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Rosario + Vampire (-, Rozario to Banpaia-, Rosario and Vampire) is a Japanese manga series originally serialized in Monthly Sh-nen Jump, between August 2004 and June 2007; a single extra chapter was serialized in Weekly Sh-nen Jump in September 2007. In November 2007, the manga began regular serialization again, now in Jump Square, and is ongoing.
An anime adaptation also titled Rosario + Vampire aired in Japan from January to March 2008.[1] A second season, titled Rosario + Vampire Capu2, began airing on October 2, 2008 and ending on December 24, 2008, continuing the story of the first 13-episode series and introducing more characters from the manga, as well as new anime-exclusive characters.[2]
Plot
Tsukune Aono is a painfully average high school freshman who is unable to get into any private school, due to his disappointing test scores. The only school he is finally accepted into turns out to be a secret school for supernatural monsters (youkai), who are disguised as humans. The first student he meets is the beautiful Moka Akashiya, who becomes his friend for an unusual reason; she is a vampire, and is attracted to the sweet taste of his human blood. Tsukune quickly realizes his admission into a monster school must have been a mistake and fears for his life.
Despite Moka's vampiric nature, she is a kind girl and Tsukune quickly falls for her. He decides to stay and be near her, despite the various dangers. He must hide his human identity from the faculty and other students, while trying to keep his grades up and avoiding conflicts with the various not-so-mythological monsters lurking around campus. Tsukune soon discovers that when he removes the "rosario" around Moka's neck, she transforms into a super-vampire, stronger and more powerful than almost any other creature at the school. However, in this state, she has an entirely different personality, often cold and merciless, so the rosario is only removed in dire emergencies. Tsukune is the only person who can physically remove it to transform Moka, and only in the case of an emergency (the rosario remains physically bound to Moka, while Tsukune attempts to willfully remove it in a moment immediately preceding, and sometimes interjecting - a malignant situation)
Music
Rosario + Vampire
Opening Theme:
"Cosmic Love" by Nana Mizuki
Ending Theme:
"Dancing in the Velvet Moon" by Nana Mizuki
Character Image Songs:
"Akai J-netsu (Red Passion)" by Nana Mizuki
"Akai Suw-to P- (Red Sweet Pea)" by Nana Mizuki
"Nagisa no Deka Melon (Big Melons on the Beach)" by Misato Fukuen
"Toki ni Ai wa" (Time Will be as Love)" by Misato Fukuen
"Magical Romance" by Kimiko Koyama
"Delicate ni Suki Shite" by Kimiko Koyama
"Yukidoke no Koigokoro" by Rie Kugimiya
"Slow Motion" by Rie Kugimiya
"Hanashikake Takatta" by Saeko Chiba
"Tomodachi Da Yo" by Saeko Chiba "Tsumetai Rosario" sang by Nana Mizuki, Misato Fukuen, Kimiko Koyama, Rie Kugimiya, Saeko Chiba
Rosario + Vampire Capu2
Opening Theme:
"Discotheque" by Nana Mizuki
Ending Theme:
"Trinity Cross" by Nana Mizuki
Character Image Songs:
"Anata ni Kapuchu!" by Nana Mizuki
"Jounetsu (DESIRE)" by Nana Mizuki
"Yafunanoni" by Misato Fukuen (Episode 3)
"Smile For Me" by Misato Fukuen
"Majokka Onna no Ko (Regal Purple Sacral)" by Kimiko Koyama (Episode 4)
"Sabishii Nategyo" by Kimiko Koyama
"Snow Storm" by Rie Kugimiya (Episode 3)
"Say Yes!" by Rie Kugimiya (Episode 5)
"Orange no Kaerimichi" by Saeko Chiba (Episode 8)
"Shinkokyuushite" by Saeko Chiba
"Pojitibu Rokenroo (Postive Rock And Roll)" by Chiwa Saito(Episode 9)
"Shiroi Honoo" by Chiwa Saito
"Watashi no Kureta Mono" by Nana Mizuki, Misato Fukuen, Kimiko Koyama, Rie Kugimiya, Saeko Chiba (Episode 6)
"Hyakuman Kai no Juuchi" by Koyashu Takehito (Episode 10)
"Cosmic Love" by Nana Mizuki (Episode 11)
"Jounetsu (DESIRE)" by Nana mizuki (Episode 12)
Reception
In September 2008, the second volume of the was ranked in the top 16 of BookScan.[3]
THEM Anime Reviews gave the show a mixed response. The show is mostly criticized for its formulaic episodes, due to its frequent use of "monster-of-the-week". Conversely, Moka's alternate personality is praised as the most interesting character in the series, but is underutilized.[4]
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