Story S' Art by

Matsuri Hi no Vol. 1

VAMPIRE KNtGHTO®

Contents

First Night: Cross Academy Night Class.5

Second Night: Zero's Secret.57

Third Night: The Vampire of Vampires.92

Fourth Night: The Promise.123

Fifth Night: My Dear Girl.155

Night Class Side.186

Editor’s Notes.190

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FROM LIVINQr HUMANS.

you ORE A

DISGRACE

TO ALL

VAMPIRES.

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YOU )U5C PONT realize uieY'Re tHCRC

my earliest

MEMORY 19 OF THAT SNOWY

PAY. TEN YEARS

LATER...

CROSS ACAPEMY, A PRIVATE SCHOOU.

IT'S PAST

CURFEW FOR

EVERyONE IN THE

DAY CLASS, SO

PLEASE GO BACK

TO YOUR DORM.

' MV NAME 15 YUKI CROSS. I'M A FIRST-YEAR IN THE PAY CLASS.

I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE

PISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE.

CROSS ACADEMY, A

DISTINGUISHED BOARDING SCHOOL, IS

ATTENDED BY TWO GROUPS OF STUDENTS:

THE DAY CLASS AND THE NIGHT

CLASS.

GET OUT

OF THE WAY,

DISCIPLINARY

COMMITTEE.'

...AND THERE'S ALWAYS A BIT OF CHAOS IN THE EVENING

WHEN THE NIGHT CLASS

COMES OUT OF THEIR DORM TO ATTEND CLASS.

THE DAY CLASS AND THE NIGHT

CLASS SHARE THE SAME

BUILDING FOR INSTRUCTION

THE PAY CUASS MAKES 5UCH A FUSS

EVERY EVENING...

^EXTREMELY sBEAUTIRXr

•'•T

.'O

j|Vv you ALWAYS

V ^ SPEAK SO

IT MAKES FORMALLY

ME FEEL TO ME.

A LITTLE LONELY k. /

HE IS THE presipent of

THE NIGHT CLASS ANP THE MOON

PORMITORY.

THIS PERSON IS

KANAME KURAN.

..ON THAT SNOWY

PAY, TEN YEARS AGO.

IT WAS A LONG TIME DON'T

AGO. WORRY \ A ABOUT

J

WHETHER

YOU LIKE HIM

OR NOT IS NO

BUSINESS OF

MINE...

KURAN.'

' ...BUT

you do UNDERSTAND.

RIGHT?

THANK

you.

THIS IS ZERO KIRYU, THE OTHER

PISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE

MEMBER.

I UNDER

STAND..

...THAT

THEY'RE

DIFFERENT

FROM US. THE NIGHT CUASS 19 NOT JUST AN EUITE

GROUP Of GOOD-LOOKING

STUDENTS.

THERE IS A SECRET THAT

THE PAY CLASS POES NOT

KNOW.

THE NIGHT CLASS

CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF VAMPIRES.

WE ARE MEMBERS

OF THE PISCIPLINARy COMMITTEE...

MAKING A FUSS

INITH ALL YOUJ?

’KYAH, KyAH, KyAH/’

WHO HAS TO WORK

TO KEEP THINGS

UNDER CONTROL?/

* HUH?/ /

GO BACK TO

yOUR DORM

NOW/

since ANCIENT

TIMES, HIDDEN FROM

HISTORY..

...A WAR HAS

WA GEO BETWEEN VAMPIRES

AND HUMANS.

...FEARSOME VAMPIRES DO

EXIST.

ABOUT THIS SECRET

HISTORY.

ONLY A HANDFUL

OF PEOPLE

...AND OUR DUTY IS TO GUARD THE

NIGHT CLASS'S SECRET.

WE ARE SECURITY

PERSONNEL...

RIGHT] back!

fATCHff.'

THE SECRET THE DAY CLASS

DOESN'T KNOW...

...IS THAT VAMPIRES ARE

WELCOME STUDENTS IN

THE NIGHT CLASS.

you HAVE

SUCH A

HARD TIME,

EVENING

AFTER

EVENING. ,

IS OUR ROLE

GUARDING

CELEBRITIES

AS THEY

COME OUT

OF THEIR

DORM...

HEAD¬

MASTER •?l

IF yOU UNDERSTAND

HOW HARD THE JOB

IS, PUT MORE

STUDENTS ON THE

DISCIPLINARy

COMMITTEE.

SHE'S USELESS.'

I DON'T WANT

TO HEAR THAT

FROM THE GUy

WHO'S ALWAyS

LATE OR

BAILS AT

TWILIGHT'.1 >

I CAN

ALLOW ONLy

you TWO TO

DO THE JOB.

MOON dorm GUARDIANS

ARE

CRUCIAL...

..SO THAT THE

DAY CLASS

AND THE NIGHT

CLASS CAN

CO-EXIST.

...THERE'S A \

LOT OP CHORES, X

YOU HAVE TO STAY

UP ALL NIGHT,

PEOPLE HATE YOU,

THERE'S NO j

V REWARD... /

' ...IT'S

SOMETHING

NO ONE

WANTS TO

DO...

BUT I DON’T

RECALL

HAVING

BECOME ...IF I LET MY

ADORABLE

SON AND MY

BELOVED

DAUGHTER

DO IT, I

DON'T HAVE TO

GRIEVE OVER IT.

ADOPTED SON.'

YOU'VE

TAKEN

CARE OF

ME/

KIRYU,

YOU'RE TOO

CONCERNED

«sr DETAILS.

