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Sayori Wakaba Aesthetic !

Great news: I finished all the VK aesthetics -at least the notable characters’-  So I will release one each day!  DO NOT REPOST, ONLY REBLOG! If you can”t see the animation, please watch it on a mobile or a tablet !

@getoffthesoapbox Wasn’t Zero hurt while protecting a child? I thought I read that in one of the translations...(problems with reading french and several english translations is that you got confused easily ahah). Anyway, you’re right : Hino has hinted so many things by now that if she wants to explain everything she baited us with, she will need more than 5 volumes, in my humble opinion.  Honestly? Either Hino passes her nerves and moodswings on her story, or she just loves seeing the fanbase’s  sides  collide again lol. I mean, VKM 13 is still fresh in the mind of most of the fans.  (at this point I’m betting who’s next to have his reputation ruined by Hino ahah) Let’s hope she won’t concentrate much on her past errors (what’s done is done after all) and that she will focus on making this “sequel” as best as possible! :D

I would really love to see the Takuma beinh the Vking happening (everything you said is very interesting: I like how you highlighted the fact that Takuma would be a perfect obstacle to a) Zeki b)the whole goal those two are headed to. However... well, if Takuma has been attracted to Kaname and Sara (even if she tortured him from the first moment he awoke at her mansion) I don't really understand why he didn't develop a "attracted" bond with Yuuki? Anyway, keep up the good job, you're amazing !

Fufu, I am desperate for genuine conflict in this story, and that’s why I’m constantly searching for any small clue that might get us that conflict. ;) 

To answer your question, I think the reason Takuma isn’t attracted to Yuuki is the same reason he isn’t attracted to Ai or Isaya–outside of specific heartaches common to people in general, they’re for the most part healthy, well-adjusted, kind people who don’t have this “wound” that he’s irrevocably drawn to. 

If I could put it in realistic terms, Takuma is the kind of person (I think) who likes to “fix” broken people–or at least be in their vicinity. He’s a drama queen, and their brokenness and his proximity to it makes him feel important. 

Yuuki’s broken, but she’s broken in a different way than Takuma is interested in, plus she already has her “chosen person” (the very person Takuma dislikes haha) to help her with her own brokenness–and even in her brokenness, she still strives to walk the straight and narrow.

Takuma seems to like the ones who deliberately choose to abandon the light, Sara out of boredom and loneliness, Kaname out of misguided idealism. 

But it could just be that there’s a limit to how many purebloods a single noble can be drawn toward. ;) Takuma already had more than his fair share with two fufu. (There’s also the fact that Yuuki’s charisma is really low and he knew her as a human, and thus maybe the charismamones effect doesn’t work with her.)

These are my thoughts for now, but who knows what the reality is. ;)

Lovin your vampire knoght aesthetic! ❤❤❤

Awn thank you anon, you’re so sweet ! :)

Sara Shirabuki Aesthetic ! 

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Ichiru Kiryu Aesthetic ! 

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Maria is next ! 

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Shizuka Hio Aesthetic ! 

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Look who just posted another VK Aesthetic! Finally had time to make Seiren’s one, next will certainly be Ichiru’s, Shizuka’s and Maria’s. ! :)

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Zero Kiryu Aesthetic ! 

And this wraps up the series of the protagonists of vampire knight ! I might do the villains and the “minor” characters after my exams. If I’m still alive. Help. 

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Yuuki Kuran Aesthetic

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Okay, so here comes Kaname Kuran !

Animated Aesthetic, if it doesn’t work on laptop, please check it on your phone or your tablet !

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Ruka Souen Aesthetic

-- It’s confirmed, my laptop is a dick which wouldn’t let me see the animations X) If you have the same problem, look up at your phone or your tablet please :)

Also, it’s the last panel of the secondary characters I’ve made until now. Maybe I will get time (and motivation) to do Seiren’s or Maria’s later ! Those gurls need some love !

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Aido Hanabusa Aesthetic

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Akatsuki Kain Aesthetic/Moodboard

So I don’t know why, but laptop tumblr wouldn’t let the gif move...Hence the second edit, I’m trying to see if a smaller image would correct the situation X)

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RIMA TOYA Aesthetic

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Senri Shiki Animated Moodboard/Aesthetic

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So, it’s been a while since I posted anything here, so have an animated moodboard of Takuma Ichijo, everyone ! :)

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Just realized. ...

If Kaname Is the founder of the Kuran lineage, he had to have a wife at some time so he could have children, right ? Who is the woman who started the Kuran dynasty, if the Hooded Pureblood was dead before they got a baby ? Strange enough that Hino never mentioned that....

I’m confused...

Just got the french version of VK Memories and somehow, when Ren is introduced, she is definitely said to be the half-sister of Ai.  My world just crashed down, I always thought Ren was a boy, somehow XDXD

I just hope the official editors of the manga didn’t make a mistake on his/her gender XD

Just stopping by to say I really love your vampire knight analysis 😊

Aww, thank you for your kind words. I will try to keep up my analysis as they are now then :)

Relation in Vampire Knight : Main Trio. Zeki part.

Soooooo, This post took me forever, but you probably know that. Anyway, I’m going to explain how the development of Zero and Yuuki’s relationship took place in the manga.  Conclusion of my Yume Part: Kaname and Yuuki shared a tragic love. That means, 1) Yes, they did love each other. At some point, at least. 2) Due to circumstances ( aka Kaname’s goal and sick possesiveness, Yuuki’s blood thirst which can be only quenched by Zero) they were destined to fall apart. 3) thus, Yume was not the endgame of Vampire Knight. 

