Audience reviews
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(General plot spoilers) The best part of the show (for me) is when Kio calls Soubi a pedophile. Like, finally someone said it! I thought I was going crazy with how the other characters reacted, and the reviews and overall score of this anime. Now since everyone on this site prefers to treat every anime like they're equally artistic and don’t mind shows like this since they still use words like l*li and sh*ta, I will give my opinion on the technical side of this anime.
I watched some of the sub before watching the (English) dub so I’ll talk about both. The Japanese sub sounds alright, not the best though. I don’t speak Japanese, but I know inflections and could tell they were askew; But I watched more of the English dub and can say it’s not very good. Sounds okay at times, I guess, but the…
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Loveless will be 25 years old next year. If you’re reading this review, it probably needs no introduction. As such, I will try to keep this brief.
Loveless is an alternate universe where everyone has cat ears until they lose their virginity. Loveless is a fantasy series where people fight with magical powers. Loveless is one of the first BL anime ever to air on TV. Loveless is about a college student grooming a twelve year old boy.
So…what exactly are we supposed to make of Loveless, really?
Well, first let’s talk about the setting. The main selling point for this anime seems to be the whole “virgin catgirls” aspect—sorry, that’s a rather uncharitable way of phrasing it. However, that’s what the first sentence of most plot summaries describes. That’s rather unfortunate, because it ultim…
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If your considering watching this anime, its about a 6th grader and a college student finding love amidst finding the mystery behind who killed the kids brother.
Starting with the intro song, its GOOD 9/10
The Ending song, its alright, 6/10
Visuals: Comparing it to now, I have to give it like a 4/10, watchable for anyone. it probably would be higher back then but I'm not quite familiar with what was considered great back then.
Pacing: Im gonna divide this into 2 sections: - Plot Pacing: 1/10, Anime tries to be all mysterious by not telling us anything but gives us these "clues" that don't mean anything. We're all clueless from the start as how clueless we are in episode 11
-Character Development Pacing: Not rushed, took it slow. Some characters are actually dynamic in the anime. Thou…
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Loveless is yet another early 2000's "BL". I say BL in quotes because calling this show a BL is like calling Yarichin B***h Club the pinnacle of BL anime
(fun fact: neither of those statements are true). And the sad thing is, it is possible for a show following a similar formula to find some success (as proven
with Descendants of Darkness), which just makes this mess of a show all that more depressing.
Visuals: The artstyle of this show is one of the few things about this show that I actually liked. While it is just more of the same early 2000's anime
artstyle (which I already like), there was also a certain dreamy and ethereal vibe to the visuals of this show, which I particularly love.
Characters: The characters in Loveless, much like the story, alternate between being barely tolerabl…
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(I would like to preface this review by stating that my emo babysitter with an invader zim tattoo showed me this anime when I was 12. I ended up wearing cat ears to my grade 8 school photos.)
Loveless is a surrealist-emo anime that any kid who spent too much time online in the early 2000s can relate to. The main character, Ritsuka, is a 12 year old Neitzsche-reading catboy with an abusive mother, an incompetent predatory therapist, and a mysterious- also predatory- man grooming him and making him fight battles that Ritsuka doesn't understand. Ah, middle school- some things never change. Every adult in Ritsuka’s life is utterly failing him, he constantly lashes out in fear, and the one person who he cares about- his older brother- is now missing. It fully encapsulates the urgency of the 12…
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Umm this basically doesn't have plot... Besides virgins have cat ears and a tail? I mean the only actually ok character was the aforementioned cat-eared virgin boy of 12 years old. He was a somewhat relatable pre-teen with his horrible social anxiety. Otherwise the whole thing was mediocre at best. And horrifying at other moments. Especially since his love interest was a 21 year old man. Yay casual pedophilia? And double trouble the guy who was with the 21 year old dude before this is also underaged. So we know he has a type. I don't get how this is popular and is counted on the same level as something like Gravitation. Made me feel icky watching it.
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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 e…
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“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;…
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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…
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DISCLAIMER: I “thank” AWC’s Random Challenge for making me watch this… and honestly thank my friend who suffered together with me.
Also, there are a few spoilers ahead.
There are shounen-ai anime. There are bad shounen-ai anime (which are, let’s be honest, almost all of them). And then there is Loveless, a cacophony of things that just shouldn’t exist.
Yeah, of course, there is this really deep plot about Ritsuka being Loveless and the other guy being Beloved…. lol, nope, there’s not. Let’s be honest, this anime is about a little boy being wooed by a grown up, adult man. I’m not even kidding.
But let’s start from the beginning. I’m presenting to you 5 reasons why Loveless is a bad thing and every “fujoshi” or whoever who enjoys this is either a 13 years old OR just a sick person:
1) E…
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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 w…
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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 inte…
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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…
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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…
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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 soc…
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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!…
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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…
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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.
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let's see...i have to say this anime has no redeeming features what to ever! it was horrid and i do NOT recommend you waste a single moment of your precious existence on this shit. i knew it was terrible when i made the choice to watch it but i still did because i thought i would be worth making fun of but it's not even worth that, trust me man!
STORY: story was very unoriginal ,very poorly developed and left me bored out of my mind in by the second episode. And i honestly do think they could have developed it if they wanted to even within the 13 episodes they had cause most of the anime is the characters doing NOTHINGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT AND STORY IS SHITTY BUT YOU COULD AT LEAST TRY EXPLAINING THINGSSSSSSSS!!!! oh and the second last episod…
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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.
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