Saturday 10 February 2018

Anime Review: Rosario + Vampire

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Release date: Sub 2008, Dub 2011. (Two series. Both with thirteen episodes each).

Story: Due to having poor grades, Tsukune Anono is having trouble continuing his school life. But as luck would have it his father finds a pamphlet about a school that Tsukune can easily enrol in. But when Tsukune later discovers when he first arrived there, that it is a school for monsters. And that humans are seen as the monsters in this world. So Tsukune has to hide the fact that he is a human from the rest of the students. But then he bumps into a girl named Moka Akashiya who tells him that she is a vampire. And that the Rosario around her neck seals away her true powers. As she reveals when they run into a nasty ogre (one of the students who is playing tough guy but is in fact a bully). Once it is removed, she literally changes from a nice charming girl into a badass fighter (also her hair changes colour, her eyes glow red, and her personality changes as well). After all that Tsukune settles down at his new school with Moka as his friend. Soon (like all animes) he starts to gain new friends. Kurumu Kurono the succubus, Yukari Sendou the witch, Mizore Shirayuki the snow fairy, Ruby Tojo who is also a witch, and Moka's little sister Kokoa Shuzen. Most of the episodes are the same. Tsukune and the girls get involved with an activity, someone starts causing trouble, Moka turns into her true vampire form, she deals with the trouble maker, and then it all ends with Tsukune and Moka trying to have a kiss but keep getting interrupted by the others.

My thoughts: This is a pretty good anime. The only downside to this is that there is too much fan service (it can get unnecessary at times. Especially in the second series where there's a lot of it.). There is also some fourth wall jokes in some episodes which I thought were not needed. But you can get some laughs out of it. Plus the characters are great. My favourite character is Kurumu (she is also my favourite character of all time). So if you are interested in harem anime, give this one a watch.

My score: Four stars.

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