My Vampire Heart

All right!  Seems like things are starting to move a little again in the latest chapter!  Or at least there was a couple of interesting developments. :)  The raws for Vampire Knight 73 have hit the web.  They were posted on Baidu and there is a post about it with the link and a downloadable version (which is much better quality) on the Vampire Knight LJ (thank you Isilen for letting me know!!).  There is also a rough translation in the comments posted by nana_kramer (thank you!!).

Get links to the Chapter Raws on the VK LJ

Read the rough translation in the comments


SPOILERS AHEAD.....




Several interesting moments in this chapter. I found the interaction between Yuki and Yori cute.  It's good that Yuki has a friend like her, who isn't afraid and treats her normal.

I really like the parts with Maria and Zero, that was quite interesting and kind of sweet in a way.  It was cute that Maria tried to stand up to Sara to get her to back off of Zero (not that Zero isn't plenty capable of that himself LOL - AS IF he'd take your blood you creepy scheming woman you, shoo! go away...).  Mostly I liked their interaction because it shows the gentleness that Zero hides under his tsundere attitude.  I'm sure he would say he was just doing his job in protecting the school by taking Maria back to where she was supposed to be, but him carrying her like that after she collapsed was still kind of 'aw', especially since Ichiru used to carry her that way. I bet Ichiru felt a kinship with her, both of them naturally weaker than they were supposed to be and all and I wonder if Zero is a little more kindly disposed towards her for the same reason - because in a way she is a bit like Ichiru was.  It was good of Zero not to drop her when she said she felt Ichiru and Shizuka inside him... o_o  Maria meant it as a good thing, but it can't be easy for him to hear that.  I also found it very telling that when Maria implies that Yuki sort of betrayed him by having led him to believe she was human all that time, he responds something to the effect that he has never felt betrayed by her. Which is not how he acts, but it's good to know that's what he thinks deep down.

The parts with Takuma and Yuki and Takuma and Sara were both interesting and ominous!  :D  Is it just me or is Takuma's smile tinged with a hint of sadness most of the time now?  *wants to hug him*  I'm very glad Yuki said she does ultimately believe in Kaname, like I said last time he really needs someone to. Of course, I'm right there with her on being concerned about her starting to be the only one who does LOL. Although of course, I daresay Takuma does since he knows what Sara is doing. It's so sweet that he still wants to help Kaname, even though it's obviously getting hard. I liked the part where he was wistfully jealous of Yuki and mentioned about he and Kaname always having been together, it's obvious that growing up with Kaname meant more to him than just having a guest in their house.

I hope Yuki will recognize Takuma's attempted warning about the new blood tablets.  I have no idea what Sara's done to them, but she's obviously tampered with the latest batch, using Takuma's family connections to gain control over the people who make them.  :S  It's possible she's putting her blood in them in order to get control over people somehow, or maybe it's something else.  But she does seem to want people to take her blood, after all she was trying to give it to Zero and has given it to Takuma and says that it mustn't be enough since he's still disobeying her.  So I wonder!  Ouch... poor Takuma, getting slapped around for trying to tattle on Sara to Yuki.  :)  Naturally, I like it.  Sara should realize that her pet is not very tame.  Takuma is really very strong to resist her the way he does when she's obviously got her blood in him and her influence over him.

Speaking of giving blood... Squee!  The Zero and Yuki scene at the end was veeeery interesting. :)  Zero dragging her out into the woods and offering her his blood... what is not to like? XD  Very fun role reversal from their early relationship in the manga.  Also *cough* I can't help but note that what Zero's doing here is so much like what Kaname did with him - cutting himself, putting his blood in the air, trying to get Yuki to drink when she's telling him no (and obviously doesn't mean it). ;D  Yuki going for his neck in the last panel is a very dramatic scene. Nice little cliffy there.  Will Zero let her drink from there or not?  He ought to IMO, I mean fair's fair, how many times did he drink from her?  We'll see.

I am of course a die hard Kaname x Zero fan, but since that'll never happen in the manga, I'll take sexy drinking scenes with either of them and Yuki as a still yummy alternative. :)

I have a feeling Kaname expected this to happen.  Interestingly, I don't feel like Yuki would be betraying him by drinking from Zero, just like I've never felt she was betraying Zero by drinking from Kaname.  Weird, but that's how I feel.  It's probably mostly my oddness since I like both Kaname and Zero so much, but I think it's at least in part the way Ms. Hino's so intricately and emotionally woven this impossible love triangle.  Yuki with harem would probably work out best for everyone XD too bad it's completely unlikely. ;)

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Posted by Blackened Wing on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 1:32 PM | Permalink