A review by teabooksart
Loveless, Volume 1 by Yun Kouga

dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.0

I..... don't know what to say about this.  I only remembered it because I saw a book with a similar title and I sometimes like to re-read manga from back in my "otaku" days. But good lord did I forget about what a nightmare this whole thing is.  The whole plot doesn't make sense and a character who could answer literally says "no comment" multiple times. There's this whole thing about people being born with cat ears and a tail but they lose them when they lose their virginity?  But that's never discussed really and it's not brought up until later.  Then you've got this weird magic system that only some people know about but others don't but there's never any explanation as to why some people can use it or how they end up with these pairings or names or whatever. But all of this pales in comparison to the weirdass relationship between a college student and a 6th grader despite the college student insisting that it's not sexual it's definitely portrayed that way.  I just.... the whole thing is poorly written and the added pedophilia is just a straight-up NOPE for me.  I think the book could have been really interesting there's a lot to work with - but YIKES over the relationship and writing.
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