Vampire Knight

This is perfect. I actually thought that there was a lot of character development! I think that you just need to look closely to notice it. The fact that the storyline moved quickly at the beginning made me fall face-first into it and once I was in, there was no getting out! It is a storyline that you need to really pay attention to to understand, but once you do understand you have so many feelings you spend the day crying. Overall, this is an amazing manga series (in my opinion) and I love it : )

I watched the anime first and I really loved it, but there was no third season and so I decided to read the manga.

The story was OK, but the character progression and the ending were absolutely awful. In addition: I feel like there were too many characters involved, and when they were written as shallow two dimensional characters (no pun intended) it became confusing and tedious to have to read about them.

Yuuki is a Mary Sue. She's flat and never progresses. She was actually cooler in the first 30 chapters of the manga than in the remaining chapters.
Kaname is straight up abusive.
Zero is pathetic.


At one point in the manga there is a 1 year break, and I had high hopes that it would actually change something, but it didn't.
The ending ruined Vampire Knight for me. I initially gave it a 7 when I was around chapter 46, but I knocked it down to a 3 after I finished it.

I didn't bother to properly read the bonus chapter because I literally do not care about any of the characters anymore.

The ending is absolutely infuriating and ruined everything.

If you loved the anime, just leave it at that and don't read this manga.

Personally, I liked Matsuri Hino's other manga, Shuriken and Pleats and MuriPuri better. However, Vampire Knight was still a good manga. That being said, it had it's weak points. Especially, the second half of the series. It started out as a school romance with a vampire "night class" and a human "day class," but then turned into an all out war. Let me tell you: things get crazy!

Spoiler Alert here. Ok, Yuki can be a vampire been in a human for ten years, and Kaname can be her older brother, whatever. Kaname's still keeping secrets from Yuki after she got her vampire powers back. Typical Kaname. Kaname's one of the original progenerates; therefore not really the son of the Kuran's, but at the same time... he is their son. (Ok...) Kaname wants to eliminate all pureblood vampires expect himself and Yuki. (Why?) Sara is disturbing underground blood tablets to control other vampires (kinda pointless subplot...). Kaname wants to turn Yuki human, but Yuki doesn't want to be human. (Fair enough.) Yuki decides she wants to turn Kaname human to stop his pureblood massacre. (Give what you give, I guess...) Kaname throughs his heart into a furnace to become vampire hunting weapons. That's fine, but his sacrifice is meaningless if he...sigh...he does...

This is my first time reviewing so don't be too harsh.

This manga was one of the first manga i have ever read, i thought it was beautiful. The art was interesting, the character were nicely drawn but gradually once i went on to read more manga and came back to VK only when new chapters arrived, i felt deflated because i found out that this was a typical vampire book with a sappy story and unfortunately at the end, a terrible ending.

I liked it but overall at the end it was only decent. I only gave the overall score a 7 Because of the art and the patience the author took to write/draw it. I will never come back to it nor will i tell anyone to read it, I am not saying it was horrible, if you like the typical romance vampire story with surprising endings and lovable art go for it. I'm not stopping you. Just be warned.

Kaname is the class president of the Night Class, both feared and respected by the other Night Class students.
While he is cold and authoritative towards his contemporaries in the Night Class, he is always kind and sweet to Yuki. He has shown that he cares deeply for Yuki ever since he saved her, and loves her in a romantic sense. Kaname also asked Yuki to become a vampire and live with him for all eternity by his side, but manages to stop himself from biting her. He is both jealous and angry with Zero for biting Yuki and endangering her life.
He also seems to know the pureblood who bit Zero, Shizuka, and kill her before drinking her blood to protect Yuki, in spite of it being a terrible taboo. Kaname was the ancestor of Kuran and was resurrected by Rido from the grave, thus making him unable to kill Rido. Plus he even let Zero drink his blood so Zero can live for much longer to protect Yuuki.

Hino Matsuri — another one of my favorite manga (after Watsuki Nobuhiro). She paints a very nice, but so shrewdly, that it seems as though each character is endowed with a soul. Especially beautiful painted Kaname. He is not there equal! Yuuki... I like where it vampirka: long hair, more mature and intelligent look... Yes, Kaname tried... The plot, gorgeous, though a bit confusing...

Still, I admire Hino Matsuri! Manga «Vampire Knight» continues in production. And it pleases.
Chapter 43-45 manga will end in the anime. It would seem quite logical final denouement, everyone has their own way, and all that. But it is precisely these ways and begins to start a manga after some of the windows on one page, «After 1 year».

Matsuri begins to tie a new story on the ruins of the old and distant. The plot is much deeper and is not similar to the shoujo genre. It becomes like a heavy vampire drama.

Humor has become much smaller.

Beautiful eyes anymore.

Here I am now reading the last chapter released and sigh. Yet what were lovely and carefree main characters in the beginning, and what they are gloomy now.
Wholeheartedly root for Kaname. I love it.

P.S. : Too bad the anime does not peresnimut.

When I was much, much younger I actually was a fan of this series, but as I grew older I started to dislike it and I'll try to explain why.

First of all, the artwork is beautiful. The characters are well-drawn and the whole drawings are wonderful. But I think that's the best I can say about Vampire Knight.

