“Deviluke princesses invade Earth, Momo pursues Rito, Yami attacks, chaos and harem antics ensue.”
To LOVE Ru Darkness
To LOVEる -とらぶる- ダークネス
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Synopsis
Deviluke princesses invade Earth, Momo pursues Rito, Yami attacks, chaos and harem antics ensue.
As close encounters of the twisted kind between the residents of the planet Deviluke (represented primarily by the female members of the royal family) and the inhabitants of Earth (represented mainly by one very exhausted Rito Yuuki) 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 Devilukean Whoop Ass to exactly that portion of certain other heavenly bodies! (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
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What 38 viewers settled on.
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σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 0.32
Running avg · Oct 2012 → Jan 2025
- 7 “The characters are fairly enjoyable, but the plot is confusing and hard to follow, leaving it unclear whether the story is about the harem plan or Yami. The non-stop ecchi content dominates every...”
- 9 “There is action in this 3rd season in 2 kinds of ways ;) This 3rd season is the alot better than the other seasons were, in that it actually has a story going and that there is action in it. Some...”
- 10 “To LOVE-Ru is the perfect ecchi/harem anime, delivering hilarious action and steady character growth around Rito. While I had hoped the story would revolve more tightly around Rito and the three...”
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A Tv Production · Fall 2012
Xebec.Geneon Universal Entertainment · Magic Capsule
- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2012 – Dec 2012 Fall 2012
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-6997 catalog
Produced by
- Geneon Universal Entertainment Producer
- Magic Capsule Producer
- Shueisha Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor