To LOVE-Ru

Story: Pretty much all filler. Each episode 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 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 some of the 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, thought they were well done, and made me laugh a bit.

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 the 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. I suppose in the end, I shouldn't expect more than that in a series like this.

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. It's supposed to be comedy as well but it didn't spark too much laughter from me. I wouldn't say that they're trying too hard or anything like that. It's just that most of the pervy jokes, accidents and misunderstandings are things we've seen before.

Overall: I wouldn't mind a second series since they have more material to pull from and I enjoyed the Manga. It would be great to see certain stories animated. I just did not like how this 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... Would I recommend this to anyone? Not really since I can basically describe this as generic. It's nothing outstanding and there's a lot of "typicalness" to it. If anything, for those new to Anime it might just be their first ecchi comedy because if you start watching Anime, you'll run into these somewhere along the line unless you're very selective and careful.

Thank you for reading my review. Feedback would be greatly appreciated. Hope this helped.

Story: From the fanservice and the OP it pretty obvious that this show is a harem. If you've watched Harem/ecchi/romance-comedy anime before you wont really find anything groundbreaking about this anime. So if you don't like these kinds of shows, I suggest you stay away. It is basically your multi-sided struggle over the main male character. I personally have no problems with the alien/marriage theme, but I find the plot of this series all to predictable.

Art: For a new show the animation quality is what you would call decent. Its not high quality, but it isn't crap either (although the first episode did seem ... to be on the low quality side). In spite of a few sequences (of course the perverted scenes are always drawn a little better to capture the interest of the viewer), I was surprised that the quality was not as good as I expected to be. So if you like top notch designed and colored anime, don't expect it to be the next high def series off the market.

Sound: The soundtrack for this series is not bad. The OP and ED singles are great. I personally prefer the OP over the ED, but its really a matter of taste in music. The BGM has yet to play a role in the series so far, so it really is not much you can say about it as of yet.

Character: I find the cast in general pretty generic, with a few exceptions. The male protagonist strikes me as the one of the most generic, if not THE MOST, characters in the entire series. It literally seems as if he was taken from another romance-comedy series and molded with a different character design. The same could be said for other characters as well who more or less resemble characters from other anime (though have yet to be developed or revealed).

Enjoyment: If really can't decide whether or not you want to watch this, I dont blame you, I find the show a bit iffy, even though I do like harem shows a lot. Like I said, there is nothing really distinctive about this series which explains my semi-disinterest (for the lack of a better term) in this series.

Sadly, the To Love-Ru anime is no different from the other Shonen Jump anime adaption flunkies. It takes a cute manga and adds in some of the most dross filler in anime period. We're not even going to bother talking about the cast, because the paper they drew the sketches of these characters on has more depth than 90% of the cast. Aside from maybe chief heroine Lala, who's cute, likable, but a little grating at times, the only decent characters are Rito's little sister, the calm and supporting Mikan, and busty, alien school nurse Ryouko Mikado, the only other character with a functional brain. ... (Though you might be tempted to question that, since she is the one who tasked two high-schoolers with running a huge inn... while in the middle of their school year?) And of course, we'd be remiss to leave out the principal of everyone's school, whom we kept wondering why he was allowed to keep his job. Or even walk around free to randomly sexually assault girls, which he does in almost every single one of his appearances.

Wow, what a pile.
Story: 26 episodes of will they-wont they three way romantic tension that ends in an utterly atrocious cop out ending. Ill save you the trouble *spoiler* NOTHING HAPPENS *End spoiler*, the story was a mixture of failed service attempts and absolute garbage literally.

Art/Sound: one up side is that the art and sound are above average, woopy the story still sucks

Characters: I have seen some pretty generic and thoughtless characters but the ones in this take the cake. Golden Darkness was the cheapest ripe off of eve from black cat i have ever seen, and they don't even use it for jokes. Yuuki ... is pretty much Tsuna from Katekyo Hitman Reborn with a touch of Nagasumi from Seto No Hanayome which i would call the funniest anime ever, if your watching this garbage stop and go watch that NOW. The last character that is a blatant ripoff is Saruyama again taken from Seto No Hanayome an almost perfect duplicate of Serutobi, so perfect that the only difference is the Sa vs. Se.

Enjoyment: What you don't enjoy garbage you tolerate it.

