About a month ago, I finished Vampire Knight Seasons 1 and 2, the anime version of the shojo manga by Matsuri Hino. Each Season has 13 night/episodes. The first season aired in Tokyo last April 2008 and the second season aired last October 2008. I just don’t know if this aired in the Philippines.
The manga is still running and now on it’s 51st Chapter to be released this June. By the way, the anime version season 2 ended on the 49th chapter of the managa and they’ve shown it quite differently.
Vampire Knight Season 1
Vampire Knight Season 2 Guilty
Now on to the summary of the anime.
Vampire Knight is about a young girl named Yuki Cross who grew up with no memory of her childhood. The last thing that she could remember was the night when Kaname Kuran saved her from a vampire that was supposed to attack her.
Yuki was adopted by Kaien Cross, an ex-vampire hunter and Chairman of the Cross Academy. Years later, Chairman Cross brought home Zero Kiryu from a family who’ve been killed by a pure blood vampire, Shizuka Hio.
Yuki must discover what’s hidden behind her past and her true identity and her connection to the vampires.
Main Characters
Yuki Cross/Kuran
She’s the adopted daughter of Kaein Cross. She’s also the Guardian of the Cross Academy along with Zero Kiryu. When Rido Kuran arrived at the Academy, Yuki’s memories was unlocked and revealed that she’s a pureblood vampire and the sister and fiance of Kaname.
Kaname Kuran
A Pureblood Vampire and also the Night Class Leader. He protects Yuki since that night she saved her. It was revealed that Kaname is Yuki’s brother and fiance.
Zero Kiryu
Born from a Vampire Hunter family, but was killed by a pureblood vampire named Shizuka Hio. Later in the series it was revealed that he has a twin brother which is taboo in vampire hunter families and that Zero is a vampire due to Shizuka’s attack on him.
Ending
Based on how I described the story and the characters, it’s much more of a give away on what’s the ending.
Here are some information that I got from the anime. This is just on the authors point of view and not a general trivia.
1. Humans can be a vampire once bitten by a pureblood vampire.
2. Vampires follow certain hierarchy.
– Purebloods
– Noble Bloods
– Level D Ex-Human Vampire
– Level E Ex-Human Vampire
I just do hope that they make a 3rd season of this anime. But with just 2 chapter released after the ending, it would be a looooooong wait for the fans.
I’m almost done with the 1st season of VK, and it’s an average series so far in my opinion. It seems more like a sopa opera than an action packed show which I would expect from an anime series about vampires. Zero is fine as hell, but his personality is so annoying-hope it get’s better in the second season. Yuuki gets on my nerves as well, and I don’t know why she’s chosen to guard the school at night when she can barely protect herself without help.
Also, I don’t see what Kaname possibly sees in Yuuki…I mean, come on, there are tons of girls in the show that would love to be with him, so why bother with Yuuki with her big eyes and messed up hair? Now I think Kaname is pretty cool, but I hope he and Zero get into a fight later on to spice up the show.
Hi there! thanks for the comment.
I agree with you in some parts in the first season.
As for the second season, it’s more interesting for me because this is where questions would be answered. And Yuki becomes more fragile and kind of irritating.
Also, I think it’s a tradition in pureblood vampires to marry their own sibling to keep the pureblood for themselves.
Read the manga as well. It would help you understand the story better. Plus there’s a bonus chapter about the Kuran family.
The story isn’t supposed to be an action story, its a romance drama. Also, compared to other romance where the female is far too cute and pathetic and way too uke, I think Yuki is pretty cool, she helps protect the students from the vampires of night class and fights hard.
Also the reason that Kaname is into Yuki is a secret and is revealed in second season. That’s part of the mystery, why her of all the girls. But obviously its because she has some special meaning for him as well.