At first the story started quite mediocre. The idea of a Night Class seems as a kinda desperate attempt to integrate Vampires in the Story. I do not agree with the concept of Vampires going to school even though they don't have to. But that's just my preference. Despite that it was easy to get in the story but however, as it went on a lot of themes appeared that are just similiar with this kind of genre. Long lost family, love-triangle, the family situations in general, the "fanservice" with all the pretty boys. A setting outside of a school would have been better in my opinion.

I can't be the only one who just dislikes Yuki. She is a Mary Sue and most of the time useless and even a crybaby. Throughout the story Yuki loses her personality and what made her in the beginning. She can't choose between two characters and this it was really bothers me. Her background story wasn't surprising at all and even so her relation to a certain vampire. The only character I really liked was Hanabusa and I appreciate the fact, that the Manga-ka gave further consideration to other vampires besides Kaname later on in the manga.

It may have just been me but I found this manga hard to enjoy when the character stories and characters were all so similar. This left me bored and also disappointed. The ending was really ... I actually don't know how to describe it. I hated it. It was kinda obvious in the first place but I really hoped that it wouldn't happen. I'm really wondering why Hino-sensei thought that this would be a good idea in the first place. But maybe that's just my opinion.

I think that younger reader could actually enjoy Vampire Knight but I don't recommend it to anyone. If you are seeking for a dark vampire romance or a fluffy cute vampire romance - Vampire Knight is neither.

Manyyyyy people seem to not like this manga. Is it cuz it reminds them of that so-called vampire movie that every girl fangirls over? but let me get started on one of the most amazing reviews you'll ever read. leeetttsss not forget its by yours truly, dats right TOBI9790!!!! :D ..........if you die from the awesomeness of dis review please dont sue me. now shall we begin?

stooorrrryy
dis story is good for a shojo its about a girl dat attends dis academy which seems normal but their is a huge secret. nope not like the dirty magazines under your big (dats not even a big secret anyway and you got bad taste duuuude) its liek BIIIG. only the disciplinary committee knows about dat secret and the headmaster and dont tell anyone but i know the secret too cause im awesome. you see there is a night class and day class obviously one attends in morning other attends at night. im sure you can guess what species attends the night class :p yeah it seems like a typical vampire anime but listen here you little **** the story picks up and gets real interesting theres plot twists and stuff you never expect. i see dem reviewers saying the story is confusing. aww dayum did you read the series a long time ago and just now decide to write a review?!?!?! theres lots of dialogue so pay attention is all i gotta say.
score: 8

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OHHHHHHHHHH YEEEEEESSSSSSSS I CANT CONTAIN MYSELF ANYMORE THE ART YEEEEESSSSSS ITS HIGH CLASS THE EYES ARE DRAWN WITH ELEGANCE, SCENERY IS FULL OF DETAILS even the small stuff that most dont pay attention too. i think dis is fine art bro its top class if you dont agree with me then you get executed in 645 days you ungrateful son of a- okayyyy next part!!!
score: 9

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They were made wonderfully to the point where you will have feelings for them and worry about the outcomes of their lives. Its possible the main character Yuuki Cross will get on your nerves at a few points or not. Theres always dat character that someone hates to death i think she is a nice character. Character development (I HATE SPELLING THAT WORD ITS HARD TO SPELL SON OF A POTATO!!!!!) happens throughout series i think its slight development at the end the personalities are pretty much the same.
score: 7

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dis had my attention from start to finish i used to read it in class and the teacher was yelling at me to stahp until i made them read it too then they were liek "OH BOY DIS IS GOOD YOU GET A+" :D seriously i enjoyed, i got a little bored sometimes but not enough to quit if you get really into it youll read it fast
score: 8

OVERRRRRAAAAALLLLLLL
The manga vampire Knight is worth the read if you love shojo, if you're a fan of vampires or need some hot boys to fangirl over. I am a dude btw (yes im a rare species that was created in a secret facility that escaped one day and hid in the streets of London) Now heed my words little girl or boy. Get off your a$$ get to dat library and checkout every volume.
score: 8

sidenote:
if you read this manga due to my review and dont like it, immediately change your name and move far away. jk the worst i will do is ring your doorbell and hide in a bush. oh you dont have a bush? then grow one while you're at it.
-end of the worst review in history, quickly kill this with fire-

If I am being honest, I fell in love with this when I was younger. But it is both good and bad, the anime and manga. Good by the fact it has beautiful art, and a good story. Bad by the story doesn't fully add up. It seems like they are trying to just throw random people in, I mean, you get Yuki and Kaname as siblings, you get Rido, and its just to much to keep track of with everyone being related. Don't get me wrong, the manga is well written and I love the ending. But, It just seems like it is to thrown together.

Hello there, everyone. Britt here, reviewing one of the worst manga I've ever read. Well, worst manga endings I've read at least. And that manga is called: Vampire Knight. Now, let's just jump right into it, shall we?

