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Tsukune Aono's an [[Ordinary High School Student]], as they all are. Then, completely by accident, he gets accepted to a school where [[Youkai]] attend and are taught how to be human. Before he gets to school, he has a run-in with [[Our Vampires Are Different|Moka Akashiya]], who sucks his blood. Other than being a little light-headed, Tsukune now finds out he has a [[Magical Girlfriend|girlfriend]]. Thing is, every guy on campus is ''also'' after her. Fortunately, he's the only one who can remove Moka's rosary around her neck, turning her into a powerful, super-vampire, albeit changing Moka into an utter [[Defrosting Ice Queen|ice queen]]. As a member of the school's newspaper club, he's also [[Unwanted Harem|surrounded by a harem of]] [[Cute Monster Girl|cute monster girls]]; life just got a lot more interesting.

 

 

The first season of manga ran for 10 volumes in Japan, with the second underway. The series is also being published in America. An anime adaptation aired in early 2008, and a second [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|season]] titled ''Rosario + Vampire Capu2'' aired later that year. Both seasons have been licensed by Funimation.

 

Feel free to check out and contribute to the [[Rosario + Vampire/Characters|character page]] as well.

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* [[Above the Influence]]: First and foremost, Tsukune. No matter how many times girls have propositioned him (sometimes when half-naked), he will turn them down. Kurumu has propositioned him a lot, both naked and clothed; then in the Flower Offering arc Mizore (trying to avoid a [[Arranged Marriage]]) drugged him with a powerful [[Love Potion|aphrodisiac]] made from a local flower known to the yuki-onna. One that is famous in the monster world for being among the best. She pretty much threw herself at him, literally begging him to knock her up. Furthermore, Yukari propositions threesomes all the time. He refuses to take advantage of this, despite knowing the girls mean every word of what they say when it comes to sex.

* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]: The "Public Safety Commission" was originally a good, necessary institution that suffered heavily from [[Motive Decay]]. Now they're comparable to the [[Yakuza]] who abuse their literal license to kill, and none of the faculty does anything about them.

** {{spoiler|Later it was revealed that group's leader Kuyou was in fact a member of Fairy Tale spying on the academy, which might explain some of why it got so evil.}}

* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Kurumu teases Yukari about her breast size in episode 5 of the first season. Yukari, after the initial shock, counters by saying that Kurumu's breasts will sag. Then it devolves into a [[Rubber Face]] [[Cat Fight]].

* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The first season anime only adapted about half of the first season manga's material, and skipped a lot of important details. The second season skipped directly to year two, and proceeded to turn it into an original alternate continuity without much of an underlying plot, filled to the brim with [[Fan Service]].

* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: Moka gives a couple to Tsukune.

* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Played for drama here, in the Flower Offering arc Mizore gets forced into one against her will due to a law/custom that requires Yuki-onna to have one if they haven't gotten a guy by around their 16th Birthday to ensure the preservation of the Yuki-onna race but also because {{spoiler|a member of Fairy Tale had threatened the village with total destruction if they didn't give him a a girl for a wife/sex slave Mizore got unlucky she was the one that got picked for that.}} Mizore proceeds to do her most serious attempt at getting Tsukune to have sex with her to avoid it, fails due to Tsukune being so [[Above the Influence]] that not even a powerful aphrodisiac and Mizore pretty much throwing her almost naked body at him works.

** It's no surprise, given that ''Rosario + Vampire'' is Akihisa Ikeda's very first manga. His art style barely beginning to be established when the manga started, so naturally it looks different five years later.

* [[Art Shift]]: Ruby suddenly takes on an 80s-ish appearance ''[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rosario_vampire_season_ii/v04/c015/20.html here]'', as a [[Shout-Out]] to older Shoujo Manga.

* [[Aside Glance]]: Kurumu appears to have gained awareness of the fourth wall in the anime; everyone else is oblivious.

* [[Barehanded Blade Block]]: [[Smug Snake|Fujisaki Miyabi]] pulls one on {{spoiler|his right-hand man, Kiria}}.

* [[Bash Brothers]]: Gin and Haiji.

