Vampire Knight Ep. 2 - Memories of Blood
Someone asked me if Vampire Knight has funny moments, and I said yes. In fact, in this second episode, there are quite a few, brought about by this one special occasion, Valentine’s Day.
At Cross Academy, the Day and the Night Classes share the school facilities. Chaos starts when the Night Class begins to go to enter the gates to the main school building. However, Valentine’s Day is not just chaotic. It spells W-A-R. Yup, the school grounds become a warzone. Yuki even made a special arrangement and drew a layout for an orderly celebration of Valentine’s. Yuki took this matter seriously and even made a remark to the Night Class students that the event is not for playing around. Of course Zero detested the idea and even told the Chairman that they are prefects and not the bodyguards of the Night Class students.
As I said, Yuki took this Valentine’s event rather seriously. She even tried to make a handmade chocolate for her beloved Kaname-senpai but she failed to do so. She had to settle for store-bought ones. Her determination to hand the chocolate to Kaname gradually waned as it became impossible to give him chocolates due to the sheer number of admirers who wanted to do the same. Zero, although he was irritated and pissed-off, made a way for Yuki’s chocolate to reach Kaname’s hands, and it worked perfectly. Again, Kaname showed his special interest in Yuki when he gave his chocolates away and kept the one that came from Yuki for himself.
Well, I am babbling about Valentine’s Day at the Cross Academy but the focal point of the story is actually about Zero, that is why this episode is entitled, “Memories of Blood.” Here, the secret about Zero’s changing nature from human to a vampire was revealed and the reason why he stayed at Cross Academy. Apparently, the Chairman took him in after his family was killed by a vampire. When the Chairman first brought Zero home a couple of years ago, the right side of his neck and shoulder had blood all-over. The young Zero then remained silent even during the time when Yuki helped him clean and take off the blood from his body and he stayed that way for quite awhile. In the present time, Zero began to act like he did when Yuki first met him and his sudden change of behavior baffled Yuki.
As for me, I really enjoyed watching this episode for several reasons: First, there were a lot of “scary” and “don’t mess with me” looks from Zero, all of which were so funny and cute at the same time. Second, there was a rare, split-second smile from Kaname. Third, the Valentine’s Day scenes. Fourth, Zero’s past was revealed. Fifth, Zero was shown at his cutest and cuddliest when he was younger. Sixth, the story is slowly showing a darker side. Well, actually, there are a lot more reasons but I don’t want to bore you all with nonsense details. However, I promise that this episode is really worth watching and that every anime fanatic should consider adding this anime to their “to watch list” this season.
Till then!
