Sagakure (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sagakure) wrote,@ 2009-07-09 08:57:00 |
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| Entry tags: | ¤ Vampire Knight - All VK Posts, ¤ Vampire Knight - News & Scans etc |
Super rare VK images Hino-sensei drew for limited edition prints! :D
Oops, Aidou is in trouble... XD XD Again. *lol*
It's not something that always happens, but they did it twice so far, once with volume 9 and more recently with volume 10... It's a special event of sorts in which the publisher of VK will have a limited time thing with a single large store in Japan, or sometimes a few stores of a same big chain in a particular area, and there will be a limited edition print of Hino-sensei's artwork drawn especially for that occasion, and which you can get while supplies last if you are buying the first press of the latest VK volume at that shop having the event.
They've done it twice, as a celebration/promotional event for the release of the latest volume.
Needless to say, it's VERY limited, and it finishes VERY fast, to the point where even in Japan, there are violent bid wars for those prints in auctions, and scalpers and all, because it's so limited that often by the time people hear of it and get to the shop that's doing it, it's gone...
I'm one such victim who got to be ripped nicely in auctions for having her beloved Kaname print, hahaha. XD;; (Back on volume 9, as I found out about it after they had sold out).
Even more so, because I managed to snag both the Kaname print, and the even more limited print with Aidou, Cain and Kaname in a bonus mini-manga follow up to the fanbook which Hino-sensei did for the limited edition prints. *ω*/
That print was only available in a single shop for a limited time, and disappeared super fast as everybody rushed for it, of course.
However, VK fans of the whole world can benefit from my compulsive VK obsession now... ;D *lol*
Because naturally, I just HAD to have every single one of those limited prints. *-*/// *VK love*
...And naturally, I scanned everything for you, and even scanlated in English the mini-manga. :3
Enjoy~♥ XD
Truth to be said, I've had most of those for months now but only recently I got around to getting a moment to scan and scanlate it. ^^; It's like there's always something happening, so it took me a bit, but since I got the more recent one as well, I thought I might as well scan everything and post it in a batch. :D
I'd posted a smaller image of the Kaname one a while ago, when it came out, and people have spread it all over the internet since then, so you probably already saw that image.
More recently, I posted a preview of the latest ont (featuring Kaname, Yuuki and Zero) on my twitter, and once more various people took it without saying anything, and reposted it in random places without even saying where they'd found it or anything, which resulted in many people seeing it and wondering wtf that pic was and all. :-/
So, this time I put little info thingies in the pics, so that at least people will know what it is.
You're free to make icons and stuff with it btw, feel free too. ^^/ It's limited but it's official art, and I purchased the prints and the books and all to scan. ^^/
Just one thing though: PLEASE PLEASE, buy the VK books to support the series. ;_;//
You can't get the limited prints in other places (or even in Japan anymore since it's over as the prints are sold out) unless you find them on auctions, but you can buy the books to support the series you love~!<333
Onwards with the piccies. :D
He/they came with volume 9, as a limited thingie in just a few stores in Japan. :)
Click here if you want a much bigger version. :D
Like I was saying, I posted in the past a smaller image of the Kaname one a while ago, when it came out, and people have spread it all over the internet since then, so you might have already seen that image in its original form or modified.
It's utterly adorable to see both Kaname as an adult and Kaname as a child in the same image~! XD<33333333
Not to mention that it also makes you imagine how it would be if Yuuki and him had a son who looked just like him. XD<33333 *melts at the cuteness*
Imagine if they finally all got together, and she has two babies, one a mini-Kaname and one a mini-Zero? Seeing those two running around and playing together cutely would be unbearably cute. XD<33
Click here if you want a much bigger version. :D
It's not screen tones, it's hand-colored then reprinted in greyscale, which makes me wonder if we'll maybe be seeing someday the color version of it in LaLa or something. :D :D
(It's not quite as detailedly colored as for Hino-sensei's usual color images, so perhaps it was just a partial coloring for it to look good in shades of grey, but that might not be re-used in itself... we'll see. :D)
This came as a limited print with volume 10, in only a few stores in Japan.
When it came out, scalpers who'd seen that the previous prints sold well in auctions before, rushed for it and the stocks disappeared at insane speed, between them and the normal fans just rushing to the stores to buy volume 10 and get a limited print before they ran out.
Hino-sensei even commented that she was amazed at how crazy it all went with fans practically fighting for the prints. XD;;
This is the image that was stolen from my twitter and spread around without people creditting the source, which resulted in people wondering what that image even was. :-/ (Though the one that was taken was a smaller version in a photo even. XD; This is the clean scan I did later when I had time. :D)
Well, as for what it is, it's our lovely trio, enjoying some much needed peaceful time!! XD XD
Hino-sensei does fascinating things, btw!! XD Because look well at the image: Zero is leaning on the table beautifully, Yuuki is sitting, and Kaname is about to sit, apparently having brought them their drinks... he's playfully putting one of the drinks on top of Yuuki's head, but... he's doing the same for Zero?! XD XD
Hino-sensei normally always draws Kaname noticeably more slender than Zero, it being because Kaname was always a vampire and probably never had to exercise or anything, while Zero grew up as a hunter exercising heavily ever since he was a little boy, and put up quite some muscle and all. So Zero naturally has a 'manlier'/more muscular built while Kaname has the vampiric beauty of a pureblood in a more slender body with narrower hips etc. (why yes I stare at every single sexy pose in the manga 8D).........................but, she'd always drawn the two guys' hands more or less the same size, usually.
