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Sixteen years ago, a battle between monsters and humans shook the world, tearing a piece of the veil that kept one world hidden from the other. Leaving Yokai Academy as a beacon of hope and peace. Now, a new group of first-year students steps into the academy, ready to embark on a school year filled with friendships, danger, and the everyday chaos of monster life.

But as these young students navigate the ruckus and hazard of their school days, they’ll occasionally stumble upon hints of something more—whispers of old conflicts and secret plots that might just turn their world upside down.


Aug 8, 2024 7:27 pm
Hi, I'm new in here (and to PbP in general), and would like to know if there would be interest in a game using "OVA: The anime RPG" and set in the universe of the Rosario + Vampire Manga, You're not required to have read it, though. As for the system, OVA is a pretty flexible and light game which let's you made pretty much any kind of character, and is focused on emulating a (primarily) shounen manga/anime narrative.

The system is pretty easy to learn, I'll share any info necessary for character creation with the chosen players. As for the setting, if you're not familiar with it, there's still a good amount of info in the wiki.

https://i.imgur.com/9D92pDK.jpeg
(Spoilers from the Manga ahead)
Set some 16 years after the end of the story. The players would roleplay as First Year high school students in Yokai Academy, a special school attended only by monsters. It was founded for the purpose of preparing young monsters for living normal lives in the human world, keeping their nature secret. However, everything changed 16 years ago, where the most powerful monster alive, Alucard, sought to destroy human civilization and return monsters to their place as rulers of the world. His devious plan was foiled by a group of students from Yokai Academy, who managed to defeat him, this conflict revealed the existence of monsters to the human world.

Now, the purpose of the school extended to also ensuring the continuous peaceful coexistence between monsters and humans, as radical factions from both races work to end this peace and plunge the world into chaos once again. This brings us to our new students; will they live up to the heroes they're meant to be?
I'm looking for 4-7 players to start, they would all be first year high school students in the academy, you could chose any monster race, either one shown in the manga or otherwise, and the system (and setting!) allow for great diversity of powers and abilities, even between characters of the same race. The PCs would live their common student life (always with some unusual situation to keep things interesting!), dealing with classes, clubs and blossoming their relationships and eventually take place in overarching plots where the fate of the academy (or even the world) would be at stake.
Past the 5 player mark, should be familiar with the setting, you could play another role, if desired.

I want this campaign to be split in two sections, one with "filler" content, where the characters will partake in comedic situations and develop their relationships, and a more serious tone, where narrative arcs would have their defining moments and climaxes. They would take place concomitantly, the first one taking place in an undefined chronology between the latest adventures. Overall, the campaign would mix adventure, battles, comedy and drama (without falling into cheesy melodrama).

As for tone, themes and content: it would be mostly lighthearted fun, with more serious situations arising at defining moments and climaxes; more mature themes could show in these times, and the PCs would be allowed to dwell in romance, but it all are to be SFW. Overall, following the tone of the series.

Finally, about availability, I'm at UTC -03:00; my availability during the week varies, I would able to write at least a post in the morning and other at night, or more.
I should say this is my fist attempt at PbP (I do have experience with text RPG through MUDs and Discord), so, if you're a seasoned PbP player, and interested in the campaign, some tips would be welcomed.

If you're interested, please let me know! I hope I can find at least 4 players to start this campaign. Feel free to leave a short description of your character concept in here too, if you'd like it. Your characters could even be the children of the original cast, if you so desire.
Last edited August 15, 2024 3:47 am
Aug 8, 2024 10:10 pm
I enjoyed the anime and read parts of the manga. I'm unfamiliar with the system but if we don't mind the learning curve I'd be interested in giving it a shot. I'd have to brush up on the system some to determine a character.
Last edited August 8, 2024 10:11 pm
Aug 11, 2024 4:49 am
Rosario+Vampire was cute.

MiniMoka might be fun, yeah?

I also like dragons and pretty girls, if my profile picture wasn't a dead giveaway for an anime fan. =p
Aug 12, 2024 1:03 am
BlondeDragonGenie says:
Rosario+Vampire was cute.

MiniMoka might be fun, yeah?

I also like dragons and pretty girls, if my profile picture wasn't a dead giveaway for an anime fan. =p
Great taste, by the way.
Aug 13, 2024 2:05 pm
I'm interested, but have only passing familiarity with Rosario+Vampire.

Would that be OK?
Aug 13, 2024 3:44 pm
jollycooperative says:
I'm interested, but have only passing familiarity with Rosario+Vampire.

Would that be OK?
Of course! No prior knowledge of the setting needed.
Aug 13, 2024 6:02 pm
Moyreau says:
Of course! No prior knowledge of the setting needed.
Then I'll confirm my interest!
Aug 13, 2024 6:03 pm
That's three of us. Not bad.
Aug 13, 2024 6:09 pm
Indeed, I'll create the campaign as soon as I can.
Aug 13, 2024 6:18 pm
No rush. It was just cool we got three people. You can never be sure how more niche games will turn out.
Aug 13, 2024 11:30 pm
Well, to be honest, until I figure out how make the character sheets for the game (which may take a while), much won't be done.
Aug 13, 2024 11:58 pm
Gimme some time I might be able to help with that. I've made a few sheets in the past, and while they aren't overly fancy they're serviceable enough.
Aug 14, 2024 2:11 am
I've never done it either, but we can do it together! Probably! Friendship and teamwork and stuff, yeah!
Aug 14, 2024 2:13 am
Really? That would be tremendously appreciated. Besides, no fanciness needed. The sheet is pretty simple overall,
[ +- ] Blank sheet

