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A New Breed Of Darkness

Is a manga company that started in Tokyo Japan under the name of 闇の新しい品種 or 新しい 品種 の 暗闇. The original owner Mia Fuyumi sold the company overseas and now belongs to a new company head in the U.K. The name A New Breed Of Darkness is usually shortened to A.N.B.O.D and is mostly seen on merchandise such as bags and school equipment. A New Breed Of Darkness is a manga that centers around main character Dusk Katesby along with her friends, a girl from a rich family Rose Panthera and a troubled runaway Amelia Lazuli and rivals Blade Demondré, Andrew Lazuli and Ziggy Mancini as they take on school life at Viridian High and find out the different types of darkness in people's lives.

The title A New Breed Of Darkness holds a psychological meaning throughout the series as the characters experience or talk about psychological terms as a recurring event, these events are the centrepoint for each character and is shown in every volume of manga. The ones shown so far are terms of neglect, abuse, amnesia and torture.

Main Characters
Dusk Katesby

A sixteen year old girl that is well known by the teachers at Viridian High for being a slacker and causing trouble, hence the nickname 'Devil Troublemaker' given by the various teachers at the school. She is the first character to befriend Amelia on her first day as part of a bet. Her main rival is Blade Demondré and her best friend is Rose, both of whom she has known since childhood. She lives with her aunt and uncle and has a pet meerkat, she does not get on well with her aunt and uncle, often leaving the house for a few days before returning home as she calls the atmosphere at home 'like living in a cage where you're trapped.' She is the oldest girl in the group.

Rose Panthera

A fifteen year old girl from a rich family. She looks very similar to her mother and has a older brother, Lionel and a younger half-sister Debbie. She does not mention her family much as she rarely talks to them. She met Dusk during an escape from the high cultured society at home and decided to mix in with the different classes at the public high school. She is the tallest girl out of the group and is Dusk's partner in crime when it comes to causing trouble. In chapter six it is seen that Rose changes on who she has a crush on regularly. It is hinted that Ziggy has a crush on her. Rose can be described as ditzy but she always has has her friends at heart. She uses her limousine to ride to school. She is the youngest out of the group and excels in the fine arts such as painting, a trait she rivals with Ziggy, and tea-drinking. She doesn't do much to hide her status at school.

Amelia Lazuli

A fifteen year old girl, a few months older than Rose. She is the older twin sister of Andrew. She has had a troubled life and was a known runaway as a child. She lives with foster parents along with her younger twin. She has a habit of being straightforward which led her into trouble on her first day of school. She has a scruffy style and doesn't mind it, she is the most tomboyish out of the group. She loves camping and prefers sports which are seen as more 'tough'. She is the first person to talk to Sophia since she started Viridian High.

Blade Demondré

A sixteen year old boy, a few months older than Dusk. Blade and Dusk are strong rivals and have known each other since childhood. They are known to make childish bets with each other and turn anything into a fight. Andrew teases that Blade has a crush on Dusk as a love/hate relationship but he denies this strongly calling her 'a stupid childish girl'. Blade has a fangirl group that know very much about him and ask him out, but he always declines. He is the class president and uses this power to punish Dusk when he finds her ruining school property. Blade has a pet lizard that tends to bite him often. He is top of the class and is teased by Dusk for being too booksmart. Despite his knowledge Blade also hates school and is seen to prefer days when he doesn't need to be in Viridian High. Blade has a close relationship with his parents and his room at home has been re-designed in a girly fashion by Dusk as a result of her being there more than her own home, when asked by Andrew why he hadn't stopped her, Blade calmly replied as being to lazy. Dusk always comes by his house with baked goods as a result of a bet that he won when the two were children.

Ziggy Mancini

A fifteen year old boy who is friends with Blade and Andrew. He is seen helping Blade out with common tasks and is his right-hand man. Ziggy keeps to himself and seems shy at first. Ziggy transferred to Viridian the same day as Amelia. His parents owned the Mancini company but settled down when they found out about Ziggy's troubles at his previous school. He is aware of the Panthera company and always reminds Rose about his family's wealth. He has a crush on Rose but has never got the courage to confess to her. He is an only child and is talented with the violin. Unlike Rose, Ziggy shies to talk about his family's wealth to anyone other than Rose at school. His dad is the dentist Amelia bit in chapter two.

