Does the Vampire Knight manga have additional story that the anime doesn't?


I've watched the _Vampire Knight_ anime. I really like the story so far but
find it frustrating that the anime doesn't finish off the story. I'm trying to
figure out if it is worth reading the manga.

Does the manga contain more story than the anime? Does it finish the story
off?




Based on [Manga Updates' page of Vampire
Knight](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1679):

> **Status in Country of Origin**  
>  19 Volumes (Complete) + 2 Bonus Chapters  
>  10 Bunkoban Volumes (Complete)
>
> **Anime Start/End Chapter**  
>  Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1  
>  Ends at Vol 10, Chap 46

If you wonder why there are two kinds of volume above, in Japan, usually
"volume" as we know it called tankoubon, and bunkouban is a tankoubon with
more pages, thus why bunkouban has less volume. [Further reading in Wikipedia
about those formats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank%C5%8Dbon).

So, to answer your question:

> Does the manga contain more story than the anime?

Should be, because the anime only caught up to vol. 10 and when all season of
_Vampire Knight_ anime ended, the manga was still ongoing. You can see it
based on the year the anime and manga ended at [Wikipedia's page of _Vampire
Knight_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Knight).

Further, I didn't watch the anime and only read its manga till the end, but
seeing Wikipedia's page of [List of _Vampire Knight_
episodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vampire_Knight_episodes),
seeing the story of the last episode of _Vampire Knight: Guilty_ , I can tell
you that's not how the manga ended.

> I'm trying to figure out if it is worth reading the manga. Does it finish
> the story off?

Whether it's worth or not, it's up to each reader. But if you want to know the
"official" ending (I said "official", because the manga is the original
source), then it's recommended to read the manga, because the manga did finish
it off.




Based on [Manga Updates' page of Vampire
Knight](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1679):

> **Status in Country of Origin**  
>  19 Volumes (Complete) + 2 Bonus Chapters  
>  10 Bunkoban Volumes (Complete)
>
> **Anime Start/End Chapter**  
>  Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1  
>  Ends at Vol 10, Chap 46

If you wonder why there are two kinds of volume above, in Japan, usually
"volume" as we know it called tankoubon, and bunkouban is a tankoubon with
more pages, thus why bunkouban has less volume. [Further reading in Wikipedia
about those formats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank%C5%8Dbon).

So, to answer your question:

> Does the manga contain more story than the anime?

Should be, because the anime only caught up to vol. 10 and when all season of
_Vampire Knight_ anime ended, the manga was still ongoing. You can see it
based on the year the anime and manga ended at [Wikipedia's page of _Vampire
Knight_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Knight).

Further, I didn't watch the anime and only read its manga till the end, but
seeing Wikipedia's page of [List of _Vampire Knight_
episodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vampire_Knight_episodes),
seeing the story of the last episode of _Vampire Knight: Guilty_ , I can tell
you that's not how the manga ended.

> I'm trying to figure out if it is worth reading the manga. Does it finish
> the story off?

Whether it's worth or not, it's up to each reader. But if you want to know the
"official" ending (I said "official", because the manga is the original
source), then it's recommended to read the manga, because the manga did finish
it off.