As you can see, it's just a bunch of blank spaces, these being examples of completed ones (they are from sample characters and thus are a bit different, but it's mostly the same):
[ +- ] Filled sheet

I honestly have no idea on what the difficulty for doing that would be though.
Last edited August 14, 2024 2:18 am
Aug 14, 2024 5:48 am
Pretty low, honestly. My phone has been dead and I just got home at almost 11pm/2300 so I'm calling it a night -- but tomorrow, I should get a sheet done.
Aug 14, 2024 4:57 pm
Just so everyone is up to speed, I have a character sheet started. I should be able to finish it as soon as I'm off work, and we'll be good to go.
Aug 14, 2024 5:15 pm
Alright! I'm fiddling with the forum, hoping something nice comes out of it.
Aug 14, 2024 11:17 pm
Alright... I think this'll work. Feedback is always welcome.
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Last edited August 14, 2024 11:53 pm
Aug 14, 2024 11:47 pm
Whoa, that's very impressive! The sheet looks great! I'll just add a few lines of Abilities and Weaknesses, but I think I can do that myself. By the way, the forum getting almost done, I'll open it soon for you all to enter.
Aug 14, 2024 11:54 pm
Ok. Quick edit, improved sheet.
Aug 15, 2024 2:49 am
That looks great, MaJunior! Thanks for your help!
Last edited August 15, 2024 2:50 am
Aug 15, 2024 3:07 am
Game opened, invites sent! The forum's not yet complete though...
Aug 15, 2024 4:43 am
Vampire girl go! nermnerm

I require victims friends!
Aug 15, 2024 4:43 am
Vampire girl go! nermnerm

I require victims friends!
Aug 15, 2024 9:31 pm
I would definitely be interested in this for sure!
Aug 19, 2024 1:55 pm
Feel free to join us, Nhzual!
Sep 28, 2024 9:04 am
I'm unfamiliar with the system and the manga, but I'm interested in this. It seems like it could be fun, so I am definitely down if you'll have me. I already have a rough concept forming in my mind.
Sep 29, 2024 5:49 pm
I was on the lookout for a university comedy, I'm enticed by the possibility to play in something like this, if you would have me. Though reading through the description of the franchise and the system, this looks like it's on the 'Illuminati University' level of weirdness, which will take some getting used to.

I have no prior experience with the franchise and system, for the record.
Last edited September 29, 2024 5:50 pm
Oct 4, 2024 11:47 pm
Heya! Hopefully, you're accepting new players because I'm definitely interested in this! It's been like a decade or so since I've seen the anime although I know this game focuses on the manga (which I haven't read). Still, this sparked my interest! I was thinking of making a character based off of koromodako.
Oct 5, 2024 4:28 am
Interesting: I'm getting e-mail notifications about posts in the Yokai game forum, but when I try to open them I get a 403 error (access forbidden).
Oct 5, 2024 4:51 am
It appears my last post was entered twice. Sorry about that. I didn't mean to!

Anyway, I hope we can have a great time playing together.
Oct 9, 2024 4:46 pm
how does one start playing because i am extremely interested in playing a bad girl kitsune
Oct 9, 2024 4:51 pm
Hello! I have successfully made an account
Oct 9, 2024 5:10 pm
@Kitten_00 & @tacokarp, you can click here and subscribe to the forum.
Oct 11, 2024 6:07 am
Heyo, is this still open or is it full?
Oct 11, 2024 11:28 pm
Coolio, sent a request, would love to make a dragon girl for this!
Oct 13, 2024 10:42 am
I would like to join as well if your have room..This seems fun and I have read and seen Rosario + Vampire..
Oct 17, 2024 11:12 pm
Super interested, Rosario + Vampire was one of the first anime I watched on netflix when I was a kid. I clicked apply, but I do have a character idea in mind already for a fox girl. I am new to PBP and this website though so bear with me for a bit ^_^
Oct 18, 2024 12:14 am
Hi! Thank you for applying, I hope you'll have a good time. Whatever question you have, just seek me out.
Oct 18, 2024 12:39 am
Thanks for having me~ I'll get to work on my character!
Oct 18, 2024 1:40 pm
Hi, I was kind of just lurking around here for a while but I think I am up for some anime shenanigans after all.

I have never played the OVA system and don't have a copy of it either. But looking through the game forum (kudos for the sheer amount of effort put in to the forum btw) I think everything I need to make/play a character is there?

As for the manga/anime. The name certainly rings a bell and a quick google search makes me 99% certain I watched the anime at one point. But good lord do I not remember anything about it. That being said I am somewhat familiar with the "Highschool but with Monsters" trope. Medusa and Futakuchi-chan is the last thing I have read that would fall in to that. A bit more slice-of-life than shonen action I guess.

Not really sure about the character concept yet. Maybe a traditional vampire or a ghost of sorts?

So if that all checks out and you still got room(10+ players is a lot), I would be happy to join.
Oct 18, 2024 2:02 pm
Hi! Thanks for showing your interest! We a 100% welcome you! Hop on!
Oct 25, 2024 5:47 am
This seems interesting. If there is still room, I would like to join
Oct 25, 2024 5:58 am
We're still open, yes.
Oct 25, 2024 7:01 pm
More victims! Mwahahahah!

I mean. Uh.

Er.

Friends! Yes! I meant that.
Oct 26, 2024 2:40 am
Moyreau says:
We're still open, yes.
Cool, how do I join? Will you send me the invite or something?

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