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series written and illustrated by Akihisa Ikeda. The story revolves around Tsukune Aono, a boy who inadvertently enrolls in a boarding school for monsters. He quickly befriends

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, a vampire who soon develops an obsession with his blood, and later meets other monster girls who soon take a romantic liking to him. The manga was serialized in

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's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Monthly Shonen Jump'' from July 2004 to June 2007, when the magazine ceased its publication. An extra chapter was published in ''

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'' in September 2007. The chapters were collected in ten ''

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'' volumes. A sequel, titled ''Rosario + Vampire: Season II'', was serialized in '' Jump Square'' from November 2007 to February 2014. An epilogue chapter was published in ''Jump SQ.19'' in April 2014. The chapters were collected in fourteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. Both manga series were licensed in North America and in the United Kingdom by

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, and in Australia and New Zealand by

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. The series also spanned three CD dramas, two

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s, a novel adaptation, and two

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shows. A 13-episode anime adaptation of ''Rosario + Vampire'' aired in Japan between January and March 2008. A second season of the series, ''Rosario + Vampire Capu2'', aired in Japan between October and December 2008. The anime is licensed in North America by

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, which is now known as

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, who released both seasons on December 20, 2011. The anime is also licensed in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment, who released both seasons in 2012.

Plot

Tsukune Aono is an average teenager who is unable to get into any local high schools due to his poor grades. As a last-ditch effort to secure his education, his parents enroll him in a private school called Yokai Academy, which he discovers is a boarding school for monsters. The school teaches monsters how to coexist with humans, including disguising them as them, but any real humans found on campus are to be killed. Although he fears for his life, Tsukune befriends a beautiful vampire girl named

, who enjoys his company and especially the taste of his blood. During a fight with a school bully, Tsukune accidentally removes the

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around Moka's neck and discovers that she transforms into a powerful vampire with a completely different personality. Because of Moka, Tsukune decides to stay at Yokai. He befriends formerly antagonistic students, including succubus Kurumu Kurono and child prodigy witch Yukari Sendo. They join the school's Newspaper Club and wind up fighting a variety of students and teachers, who use their monstrous powers to bully or to control one or more of the members for their own selfish or destructive ends. On a club trip to the human world, they meet a witch, Ruby Tojo, who defends a field of sunflowers from being torn down by developers. They meet Mizore Shirayuki, a

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student who becomes Tsukune's "stalker". A group of " Monstrels" harass the club. Ruby, having recovered from injuries, joins the school's staff as the Headmaster's assistant. An evil group called the Anti-Schoolers threaten to break down the barrier between the human and monster worlds. When Tsukune's cousin manages to sneak onto the school grounds, the club has a hard time keeping the monster school a secret. When the school is temporarily closed because of damage, Tsukune returns home to the human world only to have Moka, Kurumu, Yukari, and Mizore follow him and hide in his room. In ''Rosario+Vampire: Season II'', Moka's younger half-sister Koko Shuzen enrolls. She, Ruby, and Mizore join the Newspaper Club. On an excursion to Mizore's homeland, they learn of a dangerous organization called

