Loveless

[Ralei-Chan]

Im kinda sucky with explanatory writing but bear with me.


Loveless is the story (and secret name) of a 12 year old elementary school boy that has a slight personality issue and has recently lost his elder brother. Ritsuka (this boy i mentioned) meets an old friend of his brother, a college student named Soubi. But Soubi wasn't just a friend of Ritsuka's brother, he was a partner in secret battles of words. And cuz his former partner's death, Ritsuka becomes Soubi's (or Beloved's) new partner for these word battles, but thats not all he becomes.

oh and i forgot to mention: it involves cat ears! :D

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Its a definite must-read\see

[sakura_ai16]

the story and stuff it good, just dont like how the anime end

[Ralei-Chan]

i agree
the ending was kinda strange
but what Soubi said was really sweet

[Misaki]

the anime ending was very abrupt o_O compared to the manga ><
the manga is just extremely slow at th emoment and it's doing my nut in.
i LOVE Natuso and Youji ! XD theyre so funny ! but i dislike Yuiko ._. Yayoi even more ! D:

[Shinji]

i do find Loveless terribly adorable.... ritsuka is soooo cute >.<

[GohanMaster]

I love this anime XD
I havn't finished watching it yet, but I've seen some of it and rely like it, I think it's kind of cute

[SandGoddess]

i really love this anime, its really interesting and its cute

[maddyrules]

it is one of the finest anime!!
i luv it...its one of my fav....though i'm desperately waiting wen its second season will come!

[mishali]

loveless is great...
The characters are lovely and cute
I like the way their romance develop...*sweet*
I hope there is a 2nd season

[Rosiel]

I just started watching this anime a little while ago and I am hooked! :D I love all of the characters and the story is really interesting. I can't stop watching...and I have so much I have to do! :)

[Ralei-Chan]

i love Natuso so much
but i kinda like Yayoi
still i agree with u on hating Yuiko

[Rosiel]

I just finished the anime and the ending was rather odd but still good. :) I'm glad to see I am not the only Yuiko hater, I just find her annoying. I do like Yayoi, though. I think he's cute! :D

[harmony102]

I watched all the eps because I my aunts told me to watch it.I did and I liked it.That guy Soubi, tricking a small boy into a relationship lol.Well anyway the art was nice and animation was beautiful.

[Dragonlady]

Loveless is one of my favorite BL anime. I just wish that they would come out with another season or two of it.

[Piligrimm]

I saw Loveless looong time ago... can say that animation is beautiful, and I've started to look it because of the Ritsuka's nekomimi. But I did't like the plot. It's not clear and inconsistent, imho.:)

[Touya]

Seeing the neko-ears on Ritsuka is what made me read it in the first place. xD Also, I had heard it was yaoi-themed. heh. >]

But I haven't had the chance to see the anime just yet. o:

[Beloved Suki]

I love the anime but I don't like how people say that it is a Yaoi anime, I don't think it is they only kissed once, is tht considered yaoi? I am confused.

[Touya]

I love the anime but I don't like how people say that it is a Yaoi anime, I don't think it is they only kissed once, is tht considered yaoi? I am confused.

I think, in my opinion, that it's more of a shonen-ai genre anime as it only hints at a male-on-male relationship. =]

[Neil C.Freak]

I think people consider it yaoi because Ritsuka's underaged.

I love Loveless, the story's really intriguing. The art style is beautiful, the characters are interesting. But, sorry to make fans angry but I don't like shouta :(...So I hope Soubi will get together with Kio!

[Touya]

Good point. xD The age difference kinda' bugged me at first but I eventually got used to it. As well, I suppose, there's also a lot more references to other male couples.

Sorry to sound stupid but could you remind me about the character Shouta? ^^;; I can't remember which one Shouta is. =]

[Dragonlady]

Good point. xD The age difference kinda' bugged me at first but I eventually got used to it. As well, I suppose, there's also a lot more references to other male couples.

Sorry to sound stupid but could you remind me about the character Shouta? ^^;; I can't remember which one Shouta is. =]

Shouta isn't a character in Loveless. Shota, which is short for shotacon, is a Japanese slang portmanteau of the phrase Shōtarō complex and describes an attraction to young boys, or an individual with such an attraction. Outside Japan, the term is less common and most often refers to a genre of manga and anime wherein pre-pubescent or pubescent male characters are depicted in a suggestive or erotic manner.

The usage of the term in both Western and Japanese fan cultures includes works ranging from explicitly pornographic to mildly suggestive, romantic or entirely nosexual. As with lolicon, shotacon is related to the concepts of kawaii (cuteness) and moe (in which characters are presented as young, cute or helpless in order to increase reader identification and inspire protective feelings). As such, shotacon themes and characters are used in a variety of non-erotic media. Elements of shotacon, like yaoi, are comparatively common in shōjo manga, such as the popular translated manga Loveless (which features an eroticized but unconsummated relationship between the 12 year old male protagonist and his 20 year old male "fighter unit"), or the young-appearing character Honey in Ouran High School Host Club. Seinen manga, particularly that aimed at otaku, also occasionally presents eroticized adolescent males in a non-pornographic context, such as the cross-dressing 16 year old boy in Yubisaki Milk Tea or the homoerotic relationships between the anthrophomorphic national personifications in Hetalia: Axis Powers.

[Touya]

When I read "moe" all I could think of was the character Honey from OHSHC. xD

But thank you Dragonlady for the explanation. =] Makes a lot more sense now.
'Cause I was beginning to get slightly confused when I couldn't find the "character" Shouta on Wikipedia. Lol.