** Moka and Tsukune as well later on.

* [[Battle Harem]]: All the harem members are capable of holding their own in battle and spend much of the first season defending Tsukune. Justified in that while Tsukune is human, the girls are all [[Cute Monster Girl|CuteMonsterGirls]] - the possible exception is Moka, who needs Tsukune to take off her rosario in order to fight at full strength but even without that she is pretty strong. The show, while very fanservice-y, does also have a strong focus on romance especially in later arcs

** And, in flashback, {{spoiler|Child Moka}}

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: San-senpai.

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: {{spoiler|Outer}} Moka is the Betty to Kurumu,Mizore and {{spoiler|Inner Moka's}} Veronica.

* [[Big Ball of Violence]]: Fang-Fang and Tsukune make their own [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rosario_vampire_season_ii/v07/c028/39.html here].

* [[Cat Smile]]: Nekonome-sensei usually has one, the bat narrator, and Kokoa is seen with one sometimes, usually when Inner Moka shows up.

* [[Censor Box]]: The Mysterious Bat doubles as a censor when he needs to be.

** Some episodes of ''Capu2'' have teddy bear heads covering many panties.

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The manga plays this HARD: it begins almost completely comedy-driven, with Tsukune the gag-hero in a typical harem-style setup. Then Mizore comes along as the first character with a serious, non-gag-driven plot arc comprising her introduction. Ruby's introduction during the Witch War arc doesn't pull any of the punches either. Now that we've hit the second manga serialization, we're getting really serious with the whole Fairy Tale organization.

* [[Cold Sniper]]: Mizore's mother

* [[Combination Attack]]: The "Black and White Duet".

* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: Ruby and Yukari's reaction to Inner-Moka talking down on the idea of polygamy.

{{quote|Inner-Moka: "Claiming women like some daily bento. I won't allow it."

* [[Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune]]: Nana Mizuki (Moka's voice actor) sang all the opening and ending themes.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Moka's sucking of Tsukune's blood. Sometimes accompanied by the line "Let me suck."

* [[The Driver]]: Bus Driver.

* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: Pretty much everyone has a seriously troublesome life:

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: This is the only way to desribe the... thing that is {{spoiler|Alucard}}.

* [[Emergency Transformation]]: What's that Lassie? Little {{spoiler|Tsukune}} fell in a well? *bite* {{spoiler|Ghoul Tsukune saves the day!}}

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Bus Driver.

* [[Expy]]: While his goal and background are quite different, {{spoiler|Hokuto}} definitely brings to mind [[Death Note|Light Yagami]]. There's some visual resemblance, his plan is built around and he even uses a couple of Light's better-known lines.

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Nekonome-sensei, except when the Lilith Mirror turns her into her native catwoman monster form. Tsukune's mom too.

* [[The Family for the Whole Family]]: The Huang family are some of the nicest, goofiest, most helpful people the cast have encountered in the whole series. They are also the Chinese mafia.

** His name was later revealed to be {{spoiler|Issa}}.

* [[Fantastic Nature Reserve]]

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: What else would you expect in a school for monsters?

* [[Femme Fatale]]: Kurumu, before joining the harem.

* [[Finger-Poke of Doom]]: Inner-Moka does this to Tsukune during a '[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rosario_vampire_season_ii/v04/c016/15.html date]'.

* [[First Girl Wins]]: Moka's the only girl who Tsukune actively demonstrates any desire for. Technically, this could be a case of [[Last Girl Wins]] at the same time, given the fact Tsukune doesn't meet "Inner" Moka long enough to talk with her until much later, especially with the growing hints that {{spoiler|eventually it's going to be "Inner" Moka all the time. But since technically both Mokas are the same person...}}

* [[Five-Man Band]]:

* [[Five Rounds Rapid]]: When her [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]] proves ineffective against [[Psycho Lesbian|Akuha's]] [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]], [[Our Zombies Are Different|Ling-Ling]] unloads an Uzi on her, only for the bullets to [[Intangible Man|pass right through]]. You'd think she'd know better, since they ''use the exact same power''. [[Too Dumb to Live]], which is probably why she's [[Catch Phrase|already dead]].

** Ling-Ling's version of their shared power can only be used for offense. The stronger and more skilled Akuha can use it both offensively and defensively.

