Rika Mar 29, 2015
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Wow! We’ve finally gotten there, huh? If you started on this journey when the story first began publication in America, then we’ve known these characters of Matsuri Hino’s for eight years now. I still have the August 2006 issue of Shojo Beat where Yuki appeared on the cover – it was the first time I’d bought the publication. That first chapter in magenta ink was enough to make me want to know more about Yuki, Zero, and Kaname. Nineteen volumes later and now we’ve seen the outcome. I’ve my own take on the ending as I’m sure others do as well. Hino left it open for interpretation. I’m hoping some of the extraneous story volumes we’ll get from Viz in the next couple of months will help fill in the gaps, but until then, it’s how it looks.
SO IF YOU’VE NOT READ THE ENDING AND DON’T WANT TO SPOIL THE SERIES FOR YOURSELF – PLEASE DON’T READ ANY FARTHER THAN THIS. I MEAN IT. NO, REALLY, STOP RIGHT HERE! 🙂
I don’t really know what I feel about the end of this manga. I love the manga and the characters. I love Kaname and enjoyed all his words and scenes, but I kinda feel sad for him too. Because from his viewpoint, if Yuki would ever sacrifice herself in order for him to live again, that would make him extremely sad. Sure, he doesn’t know because he had no memories before he became a human but what if there is a slight possibility of him remembering the past, then I think he’d wish for death to be with Yuki again.. That’s how Kaname would think, I guess.
And I was left by a cliffhanger by that end. Whose child is he carrying in his arms?
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🙂 Great review! It’s so strange to see this series end, especially after how popular it was!
So who were you shipping by the end?
In one of the children, the girl was Kaname’s daughter, her name is Ai (Read Vampire Knight extra chapter!) and no information confirmed that Zero and Yuuki have lived for a thousand years together. Thousand years have passed to come to the day when the furnace’s fire is out.