To anyone wanting to watch this please before you even start the first episode grab a hammer and beat your skull until you feel dumbed down enough to understand the dribble that is To- Love-Ru. Peace im gonna go re-watch seto no hanayome right now and i suggest you do the same

To Love Ru is a romantic comedy anime series that follows the story of Rito Yuki, a high school student who is in love with his classmate Haruna Sairenji. However, his life takes a drastic turn when a beautiful alien princess named Lala Satalin Deviluke suddenly appears in his bathtub and declares that she will marry him.... Every mans dream, right? or is it...

The first season of To Love Ru is a mixed bag, with some aspects that are enjoyable and others that are not so great. On the positive side, the show has a colorful and vibrant art style that is pleasing to the ... eye. The character designs are also well-done, with each character having a unique and distinct appearance.

The humor in To Love Ru is also a highlight of the show. The series is full of slapstick comedy and absurd situations that are sure to make you laugh. The interactions between the characters are also entertaining, with each character having their own quirks and personalities that make them stand out.

However, the show does have its flaws. The plot is often disjointed and lacks focus, with many episodes feeling like filler. The fan service in the show can also be excessive at times, with many scenes feeling gratuitous and unnecessary... moreover this is a "you got what you came for" type of show after all.

Overall, the first season of To Love Ru is a decent anime that has its ups and downs. While it may not be for everyone, fans of romantic comedies and ecchi anime may find it enjoyable. If you're looking for a lighthearted and humorous anime to watch, To Love Ru may be worth checking out.

It had its laughs but there was just TOO MUCH GOD DAMN FILLER, for a good portion of the middle episodes I felt I was just dragging myself through it, really could've been a 12-13 episode anime, I felt that the laughs were not consistent and sometimes I would go almost an entire episode without laughing, maybe it's b/c I've watched too many harem comedies and I'm used to the oh no you've seen my panties jokes but I just felt they were beating a dead horse most of times they attempted jokes but it did have its moments and I watched the entire thing ... so it wasn't all bad, probably wouldn't recommend unless someone wants to watch a basic harem comedy that they don't have to much thought into

Hmm I do admit that I enjoyed watching this series, but only really for Lala. Everything else was pretty bad.

Story:
Lol. Pretty nonexistent. Each episode is its own mini-adventure, but the mini-adventures have literally nothing to do with each other. You could watch this entire show in a random order and it would basically be the same. There are only really 3 important episodes where outside characters are introduced (like the episode where Golden Darkness arrives), but other than that all the episodes are completely unrelated. Now, that's not to say that just because a show has mini-episodes, it's bad. Those who are fans of ... Sora no Otoshimono will know that you can still pull off a pretty good story with having mini-episodes. It's just with To-Love Ru, each mini-episodes contributes nothing to plot movement nor does it develop any stories or help us answer any conflicts. Each episode just does nothing to help us move forward. It's like reading the same page in a book instead of reading through the pages.

Art:
Not bad, but you can tell it's an older animation style. It does look too cartoonish at times, but art usually doesn't really affect my opinion on shows unless it's just glaringly bad.

Sound:
I actually really love the opening theme "Forrever We Can Make It" and normally I skip openings, but I actually listened to the opening for every episode in this show.

Characters:
Lala-chan is basically the only highlight of this show. Rito is actually a very likable character as well, but all his potential is not shown. We see the beginnings of a badass/kind male lead which is refreshing in a harem since it seems most harems nowadays just have male leads who need all the female characters to protect him. But his badassery and kindness are barely developed after they're shown. What I mean by that is he'll rescue one of the girls or do something nice for them, and then that's it. He just goes back to his school boy self and doesn't try to consider his actions or think about his relationship with the girl he just helped, which is what a normal person would do.
But Lala is a really interesting character. She's quirky, cheerful, part stupid, part genius. She's pretty different from a lot of female characters you see because of this weird combination of personalities. At times she'll be serious and profound, and other times she'll be dense and have no idea what's happening around her, so she's extremely entertaining to watch. But once again, there wasn't as much character development with her as there could have been. They could have revealed a lot more about her feelings for Rito, but instead decided to make a lot of filler episodes.

Enjoyment:
Somehow I managed to finish all 26 episodes in about 4 days which is pretty fast for me since I like to take my time watching anime. And for some reason, I didn't particularly hate the anime even though I'm giving it such a low score. I think it was just interesting to watch Lala as a character, but nothing else was really interesting. Yeah, it's a comedy, but to be honest I laughed maybe twice during this entire show, and at times I was pretty bored.