** There's an inversion with some serious character development in the second manga:

*** Kurumu develops from [[Gag Boobs]] girl to {{spoiler|someone who's tortured inside by the love she has for Tsukune but hides it with her external cheerfulness and who deeply cares about her friends. She is further torn by the love she has for Tsukune and the love she has for her friends when she knows she will never "win" him from Moka.}}

*** Token loli Yukari frets over {{spoiler|being the Token loli and wants to grow up like everyone else, to the point that she tries to develop a "grow older" potion.}}

*** Moka {{spoiler|is losing control to "Inner" Moka, who doesn't seem to be so ready to give up control as often.}}

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Hey, turns out {{spoiler|Outer Moka is just a fake personality, and in chapter 34 of season 2 Tsukune finds out and he loses all hope he had with her. Poor guy.}}

* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: Used most often in a gags, usually one where Kurumu hits Tsukune with a [[Marshmallow Hell]], only for Mizore to hit Kurumu in the head with a kunai formed of ice. The next panel shows the kunai popping free, complete with lots of blood. Appears in other gags, as well

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Kurumu when competing for Tsukune's affections. She absolutely will not exploit anything that would give her a chance to win viewing it as unfair - one of her most endearing and, sadly, tragic traits. Especially since unrequited love can be ''fatal'' to a succubus.

* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: None of the girls aside from Moka has any real shot with Tsukune. It doesn't stop them from trying however, even if they realize it.

** Moka's mother looks exactly like outer Moka.

** And Fangfang Huang's mother looks more like she should be his (slightly) older sister. If anything, she looks younger than his ''actual'' older sister.

** This is the only motive Fairy Tale needs.

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: "[insert episode theme here] + Vampire"

** Heavily subverted with Kurumu; despite her pretenses of sexual confidence and aggressiveness (coupled with [[Horny Devils]]), she's very chaste and pure-hearted with endearingly innocent views on love.

* [[Love Bubbles]]

* [[Luminescent Blush]]: [[Big Bad|Akuha]] breaks out in one of these after {{spoiler|seeing her sister Moka for the first time in years. The other characters see this as a sign Akuha is ''completely insane'' since she's out to kill Moka.}}

* [[Mad Artist]]: Hitomi Ishigami. She was already mad in her first appearance, but is mad ''with revenge'' when she returns.

* [[Magical Girlfriend]]

* [[Magic Pants]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in an [[Omake]] (seen in the trope's own page)

* [[Male Gaze]]: ''Default'' of the anime.

* [[Mama Bear]]: {{spoiler|Akasha Bloodriver.}} Come on, she gave birth to {{spoiler|Moka}}, it can't be that much of a surprise!

* [[Monster of the Week]]: Mostly students, but there have been teachers who're [[Ax Crazy]] sociopaths with hair triggers.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Upon finding out Tsukune has attracted boys now, Mizore is impressed... Then threatens to stab him if he continues being unfaithful... Then Yukari mentions that boy's love is now considered 'wholesome' in the human world... While she's reading an example with a heavy blush on her face.

** The chapters after the Snow Village arc have gone back to light-hearted comedy harem humor, adding a guy to the mix, right after a ton of [[Character Development]] and an ''awesome'' fight with a [[Complete Monster]] (plus the new guy is kinda pointless and annoying due to being a flat character among fleshed out ones)

** The new guy just started! Give him time to grow!

* [[Monsters Anonymous]]: Yokai Academy.

* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Snow maidens need to reproduce young due to their short period of fertility, which ends in their mid-twenties. To ensure population growth, a law is enforced that requires arranged marriages at age seventeen. The snow maiden Mizore, one of the romantic interests for the hero Tsukune, to avoid an arranged marriage, uses a powerful aphrodisiac in an attempt to bewitch Tsukune into making love to her. In other words, Mizore's solution to a marriage without consent is to force herself on Tsukune without consent, the very definition of rape. To compound matters, Mizore herself was the victim of a rape attempt at the hands of a teacher. At no point does anyone call out Mizore for her actions. Yes, they were originally upset that Mizore betrayed their trust and tried to "snatch away" Tsukune, but they completely forgive upon learning of the arranged marriage. Nobody points out that when her "fiancé" forces a kiss on her (an act that drives her to attempt suicide), she behaved in a similar manner. A worse manner actually. A complete scumbag the fiancé might have been, but even he drew the line at having sex with her. So essentially the message is, rape is okay, provided you're really, really desperate and are in a bad situation.

