The Vampire Knight SEQUEL is Better Than the Original

[@hmmm2714]

"Zero being the clearly superior partner" was the realest thing I've ever heard lmaao

[@DarkMirria1]

Yep!

[@rebecamendez5456]

We always knew he was THE ONE 😂

[@rachelsimon3993]

He is glossing over how in Memories ZERO DIES!

[@saint-juste]

If there's one thing about Vampire Knight I absolutely love unironically is the art. Especially in Memories.

[@Elowai]

For such beautiful art, the story is so CONVOLUTED.

[@6Euphoria6]

Same same, main reason I picked that up

[@kikyo]

matsuri hino is honestly an amazin artist, if anything id be happy if she simply did the artwork for a manga instead of balancing story and art bc dear god her stories are just...😅

[@sailorluna.3252]

@@kikyoikr i always loved her art one of the main reasons i read her stuff but i do agree her story writing was…something 😬

[@jekyosong4455]

Yuki disappearing is a mood, imagine trying so hard for years, having your whole childhood stolen away because of this drama (she was 15 when she got involved and got pregnant at 17), all of the people you're supposed to be responsible of don't want to work with you for peace and your own child turns her back against you. I would too have said 'you know what, i quit' She wasn't even supposed to have so much responsabilities, she only took the place her brother/ancestor left when he died, leaving her with a child to raise and a two hating communities to manage

[@marudeath3561]

I really couldn't read Memories because I found it too boring and honestly the original ending cringed me out way too much, I'm glad you summarized it to this point

[@characharayong]

Zero is best boy, he really deserved someone better. I was always Team Zero even when I first saw the anime 😭😭

[@bigclitenergy]

i remember even as a kid having a huge crush on him LOL

[@characharayong]

@@bigclitenergy thinking about it now, i still like him alot more than i ever "like" Kaname. sometimes i kinda dislike Kaname lol

[@bigclitenergy]

@@characharayong funny thing is i couldn't even tell you how i felt about him and when i think about it i think i just forgot he was even there and ignored when he was all i remember is being upset she didnt go with zero besides that i felt nth for kaname💀

[@bigclitenergy]

@@characharayong zero was always best boy in my heart 😂

[@characharayong]

@@bigclitenergyno competition at all XD Zero FTW, makes me hate Yuuki alot more for choosing Zero as her 2nd choice after she no longer can have Kaname 😒😒

[@HecateWitch13]

I find myself really enjoying Memories. The mature, heartfelt discussions about mortality all the characters have, how they grapple with their own lives through seeing eachothers' is really compelling. Idou losing Sayori to old age and telling Zero to cherish his life and to spend as much time with Yuuki as he can, because someday Zero will die before her and the memories they make now will be all Yuuki has left of him hit me like a emotional brick. Also, the parallel of last thing Kaname did before dying was hug Yuuki and Zero, and the first thing he does upon waking is hug their children...The consistent theme of cherishing the time you have is very sweet and earnest.

[@asiah1396]

Really love this analysis, that's so sweet

[@PocketLeaves]

omg, I'll never forget the confusion and feelings of "let it die" I felt when I saw the sequel series at the book store a little while back. Mostly because it went down in my mind as the vampire incest manga. But it was really cool hearing you talk about what all the sequel has to offer!!! The fact that they made vampires public is such a cool concept!

[@marwaessaadi]

"She just wanted a little sister she could feed off" I-

[@nolav9280]

....this is not the lgbt rep I wanted....

[@akt3037]

Me neither 💀

[@mad_quack]

I'm more of a werewolf fan... But I was randomly gifted the first two mangas of Vampire Knight back in high-school, and your commentary is hilarious. I am hooked xD

[@superthorc6894]

Yeah they don’t have much baggage that vampires do

[@battletoasters7762]

You gotta read her other works, MeruPuri and Captive Hearts. It's... so much. There's always a really, really weird taboo in EVERY relationship she writes.

[@msk-qp6fn]

So like CLAMP but more cringe

[@battletoasters7762]

Worse than CLAMP. Some of their works are fine, and most of the time the main relationship in the story isn't weird. That is not the case for Matsuri Hino.

[@patricialeonita5367]

Oh god I just reread Merupuri the other day and this author really makes the teenage main character having a relationship with a 7 YEARS OLD ☠️

[@mimica1314]

Honestly vampire knight was the " first " anime I watched. Sure I knew about naruto, sailor moon and stuff like that but I didn't know that they were anime. I was 14 when I watched it. I spend all night watching with school next day. I was obsessed. It was thanks to vampire knight that I start to watch other anime. Yes now I can't rewatch it because .... I can't even put it to words. I still have a special place in my heart for it. But I wouldn't watch it again.

