Vampire Knight second novel scans + Info to order the novel, the VK fanbook etc. :D
I bought the novel back when it came out, earlier this month, but only now I finally had time to go and scan it. :D
I only scanned the artwork, because it would take forever to scan all the pages, and if you intend to read the whole thing, you can easily order it through Amazon Japan or a japanese bookstore in your country. :D
Info for ordering:
Vampire Knight 2nd novel
ヴァンパイア騎士凝黒の罠
Authors: Ayuna Fujisaki & Hino Matsuri (Hino-sensei is for the original series, and Fujisaki-sensei is the novel author.)
ISBN-10: 4592187016
ISBN-13: 978-4592187011
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Direct links to order novels 1 & 2:
Amazon Japan:
Order the first novel on Amazon Japan. (Not in stock though, sorry. XD;)
Order the second novel on Amazon Japan.
(Ships all over the world. Parts of the site are in Japanese though.
Direct from Japan, prices are cheaper, but shipping tends to be more because Amazon only uses the faster more expensive shipping.)
YesAsia:
Order the first novel on YesAsia.
Order the second novel on YesAsia.
(Ships all over the world. The site is all in English.
From the dates I saw there, it seems sometimes things come out a bit later there, because they have to receive it from Japan, but it's just some days more.
Not from Japan, prices are a little bit higher, but you win on the shipping, which is usually cheaper and sometimes free depending on the item.)
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You can also order the fanbook on YesAsia now! ^___^/
And as I was checking, I saw they also had a preorder for soundtrack 2/VK Guilty soundtrack. :D
And here's the OST 2 pre-order on Amazon Japan if you prefer.
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Back when the novel came out, the Kaname x Yuuki fangirl in me couldn't resist and scan the mini-poster with them right away, so you might already have seen it since I posted in the vampire_knight community. :D
(It's also an image that was a chapter cover in color in LaLa).
Here it is again, and this time with all the rest of the images from the book too. X3
Click if you'd like a bigger size to make
yourself a wallpaper or something. ^_^/
Click if you'd like a bigger size to make
yourself a wallpaper or something. ^_^/
This is the other side of the mini-poster. :D Lovely Night Class group pic! *wishes Takuma and Aidou etc. were there too*
I didn't scan the cover of the novel because the image was the exact same than that of this poster, but with title etc over it.
There was this lovely pic of Kaname on the little "obi" around the book (not sure of the English name, a flap thingie with advertisement on it? XD;;; *lol*), and while we've seen this pic elsewhere before, it was lovely and I had to scan it. XD
Maybe I didn't have to scan this page, but since there were cute pics on it, have it too. XD
The novel has three stories, as they had announced in Lala. The thing is, since they had of course mentioned that one of them had a lot to do with Zero, it had sounded like it would be a standalone story about him, separate from the one about the Night Class and the one about the two Day Class people, when actually, it's one story about the Day Class girl in love for Zero (her name is Nadeshiko Shindō), one story about the Day Class guy in love for Luca (his name is Kasumi Kageyama), and a longer story, the main one in the book, about the Night Class and covering the part about why Zero decided to go to High School after all. (At first, he was not going to go, to avoid Kaname XD because the High School is the only part of Cross Academy that shares buildings with the Night Class. XD *lol*)
And btw, (because inevitably, someone will ask this XD) I unfortunately wouldn't have time to translate the novels, but I'd like to maybe make summary posts on it sometime if/when I find time. :D
And onto the pics illustrating the different stories in the novel now. :D
As you possibly remember from the first novel, if you've seen it too, most of the pics in the VK novels are not inked ones like in the manga, but actually semi-rough pencil drawings done by Hino-sensei. :D
(The exception being the pics reused from chapter openings in the manga, such as the Shiki & Rima pic in this novel, for example.)
Instead of using screen tones for the shaded areas, to keep with the rougher style Hino-sensei actually airbrushed grey onto the images. :DD
It is even more the case in the second novel than in the first one, because there are some darker areas etc in the uniforms and scenes etc.
So the rough look is due to the pencil + airbrushing style of those illustrations, and not because of the scans, by the way. XD
(I just had to mention it, because for people who are not used to drawing etc, it might not be as obvious at first. :D)
Zero and Nadeshiko. :D<3
She's cute! X3
♥ ♥ ♥
The ball...
