Vampire Knights: The Prefects' Pasts

I feel like all anime writers must be somewhat sick or depressed in order to be successful. The amount of time they put into making their characters absolutely miserable must be immense. It seems like every one in three characters has either been abused by their parents, or been in a near death experience. The past is a mysterious thing in anime, and Vampire Knight focuses a lot about uncovering our protagonists' past. Both Yuuki and Zero share similarities in their childhood experiences, however one comes out with a thankful bond, while the other is bonded by the chains and ropes of pain and sorrow.

Yuuki's Past

Yuuki may be the most mysterious character of this whole series. Though she is our main character, we still know nothing about her past, and she doesn't know either! Her earliest memory is that of Kaname saving her from a blood thirsty vampire. That explains her deep admiration of Kaname and the thanks she says that she owes him. Her fear of vampires is mixed with the gratitude and safety she finds in Kaname, yet tainted with the image of the evil vampire's fangs.  

Zero's Past

Zero and the pureblood vampire, Shizuka Hio, which bit him

Zero's story truly is depressing. He comes from a family of top class vampire hunters, and was the victim of a pureblood's wrath. His father, mother, and his brother were said to have been killed by her. He was the only survivor, and faces the future of being a vampire himself. His whole life seems to revolve around reaping revenge over that one vampire. His transformation into a level E vampire creates a deep hatred of himself. He hates the fact that he struggles everyday with his blood lust, and despises the fact that he has to drink Yukki's blood in order to survive. Yuuki sees his pain day by day, and realizes how hard it must be for him to have to become that of which he despises. 

I have to say, I'm more curious about Yuuki's past than Zero's. I'm wondering why Kaname is only nice to her. Is it because he sees her as a little sister, or is there something more behind that? Also, why doesn't she know anything else about her past? If I had to guess, I'd say that Kaname erased her memory, and that Kaname and her must have had some relationship before Yuuki lost her memory.

Skip Beat!

Skip Beat is about a 16-year-old girl, Kyouko, who gets betrayed by her superstar and insolent childhood friend, Shou. After learning that he brought her to Tokyo as simply a maid, and someone who can watch the house, her "box with many locks" is opened. From it, is a woman's vengeance. And all of you men know NOT to mess with a pissed off woman! Well, she swears to get back Shou by out doing him in the showbiz world. She then attempts to get signed with the same agency that Shou's rival and top superstar, Ren Tsuruga, is signed with.

Don't get me wrong, Skip Beat is a pretty good manga, but for some reason I'm having the hardest time getting into it. Art wise, the faces are a little weird. The men's faces look strangly...oblonged. Like a deformed squash. But, other than that, the story-line seems to be starting off a bit slow. However, I do suspect a budding romance between Ren and Kyouko. Shou better get his balls crushed too :) Maybe once I get further into it I'll enjoy it more.

Elfen Lied: Episode 3

Meet Nana: She loves the Papa who does
cruel experiments to her :)

I don't know about you guys, but I'd be crapping myself
if I saw that...

Oh Nyuu! You do the silliest things

"I'm here to take you home"
Ya, not expecting her answer to be too amiable there -_-

Ok, so here's what happened:

So, as for the beginning of this episode...it was awkward. An obviously jealous Yuka smacks Kouta on the cheek for being a perverted alien (Kaichou wa Maid Sama reference ^_-). The next morning Kouta has a fever, and is forced to rely on Nyuu to make him better. She proves to be absoultely helpless. It isn't until Yuka comes back that he finally gets the care he needs, in exchange for a living space. Well, after moving in, she forces Kouta to wash the floors, and Nyuu tried to help as well. While cleaning, Kouta knocked into Nyuu's boob, and for some reason she liked it. Of course, Yuka walks in! However, when the two leave to talk, Nyuu slips and knocks her head, waking up Lucy in the process. If it wasn't for a flashback of a young Kouta and Lucy, she would have killed all the people in that house. She then storms out of the house...as for the flashback, I'm starting to think that Lucy is Kouta's "dead" sister. hhmm. Another weird thing? Yuka asks Kouta if, "he also wants to fondle her breast like he did to Nyuu." Umm...ok?

Nana, a diclonius introduced in the previous episode, is sent to search for Nyuu/Lucy. For some reason she calls Mr. Bossman "papa" and seems to be quite humane and innocent for a mutant made to anniliate mankind. She finds the recently woken up Lucy and says it's time to go home. 

Vampire Knight: First Impression Proven Wrong

Left to right: Zero, Yuki, Kaname

Watashi wa baka desu! :P I totally judged this anime by its cover. Silly silly me! Gomenasai minna! I take all of my "I hate vampires and harems" back. This anime isn't anything like I expected it to be. The reverse harem look of the anime was pretty misleading, but in actuality it's more of a love triangle (my favorite!) rather than a harem. There's just an excessively large amount of bishounen, but what's wrong with that? NOTHIN'! I watched the first few episodes and decided it was good enough to start reading the manga. In the manga, you usually get more storylines, plot twists, character developement, etc. Haha well, I'm in a good mood!  I always love finding an anime that I like!
So, here's a summary of Vampire Knight!


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Vampire Knight is your typical vampire love story, where there is a barrier preventing the human and vampire from loving each other. Usually in the form of blood lust, guilt, or self control issues.

I'm only 5 episodes and 4 chapters into this series, but
I already know who I want to win in this apparent love triangle <3

Yuki is a first year high school student and adopted daughter of the head master of her school, Cross Academy. She works as a prefect with her childhood friend, Zero. They work to protect the two divisions of Cross Academy's "Day Class" and "Night Class" from finding out about each other, and protecting the exsistance of vampires. Yuki and Zero both have experiences with vampires: Yuki was attacked as a young girl, but saved from the Night Class' Kaname, who himself is a vampire. Zero, on the other hand, had his whole family killed, and was bitten by a "pureblood" vampire. We later learn that for four years, Zero has slowly been turning into a vampire, fighting his natural instinct, and becoming more and more dangerous to the humans. Yuki works to help Zero adapt to his new life, and figure out her "lost memories."

Vampire Knight: Adamant Yet Willing

Honestly, the word vampire turns me off. I immediately pass an anime if I see that word, seeing an image of Robert what's his face in the process. I really think the Twilight Saga has ruined the vampire reputation. I want to see some sexual innuendo, blood lust...violence! Not some fairy who sparkles in the sunlight.