This prompts the question, “Are vampires repelled by all alliums or just garlic?” I feel like the answer to this question could advance antivampire defense technology significantly. To get started, I’ll just need $10M and as many vampires as I can get. DM me for details.

Side note: I love The Other End comics.

That’s a good question. And if it’s only garlic, does wild garlic (Allium ursinum) count? It tastes very similar to real garlic (Allium sativum)

I’d assume it follows the same pattern in the relationship between wild and cultivated species/cultivars, with the wild species being smaller and less potent in the desired characteristics. I can see you’re a much-learned person in this field of study, and I encourage you to apply for a position once we get the funding.

Are you suggesting that one of the traits bred into domesticated garlic was vampire repelling?

The people who who domesticated garlic were not killed by vampires, yes?

Would that then mean that growing garlic is an evolutionary adaptation of humans to the pressure of vampirism?

Would that then imply Italy has a significantly higher number of vampires than normal?

If based on per capita consumption, China has the most vampires.

…And the omnipresence of garlic in Chinese cuisine would also be what drove jiangshi to develop garlic immunity, makes sense.