Kaname is rather selfish, in my opinion. In the first few chapters, I could see him as someone who was fairly tolerant and lead by example, but now… he just seems very selfish in regards to Yuuki. Arrogant, selfish, and manipulative. Not exactly the most admirable character.

I never liked him either, even when I had a slightly better opinion of him. Go Zero. I always did like Zero.

where do i sing, i hate the character, matsuri is definely ruining the manga for me, if the next chapter is like the later one, i will quit the manga and burn the ones that i have fron her lol, seriusly -_-, well the fact is, that she is not a ground breaking story teller, her past works are quite averange, with the excepcion of her drawings which for a shoujo mangaka are very above averange. kaname character is so irritaring, he is like the every tipycal shoujo manga lead -.@(aka the cool, distand,i can treat you like a amarionette, don’t forgett femenine type ), maybe i just bias i tend to like underdogs, and more of a masculine leads lol.

…Zero wins.

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omg…reading your post..i have procrastinated all my homework and caught up with vampire knight..kudos(absolutely no sarcasm) ! (and man is it a good manga)…
anyway..yes..kaname is selfish about yuuki and very mean and manipulative to zero (*hugs zero*), however, doesn’t it seem like he is desperately using all means possible to try and protect yuuki? (although he really isn’t approaching it appropriately..ie sucking her blood). im gonna be a wuss and side with both sides

Darn Haven’t read the latest chapters so I don’t know Kaname’s character development- but based on so far still love Kaname just because I know he won’t end up with Yuki XD
I like Zero but I love Kaname more- he’s one of those male leads which are more hated than loved Heck I’m odd but who careeess

Any Reverse Vampire I thought most people liked Zero so no flaming from me ewven if I’m a Kaname fan… though no longer a KanameXYuki fan, Kaname suits being alone - he seems to get into too much trouble otherwise XD
Thanks for blogging though! But could you give us some more spoilers next time *begs*

All Vampire Knight characters are idiots except for the Principal. Its an annoying story.

Here’s the thing…Kaname has the pretty face…

But Zero has the HOT AND SEXY face!

Kaname is so cold and calculating. He’s so stuck up and just doesn’t care what he does, as long as he achieves whatever he wants. HE treats people like they’re real chesspieces on a gameboard. It’s all an effin game to him! I want to strangle him so badly!

How could he be so cruel to Zero?! Doesn’t he realize that he doesn’t deserve Yuki like Zero does? I mean, Zero truly loves Yuki. He was the one that stood by her all this time. Even Yuki truly loves Zero, but just doesn’t realize it. How could saying nothing but “yes” to Kaname be love? If Kaname were truly smart, he’d leave those two lovebirds alone. I bet Kaname doesn’t even love Yuki. Psh!

The first time I saw Kaname, I already hated him. I knew there was an evil ruthless demon behind that pretty face. In truth, he’s no better than his uncle Rido. I swear, if the author makes a bad twist of fate wherein Yuki ends up with Kaname, I will SCREAM in rage and TEAR all that manga apart.

@ emi-chan and generousjade: Nice one. Let’s join a ‘Hate-Kaname’ fan club, shall we? And emi-chan I’ll be joining you for the protest rally if Kaname goes with Yuki or Zero doesn’t get together with Yuki.

at the end of chapter 35,kaname said he would have been happier if he was born as her real older brother.I still think kaname like yuuki romantically

i am not that big of a kaname fan , i actually really hated the sitting-in-a-gardan/yard-with-cusions-and-snacks part.heres the truth:that was a bit mean u know, i know u hate him so much but that was very hurtfull to the peoplez who like him, if u got nothing good to say just keep ur fucking mouth shut, i know u dont mean it but u got my sister crying all day and night she is a kaname fan and accidently saw this page, do u know how many peoples feelings u hurt?!(shame on you).how would u like it if there is a character u like and a certain someone was criticizing him/her? sad,mad,angry,dissapointed,etc?he did DO stuff to save/help yuuki even through it makes him look evil and cold.

can u please just stop this im really getting pissed at you.u deserve to get ur fucking ass kicked by kaname.