Overall:
If you're looking for a relaxed anime, To-Love Ru is definitely it since it doesn't have any intense or emotional scenes. But if you're looking for comedy (which is what I originally watched it for), then you're probably in the wrong place since this anime hardly has any original comedy that you haven't already seen in other shows.

Starting with the good, the opening "Forever We Can Make It" is actually pretty damn good. It's also fun to see my favorite characters in animated form. But the fun stops there. It barely follows the manga storyline at all. Most the episodes are nothing but filler. So, of course, the main characters get little to no development at all. Unless your a fan of the manga, you'd really wouldn't have any incentive to care at all what's going on. The art is nothing special as is the soundtrack (aside from the opening). The fan service is just would you would expect from an ecchi ... show.

If you read the manga or just like fan service, keep your expectations low and take it for what its worth. For everyone else, stay away.

WARNING: TO FULLY EXPRESS MY OPINION THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SOME HEAVY SPOILERS OF THE SHOW, ONLY READ IF YOU'RE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

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To Love Ru is quite honestly a show that has left me conflicted in almost every aspect, even in regards to how to rate and review the show. What I will say is this: if you're looking for a lighthearted, ecchi show which is based around just being plain ridiculous for the sake of comedy, then this is the show for you. However regardless of the Romance tag, if you're looking for any kind of deeper romance within ... the show then don't bother, you would only be disappointed. If you are also looking for I suppose what you could consider a story and story progression then I would also not recommend this show. Aside from the introductory episodes and the last 3 or so episodes, there really isn't story progression. The show is episodic in that (outside of the parts I mentioned), each episode isn't really going through a story and is individual, because at the start of the next episode it's as if the previous didn't really happen. Therefore the main chunk of the series in the middle between the introduction and ending 3 episodes is like this. Now personally I don't have a massive issue with this as I feel like this was the intention as it is hardly a serious series. But it's my warning if you are looking for some kind of progressive story.

Now with that said, onto why i'm personally conflicted. I love the characters in the show. A lot of them are vibrant, individual characters with lots of personality. Lala is a good example of this. However the problem is that barely any of the characters thrown in are fleshed out whatsoever. Because of that, a lot of the characters just lack something for me. Now as this is a silly, over the top show aimed at being a comedy, I hardly expected massive individual episodes for characters with character development; but if there are gonna be characters popping up each episode I want them to at least have some substance or development. This is the main problem with the characters for me. That every single episode, every single character is forced into it for the sake of them doing individual roles that they always do. I think the hot springs episode is a good example of this, where every character turned up for seemingly no reason just for the sake of them being there. 90% of the characters just do the same thing every episode and that's why they're there. For example how Golden Darkness is there to just do the whole 'Yeah i'm trying to kill you but i'll help you this one time' thing and how Haruna is just there for Rito to be attracted to and for them to do the same 'trying to confess but speak over each other and then be interrupted' thing which happens at least 5-10 times. Personally, as much as I love the character designs and some of the actually developed ones, most of them I don't as they're completely one-dimensional with no development and are simply there to fulfil one comedic role in each episode.

Now this is a personal opinion of mine about the show. I'm not 100% as I haven't read the manga, or at least not yet, so i'm not sure if the adaptation from the manga is the reasoning but.. I don't feel as if the season should have been 26 episodes long. Getting towards the end it just felt far too dragged out. If the season had been 12-13 episodes in length I believe it would have felt like a better use of time. In these 12-13 episodes they could still have had the first 2 or so as introductions and the last 3 how they were too with actual progression. Then between this they could still have had a decent amount of the filler like, ridiculous episodes in the middle chunk. Because personally having around 20 episodes in the middle of the show be the ridiculous stuff was just far too much to sit through. However, as I said at the beginning, I haven't yet read the manga and so they may have wanted to try and keep the anime exactly to the source material which is why everything was included. But regardless, as I stated I believe the season could have been better in 12-13 episodes.

Now. The harem aspect of the show really confused me. Whilst Rito was in fact surrounded by plenty of females, again most of them felt underdeveloped and irrelevant. Lala is the main female, being engaged to Rito and living with him. There is also Haruna who has a thing for Rito and Rito has had a crush on since he was a young child. There is also Run, the female version of Ren, who has a big thing for Rito, however this is only really shown in 1-2 episodes. Aside from this, everything else is irrelevant. Every other female shows no actual romantic or love interest towards Rito, as is suggested in it being a harem. The other females just pop up in episodes to push the comedy of specific situations and that's really it. So therefore you're left with Lala, who makes sense as they're engaged, Haruna, who became annoying to me as her only purpose of every coming into the episode was the crush thing between her and Rito, and also the 1 or maybe 2 episodes around Run having a crush on Rito. That's it. To me, it felt bland.