Story: "Cross Academy is an elite boarding school with two separate, isolated classes: the Day Class and the Night Class. On the surface, Yuuki Cross and Zero Kiryuu are prefects of the academy, and attempt to keep order between the students as classes rotate in the evenings. As the Night Class is full of utterly gorgeous elites, this can sometimes prove to be a bit difficult. It is completely necessary, however, as those "elites" are actually vampires. Yuuki and Zero act as guardians, protecting the secrets of the Night Class and the safety of their ignorant morning counterparts. As the adopted daughter of the academy's chairman, Yuuki takes her job with a serious and energetic attitude. It also allows her to interact with her secret crush and savior, the president of the Night students' dorm, Kaname Kuran. Zero, on the other hand, has a deep-rooted hatred against vampires, and at times, does not hesitate to kill. Can vampires and humans co-exist, even in the strict setup of the Cross Academy? Only time will tell."
Really ya know, Myanimelist didn't get the whole premise of it, to avoid spoilers, but this was just the first half of the story. The part where Yuuki remains a human being. Oh, SPOILER ALERT but hey, you can leave at any time. Yuuki turns into a vampire, but it turns out that she was actually born a vampire, but her mother took her memories and "vampirism" away from her so she'd have a peaceful normal life or whatever. This to me, is where it started to suck. Hard. After Yuuki became a vampire, like literally maybe 2 pages afterwards she became one of my most hated fictional characters ever. And I'll get onto that in a second. After her little "transformation" the story stops focusing on the struggles of vampires and humans trying to coexist, and instead focuses on the stupid "love triangle" between Yuuki, Zero, and Kaname. Yuuki's "awakening" and getting her memories back is where the story takes a complete 180 for me and doesn't even feel like the same manga anymore. It just got...really really bad. I don't know why fans of this manga claim things like "this is what Twilight should've been" when in all honesty, this manga was horrible. I only watched the first Twilight movie, and read none of the books, but most people say it's bad. And in reality, if Twilight is so bad, then VK is no better, and people who say it is are either in denial, or just distracted by how pretty Hino's art is. So the first half with human Yuuki get's an 8/10 for me, while the half with vampire Yuuki onward was trash and get's a 4/10 for me. Moving on!

