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Loveless (Japanese: ラブレス, Hepburn: Raburesu) is an ongoing fantasy manga by Yun Kōga. It is serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum by Ichijinsha and collected in twelve tankōbon as of December 2013. Kōga plans to end the manga at fifteen volumes.
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation was made by J.C. Staff, broadcast in a post-midnight slot on TV Asahi and ABC from April 2005 to June 2005. The anime series was licensed and released in the US by Media Blasters in a set of 3 DVDs in early 2006.
The most immediately noticeable aspect of the story is that many characters are kemonomimi—cat-like features (in this case, ears and tails) are universal from birth, so there are as many catboys, including the protagonist, as there are catgirls. People in the Loveless universe lose their animal features when they lose their virginity. Those who no longer have animal features are differentiated by society as "adults".
In his first day at his new school, a then twelve-year-old Ritsuka Aoyagi meets a mysterious twenty-year-old male named Soubi Agatsuma. Soubi claims to be a good friend of Ritsuka's brother, Seimei, who was murdered 2 years earlier. Upon the inspection of Seimei's abandoned computer files, Ritsuka discovers that an organization called 'Septimal Moon' (Nana no tsuki 七の月) was responsible for Seimei's death.
Like a panther on the prowl
Hear me purr, hear me growl
I was fearless, fearless
I'm wearing my slinky boots
I'm wearing that kookie mood
Now they seem to fit less
What am I gonna do?
How do I face the truth?
Loveless, loveless
What am I gonna do?
Now that I know the truth
It's loveless, loveless
I know what's good for me
I know what's bad for me
All that sweetness, covered falseness
It's a sick and twisted game
To and fro and back again
Could I see it? Did I hear it?
Maybe I should love less
Maybe I should trust less
I don't love this loveless
What am I gonna do?
Now that I know the truth?
Loveless, loveless
I remember everything
I can still recall the pain
I was left there for dead
Can't play this game again
To and fro and back again
It's senseless, I'm doubtless
What am I gonna do?
How could you be so cruel?
Loveless, loveless
What am I gonna do?
How do I face the truth?
It's loveless, loveless
What am I gonna do?
Now that I know the truth?
Oh, what am I gonna do?