Sucker for Punishment

Sucker for Punishment is a fantasy workplace light‑comedy series made for overseas markets. Viktor, a vampire cursed with an extremely rare genetic defect — hemophobia, gets exiled from his vampire clan. Unlike typical vampires who thrive on blood, he suffers severe physical dizziness merely at the sight of it. For seven years, he scrapes by doing odd‑jobs in human society, carefully avoiding anything related to blood. By drunken accident, he lands a night‑shift job as an administrator at a downtown blood bank, the last workplace a hemophobic vampire should ever set foot in. Every night he is surrounded by mountains of blood bags, forced to finish sorting and registration work with sunglasses and even his eyes closed. Elara, a human researcher writing an academic paper exploring the biological possibility of vampires, joins the blood bank. She quickly notices Viktor’s bizarre habits: he averts his gaze from blood samples, counts shelf distances by footsteps, and keeps mints handy to suppress nausea. Driven by overwhelming curiosity, Elara secretly observes him and gradually figures out his true identity. The two strike a confidential deal. Elara supplies him with eligible discarded blood for survival in exchange for observing his physiological reactions as her research subject. What begins as an academic observation slowly blossoms into genuine attachment. Mina, their colleague, and Viktor’s vampire brother Leo witness their special bond. Facing workplace risks, black‑market