In this pic however, she made sure to emphasize the slender thin fingers in Kaname's hand that we can see, almost as delicate as Yuuki's hand in the same image.
I don't think it's a coincidence, that detail plus the angle of the hand holding the other drink makes it impossible to tell whether it's Yuuki or Kaname who is playfully putting the other drink on Zero's head. And I find that hilarious, and utterly fangirlable. XD
We love you, Hino-sensei, keep the fanservice coming. XD XD *lol*
If you click the larger-size image and look closer, it's even better, because we can see better the chunk of the hand behind Zero's head, holding the drink... and it distinctly looks like it's indeed an index finger and a thumb, from someone's left hand... BUT, Yuuki's left hand is in full sight under her chin, so it can't be hers!! XD So it REALLY is Kaname playing with Zero's head/holding the drink there?! XD XD<333 *lol*
See why I fangirl those three as a threesome so much?! XD XD It's there even in the lovely official fanservice. *lol* (If there were any doubts after chapter 30, or even more after chapter 51 and Yuuki's revelations + Kaname's acceptance of it all. XD XD *lol*)
And lastly, this is technically the second one ine age, having come out on same time as the Kaname one, but being more limited even... But I saved it for last in the post since it is the mini-manga! X3
This builds upon the bonus mini-manga thingies in the fanbook, so you'd have to have read those first to enjoy it to its fullest.
Fortunately, I already scanlated them, so you can just click here and read it! ;D If you haven't already.
So, we know the, err, preferences of many of them, but Aidou hadn't been covered in the fanbook~! Well, now he is, thanks to the lovely limited edition print with his mini-manga on the same subject. :D<3
And in which he royally puts his foot in his mouth about Kaname's preferences, hahahaha~ XD XD<333 (Yet more delicious fanservice. XD XD)
Click here if you want a slightly bigger version. :D
I'd originally meant to post them on the front page instead of behind an lj-cut, so I'd made a vertical version of it so it would fit... I ended up finding it too long and posted inside the body of the post/behind a cut instead, but in case people might find the vertical one more pleasant/easier to read due to font size etc, here it is too:
*ROTFL* XD Poor Aidou. It's just so painfully cute and adorable... and probably about to become ppainful, period, at least for Aidou! XD *LOL*
I love how there's a frame where Cain suddenly jolts after noticing Kaname right there, and... he just RUNS. The next frame, he's GONE. *rotfl* XD
Too many years of getting screwed due to Aidou's great ideas, now he knows better than staying around and waiting for Aidou to accidentally say something that will pull him into it and get him punished too. XD *LOL*
I also love so endlessly much how hilarious it is, the moment where Aidou suddenly realizes Kaname is there, and goes very silent.... before frantically trying to fix things up, without success, hahaha~! XD XD
But it's okay, he enjoys it. ;D *LOL* And that way he gets to be together with Kaname in the masochism & sadism, hahaha~! XD
Spreaking of which, Aidou mentioned Yuuki as an example of his sadism, and "many others"..... I'd say the best one of those is the way he treated five years old Kaname when they first met!! XD XD;; *LOL*
Although I doubt Aidou was thinking of that when he told Cain that, or he'd have felt guilty, I think. XD XD
I always think perhaps there's a bit of the memory of that past of sadistic little Aidou rejecting lonely little Kaname, each time Kaname slaps Aidou nowadays. *LOL*
Aidou must turn masochistic for Kaname to atone, hahahaha~ XD
Both of them have a funny (and adorable XD XD) way of seeing things though, because Aidou seems to be masochistic only for Kaname, and sadistic towards people who make him jealous about the pureblood (Yuuki, in a different way Ichijou, and so on XD)... And Kaname is even more clear on that tendency, as he's 100% masochistic when it comes to Yuuki (she REALLY walks all over him XD), and rather sadistic when it comes to people approaching her. XD;; (If you look in detail throughout the series, every single time he snapped at Zero was immediatly after Zero touched Yuuki's hair, said something to her that set Kaname off, bit her, etc. etc. etc. XD;; Each and every single time. *lol*)
Though in my happy land of yaoi and threesome fangirling, they'd be all happy together and so Kaname would probably be masochistic rather than sadistic, since that's the way he is with the one he loves, canonically, sooo... XD<3 *lovely yaoi mind images of hardcore Zero x Kaname* (Remember Zero said he was sadistic... and since Kaname in love behaves more masochistic-like... if Kaname falls for Zero, IT'S GOING TO BE SO CRAZY HOT!! XD<3333 *lol* *yaoi glee* XD XD)
Well, he also likes teasing Yuuki (if that even counts as sadism XD XD), but he's far more masochistic than sadistic, anyway. XD XD *lol*
Okay, I'm wandering off into the realm of fangirly rambling, but who can resist the fic ideas etc, with such delicious canon and such tempting fanservice-y bonus thingies?? XD XD<333 *lol*
And that's it for now~! :D
If more limited edition prints come out with the upcoming volumes of VK, I will naturally go on hunting for them and scanning them. X3
So you'll eventually get to see them as well, if there's more. ;)
And again, please PLEASE buy the books to support the series~! ;-;
Either the japanese ones, or the local releases in your respective countries. ^^/
