Yuuki directly admits that she had been harboring romantic feelings for Kaname. However, the English translation renders 恋してた as “in love with,” which flattens the nuance of 恋してた and isn’t entirely accurate.
and Why Hino Matsuri chose that specific wording when Yuuki first confesses to Kaname, especially when there are so many different ways in Japanese to express romantic feeling?
To avoid any misreading or distortion of her feelings for Kaname: when she says her heart was split in two, it reflects how both emotions were still koi (恋)—simple, unformed, not yet fully matured into something heavier.
Only later, after Kaname’s Memory Arc, does that feeling slowly deepen into ai (愛), becoming more complex, more irreversible. So she names their child Ai Kuran, because koi (恋) is no longer enough to hold what her feelings for Kaname have become.
The four former editors of Vampire Knight and Vampire Knight Memories each chose their favorite manga scenes and shared them as farewell messages in Lala Magazine DX (2025/09, Hakusensha).
The current editor chose VKM Vol. 11’s title, “Memories from You,” where Kaname awakens to his true self and his desires. The other editors picked Zero’s first bite of Yuuki, Kaname’s rebirth as a human, and Kaien’s death.
“Kaname-sama carried tens of thousands of years of hunger and loneliness, yet never abused his power to satisfy his own desires, instead quietly letting things go and suppressing that longing deep within himself.
It was precisely such Kaname-sama who, after losing his memories, for the first time truly followed his heart and reached out his hand toward what he desired. Hearing words from him that sounded almost like self-punishment, meeting those eyes that were quiet yet unwavering, makes one want to cry and beg him not to keep saying “I have no right”, but also brings an overwhelming joy at the fact that he has finally acknowledged his own longing. This complex, conflicting emotion is almost suffocating."
幾万年: typically used in a poetic, dramatic, or exaggerated context to refer to a vast, nearly incalculable span of time
幾 (iku): How many / some / several
万年 (man'nen): Ten thousand years
The Editors and Hino Matsuri summarized the entire VKM story with the phrase:
「追憶と再生の物語、遂に完結――」
"The story of reminiscence and rebirth, at last, comes to its conclusion"
And Kaname and Yuki’s relationship was described as:
「幾星霜の愛を辿って――」
"Tracing a love that has endured countless eons of stars and frost"
~A love that traverses the passage of time. is the core title & epitaph Hino wrote it for Kaname and Yuuki
幾星霜(ikuseisou): It is a poetic, somewhat archaic Japanese compound (literally meaning "how many stars and frosts") used to reflect on the long passage of time, enduring through seasons, or recalling the heavy weight of history.
And Hino used this phrase twice for Kaname and Yuuki:
「さぁ、この手をとって。」
"Come, take this hand of mine."
「幾星霜の話をしよう。」
“Let us speak of countless years of stars and frost.”
「罪の告白のように、愛を告げる。」
"Confessing love, as if whispering a confession of sin."
So putting it together, the time here is not just something that passes, but something endured and survived, carried like memory itself: beautiful, heavy, and impossible to undo.
「さぁ、この手をとって。幾星霜の話をしよう。」 "Come, take my hand. Let us speak of tales that span countless years of stars and frost." In the visual layout, Kaname is shown enveloped by shadows in the corner, while Yuuki arrives carrying light and blue roses.(In nature, true blue roses cannot exist, as roses lack the gene for blue pigment. Blue roses were originally said to symbolize the impossible: things that could never exist, miracles that would never be realized, desires forever out of reach. So when Yuuki approaches Kaname carrying light and blue roses, she brings a miracle to him.)Her presence softly glows as she reaches out her hand to the man who had always been hiding alone in the darkness, inviting him, at last, to speak of the desires he had buried for thousands of years.
And this time, he did.
「目覚めのキスのように。罪の告白のように、愛を告げる。」 "Just like an awakening kiss. Confessing love, as if whispering a confession of sin.". Kaname has always seen his desire for Yuuki as a sin. But Yuuki reaches out her hand and asks him to speak it aloud. What was once guilt becomes a confession of love, and the soul that spent ten thousand years alone in the darkness is finally allowed to step into the warmth and light of the world she created for him.
They disappeared together. Never apart again.
And so the story of 「幾星霜の愛」 finally reaches its conclusion.
I listened to the Drama CD. It was really enjoyable, exciting, and even funny. Heartbreaking 💔
But the part where Kaname and Yuki turned into dust, and he spoke about his wishes and his love… that part truly hurt, i cried 😭💔
I kept thinking, why was kaname who had to suffer so much? I wished He could have lived a happy life in that miserable world.
But I’m glad he is finally free now, and with Yuki in eternal life. I don’t know if it will be some kind of A throuple relationship now, but I just hope Kaname is happy with the one he loves.
Handle opinions and get mad, I think theirs something wrong with you in the head.
People have a right to express their opinion about a franchise or any type of work.
Getting mad over fictional stuff and wanting to argue over it is dumb as heck and plain stupid.
Don't like what someone said ignore or move on. Hell I don't do the whole "safe space and safe space fans only" or whatever these fans doing now a days.
Fandom rules does not exist and the fandom police is old news. Can't handle opinions, stop being a toxic over it.
You literally had people actually doxxing people's personal information over fictional stuff yet some people want complain about others opinions.
"I want to meet you... will you please forgive me..."
I need to talk about this! When I saw the official tweet, I couldn't stop thinking about it. Like I can't help to think it's a follow up. So the official twitter account made a POST about VKM's conclusion. It has some dialogue of Kaname's POV. Here it is below:
"I want to meet you....
This thirst that tears me apart is betraying the "happiness as a human" that she desired.
Even after losing my memories, the hunger that still aches, and the hand I extend toward you....
Will you please forgive me...."
Now here's Kaname's POV from the final translation that @eternal-rose-scans team has done :
"The day has come.
I close my eyes and listen to the voice from the darkest depths of myself.
That voice has cried out the same wish since the very beginning.
I carry great anger at myself for covering my ears.
This is, without a doubt, my own wish, cry, and anger.
Yes.
That's right.
What's wrong with wanting you?
I will listen to my own voice."
So yeah....
I definitely think that twitter post is a continuation to this Kaname's POV.
It's sad. After Kaname decided to follow his heart, he realize what he was about to do. He feels guilty for betraying Yuki's wish of wanting him to have "happiness as a human", but he can't help himself.... from his longing to meet her again....
"Will you please forgive me."
UGH.... that line right there! I can't, my heart!!
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