And apparently yuri too. Not that I am complaining. Vampire Knight continues to top itself as a hot and steamy vampire drama, which I absolutely cannot get enough of. From the last episode, a new vampire was hinted at and now she is at the school and Maria shows a striking resemblance to the one who sired Zero and killed his family, enough to set Zero off enough to almost kill her on sight. It makes some sense since she is related.

Maria does show an unhealthy fixation on Zero and more so on Yuuki. There were times when I thought Yuuki would have been bitten yet again, but by her. Zero however is extremely weary of her, especially because of the resemblance thing. We find out some more about the one who sired him, being an insane pureblood called Shizuka. Zero does suspect that the reason no one knows where she went is that she changed forms. We find out that there is many abilities that pure bloods may have that not even the higher up vampires may know about. 

I liked Aidou this episode with his much more mischievous side making Yuuki’s life harder with the jealous fan girls. Aidou also seems to have suspicions about the new transfer, Maria, who does pull off a way too arrogant aura in the presence of the other vampires and seems to float when she jumps. This could just be her unique ability though. 

The big reveal is her servant/blood-bag who looks very much like Zero, possibly he is the supposedly dead brother. How he is together with Maria brings questions to how close Maria is to Shizuku really. I wish the next episode preview was more than just a title, because I am already enticed enough. 

The ED single came out a while ago, and the OP soon. I love both of these so much, maybe I will get back to some music review. 

But I would prefer a lot more Klan. So we got a Micheal centric episode, exploring his past and developing his character. The subject was friendly fire, which I found pretty intense. It is somewhat harsh how Micheal’s sister was lead to suicide over this matter though, but thankfully Micheal was able to get over it sniping the target successfully without killing Alto (always a good thing) although not good enough it seems as the target still had enough time to destroy the nest and escape.

I like the other side of Klan showed this episode, the more vulnerable side that slapped the hell out of Micheal in a mech (interesting scene when you think about it) when we was being very callous with his words. I want some more development between them, a bit more about their past as they seem to have known each other since childhood. Also, I wouldn’t say anything if he really pursued her in her mincloned form. 

Damn bastard… Let something resolve. Ranka has seen/met him twice now with nothing come out of it. He does seem to be on orders though, against the guys from Frontier, ordered to destroy the nest before they could capture and study it. Lots of cool action and more dog fighting (got to love those missles) so I can forgive all this torturing-like slow development in this area. There was surprisingly little Ranka and Sheryl this episode… I do look forward to next week’s episode as they will probably be back to their old amount of screen time. 

Also, I forget the guy’s name but I must say, I like him even more for his proformance this episode, talking down Ranka’s manager. XD

Let me begin with the highlight of the episode - Kaguya-hime! Yeah, I know, thats my episode highlight for the last few consecutive episode but this episode had very little else to offer. Apart from the moe-licious Kaguya moment, I actually feel somewhat disappointed that this is how we leave things off while we break for a week. 

Compulsory Anya screenshot. I am liking her and she is developing some, if ever so slowly and she makes some Suzaku scenes bearable. I love her line to Suzaku, ‘Are you a masochist?’ and her casually signing the execution orders in his steed. The Knights of Rounds since their introduction have not done that much, being held back by politics and rules, I want something like episode 6 again. 

Nina is reintroduced, apparently working on a working version of her bomb. This has got to be important somewhere along the line because of how much time they used to foreshadow it here. She has gone a long way since table humping although I think Schneizel is probably using her, going to the trouble of funding this research. 

And hurray for more Lloyd and Cecile. I guess Kallen is up to her fan service quota and Cecile takes over for a bit. I love the outfit although it makes little sense why she wore that. I like how relaxed Lloyd looks.

Alright, I liked Euphemia and all but with so much flash backing to her and remembering her is getting a little stale. I did like this scene with the candles for her showing again that Lelouch did generally care for her. 

ANd the climax of the episode was nice and all but I couldn’t help think that I saw the same scene in Spartacus or V for Vendetta. For a while there, I did actually think he would abandon them all, but then again there wouldn’t be a good season left if that happened. 

So a million zeros, the japanese just abandonned their home land and boarded this ridiculous iceberg ship which makes no sense to just introduce. I can’t help but allude Lelouch to Moses leading the masses in Exodus. The likely destination is China and I can’t help but wonder if this will go international. They showed some conflict in Europe before, (and apparently France is now in peace with Britainia) so we may get to see much more of the world and maybe more areas. 

Lelouch’s plans have been getting more and more ludicrous each episode, especially in R2 and it comes to a point where it no longer seems like brilliant detailing but more like ad lib. This plan of his also was completely dependant on how well he knew Suzaku. I also believe he is being a bit too lax and not too subtle or careful anymore. 

To which I believe Sayako recognizes him now. She got a lot of screen time just for being on the boat. Does she have significance here. Bah, I was left with a bitter feel that this episode didn’t deliver the same punch or even exciting fun I usually get with Geass. I desperately await the next episode. 

Oh and sorry, this is late. As I said last week, I was in Kent all day (I can’t understand how Ruki can stand living there) playing in an American Football Game. To those interested we, the London Blitz beat the Kent Exiles 44-14. Pretty fantastic although it was an utter embarrassment when we actually let those two touchdowns from them happen due to a screwed up kick return. This score will really help us to get a playoff place. Next week is a home game so I should be able to get on this when it releases as normal.