These were later collected under the title Vampire Knight: Memories, and the series officially began serialization in LaLa DX. The chapters were later re-released in a 10-volume collection under their Hakusensha Bunko label.Īfter the completion of the series, Matsuri Hino released several post-series oneshot chapters the first was released in LaLa Fantasy magazine, and subsequent chapters were released in LaLa DX magazine. It ran for 93 chapters collected into 19 volumes, published by Hakusensha under their Hana to Yume label. Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review from Viz Media, via Edelweiss.The original manga was serialized in LaLa magazine from November 2004 to May 2013. Ultimately, though, it feels like this series is to rekindle the Yuuki-Zero romance, whereas I would like to know how exactly the vampire society changed after all that. Ai has an inappropriate crush, though, which to be honest, falls in line with the weird family dynamics in this series.

Meanwhile, Ai’s story itself is a standard kid-of-the-protagonist one, the one who grew up in a time of peace and is a little spoiled. That story had some distasteful elements of the vampire society being displayed, which I can’t exactly figure out how to put in the warnings. Then there is Seiren, Kaname’s servant or something, who knew him since childhood, and the story of how he turns her into a vampire. There is a story from Yuuki’s friend’s POV, and her growing relationship with Aido, who is seeking a way to turn vampires human (I must confess I don’t remember either Kaname’s or Aido’s motive for doing so) and is going through Kaname’s research. What’s interesting is the story by other characters regarding Kaname, as well as the present time in which Kaname is reborn as a human into a post-war-like place.

There’s Ai’s childhood shown, and Yuuki’s position as the head of the Kaname family but it is mostly glossed over. From Yuuki’s standpoint, it feels like the story doesn’t do much other than having her let go of Kaname and find a life with Zen (which takes 5o years to even start as a consideration). Told to him via Ren and Ai, Yuuki’s children, each of the chapters is a mostly self-contained story that gives a glimpse into the other characters and their lives during this time. It seems like this series is going to be collection of stories set during the 1000-year-long-sleep Kaname had. Warnings: implied child abuse, bloodletting, violence These are the stories of what happened during those 1,000 years of Kaname’s slumber, and the start of his human life. Yuki gave Kaname her heart to revive him as a human being. 1 by Matsuri HinoĪfter a fierce battle between humans and vampires, a temporary peace was established, but Kaname continued to sleep within a coffin of ice…

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