** In Mizore's introduction, Mizore attempts to kill Moka to steal Tsukune away. The next chapter features Tsukune apologizing for hurting her feelings by rejecting her. Because clearly its wrong to harshly reject a girl that attempts to kidnap you and kill your crush. That same chapter, Mizore is upset that Tsukune would think she was capable of hurting an innocent person. Apparently, her interpretation of innocent is a bystander who in no way impedes her desire and her wants, and thus excludes Moka, who is an obstacle in her way to romancing Tsukune.

* [[Mr. Exposition]]: The bat gives out info on types of monsters and gives the exact number of seconds it takes to defeat an opponent. The manga (and second season of the anime) reveals he's also a [[Morph Weapon]].

*** That same scene also happens in episode 7 of Season 2.

** [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rosario_vampire_season_ii/v03/c009/18.html Not only Kokoa but her bat] nosebleeds from watching Gin apparently speed-grope Kurumu and Mizore.

{{quote|'''Mizore''': Surprised you, did it?

'''Kurumu''': ''It didn't just surprise me!! I thought I had lost something!'' }}

** {{spoiler|Kuyou is subject to this when he witnesses Tsukune vamp out for the first time during their rematch at the Fairy Tale headquarters.}}

* [[Ominous Floating Castle]]: Fairy Tale headquarters.

** Supposedly Mizore feels the same, so that makes this a sort of Defeat Triangle.

* [[Only You Can Repopulate My Race]]: Tsukune is either blessed or ''[[Cursed with Awesome|cursed]]'' with the fact Kurumu ''and'' Mizore are able/willing to have him father their child.

* [[Oral Fixation Fixation]]: Mizore and her lollipop; justified that all snow women need to have something in their mouths to stay cool from the heat. But she continues to keep it in her mouth even when in her rather cold homeland, because she likes it.

** Not just a matter of taste: she states that the lollipop also symbolizes the good times she's been having with her friends and would-be lover, and she doesn't wanna let go of that.

* [[Panty Shot]]: The anime is ''loaded'' with these in just the first episode (roughly one every minute or so). Just look at how short the skirts are in the pictures. According to the official staff blog, each writer's meeting for the show involves serious discussions of character panties

** Lampshaded in episode 8, too!

** One to shame all others happens 35 seconds into the first episode of Capu2. Most glorious ''indeed''.

** This animé is basically Panty Shots: The Animated Series.

* [[Panty Fighter]]: The anime.

* [[Playboy Bunny]]: Ruby dresses as one [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rosario_vampire_season_ii/v06/c024/14.html here].

* [[Pointy Ears]]: Kurumu in her true form.

* [[Power Limiter]]: Moka's rosary necklace and {{spoiler|Tsukune's rosary bracelet, after he becomes a ghoul. And Kahlua's rosary earrings. And San's notebook.}}

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: Inner Moka does this a lot, mostly by telling her enemies ''Know your place'', but one of the best came from the most recent chapter and from [[Butt Monkey|Fong Fong]] no less.

* [[Punny Name]]: The school is called "Youkai," but uses an alternate set of kanji than expected (陽海 instead of 妖怪).

* [[Putting on the Reich]]: Fairy Tale as shown by the [[True Companions]] [http://www.mangareader.net/rosario-vampire-ii/43/5 here]

** And then Chapters 41 and 42 expanded on Kurumu's relationship with Tsukune quite a bit. She's actually made him blush a few times. Granted, it's still [[First Girl Wins|almost guaranteed]] he'll pick Moka.

** This seems to be happening between Yukari and Fong-Fong.

* [[Silent Bob]]: San Otonashi, who communicates by [[Talking with Signs]].

** {{spoiler|Turns out she's a siren and can talk, but doesn't to avoid the nasty effects of her enchanted voice}}

* [[Stranger in a Strange School]]: Though he does eventually start settling in...

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: The outer Moka looks (if not exactly) like her mother.

* [[Supernatural Sensitivity]]

* [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Superpowered Cold Ruthless Prideful Side]]: Moka's super-vampire abilities has to be sealed away, released only when the rosary's removed. Doing so reveals her true personality: cold, ruthless and arrogant, but less evil than traditional vampires.