Now, on the note of the harem, I unfortunately did what I decide never to do with harems and settled for the person I wanted to see the MC (Rito) end up being with. This was Lala. However, there was reason behind this. To me, it's what made the most sense. They were engaged from the start, and regardless of this being an accidental situation it was still the best choice for me. Lala and Rito grew and developed around each other. Not only were they practically the only characters to get real development for themselves and the relationship between them, but they were also the only two characters who had different purposes in different episodes and weren't just one-dimensional characters. Unlike all the other females in the show, Lala had lots of personality and developed a lot from first arriving on earth up to the end. Now there's mostly two sides to this. A lot of people want Lala and Rito to be together, and a lot seem to want Rito and Haruna together. To me, this was a big part of the plot. Due to the romance tag I was hoping for Rito to end up with someone. Also honestly Rito was a pretty hopeless MC, so I was hoping he would at least go through and marry Lala as planned.
I don't like Haruna. Haruna is Hinata from Naruto but far worse. And by this I mean quite literally all Haruna does is blush and says 'Yuki-kun..', that's all. She's one of the most bland girls because that's all she does every episode. Rito only considers her because of his child crush he has had on her. That's why I always wanted Rito to take the Lala route and so the season could end with Rito ending up marrying the most fleshed out and best female character.
HOWEVER.
As you can imagine, this doesn't happen. I saw a lot of praise for the final episode however I wholeheartedly disagree with all of my being. I like the final 3 episodes with actual progression. Firstly Rito at last exclaims his love for Lala, bringing her back from her flu. When this happened I was finally satisfied as things were going in a good direction. However, towards the end, firstly for whatever reason Rito still can't get over his ridiculous thing for Haruna.. I understand the idea of having a crush on someone since you were young, but really? That VS actual love and care you've built up from living and spending time with someone?? Seems far-fetched. Especially when Rito barely develops anything with Haruna, he simply speaks to her a few times and even then the conversations are basically nothing. Whereas with Lala Rito lived with her, spent time with her, actually communicated with her and so had actual reasoning for his feelings towards her. Whereas the thing with Haruna is nothing more than just a crush. But regardless of that, Rito finally gets through all the trials and tribulations put forward by Lala's dad so he can have permission to marry Lala and save earth. So everything is finally going in a good, progressive direction. So what could possibly go wrong, right? Well. WELL. Last minute, quite literally just as they're about to get married, Lala for the first time does a complete 180 and cuts off the marriage. IT HURT. Her personality had remained exactly the same throughout the entire series (besides the one episode where the joke is her personality changing each day) and so it was out of no where. Rito had finally confessed his love, and then suddenly with basically no explanation given she cut off the marriage and tried to erase everyone's memories.
I guess i'm just most upset because it was so sudden and there was no reasoning given outside of her briefly saying something along the lines of 'I've put Rito through a lot of pain' and that's it. Now, this is true, however that's the point! Lala was always a handful. She arrived suddenly on earth and Rito and her were suddenly engaged to be married. She was very hyperactive and crazy, doing crazy things, making crazy inventions etc. But that was really part of her charm. Lala and Rito built their relationship up from that, learning about each other, taking care of each other and spending time with each other. This led up to Rito confessing his love to her. I'm in belief that the whole reasoning is that she could see the conflict Rito felt in his feelings between her and Haruna, and that just annoys me. Because if that's the case then if Rito could have just realised that his feelings towards Haruna are pretty much completely superficial then everything could have worked out fine and the marriage could have taken place. My second theory is simply that this was done intentionally by the writers for the sake of the rest of the series as there are plenty more seasons. That i'm not sure of at the moment, but will come to find out when I watch them.
But as I said earlier, Rito was a seemingly useless MC, and so all I wanted was for him to go through with this marriage so he could at least have done something worthwhile.
The ending honestly just left me feeling empty. I got a similar feeling to when I watched the Oreimo ending (though i'm obviously not going into detail about that, but if you know then you know).

It just made me sad.