I'M

WAPPy TO HELP. ...I THINK THE

NIGHT CLASS IS

DOING FAIPLy

WELL WITH THE

DAy CLASS.

yOU ARE THE

ONLY HUMAN THAT

UNDERSTANDS My pacifism, yuw»

/...I WANT TO

PUT AN END TO

TUE WAR BETWEEN

HUMANS AND

VAMPIRES—

A WAR THAT HAS

BEEN CONTINUING

IN THE DARKNESS

OF HISTORY SINCE

k, ANCIENT

I WANT THE

yOUNG VAMPIRES,

WITH THEIR NATURAL

INTELLIGENCE AND

UNFETTERED

HEARTS, TO

BECOME A BRIDGE

BETWEEN THE TWO

SPECIES'.'

1 EDUCATING

V THEM FOR

THAT

THAT IS PURP0SE/

my i CREATED V

THE NIGHT

CLASS/

YUKI, I'LL PATROL.

LEAVE THE

REST UP

to you. M"£?#

THERE ARE

RIGHTEOUS

VAMPIRES LIKE HIM, SO IT IS

POSSIBLE/

KANAME IS

DIFFERENT/

PACIFISM

IF PEOPLE

FIND OUT THE

TRUTH ABOUT

THE NIGHT

CLASS, IT

WOULD CAUSE AN UPROAR...

3S£9_

/ ...I WELL...

( UNDERSTAND 1 , WHAT ZERO

\ IS SAYING. v_y

HANGS INI

BE OKA}

EADMAS1

...adopted ' ME AS HIS DAUGHTER, ALTHOUGH HE HAP NO IPEA WHO

I WAS.

...HAVE NO MEMORIES OP MYSPIP PRIOR TO AGP PIVP.

mM-wsm Wfi - |

MAYBE THAT'S WHY...

...THAT AUWAYS VAMPIRES WISHEP

ANP HUMANS

COUUP BE ERIENPS. ^

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THOSE

TWO ARE

ALWAYS

ASLEEP. WHY ON

EARTH ARE

TUEY ALWAYS

/ WHAT A HARD \ LITE. EVERY DAY YOU RETURN TO \

THE DORM IN THE V EARLY MORNING, I

YOU TAKE NAPS DURING A

\ CLASSES...

SUPPLE¬

MENTARY

CLASSES

AGAIN?

YORI, LET'S TAKE

SUPPLEMENTARY

CLASSES

TOGETHER

NEXT TIME. j

YOU'LL

BE FINE.

YOU TWO

GET ALONG

OKAY.

NO FUN

TAKING IT WITH JUST

THAT GUY.

ZERO CARES

TOO MUCH ABOUT

LITTLE DETAILS

AND HE'S

A HOTHEAD--

HE'S A GUY

OF SMALL

X CALIBER.

ZERO IS A

LITTLE

SCARY. HE

ALWAYS

SEEMS ON

y ' YOU'RE

7 ABOUT THE

ONLY ONE

IF YOU WHO CON

DON'T GET DEAL WITH

MOVING... HIM.

NIGHT.

YOU STUDENTS

ARE THE PRIDE

OF OUR SCHOOL.

AND OF THE

NIGHT CLAN.

I ENVIRONMENT,

WHERE WE CAN

CO-EXIST WITH

HUMANS... ...GAVE

US CRUCIAL

INSIGHT FOR

ITS DEVELOP-

you-re

RIGHT.

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SO HOW'S

HE DOING

TONIGHT... ...youR HERO

KANAME jL

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TONIGHT/

AND THERE

ARE NO DAy

CLASS

STUDENTS

" V

OWf.

MASTER

[VAMPIRES <

WHO

SSUPPORT

HIS

PACIFISM... k

I'M

COOPERATING

SO I CAN FIND

THE MOST

EFFECTIVE

WAY...

...TO KILL

THOSE

BEASTS IN

HUMAN FORM.

IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO THAT ZERO

WAS BROUGHT

HERE. RE'S ZERO KIRYU.

rLL BE TAKING

CARE OF RIM FROM NOW ON.

...UIS FAMILY WAS KILLED

BY A BAD

VAMPIRE...

ICOULP SEE THE

HATREP IN HIS EYES.

NOT ALL EMPIRES

KNOW

THOSE ARE

GIRLS FROM

THE DAY

CLASS...

IT'S

DANGEROUS

OUT HERE.

GO BACK TO

YOUR DORM

QUICKLY/

;11 1 WE CAME

[ T0 take fcj} \ PICTURES OP

hr THE NIGHT

A PEW CLASS.

MINUTES

SHOULDN'T >-/

, MATTER.

WHO'S

THERE?

SHOULD

WE DO?.'

HE SAyS

WE SMELL

GOOD.'

IF you EVEN

TOUCH THESE

GIRLS...

I WILL

PUNISH..

FALL

...IS YOUR BLOOD...

I CAN'T wieup IT AT ALL—HE'S WAY TOO STRONG//

VERY.

IS HE A

VAMPIRE ■?l

NO,

THERE'S

NO SUCH

THING...

’J/ /

A

■: -TI

^DRINKING

[BLOOD ON

fCAMPUS IS

STRICTLY

FORBIDDEN.

1 < /

r7 j ' (M 1 V'.\1

THAT

AV

TAKE UIM

AWAY,

KURAN.

’/ SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THE

MEMORIES OF THE TWO WHO' VE

FAMTED? / yOU'LL TAKE /

\ CARE OF /

■ | KONAME.

FEEL A BIT

SORRY FOR

MEMORIES.

YEARS AGO/ SINCE HIS

FAMILY WAS KILLEP BY A VAMPIRE...

