We finally get to learn about Yuki's past and it's a doozy!Kaname sinks his fangs into Yuki's neck and turns her into a vampire. Only he's not exactly changing her into a vampire. It's more like resurrecting her. Zero drops by just as Yuki is waking and is understandably irate at smelling the blood of two vampires, not just one. He threatens to kill Kaname for turning Yuki, but Yuki stops him. Yuki isn't a new vampire. She's a resurrected vampire. And Kaname is her older brother!Yuki is a pureblood vampire princess. She was much loved by her parents and older brother, but was in great danger. Her existence was hidden by her family. Finally, to protect her, her mother sacrificed herself to turn Yuki into a human, erasing all her memories.Yuki was born to be Kaname's wife. Brother and sister marriage is pretty weird, but apparently is not uncommon for pureblood vampires. Yuki's parents were siblings. And as Kaname points out, they're not humans. They don't live by human standards of propriety. However, I get the feeling that Kaname isn't exactly her brother. He calls himself such but he's actually related to her in a different way. I don't entirely understand this from Volume 8 but hope it makes more sense later.Yuki is different as a vampire, stronger, prettier, more confident. Yet she is still in grave danger. Rido has come to the Academy intent on destroying Yuki. He's inhabiting the body of his son Shiki but no one is fooled, Kaname least of all. He and Kaname finally clash, but it doesn't result in Rido's destruction. Instead Kaname gives his blood to resurrect his enemy. Kaname admits that he's the progenitor of the Kurans and Rido is the master who awakened him. Once again, I don't really get this. I hope to understand it as the series goes on. With such intriguing characters and such potential in the story, it's really really frustrating for me to read the last couple of volumes and continually get the impression that the mangaka has no idea what she is doing. We're taken one direction and then another, and the result is confusion. I suppose the question is whether or not the confusion is intended. I like the revelations thus far in the story, and the plot is certainly unique. I just hope that it can be sustained and not dwindle into a mass of questions without answers, plot points without conclusions. The jury's out right now...
What do You think about Vampire Knight, Tome 8 (2007)?
OMG i was a good book its also getting exiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
—marina_celi
Wow Yuki is sinking deeper it feels like...
—hillary