Hino chose to make Yuuki and Zero live together for a few centuries at least, before Yuuki sacrificied herself to allow Kaname to taste the human life. For the entire Zeki fandom, that’s the very accomplishment of their ship, which endured a lot of difficulties, misunderstandments and obstacles (That’s you, Kaname)

Let’s go back to the very beginning and see how Zeki did, piece by piece, win over the trio’s battle. Warning, spoilers ahead

Arc 1 Pre-Cross Academy Time -------> Zero and Yuuki met in very infortunate circumstances. Yuuki was getting through her accident’s traumatism, and one fateful night, Kaien Cross brought back at home a teenage boy, covered in blood. With her big heart, she can’t help but try to help him. However, he doesn’t let her approach him, the only exception is the first night, when he lets her clean him up of all this blood. He put his trust onto her, because he could feel she didn’t have any ill-intentions towards him. However, this complete trust he has for her will not last long. Why ?  Zero is, unsurprisingly, coping with a traumatism : the murder of his parents and the “kidnapping with consent” of Ichiru, by a Pureblood. All of this happened because his Hunter parents were unfortunate enough to be the ones who killed Shizuka’s lover, his name put into their list by a cruel trick of Rido, the Senate and the Association. Zero was coming from a Hunter family, and while their guild only hunted the Level’s E, fallen into madness, we could easily predict that they weren’t very fond of the vampires, overall. Add this horrific murder, and you create a child traumatized and who will turn into some vampire-hating person.  Getting back to Zeki : Kaien was put in charge of Zero, and he can try to cope with the accident peacefully. Enter Kaname, a Pureblood. No wonder Zero was immediately on his guard and ready to hurt Kaname. And Yuuki ended up in the middle of this.  As she introduced Kaname to Zero, as her saviour and a kind, protective and pacifist vampire, Zero feels digusted towards the Pureblood, as he now sees them as pure evil. And he absolutely can’t stand that Yuuki, who he thought was a sort of ally, thinks of Kaname in such a good way. He can’t completely trust her now, as she is defending his “enemy”.  Thus, the young boy rejects her rather roughly, telling her “ to not touch him with the hand you touched this man”. Exact words, more or less. (where are my mangas when I need them ? )

--------> However, with time passing by, he realized Yuuki can’t be blamed for her feelings towards the “monster” he encountered. Even he can’t exactly reject the small girl who tries to help him and to understand him. That’s why he took her “under his wings“. In one of the Arc-1 chapters, we see Yuuki trying to see Kaname, but she ended up sleeping in the stairs. When she wakes up, She is confronted to a Kaname who is drinking Ruka’s blood. Talk about a heartbreak. And who exactly is the one who catches a distressed Yuuki when she runs out the Night Dorms ? Zero, exactly.  The same pattern occured more or less in one of the first chapters of VKM : Sayori meets Kaname, Yuuki is very pleased to see the vampire, and Zero is watching with wary eyes the scene. As he cannot force Yuuki to get away from the “threat”, he doesn’t want to make her sad, he watches over her. That’s the beginning of the Knight-Queen-King masquerade.  In this part, Yuuki and Zero had both harsh events which will torment them in their own way, and while Yuuki si compelled to Kaname, and thus to the vampires, Zero is digusted, untrustful towards them. However, as they lived together, they developped a want or a need to protect and help each-other. Yuuki does it by trying to understand Zero and help him to start considering that not all vampires are evil, and Zero does it by watching over her, because in his opinions, she will end up hurt by this Pureblood she loved this dearly.  And he wasn’t exactly wrong on that point.  But we will speed until the Cross Academy Arc, which contains both Shizuka’s and Rido’s Event. 

ARC 2:

Yuuki and Zero’s relationship does have variations, if I may say. during those arcs, they seem to have a back-and-forth chemistry. One day, Zero would be Yuuki’s protector, the next day, he would be “protected” by Yuuki. They have their moments, let’s say. And during those events, they are very, very uncertain about what they want for themselves and for the other. This is the first point of this Arc, where will be explained why this couple had difficulties to go with each other, on Yuuki and Zero’s point of view, of course. Next, I will do what keeps them attracted to each other. But first, the complications. :

1) Zero’s uncertainity about letting Yuuki go. 

-------> On one hand, Zero is sure that Kaname Kuran is too close to Yuuki, and he doubts that he is only interested by Yuuki’s wellbeing. Why being interested in a fragile human being when you’re an immortal vampire ? Why protecting her at all costs, for that long, if you don’t have “plans” for her ?  He is still very untrustful towards the vampires, and he is considered as the “mean, strict prefect of the couple”. Keeping the humans from those “ monsters” is his duty, because he has not only been chosen for this by the headmaster, but he also comes from a Hunter family. He wouldn’t let any fragile humans getting close to a vampire. Certainly not close to a Pureblood. Especially not Yuuki, the only one person he allowed himself to get close to. Of course he wouldn’t let this precious girl go with the bloodsucker. 

On the other hand..... Well. He is a bloodsucker too. And a dangerous one for that matter. He managed to stay sane for 4 long years, but when Arc one begins, we see that he struggles to not become a Level E. The same way he wouldn’t  let Kaname or other vampires hurt Yuuki, he certainly couldn’t forgive himself if he was the one who takes her life away. He cannot be greedy with her, Yuuki has done many things  for him. 

------> And each time he drinks from Yuuki ,(and the girl almost forced him to take her blood several times, sweet reminder. This does need some check-ups, but I can’t right now think about one time Zero went totally savage to drink her blood. ), he does feel guilty. He can’t stand living dependent of someone, especially on his precious girl. We can assume that during those four years between his arrival and the first arc of VK, Zero’s feelings for Yuuki had grown, and he was “nearly in love” with her when the story is beginning. I’ll explain why I don’t think he was totally in love with her at that point later.  In love or not in love, he can’t be dependent of someone like Yuuki, and having to drink her blood. He feels unworthy of her. He even told her once to not worry about him and to not help him. Not drinking her blood would mean to become a Level E, the thing he loathes the most (aside of Kaname, of course) and to die in painful ways or by the hand of a Hunter. Pretty much selfless of him.  The poor boy was in complete denial. Was it better to get greedy so at least Yuuki wouldn’t be in the hands of the most evil creatures of the vampires, or was it better to let her go what she wanted, because he was unworthy of her ? At this point, Zero just wants Yuuki to be safe.  In the end, it was the revelation of Yuuki being a Kuran Pureblood who took the best of him : he let his anger towards the vampires, and especially towards Pureblood  took  the best of him. Discovering that Yuuki was the kind of vampires he despised the most was a shock. But I think what upset him the most was that Kaname knew all of this and played with them. That fitted perfectly with the manipulative, sick tendencies of Pureblood to play with life like the others didn’t matter. And touching Yuuki, was the one thing to not to do, as she was a pillar for his sanity. And Kaname just turned Yuuki back into a vampire.  (Seriously, I don’t think he would blame Yuuki for what she has become-, what she really is. She didn’t know. He isn’t stupid enough to put her guilty for something she couldn’t control).  He lets Yuuki leave with Kaname after two arcs of accepting and rejecting Yuuki’s help and affection, before finally let the one who obviously played her for 10 f*cking years and this, my dear friend, is a major error. 

