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NarkyOtic

  • Joined Feb 18, 2012
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Vampire Knight

Jun 21, 2014

Story
I have to admit first that I'm a total sucker for visually-stunning school-life anime with Bishōnen angels and bad-boys. Urequited love, torturous dalliances, differences and sacrifices between two gorgeous young people who just can't seem to catch a break... Bluntly, I'm seldom not an absolute mess for this stuff. That being said, Vampire Knight was almost a foregone love-clusion for me before I'd even finished the first episode. It begins with the tender visions, half-remembered voices and distant sensations of a fragmented mind, steeped in a horrifying blood-soaked trauma that... See full review

8/10 story
8.5/10 animation
8.5/10 sound
8/10 characters
8.5/10 overall

Vampire Knight Guilty

Jun 21, 2014

Story
This is quite similar to the review for Vampire Knight, but applicable for context, nonetheless...
I should include the disclaimer again: I have to admit first that I'm a total sucker for visually-stunning school-life anime with Bishōnen angels and bad-boys... so that's always going to be a huge drawcard for me. From the first series, where the context and character development begins to swing faster and wider as the story cements itself to begin cutting into the roots, we should revisit and expand on Yuki's and Zero's situations, as outlined in my review of the... See full review

7.5/10 story
8.5/10 animation
8.5/10 sound
8/10 characters
8.5/10 overall