Loveless

I'll probably never be able to forget this anime, because every single episode touched me alot more than i expected. The music is amazing, the characters are loveable and the whole relationship between the two main characters is adorable. Seeing as it was only 12 episodes long, it was gutting when it ended, but that's probably the reason for it being so good.

Ritsuka has been different the past two years since his brother, Seimi had been murdered by the Seven Moons, and he doesn't see the point of living anymore. Until he meets Soubi, the adult, old friend of Seimi. He soon learns that ... Soubi is an important part of his life, and together they are Fighter and Sacrifice, even though they do not share the same name. Throughout the whole series the two begin to grow on each other and there bond is alot deeper than they'd expected.

I loved some of the things they did with the anime such as the ears, where if you had never lost your virginity with anyone and been in love then you would have ears. It was pretty obvious to see who had done what, and i loved that, because it was like you could read everyone like a book. Ritsuka's teacher still has her ears and she's a very shy character, and all of his friends have also got there ears.

The whole story is pretty confusing, seeing as the Seven Moons are not described until later episodes and the whole 'Name' and 'Bond' scenario is pretty strange. Seimi (Ritsuka's Brother) was called 'Beloved' and he shared a name with Soubi, until he died. Soubi was ordered by Seimi to love Ritsuka and become his fighter, even though Ritsuka's real name is 'Loveless' (one without love). So the two are not destined to be together.

You have to watch the anime to realise how beautiful it is, and really understand whats happening. Even if you don't like the romance there's still a lot of action with 'Spell Battles' and fighting.There is also Yuri (girl on girl) later in this anime if that's what your interested in.

So overall this anime is amazing and i love it. However, watching it a second time just depressed me, knowing i'd never be able to feel the excitement again, knowing there were more episodes to watch which i hadn't already seen. I'd recommend this anime to anyone.

This is my first review, so please bear with me.

The story line is pretty sketchy, but here goes the main charecter is very conserned about love, and doesn't like everyone saying they like/love him. He has problems that he doesn't want anyone to know about, so it adds to the mystery.

It isn't as much of a love story. It mainly deals with past/present/future destinies.

I liked the anime because it deals with a lot of 'what do i do now' stuff and some of the charecters are easy to relate to (In my case)

I know that this may not be helpfull......

Well, this is a hard anime to review, because your enjoyment all depends on your own take on this anime. But this is my take:

STORY: Yeah, this anime may have a hard plot to find. Hell, it might not even have one. But I still found it enjoyable. But then again, it's not that hard to keep me entertained (^.^). It's a dark and mysterious story about a twelve year old boy named Ritsuka and a twenty year old college student named Soubi. Yes, it suggests a few things, they kiss a couple of times, and let's just say that Soubi, in my eyes, is ... about the definition of pervert. I don't really know why they classify this under yaoi, but I guess after a while you see why.

ART: I really loved the character designs in this! They all looked so smooth and beautiful to me.

SOUND: The subbed voices, in my opinion, matched the character designs very nicely. The only thing I couldn't stand was Yuiko's voice. After about eight episodes, I wanted to hurt her. But then again, that might be just due to her annoying character (Imagine Misa Amane from Death Note, only not THAT bad).

CHARACTER: These characters practically made me fall in love. They grabbed me and made me happy, sad, mad, and all those emotions that anime usually can't do to me. I yelled at my TV at times, I will admit...

ENJOYMENT: Somewhere in this incredibly long review, I must have said something about my enjoyment with this anime, so I guess that it's kinda self explanitory.

OVERALL: This anime could have easily been given a ten, BUT! I didn't reach the ending! I won't spoil anything, since when people spoil things I want to stab their eyes out, so don't worry. Let me just say that there had better be a sequel to the anime, because this was REALLY incomplete. They left a lot of things open, like who Septimal Moon is, which really bugged me. And something else, but I feel like that would be ruining something. But besides the ending, this anime, in my eyes, isn't really a MUST WATCH RIGHT FREAKING NOW, but a watch for one of those days where you have nothing to do, you could watch this.