Characters:
Well, there's the "heroine" known as Yuuki. when she was human, she took her adopted father, Kaien Cross's last name. When she turned back into a pureblood (a term used for vampires with literally NO HUMAN genes in their lineage, and they live for eternity) vampire, she resumed her family name, which was Kuran. Now, I'm going to consider Cross Yuuki and Kuran Yuuki to be 2 different entities, since they literally felt like 2 different people sharing a body. Let's start with Cross: At the start of the series, I actually really liked Yuuki (ya know, when she was still human) I thought she was the typical shoujo heroine. Always wanting to help people, having a big appetite, and being too dense to realize the guy (Zero) likes her. I did think her crush on Kaname was a bit annoying, but hey, if some hot guy saved me from being mauled by a vampire when I was little, I'd probably have wet dreams about him every night, too. Buuuut, I digress. Yuuki had no memories prior to Kaname saving her. Her mother (Juri Kuran) sacrificed her life to make Yuuki human (but was adopted by Kaien) and she lost everything she knew in the process. Over time this actually started to really bother her (not knowing anything about her past, I mean) and she begged Kaname to help her remember. This in turn caused Kaname to turn her into a vampire so she'd get her memories back. Noooow, this is where everything starts going downhill, but I'll get back to Kuran Yuuki after I finish the other 2. Zero Kiryu is a sexy emo who despises vampires (since his parents were vampire hunters, and his family was murdered by a pureblood, I'm sure you can understand why) but guess what? The same vampire who killed his family, turned him into one, sooooo he began hating himself. Yuuki was a bit too dense to realize he was hiding this for what, 4 years? When she did find out, she literally became his fuel tank. She offered her blood to him whenever he needed it, and I'm just sitting here wondering how she was so full of that (she never ran dry) Then there's Kaname Kuran (ye, same last name. I'm getting to that, hold up) I hated Kaname at first. Thought he was a manipulative, lying, bastard, but after the "Yuuki turning vampire" incident, I kinda started feeling bad for him. Lemme explain why while getting back to Kuran Yuuki. I absolutely DESPISED her transformation, and here's why (I'm literally copying this from another post I did awhile back) *ahem*:
"Now before you fan-girls and guys start ripping my limbs off let me explain why I hate these 2 things (these 2 things being Yuuki and the ending to this manga) so strongly. 1 The way Yuki acted after she got her memory back. Now I loved Yuki when she was human. She was nice, pretty, funny and just such an enjoyable character, but once she got turned into a vampire all of my love for her was replaced with anger and annoyance. I mean for 1 the way she talked to Zero when she got her memories back was so mean and out of character for her. She knows Zero hates vampires because he was raised by vampire hunters, his parents were killed by a pureblood, and that same pureblood took his humanity and forced him to eat the remains of his younger brother yet she purposely went to his room and said "I'm sorry Zero, but the Yuki you know is gone, because the vampire Yuki completely devoured her". Why would she say that to him? Like really Yuki, you know he loves you and hates vampires so why would she say something so cruel to him? She could of had a nicer approach to the situation like "I'm sorry that I'm a vampire and I've been one this whole time. I didn't know about it and I don't want you to hate me. So can we talk this out?" That would have been so much better. Another thing that bugs me is after she said that to him she left it at that and went to live with Kaname for 2 years. 2 friggin years she hadn't spoken to Zero, and when she did finally see him again he kissed her and confessed his love yet she still cruelly abandoned him for incest. Oh I can't forget the time she found out about Kaname's true motives in life which broke her heart and sent her running back to Zero for help saying she wanted to be friends again. Nah b*tch, that's not how it works. Oh don't even get me started on the ending. Turns out Yuki threatened to kill Kaname along side Zero, got rid of the only thing I liked about her which was her long pretty hair that she didn't deserve. INSTEAD of killing Kaname with Zero like she said she would, she has sex with him, leaving Zero alone AGAIN. Then Kaname sacrifices himself and goes into a deep sleep for 1 thousand years after he reveals that he wanted Yuki to be with Zero all along. Kaname goes into his sleep, Yuki cries like a b*tch then runs off like a b*tch, Zero confesses his love AGAIN and says he'll wait for whenever she decides to be with him. It takes her awhile but her pretty hair grows back and she's holding Kaname's baby. She gets with Zero, has a baby with him then a thousand years later after Zero's long dead she sacrifices herself to wake Kaname up and so she could be with Zero in the afterlife leaving her kids with a man that had no memory of anything (Kaname) therefore he doesn't remember knocking Yuki up so he does not know either of these kids nor do they know him since they were BOTH RAISED BY ZERO SO THEY CONSIDER ZERO TO BE THEIR FATHER NOT KANAME. Then the story ends. I hate the ending because Yuki deserves neither Zero or Kaname ESPECIALLY not Zero. She should have died alone and Zero shoulda got with Maria instead and Kaname could still be sleep. That would have made a better ending in my opinion. This ending and Yuki were horrible, the decisions Yuki makes are awful. Look, I know the Creator (Matsuri Hino-sensei) was probably just trying to please all her fans by having the protagonist get with both guys, but making her a useless b*tchy whore is NOT the way to go. I hope her next story will be a lot better because I love her art style so much and I want to see it get put to good use. Not on something like Vampire Knight; Something that started off good but ended poorly. And that's the end of my rant"
Well, that's pretty much it. Of course when I wrote this, I didn't really plan on reviewing it, but now that I'm a bit of a better writer, let me explain this to you more professional-like. Yuuki's personality took a nosedive when she became a vampire (and literally the only thing likable about her WAS indeed her hair, which was too pretty for her to have) She seriously felt like a split personality from Cross Yuuki. She was mean to Zero. Like. Damn. She tells Zero "goodbye" and then..leaves the school with Kaname. She lived with that crazy vampire for 2 years, and guess what? She was miserable almost the entire time. I know she loved Kaname, but she didn't have to leave Zero the way she did, or even at all. While living with Kaname, she was depressed, and usually jealous whenever seeing another woman touch him. She was starving for Zero (even though, like I said she should've never left him in the first place) too. Oh right, when she got her memories back she found out that Kaname was actually "her older brother". Oh right! did I forget to mention that their family resorted to incest to keep their lineage going? Even their parents were siblings (ugh) "But wait, Britt! Yuuki eventually finds out that her older brother actually died, and that Kaname is really her ancestor inside her brother's body!" Ok, and that makes it better hooow? It's still incest, and if anything it's WORSE that he's her ancestor and not her brother. She literally slept and made out with her freaking 10000 year old grandpa! That's freaking disgusting! Also, Yuuki had a baby with Kaname. Don't care what anyone says, but Ai Kuran is Kaname's baby. It doesn't make any sense for it to be someone else's (Zero) and she got pregnant in one night. Kaname popped her cherry, and she literally got pregnant in one night. What the hell, Matsuri Hino?? Care to explain how she got pregnant the day she lost her virginity? How does that work?? Is that just vampire logic? Cause you never explained that part. Yeah, and apparently there's this thing that like, all the vampire hunter weapons were created from the remains of a dead vampire (WTF?) and that well, um...I don't even remember. I think like, Kaname sacrificed his heart into a furnace soooo he could be the next line of vampire hunter weapons? I don't...I don't understand. And, while he was dying ya know, he held Yuuki AND Zero close and told them "hey...since I'm dying, I want you two to be together instead. Ya know, since I won't be available anymore" Hahahahahahahaha, sorry, that's not EXACTLY what he said, but it went pretty much like that. Kaname (apparently) wanted Yuuki to be with Zero this whole time. Ok, sooo, why did you make her suffer for 2 years you ass? This ship could've sailed so far earlier on in the series! And guess what? Since Kaname gave them his blessing, Yuuki um....runs away since she still can't decide which guy she actually wants? Bullsh*t, Hino! I call bullsh*t! So yeah, Yuuki ends up getting with Zero, after Kaname gave her PERMISSION to do so, and after Zero begged her-wait a minute, Zero BEGGED her to stay with him? The hell?? Zero would never BEG her for anything! Not even her blood! Yet all of a sudden he decided "hey, Kaname's gone. Now's my chance!" What? NO! That's not character development! That's character downgrading! That line felt so out of place for him, that I can't even. And you know what? Yuuki ends up living with him and having his child. Because, Kaname wanted her to. Jesus Christ, even in death this dude still has control over her! I don't care what anyone says, Yuuki clearly loved Kaname more than Zero, and only used Zero as a replacement. Had Kaname still been alive, she would've STILL been living with him! Sure, the ending states that Yuuki was happy with him, but there was literally an 1000 year time skip. I'm sorry, but for all we know, she could've been thinking of Kaname the whole time while being with him, just like how she was thinking of Zero almost the entire time she was living with Kaname. Since ya know, "I love them both, and can't choose who I want" is always a great excuse. Soooo yeah, Kaname's in a deep sleep or whatever, Yuuki was living with Zero, and Zero was raising his enemies child, Ai. Oh yeah, Zero and Kaname hated each other. Mostly cause they were fighting over Yuuki's affections. No way in the world am I gonna raise the child of someone I despise. Kaname indirectly killed Zero's family, yet he's ok to raise his child? Uuuuuum, how about no. So yeah, uh Yuuki lives with Zero, and has a baby with him. (she had a baby with both guys) and then ya know, Zero dies of old age or something, and Yuuki goes up to Kaname and resurrects him as a human, the way her mother did for her. Sacrificing her life, and literally leaving her children with him. Do you guys see a problem with this? I sure do. A few actually. Why in the world would Yuuki leave her children with a man who literally woke up with amnesia? These kids grew up with Zero being their father, and Yuuki just EXPECTED them to start calling Kaname father or some crap like that? And to top it all off, Kaname's alive again, 'cept these few problems. Ya know, kinda gotta raise these kids even though you don't know them, and you'll most likely end up the way Yuuki did. Wishing you remembered your past, and suffering because of it. I know Yuuki gave him a second chance at happiness, but really? He lived long enough, and actually wanted to die because living forever was too painful for him. Why the HELL would you bring him back? He would've been happier dead! Ugh! The ending was God awful. Yuuki (in the end) was worse than Katniss Everdeen in terms of picking who she wanted to be with. Cause in the end, she STILL did not choose. Why would anyone want to be with a girl as indecisive as her? Zero deserved better, and Yuuki deserved to die. I would've been SO MUCH HAPPIER had Zero ended up with a girl who actually loved him for him, and not as a replacement for someone else. and considering Zero's my favorite character, he seriously deserved better than what she gave him. Matsuri Hino's favorite character is Kaname, but that doesn't mean she had to push Zero into the dirt and break his character like that. I'm glad he was happy, which is what really mattered to me. I just wish some other girl could've made him happy instead of Yuuki. Sorry for going on this little rant, but the other characters really aren't worth mentioning, since they kinda got forgotten and pushed to the side to make more room for Yuuki's stupid indecisiveness. In all honesty, I kinda wish Hino would've focused more on the background characters (specifically Rima Toya and Senri Shiki) instead of that broken love triangle. Not much else to say except that Sayori (Yuuki's best friend) and Aido (Kaname's b*tch) started liking each other in the side stories (their love literally came out of nowhere since they gave 2 sh*ts about each other beforehand) and apparently there's a "cure" for vampires to make them human. Which has a giant question mark slapped at the end of it since it also came out of nowhere, and I had no idea being a vampire was a freaking disease now. Anyway, sorry for spending so much time on this but, the characters (when Yuuki was human) get's a 7/10. Afterwards, it get's a 3/10