* [[Super Mode]]: Whenever Moka gives some of her blood to Tsukune (think ''[[Karin]]''), he temporarily gains vampiric powers. {{spoiler|[[Our Ghouls Are Creepier|There's just one little problem...]]}}

* [[Supporting Harem]]: Moka is the only girl Tsukune clearly loves. The other girls try but there's nothing they can do.

*** Otonashi San's family name phonetically means without sound. {{spoiler|This is actually a subversion of the author's usual theme naming to keep her power a secret until the reveal.}}

** {{spoiler|It's now been revealed that Moka's oldest sister doesn't fit the beverage theme. But she appears to have been adopted.}}

** Hilarious: [http://www.mangareader.net/320-22388-37/rosario-vampire/chapter-39.html Here]

** [http://www.mangareader.net/320-22378-41/rosario-vampire/chapter-29.html This] one doubles as a registered CMOA.

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill Muggles]]: The reason why Tsukune, who is still ''genetically'' human, was the only one who could do anything against the [[Yakuza]] who kidnapped Moka and Sun (at least, without getting arrested).

** Which turns the fact that the Student Police have a death penalty for any human who discovers Youkai Academy into a serious case of [[Fridge Logic]]. The school itself doesn't have that severe a penalty for being human, but the Student Police, being the Knights Templar they are, interpret the rules as allowing them to kill any human that trespasses onto the school. Especially [[Complete Monster|Kuyou]] strongly believes in that idea. {{spoiler|It becomes a [[Fridge Horror]] when he reappears in the second serialization...}}

* [[Too Hot for TV]]

* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: {{spoiler|Ruby; when Tsukune goes into training and is bound to Ruby by a chain that shocks her whenever he uses his power improperly, it seems like it's to encourage him to learn faster to spare her pain. Instead, she seems rather "disappointed" when she stops getting zapped after a day. She also ties herself up in the chain while he's unconscious, including passing it between her legs at the crotch level, excusing it as being like twisting a phone cord around one's finger when bored - an excuse Tsukune doesn't buy. She also likes the idea of him with the whip, and pleads him to order her around.}}

** Incidentally, the "Meaningless End-of-Volume Theater" omake for Series II Volume 4 claims that Yukari and Outer Moka enjoy getting electric shocks through that chain, too.

* [[Too Many Belts]]: Mizore has a couple of extra belts connecting her waist to her [[Zettai Ryouiki]] for no discernible reason.

* [[Transformation Sequence]]: It seems the production company spent so much money animating the ''awesome'' fights in the closing credits they have to use this '''exact''' stock footage every damned episode just to get the cash back.

** I don't think so; if you take a look in the second season, you'll see that the sequence changes according to whatever Moka is wearing (like the delinquent sailor fuku in episode 6) or going through (like getting yellow-skinned from so much curry in episode 5) at the moment.

** Unexplained is exactly ''how'' she managed to acquire all those guns also goes unexplained. Collecting submachine guns would be difficult enough in America, but the Yuki-Onna village is in hidden somewhere in Japan. Which has the strictest gun ban in the world.

** [[Abnormal Ammo]]: All these weapons fire ''snowballs''. [[Fridge Brilliance|Maybe that's]] how Tsurara manages to collect them: this kind of ammo could make the guns pass off as highly realistic toy/prop weapons.

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: The Doppleganger in early Season 2. He became highly proficient in martial arts to make up for a low level of natural strength/demonic power. When combined with his copying ability, it made him seriously dangerous for awhile.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Vampires can be weakened with just a splash of ordinary water, though oddly, herbal water has no effect.

* [[Word Salad Title]]

* [[World of Badass]]

** Mizore's definitely yandere at her introduction, but since being admitted into the [[Unwanted Harem]], she's more of a [[Sugar and Ice Personality]] who, as mentioned above, finds it fun to continue "stalking" Tsukune.

** Kahlua as well.

* [[You Are Too Late]]: {{spoiler|Hokuto}} explains his master plan as a distraction to keep Moka and Tsukune away from him long enough to pull it off.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Kurumu, both Mokas ([[Rose-Haired Girl|pink for the outer]], [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|white for the inner]]) and Mizore (purple).

* [[Youkai]]: Derp.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Kokoa, Mizore and Yukari. Ruby would qualify if her skirt was shorter.

 

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