Andrew Lazuli

A fifteen year old boy who is the younger brother of Amelia. Andrew is very happy living at home but was not aware that he was adopted until events before the series start. Despite this he has a close relationship with his sister. The twins have a pet dog which they pamper. Andrew is best described as goofy and his favourite pastime is to tease Dusk and Blades relationship. Unlike his sister he is more outgoing but less brave. Like his sister he has a deep fear of clowns.

Other Characters
Sophia Panthera

A month older than Rose, Sophia has a strained relationship towards the Panthera's due to events before the series start. This backstory is not shown until the second volume. Sophia is in charge of the newspaper club at school and lives alone with her dad in a shabby apartment. Her uncle is an alcoholic and Sophia never talks about him or her family to anyone. Due to hiding this she is outcasted in school as being weird and creepy. Sophia has a hard time trusting anyone and hates it when people get what they want without earning their achievements or working towards their goal. She hates people who don't take hard work or education seriously and dislikes Dusk, because of this she regularly talks to the fangirls. Sophia breaks down in front of Dusk after finding that Dusk had past a test in where she failed despite Dusk hardly ever attending class. She is poor and volunteers at the local orphanage. Her dream is to become a journalist.

Blade's Parents

Both have a close relationship with Blade and appear to be serious, however a running gag in the manga is that their main goal is to pair Dusk and Blade up so that they can have grandchildren. Blade appears embarrassed because of this and doesn't introduce his friends to them. They are minor characters and are hardly ever seen in the manga.

Lionel Panthera

Rose's older brother. He is currently studying to have a place in college and doesn't attend Viridian High but instead a grammar school. During his first appearance he was mistaken to be a butler from the group. Lionel is a workaholic and stays locked up in his room. After the death of their father Lionel took it upon himself to be the head of the family.

Debbie Panthera

Rose and Lionels younger half-sister. Debbie is mostly stuck in a rich crechè but doesn't mind as she knows her mother is busy. When she is at home she loves eating sugary snacks and playing with her yo-yo. She is closer to Lionel than she is to Rose. She is close friends with Blaze and together the two play pranks on eachother. Her favourite food are bananas.

Dawn Catesby

A girl who is introduced in volume two of the manga. She is sixteen and is convinced she is in love with Blade and will do anything to get his affection. Dawn is the complete opposite of Dusk, she is kind on the outside and has a kind temper with a polite mouth, however she has a cold heart. Dawn has a younger brother called Blaze who is Debbie's playmate.

Red Hood

A mysterious man who is stalking the group. He is seen in each chapter and is shown to get closer to the girls in each chapter. His intention is unknown but during the New York chapter it is known to the readers (but not to the group) that he is the one who sent out the SOS message, making his motives not so sinister. At the end of chapter fifteen he is shown in Amelia's drawings from when she was asleep which implies that Amelia is the only character to (unconsciously) notice him following the group. He is seen only to be dressed in ripped jeans and a red hoodie. His name is unknown.

Sophia's Uncle

His face is not shown but based on his body Sophia's uncle is overweight and un-cleanly shaven. He is an alcoholic and seems not to be aware or care for Sophia's troubles. Not much is known about his life as Sophia refuses to talk about him.

Headmaster

He is introduced to be the perverted headmaster of Viridian High. He has short dark brown hair and has very sharp teeth and an angular jawline. It has not been revealed if he actually is perverted or if this was just a nickname given to him by the students. It is revealed in chapter one that he is the new headmaster of the school, because of finding Amelia spray painting the wall (Not knowing it was Dusk and a 'hoodie gang') he spread rumours of Amelia being a lazy, disobedient student.

Belladonna Panthera

The rich mother of the Panthera siblings. Belladonna is the spitting image of Rose albeit having longer hair with no red streaks and being taller. Her husband died overseas on a business trip and she remarried having a child (Debbie) but this marriage was not meant to last as he was only interested in money, this second marriage turned into a divorce and Belladonna has not shown any interest in marrying again. During chapter twenty-nine in volume 3 she takes Debbie and stays in a hotel, leaving Lionel and Rose to fend for themselves. She disapproves of her eldest daughter Rose for mixing with the lower class and befriending Dusk and her gang so is not shown much in the manga, despite this Belladonna loves her children and doesn't forbid Rose for mixing with them. An event she did which links with the death of Sophia's mother is the reason for Sophia's hatred of the family.