Art: Well damn. Not much to say except Matsuri Hino has some of the best art I've ever seen from a manga artist. Her art is very different from what other manga artists do (IMO). It's very beautiful, and she puts so much detail into everything she does. The hair? Well jeez, it actually looks like hair! She takes her time with each freaking strand! And she is one artist who inspires me greatly with my own works. Heck, if KyoAni animated the anime for VK, it probably would've been the prettiest thing I've ever seen. Combining Matsuri Hino with KyoAni might result in brilliance. Just wish she could've put this gorgeous art to good use. So, the art get's a 10/10 for me. It's just that freaking good to me.

Overall enjoyment. Well, first half (human Yuuki) get's an 8, while the second half (vampire Yuuki) get's a 4. Sooo, would I suggest this manga? Well, no. I mean, I'd suggest the first half, but if you hate idiotic, useless, indecisive, main leads then this isn't the manga for you. I've read some of Matsuri's other works, such as "Meru Peri", "Captive Hearts", and some of her latest manga "Shuriken to Pleats" and I gotta say that Meru Peri is currently the best manga I've read from her. It's better than VK, so I suggest reading that instead. I think the author just wanted to please both sides of the debate in this VK fandom. The Zeki (YuukiXZero) fans, and the Yume (KanameXYuuki) fans. But really, if it was possible to split their bodies and minds in half (since apparently there's a "cure" for vampires, this wouldn't have surprised me) I'd think human Yuuki should be with Zero and vampire Yuuki should die-*ahem* I mean, be with Kaname (Yuuki would look like less of a whore, then). But since that did not happen, I think Zero would've been better off with someone else. I think he's been through enough heartache, don't you?

This is Britt signing off, and please don't chop off my head VK fans!
Love ya!~

Disclaimer: watched the first season of the anime back when it came out (season two was not out yet at the time).. A few years passes, and the final volume of the series dropped. And in my greatest error in judgement, I decided to blindly trust in the masterpiece that was the first season of the anime, and bought the first and second box set for the manga (aka all the volumes for the series) BEFORE finding out about all the mess that goes down in the second season... my disappointment was immense as I saw this beautifully written story... just.. slowly get worse and worse with each chapter.. I honestly reaally really enjoyed Vampire Knight, so I was extremely disappointed by what direction the author chose after season one.

The first 10 volumes (which I'd like to dub it "season one" for the manga) was honestly the best shit I've ever read! The characters, the premise and mystery was super intriguing and on point. I was excited every chapter to find out what would happen next. I was immensely invested in the mystery surrounding Yuki, Zero and Kaname. I also really liked how well-written the three main characters were. They really felt unique and alive. I especially loved the relationship between Yuki and Zero, especially if you read about their past of how they met. Not to get into too much details, but basically something happens and Zero, in his past as a child, didn't care for his life at all, he didn't care about living. But Yuki, our adorable shoujo protagonist, was the one to bring back happiness into his life. And from then on, he decided keep on living because of Yuki. He basically lives for the sake of Yuki.. it was really beautifully written, and I was digging for what will happen next.