SO IN CONCLUSION:

Due to everything aforementioned I found it very difficult to judge this anime. This is the first review I've done on this account and just wanted to do it since I was left with so many conflicting emotions. So overall, I really like the characters. I think that they're all very vibrant and different design wise and all fill very different roles and there is a character for each common anime trope such as a tsundere etc. I liked the art in general, it all looked pretty good consistently and there weren't any moments where I thought the animation was particularly poor. I got a relative amount of enjoyment out of the season. It was designed to be very lighthearted in many senses and just be a ridiculous, over the top comedy. So to that effect, I enjoyed it. However:
As also mentioned before, I feel like either the personality of the characters should have been fleshed out and developed more as they had 26 episodes to do so, or that they should have done the same but made the season only 12-13 episodes so it doesn't feel like there's just some over abundance of filler. And finally, in terms of a romance it left me dead inside. There was one obvious choice for the MC, one in which it would have been a good ending and would have shown some kind of progression for the MC, however this was cut off literally within the last 10 minutes of the season. I'm still sad.

So my overall review would be if you wanted to watch the series: If you don't mind the notion of there being almost no story progression, character development for most characters and all ideas of a romance being tossed in the trash last minute and instead you're just looking for a typical, over the top harem comedy, then this is definitely for you.

Oh but also that if you end up loving Lala as is very easy to do so, and want to see the romance progress, you'll be left empty like me.

As for me, I may be left dead and empty inside; but because I loved the characters and foolishly hold onto some false hope i'm going to continue to watch through the other To Love Ru seasons and maybe one day write another review for one of them if they effect me to quite the same extent as this one did.

Story: 4

Basically, 10+ attractive, single woman of all ages fall in love with one guy whose only redeeming quality is that he's a "nice guy".

The remainder of the story is as follows:

-Big jiggly boobs

-Upskirts

... -Main male character falls on top of the female character and gropes them, causing both upskirts and boob jiggles

-Clothes disappearing and/or dissolving

Art: 7

If there's one thing they got right, it's at least what the main focus of the plot is. Practically all the effort of the show is put into the artwork of boobs, panties, big anime eyes/hairdos and sexually provocative outfits.

Sound: 7

I mean, do you really watch something like this for the sound? No.

Character: 3

The female character exist solely to fall down, be accidentally groped by the main character and react in an archetypal fashion, whether they're some variant of tsundere, or their your typical shy girl.

Otherwise, they live their lives wandering around the planet occasionally having their clothes torn off or their skirts lifted up.

The main male characters life consists of falling on top of these girls, groping them, and lamenting the woes of having 10+ chicks want his dick.

Oh and the main character is from space but that really doesn't play much of a role past "We need something to happen in between the boobs and the panties".

Enjoyment: 6

I mean, at some point the enjoyment of watching our hero valiantly touch girls in inappropriate spots and then apologize dies out. But as a man, there's at least some eye candy, so the show has that going for it... I guess?

Overall: 6

It's basically just fanservice. But even fanservice can get old after a while. I mean, how many times can you watch Rito fall on top of one of the female cast? Eventually, you start asking questions, like "Why don't the girls catch him?" or "Why don't they move out of the way?" or more importantly "Why am I watching this when I could just watch soft porn and get rid of the crappy story segments in between the fanservice?"

While there isn't really a plot to the first season, each episode does have its own appeal by telling a different "adventure." Aside from an appealing art style and mildly interesting characters, this anime doesn't have any unique characteristics that set it apart from other anime of the time. If anything it is merely a combination of character tropes and cliches. At the end of the day this anime is very simple. Fanservice + Harem + Spineless Protagonist = $$$$. For those who enjoy shallow, fanservice based humor, I would recommend this anime. To those who are looking for something similar, but with an actual ... story, I recommend Nisekoi, High School DxD, or Sora no Otoshimono. 4/10

They really tried making a series out of just titillating the viewer but that can only take you so far: you need an actual story and characters in order to make people want to sit through each episode. This series didn't even have something that even your most average, run of the mill harem-type gets decently right: comedy. It just didn't have any laughs in it. It had the gags but none of the laughs. The author very clearly wanted to make the easiest buck in his life with this manga and given its popularity (the manga as well as the anime) I have to ... give it to him: he succeeded alright.

