Rosario+Vampire could have been so much more, but… This manga has too many problems to be fully enjoyable.

The story is basically, Tsukune, a “human” get admitted to a school of monsters, and meets Moka. Moka is a vampire but she has a “Rosary” around his neck. When removed (by Tsukune) she can release her full power.

The problem is… Moka is pretty. Really pretty. Tsukune will tell you she is pretty at the start of every new chapter (in case you forget). And because she is so pretty, every single “male” except Kurone will try to err… rape her ? Yeah…

That’s the first big problem of this manga. At least 60% of the time of the “plot” is based on the same pattern : Tsukune and his friends talk, a misunderstand happen… then they got separated, someone takes this opportunity to “approach” Moka and try to… well, you know. Of course, Tsukune will show up, magically remove the rosary and… Moka in her power form will destroy them.

Now, I can understand that some « monster » could try to attack someone, maybe one or two times in 10 volume… but not 20 times. When you have to rely on “attempted rape” almost half of the time to have something “happen” in your chapter, this means your story has a serious problem.

The second problem is : There is no consequence. Moka is saved. Monster get knock out. End of the story. The “culprit” is free to stay at school (some even “try again"). Moka does not even care. At tome 3, after almost get raped 5 times (or killed), she says to Tsukune that “she likes this school”. That’s not realistic.

The third problem is that the whole situation (Moka having to have this rosary removed by Tsukune) does not make sense. At one point Moka say something like “I knew it was impossible for a human to survive in this school.” But, by having her rosary… she can not use her power. She is at the same level of power than Tsukune. Why would she go in this school and choose to keep her rosary ? Well, I know… Just a way for Tsukune to be useful… (Plot convenience ? Yeah !).

Now, I don’t even want to start thinking about what would have happen if Tsukune did not go to this school. Moka would have probably be raped 3 times a day… That makes me sick.

The fourth problem is that Moka go from “useless” to “OP” in one second. Most of the time a kick is enough to end the fight. As a result, we don’t even get to see a “real” fight. Also, it’s a shame that while it’s a school full of monster almost all fight are just “boxing” or “kicking” and do not take advantage of the specificity of some monsters to have some really nice fight.

Finally, the last problem is that the other mains characters are quickly forgotten… Basically, there is their “introduction chapter” where they are the “star”, then after this chapter, they basically appear with just one “joke” use all the time. Like 20 times. Yeah, this manga is so full of repetition…

But, now, after all this… Why did I keep reading ? Well, because… There is still some stuff which made it readable. When the story focused not on Moka but on the conflict of Monster vs Monster, or Human vs Monster… Or when an organization starts to show up and fight start becoming a little more interesting… And the evolution of Tsukune….

I truly think that if the author did not spend trying to create meaningless “tension” with this “attempted rape” on Moka… and had spent more time creating the universe, creating monster with some nice powers and made worthy battle… and adding the backstory of some monsters, their reasons to hate each other, their reasons to hate humans… this could have been so much more.

But, as it stands, this is not nearly enough. The manga is barely funny. The manga has barely ecchi (except for one scene…). It would be no exaggeration to say there is more ecchi in one chapter of To-Love-ru than in this whole manga. The fight are not spectacular either.

So, basically, if you want any manga with :
- Good fight : You can easily find better,
- Good ecchi : To-love-ru
- Good harem : Love-Hina (art is ten times better by the way)
- Good ecchi with monster : Monster Musume.
- Good Vampire : ???

Seems the Rosario season 2 is better, so I will give it a try. Hopefully it will focus more on the monster element (hopefully vampire ?!!!)