{"product_id":"rosario-vampire-season-ii-vol-12","title":"Rosario+Vampire Season II Vol. 12 - Manga Paperback by Akihisa Ikeda","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRosario+Vampire Season II, Volume 12\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 12 of Rosario+Vampire Season II continues the monster school saga where average human teenager Tsukune navigates life at a boarding school populated by vampires, werewolves, witches, and other supernatural beings. This installment by Akihisa Ikeda delivers the series' signature blend of action, comedy, and romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eStory Overview\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTsukune accidentally enrolled at a boarding school for monsters, where he faces constant danger from jealous male students and spurned female admirers. His heart belongs to Moka, a vampire with glowing red eyes and an unquenchable thirst for his blood. This volume presents Tsukune with an impossible choice: watch his friends get eaten by a monster or embrace his inner ghoul and transform into a monster himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eSeries Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis paperback edition is part of the Rosario+Vampire Season II manga series, originally serialized in Jump Square (Jump SQ) magazine. The series debuted in Monthly Shonen Jump in March 2004 and has expanded into multiple media formats including anime adaptations, drama CDs, and a Nintendo DS game in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Creator\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAkihisa Ikeda was born in 1976 in Miyazaki and debuted as a mangaka with the four-volume magical warrior fantasy series Kiruto in 2002. Rosario+Vampire became his breakthrough work, spawning two anime seasons and establishing him as a prominent creator in the shonen manga category.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat to Expect\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume maintains the series' balance of monster action sequences, romantic comedy elements, and inter-species tolerance themes. The narrative features supernatural creatures, boarding school dynamics, and the ongoing tension between Tsukune's humanity and the monstrous world surrounding him. Readers familiar with the series will find the characteristic humor involving bikini-clad monster girls and life-or-death situations that define Rosario+Vampire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFormat and Publication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Viz Media in October 2013, this paperback edition follows the standard manga format with right-to-left reading orientation. As part of the Season II continuation, it builds upon the foundation established in the original Rosario+Vampire series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eAn action-packed romantic comedy chock-full of monsters such as vampires, werewolves, witches, and cute girls in bikinis that fosters inter-species tolerance!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAverage human teenager Tsukune accidentally enrolls at a boarding school for monsters--no, not jocks and popular kids, but bona fide werewolves, witches and unnameables out of his wildest nightmares! On the plus side, all the girls have a monster crush on him. On the negative side, all the boys are so jealous they want to kill him! And so do the girls he spurns, because he only has eyes for one of them--the far-from-average vampire Moka. On the plus side, Moka only has glowing red eyes for Tsukune. On the O-negative side, she also has a burning, unquenchable thirst for his \u003ci\u003eblood\u003c\/i\u003e... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTest 12 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen faced with the choice of letting your friends get eaten by a monster or turning into a monster yourself... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ea. pass the ketchup \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eb. embrace your inner ghoul \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ec. offer yourself as the appetizer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAkihisa Ikeda was born in 1976 in Miyazaki. He debuted as a mangaka with the four-volume magical warrior fantasy series \u003ci\u003eKiruto\u003c\/i\u003e in 2002, which was serialized in \u003ci\u003eMonthly Shonen Jump\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eRosario+Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e debuted in \u003ci\u003eMonthly Shonen Jump\u003c\/i\u003e in March of 2004 and is continuing in the new magazine \u003ci\u003eJump Square \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eJump SQ\u003c\/i\u003e) as \u003ci\u003eRosario+Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeason II\u003c\/i\u003e. In Japan, \u003ci\u003eRosario+Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e is also available as a drama CD. In 2008, the story was first released as an anime. Season II is also available as an anime now. 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