Vampire Knight Twins: A Love Once Strong, Now Lost

Vampire Knight has really caught me by surprise! I absolutely love it! It slowly starts to unravel the past of each character, Zero in particular.

Aw, what loving brothers <3

As stated in the post below, Zero has a past that anyone would consider messed up. He comes from a family of top class vampire hunters, and was trained since a young age to take over the family business. Until episode 10, we believed that Zero's mother, father, and brother were killed by the pureblood vampire, Shizuka Hio. However, we now learn that Zero's twin brother is actually still alive. In a flashback, it shows Zero and his brother Ichiru. Ichiru speaks to Zero, telling him that even though he cannot be loved by his vampire hunter teacher, it's enough to be loved by just Zero. Due to Ichiru's poor health he isn't able to do things that his brother can do. On the night of the murder, we watch as Zero gets bitten, while his brother stands loyaly behind Shizuka.

Zero....look-a-like?....goodness, could this world
get any better :D

Many years later, the two brothers meet. In the anime, they meet after Zero has a battle with Maria (who is actually Shizuka in another body). In the manga, they meet when Ichiru tries to protect Shizuka from Zero's attacks. Either way, it's revealed that Ichiru handed over his mother and father to Shizuka so that she could grant him health and strength by means of her blood. Shizuka was seeking revenge against Zero's family because they killed her concubine/ex-human lover. As the story progresses we also learn that Shizuka and Ichiru had romantic feelings for each other, and that he was the only human she refrained from turning into a vampire in order to save his humanity.
Man! I'm getting everything I DIDN'T get in Twilight from this! We have intense bloodlust, violence, romance...betrayal! And not a clique betrayal of lovers, but one of brothers. Brothers who were once to close and loving, turned against each other by the need for "love". Over-dramatic if you ask me, but it's goddamn entertaining :)