Note: This includes a review for the whole series (all 3 seasons and OVAs)

If you love infinite panty shots, uncensored breasts and hundreds of tentacle scenes (with a splash of spectacular raunchy comedy), then To Love-Ru is the perfect ecchi show for you. To Love-Ru and High School DxD are probably the two best ecchi anime that I've seen and if you're a fan of the genre at all, this is a must watch. To Love-Ru is an ecchi comedy SOL harem that involves aliens and creatures of all sorts who lead our fateful protagonist, Yuuki Rito, into countless jaw-dropping and cringe-worthy situations over and ... over again. I never got tired of Rito falling headfirst into the breasts of an unsuspecting female student. And thanks to Lala's countless inventions (and the help of many alien friends/foes), the scenarios keep coming and always seem fresh. The greatest strength, by far, of the series is the cast of female characters. This is one BIG harem. There are easily 10+ women at the end (each with varying affection levels for Rito) and I can honestly say that I love them all. Each girl has a very distinct personality and ability along with different motivations and background. And they interact marvelously with each other as they try to chase Rito or fend off his unwitting sexual harassment. My personal favorites are definitely Yui, Yami, Momo, Lala, Mikan and Oshizu.

The quality definitely differs from each season by getting better and better. The first season is by far the weakest and has the least to do with the manga. It's still funny and a good introduction for most of the characters but don't drop the series just because you think the first season wasn't that great as there is plenty of quality to come. The first set of 6 OVAs after the first season revert back to the manga material and this is where the comedy starts to get good and we finally get introduced to the full set of characters (for the most part). The second season (Motto To Love-Ru) swings into full force and adopts a different format from the first where each episode is broken into 3 separate independent sections that are different stories entirely. I thought that this format really allowed the comedy to come alive and keep things fresher and interesting. Also, the ecchi really starts getting pumped up in this season. The third season (To Love-Ru Darkness) is absolutely fantastic and the best of the bunch. While Motto didn't really have an overarching story, Darkness does a great job incorporating that into the fray especially by delving into and really focusing on the characters of Yami and Momo (who are two of my three favorite characters). Also, Yui Kotegawa starts to get more and more screen time (which I love). And my god... The ecchi reaches borderline-hentai levels here and it is glorious. And the last set of Darkness OVAs just keeps on bringing the same goodness.

If you are an ecchi fan, you better watch To Love-Ru and don't drop it just because you think that the first season was a bit weak. Power on through. It only gets better. As the Darkness OVAs have just concluded, I hope that they announce a new season in the near future because I need my fill of the best harem in the universe getting caught up in tentacles.

To Love-Ru Trouble: 6/10
To Love-Ru OVA: 6.5/10
Motto To Love-Ru: 7/10
To Love-Ru Darkness: 7.5/10
To Love-Ru Darkness OVAs: 7/10

Having a crush is hard. Trying to confess your feelings to said crush is
even harder. Having an ailen crash into your house and wanting to get
married? How did that happen??? This is the predicament Rito finds himself in as he tries to deal with bizarre, perverted accidents added to his already-complicated adolescent life.

Story (6/10) - When I first discovered this series, I had to pause and collect myself from all the seemingly perverted and awkward situations, before being able to dive back in. I was only able to get to episode 11 before calling it quits. When I came back, out of the sake ... of not leaving it unfinished, I found it more enjoyable than I remembered. Story-wise, there isn't much plot; mostly fan-service and comedic situations.

Art (6/10) - I'm not gonna lie. I had to pause the first few seconds of the first episode, and just GAPPED at the art of this show. It looked like something from the 90s, despite this Anime airing in 2008. I then figured that this might be the style, and found out that the adaptation was nearly spot-on.

Sound (4/10) - The intro and outro of this show wasn't anything great, maybe a Little memorable, but the visuals with it were a bit much for a Romantic Comedy. Some of the gag sounds made during ecchi scenes seemed unnecessarily thrown-in that made me groan in despair rather than laugh at the main character's reaction.

Character (7/10) - Seeing Rito trying to manage his normal life, the new-alien arrival, and his feelings for the girl of his dreams is an enjoyable ride despite sometimes being derailed by outside forces.

Enjoyment (7/10) - When I came back around to finishing this series, I actually found that I liked it more than I thought I would. The ending was a slight surprise, yet also predictable at the same time.

Overall (6/10) - A series about a boy struggling to confess to his longtime crush, and adding on an alien wanting to marry him, isn't a series everyone would like, or one everyone would hate either. Is it the worst? No, it did get my attention to find out what happens next, so we'll have to wait and see.

So To love ru is about a hot alien girl braking into a dude’s house via the bathtub. Accidental groping, panty shots and tentacle rape ensues.

STORY
Ha! What story? The story can be summed up in 2 sentences, and is only important for about 5 episodes. A large majority of the series is episodic filler, and when i say a majority, i mean a majority. So how can I talk about the story of an anime if there isn’t even a story? Easy. I don’t.

