"Devil and Her Love Song" 's a refreshing shoujo manga because it escapes the usual stereotypes you can find in this genre. The main character, Maria Kawai, is quite original for a shoujo heroine. She's brutally honest, has no tact whatsoever, and is usually so serious she tends to be scary. She also seems harsh and rude. She was expelled from the exclusive St. Katrina's school (she claims it's because she beat up her teacher) and ends up in a regular high school where her bad reputation precedes her.
That's the surface, but this manga obviously invites the readers to dig a little deeper in their
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Alternative TitlesSynonyms: The Devil and Lovesongs Japanese: 悪魔とラブソング More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 13
Chapters: 91
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 2006 to Apr 5, 2011
Theme:
School
Demographic:
Shoujo
Serialization:
Margaret Authors:
Toumori, Miyoshi (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #20792 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #567
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Your Feelings Categories May 5, 2013
"A Devil and Her Love Song" is perhaps, one of the best Manga series I've read in a long, long time. The plot is great, and the characters are as well. I find the art style to be very unique.
The story is humorous and has a hint of romance, along with suspense. It will keep you guessing, that's for sure. Jul 13, 2010
'Akuma to Love Song' or 'The Devil and her Love Song' is a refreshing manga that, as of yet, hasn't fallen into the grips of typical shoujo cliches. Something admirable, since shoujo is a narrow genre rather unforgiving to an unoriginal plot.
The manga is based around the story of Kawai Maria, a girl expelled from the prestigious St. Katria's school for violence and transferred to a very low performing public school. Once there, her sharp tongue, blunt personality and honesty - not to mention her beauty and arrogance, cause her to immediately come to blows with most of the class. Apart from two boys, Meguro ... Mar 11, 2021
Going in, the story seems solid, characters seem to be typical shoujo but with a slight twist as our MC (Maria) has extreme awareness to people's true feelings, so it causes scenarios where characters actually need to face their flaws. personally for me, it's halfway through which starts going downhill from there. Below I'm going to write one without spoilers and one with that actually detail what's very wrong with the direction the manga goes in (again this is my opinion but I feel as if it's misleading and is looked past).
NO SPOILERS EXPLANATION: Maria's past is slowly introduced to the audience and it makes ... Jul 27, 2009
At first, i wasn't reading the manga seriously; thiking that it was just another dark story but the protagonist was a very interesting character.
After reading all available chapters, i think that it was a philosophical story. It is philosophical in a way that it reveals the ugly side of human nature. One that we, as human beings, strive hard to conceal. I like the manga because it presents a new kind of heroine. One that everyone hates and one that is still being hated as the plot thickens. The character, although i doubt there really is someone that oblivous and insensitive towards the feelings of others, ... Dec 17, 2010
"You corrupt other people" (summary at end)
In all the manga I have read I have yet to find another Maria. No heroine I have read about has ever been called or known as arrogant and 'the devil," and not because she's mischievous. She is complex. In her own words, "I can only be myself." She's the part of you you keep hidden inside. Out of reach from anyone because you're afraid they won't accept. At least in my opinion. She just wants to be saved, to feel worthy of being saved. She doesn't understand kindness or friendship and to someone like her, it feels ... Feb 27, 2016
I didn't have the highest expectations when I started reading this manga, but I was already completely hooked after the first chapter. The characters are not some flat boring stereotypes, I found all of them interesting, even the ones I disliked. For the first 50 chapters or so, I thought this was one of them best mangas I ever read..
Unfortunately after that there was a few things that made me seriously pissed off. First I was slightly annoyed at how Maria's personality changes, without spoiling too much, I think she gets too caught up in her feelings and become less independent, which I found ... Sep 15, 2021
This story really reminds me of Usagi Drop, just for the way that the ending butchers my enjoyment fo the entire series.
Without going into to much of spoiler territory, though this is about the last arcs, I won't mention character's names. However, by the end of the manga, the amount of rape apologists themes and excuses is very insulting and disheartening. I can't tell you how I felt in the last arcs, as it was like a punch to the gut and to the heart. It was like a betrayal. If you are a victim of sexual abuse I would skip this story, at least ... Apr 12, 2010
This manga was one of the first mangas that Ive ever read and after alost 50 mangas it still is in my top five. And it's one of the few mangas that I gave overall 10 points.
