Hi! I was going to reblog one of your posts, but Iām not in the mood to start a war with the ship that must not be named lol. I read your post about Hino's inability to address the elephants she creates (which I completely agree with ā and the Yume relationship is toxic, even if Zero had never existed), but after reading the entire manga without any emotional bias, I honestly think Yuki is toxic too, even if itās not intentional.
Take the scene where she finds out Kaname was responsible for the death of Zeroās parents and everything else. Yuki just cried, but it didnāt change her perception of Kaname at all. Hino even builds the Yume ship around two premises: eternity and the idea that Kanameās sacrifice forgives everything heās done. But in reality, Kanameās situation is more about taking responsibility for the awful things heās done than about some innocent self-sacrifice.
Hino clearly wants to frame him as someone who sacrificed himself, but for many of us, he spent a long time manipulating people, causing the deaths of innocent people, and now, yes, heās owning up to it ā but only now. Yet for Yuki ā and considering that Yuki represents Hinoās voice ā Kaname is basically seen as this poor, tragic figure. When in fact, everyone in the series has suffered in some way and still chose to deal with things without manipulating people or acting like āthings must go my way.ā
Another thing that bothers me about Yuki is her constant immaturity. Even her daughters are portrayed as more mature and adult than she is. Itās like sheās a girl who never really grew up. Hino doesnāt balance sweetness and innocence well, and ends up creating a weak character.
And finally, to be honest, Hinoās core premise is: Kaname sacrificed himself, so the debt is paid, all is forgiven. Yuki can return and they can be happy. Her reasoning is very simplistic. I think her original intention was to show that āif you want to hurry, go slowly,ā which could suggest that Kanameās actions lead nowhere ā but she canāt stick to that message. Basically, she always has an excuse for Kaname, and whatās curious is that her intention ends up being the opposite of how normal people perceive things ā people who understand that some actions arenāt love, theyāre actually a form of emotional dysfunction.
You've pretty much said everything. The thing which really annoys me in fictions and Hino uses that throughout the whole series is to use love as a moral purifier. It is such a cheap plot device. Love is not intrisically pure in itself. Love is evil and ugly and twisted all the time in life. Love can lead to goodness, love can lead to prosperity, it can also lead to destruction and evil. But love is not the resolution in itself which Hino claims in the story. It does not absolve moral wrongs. ''Kaname did this for me so it's fine'' is basically Yuki's answer which is wild. And Zero accepting this is even more wild. Imagine for a second if your best friend stood by your abuser and family anihilator's side lol.
Also the way Hino tries to frame Kaname as this ultimate martyr is very strange to me because literally half the characters in this series has faced serious trauma and loss. I mean take Zero, he's had his parents murdered in front of his eyes as a child, he was turned into a level e (or forcefully put on the path at least), his twin brother betrayed him only to be sacrificed later, the only friend in his life (Yuki) was revealed to be some kind of ''lure''. Basically his whole life was toyed with, nothing was real, every aspect of his life was fabricated. Yuki also had her parents killed and had her memories erased. Half the vampire hunters had a loved one violently killed. I fail to understand this focus with Kaname's turmoil being painted as this big tragedy.
Tbh I haven't read memories cause I quickly got fed up with hino's storytelling so I can't comment on Yuki's maturity in the sequel.
All I can say is that Hino could not commit to Yuki's character. She wanted to stay coherent with Yuki's characterization while keeping yume's love story intact which was never possible. To stay coherent she either had to sacrifice Yuki's moral integrity to keep yume intact or she had to sacrifice yume's love to keep Yuki's moral virtue intact. But she wanted to have her cake and eat it too so we got this whole mess of a plot resolution.
Sorry if my whole rant/answer is a bit all over the place. English is not my first language!
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