Though the plot gets convoluted along the way, I believe it does stay true to the mangaka's initial intentions. As for Yuki's identity

And Kaname's string of reactions does seem to have a somewhat logical reasoning.

The ending is somewhat enjoyable for me. Everyone has a happy ending that stays true (to a certain extent) to each of their personality. Since Yuki is described many times as similar to her mother, I kinda expect this outcome ever since I know what her mother did for her, but I just thought the person receiving this treatment would be Zero not Kaname. I kinda thought that I wanted this to end with a bang and lots of tears, and with Yuki being a much stronger heroine than she is now, but I guess a moderately good ending is better for the majority.


That being said, Vampire Knight cannot be more than a 7 for me. The characters started out intriguing, but in the end none of them had the depth that I was hoping for. The plot seems grand, but feels really half-hearted and not exactly convincing. The pace remains the same the whole time, which kills off excitement and makes the story somewhat suffocating, though I do understand that the author tries to achieve a melancholic and slow tone, which mirrors the hopelessness of the immortal creatures with no ending in their battle with time, and depicts the empty hatred of the humans and whatnot. The storytelling has some bright moments; some of the monologues, dialogues, and narrative are beautifully lyrical and truly touching. And applause for the artwork.

... Last updated on May 31st, 2013, 11:01am

I could not stop crying!!! It was sooooooooooooooo freaking sad people! And the thing about the ending is that, I DID NOT EVEN LIKE IT! Why the heck did she end it like that? I don't want to give anything away for the people who are reading this, but have not yet finished the manga. AND WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED WITH ZERO, someone please fill me in. There were sooo many other ways she could have ended this manga, but she choose the really sad and disappointing way :/ I hope she somehow remakes the ending, or I may have to just draw out another ending for myself >:l

i loved the story but not so much the ending.

I found the ending to be severely fulfilling. It would have been fairly simple to create something much better:

This series started out with such potential, but quickly lost its way.

In my eyes, there are two major flaws.

The first problem is the sudden and inexplicable change in the direction of plot.

I'm not sure what prompted Hino to do the old bait and switch routine (dangling one type of story under our noses, just to replace it with something else) but it was the death of this series.

The second problem I had with VK was the lack of heart. I felt the beginning had a lot of it and I really connected to the characters and their plights. But along with the change in plot direction also came a change in focus. Where the characters used to shine and take center stage, the meandering, hole-filled plot took over. If the story had even been merely decent and executed well, this could be forgivable. But that is not the case.

No, the tragedy of it is that Hino removed much of made these characters inherently them and turned them into boring, blank slates - one dimensional generic caricatures no longer able to touch their audience.

It grieves me to see how this series turned out, with so much wasted potential coupled with an unfulfilling ending. I can only hope, since previously she had been one of my favorite mangaka, that Hino's next series will be handled better.

... Last updated on September 11th, 2013, 9:58am

This started as my favorite series, there was mystery, intrigue, romance presented in a few different ways, the supernatural and a little action too! Then somewhere around the middle (timeskip) things went downhill, it wasn't all bad though, there were parts I enjoyed but on the whole it wasn't as good. And then it became just rushed at the end, especially the last chapter. I was really disappointed, there were many ways to end this but I felt like the mangaka wanted to give everyone an end where they got some happiness, as a result nothing really 'felt'. I wasn't happy, I wasn't sad... I was just lukewarm and a little enraged that such a great series went astray into trying to please everyone and resulted in pleasing no one because it felt so ingenuine.

The ending...it was horrible!!! Everything just came to an abrupt end, all the previous chapters were just wasted. I think the author herself didn't know how to end it either, the mood was completely different than what I had thought this manga was about...the plot changed...I really hated the ending, just ruined the whole entire manga for me. I'm grateful for it being scanlated...but..wow, the author really disappointed me, I expected something better than this.

we all criticize one thing or another but we never seem to see the good in what we criticize.this manga is drama personified that never really appealed to me but after reading it once more you can see the good as well as the bad,and now that its finally over i can say that my thirst has been quenched

Waaaaaa! It ended!!!!!!! I think it was a nice ending but I shall not spoil the story, for those that are looking on this page wanting to know about this manga, you should give it a go. That is, if you are interested in romance between vampires and humans.

Now the author is showing her will to buy many lofts in Tokyo I fear, but this manga used to be quite good, it still is even if it should have been drawn to a close for some time now. But lofts have their allure...give this a try, it's good.