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May not be wholly accurate, but it's based on actual dates and years mentioned in the manga.
basically it's a very happy chapter with zero being fluffy with everyone then heading off somewhere and saying he'll be back...
... which means hino will kill him off in the next chapter, which is the 5th chapter of volume 10 and will end the volume on a dramatic point.
lots of zero/zeki, no kaname.
"... I revealed my identity to you to see whether you'd reject me." - Kaname Kuran, Chapter 93, Volume 19, Vampire Knight.
what does aidou mean when saying kaname’s legacy will be fulfilled when he shows yuuki the research results?
Chapter 44
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I don't think it's too deep, just that Aidou has finished what Kaname started. So when Aidou presents the cure, the completed research, and the notebook all to Yuuki, he would have completed what Kaname had left behind, his legacy.
We at Eternal Rose Scans are proud to present our latest project, Vampire Knight Memories: Chapter 44. Thank you for your continued support, and happy reading!
Download here
Read online here
Many thanks to @judaluffy for translating, @kaname-v-kuran for typesetting, and @vk-crzy for providing scans, proofreading, cleaning, redrawing, and quality checking.
You selectively forget that even your Yume translations could not hide the fact that Yuuki told Zero that even IF Kaname disapproved of her marriage with Zero, she would still marry him. And this is not a crazy interpretation from a panel that was created only to reflect Yuuki with a shocked expression, seeking Zero's hand for support. I would also tremble if given the option to revive a loved one, and it wouldn't necessarily be in a romantic connotation. But, I understand, Yumes have been kicked so much in the face by Hino, that they've resigned themselves to scavenging for crumbs.
You come across as so butthurt, it's actually unreal.
We have almost 150 chapters of a story where Yuuki actively chooses Kaname over Zero again and again, but you want to hold on to the one time she said Kaname's disapproval wouldn't matter, even though Kaname was dead and not even an option?
Give me the chapter numbers from the original series where Yuuki has chosen Zero over an alive Kaname, and then we'll talk.
As for the latest chapter, I wasn't focusing on Yuuki, I was focusing on Zero. Tell me why you think Zero looked so miserable in those final scenes and why he didn't hold Yuuki's hand? Tell me.
You can say as many times as you want that Yumes have been kicked in the face, and that we're scavenging for scraps or whatever else, but I can always back my ship and my arguments with evidence from the manga. You cannot.
I can give you the chapters where Yuuki has chosen Kaname over Zero, I can give you the chapters where Yuuki has said she loves Kaname directly, and I can give you the chapters where even Zero questions Yuuki's feelings for him.
But by all means, continue to live in the delusion that Zero was anything more than a second choice, and I hope you enjoy what's left of the current volume before Hino kills him off and focuses on Kaname instead.
Peace.
Even with this chapter, do you think yuki loved kaname forget romantically , it doesn't look like that she even loved him platonically , i guess she is just repaying the debt that she owed him , nothing else . This was the most sad way to sink a ship. I am hoping you can give me some positive insights to this cause I am only taking it in a negative way .
I try to reserve judgment until I've read the full translation of a chapter, but for the moment, I actually see it very positively.
I've explained ad nauseam why I still believe in Yume and why I think Yuuki still loves Kaname, etc., but what I'm finding really interesting this chapter is Zero's reaction to the cure.
There isn't much dialogue in those final pages, so it's really about what's not being said by the characters and how they look and react. Yuuki is, of course, shocked, because the cure that will hopefully revive Kaname, or allow him to leave the furnace, is finally here. Again, I don't know what the cure actually does until there's a full translation, but Yuuki is shocked, trembling, and she reaches out to Zero for support.
Zero, however, does not reciprocate. He doesn't close his fingers around Yuuki's, and he has, at best, a very neutral expression on. To me, it comes across as Zero feeling somewhere between resigned and insecure. In his mind, he's probably thinking that Yuuki can finally revive Kaname and be with him like she's always wanted.
