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All-round average teenager Tsukune can't get accepted to any high school save one...but on his first day, he finds the rest of the student body doesn't appear average in the least. Best of all, the cutest girl on campus can't wait to fling her arms around his neck! Wait a sec' - are those her teeth around his neck too...? Tsukune's going to have one heck of a hickey when he gets home from Monster High! But does he have a chance in H E double hockey sticks of raising his grades at a school where the turf war isn't between the jocks and the nerds but the vampires and the werewolves?
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Akihisa Ikeda was born in 1977 in Miyazaki. He debuted as a mangaka with the four-volume magical warrior fantasy series Kiruto in 1999, which was serialized in Monthly SHONEN JUMP. Rosario+Vampire first ran in Monthly SHONEN JUMP, in March 2002. In Japan, Rosario+Vampire is also available as a drama CD. In 2008, the story was made into an anime series.
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Poor Tsukune. Not only has he flunked out of every high school entrance exam, but the only one that would take him is for monsters.
That's the big dilemma in the first volume of "Rosario + Vampire," a high-school/romantic/harem manga focused on the eccentric love story between a lovely vampire and an intensely mediocre teen boy. The stories have a certain element of repetition, but the cute romance and imaginative monsters keep it interesting to the end.
Tsukune is horrified by the sight of Yokai Academy -- until a gorgeous girl named Moka appears, and starts sucking on his neck. She's a vampire, whose "true form" (and her nasty other personality) are kept restrained by a "rosario" (read: rosary) on her throat. Only Tsukune can remove the cross.
Unfortunately Moka is the most normal person Tsukune meets -- Yokai Academy is a school to teach young monsters and demons how to pass for human. If they find out Tsukune's true nature, they'll kill him. And Moka's adoration of Tsukune quickly makes him enemies.
First he's attacked by the school bad boy, then stalked by a sultry succubus who hates Moka. Joining the school's new swim club turns into a disaster when it's revealed that Moka can't touch water -- and that the beautiful girls are actually killer mermaids. And when they join the newspaper club, Tsukune finds he has a new rival -- a werewolf who is all too happy to resort to blackmail.
The first volume of any manga series is a bit of a bumpy ride, since the author has to introduce the characters and the concept. Fortunately "Rosario + Vampire's" introduction is a pretty smooth ride -- once Akihisa Ikeda introduces Yokai Academy and Moka's cutthroat, silver-haired other self, the series is ready to go.
And Ikeda does an excellent job balancing out the slapsticky humor (Moka constantly nipping Tsukune's neck), fanservice, and the usual high school problems filtered through a fantastical lens. And it's got some brilliant action scenes whenever Moka's rosario is removed, with her kicking, punching and generally wiping the floor with the most intimidating monsters in the school.
The biggest problem is that the stories get a bit repetitive -- every problem is solved by Tsukune removing the cross, and Moka kicking someone's butt.
Tsukune is your average harem-comedy guy, in the "Love Hina" mold -- utterly mediocre, but good hearted enough that girls adore him even if they're way smarter and prettier. And in a funny pre-"Twilight" twist, Moka initially adores Tsukune for his tasty-smelling blood -- but as the story goes on, her affection for him starts to mature a bit.
The first volume of "Rosario + Vampire" suffers from some rather deja-vuey climaxes, but it's a fun light read -- and promises to get better.
That's the big dilemma in the first volume of "Rosario + Vampire," a high-school/romantic/harem manga focused on the eccentric love story between a lovely vampire and an intensely mediocre teen boy. The stories have a certain element of repetition, but the cute romance and imaginative monsters keep it interesting to the end.
Tsukune is horrified by the sight of Yokai Academy -- until a gorgeous girl named Moka appears, and starts sucking on his neck. She's a vampire, whose "true form" (and her nasty other personality) are kept restrained by a "rosario" (read: rosary) on her throat. Only Tsukune can remove the cross.
Unfortunately Moka is the most normal person Tsukune meets -- Yokai Academy is a school to teach young monsters and demons how to pass for human. If they find out Tsukune's true nature, they'll kill him. And Moka's adoration of Tsukune quickly makes him enemies.
First he's attacked by the school bad boy, then stalked by a sultry succubus who hates Moka. Joining the school's new swim club turns into a disaster when it's revealed that Moka can't touch water -- and that the beautiful girls are actually killer mermaids. And when they join the newspaper club, Tsukune finds he has a new rival -- a werewolf who is all too happy to resort to blackmail.
The first volume of any manga series is a bit of a bumpy ride, since the author has to introduce the characters and the concept. Fortunately "Rosario + Vampire's" introduction is a pretty smooth ride -- once Akihisa Ikeda introduces Yokai Academy and Moka's cutthroat, silver-haired other self, the series is ready to go.
And Ikeda does an excellent job balancing out the slapsticky humor (Moka constantly nipping Tsukune's neck), fanservice, and the usual high school problems filtered through a fantastical lens. And it's got some brilliant action scenes whenever Moka's rosario is removed, with her kicking, punching and generally wiping the floor with the most intimidating monsters in the school.
The biggest problem is that the stories get a bit repetitive -- every problem is solved by Tsukune removing the cross, and Moka kicking someone's butt.
Tsukune is your average harem-comedy guy, in the "Love Hina" mold -- utterly mediocre, but good hearted enough that girls adore him even if they're way smarter and prettier. And in a funny pre-"Twilight" twist, Moka initially adores Tsukune for his tasty-smelling blood -- but as the story goes on, her affection for him starts to mature a bit.
The first volume of "Rosario + Vampire" suffers from some rather deja-vuey climaxes, but it's a fun light read -- and promises to get better.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is Japanese Manga at it's best. Story and Art is by Akihisa Ikeda. It is about a young boy, named Tsukuni Aono whom after failing evey entrance exam to all the schools is finally accepted at Yokai Academy. This as it turns out is a school for monsters who have to pass as human. There he meets the totally gorgeous Moka who throws herself at him (I am SOOO jealous of this guy already) Moka is actually a Vampire who can't resist Tsukuni's blood. Moka being gorgeous she attracts a LOT of attention from the other monsters who are jealous of Tsukuni and his friendship with the academies most eligble girl. Both Tsukuni and Moka encounter a lot of incidents (I won't spoil it for the purchasers of this book) but I urge you to collect all the books as they get more interesting as each book progresses. It is for older children up to adult as sometimes you get some pantie shots but is all done very innocently though moka and her other friends do tend to show a LOT of leg. This is a comedy Manga with the two main characters getting into all sorts of comic scrapes. Very readable. For those who have not read Manga before this is written in english and reads from what we in the west would consider the "back" of the book. I am addicted totally
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Just arrived today and looks awesome I watched the whole anime series but was sad that it ended a series 2, I have been waiting a long time hoping that some day series 3 will be released.
This anime is brilliantly funny, quirky and with lots of amazing characters and fan service if you were a fan of the anime then you going to love reading the manga its got twice a much content and continues the story where the anime left off.
Also If you google Rosario + Vampire Capu3 Petition you can sign a fan signature that will take us one step closer to getting a series 3 released, I hope so! :)
Can't wait to sink my teeth into this awesome wee manga ''Kappuchu!''
This anime is brilliantly funny, quirky and with lots of amazing characters and fan service if you were a fan of the anime then you going to love reading the manga its got twice a much content and continues the story where the anime left off.
Also If you google Rosario + Vampire Capu3 Petition you can sign a fan signature that will take us one step closer to getting a series 3 released, I hope so! :)
Can't wait to sink my teeth into this awesome wee manga ''Kappuchu!''
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