from Tokyopop:
Ritsuka Aoyagi is a 12-year-old who has just transferred to a new school after the gruesome death of his brother Seimei. Upon entering school, he is branded as a weirdo and is aloof toward the other students. When Ritsuka discovers a posthumous message from his brother indicating he was murdered, he becomes involved in a shadowy world of spell battles and secret names. Together with the mysterious Soubi, the search to find Seimei's killer and uncover the truth begins!
I believe Loveless is a really wonderful story and is something good for everyone to read. It has a nice plot, which is all full of mystery, suspense, love, care and many other feelings that I can’t really describe for I can’t remember them all. You can understand what it is all about for the most part and want more.
That art of the book is wonderful, it’s clear and you can definitely make out all of the characters very well. I like the design of the characters and how they all look. But I wish that there was a bit more blacking in for parts of the characters and even background. Though I think it still looks very good overall so that’s why I gave it 4.
Now for the characters I think some of them can be related to. Each one has their own personality that some us can compare too ourselves or to someone that we know. They are all funny and unique and their own way. Overall the characters are just fun and that’s why I gave it a 5.
As for the plot I think it’s good. It’s kind of a family thing and we all love family. The plot is gives a sense of want for Semei’s death like Ritsuka is. Yet the plot lets us feel pain and sadness and overall feeling for a character or characters. But sometimes I wish the plot hade something more. I don’t know what but just a little bit something to spice it up.
"Loveless" is more than what the plot tell us about.. In this manga many of necessary questions of life are discussed and experienced that nearly everybody is about to ask at least once in his life.
What is love? Why can we love someone and how can we beloved? What is the reason for living?
Eventhough this manga can not give an answer to these questions it is really interesting to see how the main characters change their minds and behaviours because of personal development. At the beginning you see a really confused and sad Ritsuka who has lost his reason of live. His brother died and he feels alone and overstrainged with the fact someone has killed him.
One day he meets Soubi, who will become an important person in many cases. Together with Soubi Ritsuka begins to search for answers. Priority one questions is: How killed Seimei, his brother. But in the story there is more than only this questions as I explained above. So Ritsuka and Soubi have to make their way beyond love, disappointment, suffer, pain, fear and distress.
Eventhough the plot is exigent, it contains also many of really funny situations.
Loveless is a good mixture of sad and comical aspects and reflexts the characters motives in a clearly understandable way.
While the anime is omiting some necessary aspects of the story making it more difficult to understand, the manga nearly answers all questions. I would recommend reading it, because only after reading it, I was able to find the conclusion.
By the way: In the german version of the manga, Ritsuka and Soubi are two years older than explained in the aarinfantasy description. I think this is because of the current law (because you are not permitted to have a sexual relationsship under 14 years)!)
Sorry for my worse english. ( I am a german and therefore it is not my mother tongue. :-) )
Hope you enjoy it as well!
Romanticbaby
After Yun Kouga had created her epic series "Earthian" she comes back with a even more dazzling series. "Loveless" is a must read for all who are into fantasy and like the hint of shota that falls into this story. The art is, like always, amazing and the plot's twist will keep you guess on what will happen in the future! After reading the first volume, you will find yourself guessing and seeking for the next answer. The supernatural/fantasy action will make you wonder on how this could continue. Leap for it, cause the series isn't going to be out forever.