Comments on: Vampire Knight Review - 70/100

by: Topaz

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:11:09 +0100

I agree the plot was terrible and there was too much angst, but oddly it kept me interested and it is pretty good after you get past all the whole “vampires are hot” themed stuff. I agree with @Ki, it is a lot like Twilight, which I absolutely hated. Overall though, Vampire Knight was actually really interesting and it was worth my time to watch.

by: Ki

Sun, 29 May 2011 18:26:15 +0100

I first watched this when I was 12 (and I’m a girl) and was bored to no end! In many ways, it was really similar to the Twilight series (which I absolutely hated, but still), and not only because of the main love triangle. Just like Twilight, VK had a tendency to focus only on the main characters and make them (w)angst about their crappy lives and then have almost zero focus on supporting characters, who seem to be much more interesting.

The Vampire Knight manga was even worse; if you thought the anime was melodramatic, then you should see the manga.

by: Len

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:01:05 +0000

Meh, the main reason why you never find good reviews on this are probably because the reviewers are male. This anime was obviously aiming for the female audience, so it’s all based on your own opinion. I liked it, but I do admit they overdid the angst.

by: Keely

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:26:30 +0000

First of all, I can never seem to find a positive reivew of vampire knight. Secondly, I loved the VK manga (the anime adaption is another story though…) and I understand that others might hate VK as well, its a matter of opinion.

However, I believe that Hino was right in making her vampires beautiful and smart. Because for one; all vampire info you can find states like 90% of the time that they are beautiful beings (Like in Stephnie Meyers Twilight for example) and secondly; their smart because they are tecnically timeless beings (though in Hino’s version they just live for a really, really, really long time).

I also believe that, yes, the over excessive use of angst is merely there to draw in girls who absolutely love vampires. But I completely enjoyed all the angst and I’m not screaming “GYAAAA!!!” at all.

Now, those of you fellow Twilighters out there, (do not yell at me or get the wrong idea), but to ME, I believe Vampire Knight can closely relate to Twilight. Both Hino’s manga and Meyer’s book are based around an over axcessive use of angst and it works. Even the whole love triangle of Yuki, Kaname, and Zero, matches the love triangle of Bella, Edward, and Jacob.

And finally I believe that if you don’t want your VK exprience to be ruined, I highly suggest you read the manga and forget about the anime.

by: nelly

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:24:22 +0000

i hate it she should of stayed with zero not kaname.this manga/anime sucks sucks sucks and it can rot in my closet hopes the mothes get it.i’m getting ride of the manga`s one way or another.you can rot in hell yuki,kaname you selfish bastard

by: Gi Gi

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:16:35 +0100

normally when I finished a realy good anime, I would read the manga to know more.

but after I’m done with vk, I don’t get the urge to go read the manga. Over all the plot is kind of annoying.

Yuuki cross is kind of a mary-sue since two hot guys pretty much loves her and she turn out to be a vampire princess or something like that.

Then blah, blah, blah…Zero and his vampire problems…kaname wants to protect yuuki…and yuuki who keeps going, “kaname senpai! Zero!”

by: dude...

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:00:05 +0000

Vampire Knight was a pile of SHIT. Those two vampires should get over themselves and drink the girl to death because “wangst” is torturing them. good god…

by: Chupa

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:39:47 +0000

Yeah this was poor. Liked the art, atmosphere and voice-acting but that’s just the icing. The cake is too runny. :P

Seriously, they could have done a much better job. For starters, giving each character TWO emotions instead of one. That’s always a good start.

by: nana

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:50:59 +0100

The manga of vampire knight is good so I expected a lot from the anime but I was dissapointed…it was so boring that I stopped watching it after the third episode, too much angst.

by: Ez

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:17:56 +0100

I really liked it though.

by: ganon

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:50:42 +0100

hi,
i’d just like to report that the link to this post from the review index is broken.

by: kaze

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:12:38 +0100

You should have expected this psgels. This series was made for girls in their early teens, and they eat up this kind of stuff like candy.

by: Lika

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:49:15 +0100

The VAs are good, but aside from that… meh, I’ve got CLAMP and X for my angst.

by: psgels

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:28:43 +0100

AM: it’s not over yet. There’s a second season coming in october. ;)

by: Autonomous Monster

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:06:15 +0100

It’s over?! They can’t possibly have to the all important

MANGA SPOILERS

Yuuki is a vampire and Kaname’s sister bit yet then? And the whole resurrected vampire thing.

END MANGA SPOILERS

You know, the bit of Vampire Knight where it stops being about bishies and angsting and become bishies and angsting and plot development.

by: animefan684

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:13:46 +0100

The only reason I still watch this anime is for the acting talent involved with it. I read the manga too but it’s mostly just a guilty pleasure of mine. It’s a slightly darker shojo story without much substance.

Just good, mindless fun.

by: Windspirit

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:33:40 +0100

Well…
It IS a show to attract fangirls, feed them with angsty bishies to excite them and leech their money.
Not much to say, here…

Amatsuki FTW. Now this is what I call Studio Deen’s real masterpiece of 2008…

by: lucky_huh?

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:33:34 +0100

Sorry for misspelling some words late night work has compleatly kill me i just wanted to said i readed this because somebody told me it was good, and i ment to daid the art was above averange for a shoujo, hope it makes sence.

by: lucky_huh?

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:27:25 +0100

Hahaha !!!!!! if you have hope for the second season “do not”, it’s more of the same in double dosis and on top of that plot holes, poor charater development, obsurd plot twits, and bad story telling. in my humble opinion the sourse material is just bad,i read this bacause of this is and awesom shoujo and me thinking it could be a rare gem amoung lot of crap shoujo i went ahead boy i wish i could get back tos moments of my life, the are is pretty above averange for a shoujo, but it dosen’t have the conveing power let said, of amatsuki or other outsanding shoujos, AHHHHHH T_T.

by: Jess

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:04:55 +0100

I agree. Vampire Knight has its good points, and also its bad points. I really didn’t have a problem with the bishies (cough), but yeah, the angst went way overboard.