Like I said in the beginning, I can already tell that some people are going to yell STATUATORY RAPE after watching the first episode, but really don't listen to them. There's really nothing that wrong with it.

All I can say is that if you liked Gravitation, you most likely will like this. ^.^

Thanks for reading! =3
~Tracy

This is quiet random type of Anime I suppose, shounen-ai and shoujo ai are aboard so get ready !

The Story
It was kind of dark theme anime, somehow : eerie atmosphere were mostly showed, followed by angst back-song, but don't worry, it wasn't horror. Well, the story tells you a good theory of existence, how every kind of memories are very meaningful , pure love-relationship, sacrifices, and believe in yourself (and your beloved). Jokes and funny things aren't left behind so you don't need to keep frowning over every episodes.

The Characters
Well-designed very. Great costumes and expressions, the motion of every characters were also made smoothly ... cool ; Though they were only antagonist or support characters, the details were all concerned.
background & setting : can't helped, but it was good, so no complaint.

Other
How many times I try to notice it, the background song was sounded like a French / kind of European songs, it was really creating good atmosphere.

Afterall, it was shounen-ai at the most, really soft kiss only, don't expecting more...

Overall Loveless has always been one of my favorite anime series. I first watched it many years ago when I was in middle school. I decided to rewatch it since I forgot most of the plot.

The story behind Loveless has many different twists. You begin the anime with many questions, and end it with quadruple that amount. It is still a very beautiful story, about seeking love and learning to trust.

The art isn't bad for Loveless, since it is older. The soundtrack is completely beautiful and mesmerizing to me though. Both the opening and ending are soothing.

Loveless does a lot of character development and ... really lets you get to know the main characters. I would recommend Loveless to any anime lover.

When I first heard about this anime several months ago I can honestly say that I wasn't even remotely interested--the cat ears and tails were a turn off. However, recently, after noticing a great interest in the artwork (that of both the anime and manga), I decided to give Loveless a chance.

I wasn't disappointed.

The idea of 'Fighter' and 'Sacrifice' are fantastic and interesting concepts. The story itself is wonderful. Loveless is something that watchers can relate to--who hasn't lost someone they love?; who hasn't endured inner turmoils and/or anxieties?

I conquered all twelve episodes of the anime and eighty-five chapters of released scanlations in two ... days, simply because I couldn't get enough of the Loveless universe.

“God, what is wrong with you people?!”
That is the only thing I was thinking while watching this show many years ago when it was very famous amongst the yaoi fangirls. It is the anime that made me realize their brains are full of hay and gave up on the genre altogether. It’s just too nauseating with no bloody payback! I mean just look at the people who made this. Animated by J.C. Staff, which translates to retarded fan service. Directed by Kou Yuu who has made equally bad gay anime, plus Chrono Crusade and Familiar of Zero which despite their hype and not being gay ... are still bad for pacing reasons.

And now that we know it’s going to be bad, let’s get a bit more into the story. Or the crumbs of story it has. First of all the setting makes no bloody sense and they never tried to explain it; you just need to accept it as it is. Which doesn’t sound like much of a problem but trust me in this particular case it’s a major downer. Ok, check this out, virgins in the series have cat ears. And when they stop being virgins, those ears drop. WHY IS THAT? Beats me, for all I care it’s just an excuse to throw in cute animal ears on people and to be able to tell who still has his or her cherry intact by just looking at his head. And did I notice an elementary kid in the background with no ears at a certain point? That’s just…
EWWW!

So what else is there in this setting besides being impossible to hide you are still untouched? Oh, but of course, being gay is so normal to the point your own relative’s lover comes to take a taste out of you too like it’s a normal thing to do. Man, I am telling you the moral standards in this world are so loose.