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, which seeks to destroy the human world. The Newspaper Club visits the human world where they meet San Otonashi, a former club member, and run into trouble with adversaries from Fairy Tale's 7th Branch office. Chinese transfer student Fangfang Huang tries to recruit Tsukune to join his mafia family. When Moka spends a school day as her inner personality, she is unable to return to the seal, so the Newspaper Club heads to China to get her Rosario fixed. In Hong Kong, Tsukune and the gang learn the truth about Moka's identity: she was infused with First Ancestor blood by her mother Akasha Bloodriver, who sacrificed herself to protect them from Alucard, the original First Ancestor vampire. Moka's eldest half-sister Aqua infiltrates the Huang manor and captures Moka to bring to Fairy Tale, which suspects that Moka is the key to reviving Alucard. While his friends train their powers, Tsukune has his body altered by Tohofuhai to handle the upcoming challenges. Tsukune and the gang infiltrate the Hanging Garden: a sky fortress that serves as Fairy Tale's headquarters. They face opposition from their leader and matriarch of the Shuzen family Gyokuro Shuzen, who sends the leaders of the Fairy Tale Branches after them for a series of fights. The group eventually reaches Moka, but must face her half-sisters Aqua and Kalua. Gyokuro snatches Moka's rosario in order to control Alucard. A character called the Masked King reveals himself to be a clone of Alucard's original vampire form. He reveals that he has manipulated both Fairy Tale and its opposition to determine whether the rosario could control him, and then merges with his monster self, who goes on a rampage in Tokyo. Moka is mortally wounded, but Tsukune revives her by removing all his holy locks and transforming himself into a First Ancestor vampire. They beat down Alucard, but he revives and reveals that he has hatched eggs in Japan's major cities. Tsukune's friends and allies, along with the two other Dark Lords, band together to fight Alucard and his clones. Tsukune puts Moka's rosario on Alucard, which awakens Akasha inside his monster body. Akasha tells Alucard to give up the fight, and they cast a self-disintegration spell. Now that the existence of monsters is known in the human world, coexistence is now even harder to achieve; however, Tsukune is confident that he and his friends can do it.

Conception

Ikeda drew inspiration from the monster manga series ''

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'' and has incorporated some references later into the first serialization of the ''Rosario+Vampire'' manga. In an interview at

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2012, Ikeda said he is a big fan of

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and was inspired by his works, including ''

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'', and particularly ''

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'' because the monster has a sensitive soul. His first character design was Moka, a beautiful girl vampire with a crucifix around her neck; he then created the school of monsters and Tsukune afterwards. He credits the beautiful girls for the series' popularity and added the fighting elements. After the series ended in ''

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'' but was going to be featured in '' Jump Square'', he retitled the second series to give it a sense of renewal.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Akihisa Ikeda, ''Rosario + Vampire'' was first published with

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chapters in

's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''

'' from 2003 to 2004; it debuted as a serialized manga in the same magazine on July 6, 2004. The magazine ceased its publication on June 6, 2007. An extra chapter was published in ''

'' on September 22, 2007. Shueisha collected its chapters in ten ''

'' volumes, released from October 4, 2004, to October 4, 2007. A sequel, titled , was serialized in '' Jump Square'', the successor to ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'', from November 2, 2007, to February 4, 2014. An epilogue chapter was published in '' Jump SQ.19'' on April 19, 2014. Shueisha collected its chapters in fourteen ''tankōbon'' volumes, released from June 4, 2008, to May 2, 2014. Both manga series were licensed in North America and in the United Kingdom by

under its '' Shonen Jump Advanced'' imprint, and in Australia and New Zealand by

. Viz Media released the first series between June 8, 2008, and November 3, 2009, and the second between April 6, 2010, and May 5, 2015.

Anime

A 13-episode anime adaptation produced by

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and directed by Takayuki Inagaki aired in Japan from January 3, 2008, to March 27, 2008, on

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, and

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, with later runs on

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, and

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. Six DVD compilation volumes were released between April 25 and September 26, 2008, and a DVD/

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box set was released on January 29, 2010. The anime quickly became notorious for its extensive use of fanservice in the form of panty shots, leading the series to be censored on certain channels during its TV broadcast. A second 13-episode season, , aired on

between October 2 and December 24, 2008, with subsequent runs on

, Mie TV,

, Gifu Broadcasting System, Inc.,

, and

. Six DVD volumes were released between December 21, 2008, and May 22, 2009, and a DVD/Blu-ray box set was released on March 19, 2010. For the first season, the opening theme is "Cosmic Love" and the ending theme is called "Dancing in the Velvet Moon". For the second season, the opening theme is "DISCOTHEQUE" and the ending theme is "Trinity Cross"; all songs in the series are performed by

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, the voice actress for Moka Akashiya in the series. The anime was licensed in North America by

, and released both seasons on December 20, 2011. Funimation initially encountered production issues from the Japanese licensors, causing a series of delays with their release date. Originally intended for release on March 19, 2011, the release date was pushed back to May 17, 2011, and later to July 19, 2011. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. The anime is also licensed in Australia and New Zealand by

, who already holds licensing rights to the manga, and released both seasons in 2012. MVM holds the anime license in the United Kingdom and has released the first season of Rosario Vampire on 10 September 2012.