THE SMELL OP BLOOD

...ZERO HAS SOMETHING

PROOF THAT THAT

THEY ARE THEY ARE

BEASTS. ATTRACTED

< TO THIS V \ SMELL.../

HEART THAT HE WON'T

LET ANYONE SEE.

IF you HAVE

COMPLAINTS,

SAY IT TO THE

DORM BATH¬

ROOM THAT'S

CLOSED IN

THE EARLY

MORNING/ y

HE TALKS

NOW, A LOT WORE THAN

WHEN WE FIRST MET,

IT'S your DON'T START

BOLDLy TAKING

OFF YOUR

CLOTHES IN

FRONT OF A

YOU'RE

THINKING TO

YOURSELF

THAT I'M

NOT LIKE A

REAL GIRL,

AREN'T

rHUL1-

G YOU'RE TOO

SLOW/ / * '

BUT IF VAMPIRES

WERE ACTUALLY

LIKE THEY'RE

PORTRAYED IN

LEGENDS, I COULD

HAVE TURNED INTO

A VAMPIRE FROM

BEING BITTEN...

SHUT

UP. I WAS

ALMOST

ATTACKED

BY A ROGUE VAMPIRE TEN

YEARS AGO. ' MY HAND

STOPPED

BLEEDING. I WONDER IF

MY BLOOD

IS THAT

DELICIOUS?

HOW

WOULD I

KNOW?

YEAH,

WHO

KNOWS.

CROSS ACAPEMY, A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

THIS IS A SCHOOL

WHERE THE PAY CLASS ANP NIGHT CLASS CO¬

EXIST.

I'M ONE

OF CROSS

ACADEMY'S

GUARDIANS'

' IT'D BE A

DISGRACE IF

VAMPIRES DRINK MY

BLOOD MORE

THAN ONCE/

I WONDER

IF BLOOD

TABLETS AREN'T

ENOUGH FOR ME.

t COULDN'T

RESIST HER

BLOOD .

V iVi ■!bu)i

."*1? .

THE DAY CLASS

DOESN'T KNOW...

...THAT EVERY

STUDENT IN THE NIGHT CLASS IS A

VAMPIRE. HOW¬ EVER

...I PIPN'T KNOW THAT THERE WERE

OTHER SECRETS AS

WEUU...

JUST?

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y£AH...

THE DAY

CLASS

GIRLS

ARE ALL

EXCITED.

f ...THE DAy \

GIRLS GIVE

CHOCOLATE

TO THE GUyS

THEy LIKE TO PROCLAIM THEIR

XOCOLATL'S

/ •y IT MUST

! BE THE IT'S SO

■ 1 DAY CLASS Noisy

{ GIRLS

WHAT IS

OUTSIDE

yuKi cross: FIRST-YEAR/ PAY CLASS,

PISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE

MEMBER.

EVERYBODY

IN THE DAY' IT'S

MORNING

THEY RE

ALREADY

WAITING FOR THE NIGHT

. CLASS?/ ,

' jilA_y ip you hove SOMETHING

YOU WANT TO

GIVE THEM, ..WHEN THET COME BACK AT

COME OUT TWILIGHT... ,

TO ATTEND /

CLASS. /V-^

THE NIGHT CLASS NEVER LEAVES THE MOON DORM

DURING THE

ZERO KIRVU: FIRST-YEAR, DAY CLASS,

DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE

MEMBER.

you DON'T

HAVE TO SAy

SOMETHING THAT

MAKES yOU THE

ENEMy OF ALL

THE GIRLS ON

ST. XOCOLATL'S

DAY... YOU WON'T

EVEN GET

FRIENDSHIP

CHOCOLATE.

DAY CLASS

DOESN'T FIND

OUT THE

TRUTH ABOUT

THE NIGHT

\ CLASS.

/ YEAH,

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I'M LOOKING

FORWARD TO THE

CHOCOLATE...

ALTHOUGH I

PREFER BLOOD

FOR MY

\ DESSERT.

TONIGHT.

MEAN¬ WHILE

THERE IS A SECRET

REGARDING CROSS

ACADEMY'S NIGHT CLASS. A SECRET THE

PAY CLASS POES NOT KNOW...

THE NIGHT Cl ASS 19 FOR

VAMPIRES

TODAY

/ WHOLE

I SCHOOL

IS VERY

EXCITED

, ABOUT

XOCO-

LATL'S

DAY.

[“fir LOOKING L

7 IT'S THE FORWARDR

1 BIGGEST TO t : j FESTIVAL SUNSET. 1

OF THE

YEAR.

m

SOMETHING MAY

HAPPEN THAT

WILL REVEAL THE

NIGHT CLASS’S

SECRET.

PLEASE

BE ON

YOUR GUARD

MORE THAN

USUAL..

HEADMASTER OF

ZERO A NO I, THE MEMBERS OF THE DISCIPLINARY

COMMITTEE, ARE ACTUALUY GUARDIANS OF

THE SCHOOL. WE PROTECT THE SECRET OF THE NIGHT CLASS/

you COULD JUST

CANCEL THE

EVENT... MASTER.'

IE I DO THAT,

KIR YU, THERE

WILL BE A

RIOT.

IT'S AN

EVENT TO

LET OPF

STEAM.

WELL..IE ’

THEY’RE OUR

ALLIES, THEN

THEY'RE A

GREAT

RESOURCE

TO US.

rrs BECAUSE OUR

VAMPIRE BOYS

ARE ALL SO

BEAUTIFUL AND

EXCELLENT.