So this super hot gay dude comes to the OBVIOUSLY VIRGIN protagonist and tells him the following.
“I used to be your brother’s partner in war (and OBVIOUSLY bed too) but now he got killed, so the logical thing to do is to come after you, so you will be my new partner.”
Another thing the setting never bothered to explain if the laws in this place really work like that. I mean everything else looks pretty standard but then WHAM these things come out of nowhere.

So the protagonist and his new… partner are to investigate how his brother got killed. He also has to deal with the whole depression issue over his death and to start trusting people again. You know; opening up. Getting closer. Hugging. Kissing. And having sex with your brother’s gay lover. And surely, this other dude seems more interested in that than to reveal the truth of the brother’s death. He even comes out and says it to his face.
“I am sooo gonna take away those ears of yours my little love toy.”
EWWWWWWW!

So at first it appears to be a story about getting over your sadness, trusting people, exposing the ones who are responsible for your brother’s death, as well as losing your innocence to a gay dude. Sounds like a lot of stuff, right? Guess how many of those issues are resolved by the end of the show. NONE! ZERO! Nothing happens! You get 12 episodes of nothing but a deviant build up which results to freaking nothing! AND THEY CALL THIS A MASTERPIECE!

What the devil is there to like in this show? The production values? They are barely average. The story? Not only it lacks exposition to its own in-laws, but it also has no conclusion. The characters? They don’t develop in any way and are quite the gay uke/seme stereotypes. Plus, I find nothing cute in people with dog ears; especially when said dog ears sprout on top of their scull and above an already normal pair of ears. THAT IS DISGUSTING! And so is butt-sex. Which doesn’t even occur in this show so I see no reason why the fujoshis like it so much.

In other words, there is nothing to love in this show, hence the title. I am losing faith in humanity every time I witness the crap that sell and give birth to even worse crap. It is a terrible show I do not recommend to anyone. Besides of course those retarded women who get their thingies wet by looking at mutated dog ears sprouting out of their sculls.
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

I mean, really, what do those fujoshis find erotic in expecting to see an underraged boy being ass-raped by the gay lover of its own brother and having his own mutant ears cut off? And yet not even getting that by the end of the show and still liking it!
“THESE PEOPLE NEED THERAPY AND MEDICATION FAST!”

And now for some excused scorings.
ART SECTION: 5/10
Analysis: General Artwork 1/2, Character Figures 1/2, Backgrounds 1/2, Animation 1/2, Visual Effects 1/2

SOUND SECTION: 6/10
Analysis: Voice Acting 2/3, Music Themes 2/4, Sound Effects 2/3

STORY SECTION: 3/10
Analysis: Premise 1/2, Pacing 1/2, Complexity 1/2, Plausibility 0/2, Conclusion 0/2

CHARACTER SECTION: 3/10
Analysis: Presence 1/2, Personality 1/2, Backdrop 1/2, Development 0/2, Catharsis 0/2

VALUE SECTION: 1/10
Analysis: Historical Value 0/3, Rewatchability 0/3, Memorability 1/4

ENJOYMENT SECTION: 1/10
Analysis: Art 0/1, Sound 0/2, Story 1/3, Characters 0/4

VERDICT: 3/10

Loveless has to be in my opnion, one of the best shounen-ai series ever!!!

With it's great storytelling, great art, and awesome characters, Loveless is something that is quite a treat to watch.

The story never really finishes. He never finds the Murderer of his brother, and there are a lot of un-answered answers. The anime was great but it really needs a season 2. I highly don't think they are going to make one though because this is a 2005 anime and it is now 2014. it has been 9 yrs and I'm sure the studio has forgotten it. I truly laughed my laughed so hard that I started a coughing fit many times in this anime. It is truly enjoyable.