CHARACTERS
Ha! What characters? There aren't a whole lot of characters, and absolutely none of them are developed or super well-written. The ... only one who has any semblance of a conflict is the main character. He has Lala, a beautiful girl willing to marry and have sex with him at any time, but he really has feeling for his classmate, Ms. I-forgot-her-name. The only character or story arc is the main character deciding what to do with these girls and try to make himself look good in front of Whatshername.

ART
Art? The animation and sound are both passable, and the only sand-out thing about the art is the opening, and... ahem... the...

FANSERVICE!
You might have noticed that I haven't done a whole lot of talking about this show, because Ive been looking at it critically. Thats is clearly not the way to look at this show, because once you do, you'll notice that there is absolutely nothing this show can offer in terms of development, intrigue, or emotion. There are really only 2 things one can talk about with this show: Fan-service and comedy. Why? Because those 2 things are the only 2 things this show ever does. Although I’m more of an ass man myself, id be lying if I said i didn’t love the fan-service in this show, especially in the last episode👌. BUTT I must say this: this show is credited as being one of the sexiest, fan-serivce-y anime out there. I’m here to tell you the truth in that its not the sexiest, fan-service-y anime out there. If you’re here to exclusively watch tits and hot girls, then watch actual porn. You’re not going to find much fapable content in this anime.

COMEDY
This is the other aspect of To Love-ru that really matters. If there is no story, nor character development, nor that much fan-service, then what is there? The silly antics of course! The ridiculous, zany situations are what this show is really about. Every episode has another weird and unbelievers story to it, and i must say that the humor is the best thing about the show! The jokes and situations pleasantly reminded me of western cartoons like phineas and ferb or fairly odd parents. If you, like me, enjoy that ridiculous, all-or-nothing style of humor, then you will enjoy most of this anime. With that said, there is a good mix of horrible episodes and great episodes. Some of these episodes are really fun and ridiculous while others are downright cancer.

OVERALL
Something doesn’t have to be Shakespeare in order for it to be entertaining. Yes, there is no semblance of plot, character, or intelligence, but such things are expected when you have a dumb ecchi written like a dumb cartoon. I really did enjoy the humor is this show, and seeing as though thats pretty much all this show is, i can safely say that I liked this anime. If you want something smart, or well-made, then look somewhere else. If you’re looking for hot girls exploiting their giant breasts, then look somewhere else. If you’re still riding off the high of seasons 1-3 of spongebob and want something similar to that, youve found the right place!
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STORY - 4
ART - 6
SOUND - 7
CHARACTER - 6
ENJOYMENT - 6

Well, hello there fanservice. To LOVE-Ru is full-on packed with all kinds of ecchi goodies, crammed tightly into a bundle of filler-esque stories to bring in humor, a bit of romance, and quite a handful of bored annoyance at your side.

Like I said, the story is pretty much how you would define fillers to be. Simple episodes that were not related to the main sci-fi story that was introduced early in the anime. Which is not a bad thing in hindsight, but for a mindless entertainment of this nature, To LOVE-Ru didn't do a good ... job in achieving that goal for the most part. There were a lot of repetition. Let me repeat that again. There were simply too much repetition for the show to be a fun one. It was why I was amused by the first half but as time goes on, I found myself to get annoyed with the recurrence, whether it's jokes or actions, because it won't work if you've seen it multiple times. However, there were a few episodes that I really enjoyed as I found myself laughing at the silly things that happened with the characters. As for them, it was pleasing to see that the main boy wasn't as annoying as I thought he would be. In fact, he strayed away from the major denseness found in other leads who happen to be in the same situation as him, although a couple of similarities were still present. The group of girls were likable, having personalities that were different enough to each other. However, only a couple of them had screentime so I didn't feel too much about the ones who were barely there this season.

Nothing much to be said in the arts department except for the fact that it was as simple as the story. A modern take on the looks of the art style in the past. Consistency were maintained with the use of bright colors that matched with the energetic aura from the characters. Though for the animation, at times it felt dull which didn't really helped with the boring story. There were exaggeration in the comedy and ecchi scenes, as to be expected in an anime containing a lot of silliness. With fanservice, it should be unprecendented that the designs of the characters were quite proportional, including their eyes too which reaches big but not big enough to look weird. Cute I'd say, especially with their clothings as it complemented well with the personality of each characters. Same goes for the voice acting though it did took a bit of time to get used with some. While there were no notable soundtracks that I've remembered, it did removed any distractions that could possibly ruin some of the humors so that's a good thing. And for the opening and ending songs, they had a charming attitude that fit the tone of the anime if that made any sense at all.

