I just finished bawling my eyes out after reading the last chapter and the Extra released very recently. It didn't us much (Vampire Knight: Tokubetsu-hen), but it's a morsel to a dying man.
Overall, when I think Hino Matsuri finally figured out where she wanted Kaname's personality shift to lead to, she'd already lost a lot of fans due to her rambling, wayward chapters. I know I used to wonder when this arc is finally going to get over, for almost three full years!
Was I the only one screaming at the laughable lovemaking scenes between Kaname and Yuuki?! Good grief, I know it's not smut, but you could have built it up A LITTLE Matsuri sama!!! The very story about these lovers and their struggles goes on for 18 volumes. I don't think it's asking for much to devote a couple of chapters at the very least to their final union!
And don't even get me started on Zero... poor poor Zero. Not only does Yuuki never admit her love to him (at least not when he's finally confessing and regretting), we don't know whether he's dead for sure, if that son is his or how his post Kaname life turned out (much, very little is explained in Vampire Knight: Tokubetsu-hen).
I think series which are set around high school/teenage angst phases shouldn't age characters beyond their prime or give them children and then kill them off, it leaves fans with a seriously bad aftertaste and sort of ruins all the nostalgia associated with the epicness of the story.
I don't think it's a horrid ending, but it's definitely one that'll keep fans thinking and longing. Closure was given, but even more was left unattended so it's a very sneaky way to handle these characters we've come to grow and love (Who am I kidding, we live and die with these characters!).
I really used to (and still sort of) respect this series coz despite crazy veering storylines, it hit the bullseye when it came to the main love triangle. It was very well balanced, and no one could ever come in and pull anyone out of their misery, keeping it alive till the very end. I don't like how it sort of became skewed towards Kaname so very much by the last volume, though given Zero's constant iciness towards Yuuki, no girl would blame her!
And talk about selfish! I know Kaname had his (ridonkulously twisted) reasons, but to leave your soulmate behind, first for a haphazard killing spree and then to sacrifice yourself before you've even embarked on the life you've planned together with her or offering any explanations about your actions... Geez! SELFISH! I couldn't believe how non bishie-Prince his intentions seemed from a heroine's perspective in Chapter 89!
What I'm definitely looking forward to at this point is a season 3 or even an OVA for the anime. Unlikely seeing as it's been over five years since the original, but a girl can dream
Last edited by ishitagupta at 12:18 pm, Dec 8 2013