Kageyama watches sadly as Luca and Cain dance... and meanwhile, Luca's eyes are completely on Kaname dancing with Yuuki. ;_;
Kageyama never got to dance with Luca. But it's okay, because he is annoying. >XD *is shot*
I feel bad for Luca, and for the girl with her impossible love for Zero, but I don't feel much for Kageyama. XD;; *lol*
Opening page for the main story. :D
Pure hotness. XD
I see the fans of the pairing melting into happy buddles of goo at this sight. XD XD *lol*
Lovely Night Class group eating moment. X3
Kaname x Zero. *is shot* XD XD
Possibly the prettiest pic in the whole novel. XD *so biased*
Well, at least, one of the two prettiest pics of the novel. X3
Huge spoilers for the novel, highlight if you want to read:
Zero stares, slightly mesmerized by Kaname's vampire-ness, after Kaname killed the bad guy.
Kaname confronts Zero (about Zero having failed to protect Yuuki and Kaname having had to intervene). He wants Zero's vampire hunter abilities to get better, since he is allowing Zero to be next to Yuuki and all so that she'd have someone to protect her at all times. So Zero decides to become stronger... :3
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
This is the other one which might be the prettiest scene of the whole novel. X3 *fangirls the two endlessly, melts*
And that's it~! ^_^/
Zero entered highschool... which is so not a spoiler for the novel, as you already know that. *rotfl*
*hopes you enjoy the scans* :D :D
And please, for the love of all that is sacred.... XD;;; *lol* With the last novel I saw various people posting the novel artwork on DeviantArt and other art places, claiming they had drawn it (using the fact that it was rougher than the manga to try and fool innocent passerbys)....... Please don't do that, not only it's utterly ridiculous, but it's... seriously, it's wrong on so many levels. XD;;;
Save the scans and enjoy looking at them to your heart's content, but please don't claim you drew Hino-sensei's art, it's just so wrong to do. O_o;;
And please please please, buy the books, show your love and support for VK and Hino-sensei~! ^__^/// ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
If you can't read japanese and don't want to buy the novel because it's almost all text unlike the manga, then please please buy the manga. ^__^/
Whether you buy it in Japanese (It's quite cheap, you can find it around $5 in many online shops) or the foreign releases in your country or somewhere near you. :D<3
However, keep in mind that it only works if you're buying legit stuff. ^^;
If you buy bootlegged merchandise or books (I saw stuff on Ebay, even things made with stolen fanarts, it's so sad ;-;), no money goes to Hino-sensei, and so you're not supporting VK...
Please buy the official books, whether it's the japanese releases or the foreign ones. ^__^//♥ ♥ ♥
I only scanned the artwork, because it would take forever to scan all the pages, and if you intend to read the whole thing, you can easily order it through Amazon Japan or a japanese bookstore in your country. :D
Info for ordering:
Vampire Knight 2nd novel
ヴァンパイア騎士凝黒の罠
Authors: Ayuna Fujisaki & Hino Matsuri (Hino-sensei is for the original series, and Fujisaki-sensei is the novel author.)
ISBN-10: 4592187016
ISBN-13: 978-4592187011
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Direct links to order novels 1 & 2:
Amazon Japan:
Order the first novel on Amazon Japan. (Not in stock though, sorry. XD;)
Order the second novel on Amazon Japan.
(Ships all over the world. Parts of the site are in Japanese though.
Direct from Japan, prices are cheaper, but shipping tends to be more because Amazon only uses the faster more expensive shipping.)
YesAsia:
Order the first novel on YesAsia.
Order the second novel on YesAsia.
(Ships all over the world. The site is all in English.
From the dates I saw there, it seems sometimes things come out a bit later there, because they have to receive it from Japan, but it's just some days more.
Not from Japan, prices are a little bit higher, but you win on the shipping, which is usually cheaper and sometimes free depending on the item.)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You can also order the fanbook on YesAsia now! ^___^/
And as I was checking, I saw they also had a preorder for soundtrack 2/VK Guilty soundtrack. :D
And here's the OST 2 pre-order on Amazon Japan if you prefer.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Back when the novel came out, the Kaname x Yuuki fangirl in me couldn't resist and scan the mini-poster with them right away, so you might already have seen it since I posted in the vampire_knight community. :D
(It's also an image that was a chapter cover in color in LaLa).
Here it is again, and this time with all the rest of the images from the book too. X3
Click if you'd like a bigger size to make
yourself a wallpaper or something. ^_^/
Click if you'd like a bigger size to make
yourself a wallpaper or something. ^_^/
This is the other side of the mini-poster. :D Lovely Night Class group pic! *wishes Takuma and Aidou etc. were there too*
I didn't scan the cover of the novel because the image was the exact same than that of this poster, but with title etc over it.