[@Linnzy]

Your first serious anime/manga will always be special and hold a bostalgic feling in your heart. No matter what it was. It's not your fault it went cringe and weird, so don't feel too bad about it.

[@yourfavoriteoompaloompa139]

I understand that feeling

[@ririrocks6734]

Same

[@Jack__11]

ME TOO, OMGGGGG 😭😭😭 but i watched when i was 11 and since then, i'm otaku 🥺🥺🥺

[@nopenotme5333]

Also i really think you should read Gakuen Alice! At first its seemingly a kid’s series but it gets so dark and emotional after 30-ish chapters and its really good and bittersweet! Would love to see your review for it

[@sdk278]

I agree 😍

[@hajarmdn4883]

Chocolat and Vanilla as well. It's surprisingly dark for a magical girl manga. I read it around the same time as Gakuen Alice and loved both so much

[@hano0onatart]

YESSSS I AGREE!!

[@cryforhelp7270]

​@@hajarmdn4883Sugar Sugar Rune?

[@hippoandyuri4evr]

Seconding this and also Kodocha

[@SemekiIzuio]

Kiryu being a total King, always has been. ❤ Real shame he wasnt in a better plotted manga.

[@egg_2705]

​@@k.k.lKiryu is Zero's family name if I'm not mistaken

[@DarkMirria1]

@@egg_2705 You are correct.

[@BoundlessVortigern]

I remember seeing Vampire Knight during an anime listing and thought of it as some sort of edgy story. It wasn't actually up to my tastes up to that point, and I am both cringing yet enjoying Negative's reviews of this very, very, VERY weird story lmao.

[@leenaaneel8146]

If you like stories of people dealing with trauma and overcoming it you should review fruit basket. There is a complete manga, an ongoing sequel, and two separate shows (one from early 2000s that got cancelled and a 2019 reboot that completes the story)!

[@rowan_the_bi_vampire_cos]

The show is my childhood then I can't say it did not f****Me up 😂🥲

[@abigaildiamante9096]

username says a lot 😅

[@teal2111]

Vampire Knight will always be that one manga/anime that... I am glad I never go into and thus saved me from the whole damage to my psyche and GREAT CONFUSION coming from this story. Instead I got into D.Grayman, which frankly.. I love so much and I'm glad to find. Though, I still wanted to know how the story for Vampire Knight went in summary.

[@anau.u9827]

Oh hey a fellow D. Grayman fan! Same thing happened to me, ended up skipping Vampire Knight and read D. Grayman instead but curiosity never really left about VK but too lazy to pick it up..

[@George_with_a_J-b9b]

The fact that Yuki and Kaname did it will haunt me forever. I actually feel sick

[@4evernightshade886]

They're brother and sister, that's messed up and now they have a kid. Talk about cringing.

[@vampapaiya]

@@4evernightshade886they’re actually not but they were kind of raised to be

[@clarehidalgo]

@@vampapaiya He's like her great-grandpa, which to me makes it even worse

[@vampapaiya]

@@clarehidalgo ancestor, yes. Don’t know how far it goes back. I was never team kaname anyway. But I just wanted to keep it short and just say they’re not siblings lol way too much explanation for that

[@clarehidalgo]

@@vampapaiya I'm just approximating because like Kaname is like 10,000+ while Yuki's parents were like in their 3000s when she was born, Vampires generational gaps probably really all over the place

[@KatBatwings]

I was OBSESSED with VK as a teen. Here in Aus it was played on ABC3 (abc for like 10-17yr olds) around 7pm. I was very much team Zero.

[@xCyanideDreams]

Any sane person was team zero by the second season 😭

[@ozmegee18]

thats where i first came across VK too and it always played after Good Game XP if im not wrong. im on both teams because i dont know how to choose when i love both characters

[@Lat3r426]

I’m slowly collecting this series and the sequel 😂 This is part of my childhood😂

[@filca98]

sometimes I wonder what the universe where the author's Pirate manga took off instead is going. Part of me wants her to explore that manga past the only 3 chapters, but of me is worried about how it would turn out with how vampire knight is.

