To LOVE-Ru Darkness

As close encounters of the twisted kind between the residents of the planet Develuke (represented primarily by the female members of the royal family) and the inhabitants of Earth (represented mainly by one very exhausted Rito Yuki) continue to escalate, the situation spirals even further out of control. When junior princesses Nana and Momo transferred into Earth School where big sister LaLa can (theoretically) keep an eye on them, things SHOULD be smooth sailing. But when Momo decides she'd like to "supplement" Rito's relationship with LaLa with a little "sisterly love," you know LaLa's not going to waste any time splitting harems. Unfortunately, it's just about that point that Yami, the Golden Darkness, enters the scene with all the subtleness of a supernova, along with an army of possessed high school students! All of which is certain to make Rito's life suck more than a black hole at the family picnic. Unless, of course, a certain semi-demonic princess can apply a little of her Develukean Whoop Ass to exactly that portion of certain other heavenly bodies!

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Deviluke, Momo Belia Main

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Konjiki no Yami Main

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Yuuki, Rito Main

Watanabe, Akeno Japanese

Kurosaki, Mea Main

Iguchi, Yuka Japanese

Deviluke, Lala Satalin Supporting

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Kotegawa, Yui Supporting

Nazuka, Kaori Japanese

Yuuki, Mikan Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Deviluke, Nana Astar Supporting

Itou, Kanae Japanese

Sairenji, Haruna Supporting

Yahagi, Sayuri Japanese

Nemesis Supporting

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Ueda, Yasuyuki Producer

Nakayama, Nobuhiro Producer

Chino, Takatoshi Producer

Sanjouba, Kazumasa Producer

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May 22, 2022

Abgrund1

Recommended

To love ru:
This is a review of all seasons.
This anime is criticized by many. Many accuse him of being almost Hentai and having no action.
It’s an Echci anime, so according to the definition of the genre, there must be nude scenes and all that that genre entails, but they appear mainly for comedy purposes. There are many scenes, such as the phone scene between Rito and Kotegawa, that bring a smile to your face. These Echci situations themselves are quite innocent, so it is abusive to compare this anime to Hentai.
The story definitely exists. Although it’s not the strong side of this ... anime, it shouldn’t be. The story fulfils useful functions. It’s used to bring characters together, build relationships. When someone has an interesting and complicated act bitch it can disappoint. That’s not anime for him.
But who is this anime for? Certainly for someone who is looking for something simple, with a sense of humor and a lot of positive energy. I don’t know if I can call it right, but there is such a positive energy flowing from this anime, which is best summed up by Yami’s words to Mei: “It’s sainan here you don’t have to wonder if you’re a weapon or a human being and if you belong here, this city will accept you.” What makes this series different from other Echci harem? Especially heroes who are well written. I don’t like the Echci-Harem series and don’t grab them because they are usually very flat. The hero is inconspicuous, and all his equally inconspicuous friends fall in love with him and behave in a rather embarrassing manner. This anime is different. The hero himself is different from a typical Echi hero, and why a person is in love with him is well explained and usually based on some of his personality traits. I missed the manga arc who insisted on finding a plant to save Celina from a fatal disease. He explains Momo’s feelings for Rito that were not explained in the anime. A little unfortunately there are no male characters outside the main character and it is a harem, but the female characters are at least very well written and are original. In this anime, the development of the characters is well represented. The characters are not only curious and original, but they are constantly changing, whether due to certain events or the influence of other characters. At least you can see the gradual change of the main character that has taken place in him under the influence of Lala. Lala herself changed over the course of the show and her love for the main character matured. And you could name many other characters, like Momo, Yami and Mea, who evolved during the show. As I said, the relationships between the characters are also very well done. Not just between the main character and his harem, but between everyone. I liked the arc of friendship between Mei and Nana.
In summary, this is a light anime with comedy elements, but due to the relationship between the characters it is deeper than the regular Echci series. This is a slice of live with Echci elements. So if you like school slice of live and you don’t mind and you’re looking for something light and funny, but not stupid, I recommend you. I estimate the whole show at 8/10. This is how it looks in the respective seasons:
1.To love ru-7/10
2.Motto to love ru-7,5/10
3.To love ru darkness(both seasons)- 9/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Oct 27, 2014

Coolingheaded

Mixed Feelings

I wouldn't usually write a review for an ecchi/hentai/harem/porn/incest/whydon'tyoujustjackoffalready?-anime, but people are being driven crazy by this thing, it's already got a score of 7.99(at least when I wrote this) and the OVA basically is what they don't get to jack off to--I mean watch in the regular To Love Ru Darkness season, I mean, I get it, the show is good at getting your dick hard, good, and it can also make you have some giggles and good fun on the process? Great! But is it really a 10/10 show? No, it isn't.