To LOVE-Ru in the end served as an entertainment that only shows and doesn't tell any progression of the story or characters. In a sense, it's just a montage of attempted humors combined with a sexy atmosphere that worked for half of the time. Do not try to find any deeper meaning in this anime and just watch it at face value. This ecchi trial of harem is awaiting you.

When I was watching To love Ru, I struggle to finish the season as I tend to leave ecchi animes on and off. This was no different but finishing it took maybe a good 6 months...

To Love Ru is by far one of the more quality finishes of ecchi anime with borderline hentai like bondage, tentacle, and of course your full nudes. But you can't absolutely force a ecchi anime to be love by all.

With a somewhat random plot line it was overall kill to watch all 26 episode when the last 3 episode was what brought the whole anime to full circle but To ... Love Ru stride on the its fan service to keep the audience watching.

So in conclusion I would recommend watching To Love Ru for those who loves ecchi and some mild comedy but skip it if you are looking for some hard story line.

Overall Rating:
6.4/10

To LOVE-Ru sits in a genre that I myself already dislike, so my expectations when I sat down to watch it were low. Keep in mind this review is for a harem anime from a guy that has a genuine distaste for fanservice.


Story: 4/10

What I can give To LOVE-Ru credit for is an interesting premise with a colorful cast of characters. Rito Yuki is a less than average high school boy that through miscommunication with an alien girl somehow ends up in a situation where he needs to marry her. The large majority of the anime focuses on light comedy and ad nauseum ribaldry, once ... in a while stepping away from this to create tension due to the politics and drama of this situation and what it means for Rito. The harem aspect takes time to develop but by the second season it becomes the focus and this hurts the narrative at large.


Art: 7/10

The art is well above comparable titles that would have come out around the same time. Animation, while not always seamless, is lively and fits the tone of each scene. The character designs are distinct enough to be memorable and the repeating environments help the viewer ground themselves in the world the story takes place in.


Sound: 5/10

The voice acting was fairly fine, albeit annoying at times. I suppose this is fine coming from inherently annoying characters such as the main love interest dere-dere and oujo-san character. I didn't find the sound effects used to be pervasive in any way, though the music in most scenes would draw my attention away from what was happening on screen.


Character: 4/10

The characters are written to be generally two dimensional, with most of their interactions stemming from the protagonist's accidental sexual assaults on them. While there's the potential for an interesting dynamic due to the protagonist's feelings for another girl and his obligation to marry this kind alien, this potential is never explored and is instead replaced with a cliche love triangle where the honest and true intentions of each character are largely kept from each other.


Enjoyment: 4/10

My personal distaste for boob grabs and tentacle teasing aside, I found the experience of watching To LOVE-Ru to be mildly annoying to frustratingly dragged out to an almost unacceptable degree. The majority of the anime is filler with some vague characterization sprinkled throughout.
While this approach to character development may work for some, I found it to be taxing to watch and forced into several episodes to remind you that there is a story that isn't progressing. A good premise surrounded by cardboard cutout characters, poorly written interactions, and acceptable art makes To LOVE-Ru a "turn off your brain" watch.


Overall:

One accidental boob grab/10

i recommend this... ¡Only if you like ecchi!

This anime its made with the objetiuve to be an ecchi, nothing more. And it makes it incredible. It is one of the best in its genre, it is everything it proposes, all the reasons why someone would want to see an ecchi harem this anime fulfills perfectly!

a really good variety of girls to pick and choose, the mc its not that boring like other harem/ecchi mc. I really rnjoy Rito actually, he´s funny and he is kind-hearted, i can kinda understand why theres a bunch of hot chiks in love w him.. LOL XD

don´t watch if you ... are looking for a great, complex and deep history, you are not going to find it. BUt, you will find a funny plot with a lot of characters and really enjoyable dynamics.

5/10 Not Bad, just not for me. seems like almost fully filler and that's not what I'm looking for in an anime. I don't doubt if I watched one there would be moments i loved but this anime just doesn't seam right for me, this doesn't mean the anime is bad though I did only watch 4 episodes but from what I could tell its just filler, filler and more filler, I wasn't expecting much in the way of character development in just 4 episodes but after checking out other reviews it seems like it doesn't improve and stays mostly filler. anyway seems ok if ... your really board and trying to kill time but once again. 5/10