[@rionaka8835]

100% it would start to focus on forbidden “booty”

[@EvilTwin_Sister]

I love this vampire knight series you’re doing 😊. It was a favorite growing up and I’m glad it’s being fixed/ continued and I’m glad you’re summarizing with amazing commentary🤣. PLEASE do more of these anime/ manga review videos!

[@jazzy8834]

Omg I am so excited for this !! ❤ I remember being obsessed with this series when I was a teen haha

[@kayleejazz1669]

I said this on your previous video and I’ll say it again. I kinda do feel bad for kaname, being woken up, turned human, and having amnesia and being told the the whole plot of vampire knight by your lovers rivals kids and your child with your possible descendant/ sibling/ lover. I hope they don’t drive him insane after being turned human. Also if Yuki could turn kaname into human, could she have done it both for zero and kaname.

[@tyrant-den884]

eh, had it coming.

[@SalmiChan]

Turning a vampire human took the life of the vampire doing it. That's how her mother died and that's how Yuuki died. But no idea if she could have used the "cure" on Kaname instead of dying. And I guess the "cure" wasn't completed in Zero's lifetime.

[@Nat-om5oi]

@@SalmiChan didn't thought yuki would die too jeeeeez thats so cringe......now I totally cry for Zero

[@animanhwa7417]

Zero was killed and yuki not seeing a reason to live without her beloveds gave her heart to kaname​@@Nat-om5oi

[@miib.8910]

I only read some of memories cause I couldn't get over the bad taste the love triangle left me with, I couldn't really enjoy the story as much. But the way you described it, maybe I should jump back in. BUT YEAH the way you said Zero was the superior choice, he's just the best character all around lol I loved sayori too

[@rebecamendez5456]

I also like Memories, I think the mangaka's comedy and romance (Aidou and Yori and even some Zeki) are honestly good or at least nice. It still has some stuff that some people might dislike or even hate (Incest and other unlucky ships not having interesting moments) and the plot sometimes is kind of boring, like those "fights" with lower vampires but overall is cool. I loved when Ai confronted Yuki about her still not hooking up with Zero after god knows how many years because she still had "feelings" for Kaname, like YEAH FINALLLY SOMEONE SAID IT.

[@danaburr3296]

When I said I wanted sapphic vampires I didn't mean THAT

[@aniaikoza7506]

Aidou and Sayori hit me in the feels 😭🥺

[@hirahiro2331]

I don’t think I finished Memories but I did get annoyed when they changed Ren’s gender because there wasn’t really much explanation. But aside from that, I didn’t like the sisters loving each other for…reasons?

[@makesomehassel3181]

I thought Ren was a boy but then he turned out to be a girl and somehow I got disappointed T_T

[@xHikaruIzumi]

It actually wasn't changed to our knowledge. The original uses gender neutral way to describe Ren and due to Ren looking masculine translators used "brother" instead of "sibling" (kyoudai as was called originally). Personally, I love Ren as female, there's a lot of women who grow into looking masculine from feminine and I hate how much media ignore that.

[@hirahiro2331]

@@xHikaruIzumi in the end of VK, Ai said “brother”

[@hirahiro2331]

@@makesomehassel3181 yeah. I was disappointed as well. But the story’s good

[@keynako_7]

​@@hirahiro2331that's actually part of the translation error

[@alwaysapirateroninace443]

Yes I completely agree Memories is so much more mature. Something I really think this manga-ka does well is conveying complex emotion with beautiful artwork, so a character will say something simple but their expression conveys so much more.

[@scarletthewolf7831]

I love watching your videos and I wonder if you could do a review of “kamisama kiss “ it’s a love story between a fox yokai and a human girl just turned into a god it’s cute and funny and I love the music and I think you might really enjoy watching it 💕

[@abbysmith6807]

I always called Kamisama Kiss "reverse Inuyasha" because there's no time travel 😂 it's so cute!!

[@monanarts3726]

WOW. Did not imagine any of that coming. I wonder if the original rushed ending was due to deadlines, possible cancellation or writer inexperience? Welp, looking forward tot he review of the next next 7 volumes, curious to see where all this goes but not enough to read it myself.

[@SomniiLinn]

This manga was so great. If you look away from the problematic stuff... o.O'

[@barbie9956]

While you wait for Memories to be completed, please review the light novels. I love these Vampire Knight videos!!! ❤

[@nightjackal366]

Hi, im so glad youtube suggested the first vampire knight video that you did. Ive been enjoying those videos and your super cool!

