Alternative TitlesEnglish: To-LOVE-Ru Synonyms: Trouble, To Love You, ToLoveRu, ToLoveRu Trouble, To-Rabu-Ru, ToRaBuRu Japanese: とらぶる
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Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 3, 2008 to Sep 25, 2008
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
R+ - Mild Nudity
L represents licensing company
StatisticsScore: 7.421 (scored by 10268 users)
Ranked: #11472
Popularity: #154
Members: 19,260
Favorites: 233 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisThe story is about Rito Yuuki, a high-school boy who cannot confess to the girl of his dreams, Haruna Sairenji. One day when coming home and sulking in the bath-tub a mysterious, nude girl, appears out of nowhere. Her name is Lala and she comes from the planet Deviluke, where she is the heir to the throne. Her father wants her to return to her home planet so she can marry one of the husband candidates, but she decides that she wants to marry Rito in order to stay on Earth. |
Related AnimeAdaptation: To-LOVE-Ru Side story: To-LOVE-Ru OVA
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Reviews
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Hayamin
22 of 30 people found this review helpful
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26 of 26 episodes seen
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
5 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
7 |
Story: Pretty much all filler. Each episode basically stands alone except the ending and they don't really play off of each other. The series strays way too far from the Manga and doesn't explore the main parts of the Manga where you see many characters develop themselves. I understand that the Manga has stories that end in one chapter and expansion is necessary to make the Anime but they could've handled it better. A similar style to the beginning of Full Metal Panic Fumoffu would've been cool where there were two stories split between an episode. Since chapters for To-Love-Ru are short, that would've been a great direction for this show to take. However, this show's filler made me feel incredibly bored as most of the stories weren't even adapted from the Manga, they were original stories. Only a few episodes were based off the Manga. The ending was disappointing but you can predict that it'll go nowhere anyway. A predictable "plot" and being composed of mostly ecchi scenes gets it a 5. I'll admit that a few of the episodes, maybe five of them I really liked and thought they were well done and funny.
Art: Better than I expected for a series like this, it was pretty consistent for each episode. Nothing looked too horrible to me.
Sound: Nothing in the bgm caught my attention and Opening was just okay. As for the voice acting, I didn't really have a problem with anyone. No one was extremely annoying to listen to, they did a pretty good job here.
Character: I did enjoy watching some of the characters but a lot of them seemed neglected and didn't get much screen time which kind of disappointed me. I know they're side characters but if they're going to show up more than a few times, make them do more than "Oops, you can see my panties" or accidentally get naked. Guess that's how this kind of series is though...
Enjoyment: I finished it, that's a sign that I didn't completely hate it. Most of the episodes made me want to punch my screen though, they were that awful and stupid. So be careful with it.
Overall: I wouldn't mind a second series since they have more material to pull from and I really enjoyed the Manga. It would be great to see certain stories animated. I just did not like how this Anime turned out because despite the Manga being mostly stand alone stories, the creators of this show felt the need to make their own plots for many episodes... There is an Ova airing currently and so far it's been very acceptable to watch. So check that out if you can.
Feedback would be greatly appreciated. Hope this helped. read more
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Thaiberium
13 of 21 people found this review helpful
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26 of 26 episodes seen
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
6 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
6 |
| Enjoyment |
7 |
to-LOVE-Ru, a slice of life romantic comedy. Now its an adaptation of the manga, and as far as I can tell, it only adheres to the source material in spirit. Not that there is a problem with that. It'd be rather unfair to compare it manga anyway.
First up is the plot, or the lack thereof. They work quite well as standalone episodes, since there is not much continuity among them. However, there are some plot holes here and there. I still can't find the point in the anime that explains how Run ends up liking Rito. They even tacked on a mini-arc at the end which brought the show to somewhat of a conclusion. It may have been hasty but there was little else they probably could have done.
