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Reposted from here - a brief history of Johnny Rayflo.
From hints that the mangaka has given us, we can tell Johnny to be at least 500 years old. It has recently been revealed that he was a knight, presumably from the Middle Ages. It's unknown precisely what year, if any, nor at what age he became a vampire. Whatever the case, he was badly defeated in a fight, his lord's castle seeming to have been overtaken. Defeated, he accepted a proposition from the victor, or some wandering demon: an offer to become stronger if he would curse himself and deny his humanity. From what we've been given, it can be assumed that after making the deal and changing into a vampire, he went into a bloodlust and killed the majority, if not all, of the people in his village. And his history there fades into more uncertainty, interwoven with an incubus/demon/thing named Barry, and a child-turned-vampire whom he served as her knight, calling her his princess. It's unknown whether or not she was the princess he served as a knight, though it can be assumed so: from the flashback panels, we can see her hiding with a lady-in-waiting. The only thing we know for certain is that he was a priest at the time of her vampiric death/preservation.
Cue some years later, after bombs and unpleasant weapons had been invented [again, the amount of time has not been specified], he met a young boy wandering through a destroyed church while feeding on some corpses. Fine way to meet people, that: lounging back against a tomb with a bleeding limb in hand. He tried to scare the boy off by saying that he'd eat him, to which the boy replied with a grumble in his stomach. Johnny was amused by the response and adopted him. Sort of. He took care of the boy, feeding him on whatever meager human food he could find and clothing him, keeping him alive as best he could, but it wasn't enough. Even though the boy was happy and seemed to be infatuated with him, it didn't change the fact that the child was emaciated and like as not going to die if not given proper human care. So, Johnny took him to a town that was well populated and relatively untouched by war, and left him at the church after naming him Chris. After that, he vanished from the boy's life.
Later on, presumably twenty some years later, he had become a priest at whatever city Chris had come to, and yet another war had broken out. Chris was mortally injured in the fighting, and after pleading with Johnny that he didn't want to leave his side [gasp, homosexuals in the clergy!], Johnny then turned him into a vampire, thereby making Chris his vassal. Johnny has since left the priesthood and Chris [also known as Charley or Cherry] has begun to work for the Vatican as a cybernetic vampire hunter. Somehow, he turned himself into a robot. We're not sure how, but it boggles the mind. It is unclear when they come into his history, but a few ghosts from his past include Marie, the little girl who refers to Johnny as her knight; Rayfell, another vampire who looks exactly like him, just female; and Barry, a demon with an unhealthy and violent obsession with Johnny, with whom he shares "meals" [i.e., drinking Barry's blood to sustain himself, Barry drinking his blood, and then mutilating him during sex]. Rayfell, it's been revealed, is Johnny's clone, created much the same way as Eve from Adam, and Barry has been there from the start, though whether the start of his vampiric life or before is unknown.
Johnny and Charley have since begun living together, after a period of time where Charley spent lots and lots of time away from him, only ever coming back to feed. This is where the manga actually begins. On long distance trips, Charley would bring Johnny with him as a bag lunch, the meanie. Things were peaceful, going on Chris' assignments together when possible, until Barry discovered Johnny's whereabouts, after he'd been on the run from him for only the creator knows how long. Travesties happened, and Johnny decided to leave Charley, in order to keep him safe, though apparently, somehow, he still kept watch over him. Charley went on a mission to Italy to help a detective, Craig, and ashotabaitlittle boy named Hal, and Johnny appeared there to refuel him and rescue him from an impossible-seeming situation before disappearing once again. They meet up again during Carnivale, in Venice, when Johnny sends him a ticket, mask, and outfit to wear to an opera, which Barry is also conveniently attending. Sexytiems are had, and after some quoting Phantom of the Opera at each other like the adorable fruitbats they are, the two of them run off, only to have Johnny enclosed in a swarm of bats not his own and dragged away from Charley, down into the sewers. After climbing back up to ground level and stopping Charley from possibly falling in with Barry and damning himself, he says some Bible verses that cause Barry to kind of..melt, Chris brandishing a cross at him, and Barry explodes.
An epic battle between Rayflo's vassal and master ensues, during which Chris loses part of his arm and Barry just laughs. Eventually, knowing that the risks include losing his life, Johnny recites the scripture that reveals the name of the demon that provides Barry's power; this is the way to strip him of that power and defeat him. Cherry deals the finishing blow, finishing where Johnny cannot, and Barry vanishes. The two are left with Johnny's organs trying to forcefully remove themselves, eventually collapsing, and a group of people come to answer Cherry's impassioned pleas for help. The deal is that Cherry has to work for them and do as they say, and they'll heal Rayflo. He agrees, and after an undisclosed amount of time, it cuts to Rayflo waking up in what appears to be a dayroom. The shota from before makes his appearance, revealing that he isn't who he claims to be, and this is where the chapter ends.
