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“Stoic bounty hunter Chateau becomes target of killer Song Ryang-ha's twisted romantic pursuit in deadly cat-and-mouse game.”
Love of Kill
殺し愛
7.51
3,230 rank · 21,401 readers · 307 favorites
Josei
Adult Cast
Organized Crime
Action
Romance
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Synopsis
Stoic bounty hunter Chateau becomes target of killer Song Ryang-ha's twisted romantic pursuit in deadly cat-and-mouse game.
The silent and stoic Chateau Dankworth is a bounty hunter. Her target: Song Ryang-ha, a notorious killer known for killing 18 high-class officials in a single night. To this day, his murders remain swift, efficient, and bloody. However, after Song Ryang-ha overpowers Chateau in their first encounter, he reveals his own intentions: he too is after her, aiming for her heart. Song Ryang-ha's attempts to catch her eye are quite unique, to say the least. He offers gifts to her in the form of her current targets, tied up and battered, and will do anything to spend more time together. Reluctantly, Chateau goes along with this act, and so begins the cat-and-mouse game of love between two killers.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
89%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.15
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.15 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 5.0
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Score over time
↓ 0.33
Running avg · May 2019 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Koroshi ai doesn't have a lot of romance but it's definitely there. The two hitmen start off as enemies and eventually become allies who can rely on each other. Their relationship develops through...”
- 8 “A pretty cool romance crime thriller with more emphasis on romance then action. It has great dynamic between the two main characters but story wise it can take a while. It isn't until volume 3...”
- 7 “Found this manga through the anime as I was too impatient to wait for the episodes to release (lol). - Love of Kill is a fun manga read, not to be taken too seriously... although you shouldn't...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 22%
Long · 44%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 102 × 14 ch × vol
- Total read 13h 36m approx
- Published Oct 2015 – Jan 2023
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M42835 catalog