As for the art, in tune with the spirit of the manga is very, ahem refreshing with judiciously placed art and lighting. Though there is a tinge of reuse and the feeling of loss when some scenes could not be depicted due to the violence (which has many reasons as to why it is so). The art shifts in certain episodes are a well done as well. Overall, quite good.
The sound however, is not something to write home about. It is adequate for the scenes depicted, but there is nothing special of note in it. Same goes for the background music. The OP and EDs are well done though and I am sucker for the guitar entrance of the OP.
Unfortunately, romantic comedies thrive on status quo, which requires that the relationships between characters stay the same. Quite so as is the case with To-LOVE-Ru's main characters. The love triangle that started has never progressed, and apart from the rare episode where we get to see Lala in another light (even then, they pressed the reset button at the end). However, surprisingly enough, its the secondary characters that get explored a bit more. Though some get very few episodes, or none at all, its quite easy to see that they are people themselves. This is a far cry from the same old indecisive Rito, shy Haruna and energetic Lala.
Quibbles aside, it is an enjoyable show. It really is more comfort food, nothing ground breaking but its not a total failure in following the formula though. There is not much else going for it except for the art, so I recommend this only for those who just want some eye candy. Besides if you're feeling jealous of the male lead, you know they're doing something right. Still, in real life, you'd have to go out and find trouble. But in to-LOVE-Ru, trouble finds you! read more
Recommendations
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Same crazy setting where main character is stuck with an option of marrying (engaged) another girl or experience destruction. (...)
Both about a guy who is forced into a marriage through a series of crazt events, and both are really funny with lots of comedy and cute girls as lead characters ;3
it is almost the same in both stories there is a guy who find himself forced to marry a girl that he just met...
Seto no Hanayome is a MUCH better version of To-Love Ru. Both shows got similar theme, having the male protagonist get into a marriage that they know nothing about at first. Definitely will make you laugh like no tomorrow.
Both are harems so obviously their are going to be crushes other than the main characters. In To-Love Ru Yukki was forced to be engaged after touching Lala's chest. In Seto, after seeing a mermaid's true form Nagasumi has to choose either marriage or death. Similar stories but Seto no Hanayome is WAYYY funnier.
It's the exact same story with exactly the same characters who just look a little different.
same story line... same... same....
loyal wife is very honor........
Guy is forced to marry a girl that he doesn't know. Girls are a little "strange" - San is a mermaid, Lala is an alien
Both involve a boy in school who get's unwillingly married to a girl who is not human. Both are full of humor and while To-Love-Ru is more provocative, Seto no Hanayome is just as good. To-Love-Ru revolves around aliens and Seto no Hanayome revolves around mermaids.
Very similar. Both series are about a school guy who's going to get married with the girl who is not really human. Extremely funny.
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Same kind of harem comedy with a lot of ecchi and fanservice in it but absolutely nothing that can be considered story that took more then 5 minute to think of.
Both also havea pink haired female lead character.
So if you can enjoy one of them you'll probably also like the other.
They are both heavily ecchi oriented and with a bit of comedy added in. Both of the series focused more on the fanservice than on the story, which made the story very thin. They also have a pink haired female lead character.
Both are pure service anime made for your amusement. Yes, there is harem as well as overly jiggly boobs. If you liked Rosario+Vampire, then you'll love Tu-LOVE-Ru, or otherwise. The female lead role both have lovely pink hair.
They both have a boy in them who is loved by more than 1 girl and they are fighting over him.
They both have people fighting over the same person.Well in these cases, they have a group of high school girls fighting over one boy. They are both very funny, good story lines, and have really good endings. They dont just suddenly end like some others do. :>
Very Similar in feel and harem comedy. Both Girls have hot pink hair =)
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Opening Theme"Forever we can make it" by THYME
Ending Theme#01: "Lucky Tune (ラッキーチューン)" by Anna (BON-BON BLANCO) (eps 1-13, 26) #02: "kiss no Yukue (kissの行方)" by Anna (eps 14-25)
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