2) Yuuki’s doubts and unawareness of her own feelings. Yuuki is a sweet girl, but she did some poor mistakes too. I think that in those two arcs, especially the first, she really focused on Kaname, being her saviour and all. And that, despite her doubts about him being truly honest:

--> The fact she seriously doubted he was the one who took her memories away. Multiples times in the storyline, she thought about him being the one who took her at the snowy place. Why else could he arrive on time to save her, when she was definitely lost and far from any places ? Why would he take so much interests on her, watching over Yuuki when she was little ( even when Kaien adopted her and he was no longer “needed” to protect her ? ). Yuuki was no fool, and on her quest to discover what happened on this fateful night, she will confront Kaname several times. The latter will redirect the discussion every single time. Of course, he was hiding something. Yuuki was fully aware of this. But the girl will always return to her precious savior. While she was aware of Kaname’s potential involvement in her lost past, she was completely unaware of her feelings for Zero. 

----> On several occasions, she declared that she wanted to be his ally, even if she is pretty much powerless ( the most evident example is when Zero decided to run away from his home and Yuuki, precious child that she is, successfully convince him to stay.) She wanted to be an ally, because she wanted to support him  through the pain of his “sickness”, she was willing to give him her own blood, so he could live and stay. That is devotion. That is her willing to stay. And maybe, just maybe, this is her confounding profond affection for family with love. 

Which is understandable. Zero and Yuuki were partly raised together, at Kaien’s home. And Kaname’s saviour appareance found itself a place long ago in Yuuki’s heart. Feelings of the same nature getting towards two different persons. Of course, someone can easily be confused.  I can’t deny that Yuuki was in love with Kaname, whether it was due to sincere feelings or her Pureblood nature attracted by an equal.  ----> However, I don’t think love is exclusive to one and only one person. You can be in love with two people. It’s rare. It’s confusing,  but it can happen. Yuuki Cross/Kuran was a subject to this mixed, tricky situation. She just doesn’t realize it, or rather deny it by forcing herself to think of Zero as a brother and a person who needs help.  You may or may not agree with this. But otherwise, why would she long for Zero’s blood, just after her awakening ? Why would she entrust Zero with her life when she was human and he needed her blood ? Why would she have a need for both Kaname and Zero’s blood, after a whole year away from the latter?  Yuuki wasn’t completely ignorant of her feelings. But she turned them off when she awakened from her human semi-slumber, and left Zero to join a world she didn’t know a single thing of, because she loved Kaname, and she wasn’t aware that she needed Zero that much.  Secund mistake.  3) Last but not least, their tendencie to not take the occasions to confront each others on their feelings. 

Seems rather familiar if you’re reading VK Memories. Well. Zero and Yuki’s tendencie to take things slow, like, really really slow, or to simply leave things unchanged isn’t new. This is the main, recurring problem I have with this ship.  I can rather understand that they have all eternity to develop their relationship in VKM, that the VK’s events weren’t exactly easy to overcome, and that Yuuki’s main concern was to take care of Ai. They have a load of excuses, and that’s why I’m willing to take my patience and follow VKM.  But in the first two arcs ? No excuses. Zero was well aware at the beginning of the secund arc of his growing feelings for Yuuki. And he was almost ready to confront her about this. Remember the near-kiss scene that made all Zekis cry in despair ? Yeah, that one.  

----> This is the one scene when Zero gets a little possessive and greedy, with romantic/cheesy lines. He understands fully that he loves Yuuki, after a traumatic dream where he basically lose Yuuki, and he doesn’t want to share her with Kaname or everyone else, romantically speaking. And he bent down to kiss her. Buuuut No. He got back of this on the last secund, claiming he was confused and feeling unwell.  You don’t have any excuses Zero. I feel like this is a very important scene of Zeki’s development in the first two arcs, and it is about being afraid of taking risks. He knew that Yuuki loved Kaname, and making that move would maybe endanger their links. But if he would have taken the risk at that time, it would have changed all the story. This kiss would have been more important that the one they shared before they leave the battlefield, after Rido’s death. If Yuuki had know sooner of Zero’s feelings, she might have taken the risk to defy Kaname’s decisions.  ----> However, despite all of those things, Zero and Yuuki had also strong things to keep them attached to each other. 

 ----> First, their need for each other. 

The most obvious of the two is Zero’s need for Yuuki. And that goes deeper that the mere need of blood. He needs Yuuki, to keep his sanity. She is the main pillar of his world, after Shizuka “destroyed” his family, his brother, everything he knew. She made him feel alive again. Without her, he is lost, just as Yuuki was lost when Kaname did some unclear things, as he was her saviour. Just as Kaname’s plans mean nothing if Yuuki is not longer here. Just as Yuuki needs Zero to be her support when she decide to discover what happened the night she lost her memories.  Just as Kaname needs Zero to protect his “Queen” and to defeat his enemies. Hino made a really good job about the characters needing each-other to survive through the different events. But the most “pure” need was Zero’s need for Yuuki, as he certainly meant no ill to her, or rather, it is the least manipulative need of them all. 

Explanations:

---> Yuuki needs for Kaname’s presence is influenced by his saviour image. While she needs him, he was the one who created the situation of danger she was 10 years ago. Clearly Kaname was manipulating the events so Yuuki would need more or less him to feel secure. 

----> Kaname’s need for Yuuki is, surprisingly similar to Zero’s need for Yuuki. She is the safety net to his sanity too. Except that for him, his want to erase Purebloods from the Earth’s ground was already in his mind millenias ago, way before Yuuki’s birth. Yuuki was almost his excuse to destroy the Purebloods, so he would create for her “a safe world to walk in.”Hem. 