So I was following along getting weirded out in the first 5 minutes of this show because for some reason everyone who's a child or immature has cat ears and cat tails which is never really explained outside of some unclear exposition during that sequence, a reoccurring theme throughout this anime. The main dude is this 14 year old who has amnesia or something and keeps thinking about his brother who died and his true name being “beloved”, the exposition isn't super clear but apparently it was like 2 years ago (I had to read the description of the episode and anime to get that). ... The kid is just an overall asshole, psychologically toying with the author's self insert of an X year old autistic pink haired Japanese girl (to differentiate her from the background set pieces that are the black haired Japanese school girls in this anime) by being a literal two face every time she talks to him. He has a running inner monologue he spews aloud occasionally deriding friends as being in two categories: “users” and “the people who get used”; seeing the former as stupid for being so shallow and the latter as even stupider for being used - which he personally tells to the pink haired girl to upset her. Despite this the girl still tries to befriend him, even overcoming her nervousness at telling her user friends no (who unironically are using her like a pack mule) to spend time with him . However the kid is also a crybaby and a wimp, running away from his self created problems and leaving the girl behind just as completely puzzled as me at this point.
While leaving the school we are introduced to some 20 year old creep with long hair smoking a cigarette outside of the school clearly loitering with malicious intent, who scares away the ladies biking outside before meeting our protagonist outside the gate. The most notable thing about this guy is he is "an adult" since he doesn't have any cat ears or tail. The protagonist demands to know who he is, and the creep is cryptic but reveals he was a friend of his brother that died. The dialogue starts turning into some homoerotic foreplay where the kid basically asks a grown man he just met on a date under the pretext of “making memories”. After taking a bunch of photos, the creep asks the boy if he wants to talk for a while, but the boy says he wants to make more memories by taking pictures, to which the creep counters by telling him it would be more memorable to have a good chat. The boy gets all pouty and shouts insisting that if they don’t make memories this way he will be forgotten. Then all the sudden the conversation turns even gayer and the kid starts getting nervous at all the homoerotic subtext, making the creep promise to not try anything, a promise he immediately breaks by kissing the kid on the mouth. The kid is understandably upset at this pedophile giving him this unwanted advance, and that’s about when I turned this gay shit off.
I read the description again and apparently the kid is a “sacrifice” that is kind of like the summoner for Yu-Gi-Oh if that makes sense, while the creep is his “fighter” which would kinda be like the duel monsters from Yu-Gi-Oh. According to the summary I read on the website that was streaming this trash, the duo would go on to be attacked by similar groups and they will have some kinda homosexual adventure while engaged in this battle royale. The title of this anime, “Loveless”, refers to the pedophile without ears, because his codename is “loveless”, the counterpart to his brother’s codename as “beloved” (directly implying a homosexual connection between his brother).
TLDR I dropped this trash like a bag of hammers because I’m not into shota cat boy yaoi gay shit. I’m sure if you are into that kinda genre you’d love this.

Twelve-year old Aoyagi Ritsuka is left with his insane mother as his only family when his brother, Seimei, is killed suddenly. After moving to a new school, he meets Agatsuma Soubi, who claims to have known his brother. Ritsuka eventually discovers that Soubi and Seimei used to be a fighting pair, whereby Soubi was the "Fighter" and Seimei was the "Sacrifice". Now that Seimei is gone, Ritsuka has inherited Soubi, who will become his "Fighter". After learning that Seimei was killed by an organisation known as the "Seven Moons", Ritsuka decides to investigate into his brother's death, with the sometimes useless help of Soubi, along ... the way. (ANN)

My thoughts:
I really enjoyed watching this anime and wish they would do a season 2. I love Soubi, he's such an intriguing character. And the interaction between him and Ritsuka is great. I'd classify this anime as shounen-ai that could turn to yaoi if they did a second season and Ritsuka is older.

Update: I was able to find and download this anime in english dub and it was very well translated! I have to say I found it better in english because I could focus on the anime and not having to pause to read the subs.

I've been wanting to do a review of this anime ever since I watched it years ago. My memory might be a flaky but I think I remember enough.

As there are many reviews for this anime I want to focus on its aspect with the manga and why it disappoints me so much.

