There's nothing spectacular about the soundtrack though, and while the OP theme is very good, the ED theme isn't very cool, though it fits with the dark mood of the series. The soundtrack is good, with sad pieces helping the sad mood, and overall good quality. The coloring is often very dark, and the occasional lighting effect helps on this aspect of the series.
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But since the series has a darker, sadder tone to it, there's no lack on that end either. We have the pretty bishonen boys in place, complete with all the fallen-head-over-heels girls, and there's also the standard shojo eyes large, with pupils that are almost larger than the actual eyes. The artwork is both standard shojo and something else at the same time. Pasts, which are revealed fairly early in the series, make a good base for their relationship and their emotional struggles.ĭuring the course of the story, the characters face one event/experience after another, which makes room for emotional struggles, lots of character development and, of course, some romance (hey, this is a shojo series after all), though the latter is overshadowed by the other stuff.
The main characters, Zero and Yuki, both have very sad pasts Zero had his family killed by a vampire, and Yuki's first memory was a vampire attacking her. The story revolves around the students of the Cross Academy, which is divided into the Day Class for humans, and the Night Class for Vampires. Throw in a dash of vampire, and there you have Vampire Knight in all its glory. Keywords for VK are drama, emotional struggles and tragic pasts. If you think that shojo series are all flowery, romantic (comedies) and cheerful, you're quite wrong, and Vampire Knight will prove that more than anything else. Of course, fangirls who just want to see a cute big-eyed girl get bitten by various bishounen will still love it. Most shoujo is so entertaining because the heroines are so intelligent, or plucky, or independent. Maybe this is a good show for teenage girls, but I think anyone who just finished Ouran Host Club or Hana Yori Dango or other such shows will be disappointed by the heroine. She had a big heart, but I like heroines who're genuinely strong, not just good at sacrificing themselves. Zero usually pushed her away and also refused to share things. Kaname kept protecting her without explaining anything. It's okay if the protagonist starts out ordinary or weak or with a massive crush, so long as they become stronger. What I usually enjoy in anime shows is watching the protagonist learn and grow. I might've adored this show, if Yuki hadn't been such a weakling. The "villain" only appeared at the very, very end, and I found their behavior inconsistent and what happened to them way too abrupt and anticlimactic. A little mystery is good, but too much "she's so precious to me but I won't say why" gets boring and annoying. Kaname constantly rescued Yuki, yet never explained her importance to him. Zero spent most of his time wanting to die. As for the other characters, they weren't much better. Sure, she was very generous with Zero, but I hate shoujo heroines who only stand out because they're SO good at being martyrs. Maybe the next season will explain why she is in the middle of all of this, but I think season 1 should give the heroine SOME value. She was then promptly rescued by Kaname or Zero. Usually, she'd just bring it out only to drop it when someone said something upsetting or when she tripped. She carried around a cool-looking staff that seemed to have magical properties, but never once used it well. The characters are what I disliked the most, especially Yuki. Lots of classical, which I enjoyed, and I like both the intro and ending songs. I've seen a lot of anime by now so I'm used to the huge eyes, but hers actually distracted me at times, maybe because the story had so little pull.
I found Yuki's absolutely massive eyes irritating. The other vampires were pretty lame though, just a bunch of generic bishounen who were totally loyal to Kaname cuz the mangaka said so. Yuki was cute, Zero was handsome, and Kaname was gorgeous.
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It was very much one of thoseĪnimes annoyingly full of longing, melodramatic gazes and characters saying each others' names in quiet, tortured voices. The characters didn't grow, events didn't build up into a climax, and the resolution was contrived and lukewarn. Really weak story, with few redeeming features. Episode after episode was her chasing after Zero, stupidly getting herself into danger, being saved by a male lead, and then feeling guilty.
I would have loved the human heroine who patrols the grounds and night, making sure the vampires are in line, except.Yuki was TOTALLY lame. Some aspects of the setup I liked, like the school divided into day class human students and night class vampire students.
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