From hints that the mangaka has given us, we can tell Johnny to be at least 500 years old. It has recently been revealed that he was a knight, presumably from the Middle Ages. It's unknown precisely what year, if any, nor at what age he became a vampire. Whatever the case, he was badly defeated in a fight, his lord's castle seeming to have been overtaken. Defeated, he accepted a proposition from the victor, or some wandering demon: an offer to become stronger if he would curse himself and deny his humanity. From what we've been given, it can be assumed that after making the deal and changing into a vampire, he went into a bloodlust and killed the majority, if not all, of the people in his village. And his history there fades into more uncertainty, interwoven with an incubus/demon/thing named Barry, and a child-turned-vampire whom he served as her knight, calling her his princess. It's unknown whether or not she was the princess he served as a knight, though it can be assumed so: from the flashback panels, we can see her hiding with a lady-in-waiting. The only thing we know for certain is that he was a priest at the time of her vampiric death/preservation.
Cue some years later, after bombs and unpleasant weapons had been invented [again, the amount of time has not been specified], he met a young boy wandering through a destroyed church while feeding on some corpses. Fine way to meet people, that: lounging back against a tomb with a bleeding limb in hand. He tried to scare the boy off by saying that he'd eat him, to which the boy replied with a grumble in his stomach. Johnny was amused by the response and adopted him. Sort of. He took care of the boy, feeding him on whatever meager human food he could find and clothing him, keeping him alive as best he could, but it wasn't enough. Even though the boy was happy and seemed to be infatuated with him, it didn't change the fact that the child was emaciated and like as not going to die if not given proper human care. So, Johnny took him to a town that was well populated and relatively untouched by war, and left him at the church after naming him Chris. After that, he vanished from the boy's life.
Later on, presumably twenty some years later, he had become a priest at whatever city Chris had come to, and yet another war had broken out. Chris was mortally injured in the fighting, and after pleading with Johnny that he didn't want to leave his side [gasp, homosexuals in the clergy!], Johnny then turned him into a vampire, thereby making Chris his vassal. Johnny has since left the priesthood and Chris [also known as Charley or Cherry] has begun to work for the Vatican as a cybernetic vampire hunter. Somehow, he turned himself into a robot. We're not sure how, but it boggles the mind. It is unclear when they come into his history, but a few ghosts from his past include Marie, the little girl who refers to Johnny as her knight; Rayfell, another vampire who looks exactly like him, just female; and Barry, a demon with an unhealthy and violent obsession with Johnny, with whom he shares "meals" [i.e., drinking Barry's blood to sustain himself, Barry drinking his blood, and then mutilating him during sex]. Rayfell, it's been revealed, is Johnny's clone, created much the same way as Eve from Adam, and Barry has been there from the start, though whether the start of his vampiric life or before is unknown.
Johnny and Charley have since begun living together, after a period of time where Charley spent lots and lots of time away from him, only ever coming back to feed. This is where the manga actually begins. On long distance trips, Charley would bring Johnny with him as a bag lunch, the meanie. Things were peaceful, going on Chris' assignments together when possible, until Barry discovered Johnny's whereabouts, after he'd been on the run from him for only the creator knows how long. Travesties happened, and Johnny decided to leave Charley, in order to keep him safe, though apparently, somehow, he still kept watch over him. Charley went on a mission to Italy to help a detective, Craig, and a
An epic battle between Rayflo's vassal and master ensues, during which Chris loses part of his arm and Barry just laughs. Eventually, knowing that the risks include losing his life, Johnny recites the scripture that reveals the name of the demon that provides Barry's power; this is the way to strip him of that power and defeat him. Cherry deals the finishing blow, finishing where Johnny cannot, and Barry vanishes. The two are left with Johnny's organs trying to forcefully remove themselves, eventually collapsing, and a group of people come to answer Cherry's impassioned pleas for help. The deal is that Cherry has to work for them and do as they say, and they'll heal Rayflo. He agrees, and after an undisclosed amount of time, it cuts to Rayflo waking up in what appears to be a dayroom. The shota from before makes his appearance, revealing that he isn't who he claims to be, and this is where the chapter ends.