----> Yuuki’s need of Zero to find the truth. Well. I do not often think that Yuuki manipulates people to get her way out the events, but I find it rather...unfitting of her to ask Zero to help her. When she indirectly told him that she knew that Kaname was keeping secrets from her but she didn’t mind being betrayed by him ( okay, Zero was eavesdropping, but that does count.) While Zero was happy to oblige, I really feel like she was using him, as it was an easier way than confronting her beloved Kaname. 

----> My favorite one. This need is the one that involved the most manipulations in the entire story. Kaname needed Zero to defeat Shizuka and Rido. The first time, Kaname killed the other pureblood and let Zero take the guilt, at least from the Senate’s point of view. The secund time, he had Zero kill Rido with him. Nothing strange with that. But when we learn in Arc 3 that Kaname planned to use the strenght of the Hunter twins to defeat Rido, and began to twist the events at his will  (including that he unleashed Shizuka so she could kill Zero’s parents) , that does shock more than one person. This literally does mean he let all the Shizuka’s event happen, destroy Zero and Ichiru’s lives, only to “shape” them the way he wanted to, before letting no choice to Zero but becoming stronger, and thus, devoring his own brother. HEM. 

Anyway, back to the point. Zero out of there had the most pure, least ill-intented need from all of those characters. This is pure longing for one person, and it is one of the many proofs that (Zero is the best cinnamon roll ever) Zero loves Yuuki in an unique way.  2) They were always here for each other. 

Because I didn’t see Kaname running over to save Yuuki when she needed it (only once, actually, in the town excursion’s chapter/ in season 2. And Zero was here too, to end a Level E’s life). I didn’t see him comforting Yuuki when she was confused about her feelings ( would have been hard, since he was the one messing with them). That was Zero. Zero was here to save her from the Level E, or from the Senate’s servants when one of them lifted a hand on her. He was always here first. Yuuki on her own way, tried to protect Zero from Shizuka and from his falling state to Level E, by trying to make a trade with Shizuka. On the psychological aspect, Yuuki helped Zero to cope with the murder of his parents. Even though he was still tormented by the memories, the girl certainly made it easier to accept what happened. As previously stated and explained, she helped him not to fall into madness.  

And that’s when we leave the two arcs. To summarize, Zero knew he was in love with Yuuki, Yuuki didn’t, things got complicated because of Zero’s Level E state and Kaname ‘s plans and a lot. A LOT. of things were left unsaid when Yuuki departs from Cross Academy.  I do think, however, that Hino wanted it that way, and she focused on Yuuki’s quest of identity, the main trio’s background, and of course, Yuuki’s link with Kaname, and this certainly forced the author to give them not their “end” they deserved, while giving them the development needed in the story  so they were a legit and a potential endgame couple of VK. Obviously, Hino likes testing our patience. And she knows how to make us yearn for some reasons to make our favorite couple legit, whether Yume or Zeki.  Whatever, we will move on the final part : one year after till the end of VK. I will only mention a few details from VKM, since I’m supposed to focus on the main series :)

ARC 3

Timeskip, 1 year after the events of Cross Academy battle. Yuuki is at Kuran Manor, with Kaname. No contacts with the outside world, she is learning to be a proper lady to assume her Pureblood figure in the vampire society. Zero is finally out of danger of becoming a Level E. He still studies at Cross Academy while hunting Levels E. He is in a good way to be designed as the next Head of the Hunter Guild.  At the beginning of the 11th Volume, it seems that Yuuki and Zero have complete, opposite roles in the story, and since Zero let Yuuki go with Kaname, the one who would be able to stand by her side for all eternity, It seemed that Yume was quite the endgame and the ending would be predictable.  I like to think of this turning point as a complete reset of the story. Yuuki holding a completely different role, Zero not endangered by his vampiric nature, the Senate is out.... A lot of things changed. And Hino took the opportunity to -torture us- play with the love triangle once more, as the Zeki couple was in a nasty position.  New arc, new complications for Yume couple. We will see how, despite their differences, Hino succeeded at bringing them together again.  1) Most evident part : the blood lust. 

The easy one. All vampires need blood in order to survive, it is a primal need to quench their thirst with another person. But as they develop feelings and a relationship between them, the need can easily turn into a want and a desire. They, little by little, only want the special person’s blood. They are still able to take blood from another person, but only their loved one’s will give them full satisfaction. That’s what happened to Yuuki and Zero.  ----> Zero, as I said, isn’t under the threat of becoming a Level E anymore. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t drink blood anymore. In fact, when the 3rd Arc begins, Headmasters visits Zero and saw him eat an awful portion of blood tablets. Moreover, Zero admits he is drinking the blood of the preys the Association assigned him.  I think this is a proof of his dependency on Yuuki’s blood. Now that the Level E problem is settled, the blood tablets, despite their awful taste, should be enough to quench his thirst, as they did with most of the Night Class members at Cross Academy. Instead, he needs to take some additionnal blood, so he could try to quench his thirst, because he can’t have a certain person’s blood.

----> Yuuki on her side, is also struggling with her own thirst, and several times, Hino does hint that Kaname’s blood is not enough for her. Himself makes the remark, saying she isn’t completely satisfied, and that’s because her heart is shared between him and “that another person in her heart”.  Secund time is when Aido surprised her near the Ancestor’s cave, shocked when he noticed she drank her own blood.  Again, she doesn’t have access to blood tablets, since Kaname forbad Aido to give her any, but her brother does give her his blood. Obviously he wasn’t going to starve her. So, if she does get blood in sufficient quantity, why would she have to drink her own blood ? If Kaname was the only vampire she loved, why couldn’t his blood give her full satisfaction ? Yuuki is in love or at least yearn for Zero, and she needs his blood to quench her thirst. 

(Little Aside : I just love how in VKM Hino doesn’t give any hints that Yuuki yearned for Kaname’s blood or that she wasn’t fully satisfied with Zero’s blood, whereas in Shirabuki arc, it was evident Yuuki needed Zero’s blood in add of Kaname’s. If I missed one hint that could undeceive me  , please do leave a note :) ) 2) Yuuki and her two identities. 

