I think the first serie gets 4 stars while the Season II gets 5 stars.The first serie is too predictable, almost the same simple plot occurs in each volume, the first volumes, that quickly gets resolved in the same volume. It's only in the last volumes that it starts getting more interesting. In the other hand Season II is much better, it has better plots, they last longer, and the villains cannot be beaten up solely by Moka this time, they all have to join forces in Season II. Tsukune is also more capable to defend himsef this time in Season II.I personally like that the manga has strong female characters who can handle themselves most of the time. I really like the characters.The drawings are quite beautiful, even more so in Season II, and the world in the background the artist created is amazing. It really feels like Nightmare Before Christmas, with creepy ruins all over the place, gloomy cemetaries and empty forests with dead trees, creepy school, pumpkins, etc. I've spent a lot of time admiring the background while I was reading.The nudity might be an issue for some.So I think if one is patient enough to get through a part of the first serie, and are not bothered by the nudity, will finally get to the better stuff later in the first serie... and to the much better Season II. The new developments were nice touches. Good to know that a certain character (Werewolf newspaper editor) is not merely one-dimensional. I also liked the returning villain. Though the ending of more than one battle was not ultimately resolved by the god-like vampiric powers, I am unsure about where the author is headed. Onto Volume 4! It promises to be exciting! Monsters get summer vacation.....who knew?
