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Well im in love heart heart heart heart heart btw not with a person with a manga!!!!!!!! heart heart heart heart the name is Loveless heart heart heart and here are the dates they are realeasings and info!!
Summary On his first day at his new school, 12-year old Ritsuka Aoyagi meets a mysterious 20-year old man named Sōbi Agatsuma. He claims to be a good friend of Ritsuka's brother, Seimei, who was recently murdered, and the suspicious organization called 'Septimal Moon' (ななつの月, Nanatsu no tsuki?) may be responsible for the death. As Ritsuka quickly finds out, Seimei and Sōbi acted as a pair involved in spell battles. Now Soubi is Ritsuka's fighter, and Ritsuka is his 'sacrifice'. Together, they challenge the organization to find out the truth behind Seimei's death and the reason for Ritsuka's amnesia.
[edit] Characteristics
[edit] Neko In the world of Loveless, everybody is born with neko (cat) ears and tails, which are shed after they have engaged in some form of sexual intercourse, thereby making the ears and tail a metaphor for virginity. This becomes a telltale sign about the love lives of various characters, such as the 23-year-old teacher, who still retains her neko features.
[edit] Fighting and pairings The fighting style in the series is also unique; fighting can only occur between couples (with a few exceptions), where one is the Sacrifice, who receives all damage, and the other is the fighter, who attempts to attack the enemy couple. The pairing system is used by the author to add romance between the two people in each couple. The special kind of battle used in Loveless is called a spell battle, since attack and defense mechanisms are activated by pronouncing certain words -- spell words -- which have a special ability or meaning in battle context. Fighters and sacrifices are united by their names which are given to them beyond their control, possibly before birth. A few examples of pairing names include "Beloved", "Loveless", "Zero", and "Sleepless." Those who go against their name to battle alongside a person of a different name suffer ridicule from other teams and a large loss in battle strength. It is suggested that people are born in pairings and that they don't form a pairing after they meet, therefore the naming system; the bond between two persons is something that is decided for them before they have the ability to make a different choice.
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[edit] List of teams See: Cast of Main Characters and Cast of Minor Characters for more detailed information on the member status of Beloved and Loveless.
Team name Fighter Sacrifice Beloved Akame Nisei Seimei Aoyagi Loveless Soubi Agatsuma (After Seimei's Death) Ritsuka Aoyagi Breathless Ai Myoujin Midori Arai Sleepless Kinka Ginka Zero (male) Natsuo Sagan Youji Sagan Zero (female) Kouya Sakagami Yamato Nakano Fearless Mei Hotarubi Mimuro
[edit] Manga volumes Loveless volume 5 cover featuring Ritsuka Aoyagi and Soubi Agatsuma.Serialized since 2002 in monthly Zero-Sum magazine, there have been approximately 53 chapters published as of October 2006 and still ongoing. Roughly every 10-12 months, these chapters are then collected and released in compilation volumes. At Anime Expo 2005, Tokyopop announced they acquired the English license. They have since published the first 3 volumes in 2006, with more to follow.
Volumes released in Japan
Volume 1 (released July 2002; ISBN 4-7580-5002-3) Volume 2 (released December 26, 2002; ISBN 4-7580-5011-2) Volume 3 (released June 25, 2003; ISBN 4-7580-5034-1) Volume 4 (released June 25, 2004; ISBN 4-7580-5077-5) Volume 5 (released February 25, 2005; ISBN 4-7580-5120- cool Volume 6 (released December 24, 2005; ISBN 4-7580-5198-4) Volume 7 (released November 25, 2006) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volumes released in the U.S.