And if there is anyone who dares to say that is the ... best anime they've ever watched, is because they probably mean it's the best porn they've ever watched, ask them to justify why it is the pinnacle of anime, and you'll see the anwser will be along the lines of "Can't you see how brave this characters are? They dare to have a guy touch them when he is already semi-kind of engaged! Not in this world man", "The art is soooo good! Have you seen the way those watermelons dance?", "I came 3 times that day", "My penis pretty much typed this review". And why? Why is it that all the people making reviews are getting so crazy about it? Well, that's because this is porn, what where they looking for when they watched this? Porn. The simple fact that they are looking at anime as a pure masturbation mean, makes them lose their criticism and can only say wonderfull things about it.

Now, I'm gonna stop being a dick to all those people who are controlled by their sexual lust and are not able to be critical about anime because of this reason.

Story (6): The story is not amazing, in Love-Ru we start off with the usual girl who falls in love with the main character and then they have a problem, and they have to fix it, they are given time, in that time more females are introduced, they all fall in love with the main character eventually, the problem comes back, and with enough -falling on their panties- moments, the problems comes back once again, and then it can either leave and come back later or end the problem and start something new. To Love-Ru is pretty much this, probably the only thing I've enjoyed in this new "lets create a Harem" deal, is the fact that Momo tries to get into Rito's mind and make him into a perverted playboy, wich adds somekind of psychological control, wich is a nice touch and I can appreciate it. I'd also like to add that Darkness probably beats the other To Love-Ru arcs, just for the fact that this might actually go somewhere, the character development is minimum but there is some of it...I think.

Art (9): I don't really care that much about art to be sincere, cause I believe a lot of people tend to ignore other animes just for the fact that the art style is strange or different to their usually anime, so I don't think the art makes the anime, but it can obviously be appreciated mostly in a show where the way characters look is so important. Darkness has a pretty solid art style and has a nice look to it.

Sound (7): I've never really liked the music themes in the To Love-Ru franchise, but I guess there might be someone out there who enjoys them, but is nothing I would consider memorable or outstanding, the sound effects in the show are good in setting the atmosphere, maybe not the greatest, but good.

Character (6): Well, maybe the part where most of the people might disagree with me, a lot of people can only say that the cast of characters is great, that they are all deep and amazing, original and well thought...this is one of those harem shows where the show is trying to make you pick which girl you like the most, there's nothing new to them, you can find them on other harem shows, where they try to introduce as many female personalities as possible (wich I wouldn't say is always bad -Kotegawa best girl) , the shy, the dumb, the responsible, the perverted, the athletic and then there's the one that's in love and the one that just wants some action under the sheets. Despite what must people may say, I think the characters don't have that much to them, they don't really seem to have motives in their lifes, they are always in the same mood until something happens to them, they don't really seem to be troubled with their every day problems, their personality just blends into the situation.

Overall (6): But overall, I enjoy the show, not because of the plot, not because of the music, just because it has some ok comedy and is good at getting my dick hard, I can't deny that. In the ecchi category I could even consider that it stands out from the others, but if I'm really critical about it and look at it as anime as a whole, is not that incredible, the plot is ok, sound and art are nothing life changing, but is enjoyable. An overall 6 in my eyes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Feb 5, 2021

sedlec

Not Recommended

este anime es un asco, se le quita totalmente el protagonismo a lala y haruna al punto de que apenas tendran cameos en su propio anime y cada rara vez, momo dañara completamente la trama volviendose la protagonista y con un plan harem para alargar mas la trama y no decidirse por un final serio, escenas ecchi muy forzadas en casi todos los capitulos y lo que todos llevamos esperando que pase desde la primera temporada de ver a rito y a haruna juntos tampoco pasa, incluso yami que es un personaje secundario terminara con mas protagonismo incluso que haruna, un asco total, arruino todo ... lo que iba bien en to love ru, no lo recomiendo para nada a menos que quieras perder tu tiempo quizas me seria bueno si en el futuro sacaran otra temporada en la que arreglen las cosas y el anime vuelva a ser lo que era, tenga un buen final y envien a momo a la m**

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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