Now.. everything is beautiful, up until you reach the end of volume 10... where the author drops a bomb. And from volume 11 onwards, all the way until the final volume (which I'll dub the "season two" of the manga), changes drastically. Everything that I absolutely loved about this series, the relationships, characters and the premise that was slowly built up throughout volume 10 felt like it was THROWN OUT THE WINDOW...! Now, something BIG happens in volume 10, which was super shocking, but that wasn't the problem. The issue was that I kept reading every chapter, and much to my dismay, the situation just gets worse and worse, and the story feels like it's being dragged on for the sake of things being dragged on. Everything felt like it was on halt, and I kept wishing chapter after chapter that SOMETHING will happen and bring this series back to how "season one" felt.. and then, I reached the final chapter, and realized.. "oh.. it's over."

Honestly, for anyone hoping to check out Vampire Knight, I do HIGHLY recommend you read it.. but ONLY "season one" (i.e. vol. 1 until vol. 10).. because after "season one," it's far from the fun and enjoyable atmosphere it had. The artwork, funnily enough, gets better as the series progresses... and as gorgeous as vol. 11 - 19 were art-wise.. the story has left a gaping hole in my heart (it's been years.. and I still think about it). "Season two" took this story with the characters I absolutely loved, and butchered them until they were unrecognizable. After reading "season two," I badly questioned myself "why did I like these characters again????" In "season two," Yuki was consistently hesitant and indecisive and she no longer was the same cheerful girl from before. Zero who used to have a semblance of a heart, became entirely emotionless and was now edgy for the sake of being edgy. As for Kaname, he also has his own sort of edginess just for plot convenience, and everything that was alluring about him before is gone now. In some ways, I really felt like "season two" killed them off... which really hurts me to say :(

"Season one," Vol. 1 - 10 was a 10/10 for me, super enjoyable, awesome story, lovable characters
"Season two," Vol. 11 - 19 was a 3/10 for me.. honestly, I want to give it 1/10 cuz it was really hard to read through, but out of my sentimental attachments to the characters in "season one", I'm giving it a 3.

For anyone hoping to check the series out, I highly recommend reading the first 10 volumes, it's super enjoyable. Just be warned that from vol. 11 until the final volume, the story deviates completely from the first 10 volumes and has a completely different feel.



P.S. If you decided to read this far, I just want to quickly bring out my biggest gripe that I personally felt was the first sign that this series was killed off after "season one." Remember when I mentioned how Zero's ONLY reason for living was because of Yuki? Just to re-iterate, Zero didn't want to live prior to meeting Yuki. He only decided to continue living, BECAUSE of Yuki. However when something happens at the end of vol. 10, Zero UNCHARACTERISTCALLY abandons Yuki. This to me... was just the BIGGEST NONO because Zero can give up ANYTHING (including his own life), EXCEPT for Yuki. He was written as a character who would love and protect Yuki no matter... and YET the author (for plot convenience) has Zero abandon Yuki and basically regard her as his number one enemy (for basically the entirety of the series </3)... which just BREAKS MY HEART...!!!! CUZ THIS BOY WENT THROUGH A LOT...! HE HAD ZERO LIFE PURPOSES AND DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE FOR HIMSELF.. AND HE ONLY DECIDED TO KEEP LIVING BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BE BESIDE YUKI... AND YET HE JUST UP AND ABANDONS HER, MAKING HER HIS ENEMY NUMBER ONE. GREAT..!!! MAKES A LOTTA SENSE [HEAVY SARCASM]. For real though, at that moment in the manga, it was a true tragedy for the series. A beautifully written character was killed, and subsequently, everyone else was spiritually killed off as well, and thus the beginning of a very long dry story that keeps snowballing into a jumbled confusing mess to give us "angsts", only to be "nicely" tied off in the end.

There is a new manga at work, "Vampire Knight: Memories", which is a sequel to the series, released a few years after the final volume for the original. However, personally I am done with this series. My heart has been broken enough by Vampire Knight. I don't think the new series will mend my heart any time soon, so I will just leave this heartfelt review here and say my peace to Vampire Knight. Absolutely loved it, and will try to pretend I only read "season one" and forget that I bought the second boxset for the atrocious "season two"

On this manga series, Matsuri Hino introduces us to Yuki Cross, who has no memory of her past, before she was saved from a vampire attack by a pure-blood vampire named: Kaname Kuran. Ten years later, we find Yuki studying and working as a guard on Cross Academy, which is attended by normal humans at daytime and vampires lead by Kaname Kuran at night. But that's not all, around this series. we get to see how Yuki goes through different types of challenges while protecting the Academy's secret, trying her hardest to uncover the secrets beyond the wall that's blocking her memories and hoping that the peace between vampires and humans works out the right way and doesn't cease to exist.

I have to admit Matsuri's imagination is wonderful, but scary at the same time. The way she got to create and develop such an amazing series like Vampire Knight it's pretty amazing and original! I don't even know how to express the way this series made me want more and be scared to get more. The series was so spectacularly good that I'm still not over it and still unable to express myself about it! If you have watched the anime based on this series, I welcome you all "omfg, hi!", but do not think you've seen it all, because you haven't. The manga volumes go beyond what was turned into the anime and far more deep into it. Give it a try and see for yourself, you'll probably end up complaining like, "WHY WASN'T THIS IN THE ANIME??! WHYYY!?" Just like I did after finishing it while being on my manga hangover/book hangover (however you wanna call it). Ehm. . .uh. . .anyways, going back to the review. . .

