Tsukune and girls take a trip to Hong Kong with the Wong siblings in order to fix Moka's seal.This page was hilarious. Keep reading if you want to find out why.Summary:After the rosary fails to reseal Inner Moka, Fong Fong explains that the seal must be growing weak and needs to be fixed. Fong Fong then states that his family are experts when it comes to magical seals and invites Tsukune to join his family, but he is ignored by Tsukune and the girls. After Inner Moka confirms that Outer Moka is still intact inside the seal, Ruby suggest that they go see the chairman to fix the seal. However, Ling Ling interrupts and states that the chairman learned sealing techniques from Dongfang Bubai, the founder of the Wong family and the second Dark Lord, so the Wong family has more expertise in this area. The Wong siblings invite Tsukune and the girls to travel to Hong Kong with them to get Moka's seal fixed. Tsukune and the girls agree, and the next day the Wong siblings, Tsukune, Moka, Kurumu, Mizore, and Yukari take off from school grounds in the Wong's private jet piloted by Ling Ling. Ruby was supposed to go but she overslept, so instead she is investigating Fairy Tale's activities as per the chairman's orders.On the plane, Tsukune chats with Inner Moka and comments that it'd be good that if both Mokas were one since both are important to him. Inner Moka becomes moody and goes to the next cabins to have a few drinks. While alone, Inner Moka chats with Outer Moka. Inner Moka is worried that hanging out with Tsukune and friends is making her soft and weak, but Outer Moka comments that Inner Moka is just becoming gentler and more open.Suddenly, Inner Moka feels killing intent and notices a rabbit-like creature chewing on the wall of the plane. Inner Moka alerts the others to the intruder, but the creature shows itself to the others and rubs itself against Kurumu's breasts. Tsukune and the others dismiss the creature as a fun pest and Inner Moka goes back to drinking alone. Ling Ling is alerted to the commotion and wonders if the creature is an assassin, and lo and behold the creature (a gremlin) confirms that it is an assassin from Fairy Tale. The gremlin expands and splits off into many copies, and all of them starts eating the plane. Kurumu and the girls try to kill off the gremlins, but their attacks only succeeds in making more gremlins. Inner Moka joins the fight and blames herself for letting the gremlin roam free. Inner Moka bashes the gremlins, but fails to notice a falling cabinet. Tsukune shoves Moka out of the way but he gets hit and loses consciousness.Kicking gremlins... on top of a flying airplane.... while wearing only a bra on top.There is no doubt Inner Moka is bad-ass.As Wong Wong and the rest of the girls wonder how to fight off the gremlins, Outer Moka alerts Inner Moka that most of the gremlins are just copies, and the two Mokas agree to work together to find the real one. The gremlins chews a whole through the ceiling and the plane starts to destabilize. As the other hang on for dear life, Inner Moka climbs through the hole and stands on top of the plane. Knowing that the real gremlin is a pervert, Inner Moka takes off her shirt, and her sharp eyes notices only one gremlin looking at her. Inner Moka sends the real gremlin flying with a swift kick, and the rest of gremlins magically disappear. Thanks to Inner Moka's efforts, the plane makes it to Hong Kong, but Ling Ling doesn't have the instrumentation to land it, so the plane is sent crashing into a hillside while everyone switches to Fong Fong's flying serpent. Despite the perilous journey, Tsukune and friends have made it to Hong Kong in one piece.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This chapter made me laugh. It's not that the story itself was funny. What I found hilarious was that the author chose to name the Wong family founder and 2nd Dark Lord as Dongfang Bubai. Looks like Ikeda-sensei (the author) has been reading Chinese martial arts fantasy novels or watching Chinese/Hong Kong movies. For those who don't know, Dongfang Bubai (东方不败, literally meaning "Invincible East" or "The Unbeatable One from the East") is a well known villain from the famous Chinese martial arts fantasy novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jin Yong, which happens to be one of my favorite Chinese novels. In the novel, Dongfang Bubai was the leader of an evil cult and he was the deadliest character in the novel. Fighting with a sewing needle and thread, Dongfang Bubai was able to maintain a slight edge against the hero and several other powerful fighters until a distraction allowed the hero to defeat him. The kick-ass name, strange weapon, and near-invincibility are some of the reasons why Dongfang Bubai is so well-known among the Chinese, and for these reasons I can see why the author would name the founder of the Wong family after him. There is a a slight problem though: in the novel, Dongfang Bubai obtained his powers by castrating himself. On top of that, Dongfang Bubai was also gay (maybe as a result of the castration) and acted like a woman. To name a Dark Lord and founder of a big crime family after a character who