History: Claire Leonelli was born to the Vampire (Don) of the Leonelli Family, the most powerful mafia organization in the futuristic and long-past-post-apocalyptic city of Judeau. His childhood was a lonely and difficult one, as his father was often too busy with his work to pay much attention to Claire, and when he did, he was harsh and difficult to please, hard on him in order to make him stronger, to condition him to be a future Vampire of the Leonelli Family himself. Claire didn't quite understand his father's harshness, neglect, and occasional physical and psychological abuse as an attempt to toughen him up, and as a result he had the consistent, nagging insecurity of feeling never good enough for his father. It is obvious, however, that Claire's father cared for him to some extent - when Claire was quite young, his father picked up a tough vagrant boy with the right look in his eyes, named Giovanni, and brought him to Claire, telling Giovanni that the boy was lonely because his mother was gone (leaving unspoken that his father was also rarely present).
However, because of the spartan way he was raised, Claire grew up always trying to please his father, to be the best that he could be, and relying heavily on Giovanni, and later on, the other two bodyguards that attached themselves loyally to him, Ian and Mitchell, to keep his sanity. Things continued on in this vein until, when Claire was 19 years old, his father passed away, and he was left to take over the Leonelli Family as its new Vampire.
This is the point at which the series starts, and the series contains a lot of events that very seriously affected Claire as a person. Despite their misgivings about Claire's age and mental instability, the other mafia leaders in the city accept Claire as the Vampire. He then proceeds to mess up - a lot. His decisions are all made on whims and impulses, and he gets bored easily, which leads to many members of his family being taken out by other families that he's angered, and losing a lot of money for the Vita corporation, the Leonelli's front organization and money laundering tool. His poor choices and their nasty consequences attract the attention of several people including the hero of the series, Daisuke Aurora. Daisuke told Claire that he would not allow him to continue emulating his father and causing problems.
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However, because of the spartan way he was raised, Claire grew up always trying to please his father, to be the best that he could be, and relying heavily on Giovanni, and later on, the other two bodyguards that attached themselves loyally to him, Ian and Mitchell, to keep his sanity. Things continued on in this vein until, when Claire was 19 years old, his father passed away, and he was left to take over the Leonelli Family as its new Vampire.
This is the point at which the series starts, and the series contains a lot of events that very seriously affected Claire as a person. Despite their misgivings about Claire's age and mental instability, the other mafia leaders in the city accept Claire as the Vampire. He then proceeds to mess up - a lot. His decisions are all made on whims and impulses, and he gets bored easily, which leads to many members of his family being taken out by other families that he's angered, and losing a lot of money for the Vita corporation, the Leonelli's front organization and money laundering tool. His poor choices and their nasty consequences attract the attention of several people including the hero of the series, Daisuke Aurora. Daisuke told Claire that he would not allow him to continue emulating his father and causing problems.