I think it played a great part in the love triangle’s ending. In the beginning of Arc 3 we see her have some kind of hallucinations, where her human self confronts her “vampire” self. That’’s an interesting moment, as we learn that Yuuki tries to conceal her vampire side. Somehow, she cannot bring herself to yield at the vampire desires : drink blood ( and by that, I mean using her fangs to draw the blood, a thing she didn’t do since the night of her transformation) and live for eternity by Kaname’s side.

The fact is she has spent most of her life being a human, under the sunlight, being a light-hearted girl with no underlying intentions. And then, she learns she is a royalty, leader of the vampires. We can see throughout the Arc 3 she isn’t comfortable around the aristocrats and the other purebloods, putting aside the ones she knows from the Cross Academy. The vampiric aristocracy is way too dark, sterile, with ulterior motives for her. She can pretend to play their game, as she does in VKM. But she will never be entirely in this society. She is way too “human” for this. ----> The way she was raised, with her beliefs in peace, and the fact she is unable to play like the others Pureblood, to manipulate as Kaname, Shizuka, Rido or Sara did, all of this demonstrates she can’t be the “perfect” Pureblood they expected her to be. All her education, lifestyle, attitude, personnality, beliefs : all of this push her towards her “human” self. She was way more happier when she didn’t know she was a Pureblood, when she could be carefree, not having to have a Pureblood composure : when she was with Zero.  I will close that part with a quote : Kaname said it himself. “Yuuki, you are more suited to be under the sunlight”. 

3) Kaname’s plans: 

Because Zeki wouldn’t have happened if Kaname didn’t ruin anything with his mad plans. Although all of those manipulations were “ for Yuuki, so she could have a brighter future”, in the process, he successfully hurt her and put her trust in him at stake. Even if she didn’t betray him in a direct way, she admitted she was shocked by the fact he “killed” Aido’s father.  This, the fact he wanted to kill all the pureblood instead of punishing the ones who actually did something wrong, when she learns he was the one who unleashed Shizuka and allowed the Kiryus’ murders to happen (for this she doesn’t have any reactions,  but that DOES count as a malus. ). Final fact ; he was the one who pushed Yuuki away, by letting her (finally ! ) out of the house with Artemis, so he could begin to track down the Pureblood. 

Those things put Yuuki’s trust in him down; little by little, she took an opposite side, facing her brother. And of course, of this same opposite side, there was Zero, who accepted her again so she could fight by his sides. They became allies for a while, after being separated for so long, and that pretty much give them the opportunity to be the Zeki pair we all know, again.  4) Protecting each other. 

Honestly, Zero was forced to take a wounded Yuuki when he met her there in the cemetery. Yuuki could have done just fine at going after Kaname and turning him into a human without erasing Zero’s memory. Zero didn’t have to give her his blood at Cross Academy. 

--------------->They want to protect each other, as they always did in this series. Well. I can’t deny Zero did a much better job to it than Yuuki. But I think it’s because she thought that herself was a danger to Zero, that he was better off not remembering what she is to him. However, even if that move was extreme, it started with a good intention. The point is, Zero was always the protective figure, his actions have always spoken for him : he would protect Yuuki at all costs, but if she wanted, she could fight too. Sure, he wants her safe, but he isn’t going make her endure his own will. Yuuki on the other side was always the comforting one, and it’s sad, because in this arc, that side of her was....tampered ?... Don’t know how to say that exactly.  ----------------> All of this led to their became close to each other again. By this time, Yuuki had realized she had feelings for both Zero and Kaname. Zero knew he was in love with her, but the events and the year without seeing each other complicated their relationship. Guess their ressemblance and affection for each other was stronger that their differences.  (Though I will admit Kaname did improve the things. Had he not wanted for them to be together, I don’t think Yuuki would have allowed herself to be with Zero. And Zero of course, selfless cinnamon, would have waited for her. Except she might not have come at all in the end. )

CONCLUSION (finally, congrats to those who read down the entire mess of ideas that was this post XD)

Zeki has been one hell of a ride, through the entire series. Friends, Family, Partners, Ennemies, Allies, Couple.... ---------> They went through many difficulties and hardships: both of them had difficults pasts and it took a lot of time for Zero to warn up to Yuuki. Kaname was a rather good obstacle himself. And of course, the fact that by being Hunter and Pureblood, they were the definition of ennemies.  ---------------------->But what helped them to overcame all of this is their affection/need for each other. Zero said it, if it wasn’t for Yuuki, he wouldn’t have make it through all those years. They are also very protective towards each other, I quote Yuuki “You look like the boy I wanted to protect but ended up hurting instead”

-------> They succeeded with their faith into each other, fighting and standing side to side, and no matter what would keep them away, they always reunited. Furthermore, I don’t think the story would have had as much relevance than now if Yuuki ended with Kaname. As he said, she is suited for the light, even if deep down, she is a Pureblood like him. When he identifies himself as the “ Darkness”, it wouldn’t have been logical for her to stay with Kaname. He saw this, and he let her go, so she could be happier with Zero, the one who would be able to let her in the sunlight.

In the 93rd chapter, the finale, Yuuki  states she has lived a life full of happiness with Zero, and that she wished to Kaname to find this same happiness under the sunlight.  This ending couldn’t have been better, And in this ending, Yuuki and Zero were destined to each other from volume 1. Zeki is endgame. Even if they are so frustrating with their tendencie to take the things REALLY slow; I can’t even. 

(and if Kaname could see it, well, there isn’t much left to say XD)

I’M DONE. Well. that just took 3 hours. As I said in the first part, please, no flames. This is me trying to be objective and giving facts.  I don’t know if I will make a “Kaze” part. Would be interesting, but I’m tempted to do some character’s analyse, with a psychological approach of their actions. Guess we will see what will come out the first XD

Relationship in Vampire Knight (Main trio) : Yume Part

  I’m soooo going to tread on thin ice. Such a sensible subject. I’ve had a rough time deciding if I was posting this or not. But here it is. Before beginning, I’m clearing a few things up. I don’t want hate answers or anything. Don’t care if you’re a Zeki or Yume fans. If you don’t agree, please, keep it for yourself. For my part, I’ll try to make this as un-biased as possible.