Now, we know Yuuki would never be that harsh, and that it's a scenario that never happens because the cure doesn't work on Kaname anyway, but in that moment, it comes across as Zero believing that Yuuki would leave him for Kaname.
And again, I can't be sure until there's a translation, but Zero has expressed nervousness about Yuuki's commitment to him before, i.e., when he asked if Kaname's disapproval would have prevented their marriage. To which Yuuki said 'no, it wouldn't change anything', but that's very easy to say when it's a hypothetical situation. It's completely different when there's a cure on the table and your wife's greatest love could actually walk right back through the door.
So if you want to take anything positive from this chapter, it's the possibility that even Zero believes Yuuki will always love Kaname more than him.
vk-crzy makes some excellent points anon. Warning this is a long read so bear with me.
Yuuki loves both, it's one of the consistent things in the series that Hino made sure to present. Yuuki though, has chosen Kaname over Zero throughout the series even up until her last moments she expressed that she wished that the cure would have woken him up and ensured that he knew she still loves him after her "death".
Yume hasn't sunken anywhere. It's precisely why Yuuki is nervous at the prospect of bringing him back and why, as crzy pointed out, that Zero looked solemn at the prospect.
Kaname and Yuuki had the all consuming desire and possessiveness that vampiric love brought. They both wanted to devour and be devoured by each other which the series highlighted on numerous occasions especially from Yuuki's side. When Zero was dying she told him she would have granted his desire to be loved in the way vampires love. She didn't want to do it because she wanted to but because she knew he desired it.
While I don't think Yuuki would be cruel enough to drop Zero like a bad habit, I doubt she'd be able to fully leave Kaname alone. Zero, despite being together with her for a few centuries now, knows what Yuuki herself denies. Kaname coming back would complicate things for them. A lot.
It took Yuuki more than half a century to stop grieving from him, she fully intended to starve to death if she wasn't able to be with him. Hell like Crzy said in a previous post, she was about to commit mass genocide to get him back. Being pregnant with Ai stopped her from doing so as she discovered a new purpose in life. Zero wasn't able to do so.
Even after being married to Zero she shows her bitterness at Kaname's decision to sacrifice himself for others, and this is after more than like 2 centuries of him being encapsulated in ice. Whenever she goes away for long periods of time, she ensures that one of the first things she does is visits Kaname's resting place. For crying out loud she holds meetings in front of him and Ren (Zero's child) calls him Kaname-otousan despite Ai dropping calling Zero father in her early childhood.
Yuuki may have tempered her feelings but it's because she had no choice but to. If she had let herself sink into a darker depression she would have become a suicidal and homicidal pure blood. She's not stupid, she knows that Kaname has the ability to bring out her inner beastial desires. Kaname would also not be able to move on with another woman as Yuuki would 1) still be the one he wanted above all else and 2) I think Yuuki's possessiveness of him would come out. I truly believe it would damn near kill her to see him in another woman's arms.
This, of course, would not bode well for her marriage. I fully believe and suspect she will hold off on reviving him until after Zero passes. Anything before this is incredibly risky. Granted we know it doesn't work regardless so who knows 🤷♀️
Amazing points from @namea123 as always, but I had to highlight this paragraph especially:
"While I don't think Yuuki would be cruel enough to drop Zero like a bad habit, I doubt she'd be able to fully leave Kaname alone. Zero, despite being together with her for a few centuries now, knows what Yuuki herself denies. Kaname coming back would complicate things for them. A lot."
Whenever Yuuki has had to make a genuine choice between Kaname and Zero, she has always chosen Kaname. We know this, Hino knows this, and Zero knows this too. And the final scene of VKM44 reiterates that fact.
Hello.
I know that Yuuki has chosen sacrifice herself for Kaname from the beginning, but you think that in the end, being so happy with Zero, she wants waited until he died so as not to be left alone? Bc to be honest I don't see Yuuki as very motherly.
Not true at all.
In the Drama CD*, Yuuki says that an "era" passes between Zero dying and her awakening Kaname.
