Willow Dark: 2010

Well, like many people right now, I have Vampire-Mania! ;9

And since I have come down with this, I have been entertaining myself with (many) "vampirique" (?) movies, books and animes...
(at least what I can get my hands on, since the "new" vampire books out aren't cheap at the moment...)

So of course, I have seen all of the "Twilight" saga movies that are out (Twilight and New Moon, can't wait for the two next ones!!!), read all the vampire related books I could get my hands on and while I was wildly searching the internet for more vampires, I stumbled upon a japanese anime that showed lots of promise: "VAMPIRE KNIGHT"...

So I ended up watching the whole first season online and then the whole SECOND season;"Vampire Knight GUILTY". And I have to say, it was AWESOME!!! The story and characters are soooo enchanting, it's surprising I had to dig so far to find it!!! :D

So since I officialy am in LOVE with this anime, I have decided to make a "compte-rendue" of the story line (without giving away any spoillers, because that would suck...) Here I go!

VK is the story of a young teenage girl called Yukki who has no memory of her passed life prior to a snowy night, 10 years ago, where she was saved from a rogue Vampire by the handsome Kaname Kuran, a "Pure blooded" Vampire... (yes, because in the VK world, there is an hierarchy with vamps, the "Pure-blooded" ones being on top since they are much more powerful and rare...)

(photo 1; Yukki at the lower center, Kaname Kuran on her right, Zero Kiriyu on her left and many other Night Class students in the background...)

Having no known family, she was adopted by the Headmaster of Cross Academy, a very exclusive private school where two groups of people attend class; the "Day class" (who wear black uniforms, just thought I'd mention) and the "Night Class", that consists entirely of Vampires!!! (they wear white uniforms, the contrary of the Day class students) The night Class students are all very rich and gorgeous as you can imagine, which is why every night, at twilight, the Day class students (but mostly just the fan-girls) gather in front of the "Moon Dorm" (the Night class dormitories) to watch them go off to class while screaming like deranged groupies...

(photo 2, Yukki and her adoptive father as well as many plush toys...)

Not only is Yukki the adopted daughter of Cross Academy's Headmaster, a very strange and particular man (one of my favorite characters, he's just so funny!), but she is also the night time Guardian of Cross academy (the "Disciplinary commitee") along with her Partner, Zero Kiriyu.

The Disciplinary Commitee (currently only two members) exists to protect the Day students and protect the Night class student's secret... They mostly maintain peace at Twilight when all the Day class groupies encourage there idols (without knowing that they are actually Blood thirsty Vampires).

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Not only is the "night class" at Cross Academy inhabited ONLY by vamps, but they are also rather arrogant, insolent, elegant and think of themselves as... "aristocrates" !!!(well they actually ARE, but you know what I mean...) -_-"

(Photo 3; a "Night Class" appearance from the anime, sorry, Not ALL of them are here...)

Having high regards towards her saviour Kaname, Yukki belives that Vampires and humans can co-exist peacefully, which is NOT the opinion of her friend and partner Zero, who's familly was killed by a Vampire many years ago and who is still looking for the best way to kill these "Monsters in human form" as he is, at the same time, hidding a very big secret... :3 (hon! Hon!)