[@lkcullen1918]

14:08 Funny enough that's the exact thing that happened to me after I came across your other VK videos. I was sent right back down the rabbit hole and now I'm invested lol

[@Dopefilthy]

Thank you so much for these vampire knight videos I needed it so I don’t have to go back to it 😭

[@the.bss.enthusiast]

pov: next video i am a vampire night

[@kayleejazz1669]

Did Yuki really leave ai to go out to get some cigarettes or milk?

[@paisley2659]

so happy you made these videos! i sped through the vampire knight anime in a week or so two years ago and felt unsatisfied with the ending. when i went to my local library after finishing the anime, i saw they had the entire manga, and was tempted to read it because i felt it may help my unsatisfaction but decided not to in fear of it being just as bad as the anime was. so thank you for the videos!

[@patriciagoncalves165]

I'm loving Memories, the time skip between past and future is really different and keep me on edge to connect the dots and fully understand. I'm glad one of my favorite mangas is back

[@tash8697]

I definitely did not know they had a sequel 😅 That said when the incest kicked in I noped out of there so quickly I left behind an afterimage so... Probably wouldn't have picked it up even if I did know.

[@MissUSELESS9362]

I thinK Zero should be revived too he didn't deserve the shit happened with him....... he should also be able to lead a happy life without any complications

[@hescutethough2419]

Wth she did what now???"lets make the kids look like yuki and zero but BOOM THEY ARE SIBLINGS AS WELL GOTCHA!!INCEST IS WINCEST!!!!"😂😂This is sooooo wierd!!

[@sapphireraindrop6925]

I am so happy that you made these 3 videos. I loved vampire knight growing up. And your going into detail about the manga and memories makes me want to get all the mangas so much more. So thank you so much. ❤❤❤

[@cheeseisherelive753]

I absolutely adore Vampire Knight’s art style. It’ll always hold a special place in my heart.

[@jessijaneway6660]

I was a huge vampire knight fan and I honestly still am. Its so bad its good. Its just good fun. But I never did go back and read the manga and I didn't even know this got released. I went back and read the manga when it looked like you were going to start making these videos. After finishing Vampire knight....ehhh IDK man this writer is not great. It does sound like memories is genuinely better tho.

[@CamilaLopez-bx7fq]

I'm glad you have summarised everything that happened because honestly I loved-hated the series when I first saw it in highschool and after that I never touched it again. Also, I kinda want to read everything but I'm not entirely hooked

[@rollantcrajan2290]

Everytime I hear vampire knight something samps in me. I don't mind the harem ending but my boy zero has to continuously suffer got me angry all the time.

[@vustvaleo8068]

what's scarier than vampires? Sweet Home Alabama vampires.

[@pasteladream]

Omg slay, I might get vampire knight memories now, even though I have mixed feelings on this story now I still love it and the sequel sounds entertaining

[@nopenotme5333]

lord i always wonder how much better this series would be if it WASNT FOR THE INCEST

[@Turbo_Waitress]

NL…I am one hundred percent blaming you for the Vampire Knight marathon I am currently in the middle of! The nostalgia is real. (Really enjoying the vids!)

[@EveRosell]

For me I liked both original VK and VKM until about the middle part. I totally agree that VKM is more mature and interesting story (and focus was finally given to the secondary characters I wanted to know about - like Aido and Sayori, Shiki and Rima). The conflict of humans against vampires is also much more detailed and not on the sidelines. Yuki and Zero's character and relationship development are fleshed out a lot better. My favorite part is when Zero is saying how he regrets turning his back on Yuki for becoming a vampire, I think it was a great approach. But imo, author tends to really extend the story unnecessarily. Sara's ark in the VK was too long and brought nothing, and now memories kinda go in the same direction. My guess is that it is due to payment being per manga page. I hope author does not prolong it too much, but who knows...

[@spritemon98]

It had a sequel!?

[@darkreunion7882]

still publishing 1 volume a year

[@1chaotic.sunshine]

Haha! I loved Vampire Knight and never knew there a a sequel! Thank you for this!

[@amy3515]

I don’t have spare energy atm to continue onto VKM after finishing VK (which hurt me tbh lol 🙈) but I’m so so curious about it! 😯 So pls keep going with these reviews (as long as you’re interested in it) - they’re really fun, thx!