In the long run though I would hope for Ritsuka to stay with Soubi 'cause I just find it more compelling when there's a huge age gap between the characters. xD;;

[Neil C.Freak]

Shouta's not a character, it's a genre. XP It's sexual attraction or activity towards underaged boys. It could be an older guy to an underaged boy. Or two underaged boys who are sexual active together (if they aren't sexually active then it's not considered shouta...it's just adorable! XD).

[Touya]

Well I seem to learn something new everyday of my life. xD <3

But yes, I agree, it is adorable. lol. But I can't think of any animes/mangas that involves shouta ( the one involving 2 underaged boys ). xDDD

[Neil C.Freak]

Oh you'd be surprised. There's PicoxChico and PicoxChicoxCoCo. *shudders* My loss of innocence...

Loveless definitely has shouta themes even though they only kiss.

[Touya]

Oh I must check those out. ^^

I think I lost my innocence to Loveless 'cause it was the first Yaoi/Shouta manga I ever got. xD It was a birthday gift. ;D lol.

[PencilSS]

I've read the manga and only just got the anime from a friend.

I LOVE LOVELESS

And I agree, it's more shonen ai. Soubi's typical response to anything is 'I love you Ritsuka' - I had quite a laugh at being reminded about that. But Soubi never does anything to Ritsuka, so I don't really consider it to be shouta.

Seimei in the manga was bordering on creepy sometimes, on that front. Or at least that's what I remeber thinking when I read the manga.

And I have to agree with one of the prvious posts, Yayoi is adorable. He's my third favourite after Ritsuka and Soubi.

[Touya]

By the end of the manga series I couldn't stand Seimei. ^_^ xDDD MORE than just creepy. xD heh.

I can see how it might be also consider "yaoi" when there's continuous hints of incest. o.o;; But then again, it's only hints so I'm back to shonen-ai. :lmao:

[PencilSS]

I did a double take with that one suspicious scene. In the first part of the manga I feel this vague sense of sympathy for Seimei, and Ritsuka loved his brother, and Seimei ket him safe- so I thought of him as a nice guy, shame he's dead, hopefully he's not. But then the truth was revealed, and he's actually quite a sadistic, scary guy. I actually feel sorry for Soubi a lot of the time. But now I don't know what's going on in loveless past vol9 so who knows what happens next.

[Neil C.Freak]

If anybody's caught up with the manga I want to talk about Kio. Before, he use to be just the comic relief character. But now he's becoming a lot more important to the story.

That thing with the tattoo, his kidnapping, and now a long lost twin sister??? O.o didn't see that commin. I have a feeling that he actually might be in love with Soubi~

[PencilSS]

Yeah, Kio is moving up on the plot scale. Up until they went to the school I was actually convinced he was a girl T.T I know it's hard to tell sometimes with manga drawings but I thought I was getting good at decifering the pretty people into genders. I actually flipped all the way back, and I must say, when they first introduce Kio he does come across as a female friend of Soubi's.

BTW I'm not against the Soubi - Kio pairing, as long as that means Yayoi and Ritsuka get together eventually :D

[Tixylix]

I loved loveless.

So much. *_*

So gewd!

[Neil C.Freak]

Yeah, Kio is moving up on the plot scale. Up until they went to the school I was actually convinced he was a girl T.T I know it's hard to tell sometimes with manga drawings but I thought I was getting good at decifering the pretty people into genders. I actually flipped all the way back, and I must say, when they first introduce Kio he does come across as a female friend of Soubi's.

BTW I'm not against the Soubi - Kio pairing, as long as that means Yayoi and Ritsuka get together eventually :D

I thought he was a girl too! XD He doesn't even look that girly!

Haha! I never thought of that...that would be pretty cute. I'm just not much of a fan of shouta so that's why I hope Soubi and Kio will get together. :3

[Riian-Taicho]

holy...
i read some of the posts on here and realised that the anime was on my regular anime site, so i went to watch and epi and see if i like it or not.. i ended up watching all 12!
Just Lmao..
They were absolutely amazing, its a shame only the manga continues.. it had enough potential for the anime to carry on too i think..
Cliff hanger ending piss me off D:
i was literally just like NO NO NO NO NO LET ME KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YOU ****** ********* etc. ^^;;

[PrinceVegeta]

loveless is one of my favorite animie it's a vary cute and romantic story...hope that there will be a season 2.

[~Ai~]

i have never read or watched yaoi before but i see this one everywhere, it must be good :D

[hisjoker101]

It is pretty good, Ai. It's cute too. You should watch it. Although it's pretty short, it an anime you got to love.. And Ai's in it! Well, the name is. XD

[~Ai~]

It is pretty good, Ai. It's cute too. You should watch it. Although it's pretty short, it an anime you got to love.. And Ai's in it! Well, the name is. XD

coming from you i may have to :D how long is it?

[hisjoker101]

Either it's 13 or 12. ^^ Like I said, even though it's short, it's pretty good. I love the opening song. XD

[~Ai~]

ooh that is fairly short, i will check it out after code geass :p

[zebrazombies]

the first yaoi live anime i ever watch (with my parents around; that just scary moment...)

[GohanMaster]

I think this is a cute anime. Even though I have yet to finish it, I have really enjoyed it ^^

[Riian-Taicho]

I finished it in one night, i loved it that much. xD
I was so wonderful. I couldn't help it. I just love Ritsuka he's SO darn CUTE! xD
Soubi is just awesome.
I love the little fight scenes though. The best move was the 'Release' one. xo
Sooo awesomeeee! ~

[KaibaXJou]

I haven't seen the anime much. But the manga are good.

[EmperorG]

Darn it, I must watch episodes 8 to 10 soon.