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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?


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


You watch the anime 3 times but try to figuere out if the manga is worth it?
If you like it its always worth to check out the other.

As far as i remeber it has an open end but finishes the story.


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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.


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> Does the manga contain more story than the anime?

To be exact, the anime deviated from the manga slightly near to the end as
instead of Zero and Yuki being on a roof, Zero is standing on a platform made
entirely of the thorn vines from Bloody Rose. Also, Kaname killed all the
Vampire Senate, not just Ichijo and the guards at the very end. After that,
there is a time skip until Cross Academy is rebuilt and running again and
Kaname is now living with Yuki.

Pretty much from the small discrepancies at the end of the anime, you can
start reading from Chapter 49 (Volume 11 - 49th Night) and not really miss
out, though I would just start reading from chapter 1 again to read the
Bonus/Extra stories that most volumes came with (I don't know how much they
add, but I seem to recall a small story of Kaien caring for little Yuki)

Since the series continues on after Yuki leaves Cross Academy with Kaname,
there is more information as we learn more about Purebloods and what happened
between Kaname's Parents and Rido, particularly why in the anime Juri says
that Rido " _already killed one of her children_ " when Kaname never mentions
another sibling apart from Yuki.

We also learn more about the Vampire Hunters and why their weapons are so
effective against Vampires, and finally learn that Kaname's real end goal is
for his past actions (killing Shizuka Hio, wiping out the senate, making Zero
what he is)

> Does it finish the story off?

Yes, and according to [this
answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/5548/1587), the manga finished in
2013 in Japan with the English translation done the next year. It's probably
safe to assume that after volume 19 (Chapter 93), that's it.

Of course, whether or not you accept that it's the end is another matter.
Since there have been no new releases afterward, there doesn't seem to be any
plans to continue after Chapter 93. There's probably fan fiction and doujinshi
floating around, but these wouldn't be considered as canon (e.g. Yuki making
Sayori a vampire and becoming a couple forever)


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