He was named after the lunar day 'Rikka,' which fell on May 5 in the year 2005. Ritsuka Aoyagi as he appears in the manga Voiced by: Junko Minagawa, Ashley Thrill (English) Ritsuka is twelve years old and the protagonist of the story. Characters Main characters Ritsuka Aoyagi ( 青柳立夏, Aoyagi Ritsuka ?)

Until they find out that Seimei is still alive and that is where trouble begins. Together, they challenge Seven Moons to find out the truth behind Seimei's murder and the reason for Ritsuka's amnesia, and form an intimate bond as they unravel the mystery. Now Soubi is Ritsuka's 'sentouki', or Fighter Unit, and Ritsuka is his 'Sacrifice'. Upon the inspection of Seimei's abandoned computer files, Ritsuka discovers that an organization called 'Seven Moons' ( Nana no tsuki 七の月) was responsible for Seimei's death.Īs Ritsuka quickly discovers, Seimei and Soubi acted as a pair involved in spell battles invoked by carefully selected words. Soubi claims to be a good friend of Ritsuka's brother, Seimei, who was murdered a few months earlier. In his first day at his new school, twelve-year-old Ritsuka Aoyagi meets a mysterious twenty-year-old male named Soubi Agatsuma. Those who no longer have animal features are differentiated by society as 'adults', illustrating an underlying theme of sexuality in society. People in the Loveless universe lose their animal features when they lose their virginity. The most immediately noticeable aspect of the story is that many characters are kemonomimi - cat-like features (in this case, ears and tails) are universal from birth, so there are as many catboys, including the protagonist, as there are catgirls.

The anime series was licensed and released in the US by Media Blasters in a set of 3 DVDs in early 2006. Ī 12-episode anime television series adaptation was made by J.C.Staff, broadcast in a post-midnight slot on TV Asahi and ABC from April 2005 to June 2005. Kōga plans to end the manga at fifteen volumes. It is currently serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum by Ichijinsha and collected in nine tankōbon as of November 2009. Loveless ( ラブレス, Raburesu ?) is an ongoing fantasy manga by Yun Kōga. (September 2008)Ĭover of the first Loveless volume published by Ichijinsha in Japan on July 2002 Please help improve this article if you can.

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Loveless, Volume 01 by Yun Kouga