Loveless Volume 4 by Yun Kouga REVIEW

Blurb: Ritsuka! Soubi! Loveless still continues. (No really, the series is still STILL ongoing. SMH)

Storyline: WOW! The story progresses so rapidly in this volume that I cannot even believe it. This is mainly about the female ZERO team Koya and Yamato. With that, the whole volume is small because it focuses on that storyline alone. It's dramatic and heart-wrenching. Some things happened in this volume that really acts as foreshadowing for the rest of the series. There's also a chapter that focuses on the actual child innocence that is frequently bashed and ignored which is a fresh change of pace for this series.

Art: KOUGA YUN IS FAVORITE MANGAKA.

Characters: We got introduced to Yamato and Koya, the female ZERO team and their relationship. Both ZERO teams are two of my favorite characters in the series other than a character that hasn't been introduced yet. We finally get to see Nagisa and what she's about. We also meet a friend of Ritsuka's named Omasu(???!). We get minor character development with Natsuo and Youji. Then some major development with Ritsuka.

Grand Verdict: This Volume was definitely one of the more emotional ones. If only I had volume 5 for more flow.

Loveless Volume 3 by Yun Kouga REVIEW

Blurb: Ritsuka's story continues in the third volume of the Loveless series by Kouga Yun.

Content: In this volume we get the ending of the ZERO storyline, go into a septimal moon storyline, and start another ZERO storyline. Things were very tense in this volume especially with Soubi and Ritsuka. Ritsuka is losing trust in Soubi and Soubi is getting more secretive (somehow). We see more of Soubi's past (which like Ritsuka's present is not that great). I didn't have many complaints about this volume, there were moments that made me feel angst which is definitely intended given the fact that this is a really angsty series and I know it gets only worse from here.

Art: I will never trash talk Kouga Yun's art. It's just good okay? I'm biased here.

Characters: As stated before, Soubi gets even more secretive in this series... and he always just seems to become more and more like a giant question mark. We see more of Ritsuka's mother and how she mentally torments this poor kid. We get introduced to the female ZERO team, Ritsu, and another lady that I forgot the name of.

Verdict: I genuinely feel that this volume serves as a transitional volume more than anything else. Nothing too big happened so there wasn't really anything huge to react to.

Loveless by Yun Kouga REVIEW

I went back to the store today and bought six volumes of Loveless on clearance. I picked them up without a second thought and no regrets. Those of you judging me at this moment, screw you and your judgement.

I must say that I am so happy that I decided to pick these ups. This series was one of the first animes I've watched. It's also one of the first animes that I owned completely. This series has been ongoing so long that Morning Musume still had Goto Maki in the group. I love that cultural reference because Morning Musume was one of the first idol groups I listened to.

Regarding the Shounen Ai tag, people are going to really quickly refer to the main characters as a romantic relationship but I am really hesitant to do so at this point. Not just because of the age but because of occurrences that happen in other volumes. That being said, this is a review of the first volume.

Manga Rule #2: Yaoi and Shounen Ai are drastically different. Do not ever use them interchangeably because the difference is the rating.

I liked the page after the cover page. The art is gorgeous. Yun Kouga's art is really nice, simple, and cute. I also feel that in terms of story-telling this is a really good buildup for events that have yet to happen. Some people may not think so but this volume is really light and things get really intense from this point forward.

Since it's still ongoing, I don't know how the story ends but I will be there when it ends. I need to see how Loveless ends. ~