A good friend of mine turned me to the manga/anime, Vampire Knight and though it’s not entirely enticing (those slow narratives), it was different enough to captivate me to watch all available episodes and scanlated chapters. I’m usually turned off by mangas about vampires. I’m not entirely sure why. I mean…I liked the movie “Interview With a Vampire”…Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise were hot…but…now I’m more open to vampire-ness now. It’s pretty hot.

In this series, there are two main guys who like the girl. Typical, except they want to suck her tempting blood. One of them is a vampire hunter who’s turning into a vampire, so he’s trying not to suck her blood, while the other is a prestigious vampire of old blood and enjoys teasing her with his good looks and mysterious charm. The girl has known both men since she was little but favors the old-blooded vampire. I’ve never felt that sucking blood could be so erotic.

It’s a little weird though, when she is bitten (she finds out her friend is turning into a vampire and allows him to use her) she doesn’t even show that it hurts. This is a little bothersome because at this point, I don’t see the problem with vampires sucking at my blood anymore. If it doesn’t hurt in anime, it shouldn’t hurt me right? Hah.

Along with the story, after you watch a chapter, you are treated to this amazing song that seems to fit the genre perfectly. I loved it so much I looked the singer up, and it turns out that she plays the cello too! Since she was three, not some “I’m a professional so I’m going to pick up an instrument to play in my video”. Very impressive stuff. Her name is Kanon Wakeshima. What an awesome name right? Apparently when she was born, her parents were set on making her a musician so they named her Kanon (think Canon in D, but I’ve seen it spelled with a K too). She also draws really well, you can see at her website.

Here is her actual music video for the ending song, Still Doll. I’ve always been fond of gothic lolita stuff (browsing the pretty and expensive clothing on ebay)…but there really isn’t a place for that here. Maybe in Japan! 1:25 for the cello part.

And here is the same song, but a fanmade video with clips from the anime. I screened through a lot to find the best one.