From here on out, anything in black will be a spoiler. And I'll put a spoiler warning up as well, because in a few weeks someone is going to come upon my blog and read something they didn't know yet and send me an angry comment full of bad spelling and exclamation points otherwise. Want to read the spoiler? Highlight the black. Unless you haven't read Vampire Knight chapter 40. Or if you just don't care.

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I read chapter 39 a while ago and I was pretty much freaking out. I was all “No! He can’t die! I mean, sure, he’s my favorite character, so he’s pretty much destined to die before this series is over. But he can’t die yet! *wibble*” Then I read the chapter and I’m all “Yay! Zero’s not dead! Zero’s not dead! Yet. *wibble*”

Anyway, little Zero and Ichiru, adorable as always. Does anyone else think they were just a bit too close back then? Not that I’m complaining...

When Rido said that he was glad Shizuka was dead, I was sitting there thinking “Oh, wow. Ichiru is going to be pissed.” He was the one watching over Rido when he’s in Shiki’s body, right? Gods, my memory is complete and total crap.

Under the impression that Ichiru was the one watching over Rido, I’m all “Dude! Why are you watching over the bastard who’s silently celebrating that the one you love is dead?!” But then I read this chapter. And wonder “Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you?” Did I miss something? And then at the very end, it’s like… OK. You want him to awaken… because? Don’t you want him dead? Couldn’t he just kill him when he was just the bloody thing in the tub? Why wait until he wakes up and go looking for conflict?

And, OK, I get it. He wants Zero to “eat him” to somehow give Zero the power that Ichiru got when they were born. Okie dokie. So, does he want Zero to go after Rido? Is confused.

Of course, I was already under the impression that Ichiru was a bit scrambled. But this chapter doesn’t leave a shadow of doubt. He tries to kill Rido, then he protects him. Huh? He’s all “I hate you Zero” then he’s all “Hugging you calms me down.” Speaking of which, I awed out loud at the hug. Because seriously, twins on a prison floor hugging.

And what did Zero do to Ichiru? Did he literally EAT him? Ew.

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