Talk:Who is the knight in Vampire Knight?/@comment-96.53.217.163-20120110040158

I'm disappointed. So I'll add my hand to the discussion.

Both Zero and Kaname love Yuuki, but Kaname has lived longer and has a plot of his own.

Yes he focuses on Yuuki and uses others as pawns, but after living so long and seeing so many people die he probably doesn't get close to anyone. Remember that he grew up being pampered, and that the people around him (the council) repeatedly tried to use him or subvert him in many ways. He's the gem of the vampire world. Undoubtedly there is some narcissism, some lack of empathy, ect.. That is not his fault, it's just the way that events have happened in his "second life" (after he was awoken by Rido. Don't forget that he's pretty much immortal - he's so disassociated from the rest of the world that he only sees them as chess pieces, even his direct descendant and the woman he loves (Yuuki). In the end he dumped Yuuki because of his pre-existing "plan", which outdated her by possibly centuries. I think he is purposefully being shown in a distasteful way here, maybe for a possible plot twist. But that is just MY theory.

As for Zero, he's mean because of what has happened to him. It's a defense mechanism. Don't forget that he is a tsundere - he's mean on the outside but "lovey dovey" on the inside. He pushes Yuuki away to protect her (because she speaks of "scary vampires", and in his mind he'll become one of those scary vampires) and also to protect himself (so he won't have to feel pain in knowing that he can never really be with her because of the above, and because she chooses Kaname first (until she realizes his feelings)). As well, don't forget that he is a vampire hunter - it is his point of life to kill vampires, even though he is one. The scenes with his "sensei" beat this into our heads even more. For him, there's no compromise, and Yuuki basically betrayed him (although this was unknowingly and unintentional, it's still a betrayal and it has to hurt). Not because she turned into a vampire. It was because she was a vampire the ENTIRE time (not to mention a pureblood) and yet was made up to look like a human.

But it's not even as simple as this, because Zero still loves her even though she's a pureblood. It's not simple on Kaname's end either, and definitely not for Yuuki herself. As for who is the knight, I don't think that Hino has given enough information for anyone to decide yet.