Tsukune Aono

(青野 月音, Aono Tsukune?)

Voiced by:Daisuke Kishio

Tsukune Aono is a fictional character in the Japanese anime and manga, Rosario + Vampire. The male protagonist, he is an average, ordinary human boy, who was somehow accepted into a school of monsters, and despite the danger it entails for him, he remains on campus, with one of his motivations for staying being Moka Akashiya, the vampiric, female protagonist of the series.

Considerate and polite, Tsukune is a gentle person. Though there have been many instances where he has been put into dangerous, life-threatening situations (many of which are due to enemies, who he later befriends), he has never held a grudge against anyone. Tsukune's selflessness and courage comes to the foreground, whenever he or someone from his group of friends is faced with the possibility of injury, or even death. Though powerless, he has the tendency of throwing himself in front of attacks, so as to ensure the safety of his friends. As the series progresses, this habit becomes extremely dangerous - the enemies he encounter are so powerful, there have been multiple instances of him near dying. Ironically, this leads towards a situation where he calls upon his own supernatural abilities.

Tsukune's infatuation with the kind-hearted Moka often results in him letting his guard down, long enough for her to bite him on the neck and ingest his blood. While it saps him of energy for nearly the rest of the school day during the first few times, after subsequent times, it feels more of a playful, affectionate gesture from her (in the anime, this is personified to the viewer as a kiss). In reality, Tsukune will do anything for Moka, even if it means putting his life in danger.

As a human, Tsukune has no significant traits. Initially, he is completely unable to do anything to fight his attackers. Instead, he relies on his ability to take off Moka's rosario, releasing her super-vampire state, and have her fend them off. Thus far, he is the only one who can successfully do so.

However this all changed when Tsukune, after having been mortally wounded, was injected with vampiric blood by Moka, in her super state. Aside from the natural, regenerative properties given to him by the injection, Tsukune is also granted temporary superhuman strength, superhuman speed and agile reflexes, all of which Moka possess, as a super-vampire. At the same time, he undergoes similar physical changes, such as brighter hair and red eyes containing slitted pupils, all of which are a super-vampire's signature trait. Unlike Moka, Tsukune does not develop another personality, keeping his consciousness intact. Physically, he is as powerful, if not, more than Moka, and since he is human, water and other vampiric-related weaknesses do not affect him.

Naturally, this transfer is not without its drawbacks. When Moka injects her blood into Tsukune, her own strength is diminished by a lack of blood in her own body, but more importantly, Tsukune's body cannot handle the influx of vampiric blood, without suffering any after-effects. Eventually, Moka's bite marks on his neck do not disappear, leaving a disoriented Tsukune, as well as experiencing severe pain throughout his body.

The constant injections of Moka's blood into Tsukune's body finally got out of control. The result was his transformation into a ghoul. In this state, black marks spread across his body from his bite marks and face, with his eyes slitted. He is just as strong as a super-vampire and carries faster regenerative powers; even water, a vampire's greatest weakness, does not budge him. However, this transformation comes with a heavy price: Tsukune loses his human consciouness, and becomes a mindless, killing machine - a berserker, bent on seeking blood. In contrast to his normal, pacifistic personality, he expresses a pure, uncontrollable desire to kill, unable to distinguish friend from foe. The only way to stop a rampaging ghoul would be to destroy it.

Fortunately, thanks to the arrival of an exorcist, Tsukune is provided with a way to keep his ghoul nature at bay. With the help of a "holy lock" worn around his wrist, it acts in a similar fashion to the rosario around Moka's neck, sealing away his ghoul powers and personality. Wearing it prevents him from using his powers, and keeps his human consciouness, if not, his humanity intact. However, the lock is not meant to fully seal away the ghoul personality, but to suppress it. Tsukune still carries its innate thirst for blood, more specifically, Moka's, as Tsukune is seen downing multiple bottles of water to control his thirst. He longs for the taste of Moka's blood, and the sight of it can make him momentarily lose control of himself and try to bite her. However, Tsukune has managed to control his thirst and has not consumed any blood.

Eventually, Tsukune is able to access his powers at will, temporarily. Doing so causes one of the many links on the lock to fracture. Additionally, whenever Tsukune finds himself in danger of dying, the power of Tsukune's vampire blood will fully activate, causing all of the links to break at the same time and reverting Tsukune back to ghoul state. However, Tsukune's ghoulish nature could still be stopped with the support of a monster seal barrier spell.

ALL EPISODES (13): http://www.veoh.com/videos/v3322815xE3jwYrN?searchId=25983551578764509&rank=10

MANGA SEASON 1:http://www.onemanga.com/Rosario-Vampire/

MANGA SEASON 2: http://www.onemanga.com/Rosario-Vampire_II/