Hino Matsuri - Vampire Knight, vol. 03-04 (Eng. trans.)

[oyceter]

I think coffeeandink covers everything (linking to tag to preserve spoiler cut), but I will attempt to write something.

In Mariposa, sophia_helix and sartorias were discussing Stephanie Meyers' Twilight, particularly focusing on the sublimination of desire and therefore having your cake and eating it too. I think Vampire Knight is an example of that done right; I cannot tell if

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[oyceter]

Awesome!

[oyceter]

Normally I don't like anime-adaptations of manga, but I think I will make an exception for this one.

[sartorias]

The drawings were so sensory in the pages you showed me--phew, the UST indeed!

[oyceter]

I know! I just... guh!

[buymeaclue]

I just acquired (I think) volume 1. Whee!

[oyceter]

Bwahahaha! OMG I am dying to know what you will think of it, given the gothic shoujo crack.

[coffeeandink]

There is probably more, but really, I am all about wee!Yuki and wee!Zero bonding over being vampire victims in the bathroom.

... it is less sketchy than I just made it sound, really.

They are so adorable! I just hadn't remembered that was Volume 3. Clearly it is time for a full-series re-read!

Kaname hasn't really had much trouble controlling his lust for Yuki('s blood) so far, though. He even knows about the illicit blood-sucking going on with Zero and has not burst out in a possessive male rage.

[oyceter]

I know! I want to buy it now so I can flip through all the good Yuki/Zero moments!

Oh, wow, I completely missed that with Kaname. Possibly I just saw him looming about and assumed he must be overtaken with lust for Yuki('s blood), as everyone else in the series has been.

I feel Yuki and evil vampiress should have sex bloodsuck against a wall.

[coffeeandink]

Well, he is clearly lusting, he's just not overtaken. He is a man who knows the value of delayed gratification.

And I totally don't care, because I ship Zero/Yuki ALL THE WAY.

[oyceter]

YES. I am waiting for Kaname to turn canonically evil so Zero can kill him (I would say Yuki, but nothing so far gives me that hope).

[meganbmoore]

You know...when this first made it stateside, I absolutel adored it. But there's something about Kaname(the whole "sexy possessive vampire who views her as a possession" thing) that just squicks me out so much that I could barely finish volume 3. Which is a pity because I really like Zero and Yuki and Zero/Yuki.

[oyceter]

Oh, I mostly just ignore Kaname for the Zero/Yuki angst!

[meganbmoore]

I managed that in the first two volumes, but I couldn't in vol 3 and just stared at Vol 4 when i saw it in the store. I so envy those of you who can just tune out that stuff and focus on the awesome...it's rare that I can manage that.

[oyceter]

Well, I don't think there's quite that much tuning out, since Kaname's canonically not the love interest, his creepiness is being hinted at, and most of the focus is on Zero/Yuki.