Vampire Knight 11 – Horie Yui and another Moétard

Vampire Knight: The 11th Night
Compensation of Desire.

Horie Yui has some of my favourite moé characters on her C.V. Her first big break as Narusegawa Naru in Love Hina was also my first downloaded animé. For nostalgia’s sake this was back when I was still wasting my youth on 56k. She has since went on to voice Sawachika Eri (School Rumble), Shirakawa Kotori / Asakura Yume(Da Crapo), Furude Hanyuu (Higurashi), Tateishi Ayu (Ultra Manic), Takeuchi Rio (Spiral), Honda Tohru (Fruba) and Amamiya Manami (Manabi Straight!).

Her voice doesn’t really have as much variation as say, Hirano Aya or Tamura Yukari. More recently, I find Horie-san’s voice as somewhat typecast as an Genki Moétard. Her characters have tended to be positive, headstrong, stupid but very, very moé. This has been especially cemented by her performance as my favourite moétard Tsukimiya Ayu.

Her latest role as Yuki Cross is no exception to the trend in Horie-san’s characters. At times I almost expect her say uguu~. Yuki demonstrates her retard credentials nearly every episode and last week she even showcased her academic ineptitude. Life can’t be easy for Yuki though. Maria has dropped her into a jar of crap and dangled Zero’s salvation over her – in exchange for herself or Kaname. As predicted, Yuki challenged Kaname about her memories but it more was interesting to see Yuki’s ego cave-in under a Kaname glomp, damn moé!~ XD

~ Teeif