He even gets an episode to himself, sort of, which will most likely make you want to bludgeon your brain out of your cranium with something made of metal. And speaking of obnoxious characters, that bat is back as well, only now he's stuck as Kokoa's familiar or something. The show spends the two first episodes of the season setting up her role as Moka's sister, only to reduce her to obnoxious comedy acts for the remainder of the show, if she's even there at all. We get it, so please stop already.Īnd if you think the new character, Kokoa, will add anything, then prepare yourself for disappointment. Sure, it's fine once in a while, but to have the entire season centered around this - to the degree that Kurumu and Mizore's PARENTS get involved in the situation - well, I'm sorry, but enough is enough. I guess my biggest pet peeve about the show is simply that it has turned into a Moka and Tsukune love fest, with the other girls trying to break it up for their own benefit. But when we start this show off, he seems to have grown so comfortable with the school that it simply never becomes an issue. There was also the underlying danger of Tsukune having his human side discovered, which would be disastrous, to say the least. The things that made the first season tolerable - maybe even fun at times - was the whole setup with the school and the monsters who attended class there. I could have tolerated all that if they had just stuck with what worked instead of taking it all away. If I didn't find the opening song to be so lame, maybe I would have enjoyed it a lot more. Aside from the fact that said animation basically is a huge J-pop concert of sorts, starring the girls that make up the main cast namely Moka, Kurumu, Yukari, Mizore and Kokoa. (Which, while not absent, is still lessened quite a bit compared to the anime.)īut before I go into the show proper, let me give a nod of approval to the animation of the opening theme, because it's actually quite good. (Which was easy, since it has an official US release courtesy of Viz.) And while I wouldn't count the manga as any work of genius anytime soon, not only did it give me the answers I searched for, but it generally improved just about anything the anime ever did, EXCEPT the fanservice. To make matters worse, last year I decided to give the manga a go. In fact, it kind of detracts from the few good points it had, except for one thing the fanservice, which quite clearly surpasses the first season, at least if the bizarre method of censoring the show is any indication. Well, they DID! Rosario + Vampire capu2 adds absolutely nothing of value to the whole show. Truthfully, I didn't hold out much of a hope that this would actually happen, but I did at least believe that the creators of the anime wouldn't be able to screw it up any more. When I rounded off the first season of this show, I did promise to give the second season a go, hoping that it would settle a few questions I had. However, the semester doesn't start well, as Moka starts getting death threats from a mysterious person. It's another semester at Youkai high, and Aono Tsukune is excited to reunite with his friends, and even more so his current love interest, Ayashiya Moka. Notes: Based on manga by Akihisa Ikeda, published by Shueisha and still available from Viz. Related Series: Rosario + Vampire (season 1.)Īlso Recommended: Karin, Magic Users Club, Negima (manga) and Rosario + Vampire (manga) Length: Television series, 13 episodes, 23 minutes eachĭistributor: Currently licensed by FUNimation.Ĭontent Rating: 15+ (Light violence, very frequent fanservice.) Genre: Romantic comedy with monster elements AKA: Rosario to Vampire Capu2, ロザリオとバンパイア Capu2 (Japanese)