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Loveless (manga)

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Alternative title:
ラブレス (Japanese)
Themes: catboys, catgirls, yaoi
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Ritsuka's life has never been normal. At the time of his older brother's murder, he lost all of his memories and became a different person. He feels he's never been loved for who he is. Enter a mysterious 'adult' friend of his older brother, Soubi, who always wears bandages around his neck. Carved there is 'Beloved'... Because he was Seimei's warcraft, someone who, with the 'sacrifice', (Ristuka and Seimei are 'sacrifices') fights psychic battles using spoken word. Ritsuka must deal with Soubi's feelings for him. Does Soubi care abut him because Seimei told him to... Ritsuka is angry that Soubi might not even care about him for who he is, but he still fights alongside of him on the search for Nanatsu no Tsuki, his brother's killer. One interesting and wonderful fact that draws many girls to this series: it has catboys. This story focuses on relationships and is very clearly shounen-ai, or yaoi. Ritsuka must kiss or often lick Soubi during fights for strength... But he's 'Loveless'.
User Ratings: 295 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 74 votes (sub:28, Eng:22, dub:20, raw:2, ?:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 81 votes (Eng:43, sub:20, dub:13, raw:3, others:2
2 German
)
 Very good: 56 votes (Eng:34, sub:14, dub:4, ?:2, raw:1, others:1
1 French
)
 Good: 39 votes (Eng:26, dub:6, sub:6, ?:1)
 Decent: 13 votes (Eng:10, sub:2, dub:1)
 So-so: 15 votes (Eng:9, sub:4, raw:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 5 votes (Eng:5)
 Weak: 7 votes (Eng:3, dub:3, sub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 940 users, rank: #65 (of 6718)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.105 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.9096, rank: #737 (of 7449)
Weighted mean: 7.943 (Very good), rank: #1529 (of 7449) (seen all: 8.67 / seen some: 7.81 / won't finish: 4.41)
Bayesian estimate: 7.940 (Very good), rank: #587 (of 3484)
Number of pages: 195
Chapter titles: We have 134
Vintage:
2001-11-17 to 2002-01-18 (serialized in Monthly G Fantasy)
2002-03-28 (serialized in Monthly Comic Zero-Sum)
Release dates: We have 67
Links: We have 2
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New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 10-16 (Aug 22, 2014)
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New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 9-15 (Sep 21, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 9-15 (Sep 11, 2012)
Viz Reissues Loveless in Omnibus, 6 Titles Digitally (Mar 21, 2012)
Sentai Filmworks Confirms License of Un-Go Episode 0 (Dec 23, 2011)
Viz Media Panel (Oct 16, 2011)
Viz Media Adds Loveless, Jiu Jiu Manga (Oct 16, 2011)
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Japanese Comic Ranking, November 23-29 (Dec 2, 2009)
Anime Expo 2009 - Con Sketching (Jul 3, 2009)
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season Debuts on U.S. TV (Jun 29, 2009)
Gundam 00 & Loveless' Yun Kouga Comes to Anime Expo (Jun 2, 2009)
Gundam 00 2nd Season to Debut on Sci Fi Channel in June (May 2, 2009)
New York Comic Con - Viz Media (Feb 8, 2009)
Gundam 00 Premieres on U.S. Sci Fi Channel Tonight (Nov 24, 2008)
16 Manga in September's Top 20 U.S. Graphic Novels (Oct 2, 2008)
Gundam 00 to Run on Sci Fi Channel on November 17 (Jul 4, 2008)
Bandai Entertainment to Announce Gundam 00 License Details (Jul 4, 2008)
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Mobile Suit Gundam 00 TV Series Announced for October (Jun 2, 2007)
NYCC - Tokyopop (Mar 14, 2006)
Media Blasters April DVDs (Jan 19, 2006)
Loveless Licensed (Nov 3, 2005)
Bandai Trailers (May 11, 2005)
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Graphic novel
    Loveless (GN 1) 2006-02-07 (from $10.78)
    Loveless (GN 2) 2006-06-13 (from $1.22)
    Loveless (GN 3) 2006-10-10 (from $3.99)
    Loveless (GN 4) 2007-02-06 (from $6.69)
    Loveless (GN 5) 2007-05-08 (from $20.90)
    Loveless (GN 6) 2007-08-07 (from $1.35)
    Loveless (GN 7) 2007-11-13 (from $6.30)
    Loveless (GN 8) 2008-09-16 (from $9.99)
    Loveless (GN 9) 2012-09-11 (from $7.99)
    Loveless (GN 10) 2013-01-08 (from $9.99)
    Loveless (GN 11) 2013-06-11 (from $9.99)
    Loveless (GN 12) 2014-08-12 (from $7.99)
    Loveless [Omnibus] (GN 1) 2012-10-02 (from $11.99)
    Loveless [Omnibus] (GN 2) 2013-01-08 (from $11.99)
    Loveless [Omnibus] (GN 3) 2013-04-09 (from $9.79)
    Loveless [Omnibus] (GN 4) 2013-07-09 (from $11.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Story & Art: Yun Kouga
Publisher:
Enix (first 3 chapters only)
Ichijinsha
Serialized In: Monthly Comic Zero-Sum
Japanese cast
(none)
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Anne Marie Horne
Translation: Ray Yoshimoto

Adaptation: Christine Boylan
Copy Editing: Nikhil Burman
Cover Design: Al-Insan Lashley
Digital Imaging Manager: Chris Buford
Editing: Lillian Diaz-Przybyl
Editor-in-Chief: Rob Tokar
Graphic Design:
Lindsay Seligman
Monalisa DeAsis
Managing Editor:
Lindsey Johnston
Vy Nguyen
Pre-Production Supervisor: Erika Terriquez
President: John Parker
Production Artist:
Lucas Rivera
Michael Paolilli
Rui Kyo
Vicente Rivera Jr
Production manager:
Elisabeth Brizzi
Jennifer Miller
Mutsumi Miyazaki
Publisher: Mike Kiley
Retouch & Lettering:
Bowen Park
Fawn Lau
Jihye Hong
VP of Production: Ron Klamert
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by:
Tokyopop
Viz Media (2011)
Online Distribution: Manga Planet
Retouch & Lettering: Star Print Brokers
French cast
French staff
Translation: Julie Gerriet
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Soleil
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher: J-Pop
Italian cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Translation: Ai Aoki
(none)
German companies
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation:
Paulina Ślusarczyk (vol. 1-3)
Paulina Tuczapska (vol. 4+)
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Studio JG
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Publisher: NewPOP (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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