Rosario + Vampire Capu2

ロザリオとバンパイア Capu2 (Rosario to Vampire Capu2)

8.4(1)

OtakuDen

6.9(267,361)

MAL Score

Ranked #5531

Popularity #612

Comedy
Ecchi
Fantasy
Romance
Harem
School
Vampire

Episodes: 13
Duration: 24 min per ep
Aired: Oct 2, 2008 to Dec 25, 2008
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

A year after transferring to Youkai Academy, Tsukune Aono is still the lone human trying to keep up at a school filled with monsters. His unusual situation has also made him the center of attention for several girls: Kurumu Kurono, a bold succubus; Yukari Sendou, a young witch; Mizore Shirayuki, a persistent yuki-onna; and Moka Akashiya, a gentle vampire whose sealed rosary hides a far more dangerous side.

That uneasy balance is shaken when Moka’s younger sister, Kokoa Shuzen, arrives. Enraged that the “true” Moka is locked away, Kokoa sets out to break the seal and force Moka’s darker personality to the surface—without considering what her meddling could unleash across the academy.

Otaku Consensus

Rosario + Vampire Capu2 lands as a guilty-pleasure sequel whose strongest defenders point to a sharper, more gag-driven comic rhythm than the first season and a breezier 13-episode pace. Its reputation remains split because the anime’s adaptation priorities are contentious: critics repeatedly fault it for leaning on fanservice and a repetitive “wait for the rosary” structure instead of extracting more value from the source material.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Rosario + Vampire Capu2 if you want a late-2000s ecchi harem comedy that treats monster-school fantasy as an excuse for escalating gags, jealous outbursts, and personality clashes rather than dense worldbuilding. It scratches a similar itch to To Love-Ru’s chaotic romantic pileups, but with vampires, witches, succubi, and yuki-onna giving the comedy a supernatural flavor. This is best for viewers who enjoy a loud ensemble where each girl has a clear comic lane and the male lead functions more as a trigger for mayhem than a commanding protagonist. If you want a faithful, lore-forward adaptation, this is the wrong door; if you want Gonzo-era harem excess with faster joke delivery than season one, Capu2 is exactly the artifact.

Key Characters

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Moka Akashiya(VA: Nana Mizuki)
Moka is the franchise’s central attraction because her gentle surface and sealed-away menace let the series pivot instantly between romantic sweetness and monster-action payoff.
T
Tsukune Aono(VA: Daisuke Kishio)
Tsukune is divisive among viewers, with even nostalgic fans often remembering him less as a dynamic hero than as the bland human center around whom the supernatural cast becomes louder.
K
Kurumu Kurono(VA: Misato Fukuen)
Kurumu gives the harem its most openly flirtatious energy, turning the show’s ecchi impulses into a character trait rather than just background decoration.
M
Mizore Shirayuki(VA: Rie Kugimiya)
Mizore stands out as the deadpan stalker-yuki-onna whose cool delivery contrasts sharply with the season’s broader, noisier comedy.

What Makes It Stand Out

1
Gonzo produced the season as a compact 13-episode Fall 2008 cour, airing from October 2 to December 25, 2008, which gives Capu2 the feel of a concentrated sequel burst rather than a slow-burn continuation.
2
The season’s reception is unusually polarized: with a 6.88 MAL score from 267,361 votes and a popularity rank of #612, it is widely watched despite sitting in the lower midrange critically at rank #5531.
3
Commentary on the second season often singles out a tonal shift in the humor, with defenders saying Capu2 is funnier or more enjoyable than season one rather than praising it for narrative depth.
4
Its most persistent structural criticism is repetition: viewers note that conflicts often reduce to waiting for Tsukune to remove Moka’s rosary, making the formula more visible across a full cour.
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The adaptation’s relationship to the source material is a major talking point, with critics calling the anime disappointing specifically because they believe it had stronger manga material available.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: Capu2 finished airing on December 25, 2008, making its final episode a Christmas-day broadcast in Japan.
Fun fact 2: The season’s MAL vote count is large for a title with a sub-7 score, showing that Rosario + Vampire Capu2 has remained highly sampled even while dividing viewers.
Fun fact 3: A nostalgic user review captures the show’s demographic oddity: the reviewer remembered loving it as a child, then joked that they and their younger brother were far too young for its ecchi content.
Fun fact 4: Nana Mizuki voices Moka Akashiya, while Rie Kugimiya voices Mizore Shirayuki, giving the cast two especially recognizable Japanese voice actors for fans of 2000s anime.
Fun fact 5: Web criticism around the franchise frequently frames the anime not as an original failure, but as a frustrating adaptation of source material that viewers believed had more potential.