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).Īs the school year continues, Tsukune becomes involved with other students who start out as enemies but who are won over into becoming his friends: Kurumu Kurono, a succubus who originally fixated on Tsukune as both a means of propagating her species and a weapon against Moka (whom she originally hated for attracting all the male students away from her) Yukari Sendo, an twelve-year-old witch who is the smartest student at the academy (but prejudiced against by the other students since witches are not truly considered monsters, but somewhere between monsters and humans) who developed a major crush on Moka, and a softer crush on Tsukune after they defended her against a pack of bullies. However, in this state, she has an entirely different, often cold and merciless personality, so the rosario is only removed in dire emergencies. 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. 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. He decides to stay and be near her, despite the various dangers. Moka also quickly falls in love with Tsukune after they meet. Tsukune quickly realizes his admission into a monster school must have been a mistake and fears for his life.ĭespite Moka's vampiric nature, she is a kind girl and Tsukune quickly falls for her. While at first Moka was upset upon discovering that Tsukune was actually a human, she realizes that he's the first real friend she had ever made. He quickly becomes friends with the beautiful Moka Akashiya, who turns out to be a vampire attracted to the sweet taste of his blood (and Tsukune's only, it turns out). The only school he is finally accepted into turns out to be a secret school for supernatural monsters and mythical creatures (yōkai), who are disguised as humans. Tsukune Aono is a normal high school freshman who is unable to get into any private school, due to his dismal grades. At Anime Central 2010, North American anime distributor Funimation Entertainment announced that they have acquired both anime seasons of Rosario + Vampire for release in 2011.
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A second season, titled Rosario + Vampire Capu2, began airing on Octoand 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. An anime adaptation also titled Rosario + Vampire aired in Japan from January to March 2008. According to Anime News Network, the manga's second season is going to start being released in America on April 6, 2010. At the current rate of publication, this arc should be finished by the end of the year.
The first series is currently being published in North America by Viz Media. In November 2007, the manga began regular serialization again under the name Rosario + Vampire season II, now in Jump Square, and is ongoing. Rosario + Vampire (ロザリオとバンパイア, Rozario to Banpaia?, Rosario and Vampire) is a Japanese manga series originally serialized in Monthly Shōnen Jump, between August 2004 and June 2007 a single extra chapter was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in September 2007.