Volume 1

Vampire Knight Vol. 1 is the first volume of the Vampire Knight manga series.

Contents

 * 1st Night - Cross Academy Night Class
 * 2nd Night - Zero's Secret
 * 3rd Night - The Vampire of Vampires
 * 4th Night - The Promise
 * 5th Night - My Dear Girl
 * Night Class Side
 * Editor's Notes

Plot summary
Yuki Cross's earliest memory is of a snowy night in winter, when she was attacked by one vampire and was saved by another, Kaname Kuran. Ten years later, Yuki is adopted as the daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy and has grown up and become a prefect for the school with one main purpose: to protect the Human Day class student and the Vampire Night class students from each other. Her fellow guardian, Zero Kiryu, a childhood companion whose parents were killed by a pureblood vampire, is now determined to kill them all and refuses to trust them. Through a cruel twist of fate, Zero becomes a vampire himself, having been bitten by a pure-blood vampire four years before, Shizuka Hiou. Kaname leads the group of Night class, with the help of Takuma Ichijo. Zero's secret is brutally revealed when he finds himself unable to resist biting Yuki. Zero's guilt and pain forces him to try and run away, only to be stopped by Yuki who promises to kill him if the time comes. The headmaster performs a ritual for Yuki to tame Zero and Yuki seeks Kaname to implore with him to keep Zero's secret.

The volume contains a short extra side-chapter called "Night Class side". It shows Kaname's punishment for Aido for his transgression in chapter 5. Aido is made to balance a bucket full of water on his head.

Images

 * Front cover image - Zero Kiryu, Kaname Kuran and Yuki Cross. Zero is covered in blood and Yuki holds the bloody rose.
 * Inner cover image - Zero in profile looking to the left and Yuki looks down, holding Zero's tie in her right hand.
 * Back cover image - Cover of chapter one with Yuki, Zero, and the Night class.

Chuang Yi cover summary

 * Her very first memory...is filled with snow, terror, blood and vampires. Menaced by a vampire and saved by another, she is an orphan who has been adopted by the Chairman of a prestigious boarding school called Cross Academy. Meet Yuki, a spirited girl who adores her saviour, the dashing vampire called Kaname. Yuki's friend, Zero, on the other hand, suffers from a bitter past and hates vampires to the core. What secrets lie behind his tortured eyes...?

Viz Media / Shojo Beat cover summary

 * Yuki Cross has no memory of her past prior to the moment she was saved from a vampire attack ten years ago. She was adopted by the headmaster of Cross Academy, and now works alongside Zero to guard the Academy's secret. Yuki believes that vampires and humans can coexist peacefully, but her partner has different ideas...