Music

A series of character singles from the first season of the anime was released by King Records. The first set of singles, featuring Moka Akashiya (

), Kurumu Kurono ( Misato Fukuen) and Yukari Sendo (Kimiko Koyama), was released on February 14, 2008. The second set of singles, featuring Mizore Shirayuki (

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) and Ruby Tojo (

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), was released on March 26, 2008, along with a compilation album called . An original soundtrack was released on December 25, 2008. A set of character singles from the second season was also released by King Records. The first set of singles for Moka Akashiya, Kokoa Shuzen ( Chiwa Saito), Kurumu Kurono, and Yukari Sendo was released on October 29, 2008, while the second set of singles featuring Mizore Shirayuki and Ruby Tojo was released on November 26, 2008, along with another ''The Capucchu'' compilation album. A "Best Of" album entitled was released on February 18, 2009.

Other media

A drama CD of ''Rosario + Vampire'' was released by Shueisha on August 31, 2006. A second drama CD was later released by Shueisha on December 14, 2007, and a third

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based on the anime adaptation was released by Marine Entertainment on July 25, 2008. Most of the voice actors from the CDs were carried on to the anime series. An

show promoting the anime entitled aired on Onsen between December 27, 2007 and March 27, 2008. Another radio show promoting the second anime called also aired on Onsen between October 23, 2008 and April 23, 2009. The shows are hosted by Misato Fukuen and

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, the voices of Kurumu Kurono and Yukari Sendo, respectively. A CD based on the first radio show was released by

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on August 6, 2008, and another CD based on the second radio show was released on June 24, 2009. A

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of ''Rosario + Vampire'' written by

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was released by Shueisha on April 4, 2008 under their ''Jump j-Books'' imprint. A

entitled was developed by

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and was released on March 30, 2008 for the

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. Another visual novel entitled was developed by

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and was released for the

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on July 23, 2009. The player assumes the role of Tsukune Aono in both games, and both games feature new characters.

Reception

Manga

Volumes of the series commonly rank in listings of top selling manga in Japan. In North America, the second volume of ''Rosario + Vampire'' was featured on

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's Top 20 Graphic Novels, ranking at #6 in August 2008 and #16 in September 2008, with the fifth volume ranking at #7 in February 2009. Season II Volume 8 reached number 5 on BookScan and was the top manga in April 2012 Season II Volume 11 ranked number 10, and Season II Volume 12 reached number 3. Carlo Santos of

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gave the first volume of ''Season II'' a C rating and the second volume a B− rating. When he gave volume 1 a C, he stated that "you could do a lot worse". He felt that ''Season II'' has all the things that made the series good, but the attempt to reboot the series for the new semester caused it to lack intense feeling, reintroducing all the characters and going against weak enemies once again. For the second volume, Santos was more pleased with the introduction of a major villain and the fanservice artwork in the lighter story, but lamented the lack of any visually threatening monster. Matthew Warner of Mania.com gave volumes 1 through 3 of ''Season II'' ratings between B+ and A−. In his review for volume 1, he felt the first part was a bit weak with "predictable and bland stories," but remarked positively on the volume's cover art and artwork in general, especially the character artwork. For the second volume, he said it was better focusing on two stories and while noting the second story with Koko was weaker, it still delivers "quite a few solid laughs" and helps develop her character. In his review for volume 3, he stated while it starts out slow, he really enjoyed the story with Mizore, specifically the character development and seeing the characters put aside their disagreements for a common goal: to save Mizore. Leroy Douresseaux of Comic Book Bin gave volumes of ''Season II'' an A− rating. He opined the emphases on sexual innuendo, comparing it to ''

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'', and that the series is like ''

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'' mixed with ''

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'': "cool, creepy folks at a secret school where they can live and learn in a place free of the prejudice against them." In volume 11, he changed his overall view and deemed it solidly a battle manga.

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included ''Rosario + Vampire, Vol.1'' in its list of the 2013 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults under the subcategory Boarding Schools to Summer Camps: Leaving home to find yourself.

Notes

References

External links

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