Loveless isn't your typical shounen-ai, it never was. Imagine my disappointment when I watched this 12 episode anime of an on going manga I love, the disappointment coming from the fact that Loveless was turned into one of those really bad, cheap shounen-ai/yaoi anime. And this is what sells, girls who ... enjoy watching boys kiss without an actual story. But Loveless isn't two boys kissing, it's a complex physiological story intertwine with mystery and the anime went completely passed that.

The artwork and animation is fine since this is from the person who made the designs for Gundam 00.

If your a fan you've probably watched it. Is it good? It's fun to watch if you're interested in the gay aspect of it but it does not do the manga justice at all. Overall, I truly wish one day this amazing manga receives an adaptation that does it justice.

It's a pretty good anime, if you're into pedophilia!

Loveless is the story of a prepubescent boy who is being romantically groomed and pursued by an adult man. If that's your bag, then have a blast, because this is probably the biggest and most popular show that has been officially endorsed by NAMBLA. If you want cat boy yaoi without the unfortunate overtones of Loveless, then go play Lamento: Beyond the Void. If you want a yaoi without any of the creepy undertones, then you don't want yaoi.

With that said, it is a shame that the author of Loveless is probably one or two ... years away from being arrested for statutory rape, because everything else about the show is pretty okay. It's not great, mind you, but it's more than serviceable, especially considering that the hook for most people was "cat boys do gay stuff." This show could have potentially gone mainsteam if Ritsuka had been aged up a few years.

It's my first review. So please be kind.

I must say that I really loved watching Loveless and actually liked the story until it ran out of episodes. The biggest problem is that the story gets more and more complicated and in the end... no one explains a thing.

The story is generally about Ritsuka who has amnesia and whose brother Seimei has died. So Ritsuka tries to find out who killed Seimei but we actually never see that happen. To get things more complicated we have a guy named Soubi who was Seimei's "Fighter" but refuse to tell anything that would help Ritsuka to find the ... killer. So basically he is there as an yaoi element.

Sadly, the series doesn't seem to focus on the main story and just adds more and more different elements and unfortunately, it makes the whole thing so confusing that when you finish all episodes, you either dislike it, try to desperately find second season or both.

I myself think that Loveless is worth watching but it will leave you confusingly think what would happen next. To say something good, I would like to mention that I really liked the art and the opening was pretty good too.

I suppose i should develop why i rated this anime so lowly, its not often an anime leaves me completely speechless and wanting more, i loved this anime quite a lot but i found it frustrating that there was not a second series.

Animes like this that leave you at a cliffhanger with the plot unresolved upset me.

Overall i love the main characters, there is yet again another sense of hierarchy although the sense that there is a master and servant soon unfolds. As we reach the climax of this anime i found myself in tears and at the same time frustrated at how ... stereotypical the bad guy was.

I suppose i shouldnt have watched if i hated cliff hangers but it was a great anime, it leaves you thinking about what happens next and thats one of the reasons i do quite like it.

personally i likes this anime and hope that they do make a second series. It was finally starting to get really good towards the end and thats when they started to really pick up the story and add interesting aspects to it. Im rooting for a season 2 of "loveless"its good and i hope in the next series they start to have Ritska be more willing to be outgoing and act more lively the way he was towards the end especially in the very last episode. personally I liiked this series because it was much different then all the other shounen ai in its genre ... but it was very intersting in the end. I would recommend other people watch it so that they definitley end up making a season 2. i also hope their are a lot more fight scenes as well as BL ones in the next series. it would be really interesting if the first episode of the next series sums up everything that happens from the last episode +5years into the future and the story takes of running from their already at full speed and kicking. But ill be happy if they just make a season2 personally. i also like that this wasn't one of those rapey BL stories. i would be interested to see it with more action and more romance. That would personally in my opionion make it really really good and put it above most all others aside from junjou romantica /ova/1/2/3&move super lovers 1 & 2 as well as all of the Sekaiichi Hatsukoi's.

