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Originally Posted by Guido

I've already finished watching the last episode to Vampire Knight Guilty today, and likely as many or several of you might have realized this episode was almost full of anime-original content.

Spoiler:

I have complains for two major flaws:

First, Rido's final match against Zero & Kaname was downright anti-climatic. The bastard went into snow flakes in one pretty big shot.

Most importantly, the anime portrayed Rido as an outwardly, lecherous fiend who seized every moment on screen to whet his appetite and speaking aloud his fantasies to make Yuki his possession; the writers chose to place his role as the main antagonist and driving force for all the other characters' sufferings.

Second, Zero's behavior and reactions towards Yuuki after confronting each other was flatly inconsistent with the initial emotions of his character.
His restless anguish and inner conflict was seriously downplayed, because the writers made Zero to come-in-terms with Yuuki's true nature in relative ease.

The resolution of their peace-talk was that both became sort of good friends on Christmas-card terms, and that they went their separate ways promising that they'll meet each other again to fulfill their roles as vampire-hunter and vampire enemies.
I read that in the manga the outcome was different. I won't spoil it for the audience, but what little I'll comment is that Zero's inner conflict about his love for Yuuki and his hatred for all purebloods did not rest that easy.

For those two mistakes I would have graded this final episode with a '7', but instead gave it an '8' due how excellent Yuuri's performance came out smoothly when she spoke to both Zero and Kaname at the conclusion.

Spoiler:

At short-term there won't be a third season coming, although season two's epilogue leaves things open-ended and with few unanswered mysteries.

Did Takuma really die? and if not, what became of him and Ichiou?
Is there anyone else who still pulls the strings from the backseat to which existence is unknown to Kaname?
Did the plan really went along Kanames' expectations?

We will never know because the anime settle things concluded with Yuuki leaving Cross Academy at Kaname's side, having Ruka, Aidou, and Akatsuki tagging along.
While Zero stays at Cross Academy reminiscing memories of Yuki from back the old days.
Furthermore, the last episode did not end with the subtitle "A sweet dream has not ended yet", like the finale episode to season one did.

There's just not enough manga material for them to make the ending "any more different" than they did. If they really were to spend the time to explain zero's true feelings, and a lot of the other scenes...then theyd have to have a 3rd season given that they were only slated 13 episodes for this season...And they don't have enough material to make a 3rd separate season. As for the whole "sweet dream hasn't ended yet", well we probably won't be seeing a 3rd season anytime soon since the manga comes out very slowly.

All im saying is, sure the last episode might've been disappointing, but given/keeping in mind where the manga currently is, i thought they did a decent job of getting the basic jist of the story