Hmmm… I don’t hate Kaname, he’s pretty cool, but I sometimes like him and sometimes dislike him. and I like Zero a lot more!… So Zero all the way! and I want Zero to get together with Yuuki

Ugh. As a huge Zero fan, and a shipper of Zeruki…I find this post absolutely worthless. It really disappoints me when I find someone with a string of reasons for hating a character or person…that are not even valid. Let me go through and take the opposing side of you in here…because it is just too easy.

“1. He thinks so highly of himself and went destroying buildings, flowers, things, paintings, walls etc. Erm, Kaname. I think that if you keep on doing this to Cross Academy property, poor Kaien is going to be so broke that he can’t afford to pay all the damage you’ve done. And by the time Kaname knows what he’s done Cross Academy is no more. Yuki will leave him for eternity, Kaien will disappear and Zero will perhaps kill him without any hestitation.”

The environment around a pureblood is affected by their mood and emotions. This is demonstrated by Yuuki in chapter 36. It is not something they are always able to control, and I think it takes a great measure of control…having the ability to calm yourself. For instance, most occasions in which Kaname ‘ruined’ something…it was because he was worried for Yuuki, or anxious about the upcoming threat of Rido. LOL. Kaien is hardly going to go broke. Kurosu Academy is an elite school. He definitely has the funds to take care of things, and BEYOND that….it isn’t as though Zero has not destroyed property as well. Kaname is not the only one…and as a pureblood of high rank….I think Kaname has the funds to repair something like that himself.

“2. He’s controlling an army of mindless noble and ordinary vampires. Think of it; all the students in the Night Class and the people of the Council are being mind controlled by Kaname. :P. And those vampires do not have a mind of their own to know to differentiate what’s right and wrong. (RV is trying to ask Aido and Kain if sucking blood in school bounds is right.)”

Uh…HOW MANY times has the story made a point to make clear that Kaname does NOT want this? The vampires at Kurosu Academy adore and love Kaname because he does not use his power as a pureblood against them. They all decided to attend…of their own free will, because they admire and respect them. When Kaname has wanted something done…he has asked the night class. Not ONCE has he forced them to do anything using his powers. If he had…a day class student would not have been bitten by a night class student, Aidou would have stopped searching for Kaname’s hidden past…and so forth. Even in the last chapter Kain made it clear to Kaname. “We don’t just follow you because you are a pureblood”. They like following him. Please get your facts straight, before making an illegitimate statement. I nearly died reading the army statement.

“3. He killed so many people (Shizuka Hio and his uncle, but his uncle managed to survive by transferring his soul to many people like Shiki and the kid we saw earlier in early chapters.) and telling them that it’s all for Yuki or peace between humans and vampires. What rubbish is that as I knew what his motives are just by looking into his eyes. BTW people, my eyes don’t lie when judging things. (I think). ”

…. Zero is a VAMPIRE HUNTER. He was a Vampire Hunter before becoming a vampire, and has killed. His master has killed…hell, Kaien has killed. Takuma’s killed….Shiki has, undoubtedly, killed before if he was sent out to hunt Level E’s. Guess what…they all do and did that in the name of peace. Furthermore, Shizuka said herself that she planned to KILL Yuuki if Kaname did not kill her first. Not to mention that Rido killed Haruka, and planned to hurt/kill Yuuki as well.

If you can be this blind-sighted because you are so wrapped up in adoring your favorite character….your eyes need a serious check-up.

“4. He manages to get away with anything he has done wrong because he is a pureblood. I think it’s just crappy to get away with anything, even killing just because he is the ‘king’ of the vampire soceity, talking about fairness. It’s Kaname being spoilt (eg. sitting under a tree with cushions and snacks at the side of where he’s sitting. He deserves to get his butt spank and go to 1 year of boot camp to learn about the meaning of discipline.”

Kaname, and purebloods do not just get away with anything. It took A LOT of time and effort for him to set things up at Kurosu Academy. If he COULD just get his way…it wouldn’t have taken long at all. He’s always been under watchful eyes, and has several restrictions. Don’t just assume that things have been ‘easy’ on him.