[@hopeheartflia6442]

i frankly did now know there was a sequel, but since hearing about this in the last episode of you covering this ive known ill probably end up reading it, and this definetly convinced me that yeah i will

[@spacecat8511]

See, I was already bracing for Incest Strikes Again when the ship-kids’ names are poetic puns and double-puns combined lol

[@timescore5916]

This anime used to be my hardest obsession ever. Now, years later I totally see whats wrong with this story and can totally understand every criticism. BUUT, I still love this Manga and Anime to death. It was my entrance to Anime in general and will always have a special place in my heart

[@000052704]

Im digging this content i was gonna read it again I forgot about the sequel but if you keep the details and quality up over here my views are yours

[@maneeratwongjaroenporn8697]

Really love your story telling! and your skin is really good too. I envy that XD

[@_Isabelle-Happyness_]

I love how he said most people got into it around middle school even tho I was in the third grade 😂

[@pyradragon]

I thought Ren was a boy this whole time (zero and yuuki‘s child)

[@UnownedMonkey]

let me just say your hair and makeup look amazing!!!

[@tatsumitwi348]

The absolute hilarity of the out of context "At least they can't have children" I'm dying on the floor laughing over that one

[@Weeabaon]

I recall both liking Memories and eyes glazing over while reading.

[@ShadowRoadX]

Frankly sounds better than what the original was going for, in most regards. Though the author's understanding of romantic development is seeming to be painfully under-baked, at least on Yuki's side of things. She always has the men pining over her, but she really doesn't do very much to be progressive or assertive in the process herself.

[@GhouliePumpkin]

Vampire knight is what I watch when I’m not mentally okay. I just revert back to my cringe 12 y/o self. It’s a dark guilty pleasure cause the incest thing gets me SO fucked up every time 😭

[@Malake5909]

i don't mind Yuki and Zero being together i just hate how Kaname was destined to be lonely his whole life . All he did was for Yuki , he endured having her forget everything and being away from her and then when she's finally back she decides she loves Zero more. if only i didn't rewatch the anime and search for the manga ending, because in my childhood memories Yuki picked Kaname and they traveled together , and in my childhood memories i thought they were really siblings and that it is a custom for purebloods to marry within the family to preserve their very rare existence. but turns out Yuki married Zero and had a kid with both Kaname and Zero and then Zero dies so she decides to die with him by turning Kaname into a human .... and the fact that Ai, Kaname and Yuki's daughter was also kinda into Zero is sooo messed up . i don't support a pureblood marrying the son of the most popular vampire hunter family. she fucked up the bloodline and their relationship was clearly gonna be stained in blood because neither the vampire nor the vampire hunter community would accept it .

[@obscuredgurl]

I always just assumed that these types of shows where siblings being romanticlly involved was just a fat shout out to how aristocracy was indeed quite incestuous in all reality.. yes??

[@hoopy.traveler]

So ive wondered this alot too, but I read a comment that made sense. They said that in the culture since kids don't have any concept of romantic love that when the younger child wants to "marry" their older sibling or parent in a manga/anime its because they love them and that's the only way they see them being together forever. It doesnt "marry" like when ur an adult, its just meant to be a cute way to express how the child felt affection towards their older sibling/parent. I've noticed this in alot of japanese shows.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

Manga I hope you can make videos about: Because they're good: Otomen Soloist in the Cage Mermaid Saga Tokyo Mew Mew Summertime Rendering Because they're bad (in my opinion): Please Save my Earth (everything but the couples are good) So Cute it Hurts (mentally ill woman abandons her children, her psychiatrist helps her get better but rather than making her to go back to her children, they get married and have a child together, this is framed as "romantic") Gakuen Alice (I wasn't able to get into it, maybe the school setting. When I tried catching up on what I missed was there many teacher-student relationships...) And many more, but this'll do for now.

[@genovah5062]

The incest destroys any fun I could have with this series 😢

[@malignantprose4828]

I watched this yesterday but I'm back bc I went to a random Barnes and Noble in MN on a trip today and got Vampire Knight Memories Vol. 8, and I went to check my Amazon list because I didn't realize it released so fast but on Amazon it's still pre-order. I also checked the Barnes and Noble website and it says pre-order. WHAT THE HECK

[@suho]

Kaname and zero should've hooked up.

[@vivicovoibarra]

I just feel they should reboot the anime ❤ we need more !!!!

[@polishpepe239]

Vampire Knight still holds a special place in my heart ^^

[@iria871]

Yori and Aido were my only ship since the first episode 😂

[@UltimatBlitz]

It's being serialized?! I remember reading like the light novel or whatever when I finished the manga. Ok, I'm getting back into it. Memories, here we come!

