World Famous Comics: Vampire Knight, Volume 5 (v. 5)
Vampire Knight, Volume 5 (v. 5)
By: Matsuri Hino Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: VIZ Media LLC Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 189 Publication Date: September 02, 2008
Product Description: Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires!
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Zero is suspected of killing Shizuka Hio, the pureblood vampire who murdered his family. Incensed, the vampire senate sends assassins to Cross Academy to execute him. Will the Night Class intervene, or will Kaname let Zero take the fall?
angsty vampire youths This series is getting much more interesting. I was drawn to the art when I bought the first one but with each volume I find myself rushing to the end. I cna easily see this one as an anime and would gladly watch every episode. I can't wait for more!
Vampire Knight My neice was the cause of my ordering this one-I'm kind of behind on the times when it comes to the whole anime thing (SpeedRacer and Battle of the Planets were about the only ones I remembered from my childhood)-but through the miracle of Amazon, I can be brought totally up to date on all those manga and other comic book art forms that read from back to front! My neice loved this as her Christmas present -actually one of several from Amazon, so I give this one a 5-star rating.
Ho hum, more of the same... Matsuri Hino, Vampire Knight, vol. 5 (ViZ, 2007)
More of the same, pretty much. If you enjoy the series, you'll enjoy this one. If you don't, it won't convince you. I continue feeling middle-of-the-road about this series, and, well, you get the picture. ***
Great addition to the series! The fifth volume of Vampire Knight continues the excitement of the series while turning up the romance and intrigue. The quality of storytelling and artwork is maintained through the series and fans will not be disappointed. Truly a cut above!
Fallout In this volume, the cast deals with the consequences of Kaname's shocking actions as the lives of several characters are thrown into chaos.
Shizuka's death has the immediate result of sicking the vampire Senate on Zero - who is, of course, the logical prime suspect - a situation not particularly helped by the fact that Kaname doesn't pipe up about the truth. He does, however, rally the night class around Zero to help avert a disaster.
On more personal levels, Ichijo starts to stress over Kaname, very aware that he isn't himself, at the same time that Kain starts worrying over Aido - who spirals into a deep depression as he suffers the burden of being the only witness to Kaname's capital crime at the end of the last volume, having been at the doorway at the critical moment.
Unable to handle staying in Moon Dorm under the circumstances, and with the Headmaster busy dealing with damage control, he turns to Yuki and Zero - who take him in as a roommate in Sun Dorm, seeing that he's clearly upset although he won't tell them details. In some ways, this is actually Aido's volume, as he and Yuki verge on a tentative friendship, and he shows that he has at least a shred of integrity and isn't a complete and total malicious jerk when the living arrangements inevitably lead to him finding out the whole situation between Yuki and Zero. The scenes between the three are both amusing (we're talking Yuki and Aido dorming together, need we say more?) and surprisingly touching considering Aido's personality as we've known it thus far.
As Kaname goes to confront the Senate with backup from Ichijo and Kain, Vampire Knight continues to develop it's character relationships and political jockeying among the vampire clans, and continues to become much more interesting than it seemed it would in the initial volumes.
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