What would be Vampire Knight without Yuuki’s dilemna over the two men she cherishes, deep inside her heart ? Quite dull, to be honest. The whole fandom has been in war, since Hino didn’t clear up one question, for all the series and now VKM.  Who does  Yuuki love ?  Pretty simple. She loved both Kaname and Zero. With different kinds of love, that’s it.  For the whole story,  Hino made a beautiful evolution of Yuuki’s feelings towards the two men. I’ll begin with the relationship of Kaname and Yuuki, since it will help me to make myself clear when it will come to Zero.  Thus, Zeki will come in another post.  Kaname has always been here for Yuuki, no one can deny it. For he, when Yuuki was born, made the promise to keep her safe. The reason of that ? Guilt. Rido did revive him with the life of Haruka’s and Juuri’s first born. However, the royal couple did not accuse him for the murder of their beloved child. He will always be grateful towards them for this.  Kaname’s “obsession” for Yuuki developped when she was a pureblood child. He puts himself into a deep slumber, hoping to never wake again, because he was tired. Tired of this world. Seeing the innocent, always happy Yuuki give him a new hope. He decides to cherish her innocence as much as Yuuki adored him in her young years.  And here came the biggest traumatic event, which caused all the story to happen, is when, to protect Yuuki, Juuri turned her dear daughter into a human. Then the accident in the snow, with an Yuuki with amnesia. Kaname, as it is his duty as a “guardian angel”, saves her from the level E, and took her to Headmaster Cross. As for now,  Yuuki saw Kaname as a savior, and thinks she owns him her life, and Kaname saw Yuuki as the last memory of the Kuran couple who adopted him and as the innocent child he grew with. 

Time skip to the Cross Academic arc.  Yuuki is now a happy, joyful 16 years old girl. She has a deep crush on Kaname, thanks partially for the “savior complex”. Moreover, he took care of her as much as he could over those 10 years. She owns him greatly, and would do anything for him. (hence she doesn’t say directly no when Aido or Kaname himself suggest the pureblood owns her blood, as well as your life. She even aggreed to spend eternity with him ! Fortunately, he doesn’t turn her.  Because he learnt to appreciate the sweet, human girl Yuuki is. She is weak, fleeting, fragile. He wants her to depend of him, and this is the perfect opportunity for that.  And at the same time, this difference of races between them will always restrict them. Yuuki  was something he couldn’t be near of all the time, and had to let Zero, his “pawn” protect her. And the two of them desired one another, because… well, we always want what we can’t get. 

This could have been perfect if Yuuki could trust Kaname at all, from the very beginning. In this arc, what is highlighted is Kaname keep to himself his plans, including killing all the purebloods (  I believed he decided to put an end to the lineage of pureblood after Rido revived him). Of course he tried to make up for this, of course this was for her safety. You will tell me that she wasn’t particularly involved  in this plan,back then.  But she was involved. He made all of this plan to protect her, but in the end, keeping her in the shadows, to protect her innocence, made her unhappy. Being suddenly protected by the night class without knowing why hurt her emotionnally. Being turned a Pureblood, apparently the last thing Kaname wanted to happen, was certainly a trauma, she had to questioning herself about her past, her relationships, her nature, all over again.  However, she didn’t dispute the validity of her love for Kaname, and she left Cross Academy with him. Three reasons for this: –> She just discovered that she belongs to a complete unknown society she will have to enter now, and Kaname is the only reference she had. –> She is always grateful to him for protecting her for such a long time, and still thinks that he is the brother she will have to marry. And she does have feelings for  him. –> And third, the other boy she loves loathes her kind. 

At this moment, she follows Kaname because she is sure she loves him, and is finally able to really approach him after all those years when the wall of nature differences out then apart. He is her headlight in the dark, as she now has to embrace her Pureblood nature. Everything is alright for Yume romance now. 

Time skip to the third Arc, the longest and honestly, the most painful to read for all vampire knight's fans. Why ? It gives us little by little that the author doesn't have any idea to put an end to her story, and the characters were severely damaged with it. I'm talking about Kaname, Yuuki, Sara, and as always, the secondary characters who just jump on of nowhere where they are needed. Back to Yume relationship, which Hino took meticulously her time to describe, in contrary to Zeki relationship. At the beginning of the third arc, 1 year went away since the Cross Academy battle. The siblings are now in the Kuran manor, which Yuuki doesn't have the right to leave. She has the company of Ruka and Aido when Kaname silently disappears to get done some vampire business.

 Everything is not rainbows and unicorns in their relationships. Two arguments : 

 ---> The sudden transformation of Yuuki into Pureblood vampire, and the responsibilities which crashed down her. Sweet Yuuki realizes more and more that the life of vampire is much darker that she expected. Especially those of the "kings and queens of the vampire kind". They are envied and feared as the same time, and now the society expect her to be the perfect heiress of the Kuran lineage. This is an universe she knows near to nothing about. She got some help from Aido and Ruka, sure, but this isn't definitely enough. Moreover, Kaname doesn't actually help in this matter. Why that ? His tendencie to overprotectiveness. He doesn’t really want her to come out the manor and take her place in the corrupted society. As he says himself, he would rather let her locked into a safer place, if it wasn’t for her.  Due to that, he always seems to overwhelm her. Possibly to be respected and to be sure that Yuuki doesn’t move from the manor. But it is not right... If you don’t see what I mean by overwhelm her, see this picture. Many panels or even official pictures show Kaname having quite the superiority over Yuuki, she always seems so helpless compared to him, and her having something to restrain her, like the chains...Besides, he doesn’t let her know anything about his plan, which is... quite understandable, when we will be able to know his ultimate goal. 

---> Yuuki’s bloodthirst and difficulties to assimilate her Pureblood Nature. As said many times during the arc, a vampire’s thirst can only be erased by the blood of its beloved one. At this time, Yuuki drink quite a lot Kaname’s blood, but is still hungry, because she cannot drink Zero’s blood too. Again, Kaname claimed he is happy to have her by his sides, even if he has to “share your heart with another one”. Yuuki has, moreover, difficulties to find her vampire side again: she has trouble to bare her fangs, and Kaname has to matern her by cutting himself in order to let her drink. One scene is quite revealing of her state of denial, actually: 11th Volume, in the library. Once again alone, Yuuki see quite the hallucination, with a younger self, which begin to address her as a “sister”. The young Yuuki is crying, wanting to know why she’s keeping on locking her inside. The hallucination ends on, more or less “ Don’t you understand that “you”...are “me” ? “ Yuuki unsconciously refuse to let go on her human side, and thus, she can’t embrace properly her vampire side. 

