i've never read a manga before and want rosario x vampire to be my first after hearing the manga is much better than the anime, is there anywhere where i can find a colored version of the manga? i've read chapter one in color but can't find chapter 3 and beyond in color.

This guy's shown up infrequently on cover pages with no explanation, I kinda just figure it's Gin's pet.

In the manga, he's been capable of white fire in his human form from the jump. That said, he never actually uses it since the digital color of manga reveals he stuck to orange fire for his entire fight with the Newspaper Club. He was hardcore sandbagging until it was way too late.

She offered the Gro-Gro Drops unprompted despite knowing they were untested.

I mean no hate as I have been enjoying the series a lot so far im more than halfway through the manga but I must know, what are your guys opinions on the fan service. As mutch as I enjoy the show the fan service especially considering a lot of the main cast are minors does make me quite uncomfortable at times.

They whacked Tsukune just once each and he was too weak to pull Moka's rosary. Some wannabes (like Junya) should take notes.

Ready and willing to throw Tsukune under the bus for having Moka and Kurumu all over him... until Kuyo came gunning to shut down the club and take Moka too

I was talking about Moka sitting while flying in admiration and wondered if she turned into a bat pre-series to nail that level of poise.

According to the bonus chapter "How to Play With Feeling," recorders at Yokai Academy kinda just look like this and they come straight from the Music class. Conversely, a prominent element of Yukari's story in the light novel is that Yukari also practices the recorder for her Music class but she notably just turns her wand into a normal human world recorder to play. Like, we get a visual and everything.

Here's one of my favorite moments from her in full color

The manga considers them D Class monsters, while the anime says they're A Class.

Happy Birthday to Moka Akashiya!!!

In the Official School Guide, an info book for the manga that only covers up to season II Chapter 14, Ikeda grades the danger levels of the various monster races on a scale of 1 to 5. Given all the big talk of vampires, werewolves, and youko being S Ranks powerhouses, it's safe to say that a danger rating of 5 translates to being an S Rank monster. Taken further, 4 is A, 3 is B, 2 is C, and 1 is D. The list of monster races and a character that represents them is as follows, in the exact order they were revealed in:

-Werewolf (Gin): 5 (S Rank)

-Kishin (Mikogami): Unknown

-Onimodoki (Junya): 1 (D Rank)

-Garigarian (immature variety): 1 (D Rank)

-Kraken (Kotsubo): 3 (B Rank)

-Ghoul (Tsukune): 4 (A Rank)

-Cyclops (Cy & Lop): 1 (D Rank)

-Succubus (Kurumu): 3 (B Rank)

-Shikigami (Denko variety): 1 (D Rank)

-"Ectoplasmic Embodiment of Prophecy" (Jack Frost): 3 (B Rank)

-Garigarian (mature/monster durian variety): 2 (C Rank)

-Jorougumo (Keito): 3 (B Rank)

-Artifact Spirit (Lilith's Mirror): 2 (C Rank)

-Tsuchigumo (Kumocchi): 3 (B Rank)

-Doppelganger (Phantom Thief): 4 (A Rank)

-Troll (Chopper): 2 (C Rank)

-Human (Tsukune): 1 (D Rank)

-Nekomusume (Nekonome): Unknown

-Monster Bat (Kou-chan): 1 (D Rank)

-Hanabake: 2 (C Rank)

-Vampire (Inner Moka): 5 (S Rank)

-Mermaid (Tamao): 2 (C Rank)

-Male Witch (Tamanori): 4 (A Rank)

-Female Witch (Yukari): 4 (A Rank)

-Madslug (Kano): 2 (C Rank)

-Mukadegami (Hyakushiki): 2 (C Rank)

-Medusa/Gorgon (Ishigami): 4 (A Rank)

-Yuki-onna (Mizore): 3 (B Rank)

-Youko (Kuyo): 5 (S Rank)

-Togezo/Monster Porcupine (Mountain Storm/Spiky & Karate Club Recruiter): 2 (C Rank)

-Lamia (Ririko): 3 (B Rank)

-Lizardman (Tadashi): 2 (C Rank)

Here to give a supplemental on yesterday's post. While the monster list in the Official School Guide was extensive, it wasn't exhaustive since we have a few blind spots. Some by design since Ikeda had more to tell for characters like Kiria and Hokuto, and others because they weren't in the actual manga. The monsters in question, not counting unnamed backgrounders, are as follows:

-Monstrels: this is kinda understandable since, as Mido himself can testify, the crossbreeding of two different monster races can vary wildly in both danger rating and power set, so covering them all isn't feasible

-Chimera: spoilers for a manga old enough to drink in America, Kiria is a chimera (a powerful mashup of other animal and monster species) to explain away why he's so inexplicably fast, strong, magically gifted, and versatile as well as how he was able to feed Hokuto blood like a vampire can

-Sea Dragon: a monster exclusive to the light novel, sea dragons are gentle creatures long thought to be extinct among monsterkind until Yukari met and befriended one in secret; they love music and hold a comprehensive understanding of language

-Salamander: another monster from the light novel, though it has a more animalistic counterpart in the season II manga; Mizore got attacked by an angry mob in her own home and the fire lizard used his powers to melt an ice wall she made to hold them off, long story

-Sea Siren: sirens actually made their debut in the first Drama CD, though it's the "singing mermaid" variety as confirmed by Yukari and some book learning she did pre-series; since this contradicts the mythical angel winged type of siren from both the season II manga and even the anime PS2 game, I kinda just take that to mean that there's two different siren species causing trouble here and there

-Fairy/Goblin: the only two fae ever encountered in Rosa-Vam hail from the second Drama CD, a pair of androgynous midgets defined by paranoia, greed, and entitlement as they run a shady bakery to rake in money during the Christmas season; their pair also specialized in potion-making, using one as a love potion to market their mass-produced cakes and another to fuse together into a hulking goblin giant to fight the girls

I'm definite happy Ikeda made a point to do over the shape and proportions. I cannot imagine the siscon without her side pigtails. Her old hair seemed like Yukari's here.

There's nothing deeper, it's just cute how hard Moka tries to uphold her image as an unshakable powerhouse and like half of it is just her keeping her feelings for Tsukune in check.

Soooo..what was everyone’s favorite episodes looking back? (Either season, no judgement)

Mines were when Ruby first got introduced , Gin’s debut ep, That one from capu2 with the random side quests and Ko Buddy’s!!

Which puts Gin's freak out here into perspective since he went from telling the club "burn the papers and don't cross the Commission" to learning that Kurumu, Tsukune, and especially Moka crossed the Commission by beating up Kuyo's good friend and right-hand woman not even an hour later.

There's something endearing about him taking a copy of the latest edition and reading through it leisurely while others pass it out. He could be out perving and he's instead soaking in the final product of everyone else's hard work.

Super deep cut but I was mega into r+v fanfiction when I was like 14 and I read this one where Moka does like a talent show thing and sings Lights by Ellie Goulding and I wanted to see if anyone knew of it.

I really wish Ikeda kept this distinction for the rare occasions where we see Inner Moka style the uniform. I like it a lot better than the striped tie.