The plot of this series is so good and unique that it made me fell in love with it immediately. The way it develops through the volumes is so well done that I don't think it's possible for someone to get lost around it! Why? Because one way or another, everything or at least almost everything is connected. Even though the story is about Yuki and her life, we don't only get to see what happened or what is happening to her. Matsuri made sure we got a deep look around and through every important or principal character's past, also making sure not to bore us with just one character with the same problem over and over again, which was great!

Oh God, what else? Oh, right! C H A R A C T E R S! We meet a lot of different characters in this series, but even though they're different, they've got one thing in common: development. Yes, development! The way the characters grow was amazing because every single one of them changes and outgrows themselves after facing so many challenges!

This is going to be short and sweet as it has been so long since it has been so long since I read it but I decided to write a review.
When I first got into manga and anime I thought this was great. But after reading other manga of the same type of genre and thinking back to it, some areas in the plot or characters made no sense whats so ever and felt out of character, in order to keep certain shipper happy. Along with just some areas being so cliche; to the point that twilight may have been a better love story.

This was my first shoujo in quite a long and boy did I get lucky. It's fantastic! The world of beautiful vampires and school, what a combo. It wasn't too surprising that everyone in the series was drawn to be breathtakingly beautiful. The humor is well placed as well is the drama and action. It's a little bit of everything, so if you want to cross over from shoujo and shounen or vise a versa, this is a great series for it, doesn't matter which direction you want to go. Yuki's sweetness may get on your nerves, nobody's that pure especially a vampire and Kaname's undying loyality and self sacrificing is a bit over the top but if you can get past that, its story is well done and entertaining.

I have absolutely no clue why this is rated so low? I LOVED the manga! Anime? not so much. Vampire knight is beautiful crafted by the hands of Matsuri Hino, she put LOTS of thought into creating this manga. It has a depth and background that other manga's lack.

I feel this manga should be a 10 because, Matsuri-san keeps you wanting more, you never get bored of reading VK. Her art is amazing, the characters are well developed and you feel there emotions. I thought Matsuri-san really had good foreshadowing as well. Overall, I believe this should have a higher score because, the people who rate it bellow 6 haven't read up to the latest chapter (obviously).

Vampire Knight was the first manga I started reading, only because I loved the anime so much that I wanted to read it too. I think it is a very nice manga,not just the typical shoujo story,definitely not,with lots of story in it, and its characters are really good, too.It has a complicated, yet well given story that makes us all excited, anxious and unable to be patient to wait for the next chapters.

Story: 10/10
The story if just wonderful.Complicated, and not only because of the love triangle.In some way, the big final bosses and the main characters are connected from the past in an amazing way.It has mixed both mystery, with drama and romance, and its funny moments are just osom.I can say that it's not the typical shoujo romance story, because the only things that actually make it a shoujo one, is the whole drama going on and the art.I wouldn't describe the story as shoujo, but that's my opinion.Of course it has romance, but it's a mysterious romance, where you keep asking yourself "what will happen next?" and all these kind of questions.

Art: 10/10
Okay, the art is the most beautiful thing I've seen.It's so special, and actually, each character's appearance, resemble something from their personality, or their interests. What's the best about it is that Hino Matsuri never gets us bored with her art, as every character has different characteristics.Hino Matsuri doesn't draw just one hairstyle, or one type of eye, she draws a variety of those and that's a very good thing.

Character: 10/10
It had everything. Each character was different from each other, and everyone had something which made him/her special.This manga has every type of character that could fit this story.Badasses, ladies, mentally unstable people, bad guys who seem to be the opposite, tsunderes, others that don't give a f*ck about anything, it has everything, which is another reason why VK always keeps us interested.*What I also adore about the vampire characters is that each of them has his own special power, given from their family blood.

Enjoyment: 10/10
I never actually enjoyed a manga or anime more than VK, except Dengeki Daisy. It made me feel as if I was co-existing with each character, and I understood everyone's feelings .There were times that it was causing me so much happiness that made my day, and other times that it made me so sad, that even the next days, when I remembered these sad moments, I cried.And there were other moments that so many unpredictable things happened, and I didn't know how to react to them.It's always exciting, and when it gets serious, you just feel like you start becoming even more attatched to this manga.

Overall: 10/10
This is one of my favourite mangas ever, simply. Everything it has, all those VK moments that are just so unpredictable, that they actually make you think that you don't have a clue about what's going to happen next. Can't describe it any other way, this manga, is a masterpiece.It has it all.

Vampire Knights is the typical Vampire story with all blood stained love and unexpected crazy turns. well this is all my personal opinions as i am i pure shojo fan; here goes~

STORY:
Personally i feel Vampire Knights is a really good vampire story to start with. It has a sweet atmosphere and a good concept of creating a school where Vampires and Humans study in different time periods.. Coexistence of Vampires and Humans is a good thought, really nice one but as you go deep and deep into the story it getts totally messed up!!!! Its quite complicated. once you get an analogy (or you can say history or past of a character) right you are lost in cracking another one!! The recent chapters (which follow after the anime) are complicated to understand! At least for me it is!

