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Rosario + Vampire is a Japanese manga 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 Moka Akashiya, a vampire who soon develop ...

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Akihisa Ikeda is a manga artist known for the manga ''Rosario + Vampire''. Biography Ikeda was born in Miyazaki in 1976. His first work, ''Kiruto'', debuted in 2002 in ''Monthly Shōnen Jump''. It is described as a "four-volume magical warrior fantasy ser ...

. The series revolves around Tsukune Aono, a mediocre high school student who accidentally enrolls into Yokai Academy, a special school for monsters and demons. Upon his arrival, he meets

Moka Akashiya is a fictional title character from the Japanese manga and anime series '' Rosario + Vampire''. She serves as one of the love interests to Tsukune Aono, who is the only human enrolled in a school of monsters. She has a rosary that gives her a ...

, who is a vampire who takes a strong liking to the taste of his blood. He soon befriends other students: Kurumu Kurono, a busty

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; Ginei Morioka, a

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; Yukari Sendo, a young genius

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; Ruby Tojo, another witch; and Mizore Shirayuki, a snow fairy, all of whom openly express their affections toward Tsukune. Throughout his freshman year, Tsukune encounters various antagonists such as the Protection Committee and the Anti-Schoolers, and later starts to undergo changes which will solidify his role as the link between the human and monster worlds. ''Rosario + Vampire'' began monthly serialization in the August 2004 issue of ''

Monthly Shōnen Jump was a shōnen manga magazine which was published monthly in Japan by Shueisha from 1970 to 2007 under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. It was the sister magazine to ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. History The ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' magazine started ...

''. The first ''

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on October 4, 2004. Each volume features a handful of four-panel bonus comic strips and author's notes. In the Volume 7 author's notes, Ikeda mentions that he was working with a new editor. In volume 9, Ikeda mentions that the series is going to be adapted into an anime series. The tenth and final volume was released on October 4, 2007, spanning 39 chapters during its run. The reason for the ending of the series was because ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' had ended its 37-year run. A bonus chapter of ''Rosario + Vampire'' was serialized in the September 2007 issue of ''

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. The chapters of the series that run ...

''. The series is continued with '' Rosario + Vampire: Season II'', a sequel that began monthly serialization in the November 2007 issue of ''

Jump Square , also written as , is a Japanese monthly '' shōnen'' manga magazine. Published by Shueisha, the magazine premiered on November 2, 2007 as a replacement for '' Monthly Shōnen Jump'', another manga anthology that Shueisha discontinued in June of ...

''. The manga is licensed in North America and the United Kingdom by

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

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, with the volumes released between June 3, 2008, and November 3, 2009. Individual chapters of the series are called tests, while each volume on the English releases are called lessons. __TOC__

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