Volume 1 (released February 7, 2006; ISBN 1-59816-221-7) heart heart Volume 2 (released June 13, 2006; ISBN 1-59816-222-5) heart heart Volume 3 (released October 10, 2006; ISBN 1-59816-223-3) heart heart Volume 4 (releases February 13, 2007 ) yet to read crying Volume 5 (releases May 8, 2007 )yet to read crying crying Volume 6 (releases August 7, 2007)another yet to read crying crying
[edit] Anime A 12-episode anime adaptation was made by J.C. STAFF, and first aired in Japan from April 2005 to June 2005. The episodes covered approximately volumes 1-4, due to production starting in August 2004 -- about 4 months before volume 5 was published. Because the source material hadn't finished its serialization, and with a limit of 12 episodes, the anime adaptation has quite a few differences. The most notable is the series finale, which was written specifically for the anime and left the storyline open to the possibility of a future sequel.
[edit] Episode titles Episode 1: BREATHLESS Episode 2: MEMORYLESS Episode 3: BONDLESS Episode 4: FRIENDLESS Episode 5: SLEEPLESS Episode 6: PAINLESS Episode 7: TEARLESS Episode 8: TRUSTLESS Episode 9: SKINLESS Episode 10: NAMELESS Episode 11: WARLESS Episode 12: ENDLESS
[edit] DVD releases Promotional image from the anime seriesThere are 12 episodes total, and released across 6 DVDs for the R2 market, but only 3 DVDs for the R1 market. Both markets got the entire series, but due to different sorting methods, the R2 DVDs have 2 episodes each, while the R1 DVDs have 4 each. Additionally, the first DVD for the R2 market was sold with a special frame that displayed a photo of Soubi and Ritsuka, but the R1 market DVD did not come with this item.
Japan DVD release (R2)
Loveless 1 (released July 22, 2005) Loveless 2 (released August 26, 2005) Loveless 3 (released September 23, 2005) Loveless 4 (released October 28, 2005) Loveless 5 (released November 25, 2005) Loveless 6 (released December 23, 2005) U.S. DVD release (R1)
Loveless 1: Lost and Found (released February 14, 2006) Loveless 2: Soul of Chains (released March 28, 2006) Loveless 3: Hope on the Run (released April 25, 2006)
[edit] Seiyuu Ritsuka Aoyagi : Junko Minagawa Soubi Agatsuma : Katsuyuki Konishi Yuiko Hawatari : Kana Ueda Seimei Aoyagi : Ken Narita Kio Kaidou : Ken Takeuchi Hitomi Shinonome: Mamiko Noto Yayoi Shioiri : Jun Fukuyama Ai Myoujin : Ami Koshimizu Midori Arai : Motoko Takagi Misaki Aoyagi : Wakana Yamazaki Ritsu Minami : Takehito Koyasu Youji Sagan : Hiroyuki Yoshino Natsuo Sagan : Mitsuki Saiga Kouya Sakagami : Rie Kugimiya Yamato Nakano : Yumi Kakazu Nagisa Sagan : Sanae Kobayashi Kinka : Hiroki Takahashi Ginka : Yui Horie Goddess (7/Nana) : Aya Hisakawa Katsuko : Emi Shinohara
[edit] Music and drama CDs Main article: Loveless music and drama CDs
[edit] Trivia The seiyuu of Ritsuka is Junko Minagawa, who also has the voice of Ryoma Echizen from The Prince of Tennis. The seiyuu of Seimei Aoyagi (Ritsuka's older brother) is Ken Narita, who also voices Sesshomaru in InuYasha. The seiyuu of Hitomi Shinonome (Ritsuka's teacher) is Mamiko Noto, who also is the voice of Rin in InuYasha. The seiyuu of Ritsu is Takehito Koyasu.
[edit] External links Official Sites
(English) Official English page for the manga (Japanese) Official website for the anime (Japanese) J.C.STAFF Loveless anime site (Japanese) Kouga Yun's official site Non-official Sites
(English) Anime listing on Anime News Network (English) fate: a Loveless fansite (English) Yurusu: An ongoing fansite, with lots of media. (English) Here Kitty: A Loveless fanlisting (English) Stimulate: An fansite dedicated to Soubi Agatsuma, with lots of media and info. heart heart ~~sincerely pixies....... heart
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