There was this lovely pic of Kaname on the little "obi" around the book (not sure of the English name, a flap thingie with advertisement on it? XD;;; *lol*), and while we've seen this pic elsewhere before, it was lovely and I had to scan it. XD
Maybe I didn't have to scan this page, but since there were cute pics on it, have it too. XD
The novel has three stories, as they had announced in Lala. The thing is, since they had of course mentioned that one of them had a lot to do with Zero, it had sounded like it would be a standalone story about him, separate from the one about the Night Class and the one about the two Day Class people, when actually, it's one story about the Day Class girl in love for Zero (her name is Nadeshiko Shindō), one story about the Day Class guy in love for Luca (his name is Kasumi Kageyama), and a longer story, the main one in the book, about the Night Class and covering the part about why Zero decided to go to High School after all. (At first, he was not going to go, to avoid Kaname XD because the High School is the only part of Cross Academy that shares buildings with the Night Class. XD *lol*)
And btw, (because inevitably, someone will ask this XD) I unfortunately wouldn't have time to translate the novels, but I'd like to maybe make summary posts on it sometime if/when I find time. :D
And onto the pics illustrating the different stories in the novel now. :D
As you possibly remember from the first novel, if you've seen it too, most of the pics in the VK novels are not inked ones like in the manga, but actually semi-rough pencil drawings done by Hino-sensei. :D
(The exception being the pics reused from chapter openings in the manga, such as the Shiki & Rima pic in this novel, for example.)
Instead of using screen tones for the shaded areas, to keep with the rougher style Hino-sensei actually airbrushed grey onto the images. :DD
It is even more the case in the second novel than in the first one, because there are some darker areas etc in the uniforms and scenes etc.
So the rough look is due to the pencil + airbrushing style of those illustrations, and not because of the scans, by the way. XD
(I just had to mention it, because for people who are not used to drawing etc, it might not be as obvious at first. :D)
Zero and Nadeshiko. :D<3
She's cute! X3
♥ ♥ ♥
The ball...
Kageyama watches sadly as Luca and Cain dance... and meanwhile, Luca's eyes are completely on Kaname dancing with Yuuki. ;_;
Kageyama never got to dance with Luca. But it's okay, because he is annoying. >XD *is shot*
I feel bad for Luca, and for the girl with her impossible love for Zero, but I don't feel much for Kageyama. XD;; *lol*
Opening page for the main story. :D
Pure hotness. XD
I see the fans of the pairing melting into happy buddles of goo at this sight. XD XD *lol*
Lovely Night Class group eating moment. X3
Kaname x Zero. *is shot* XD XD
Possibly the prettiest pic in the whole novel. XD *so biased*
Well, at least, one of the two prettiest pics of the novel. X3
Huge spoilers for the novel, highlight if you want to read:
Zero stares, slightly mesmerized by Kaname's vampire-ness, after Kaname killed the bad guy.
Kaname confronts Zero (about Zero having failed to protect Yuuki and Kaname having had to intervene). He wants Zero's vampire hunter abilities to get better, since he is allowing Zero to be next to Yuuki and all so that she'd have someone to protect her at all times. So Zero decides to become stronger... :3
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
This is the other one which might be the prettiest scene of the whole novel. X3 *fangirls the two endlessly, melts*
And that's it~! ^_^/
Zero entered highschool... which is so not a spoiler for the novel, as you already know that. *rotfl*
*hopes you enjoy the scans* :D :D
And please, for the love of all that is sacred.... XD;;; *lol* With the last novel I saw various people posting the novel artwork on DeviantArt and other art places, claiming they had drawn it (using the fact that it was rougher than the manga to try and fool innocent passerbys)....... Please don't do that, not only it's utterly ridiculous, but it's... seriously, it's wrong on so many levels. XD;;;
Save the scans and enjoy looking at them to your heart's content, but please don't claim you drew Hino-sensei's art, it's just so wrong to do. O_o;;
And please please please, buy the books, show your love and support for VK and Hino-sensei~! ^__^/// ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
If you can't read japanese and don't want to buy the novel because it's almost all text unlike the manga, then please please buy the manga. ^__^/
Whether you buy it in Japanese (It's quite cheap, you can find it around $5 in many online shops) or the foreign releases in your country or somewhere near you. :D<3
However, keep in mind that it only works if you're buying legit stuff. ^^;
If you buy bootlegged merchandise or books (I saw stuff on Ebay, even things made with stolen fanarts, it's so sad ;-;), no money goes to Hino-sensei, and so you're not supporting VK...
Please buy the official books, whether it's the japanese releases or the foreign ones. ^__^//♥ ♥ ♥