65

...BUT THERE

ARE VAMPIRES

WHO WANT TO

PEACEEULLY

CO-EXIST.

I'M PROUD THAT >

I CAN EDUCATE THE

CHILDREN OP SUCH

VAMPIRES. THAT

WAY, THE CHILDREN

CAN BECOME THE

BRIDGE BETWEEN

VAMPIRES AND

•v HUMANS. A WANT YOU

TO UNDER¬ STAND MY

PHILOSOPHY.

BECAUSE

THEY'RE

BEASTS IN

HUMAN

FORM...

' ...WHO

DRINK THE

BLOOD

I WAVE AST.

XOCOLATL'S DAY GIFT FOR YOU/

WEADMA- FATHER/

Tien k:ir*vie was done braves desmns were so <SOOd. I tlvOulSkt 7-ero rvKdit Be overshadowed.* 5 Hen Z ero's designs were done Kanaive loots rather professional, so I thought fd ividte Zero like an ordnar, person* Tie resJt was this . He ordmarj -turned Out litea juvenile de-vouent 1 HERE'S

THE USUAL

FOR ZERO

AS WELL/ ,

Heisardnc, the nafnes. Iim Cross and Kaname kcuran— -those two were decided s-noothj Aid CmM’s Mde was too oood (sMiel. so I thought I tad to do sovethwc. aecut Zero's ■wot the ‘ad a different name at this poms'), or else Kanaive woud overshadow 7 ero* (same i'l I tned uerj hard to ttje* of a naive Shat sounded Strom..! thought and IhouiJit inti! I was eeout to start drawing, Hen I

f Oimd tie narne 'Zero' Everyone aweed to it n&ht awaj (weJ.the decision was Between rvj editor and rnel I had tie tanji for lero read "Z ero' m tatatana I tad save reservations. But in iVi* lead a 'CjC ' swi was sfonrva...

ERRAND

YOU’VE BEEN

GIVING US THE

SAME THINGS

SINCE GRADE

SCHOOL-

FIRST

PERIOD IS

ABOUT TO

BEGIN.

ZERO'S FAMILY WAS KILLED BY

A VAMPIRE FOUR YEARS AGO. HE LOATHES VAMPIRES.

/ rrs /NOTHING.

WHY THE HEADMASTER

...SAYS THINGS THAT

TWIST THE KNIFE IN HIS

WOUND...

OH,

soRRy.

I'VE BEEN

DRAGGING you

ALONG.

70

ATTEN

COME OUT

OP THE

EVERYONE IS

REALLY INTO IT

THIS YEAR/

THIS SHOULD

BE FUN//

ALL

RIGHT/ WE'RE ABOUT

TO START THE

EVENT FOR ST.

XOCOLATL'S DAY.

THE GIRLS FROM

THE DAY CLASS

WILL ENTER THE

GATES FOR THE

"CHOCOLATE

, HANDOFF" RACE/

PLEASE

STAND IN

FRONT OF

YOUR

GATE... ..AND RECEIVE

AS MANY

CHOCOLATES

AS YOU CAN

FROM THE

GIRLS THAT

ARE IN LINE/

THANK YOU

FOR YOUR COOPER-

KANAME KURAN: PRESIPENT OF THE

NIGHT CLASS ANP THE MOON PORM.

BEHOVE

/OURSELF.

DO you

UNDER¬

STAND?

IPOL.PLE*5t > AS

TO BE EXPECTEP

FROM KANAME...

ACCEPT xff

CHOCOLATES/, „ . 'OW o

THANK

7 WHY DID you GIVE THAT TO

KANAME WITH¬

OUT MY

PERMISSION?.1

YOU WERE ANGRY

\ ABOUT IT.'

/ THOUGHT \

' I MIGHT IN¬

CONVENIENCE

HIM BY GIVING

HIM MORE

Kchocolate

I GOT

IRRITATED

WATCHING YOU.1

WHY DIDN'T YOU

GIVE IT TO

KANAME

WAS A

COMMANDING

PRESENCE IN

THE NIGWT

CLASS...

THINGS WE

CAN SEE...

TWE WORLD

WE LIVES

...IS SO DIFFERENT

TEN YEARS AGO,

KANAME SAVEP My

LIFE.

KANAME-

THOSE SAMA.

MUST BE A ._^

NUISANCE. ^

I'LL WOLD

THEM FOB I YOU.

...TO HIM/ IT MUST

HA VS BSEN A SMAUU

INCIPSNT...

WHAT'S YOUR

BLOOD TYPE?

idol--mo! HUAT ARE

YOU DOING?/

NOTHING

ELSE/ PLEASE

ACCEPT

ONLY THEIR

CHOCOLATES.

you, HIDING OVER

THERE-

suow youR-

, SELF.

THANK

you FOR

RESCUING

ME TODAY.

I WANTED

TO GIVE you CHOCOLATE

AS A THANK-

WONDER THE

DAY CLASS

MAKES SUCH

A FUSS OVER THEM.

VAMPIRES '

PREFER HUMAN

BLOOD.

THEY LIVE

LONG AND ARE ,

NOCTURNAL./ THEY HAVE

A SAVAGE

SIDE, BUT

THEY ARE

UNUSUALLY

BEAUTIFUL

CLASS \

WILL 1 START

LATE

TONIGHT. /

SUPERIOR

INTELLIGENCE AND PHYSICAL

i ABILITIES. /

HAVE A

STRONG SENSE OF

DIGNITY ,

.AND THEY

possess V:;

you CAN'T

CHANGE IT,

NOR CAN yOU

RUN AWAy

EROM IT,

by now you SHOULD

UNDERSTAND

THAT THINGS

CANNOT BE LIKE THEy WERE

BEFORE.