has no balls and prefers the same sex just seems... bizarrely funny to me. The connotations that come with the name just doesn't quite fit with the series. I don't know if Ikeda-sensei is doing it on purpose or didn't do enough research, but I just find it hilarious. A lot of people in Chinese manga forums are probably laughing, facepalming, or headdesking.Okay, I've wasted enough words talking about just a name. Back to the chapter, it looks like the fillers are over and we are back to the main plot. Fairy Tail has started moving again, and the story is also starting to explore the Wong family and their agenda. Perhaps even more importantly, this chapter also hints that Inner and Outer Mokas might eventually become one. Inner Moka is becoming less "icy" and more "tsundere" over the span of this series, and if the progress continues then eventually she'll be fairly close to Outer Moka's personality. The one who stands the most to gain from the Moka's merging would be Tsukune, who can't seem to pick between the two. First we'll have to see if Moka can get her seal fixed though.Anyways, I'm glad Rosario + Vampire is picking up again. I'm looking forward to seeing the series' depiction of Hong Kong, and also Dongfang Bubai lmao.
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Resinya is going to release the Kurono Kurumu ( 黒乃胡夢 ) Mekke! Jump Shop exclusive White Maid Version ( Mekke!・ジャンプショップ限定 ホワイトメイドバージョン ) 1/6 PVC figure from the manga/anime series “Rosario + Vampire” ( ロザリオとバンパイア ). Will be released in June 2010. Around 230mm tall, 8,381yen. Castoffable. For some... **This is a content summary only. Please visit Nekomagic for full content!**
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Resinya is going to release the Kurono Kurumu ( 黒乃胡夢 ) 1/6 PVC figure from the manga/anime series “Rosario + Vampire” ( ロザリオとバンパイア ). Will be released in June 2010. Around 230mm tall, 8,381yen. Castoffable. For some reasons we have so many castoffable and 18+ figures today. Well, it’s not a... **This is a content summary only. Please visit Nekomagic for full content!**
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I'm always very pleased when I find a nice video with some of my favorite seiyuu. I'll restrain from any ado because I'm very sleepy now, and just hope you will like it, even if you didn't understand a word. The first video is Kugimiya Rie with Majima Junji (Ryuuji from Toradora), and the second is the main female cast from Rosario to Vampire (Kugimiya, Mizuki, Fukuen, Koyama) plus their teacher in a classroom having a special examination.<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0i2doAMA28Q&amp;hl=cs_CZ&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0i2doAMA28Q&amp;hl=cs_CZ&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rIWxaNnHheY&amp;hl=cs_CZ&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rIWxaNnHheY&amp;hl=cs_CZ&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
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One of the most sexiest and alluring art of a scary but cute girl from the anime series Rosario + vampire that display a kind of love to stalk her pray in this case it’s a boy that she don’t know yet how to express to. I like what the artist did to her hair [...] Related posts:Amazing Gorgeous Traps Gallery Poor Kid Got Rejected Kimi ni Todoke Anyone?
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VIZ Media ICv2 has a three-part interview up with Gonzalo Ferreyra, VIZ Media's veep of Sales and Marketing, who talks about the company's performance in manga and anime, as well as plans on upcoming distro-- definitely required reading for industry otaku. (You know, the ones who always want to know what's going on? Yeah, you know who you are.) For those of you who are a bit more time-sensitive, a few highlights: Amusingly, when Ferreyra is asked about what manga are doing particularly well, all three are vampire-related: Vampire Knight, Black Bird (there's demonic blood-drinking), and Rosario+Vampire. I guess we live in a post-Twilight world, after all.Also of note, ICv2 mentions that there are "several conversations happening" relating to possible original material from VIZ. A little insider info here: I know someone who was just encouraged to submit a series for consideration, so they're clearly still looking, but we don't know if they've found a title they like just yet.Ferreyra also points out something I've mentioned a few times: that anime-wise, VIZ focuses primarily on A-list titles for release. He also thinks that the market that is shrinking is specifically the market for B- and C-list titles.It doesn't look like VIZ is going to release any Blu-Ray anime in 2010; they're still hammering out the best way to do it without ruffling the feathers of the Japanese owners due to counter-importation problems.Aaaand Ferreyra says he's heard "anecdotally" that simulcasting is having a positive effect and that piracy is shrinking somewhat.  Whew, that should more or less cover it. Looks like VIZ is in for a year of some tough navigation, but with plenty of fun titles-- which actually I think may apply to the North American fandom as a whole.    
