Vampire Knight
Writen by TaroTard on Friday, 29 of February , 2008 at 4:58 pm, ,
(Matsuri Hino – Viz Shojo Beat)
Cross Academy maybe a normal school by day, but at night it is far from it.
At twilight the day class and night class cross paths and all havoc breaks lose. That is because the night class is an elite group and they are all extremely beautiful.
But the night class has a dark secret. The only people that know this secret are the head teacher and his adopted children Yuki Cross and Zero Kiriyu.
They are known as the guardians and it is their job to protect the Night class’ secret; the night class is full of vampires.
Yuki Cross has no memory of her life prior to the moment she was saved from a vampire attack 10 years earlier by the night class president Kaname Kuran.
Because of her relationship with Kaname, Yuki believes that vampires and humans can coexist peacefully but her partner Zero doesn’t quite share that sentiment.
Whilst the story is cliché in places and the whole vampire/human romance theme has been done to death the story still manages to be interesting and paces itself well enough leaving at least one surprising twist in its wake.
The story focuses primarily on 3 characters. Yuki Cross the story’s heroine, in traditional shojo style she isn’t really capable of the job she’s been given and is saved more often than she actually saves anyone.
Then there are the 2 candidates for her affections. Her partner in guarding the Night class and protective adoptive brother Zero Kiriyu who thanks to his past creates most of the story’s angst. The second candidate is the big vamp on campus and night class president Kaname Kuran.
The art is particularly eye-catching a very important feature in a shojo manga. In true Matsuri Hino style her work is beautiful and girly with a gothic edge.
Being a shojo manga the target audience is the female population. However if you are interested in some easy reading vampire/ romance fun then this is maybe the manga for you.
Also by Matsuri Hino – MeruPuri (Viz – Shojo Beat)
Story - 6/10 – I’m trying not to be biased, I really like the story but it isn’t deep and it’s not really anything we haven’t seen before.
Characters – 7/10 – I’m pretty happy with how the characters were developed. In the beginning it felt like jumping in at the deep end, but give it a couple of chapters. I thought Zero was particula rly well done, possibly better than our heroine.
Art – 8/10 – Hino Matsuri really does have gorgeous artwork! To be honest any book with art like that I’d be quite tempted to buy regardless of the story!
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