*.*3, ■' 1

1. ' • O*.

■ r IS HE

DOING

\ ?

HERE...! ...yoirvE

GOT TO

WEAR YOUR

TOP TOO.

IT'S THE

ONLY ONE

IN THIS

WORLD...

THANK ME

TOPAY WAS THE

FIRST TIME I GAVE A MAN CHOCOUATES

ON ST. XOCOLATL'S

PAY...

I FOUNP OUT

ZERO'S SECRET..

..THE NEXT PAY.

LIFE HAS CHANGED

...SINCE THAT INCIDENT FOUR

YEARS AGO.

THE KIRYU

CLAN WAS

WELL KNOWN

AS VAMPIPE

HUNTERS...

• Ay PARENTS

HUNTED

DOWN TOO

MANY OF MY

\ THIS IS \ \ THEIR )

SWEET

BRETHREN.

\ / RETRIBU- /

A-

W M LI A K. ■

[ t: N 1 LG] H / r < i

FOUR YEARS

AGO/ ON A COIO WINTER NIGHT... TOOK IN

ZERO.

HE WAS

THE ONLY

ONE WHO

SURVIVED.

WE'LL

BE TAKING

CARE OF

HIM, ALL

SO MUCH 31000...

IS IT SOMEBOPY

ELSE'S 31000? OR IS HE

HURT?

ZERO PIPN'T SAY A WORP, SO I ASKEP

HIM FOR PERMISSION EACH TIME I 0\0 SOME¬

THING.

APPROACHES ZERO

CAUTIOUSUY...

...BECAUSE I FELT THAT THE BOV IN FRONT OF ME WOULP

FALL TO PIECES OTHERWISE.

I'M GOING

TO START THE

DISCIPLINARY

COMMITTEE

DUTIES.

FINISH UP

YOUR SUPPLE

MENTARY

CLASSES,

THEN RUN

VNHAAAT,

.TOPAY

...LOOKS AS PALE AS HE PIP THE

FIRST NIGHT I MET HIM.

IN THIS PRIVATE

BOARPING SCHOOL/ CROSS

ACAPEMY... ...THERE IS A SPECIAL

THE NIGHT CLASS IS

FOR VAMPIRES

ONLY.

CLASS, SEPARATE FROM THE

PAY CLASS

I DIDN'T THINK

I WOULD SEE

KURAN OP THE

NIGHT CLASS IN

THE SCHOOL

BUILDING. ,

CLASS TO

COME TO

SCHOOL.

ANP I ARE MEMBERS

OF THE PISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE.

WE ARE THE SCHOOL.

GUARPIANS. OUR JOB IS TO

KEEP THE SECRETS OF THE

NIGHT CLASS FROM THE PAY

CLASS. WE WORK PAY ANP

NIGHT.

SHE HAS

SUPPLE¬

MENTARY

CLASSES,

KURAN.

AM,

KANAME.

...MOW MUCH

LONGER ARE

YOU GOING TO KEEP ZERO

KIRYU IN THE

DAy CLASS?

WHY DOES

KANAME-

SAMA SHOW

CONSIDERATION

TO A HUMAN

LIKE YOU?

I CAN'T

ALLOW PRESIDENT

KURAN

FOUND OUT,

HE WOULD

REPRIMAND

YOU. ,

EMBAR¬

RASSING

yOU'RE

ALL

HERE... ...TO BEAT

ME UP, USING

KANAME

KURAN AS AN

EXCUSE.

\ r * IS 1

1 1' V

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. ,S

COME ON,

VAMPIRES.

FIGHTING IS

PROHIBITED/ I'VE BEE!

PISSED

OFF

LATELY. IT SAYS

SO IN THE

STUDENT

HANDBOOK/

ip you ALL REALLY

WANT TO FIGHT...

ENOUGH

ALREADy.

' ...I WILL

FIGHT yOU FIRST, AS A MEMBER

OF THE DISCIPLINARy COMMITTEE/

I WASN'T

WHETHER I

SHOULD SAy

yOLTVE BEEN

ACTING STRANGELy

LATELY

BLOODLINE

DOESN'T

CONTAIN EVEN

ONE DROP OE

HUMAN

BLOOD. REALLY

ARE IN A

OF YOUR

LINEAGE IS

RARE AMONG

VAMPIRES

V=.

®.et»ardin& tke characters' personalities, these were also v;.

V;. fi<ed with 1ud first, then

fe-

CanaiMe With Zero, rtn, editor

>/. ana 1 wo-riee ana :1;= worried ana made

S a 6i6 fuss. thinking -|f somethind isn't done.Kanvnewil

:?v overshadow Zero ■' 3 * ? ■>

;!£ IH»iafnt-MM.

:V <ou're too scar, Please don't eat Zero an, snore

:?:> than this.1

So Zero snade

1 Me worr, a lot. But Because 1 tried ver, hard, he didn't turn out to Be a

•if*; weaWma It was (aood Real,

Since lukl is tke v;. keroine. 1 kad ker

set from tke Bee.i'VM'v, Sut ske stu kas man, Har*s to fu m. so fas hopi'v, (tike an

V-. rYdUdent went-)

I n

tkat!, fimne. in tkose slacks, skel mature Kaname is filed as if tkere are no Blanks left 7rfi« «■ i a •.» rrOBO&J. (ProsaBiji’a'i

Vo1 1 is like a proocwe of sorts.