Hence, the Yume can’t possibly reach a “perfect” state where the two of them would be potentially happy. But when looking up to the previous points brought here, we can already know it is not going to work. However, Kaname revealing to Yuuki that he is not her brother can potentially change things again. She is more inclined to stay with him, as she knows now how many things he had to endure.. (and the incest not being between brother and sister, but between long, faded family ties, lol) As for now, Kaname perceives Yuuki as the only thing he truly wants to protect, the only “light in his life” like he said once. Yuuki; however, finds Kaname hard to reach, him being even more distant than in Cross Academy, which is kind of ironic. Moreover, she understands now that the vampire society isn’t all classy or anything. She wants Kaname to not endure the responsabilities of king of vampires, but he doesn’t let her. 

Next big turnpoint in the story is “Kaname’s mad plan”. Since the Shizuka Arc, Matsuri Hino always presents Purebloods as nearly perfect beings, having the eternity to live and more. They however, finish in only two ways: either they commit suicide, being tired of this world, either they become mad and end killed. We have too many examples for this: Lord Ori, Sara Shirabuki, Rido Kuran, Shizuka Hio... The only exceptions are Juuri and Haruka Kuran, and Yuuki, at the end of the story. 

Kaname Kuran is the only one we get to watch fall into his darkness. Being the last Ancester left in the world, he is the oldest vampire, and has seen many things: how the world get corrupted, what kind of atrocities Vampires and Hunters did... we know that he tried once to fall into a eternal slumber, interrupted only by Rido Kuran. He get to see once more how the world has evolved, watches Yuuki growing up, and makes a big decision after seeing Purebloods with actually good intentions, who moreover took care of him being killed. Protect the little girl who put some light in his life.  After seeing how badly Shizuka and Rido turned out, and the corruption in the society, he changes his plans: he needs to make sure the Vampires won’t get anymore powerful. What does he need to do for this ? To stop the Purebloods turning the humans into servants and using their influence for no good. The best and more efficient Kaname sees ? Kill all Purebloods. Except Yuuki, of course.  For the rest of the world, this plan sounds like madness. But when we take Kaname’s perspective, we might be desperate enough of this world and life to be that radical. He was once accused during the meeting with the new guild to be too straightforward in his plan. That was fair enough, since he saw no problem to let Rido Kuran, a dangerous psychopath Pureblood into a school full of humans, and having a great battle into the Academy with Levels E. Kaname doesn’t care for collateral damages, as long as he get his goal fulfilled.  So, he didn’t mind at all when he put an act when killing Hanabusa Aido’s dad beofre Yuuki and Aido himself, and let himself becoming the bad guy. He took enough time to make sure Yuuki will be okay, but otherwise, he went on his bloodbath alone. 

When everyone else saw Kaname as definitely mad, Yuuki had a little hope left for him. She was right to have it, after all. But she couldn’t help to doubt her feelings towards him, as Kaname perfected flawlessly his act. She knows he is dangerous. She knows he has to be stopped. But she wants to save him. She can understand what kind of things he went through, after seeing his past. But into that part of the story, we don’t talk much about Yuuki’s romantic feelings towards Kaname. Only about how determined she is to save him. If we add up the fact that she returns to Cross Academy, where she meets again with Zero, we can say that Yume ship’s fate is sealed. Kaname has gone far too much into his plan to be able to end with Yuuki happily.  He might be right, to think that Purebloods are too dangerous to be left alive. Just turn to Sara Shirabuki. But everyone is against him. Even his precious Yuuki. He knows then that he will somehow fail in his plans. And he knows that he can’t be with Yuuki anymore. Which explains quite Vampire Knight Ending.  In one last majestic attack, he went to the Hunter Guild, taking the role of the furnace after the Ancestress ( which was, potentially, the maternal figure or lover of Kaname. Maybe both. Feelings tend to be complicated with Purebloods). He beats Sara Shirabuki into their metaphorical chessgame, seeing her being killed by the Anti-Vampire furnace. And in his last moments, he asked to Zero and Yuuki to be together. After all, he saw them grow up and having feelings towards each other, and he knew Yuuki loves Zero as much as he loved her. Finally, he can rest in peace.  Yuuki, on the other end, respected his wish, as she stayed happily with Zero. In the final  chapter, we can see her give a final gift to Kaname, “whom she loves”, a human life, when he will be able to live freely in the light, far away from the darkness of vampires. The ending will have its own explanation post. 

To sum up the entire relationship and respond to the main question: Yes, Kaname and Yuuki were in love. Were. Kaname is without a doubt devoted to Yuuki, as he yearns for her, and the light she only can provide him. Yuuki in the other hand, had loved him, again yes. But, the thing is Kaname is someone who is unreachable for her. Always was, always will. Before, this was because of the difference of natures, after, this was because of Kaname’s burdens, and Yuuki’s decision to go against him in his plan (for which she was right, by the way. ). This is a tragic couple Hino beautifully wrote about. But no, they definitely are not the true “endgame” of Vampire Knight. 

Next time, I will explain how, in an equal way, the evolution of the Zeki Couple. As an ending note, I would like to clarify that I’ve tried to be as un-biased as possible with this post, as I will try again with the Zeki Part. That’s why, I will not say which of Zeki or Yume ship, I am a fan of. Thus, do not post hate, please :)

Pureblood Vampires

I should probably make a post about the Vampire Race, all Levels included before this one, but... hey, I like Purebloods :) Might be spoilers if you didn”t read the manga. Or finished Season 1. If you find out an information is incorrect, please do leave a note :) The Pureblood Vampires don’t have a single human blood in their system. About 7 Pureblood families are left at its date. We know that Vampires appeared 10 millenials ago, even if they were born of human beings. We may suppose vampires were a new evolution of humans, able to survive to more threats, since Hino-sensei informed us that by the time the vampires appeared, the whole mankind was seriously endangered (Everyone read Darwin’s Evolution Theory, right ? :) )

However, Vampires quickly became a threat for Humans, as they found out pretty fast that they were stronger, and heal faster than them. And that they were able to turn Human into their kind, turning them into some kind of slaves/servants. This became quickly a big concern for a few of wiser Vampire, who tried to find out what could possibly harm and kill such a powerful creature. Among them, Kaname Kuran and the Hooded woman. In the end, The Hooded Woman sacrificied herself into a furnace, to allow Humans to make weapons powerful enough to kill Vampires. They became the Hunters.  Now that it’s stated that all first vampires were Pureblood, and they were quite a bunch of them at the beginning, the number started to dicrease over the time. The main reason being the relationship and marriage with humans, making their descendants no longer “pure”. As said before, there are 7 remaining Pureblood Families, making the incest marriage quite common, in purpose of keeping the lineage pure. 

