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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! Yuki Cross has no memory of her past prior to the moment she was saved from a vampire attack ten years ago. She was adopted by the headmaster of Cross Academy, and now works alongside Zero to guard the Academy's secret. Yuki believes that vampires and humans can coexist peacefully, but her partner has different ideas...
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A former bookstore shopkeeper, Matsuri Hino's first published title, Kono Yume ga Sametara (When This Dream is Over) appeared in LaLa DX magazine in 1995. With the success of her series Toraware no Minoue (Captive Circumstance) and MeruPuri, Hino has established herself in the world of sh?jo manga.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Yuuki's earliest memory is of a stormy winter's night when she was attacked by a vampire...then saved by another, Kuran Kaname. Ten years later, she has grown up a guardian of the vampire race, and school prefect of Cross Academy, protecting her savior, Kaname, from discovery as he leads a group of reformed vampires at the elite Cross boarding academy. But at her side is a boy called Zero, who burns with hatred for the creatures who destroyed everything that he ever cared for and is determined never to trust them. At Cross Academy many secrets are kept locked away and many keep popping up. Yuuki's relationship with Zero changes. And Kaname hides somthing from his, and yuuki's, past of which yuuki has no memory of and Kaname tries to act upon. Overall the story line is very well thought about and put together to tell a dark yet addictive story. The artwork is soft to the eye, and a lot of time has obviously been spent on it due to its fine quality. The design of each individual is beautiful and unique, let alone the Cross Academey uniform which is really quite something else. I, personally, throughly enjoyed this book and think that all in all it is one of the best manga's i have ever read.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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A year or so ago, my friend introduced me to Vampire Knight, and I used to read it online, but, when I found out it was out in book form, I bought 2 volumes of it. And of course, I still enjoyed every moment of it.
The basic setting is a boarding school (Cross Academy) attended by both humans and vampires (who, by the way, are not the undead, just a seperate species from us - also, their existence is a secret in this universe, like it is in most vampire novels). Vampires attend the Night Class, and humans attend the Day Class.
The Chairman of the academy, Kaien Cross, adopted a young girl called Yuuki 10 years ago, when she was left out in the freezing snow, and attacked by a crazed vampire - however, she was saved in the nick of time by another vampire, Kaname (Kah-nah-may) Kuran, and brought to the Academy. Kaien also adopted a boy called Zero 4 years ago, whose entire family were killed by a vampire. Yuuki and Zero are prefects, who keep the vampires' secret from the rest of the students (they just think that the Night Class are geniuses, something along those lines).
Now, Vampire Knight has a few interesting differences in its vampires. There's a pyramid in Vampire Knight for ranking a vampire's nobility. Level A means there's no human blood in their family at all, and they have lots of special powers (they're obeyed completely by other vampires), Level B are aristocratic vampires with special powers, Level C are common vamps, Level Ds are ex-humans, and Level Es are ex-humans who can no longer control themselves. Kaname is a Level A, so he's highly respected by the Night Class in Vampire Knight. Also, the new technology in this universe has made 'blood tablets' that you just mix with water - a substitute for blood.
A synopsis of this book - Yuuki and Zero are protecting the vampires' secret from the Day Class, however, lots of flashbacks and lone contemplation from Zero show that he's got a secret to hide too...
So, in a nutshell, it's a very interesting story, and, if you've finished other vampires books and are looking for something different, this is right up your street.
The basic setting is a boarding school (Cross Academy) attended by both humans and vampires (who, by the way, are not the undead, just a seperate species from us - also, their existence is a secret in this universe, like it is in most vampire novels). Vampires attend the Night Class, and humans attend the Day Class.
The Chairman of the academy, Kaien Cross, adopted a young girl called Yuuki 10 years ago, when she was left out in the freezing snow, and attacked by a crazed vampire - however, she was saved in the nick of time by another vampire, Kaname (Kah-nah-may) Kuran, and brought to the Academy. Kaien also adopted a boy called Zero 4 years ago, whose entire family were killed by a vampire. Yuuki and Zero are prefects, who keep the vampires' secret from the rest of the students (they just think that the Night Class are geniuses, something along those lines).
Now, Vampire Knight has a few interesting differences in its vampires. There's a pyramid in Vampire Knight for ranking a vampire's nobility. Level A means there's no human blood in their family at all, and they have lots of special powers (they're obeyed completely by other vampires), Level B are aristocratic vampires with special powers, Level C are common vamps, Level Ds are ex-humans, and Level Es are ex-humans who can no longer control themselves. Kaname is a Level A, so he's highly respected by the Night Class in Vampire Knight. Also, the new technology in this universe has made 'blood tablets' that you just mix with water - a substitute for blood.
A synopsis of this book - Yuuki and Zero are protecting the vampires' secret from the Day Class, however, lots of flashbacks and lone contemplation from Zero show that he's got a secret to hide too...
So, in a nutshell, it's a very interesting story, and, if you've finished other vampires books and are looking for something different, this is right up your street.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This is the first book i've read of this type and if there all as good as this one then this could possible be a new catch for me.
The book is absolutly fantastic, I enjoyed every minute reading it!
WOW 5*!
The book is absolutly fantastic, I enjoyed every minute reading it!
WOW 5*!
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Perfect start to a great series
I was sceptic about starting to read Vampir Knight when I heard of it. I had friends who said it was bad, and with me being a member of people against the Twilight craze, I was... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Kenny-Staley-Stuff
Not bad.
I bought this knowing it's a girls manga, but I liked the first chapter, so I bought the whole book. While it was entertaining to a point, I won't be reading it further. Read more
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Amazing service and well packaged.
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Vampires!!
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The Book That MADE My Day
this book is copmletly awsome, i would stroungly recomend it to all Manga and Non-Manga Fans alike i would also sugest Watching the anime of it but not on youtube bcause viz media... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Anime/MangaCrazyFan
Pleasant enough to read the next volume!
After hesitating many times in reading Vampire Knight, especially after my last venture into the vampire universe which was a horrible novel called Twilight, then seeing it a lot... Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2010 by Omnes
Excellent first book
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Published on 17 Jan 2010 by Lindsey Lawrence
A Definite Favourite!
Vampire Knight is absolutely a huge favourite of mine! It has an excellent storyline, brilliant characters and beautiful artwork. Read more
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