[@ShRkDa]

ngl, the vampire Knight videos kinda wanna make me watch it or read it. It looks good

[@SavSaga]

What lip color are you wearing?! You look so good ❤ keep doing it

[@lacrimosaknight]

I love VK and VKM. If you like vampire manga I strongly recommend Rosario Vampire. The anime doesn't do the manga any justice. It's really dark. Also, Blood Mary. It's ten volumes and no its not boys love.

[@Hadeshy]

When you said that Ren and Ai was a pun it immediately clicked for me because I named a character Ren'Ai for the signification EDIT: I spend the entire video staring at my screen in utter disbeleif. I really don't find it interesting at all personnaly, felt like it wass going in every directions, still can't let go of it's.... Problematic thematics. Also why is youtube telling me I'm on Dominic Noble channel wtf?

[@AriaStrife]

So glad you made these, so much easier to keep up on the series. Have you ever read the manga black bird?

[@Katzykeens]

The fact that they retconned the incest and put us through all that gross shit for nOTHING

[@doomslayer4217]

The manga writer needs to put down the pencil and pick the therapist hand book

[@akabaneaki]

I love the videos you made cus the way you put it made the whole show sounds more interesting then it is hahaha! I personally find memories boring. To be fair, when i first watch/read this series back when it starts coming out, i was watching it thinking it would be a vampire love story (half not wrong?) so ever since they stray away from the 3 ways drama, i lost interest hahahaha! I continued cus i wanted to know who ends up with yuuki and i love zero. For memories, i was only interested to watch zero (i grew up to think the incest part is weird too by this point). Cus the whole politic side of things just blews over my head and i don remember a single thing about it, there is no love interest things to hook me now (NO to ai and ren situation sorry), so im basically watching for zero. The art is still gorgeous after all. I'm sure it comes as no surprise, the moment zero is no longer around, i dropped this series like a hot pan. p.s love the yugioh legacy behind on your screen!

[@taylorreynolds3176]

I’d love to see you watch/do an analysis on devils line 😊

[@A_Raven_Named_Noa]

I honestly could not muster up the courage to read the vampire knight manga. Thank you for informing all of us on what it's about

[@lk3243]

I never caught the VK fever in middle school so I never read it. I only knew the plot in passing cuz the inc*st plot was infamous (and got meme'd everywwhere). But hearing you talked about VKM kinda makes me want to try reading it fr, thanks!!

[@6Euphoria6]

Sometimes I feel like Memories is more messed up and yes I read both

[@yourfavoriteoompaloompa139]

I really like the little makeup u have on, you look pretty

[@unknowable4147]

I like watching the time on the Switch homescreen during the videos

[@janesdead6802]

I only have the second volume of VK which I got from my sister and the hazy wistful interpretive danc elookin art style turned me away from any more of it but I did get into Diabolik Lovers at some point which is arguably worse in terms of themes and content than VK

[@michellelevinger4754]

YAY I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ON THIS

[@Yuki-b17]

Bro that makes so much sense. I was wondering why Ai had a major crush on Ren lmL

[@sabreenybee]

You are keeping me fed, in good health, bubba my skin is glowing. Thank. You. Binch. 10/10

[@mikazeliscious]

Memories drew me in by sheer curiosity for what exactly it would have and especially had a hold on me when I got to see stuff with Zero and Yuki prior. And my internal Takuma fan was quite happy to see the bits he's present. Also the lil bit with Sayori and Aido honestly was something I found quite sweet especially seeing Aido's growth with her vs at the start of Vampire Knight was nice. I'm a sap so I found it sweet and I'm also an angst gremlin so I also enjoyed the bittersweet pain. Though I do admit I kinda got lost again with Memories akin to how the original lost me at a point but mayhap with sheer curiosity I might pick it up again. I initially went into Memories thanks to coming across some rpers who wrote for the daughters back in my tumblr rp days. (For reference came across them from a certain other vampire media that is a massive guilty pleasure and was what I was rping from haha. I've always loved vampires though so seeing how different media portrays them gets me really hyped.) Just like with the original it's so nice to see Matsuri Hino's art just progressively get better and better. Given I've liked her work since the very beginning of Vampire Knight and got a glimpse of some even older work thanks to Shojo Beat magazine giving previews so as a fellow artist it's always so nice to watch artistic progression over time.