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4 of 6 people found this review helpful
| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
6 |
| Animation |
9 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
What's Loveless about? Well, by just watching the anime, you won't be able to figure it out. Seriously, the anime is just the top of the mountain that's trying to lure you to read the manga. Which I did. If you read the manga the story will become much more interesting and I'd say it deserves much more than a 6. But... we're talking about the anime here. The anime storyline deserves no more than a 6. It manages to make you curious about what is going on, then pulls you into its story, but while you slowly try to unravel all its mysteries, it stops suddenly at episode 12.
This series is laughing at you, saying "Haha, you stupid, I won't give you my secret unless you read the manga!" and when you finished it, you either want to kill it or run to the store and buy the first manga volume to read the story. I did the latter.
What really caught me were the battles. It wasn't the usual sword/fist fight, and it wasn't just lights flashing around either. The fights were actually pretty delicately handled, I remember that there were blue butterflies everywhere and the leafs from trees were dancing around, which gave the fights an eerie dimension that suits the story's atmosphere.
What also caught me: eye-candy. There is plenty abound for the women among us and Soubi has got to be one of the most gorgous characters I've ever seen. But it's not only the men that are beautiful, I thought the zero-girls, despite their plainness were also attractive in their own way.
I loved the sounds of this series. It's haunting, which suits the story just fine. The opening is very memorable and has become one of my favourite songs ever. If you read the translation of the Tsuki no Curse lyrics, you'll find out that the song is actually a summary for the series. And the ending is very sad and full of mystery, it caputures the story's atmosphere perfectly.
Probably the greatest gem of this series are the characters. Each of them is unique and the most interesting thing about them is that almost no one in this series seems sane. (This is further confirmed in the manga.) You have Ritsuka, who one day changed his entire personality and forgot his past. You have the weak and frail mother who abuses her child, because it isn't the Ritsuka that she knows. Soubi who has paedophilic and masochistic tendencies. Sadistic zero couples. Ritsu-sensei, who had abused Soubi in the past. The female psychologist who also has paedophilic tendencies regarding Ritsuka. Even the normal characters have their quirks. These characters can not be found anywhere else and they make the anime what I would call great!
Despite the storyline being underdeveloped in the anime (not in the manga) I did enjoy the overall anime a lot, so I'd say it deserves an 8. For those who liked everything, except for the storyline, because it was confusing, I'd recommend reading the manga, then watching the anime again. You'll enjoy it a lot more!! read more
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