Call of the Night is an anime about Kou Yamori, a middle school student who has trouble understanding love. He stops attending school, finding little reason to conform to the norms. Due to insomnia, he begins to wander the streets at night. He meets a girl named Nazuna Nanakusa who claims people can't sleep due to dissatisfaction with their day.¹
Nazuna invites Kou over to her place to help him with his insomnia. Kou and Nazuna share a futon after she convinces him to. Feeling uneasy, Kou pretends to fall asleep and Nazuna bites his neck. She is a vampire. Having been biten, Kou wonders why isn't also a vampire. He learns that in order to become a vampire, you must be bitten by someone he loves. As a result, he is determined to fall in love with Nazuna and become a vampire.¹
Immodesty
In this anime, both men and women are seen immodestly. There is "male rear nudity", "plenty of...shots focusing on characters private parts", and "scenes depicting girls bathing".² Additionally, a woman's nipples, several upskirt shots, and other revealing clothing is seen.² I don't know about you, but when I hear something like this, my first thought it not, "This is a good show for me to watch."
When we compare these things with the scriptures, we find a vast difference. Where this anime says revealing clothes are fine, God says to dress modestly. Where this show says it's okay for characters to express lust,² God says lust is a sin. These are just the basic contrasts we can draw.
"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;" (1 Timothy 2:9)
Based on this scripture, we can already conclude that this anime is sinful. When women are commanded to be modest, yet women are immodest, then they are sinning. According to other scriptures, sinful content prohibits us from consuming the media.
"I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me." (Psalm 101:3)
The things we see will affect us. Our standard of morality is the Lord Jesus Christ. None of us are perfect, but we should never make excuses for why we watch the sinful anime we do. This is another such show.
Vampires and Violence
One character has their arm "sliced off by a vampire".² Do you think that's something God enjoys? The same Lord who said His soul abhors those who love violence (Psalm 11:5) is the same God who we are to live for. Violence and gore is not something any Christian should involve themselves with. But that's not all.
Vampires. What are they? Demonic creatures? Humans who drink others' blood? I'm not sure which is worse, in both scenarios, a "vampire" does not exist, but is a sinful creature doing sinful things. For example, let's assume a vampire is just a human. What do the scriptures say about consuming blood?
"But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat." (Genesis 9:4, emphasis mine)
"But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood." (Acts 15:20, emphasis mine)
Even under the Mosaic law, blood consumption was strictly forbidden. Yet an anime about a blood-consuming human (or maybe a devil, who knows?) is somehow okay in the eyes of God? I think not. Our Lord has been clear about what He expects from His sons and daughters, it would be wise for us to heed His commands.
Conclusion
Because of these things—the immodesty and vampires—we must conclude that the Lord would not be okay with His children watching this anime. I pray that you would consider what the words of God have to say about this topic.
Sources:
1. "Yofukashi no Uta." MyAnimeList, myanimelist.net/anime/50346/Yofukashi_no_Uta. Accessed 18 Ziv 5786.
2. "Call of the Night Parents guide." IMDb, imdb.com/title/tt15975122/parentalguide. Accessed 18 Ziv 5786.