9. s.;?

so tke Mi6kt Class students, mcludino Kanaime. haven't rcMi started to move *tt (tke

1 Headmaster too l, But Hease look forward

you'vE

INHERITED THE

POWERS OE

STRONG, ANCIENT

VAMPIRES...

...AND ARE

FEARED BY

OTHER

VAMPIRES.

/ THANKS TO you, THE

NIGHT CLASS

IS UNITED, EVEN IF IT IS

FULL OF PROBLEM

\ STUDENTS.

fcr. • 1

BUT you HAVE

TAKEN ONLY

SLIGHT

MEASURES, AND

you STILL

TREAT ZERO AS

AN ORDINARy

STUDENT.

MASTER

CROSS...

...I TRUST

you, SO I HAVE AVOIDED

SPEAKING

ABOUT THIS

ARE you GOING

TO LET ZERO

DESTROY YOUR

PACIFIST

IDEOLOGY?

BUT HIS

FAMILY

WASN'T

ATTACKED

BY AN

ORDINARY

VAMPIRE...

/ KiRyu-s

PARENTS ...AND IN THE WERE BLOODBATH, KILLED BY A

ONLV HE VAMPIRE... MIRACULOUSLY /

SURVIVED. x /

AUWAYS

I WONOgR WHY Hg OOgSN'T

TRUST Mg.

I WAS AUWAYS BY YOUR SlOg...

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5£1F.

A HUMAN

BITTEN BY A

PUREBLOOD

VAMPIRE

TRANSFORMS

INTO A

VAMPIRE.

VES,

KANAME.

WHEN THAT

HAPPENS,

THERE CAN

BE ONLY ONE

OF TWO

RESULTS...

UNFAVORABLY

SURVIVING AND

SUFFERING THE

PAIN OF SLOWLY

TRANSFORMING

INTO A VAMPIRE.

DYING FROM

THE LOSS OF

BLOOD...

V OTHER V- VAMPIRES \

DON'T POSSESS '

THIS DARK

POWER THAT I

PUREBLOODS /

OF. WILL.

f ' \ '

: 1 \ '

v- ’$85*

(ih|:. Ij/ r

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...IS A VAMPIRE

pi

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yuKi?/

DELICIOUS?

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Minted to iratj the color xheisnc, I Made them wear Os, Class informs m Cre ivaue. «r«j tier NWvt Class iraforvis m the spread Secause Zero More a rhrte umforv cnee, arid Because Zero tuned out-fiet waj. save readers tlouslt. VI le oo to -tie Siu^t Class*' •Hee lee. It tlat lawered.Zero woidd Be in real trade I feel me I wart to draw extra Manoafor 'if «• lettered' Vou Must check out fie extra ps^es m vduve tmd or.

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uawres=eiac* Her I -tlou&lt,

'Aren't lavfOTMS

I COULDN’T

TELL YOU

THE TRUTH

BEFORE.

ROOM.

I'M

SORRY,

yuw.

I NEVER

THOUGHT

ZERO MIGHT

BE A

VAMPIRE.

THERE

WERE DEEP

PUNCTURE

WOUNDS ON

HIS NECK

WHEN HE

WAS FOUND.

...WHEN A

VAMPIRE

ATTACKED THE

KIRYU FAMILY.

ZERO BARELY

SURVIVED.

HE USED THINK IT ,

IS ONLY />

legendA

HUMANS

WHO ARE

BITTEN BY

VAMPIRES

TRANSFORM

INTO

VAMPIRES.

MAKE HUMANS'

PUREBLOOD

VAMPIRE,

OBVIOUSLY.'

PURE¬

BLOOD

...ANP 9UFFERFP...

...FOR FOUR

YEARS.

ZERO

ISN'T MERE

TODAY.

wfrf you THINKING,

AUU BY YOURSgUF?

HAVEN'T

HE LOATHES VAMPIRES SO

MUCH...

HE WANTS TO KILL

THEM ALL...

AS YOU

ARE A MEMBER

OF THE

DISCIPLINARY

COMMITTEE, f'M

GIVING THIS TO

YOU FOR

EMERGENCY USE.

YOU

CANT HURT

HUMANS

WITH THIS

BUT YOU

CAN HURT

VAMPIRES.

WHAT

WERE you

GOING TO

DO?/

YOU'RE

LYING/

YOU HAD

THE SAFETY

UNLOCKED.

HEARD IT

THE SOUND

OF YOUR

BLOOD BEING

SUCKED IN

v BY ME.

...BY your SlPBi

ZERO/

SHOOT you...

STOP IT. yOLTLL

INJURE yOUR SHOULDERS.

SHOOT; // / /-• /,

m

HOLD THE \

GUN WITH \

BOTH HANDS,

AND AIM

STRAIGHT. / L

IT'S NOT

A CRIME

TO KILL A

VAMPIRE.

PAIN THAT YOU'Re HIDING.

I DIDN'T

UNDER¬ STAND

ANYTHING.

BUT I'VE BEEN

WITH YOU

FOR FOUR

YEARS.

STOP you.

WILL BE HIS

ARg THS

ONLY ON£5

...WHO KNOW

- yssam : f iklil»ik ■ \

TOl amm l^i

KNIGHTS

THE SMELL

WE WEREN'T

GIVEN ANy

EXPLANATION

FOR IT...

We did a character popularity poll when we had a ^i-P-t Giveaway coiv>a.ined wi-th sorvte playful features (Thank ^ou -to everyone who verted^ Z-ero was -the ivios-t popular character far. Me-ct canne kar\aiv>e, Vuki, and Aka-tsuki kain. (kain hasn'-t even done anything ^e-tP) The s-tory will really s-tart movine, £rot\o now on. and fru looking forward -to (and Ton afraid of') how -the rankings will change.

