Vampire Knight Ep. 3 – The Fang of Repentance
VThere is a dorm inspection at the Cross Academy and this time, Yuki and Zero would finally act as real prefects as they will be confiscating items not allowed inside the campus, including pictures of the Night Class students taken by the members of the Day Class. Dorm Leader Kaname-senpai made it sure that everything illegal would be disposed of, and the first “victim” at the Moon Dorm was Aidou-senpai whose hobby is to collect odds and ends destroyed by Kaname’s powers (such as broken goblets).
However, the dorm inspections marked the start of the darker side of Vampire Knight. Not all vampires are gorgeous and admirable people. There are vampires who have lost their humanity and who hurt and kill, like the one Yuki encountered ten years ago, the Level E vampires.
When Zero suddenly disappeared, Yuki looked for him around town but instead she encountered Level E vampires. Zero quickly realized that Yuki was in danger and rushed to where she is but one of the Level E vampires after Yuki blocked Zero’s way. The Level E recognized Zero as one of their kind and called him a comrade which made Zero pull the trigger of his Bloody Rose. He was disturbed that a Level E knew that he really was turning into a Level E, the lowest of all vampires.
On the other hand, Yuki was trying to fight-off another Level E, a small boy, when suddenly, the Level E stopped in its tracks and froze in fear. The reason: the appearance of Kaname, a pure blood, the highest and noblest of all the vampires, to save Yuki. Kaname destroyed the Level E with his powers without even getting near the Level E and spared Yuki from that scene by covering her eyes.
This incident was duly reported by Kaname to the Chairman and he was agitated by the Chairman’s idea of keeping Zero with the Day Class. Then, it followed a lot of revelations: (1) that Zero was hurt not by just an ordinary Vampire, but by a pureblood vampire; (2) that the Chairman was a former vampire hunter, Cross Kaien; (3) that when a person was bitten by a pureblood, only one of two things could happen: die or become a vampire; (4) Zero was fighting-off his vampire instincts for the past four years; and (5) Zero could not anymore resist his thirst for blood and bit Yuki in the neck.
Zero bit Yuki in the neck?! OMG! For me, that was the real highlight of this episode, for obvious reasons. Kaname’s show of power is a close second. Well, I must admit that when Kaname-senpai appeared (the scene where he saved Yuki), even I felt fear. His presence was chilling, enough for me to feel shivers down my spine.
I have already watched up to the latest episode of this series and believe me, the story gets better and better. I am forcing myself not hint any spoilers and if I do not end this post, I might not be able to hold down myself any longer. So, please wait for the next installment!