“5. Violence is not always the answer to solve a problem, Kaname. But you’ve ruin it by doing all sorts of taboo and hurting people who get in your way. Geez, did your parents teach you that violence is never the answer (Before they die)? I’m not blaming your parents Kaname, but if they taught you how could you forget?”

Before you make a point, try giving examples. Aidou deserved the slap he got, and the second slap he recieved was in order to spare Aidou from Takuma’s grandfather. It was a measure of protection. In vampire society, things are different (obviously) from that of what it is like for humans. Furthermore…you can’t just accuse Kaname of violence. Zero SHOT AT Aidou the very first chapter….flipped Kain onto the ground later on, and is certainly not afraid to fight. Yuuki herself. I can’t count the number of times she has punched, kicked, or pulled Zero’s hair. Yuuki btw, has “hit” someone…more than the number of times Kaname has in the series.

“6. He doesn’t do anything to show pacifism between humans and vampires. His eyes are telling me that he wants to start another human-vampire war. All talk and no action. Keep promises but didn’t done it. He’s blackmailing Yuki all right to fall in love with him no matter what happens, even if he betrays Yuki. I’ve seen you giving some of your blood to Zero to slow down the process of turning Zero into a Level E vampire but RV thinks that you have a motive doing that.”

Oh gawd. Kaname told the council himself, “I am my parents child. I am the same”. The last thing Kaname wants to do is start a war between vampires and humans. What proof…? Because your eyes say so? They’ve been wrong on all your above points, so I’m not really inclined to believe that. Everything he has done at Kurosu Academy has certainly protected humans (even if several of his actions have simply been to indirectly protect Yuuki). He’s done nothing that would suggest war on humans, and something like that would be his downfall. About the only thing you have right in that sentence….was his interaction with Yuuki. Kaname IS emotionally blackmailing Yuuki. He’s afraid of being alone (that is the only reason he has done that…along with wanting to protect her). I don’t think it is right to emotionally do that to a person…but it is a very human thing to do.

“7. Lastly, my army of reverse vampires (Not me, reverse vampires are vampires who turned vampires into humans instead of the other way round, going out of the norm. No, not dhampirs. Reverse vampires.) can do better than Kaname Kuran in believing in peace between humans and vampires. Vampires are not immortal, not gods, they’re only just….vampires who have magical powers. So don’t think so highly of yourself, Kaname.”

Uh……huh? I’m not sure I really understand your point in there, beyond saying “I don’t like Kaname! Nyaa!!”

Please please PLEASE, check your facts before posting something like this. It not only makes you look less than intelligent (when you actually have an AWESOME favorite character), but it doesn’t do the fandom justice. I almost didn’t respond….because I found the whole thing too ridiculous. You don’t have _one_ valid point inside of here, beyond saying that he is emotionally manipulative. Seriously…before trying to convince someone that a character is less than noble…do your homework.

I would just like to say that hating Kaname is your opinion and by reading it my feelings remained intact. Let me point out to you of the obvious fact that Kaname Kuran is a vampire. If you don’t know what that means, let me spell it out for you. As a higher being (which you can’t deny that he is, at least genetically) he has the freedom and ability to do whatever he pleases. He is noble because he doesn’t abuse his power. He may seem arrogant but let me ask you something: if everyone would bow at your feet and kiss up to you if you told them to, wouldn’t you feel proud of yourself? If you say no, you’re a liar because as far as human nature goes we would all love to be in a position of higher authority and wealth. Any of us would grab at the first chance of that. For a conclusion, I would just like to say that I can’t believe you wasted your time on this when you can’t even make a valid point worth listening to. I feel sorry for you.

But kaname is hot!:D

ahhh…i can’t even begin to tell you how much i hate damn evil creep(kaname)…YUUKI MUST END UP WITH ZERO!! if zero dies because of damn evil twin brother (ichiru) i will cry. I take these things too seriously…if that bastard was real i think i would attempt murder. No lie.