1 SETTLE

THINGS

ONCE

AND FOR

UEAD-

MASTEP

...WE’D

LIKE TO

TALK TO

you

ALLOW ME TO SAy IT, ’ AT LEAST.

I'M THE HEAD- (

MASTER/ 1

1 I'M I LEAVING/

HEAD¬ MASTER/

' ...TUESE

WAS SOME-

twng you WANTED

\ TO SAY?

AN ANCIENT SECRET

METHOD...

...USED By VAMPIRE

MUNTERS TO TAME

VAMPIRES.

CREST AS THE ONE ON ZERO'S NECK...

yuw, IF KIR YU GOES BERSERK

AND TRIES TO ATTACK SOMEONE...

..PUSH youR BRACELET

AGAINST KIRyiTS

TATTOO...

...TO STOP

THAT TATTOO

ANP THIS BRACELET

FORM A SPELL. YES, THINGS

WOULD HAVE

BEEN BETTER

IF IT HAD

WORKED...

I WASN'T

THIS TATTOO

SUPPOSED

TO STOP

ME FROM

TRANSFORM¬

ING INTO A

\ VAMPIRE? I

...THAT'S WHY

I NEVER TOLD

YOU ABOUT

THIS SPELL.

FOR YOUR

PROTECTION,

AND TO KEEP

...BOTH THE THINGS GOING

DAY CLASS AND AS USUAL IN

THE NIGHT CLASS THIS SCHOOL..

MUSTN'T KNOW

THAT YOU ARE

A VAMPIRE,

UNDERSTOOD?

K/

rr

DON'T WORRY.

IP YOU DON'T

TRY TO RESIST,

YOU WILL BE

ABLE TO MOVE

IN A MOMENT.

...ALL / PK5WT./I

THERE'S

ONE MORE

THING I CAN DO

FOR YOU.

IP YOU

WANT TO

GUZZLE

BLOOD.

FEEL FREE

TO DRINK

MINE.

SaU*uri tww&sto

THIS IS

LIKE SEXUAL

HARASS¬

MENT/ z

BLOOD

TABLETS

ENOUGH

FOR ME//

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Cmaiy. tKsrk you for re*sm& fi»wrzr^>vis<r

(I se lappy if we coud meet a«m m nO 2. Cr

ids a drama CD as furoKu. and ere as a len-tn »■ “sere's also a readers pa« for K>»i»r2r^i*s<r, so please cKec* out LeLt maoaune too O’O’

will you TELL ME ABOUT IT LATER?

•Amo Matsun C/O Verdure

KnasKt Eufrtor PO 5o.im

San Cranosco. CA

I SHOULD

GO TELL

KANAME TO

KEEP

ZERO’S

SECRET.

r MEMBERS !OP THE

DISCIPLINARy

COMMITTEE CAN PASS

THROUGH HERE,

/ you-RE

...TO NOT THE

COME FIRST ONE

THROUGH TODAY... / THE BACK

GATE SO EARLY IN THE

. MORNING. /

SOMETHING

THAT WE CAN

ASK ONLY OF

YOU, THE

"MIRACLE

GENIUS”/

WROTE WITH OUR

THAT RESEARCH

RESEARCH INSTITUTE.'

PAPER...

DOOR IS

THERE. BUT I

DON'T

HAVE ANY

INTEREST

THIS IS THE FIRST

irs WORE TIME I'VE LIKE AN COME TO

ARISTOCRATS' THE MOON MANSION PORM...

THAN A PORM.'

you, irs

wwy-D you okay.

COME BY?

EVERYONE IS k /

ASLEEP. ^-"

NO,

I CAME

TO SEE

KANAME

you1 RE

GOING

TO SWOW

ME THE

WAY?

YOU'RE THE

ONLY ONE THAT

PRESIDENT

KURAN IS NICE

TO...

KANAME CLASSROOM

THE NIGHT

BEFORE LAST,

WE SUDDENLY

SMELT BLOOD.

WE WERE

SURPRISED.

PRESIDENT

KLIP AN

TOLD US TO

DISREGARD

...SO WE

STOPPED

MAKING A

FUSS...

ABOUT

I WAS THE \

ONLY ONE

WHO NOTICED

RIGHT

AWAY... / ...THAT IT j

WAS YOUR v / BLOOD. V /

'V-

ww* HJ cJ| t*

V

WHY DOES

KANAME-

SAMA CARE

ABOUT you

SO MUCH?

KANAME KANAME

SAVED MY LIFE

TEN YEARS

AGO FROM A

VAMPIRE WHO

HAD GONE

BERSERK.

THOSE BLOOD

PUNCTURE BELONGS

WOUNDS TO

AREN'T KANAME- ANYMORE...

INCLUDING ( KANAME-

\ SAMA, ARE

SOMEDAY,

KANAME-

SAMA'S

LIPS...

YOU

SHOULD

OFFER

YOURSELF

TO KANAME

> SAMA.

IF YOU HEARD

THE SOUND

OF KANAME-

SAMA TAKING

IN YOUR

BLOOD...

...you'D BE IN

ECSTASY

PLEAD

TO HIM,

"PLEASE

DRINK MY

BLOOD."

YOU'RE

■ \ TRYING

THEN I'LL

FREEZE YOU

WITH MY ICE

AND TAKE

YOU TO HIM.

DID I

ASK FOR

THIS?