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Image is courtesy of MiyuriInternational Saimoe League Nominations results were announced about a week ago, but the statistics were revealed only some two days ago. 86 characters, plus the automatic entries based on previous results, advance to the next phase, the preliminary period.Nomination Results: (The number is total number of received votes)1 Akiyama Mio K-ON! 4172 Senjōgahara Hitagi Bakemonogatari 3283 Shiina Mafuyu Seitokai no Ichizon 3014 Sakurano Kurimu Seitokai no Ichizon 2235 Sengoku Nadeko Bakemonogatari 1986 Kuronuma Sawako Kimi ni Todoke 1727 Shiina Minatsu Seitokai no Ichizon 1628 Akaba Chizuru Seitokai no Ichizon 1619 Saten Ruiko To Aru Kagaku no Railgun 16010 Shirai Kuroko To Aru Majutsu no Index 15611 Hanato Kobato Kobato. 14812 Beatrice Umineko no Naku Koro ni 14813 Ikaros Sora no Otoshimono 13814 Alice Pandora Hearts 12015 Kotobuki Tsumugi K-ON! 11316 Uiharu Kazari To Aru Kagaku no Railgun 11117 Sangō Shizuku Kämpfer 10818 Tainaka Ritsu K-ON! 10819 Nymph Sora no Otoshimono 10420 Hoshina Utau Shugo Chara! 10321 Ushiromiya Ange Umineko no Naku Koro ni 10122 Miyanaga Saki Saki 10023 Nogizaka Haruka Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu 9824 Ushiromiya Maria Umineko no Naku Koro ni 9825 Suō Pavlichenko Darker than Black 9426 Yin Darker than Black 9227 Takei Hisa Saki 9028 Ryōgi Shiki Kara no Kyōkai 8529 Kamio Misuzu AIR 7830 Bernkastel Umineko no Naku Koro ni 7831 Yagami Hayate Mahō Shōjo Lyrical Nanoha 7732 Mizuno Kaede Nyan Koi! 7633 Index Librorum Prohibitorum To Aru Majutsu no Index 7334 Amamiya Yūko ef - a tale of memories 7235 Minami Kana Minami-ke 7136 Mizunashi Akari ARIA 7037 Hachikuji Mayoi Bakemonogatari 7038 Isayama Yomi Ga-rei Zero 6739 Kirishima Kotone Nyan Koi! 6440 Ranka Lee Macross Frontier 6341 Kirishima Akari Nyan Koi! 5742 Kusakabe Misuzu 11eyes 5643 Winry Rockbell Fullmetal Alchemist 5344 Felli Loss Chrome Shelled Regios 5245 Senō Natsuru Kämpfer 5246 Sōryū Asuka Langley Neon Genesis Evangelion 5247 Shindō Chihiro ef - a tale of memories 5148 Sonozaki Shion Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 5149 Nagi Kannagi 5150 Tsuruya Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu 5151 Enma Ai Jigoku Shōjo 5052 Nishizawa Ayumu Hayate no Gotoku! 4953 Shihō Matsuri sola 4954 Oshino Shinobu Bakemonogatari 4755 Aizawa Sakuya Hayate no Gotoku! 4656 Segawa Izumi Hayate no Gotoku! 4657 Minase Nayuki Kanon 4658 Ayanami Rei Neon Genesis Evangelion 4659 Isurugi Noe true tears 4660 Sheryl Nome Macross Frontier 4561 Alice Caroll ARIA 4462 Evangeline A.K. McDowell Mahō Sensei Negima! 4463 Hanekawa Tsubasa Bakemonogatari 4364 Sakurazaki Setsuna Mahō Sensei Negima! 4265 Shirayuki Mizore Rosario + Vampire 4166 Mishima Akane Kämpfer 3967 Yoko Littner Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 3968 Chii Chobits 3869 Lisa Seiken no Blacksmith 3870 Lambdadelta Umineko no Naku Koro ni 3871 Fujibayashi Ryō CLANNAD 3572 Yuno Hidamari Sketch 3573 Teletha Testarossa Full Metal Panic! 3474 Misaka Shiori Kanon 3475 Sawatari Makoto Kanon 3476 Akashiya Moka Rosario + Vampire 3477 Tsukamoto Yakumo School Rumble 3478 Yūki Mikan To Love-Ru 3479 Chiba Kirino BAMBOO BLADE 3280 Miyamura Miyako ef - a tale of memories 3281 Daidōji Tomoyo Cardcaptor Sakura 3282 Katagiri Yūhi Akane-iro ni Somaru no Saka 3183 Niche Letter Bee 3184 Hinaichigo Rozen Maiden 3185 Sawachika Eri School Rumble 3186 Kotegawa Yui To Love-Ru 3116 characters are already eligible contestants for the regular season period. 34 characters from the preliminaries will join them.16 contestants:Aisaka Taiga(Toradora!) Asahina Mikuru(Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) Fate Testarossa(Mahō Shōjo Lyrical Nanoha) Fujibayashi Kyō(CLANNAD) Fukuji Mihoko(Saki) Haramura Nodoka(Saki)Hiiragi Kagami(Lucky ☆ Star) Hirasawa Yui(K-ON!) Katsura Hinagiku(Hayate no Gotoku!) Nagato Yuki(Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) Nakano Azusa(K-ON!) Okazaki Ushio(CLANNAD)Sakagami Tomoyo(CLANNAD) Shana (Shakugan no Shana) Suzumiya Haruhi(Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) Tōsaka Rin(Fate/stay night)