The story is really different. A girl called Kawaii Maria enters a new school after being kicked out of her old prestigous school. She is incredibly good looking but even her looks cant help her make friends because she just says everything that comes to her mind. She doesnt hide her true feeling about others and being an excellent judge of character just makes her situaton worse. ... May 13, 2014
The first few volumes are quite enjoyable and while the middle volumes do stray from what seemed to be the series' premise (and ratchet up the melodrama) they werent terrible, just something of a departure. But then they decide to introduce the rapist of a 14 year old girl as a sympathetic character, who receives no punishment for his crime, who is forgiven by everyone and who goes on about how he loved his victim. The forgiveness angle would have been bad enough if he had to work for it, but the entire package and the way its presented just makes it feel not only
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Jun 12, 2020
My problem with this manga is how much I expected from it and how it ended up to be a huge disappointment. I really enjoyed the first part of the manga (though there were some hard-to-believe situations, specially when it comes to the teacher's behaviour), but at some point it just started to make no sense. From now on there will me some mayor spoilers so pls stop reading if you don't want to see them. (The conclusion is free of spoilers.)
I think you can resume this story as "look, these people are going through difficult situations, look how they'll change and how they ... Aug 14, 2010
I had a lot of hope for this manga in the beginning, when we were presented with the strong, sassy, and "different" main lead female, Maria Kawai.
Akuma to Love Song does shake off a lot of the stereotypes surrounding shoujo manga, but those irritating cliches remain in the plot. The arcs in this story are all for the drama, and are excruciating to wait out while wholly unlikable and ridiculous antagonists come and go. The main characters are brilliant; Maria, Meguro, and Yuusuke. And I find myself rooting for the romance in this story, despite all of the complications that are keeping it from actually ... Aug 17, 2024
(non spoiler review)
I want to start off my saying that I really enjoyed Akuma to Love Song in the beginning. Maria was an interesting character that felt different from the regular shoujo heroines. She was someone who spoke out and was blunt and insensitive, but you could tell that she was like this as a means to protect herself. Because deep down, she hated how she was. It was a compelling to watch her slowly being down her walls and open herself up to the world. I also liked her rag-tag group of friends, since they were a great bunch who called out Maria's bluntness but ... Sep 5, 2011
The main reason why I like this manga was because of the heroine. I find her brutal honesty and straightforward feelings to be super refreshing. It's also pretty funny at times when she tries to "act nice."
The supporting character's were pretty unique personality wise, and they seem to stick with me-- I find myself to like these characters more as I go on. So, the main story is based around a song- a pretty popular one at that- "Amazing Grace." The lyrics match up to certain aspects of the story, it doesn't come to you right away because it's not a perfect match, but i ... Jan 17, 2020
Akuma to love song is mostly a pretty good but melodramatic story of a girl who is blunt and straightforward. The first few volumes were pretty good and unique and characters such as shin were the most entertaining but the story slowly going downwards towards the gutter after that. Not only did they decide to introduce the rapist of a 14 year old girl as a sympathetic character, who receives no punishment for his crime, who is forgiven by everyone and who goes on about how he loved his victim. The forgiveness angle would have been bad enough if he had to work for it,
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Jan 29, 2017
The "Devil and her Love Song" is a beautiful story. Although I haven't finished it I am really enjoying the story so far.
The art is beautiful and clean- in my opinion. Especially the main charter Maria. The charters seem very diverse and interesting. Everyone is very interesting and has there own past. Although the only thing I can not understand is the intense hatred the teacher has for Maria-I mean come on! really? That teacher is so childish. The story overall is very interesting and I like how it is a very charter driven story with interesting twist. Everything is slowly reveled to you as you keep ... Oct 22, 2012
I started this manga thinking that it would be a decent romance manga. I was dead wrong.
The plot summery was good, and the art is outstanding, but the plot didn`t captivate me as I thought it would, and I just couldn`t keep reading. Maria was a strong lead, but then she started to try and change herself(Lovely Transformation) because of what one guy said, and so she lost a few points. The teacher didn`t listen to Maria and even blames her for things she didn`t do. In short, I was a little disappointed in this manga, and ... Mar 21, 2021
Only read Akuma to Love Song if you like over-the-top melodrama.
On the positive side, it starts off pretty strong by daring to be different. Rather than the typical nice but insecure protagonist, Maria Kawai is so blunt and abrasive she's described as having an "acid tongue." Rather than the usual romance, the first half mostly focuses on Maria's interactions with her class. Of course she ends up making a lot of people mad at her, but eventually she manages to make them understand her in her own way. It gets pretty melodramatic at times, especially with its depiction of their teacher who's beyond ... Apr 27, 2014
This story is very unique in comparison to other mangas. I very much admire Maria as she is very strong and the author makes sure to emphasize how much she's gone through. The characters are very unique and well created. I also like the art as it's not too sketchy or messy. The story also has a good flow.
Aug 7, 2012
there should be an option to put "is trying to read it but is very conflicted about it" status.
don't get me wrong. it's good. and the depth of the characters personalities really intrigues me to read more. but maybe it's because it's not the typical shoujo manga that i really get pissed about. i'm just so used to reading them that something like this is really "ehh" so to say. but this is only my honest opinion. i haven't even caught up to manga to really have a full opinion on it. but i just feel the need to tell you that it may start to ... |