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| Ah hah. I'm thirsty for more chapters. Story concept was good (after mentally preparing myself with spoilers), but execution was too compressed/quick to flesh out properly. Things happened at a 2fast2furious pace. Timeskips could've been complimented by few memorial chapters or scenes, not just different hairstyles. Was initially expecting the series to pace out like DGM or Kuroshitsuji, but Hino must've been eager to finish her vampire concept, maybe lost interest in thinking about it. First chapters were best though, lots of experimenting and variety in wardrobe. Noncritically, it's a memorable series. First and fav manga. |
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| Eh, I'm not THAT disappointed honestly. I kinda expected Kaname to die or sacrifice himself *because reasons* at the end, but had no idea what would author do to Yuki - kill them both, let them live by themselves in solitude? Apparently no, I guess impregnating her to bear one child, immidiately afterwards making her stay with Zero and have another child with him (so both of her lovers can get equal treatment, I guess??) and THEN letting her die to bring back Kaname was a better idea, huh. I mean, Zero is way hotter better anyway, and Yuki spend 1000 years with him and their little family, which is quite a lot, even after his death she wasn't just happily reunited with Kaname, just brought him back to life sacrificing herself... so it's not THAT terrible. It's more that all this shouldn't be crammed into like 5 pages, because it's hard to follow and make sense of it. Oh welp, hopefully the spin-off series improves this kind of ending. Other than that I honestly had a lot of fun reading this series - sure, this is just manga version of Twilight with some bizzare incesteous undertones and a lot of cheesy dialogue - but the artstyle was pretty, action scenes easy to follow, and some of the storylines had me engaged. Not my favourite shoujo series, but I'm not gonna hate on it or anything. 7/10 |
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| That ending was unexpectedly satisfying. While the journey to this point was clumsy & somewhat disorienting, I still feel this to be an agreeable destination. The ending finds a bittersweet balance that took an entirely different route from what I had imagined. I thought that it would have ended with vampires & humans finally overcoming differences and that Cross Academy would have been the ultimate incarnation of that theme at the end. Instead, the conclusion basically eradicates vampirism, enforcing the overarching idea that humans & vampires were simply too different in their existence. But in that sense, the role of Cross Academy makes me think of the author's other one-shot manga about the Grumpy Baker. That even though it was fleeting and didn't last, it played an important role in bringing the characters together who could finally end thousands of years of strife between the two species. This is no doubt an unpopular sentiment, but I personally like the way the main trio's character arcs concluded. Vampire Knight constantly focuses on how their feelings remained unchanging. Though conflicted & confused at times, they ultimately were bound to those strong desires for one another. Zero, who was finally honest enough to prioritize his love of Yuuki over his hatred of vampires. Kaname, who was caught between what to do for Yuuki's sake. And Yuuki, who loved both of them - a love of passion for Zero and a love of deep admiration for Kaname. I don't think it's a copout that she never chose one over the other. I feel that the whole point of her loving both of them was to show how she still had feelings based on her distinct experiences as both a human & a vampire. The final pages are actually quite poetic in portraying those everlasting feelings. Yuuki's love for Zero lasts a lifetime. The feelings were real but it wasn't meant to last. In contrast, Yuuki sacrifices eternity to show Kaname the fleeting but beautiful world she lived in for 11 years. As a vampire, it's the ultimate display of her undying affection for Kaname. Personally, I was always rooting for Zero and wasn't so fond of Kaname. That said, this ending moved me and I couldn't help but feel a sense of relief for Kaname. That after over 10,000 years of permanence, he was freed of his enormous burdens to live a blink's worth of time in comparison. Not buried in a coffin or in a deep, dark forest, but out in the same sunlight that Yuuki freely basked in. I started VK with the anime back in 2008 and never imagined I'd ever read the manga a whole 14 years later. It helps lay some adolescent nostalgia to rest and I do feel a sense of peace as I turn the final page on this saga. 8/10 |
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