Loveless (manga)
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Cover of the first Loveless volume published by Ichijinsha in Japan in July 2002
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ラブレス (Raburesu) |
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| Genre | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yun Kōga |
| Published by | Ichijinsha |
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| Demographic | Josei |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Zero Sum |
| Original run | May 2002 – present |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yuu Kou |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
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| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | April 7, 2005 – June 30, 2005 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Aya Natsui |
| Illustrated by | Yun Kōga |
| Published by | Ichijinsha |
| Demographic | Female |
| Imprint | Ichijinsha Bunko Iris |
| Published | July 19, 2008 |
Loveless (Japanese: ラブレス Hepburn: Raburesu?) is an ongoing fantasy manga by Yun Kōga. It is serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum by Ichijinsha and collected in twelve tankōbon as of December 2013. Kōga plans to end the manga at fifteen volumes.
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation was made by J.C. Staff, broadcast in a post-midnight slot on TV Asahi and ABC from April 2005 to June 2005. The anime series was licensed and released in the US by Media Blasters in a set of 3 DVDs in early 2006.
The most immediately noticeable aspect of the story is that many characters are —cat-like features (in this case, ears and tails) are universal from birth, so there are as many catboys, including the protagonist, as there are catgirls. People in the Loveless universe lose their animal features when they lose their virginity. Those who no longer have animal features are differentiated by society as "adults".
In his first day at his new school, a then twelve-year-old Ritsuka Aoyagi meets a mysterious twenty-year-old male named Soubi Agatsuma. Soubi claims to be a good friend of Ritsuka's brother, Seimei, who was murdered 2 years earlier. Upon the inspection of Seimei's abandoned computer files, Ritsuka discovers that an organization called 'Septimal Moon' (Nana no tsuki 七の月) was responsible for Seimei's death.
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