Talking about their powers.... well, they have a infinity of possibilities. They can’t die naturally. I mean, the first Kaname Kuran was put into an eternal slumber, but his body successfully resisted to 10000 years, give or take. They control the other vampires, except other Purebloods. They have a lot of different powers, but it seems that each family have a privileged field of power. They, of course, can turn humans into vampires, and actually can help them to not get down to Level E. Taking a Level A’s blood brings a lot of powers to an ordinary vampire, and a Pureblood taking the life of another of his level can absord his power. They possess the ability to turn into a familier ( they become animals. Kaname can turn into a wolf and bats, Yuuki is a butterfly, Sara was a spider... ). A few of them displayed the ability to possess someone else’s body, even though it was always the one’s of their relatives ( e.g: Maria Kunerai and Shizuka Hio, Rido Kuran and Senri Shiki). They can only be killed if we manage to hit the head of the heart of the Pureblood with a anti vampire weapon. When they died, they don’t turn into ashes, like common vampires, but into crystal. They have the ability to erase memories, like all vampires. Last but not least, they can turn a pureblood into a human, at the cost of their life.

The most powerful is the Kuran clan.  Well, at least, they were the ones being the kings and queens of Vampires. We can imagine the dynasty began with Kaname the Ancestor and ended when Juuri’s, Haruka’s and Rido’s father decided to lend the power to the Senate. A few millenials, really. As for their powers, they seems to privilege the blood manipulating field. Like, Yuuki has wings made of blood, Rido can turn them into mobile chains, and his  half-pureblood son Senri use a blood whip. They seems to be able to wield anti vampire weapons, which is pretty rare. Family Pureblood members known: Kaname the Ancestor, Kaname II, Juuri, Rido, Haruka, their father, Yuuki, Ai.  Next is the Shirabuki family, which provided us the final villain of the series: Sara. She stated to be older than Kaname. Her familiar is a spider, and she is a kind of expert in manipulation. We know that her main goal was to become Queen. Why ? Because she didn’t want to finish like Shizuka Hio and the Kuran royal couple. To be sick of those millenias of boredom that awaits every single Pureblood. At some times in the manga, it is said that her parents died, taking their own life. But it is implicitely stated that Sara was the one who killed them. Adds to her record the murder of Lord Ori, her Pureblood fiancée.  Deepening into personal informations, it is said in “Fleeting Dreams” that she fell in love with a young Asato Ichijo. But he aged much quicker than her. Maybe another reason to why she kept Takuma close to her ? Who knows.  Members known: Sara, and her Parents. 

The Shoto family only displayed one member : Isaya Shoto. He seemed to be a good friend of Kaien Cross, and to be an ally of Kaname Kuran in his quest. He is 2000 years old, and had a wife once. She gave her life to transform their children into humans, and they died a few decades after that. Isaya was alone back then. It is stated that he only woke up recently when Yuuki meets him.  Members known: Isaya, wifey and children 

The Touma family isn’t a very good friend to Kaname Kuran. Composed of two siblings, they seem to master illusions. Only the brother is shown into the manga, attacking Yuuki and then was punished by Kaname.  Members: a brother and a sister

The Hio clan is a powerful and strict one. And they are infamous for high risks of going crazy (their family was quite restrincting, over-protecting their beloved Pureblood, keeping them into a golden cage). ++Shizuka++ was the first villian Hino displayed. She turned Zero into a Level D, after all, after killing his parents. It is later revealed that Rido, her fiancée, manipulated the Hunter guild to put Hino’s Level D lover on the list of the Kiryus. Ichiru was deeply in love with her. She has a distant relative, named Maria Kunerai. She masters at manipulating nature, making sakura trees bloomsom in winter.  Members known: Shizuka.

The Hanadagi was not very shown. However, they don’t seem to be really friendly. The whole family slept for 5 centuries before Sara woke them and kill the patriarch of the family, absorbing his power. Later, his wife is shown, and seems to be holding a grundge to Kaname Kuran.   Members: Father, Wife and possibly children. 

The least displayed Pureblood Family was the Ori clan. We didn’t see any members actually, we heard about Lord Ori, Sara’s fiancé, and he was killed a few chapters later. 

In general, Purebloods live for several millenias. And they either end up killed, or becoming mad. They are naturally quite wise, extremely manipulating people. They mostly don’t hesitate to use someone as pawns, after a few centuries of boredom. The vampire society centered around them didn’t make the things easier, as they were isolated from the other vampires, adored and feared by everyone. And that’s precisely for this they are so much interesting

(seriously, the villains were utterly badass.)

And that’s all ! If you want to add something, please leave a note :) Please, forgive my bad english, I’m french. So bear with me and my faults XD.

Small Introduction to Vampire Knight

Vampire Knight is a series created by Matsuri Hino, quite popular in the shoujo category of mangas. This is the story of a young girl, Yuuki, who appears to have amnesia and doesn’t remember what happens before her sixth anniversary. She was rescued by Kaname, a Pureblood who seems to be very attached to her. They live in a Academy which happens to be a whole risky project  : Trying to make Vampires and Humans interact and live with each other peacefully. While Yuuki is trying to make her mind yp upon the fact that Kaname is unreachable to her, -being a mere human and him a pureblood-, she has to deal with her  adopted brother, Zero, a Hunter who seems to feed an unfixable hate towards vampires.  However, the peace will not last long, and the love triangle will fall into darkness...