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Inner Moka attends the academy for a day.Being so smart and good at fighting, you'd think Inner Moka would have enough common sense not to point the knife towards herself.Summary:In recent weeks, Inner Moka has become more active in voicing her concerns about Outer Moka's laziness and bad eating habits, so Outer Moka decides that it'd be good to let Inner Moka out for a day to experience what school life is like. So at the beginning of the next day, Moka asks Tsukune to remove the rosary and let Inner Moka roam free for the day. While Tsukune and Yukari are supportive, Kurumu and Mizore are a little worried, but at the same time they think this is a good opportunity to discover Inner Moka's weakness.With her beauty, smarts, and athleticism, Inner Moka quickly earns herself a legion of fans among the school's students. At lunch, Kurumu and Mizore are beginning to think that Inner Moka has no weakness, but they refuse to give up just yet. The class after lunch is home economics where the girls are making pumpkin pie under Ruby's direction. Yukari is partnered with Inner Moka, but soon Yukari becomes scared of Inner Moka's pumpkin carving techniques. The end result of Inner Moka's labor is a huge mass of unknown substance that actually blew out a window. Kokoa arrives to try out Inner Moka's food and is immediately poisoned. While Inner Moka is in disbelief about her inability to cook, Kurumu, Mizore, Yukari and Ruby join and promise to help Inner Moka make the pie. Unfortunately, that turned out to be a bad idea as moments the later the whole classroom is on fire with Kurumu, Mizore, Yukari, and Ruby smashed into various walls and counter-tops. Inner Moka herself is relatively unscathed and carries a burnt piece of pie with her to the rooftops. Inner Moka passes Fong Fong on the way, and Fong notices that Moka's choker seems to creaking.On the roof of the school, Inner Moka is about to throw the pie away, but she is stopped by Tsukune. Inner Moka reveals that she was planning to give the pie to Tsukune and lets Tsukune try out the pie. Tsukune takes a bite and finds it delicious much to Inner Moka's surprise. While the other girls watch from behind a corner in jealousy, Inner Moka tells Tsukune that she had fun today and wants Tsukune to thank Outer Moka for lending her the body. Tsukune puts the rosary back on to Moka's choker, but for some reason Inner Moka still remains. While Moka, Tsukune and the others try to figure out what's wrong, Fong Fong and Ling Ling suddenly show up and state that Moka's seal is becoming unsteady.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Another non-serious, filler-ish chapter this month, but it looks like the story may be getting back on track in the next issue. This was another Inner Moka chapter and as expected it shows that Inner Moka is becoming more enamored with Tsukune, this time even going out of her way to bake some pumpkin pie for him. It's a little strange that Inner Moka doesn't know a thing about cooking despite Outer Moka being a fairly good cook (as stated by Yukari). I'd think Outer Moka would at least pass Inner Moka a cooking tip or two. Anyways despite the progress, it'll probably still be a while before we see anything concrete between Inner Moka Tsukune.Anyways, the chapter ends with Tsukune unable to seal Inner Moka which probably leaves Outer Moka in some sort of limbo. Adding to this, Fong Fong and Ling Ling chose this moment to insert themselves into the story, and next issue we might finally find out what these two are really up to. Given Fong Fong and Ling Ling's personalities, they'll probably try to persuade Tsukune into joining their crime family in exchange for helping to reseal Moka. I think Moka's seal will eventually be broken (or getting really close to that state) and that breakage will probably destroy Outer Moka. This seems to be the most predictable route to go. We'll see how wrong/right I am in a couple of months.
