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nobody:

every single character in vk: yuki is STUPID. she has NO brain cells. she has SMOOTH BRAIN ENERGY. yuki is the worlds biggest idiot dummy stupidhead. she said NO THOUGHTS HEAD EMPTY.

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Ren & Ai

Coloring request for @lastinglovezero, thank you for waiting so long! I’m not sure if this is satisfying enough, but pls have it :).

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cutiee. ♡ 

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So when I saw this chapter I was curious how much Ren would resemble Yuuki with dark hair and dark eyes..
….and here are the results! Credits to @eternal-rose-scans

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Zero and Yuuki by  PeachBum

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Sigh, is it just me or is that new volume cover for VKM looking EXACTLY like a yuri manga cover? Hino needs to either stop queerbaiting or just grow the balls needed to cross the line she keeps tiptoeing around and make RenAi canon. At this point she has already ruined their characters past redemption for me so that even if it was canon I would not be surprised. Funny thing is both girls look so much like Yuki it just looks like YukixYuki self-cest to me lmao.

No, anon, it’s not just you, I see exactly what you see haha. My problem is that I have controversial feelings about it.

Let’s face it, the cover is pretty. Very pretty. If there’s something Hino hasn’t failed in yet, it’s her art. Left aside her same-face syndrome (you noted it that both girls look too much like Yuuki), she’s a talented artist. This cover would be an asset for any yuri or shoujo ai manga - that’s how pretty/sexy/charming it looks.

But I still can’t settle with the idea of them getting together. It’s not that much about me having ew feelings because they’re siblings - I still ship Yume, but that this theme doesn’t add any layers to the story. Like, when we were first introduced to the incest aspect of VK, it was kind of fresh and made sense. Haruka and Juuri as a sibling romantic couple were presented to us the same time Kaname and Yuuki were, so they still fell into the category of fresh addition to the story. But Ai and Ren… what’s in it for VKM development? For their development? I don’t know. 

Sure it stil does look more like queerbaiting than confirmed wlw relationship, and if I have to choose I’d want Hino either go away from it or go full lesbian regime than this. However, Hino continues going this route and people are getting hooked up, and not choosing a side is just unfair of her, but oh well, we’re talking about Matsuri Hino - the girl isn’t fond of picking sides.

I have two biggest regrest about Renai at this moment. First is that if incest wasn’t introduced to us before in any form, their love would look fresh in the story and added drama to their characters and relationship. I mean, if Kaname, for example, wasn’t in any way related to Yuuki. Then both girls would be just two daughters of same mother but different fathers who accidentally fall in love with each other (daughters, not fathers lol)  and have to deal with that, struggling with their inner issues and coming to some conclusion at the end. But VK has another background, so not only it’s nothing new, but it’s also nothing necessary right now, because if Hino wanted to show us how much girls cherish each other, she should’ve done it through their sisterly love without romantic aspect.

And here’s my second biggest regret with Renai: they don’t give us this sibling bonding. I’ve said it some time ago, and I repeat it now: VK lacks healthy sibling relationship, one part of them are romantic (the Kurans), the other part is super unhealthy (Rido and his siblings, the Kiryuu twins). And Renai could’ve fixed that for us being that first example of not only being sisters that care for each other, but a very good example of a pureblood and a huntress who co-exist well in same household and are very close. Of course, all of this still can be and should be present in romantic relationship, but… we saw that in this manga. What we didn’t is healthy sibling bond on the basis of purely family feelings.

All that being said, I think that Renai could work great apart from VK background. Like, if it was a story about a pureblood princess and a huntress, which are from warring families, and they fall in love. Let’s say, some lesbian vampire Romeo & Juliet but with both girls knowing well what family each of them coming from and without tragic ending. Hell, I’d read that with pleasure! Give me that. But the VK origins are doing dirty them in my eyes, it erases everything that could be appealing for me in their relationship. In other words, just not my cup of tea because it doesn’t give me what I want from it.

It’s still a question if Renai become 100% canon without it being vaguely or openly hinted, of course, but huge hints are already there so it can’t be left unadderessed. If Hino goes full incest route, I will applaud her bravery but nothing else because it won’t change the rest for me. If she doesnt, well, we knew who we were dealing with. 

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my favorite panels probably ever .

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Where are the people that accuse me? The ones who beat me down and bruise me They hide, just out of sight Can’t face me in the light They’ll return, but I’ll be stronger…

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Yuuki Kuran || VKM 24 [credit to snow for the scans]

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Vol 5 Cover!! Unfortunately I could not find it bigger yet….

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VKM Ch.25 Cover

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yuki, on the phone with zero: honey aidou cant make it for ren’s birthday he says to tell her he would kill for her

yuki: yes i know you already started soaking the rice. can’t we just eat it ourselves??

yuki: i understand you purchased four portions of rice

yuki: yes thats a great idea. we’ll eat the extra rice for breakfast

yuki: i love you as well

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yuki, brandishing the bloody rose gun: this is a wobbewy! put the coochie in the bag!

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Still not over the fact that Manga Yuki actually held her own in the battle against her crazy lustful Uncle Rido, has a few minor setbacks but refuses to back down even when she’s knocked off the roof, cuz what does she do?? She gets the fuck back up into the heat of the battle and in the end SHE LITERALLY STABS RIDO IN THE HEART FROM BEHIND WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO CREEP ON HER!!! And all the while fought side by side with Zero, as excellent fighting partners……

…. whereas Anime Yuki just … “Powers Up” for like, twenty seconds, before instantly being rendered useless and her transformed Artemis Rod was literally diminished to doing nothing more than to GIVE ZERO HIS OWN POWER UP and it is Zero who delivers the finishing blow to Rido without her being ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT FINAL BATTLE BECAUSE HANABUSA HELD HER BACK FROM FOLLOWING THEM KDJRNBGEFHGKJBDKGNBERFDG FUCK YOU ANIME

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yuki: butter, ice cream, milk, and cheese all come to us from the same animal. i cant remember which animal it is right now but i know for sure its the same one

zero: ill give you a hint, it moos

yuki: yeah thanks its the moose