I can't say how long that "era" is exactly, but Yuuki definitely didn't wait for Zero to die and then follow him into the afterlife; lots of time passed after his death.
Also, she wouldn't have been left alone because she had her daughters and, you may not see Yuuki as motherly but, for me, her relationship with Ai is one of the best in the series. There are so many moments between her and Ai, and if Ai can save Yuuki from despair once, then it could've been done again.
*VKM Volume 4 Limited Edition Drama CD, Track 01: 'The Last Night. The Morning of the Awakening.'
Whether Yumi comes back or not, I just want, clear words, clear feelings, for her to say herself that she loves him, that she still loves him, and that if she gets a second chance to be with him, she will be with him. I want something of her that belongs to Kaname only, one thing that cannot be compared to anyone else.
This is all I want. Is it bad that I want a small confession from her?
No, it's not bad at all. And I do think some sort of confession will happen!
One of Kaname's questions will most likely be 'why did you sacrifice yourself for me?', to which the only possible answer from Yuuki is 'Because I love you'.
Who knows how Hino will play it all out but, to me, that's the most likely option...
If the story is centered around Yuki, and Kaname is centered around Yuki, how will he live his life as a human without her, if she really won't come back, how will he love again, if they won't be together in the first place,
Why this suffering among them from the beginning?
I think Kaname revolved around Yuuki because she was the one good thing in his life at the time, but if he's able to finally be at peace with himself, then he won't need to rely on her and will be able to live a happy life without her.
I don't think that diminishes his feelings for her, or their love as a whole, but he'll be able to move forward even if Yuuki isn't directly by his side.
And that's definitely not my most ideal scenario, but it is a very feasible ending.
What do you think about the dairy? What do you think will happen? Will we really see Kaname’s past and his feelings for Yuki written in that dairy?
Without a full translation, I'm really not sure what the significance of the diary is; I had always thought it was just Kaname's old research, not a journal of his personal feelings.
Even if he writes about seeing Yuuki in a vision, I can't imagine it being overly romantic or sentimental, but hopefully it triggers something in Yuuki.
Even with this chapter, do you think yuki loved kaname forget romantically , it doesn't look like that she even loved him platonically , i guess she is just repaying the debt that she owed him , nothing else . This was the most sad way to sink a ship. I am hoping you can give me some positive insights to this cause I am only taking it in a negative way .
I try to reserve judgment until I've read the full translation of a chapter, but for the moment, I actually see it very positively.
I've explained ad nauseam why I still believe in Yume and why I think Yuuki still loves Kaname, etc., but what I'm finding really interesting this chapter is Zero's reaction to the cure.
There isn't much dialogue in those final pages, so it's really about what's not being said by the characters and how they look and react. Yuuki is, of course, shocked, because the cure that will hopefully revive Kaname, or allow him to leave the furnace, is finally here. Again, I don't know what the cure actually does until there's a full translation, but Yuuki is shocked, trembling, and she reaches out to Zero for support.
Zero, however, does not reciprocate. He doesn't close his fingers around Yuuki's, and he has, at best, a very neutral expression on. To me, it comes across as Zero feeling somewhere between resigned and insecure. In his mind, he's probably thinking that Yuuki can finally revive Kaname and be with him like she's always wanted.
Now, we know Yuuki would never be that harsh, and that it's a scenario that never happens because the cure doesn't work on Kaname anyway, but in that moment, it comes across as Zero believing that Yuuki would leave him for Kaname.
And again, I can't be sure until there's a translation, but Zero has expressed nervousness about Yuuki's commitment to him before, i.e., when he asked if Kaname's disapproval would have prevented their marriage. To which Yuuki said 'no, it wouldn't change anything', but that's very easy to say when it's a hypothetical situation. It's completely different when there's a cure on the table and your wife's greatest love could actually walk right back through the door.
So if you want to take anything positive from this chapter, it's the possibility that even Zero believes Yuuki will always love Kaname more than him.
