There's something about the "crunch" and "slurp" like biting into a fresh juicy apple. It's kind of refreshing. But when it's a vampire biting into fresh white skin, it's kind of, well, kinky. I'm not reading Vampire Knight because of that. Though it is an added service.

VK (Vampire Knight) is a story about Zero, the boy born into a vampire hunter's family, but was orphaned by a vampire. Sworn to destroy all rampant vampires, he is cursed when he himself is bitten and turned into the creature he hates most.

It is a story about Kaname, the last in the line of the Kuran, the strongest of the pure-blood vampires. He holds not only physical and tangible power, but political power as well, over other vampires. He knows his world is not as safe as it seems, but it's not himself that he is trying so hard to protect.

It is a story about Yuki, who remembers nothing prior to a bloody evening in the snow.

This is a story about Zero, Kaname, and Yuki, when all their fates intertwine in Cross Academy, where the headmaster Cross dreams of peace between vampires and humans. Kaname, as Cross's friend, becomes the president of the Night School in the academy. One night he knocks on the door, bringing a shuddering Yuki. Yuki is adopted by the headmaster, and Zero becomes an adoptive brother to her when he is also taken in by Cross.

From this point, it is now a story of Yuki's confusion about her past that comes crashing with Kaname, of Kaname's mysterious protectiveness for Yuki, of Zero's struggle with himself as Yuki offers her own blood for his survival, and Zero and Kaname's denial of their rivalry.

Story-wise, as it is only 36 chapters so far, it definitely has potential to become one of the best vampire shoujo manga. The art of this graphic novel is also commendable. These two elements combine to make the air waft with a rusty, stale, and cold smell of blood and darkness, at the same time violent love brings the panels to life.

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Thanks to the VK scans group for scanlating this manga. Readers please inform me if you know where to purchase this manga in Metro Manila. :p