Oh boii. Many years ago when I found out what word yaoi means I also found out about some anime related to this topic. And this is how I came upon this mistake.
This is one really weird universe. First of all, the aspect of virgins having animal ears and tails. Why. Second of all, those pairs of people that have some kind of abilities... for what. What's the point of any of this? There is no point. They just fight and get hurt for the sake of some drama.
Many people behave so so strangely. Like this grown man hitting on a schoolboy, or the ... teacher that's relieved that he doesn't date anyone, or his whole family with that crazy mother and don't even get me started on his brother.
I really don't know what else to say. It's really bad. Not recommending it to anyone. It doesn't even have an ending. It doesn't explain anything. This is just a random mess.

note: I am specifically writing this for people who have not seen the anime or read the manga, so I will not spoil anything. Also, frankly, I'm too lazy to write out the entire synopsis, so I'm please gather that information from other reviews. Thank you.

I genuinely struggled with deciding whether or not to rate this a 10, and I mean that entirely in a good way. It is quite a beautiful anime that tends to leave many confused, and I think that is what I enjoy most about it. It is incredibly mysterious and vague, using a great deal of metaphors (from my interpretation ... of it) to make a statement on innocence, virginity/sex, pedophilia, and adultism. I feel that this anime is not as straightforward as people seem to think, but it delves much deeper into the mind and in the reality of our society. If you have trouble catching metaphors and reading between the lines, I do not recommend this anime for you.
I'm afraid to say that this anime is very confusing. Perhaps the manga clears it up better (I am certain that the ending will not leave as many questions unanswered). The plot is hard to follow, and there are many concepts that aren't explained. The main complaint that I've seen in other reviews is the fact that it doesn't explain most of its storyline. I blame that mostly on the fact that the anime itself doesn't nearly cover the entire Loveless series. I still recommend watching the anime, for it was HIGHLY enjoyable, despite its vagueness.
This anime was truly beautiful and unique, covering many topics that are normally thought of as uncomfortable in our society (homosexuality, pedophilia, sex, etc.). I, for one, very much enjoyed it, so I would hope that others will as well.

I personally loved Loveless loved the story but there's a reason why I gave the story a 6... I was personally disappointed with the ending, and thought this anime could have used more episodes. The ending was not what I wanted, and I feel like they kinda rushed it. With this being said, the last episode is sort of a cliff hanger for me and left me with lots of questions as did Gravitation, and I HATE leaving an anime with many questions unanswered. To me, if I leave an anime with questions that doesn't make a good story. The story overall was really good, ... I loved the action, but I can't give it a higher grade since the story in my opinion is not completed. I would go into details of what questions I have but that would be giving away spoilers! Haha! Overall though, I recommend this anime! Loved the artwork! Sound was good and I was always excited to come home and watch it!

Just a warning, there will be spoilers ahead.

I had to fight myself to finish this anime. The the plot to this anime is nonexistent, as the main premise is Ritsuka is obsessed over his brother's death. I know the incident was quite traumatic however, the show failed to depict it as such. The only interesting point in the story (Septimal Moon) was hidden from Ritsuka and the viewer; maybe if the story had started from a different time (like the future) Septimal Moon could have been used as a plot device. It is my understanding that only a few volumes of the manga were out ... when the anime was made.
Ritsuka's and Soubi's relationship may raise some eyebrows however, this is a work of fiction. The author's intention was so appeal to a certain audience and as an author, they have the liberty to write what they want. Also if Soubi really cared about Ritsuka, he would've tried to get him away from his abusive mother. However is is quite clear Soubi is only with Ritsuka because of Seimei's orders.
Another thing that bothered me about Loveless is it's depiction the female cast: all of them were crybabies. No one over the age of five cries like that. I felt like many of the characters, and the world overall was underdeveloped. The fight scenes were boring. When Soubi was injured, I felt nothing.
Some merits of Loveless was the relationship between Yamato and Kouya. Their story was more compelling than that of the main characters which is a little shocking.
There were many unanswered questions. The opening I skipped each time. Overall I felt that Loveless fell short on many things. Wouldn't watch again.