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Home  Random Extras Vampire Romance — Japanese Style
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Vampire Romance — Japanese Style |
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Monday, 21 November 2011 |
By Lyn Jensen, Writer
For vampire romance fans who’ve exhausted Anne Rice’s vampire stories, Buffy, Angel, Twilight, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries—it’s time to discover Matsuri Hino’s Vampire Knight, a media franchise that recasts Gothic traditions through a Japanese perspective.
In time for the gift-giving holidays, publisher VIZ Media put out the 13th volume of this manga (Japanese comic) series. These trans-genre paperback graphic novels, translated from the Japanese, combine horror, teen angst, schoolgirl romance, a little comic relief and intricate artwork.
As happens so often with vampire romance, Vampire Knight tells the story of a young schoolgirl, Yuki Cross, who is privileged (or not) to share the dark secrets of a paranormal world, where she is protected (or not) by sensitive, brooding — and sexy — beasts embroiled in long-running wars, where vampires fight with humans and each other. Yuki Cross’ powerful but sensitive vampire protector is Kaname Kuran. His rival is Zero Kiryu, whose relationship to both the vampire and human worlds grows ever more complicated. It’s easy to picture Vampire Knight fans dividing into Team Kaname and Team Zero.
Because the series is ongoing and open-ended, the plot more closely resembles a TV series than a novel or movie. There’s no single beginning, middle or end, only an ever-increasing number of twists, revelations and new story arcs. The vampires of Hino’s creation aren’t the walking undead, they’re a secret superior god-like race that humans can reproduce with—but watch out, they may drink your blood, too.
Two animated Japanese TV series were based on the manga and VIZ has made those available on DVD in the USA as well. The first set of the three DVDs was titled Vampire Knight. These roughly followed the first five volumes of the manga. A subsequent three-DVD series, titled Vampire Knight: Guilty, followed the story through further developments.
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