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Yukari and Fong Fong switch bodies for a day.Can't trust a guy with a girl's body.Summary:Yukari has made a magical device that allows two persons to convey feelings to each other without speaking, and Yukari hopes to use the device to get Tsukune and Moka to have a threesome with her. Yukari arrives in class early and falls asleep at her desk, and while she's sleeping Fong Fong arrives and starts messing with the device. Yukari wakes up just as Fong Fong accidentally activates the device. The device zaps the both of them just as Moka and Tsukune arrive in the room. Fong Fong and Yukari realize they have switched bodies with each other. Yukari(now in Fong Fong's body) drags Fong Fong to washroom to sort things out. It turns out the device overloaded and results in the two switching bodies with each other, and unfortunately the device is also busted and needs fixing. Fong Fong soon shows himself to be a pervert, Yukari wants to keep an eye on her own body. As the two are walking to the classroom, Yukari examines her own body and realizes that she can't compete with the other girls. The situation is then made worse when Kurumu and Mizore arrive to tease Yukari, and Yukari (in Fong Fon's body) is driven away.It has always been Fong Fong's dream to switch into a girl's body and go to a girl's physical.Yukari is back at the newspaper club feeling depressed when suddenly there's announcement for a student physical exam. Yukari immediately goes to grab Tsukune for assistance although she doesn't tell Tsukune about the body-switching. By chance the two runs into Haiji and Gin who are crawling through a secret tunnel to the girl's gym to peek at the girl's physical. Following the tunnels, Tsukune and Yukari crawl into the storage space beneath the gym's floor, and Yukari can hear Fong Fong making strange noises nearby. Tsukune tries to persuade Yukari to go back, but Yukari changes topic and asks if Tsukune only thought of her as a little sister and not as a woman. Tsukune suddenly becomes serious and states that Yukari is one of his most trusted female friends.At this moment, Kokoa detects Haiji and Gin's presence under the gym floors and starts attacking. While all the other girls and Fong Fong are wondering that's going on, Yukari emerges out of the storage base with her new and improved heart-to-heart transmission device. Before using the device, Yukari tells Tsukune that she was really happy to hear his words and he's the guy she loves the most, and Tsukune is confused as to whether it was Fong Fong and Yukari speaking. Yukari zaps herself and Fong Fong with the device and the two are back to their original bodies. Afterwards, Tsukune and Fong Fong have to run for their lives from Kokoa and many other female students while Yukari becomes goes to her physical with a new found confidence.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Another filler chapter, and with the classic/cliched body-switching setup to boot. Looks like the author still hasn't decided where to go with the main plot with Fairy Tale. Anyways, Yukari finally gets her own spotlight chapter now that all the other girls have had their own chapters/story arcs. I guess the point of this chapter is that underneath Yukari's childish and perverted desire to get Tsukune and Moka into a threesome, Yukari genuinely likes Tsukune and should be taken as seriously as the other girls in Tsukune's harem. Tsukune takes Yukari serious, so we probably should too. There's not much else to the chapter than that, although we learned that Yukari can make some crazy devices out of paper and always has metal washing pans and buckets on hand to hit people with even when she's in someone else's body.
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Some mangas age better as others. I’m not sure how Moonphase was received in 2000, but now it definitely seems bland next to the sleuth of Vampire manga now available, especially the extremely similar Rosario Vampire. Still, Moonphase is still fun in a sort of campy sort of way.   The story follows Kouhei, a photographer, who [...]
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