ART:
SUGOIII!!! thats WONDEFULL!
The art is very sweet and royal ,drawn by Matsuri Hino. Zero is really sexy and i mean it, super sexy! All the vampire hunks look kinda similar but never fail to look impressive. Hanabusa, Akatsuki ,Cross-san, Rima, Ichiru and the great boss- kaname are few characters i really like in art. a Some scenes are really sweet, but her narration on the story needs to improve for all dumb readers (like me!^0^) The blood thirsty scenes are drawn quite nice and the fights are impressive. No complains in drawings^^

CHARACTERS:
As far as the question of justice done to the roles is concerned, VK is in a good par. Many of the characters have significant roles unlike 'hero' oriented works. Yuuki is really irritating sometimes (personal thought ;O ) and recently Kaname is starting to get TOO complicated. Already a messed up story, some parts still don't strike me. Others are very nice parts, though! the sizzling Zero is getting much more SIZZLING!

ENJOYMENT!
hum...... Personally i am reading VK to see the outcome of this super-complicated-vampire-love-triangle. But if u are a try beast with fangs (VAMPIRE) lover, its a good entertainment. But if you are finding the typical SHOUJO content in this story, sorry but thats just a part of the large scale vampire twist.

OVERALL!!!!
VK gets an overall 6/10 from me. Its a good start but if Hino-san works on the style of narration, and tries to make the story anti-complicated then, the scores can go up! VK is not for hard-core shoujo lovers, as some points can disappoint you.Even though the twist-n-turns are great, the heart of a manga is the story. so my verdit is:~
ALL the BEAST-WITH-FANGS, GRAB THE KNIGHTS, OR ELSE JUST ADMIRE HINO'S ART AND STYLE!

I could write lots of good and bad things about this manga. It had its own downhills and uphills, but have finally finished with a - in my opinion - beautiful ending.

Let's face it, the story wasn't that original to start with and the characters were stereotypes or idealized men and women. Although Yuuki - our heroine - is like that too, she was my favourite character in the beggining, but that changed when an important incident occurred(don't want to spoiler it for you, although it's quite obvious). She is cheerful, hard-working, always trying to do her best. Kaname and Zero are typical male characters: the sexy, elegant, kind man and the sexy, stubborn, hard-working bad guy. They're not anything special, but you may start liking them if you're into massive shoujo stuff. :)

If you want to read an awesome review about this manga, there are a lot of honest and true writings out there. The only reason why I wrote this, is because I've just finished reading VK, and I really liked the ending, which was IMHO far better than the last, like 30 chapters. It was a human ending, many people who loved this manga and its characters probably shed tears over it. Of course, when you get to the, for instance, 15th chapter, you can already guess the story will be a bit gloomy and without a true happy ending. That couldn't happen, who has read the first few chapters should be able to figure that out.

Anyway, it leaves me with no sorrow, no grieving for another volume, not even a side story – although that is really likely to happen. Overall, I give it an 8. I’m really glad I didn’t stop reading it halfway through, its end lived up to my expectations – far more, it was much better than I first thought it would be. I recommend you to read it even after you’ve watched the anime.

(sorry for my english, I’m not native)

The artwork in this manga is consistently beautiful. The backgrounds are detailed, the action scenes are easy to understand and the side characters have individuality. The mangaka also does a great job of allowing the artwork to tell the story rather than relying on excessive dialogue.

Though most of the characters have a hint of cliche, their development and their personalities are interesting. Even though I've seen their "types" in other manga, it was easy for me to fall in love with Aidou and Zero because of their stories and presentation.

Unfortunately, as the manga progresses you'll see that the characters' personalities are greatly affected by the manga's change in tone and plot. Normally, this type of development is welcome. However, because the story becomes so convoluted and unfocused, the characters suffer as well.

I rate it at a 7 because the art is wonderful and the first story arc is enjoyable. I only continued reading after the first arc because I felt obligated. Overall, it isn't terrible but after reading the first story line you expect more than what you receive. So be warned that the end of this manga isn't nearly as good as the beginning.

I started to read the manga after watching the anime because the anime is good and interesting. But I ended up getting very disappointed.

Story: The main plot is interesting and probably one of the reasons why it became so popular. It started out as good but ended up being very confusing and messed up. I think the mangaka wanted to please the fans of the two male lead and so the story ended up getting messed up. The only good thing about this manga is the fact that up until the end, you can't really tell who will end up with Yuki. If that is what the mangaka wants then she did a very good job but because of that the story ended up getting very messed up.

Art: The art was good. They all looked good and detailed. Although sometimes the characters have too large eyes it still doesn't change the fact that it looks good.

Characters: Yuki the main lead is just as confusing as the manga. She thought of nothing but her love interest. She ended up just like a doll being lead by Kaname and just do nothing but follow him.

Zero - is someone whom you can't help but wonder if the mangaka based him on someone she hated. Because she really did torture this guy, from the beginning to the end.

Kaname: Is obviously the mangaka's favorite. I think the mangaka wanted to make him look mysterious but failed. He is nothing but someone who is bored of his life. The reasons behind his actions are very lame and not understandable.

Other characters: Are just there for display, an added eye candies for the manga and for the fans but they all ended up as displays. Their powers became very useless.

Overall it's not that bad and not great either. If only it didn't have a messed up ending then it could've been good.