APOLOGIZE,

SAMA.

you’RE

DIFFERENT

FROM THE

NIGHT CLASS

STUDENTS

WHO WAIT

ON ME...

/ you BE/

juST/THE

/way/You;

' ARE^YUM.

YOU'RE

A WARM¬

HEARTED

GIRL, YURI.

WON06R

THAT'S

MORE THAN

ENOUGH.

...I CAN'T

KEEP MY

COMPOSURE,

...WHEN MY

DEAR GIRL

HAS BEEN

PIERCED By

SOMEONE

I DON'T

UNDERSTAND

wwy you are so

ATTACHED TO

THAT GIRL,

PRESIDENT

KURAN.

•0i'- K |v

w?

KANAME KURAN

CALLING you HIS

CONGRAT¬

ULATIONS,

yuw...

r BUT IT'S

NOT WHAT

I'M LIKE THINK.

A STRAY

DOG OR /

CAT TO /

KANAME. n-tt""

flGAJWST I

VAMPIRES./ (i'/<

„ IF I LOSE

THE HUMAN

PART OF

...AND GO ME...

MAD AS A

VAMPIRE... L

yOU MADE

PRESIDENT

KURAN ANGRY

AGAIN.

7i]|KV

I HpTrSjl : Jp^

N. MORON.

THERE’S

NO ONE

ELSE WHO

SUITS THIS

WORD SO ...I WILL SLAP

YOU TO SPARE

KANAME-SAMA

THE TROUBLE OF DOING IT

HIMSELP.

...THE NEXT

TIME, WHEN

YOU MAKE

KANAME-

SAMA

ANGRy...

MMR

CAN'T DO

ANYTHING.

you'pe

GETTING

LSTS /WHHT A^AlsJ In) \JOLO^B 21

TVtA'X Y<xi ro MY E>rO«, MY MOTrtEj?. M OCIOA-SAMA, AKA-SAMA, (I SAWAMOYll-SAMA. M KfJIMA- SAMA. K T/WAKA-SAMA. < MAKABe-SAMA, J. HU'M J.E-^AMA. ft. TorOBA-SAMA. A.D A\Y DeAP UEADeK- C?

NIGHT CLASS SIDE/END

KANAME- SAMA TS

S'

ANGRY AT

Uniform

EDITOR'S NOTES

Characters Matsuri Hino puts careful thought into the names of her characters in

Vampire Knight, so in each chapter of Shojo Beat magazine you’ll find

an explanation of the kanji for one character’s name. Here is the col¬

lection of character names so far:

Aido Hanabusa

Hanabusa means “petals of a flower.”

Aido means “indigo temple." In

Japanese, the pronunciation of Aido is

very close to the pronunciation of the

English word idol.

Kain Akatsuki

Akatsuki means “dawn," or “day¬

break." In Kain, ka is a base or sup¬

port, while in denotes a building that

has high fences around it, such as a

temple or school.

Soucn Ruka

In Ritka, the ru means “lapis lazuli”

while the ka means “good-looking," or

"beautiful." The sou in Ruka's surname,

Soucn, means “early," but this kanji

also has an obscure meaning of “strong

fragrance." The en means “garden."

Kiryu Zero

Zero’s first name is the kanji for rci,

meaning “zero.” In his last name,

Kiryu, the ki means “auger" or “drill,"

and the ryu means “life.”

Kuran Kanamc

Kaname means “hinge" or “door.” The

kanji for his last name is a combination

of the old-fashioned way of writing

ku, meaning “nine,” and ran, meaning

“orchid": “nine orchids."

Terms ■sama: The suffix sama is used in formal address for someone who

ranks higher in the social hierarchy. The vampires call their leader

“Kaname-sama" only when they are among their own kind.

Xocolatl: Xocolatl, or “bitter water,” is thought to be an early Aztec

word for chocolate. In the world of Vampire Knight, St. Valentine’s Day

is called St. Xocolatl’s Day.

Matsuri Hino burst onto the manga

scene with her series Kono Yumega

Sametara (When This Dream Is Over),

which was published in LaLa DX

magazine. Hino was a manga artist a

mere nine months after she decided to

become one.

With the success of her popular

series Tbraware no Minouc (Captive

Circumstance), and McruPwi, Hino has

established herself as a major player

in the world of shojo manga. Vampire

Knight is currently serialized in LaLa

and Shojo Beat magazines.

Hino enjoys creative activities and has

commented that she would have been

either an architect or an apprentice to

traditional Japanese craft masters if she

had not become a manga artist.

VAMPIRE KNIGHT Vol. 1 Shojo Beat Edition

This manga contains material that was originally published in English in Shojo Beat magazine, July-November 2006 issues.

STORY AND ART BY

MATSU RI HI NO

Translation S' English Adaptation/Tomo Kimura

Ttouch-up Art Lettering/Mark McMurray

Graphic Design/Amy Martin

Editor/Nancy Thistlethwaite

Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino © Matsuri Hino 2004. All rights

reserved. First published in Japan in 2005 by HAKUSENSHA, Inc., Tokyo. English language translation rights arranged with

HAKUSENSHA, Inc., Tokyo.

The rights of the author(s) of the work(s) in this publication to be so identified have been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this publication are entirely fictional.

No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the copyright holders.

Printed in Canada

Published by VIZ Media, LLC P.O. Box 77010 San Francisco, CA 94107

12 First printing, January 2007 Twelfth printing, October 2011

PARENTAL ADVISORY

VAMPIRE KNIGHT is rated T- lor Older Teen and is recommended for ages

IB and up This volume contains sexual themes and violence.

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