Finished

Just finished VK Guilty and feeling...well, a bit disappointed. The ending seemed rushed although I wanted some action instead of draggy flashbacks. On who she finally chose, I did ask my friend earlier if it was ambiguous and she said no, but in the end I did feel it wasn't quite resolved and I also felt really really sad for the one that she left. The ending didn't seem like an ending but seemed open to a part 2 of sorts although perhaps on the other hand, one is supposed to imagine what comes next.

A lot of tormented souls (do vampires have souls?)...


A lot a lot of unanswered questions...



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- like how Kaname is not her real brother, that part was really fuzzy
- the whole association plus elder council collaboration thing was a bit weak on motives and objectives
- the reason Rido wanted just Yuuki's blood, couldn't it have been Kaname's? Another pureblood's? There seems to be some relationship there that isn't quite clearly spelt out.
- kept thinking why Zero didn't make his brother a vampire to save him

Reassessing this and thinking about it, it really is a very sad tragic story. The saddest parts are when the parents died, and Zero's twin died, and when Yuuki takes blood from Zero and realises he loves her when all that's going through his mind is her name.

VK Guilty

Well, guilty of one thing - starting VK Guilty at the insistence of my fellow manga/anime loving friend. The art and all is great, as per expected. I realise that I've been so reluctant to watch it probably because of a few factors, like that I wanted to wait for the manga to finish and get the entire set and enjoy from the beginning (maybe?) or perhaps it is really cos I don't want to find out who Yuuki ends up with cos I want her to have both of them!!! (more likely?). So I started watching the last season's epi 13 to recap, but the only version on hand was the French subbed. And oh boy did I struggle cos I'm just not used to it and read French oh so sloooooow....But thankfully, it is surprisingingly easy dialogue - hmmm...they don't say much of complexity, do they? ;p

Ok, still wrangling time to watch the rest...

And some negatives - I'm finding the plot painfully slow, with some "emotional" bits a bit too drawn out and then some. The dialogue sometimes goes in circles and some parts I could have done without. The drawing of hands were also really weird, with those scenes of Zero and Yuuki a bit ruined when her hands were the same size as his. The proportions were just a bit too much off.

In the poster on top I also find Yuuki a bit less attractive/sweet/cute than she is in the anime. It's somehow as if she's a bit too gaunt or something. I do like her with longer hair but in this she just looks strange.

Vampire Knight Guilty

Guess by now many people are already back glued to Vampire Knight. For me, not too much interest anymore, strangely. But the characters are still pretty/bishi. Not sure why they decided to name it "Guilty".

Was discussing VK with husband and told him the debate's hot on whether she'll choose Zero or Kaname and I asked him his opinion - answer: Not interested, don't care, I don't watch it because of that! ;p

Ya, it really made me think guys and gals are really watching things for different reasons. Is this what we call selective attention and perception?

Bloody Kiss

Manga: Complete

Brief Summary: A high school girl inherits an old mansion from her grandmother and finds that there are two vampires living there already.

Interesting concept but predictable shoujo romance. The characters do lack a bit of depth and whatever torments they professedly have aren't really settled at the end of the manga. Only the romance part is kind of, in a way, developed.


The vampire is a bishi of course, and the other one, apparently a servant, doesn't act very servant-ish and kind of plays a strange bit part. Have seen some comments that this manga is a bit strange, and ya, in a disjointed kind of way I think.

Just as a side, I also wonder how come the grandmother didn't show up earlier in the girl's life, as she was supposed to be very poor and all.

My rating:
Story: C+
Art: B
Recommended: I guess if you can't get enough of the vampires scene. Ya, why not? It's only 6 chapters.

Vampire Knight

Manga: Ongoing
Anime: Season one of 13 episodes completed

The manga and anime are both hugely popular, having a following of both males and females. It probably appeals to the guys as well due to its darker side, dealing with the topic of vampires. Of course, you still have the bishonen (we’re talking the same artist as Meirpuri here after all).

The relationships between the characters get pretty intense and the love triangle has everyone rooting for one of the two male lead characters (who both have issues). The storyline also delves into vampire history and characterestics so there is a lot more than the love story (though I would say it's still central). And, you still have the silly giggling school girls of most shojos, despite the objects of their attraction being less than alive.

My Rating:
Story: B
Art: B
Recommended? Exciting but apparently too emo for some of my friends! A bit slow and too much talking were other comments.
Similar: Strangely, this unrelated manga/anime called zombie loan has been compared to this, albeit in a very superficial way. Two of the main characters of that are similar in looks to Kaname and Zero (brown and white/silver hair) and one of them has a gun too.