci-fi, dark fantasy, political intrigue, and vampire lore. Humanity, allied with the Vatican, faces the vampiric Methuselah and their New Human Empire in a fragile cold war.

The series follows Abel Nightroad, a kind-hearted but eccentric Vatican priest who is secretly a Crusnik-a powerful being enhanced by nanomachines that feeds on vampires, making him a vampire who hunts vampires.