I first tryed out Rosario + Vampire at a sleepover with a friend who happened to own the first volume. I was drawn in by the good art and a plot summary on the back whit sounded interesting. I started reading it and soon learned that it was an ecchi.
However, I was gladdened to learn that, although being an ecchi, it doesn't shoot for bras and panty shots every five panels like some series in this genre tend to. Instead, it often seems to shoot more for action, romance and sometimes even drama.

Story: 6/10
Although being enjoyable in its own right, the plot is very episodic for most of the series with very little underlying plot. Near the end, it seems to start to have an actual plot aside from just "A monster's trying to kill Tukune/rape Moka so Tsukune must pull off Moka's rosary so she can turn into a vampire and kick it's ass". These supposed plots however are resolved very quickly and are practically forgotten about afterwards. This is a shame since I think the series could have gone a lot farther with the Anti-Thesis plot but that's resolved before even the last volume where we instead get a fanservicey school festival plot. The series just doesn't seem to know where it's going.

Art: 9/10
As I stated in my intro, the art is one of the main things this series has going for it. It does turn chibi a fair bit, but this is mainly just in the more comedic scenes and is used to great affect. This is an ecchi series of course, but it definetely has some dignity. The main fighter in this series, Moka mainly uses her legs to fight and, since her school uniform includes a skirt, that would usually result in a lot of panty shots in any other ecchi series. This is not so in Rosario. Though there is a panty shot this way once in a while, most of the time it's shadowed so that you can't see anything. Although some people may be upset about this (you know who you are) I don't think it's really a bad thing since it keep the fanservicey shots more... special? The only character who you can always rely on a panty shot from is the sucubus Kurumu, who seems to get a panty shot everytime she appears, accomanied by her shoving Tsukune's head into her supposedly G cup breasts.

Character: 6/10
I have to say, the characters for this are not very good. There all plenty of fun, yes, but like with a lot of ecchi series, they're underdevloped and predictable steryotypes meant to suit a certain fetish. The lolita, the big breasted girl, the quiet one, etc.

Enjoyment: 8/10
Despite it's flaws, Rosario + Vampire does hold its reader's attention fairly well and manages to remain interesting. It's a lot of fun and I at least enjoyed it. As well, it's really interesting to see all the kinds of monsters the author came up with.

I'd say that if you're looking for a light hearted little fighting series with maybe some fanservice, you'll probably enjoy this. And ladies, I think you may enjoy this too since there really isn't an ungodly amount of panty and bra shots and there's even some manservice!

Oh! And there's a sequel! Let's hope that has more plot!

Overall, I give this monsterous escapade a 7 out of 10.