Was TLR the last harem/ecchi with a female cast so good that even the least interesting girl was at least a 7/10?
any girl above C-Cup is automatically a 0/10
>>287745312gayest post on the board right now
If only the MC had any charisma
>>287745312Kill yourself.
Yui > Yami > Haruna > Tearju > Mea > Mikan > Lala are the only good ones, in that order. Rest are irrelevant and definitely below a 7/10.
>>287746764I'd say Mikan is well above anyone else. Also, Momo, Mea, Nana and several others are 9/10 at least, provided you're not a faggot.
>Was TLR the last harem/ecchi with a female cast so good that even the least interesting girl was at least a 7/10?I'd argue that was Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs
>>2877451707/10 in what?
>>287749004Thank God this piece of shit is already forgotten.
>>287745170Lala: 7/10Haruna: 2/10Yui: 8/10Yami: 8/10Momo: 5/10Nana: 6/10Mikan: 8/10Run: 4/10Kyoko: 5/10Mikado: 6/10Tearju: 3/10Oshizu: 6/10Risa: 7/10Mio: 2/10Saki: 5/10Rin: 6/10Aya: 4/10Mea: 5/10Nemesis: 7/10
>>287745170reading it for the first time, just passed ch 10 and this shit is fucking amazing, does mikan ever get....ya know....yeah?
>>287745312fpbp
>>287751886Yeah she gets onii-chan's cock in her ass.
>>287745170It was peak way before peak was an internet slang.
>>287752529>>287752489oh god....
>>287752668
>>287752489Finger, anon, finger.
>>287751886>>287752668Good lord she looked like shit before Darkness.
I would've read this if the Principal is the MC.
>>287753090She's always been cute, anon.
>>287753126She's looks too much like a child in the original. She doesn't become a proper hebe until Darkness.
>>287745170get on my level pleb
GT-giRl Darkness
>>287753517I fucking love Nemesis, she's the best thing to come out of Darkness by farOnly sad her proper arc took so long and was right before the end
>>287753443Hackamatsu's art doesn't come close.
>>287745170Yumene connect mogs the ever living shit of TLRa true successor that surpasses the predecessor
>>287754887>mogsGo back.
>>287754887TLR still wins in art.
>>287754919Some faggot earlier uses the word "hebe" and "mog" is what you take issue with?
>>287754951Hebe makes normalfags uncomfortable.Mog doesn't.And anything that keeps them away from this board, this website or any of my hobbies in general is a good thing. And anything that makes them feel welcome and invited is a bad thing and should be shamed and suppressed.
Nana is cute
>>287754974Based.
>>287745170friendly reminder that Yui won the Ritobowl.
>>287746764>>287752529>>287753126Mikan is discount Yui so she's automatically second place.
>>287753090Yabuki's art style evolved over the course of TLR through to Darkness. Even designs from the start of TLR looked different at the end.
>>287754974Lame.
>>287757382That bald head seems familiar.
>>287754887I agree that it's the very first series that comes close (mostly because it's way too similar in everything) but there's no Mikan or Yami or Momo in Yumene so obviously TLR is still superior.
>>287754974kinda autistic but i respect the hustle.
>>287757382Mikan dresses sluttier so she's at least a close second
>>287746764Haruna gets mogged by her look a like magical girl actress.
>>287745170
>>287760573Nurse appeared a lot in the original and was fun, then Darkness sidelined her hard
>>287760573She looks like she enjoys teaching young boys sex ed with hands-on lessons.
>>287758859>or Momoyou were on a roll
>>287745170How does this end?
>>287760813Disappointingly.
>>287760485Kyouko is a slut and she looks bland with short black hair. Haruna is pure and her purple hair is pure sex. I think her hair clip doesn't do her any favors and that's why people don't like her that much. She's way more attractive with her hair down.
>>287760839I mean which girl wins or harem?
>>287760875She does look better without the double forehead showing but still pretty plain, Her hair is blue so it should be god with a yellow jumper but she doesn't have any good sex outfit like Kyouko, even her older sister is way superior in looks. But the real problem is just her actual character, also she has no abilities and isn't useful.
>>287760889Haruna wins but he'll be going on dates with Lala too. And all the other girls are still trying to win Rito.
>>287745170Tearju is SO FUCKING HOT!
>>287761467I guess the first answer was accurate too, thanks.
>>287746681>>287753110This is a harem series from the mid 2000s. You don't watch/read it for the MC you do it for the girls you gay faggot.
>>287760875I hate Maron
Lala Love
Keeping the thread alive.
post cucked Rito
>>287762416https://files.catbox.moe/pqzvs8.png
>>287762522More miserable Rito makes me happy
>>287745170>Debuted in Chapter 17 in 2007>Finally got a leading role in 2019 in a bonus chapterI know there are other girls that aren't in the harem yet, but I think the two most noticable are Mio and Aya, the two meganekko
>>287762930Jesus he looks like a creepy bastard.
>>287762952I remember her and the other one (was it twintails with glasses?) reappearing a bunch of times along the way, but I can't remember a single thing they did.
>>287762399Mating press Nana!
>>287763065Mio is Risa's and Haruna's friend, she usually appears with them. She works part-time at a maid cafe but nothing has really been done with that.Aya is Rin's and Saki's friends. She mainly supports both of them, but the only real notable thing about her is that she supports them because they saved her from being bullied by boys as a kids.
>>287763261I meant the other mob girl whose name I have zero memory of (Shirayuri Koyomi apparently), I remember Aya actually having a bit more run-ins that Rito before Darkness switched her seat with Rin.
>>287757382I want to violate her public morals
Can we forget Zastin exists so we can get ohohohojou in on the harem? What's the fucking harm?
>>287762871https://files.catbox.moe/vgrx2y.jpeg
>>287754887Does it get better? The first couple chapters were pretty lame
>>287763629
>>287763577Zastin would be dodging a bullet, I suppose that's the harm.
>>287763577Oujos are for public humiliation.
>>287763577We already have her servant Rin though.
Momo a shit
>>287764365But she's neither blonde nor has drills.
>>287764359Doesn't this happen to Run first? And then Lala asks the boys in the class to lick her valentines outfit off somewhere.
>>287761865this is a stupid argument since 95%+ of their screen time revolves around the dude except like the rich girl
>>287763065>I remember her and the other one (was it twintails with glasses?) reappearing a bunch of times along the way, but I can't remember a single thing they did.They were just recurring minor characters who weren't particularly notable for anything other than Sayaka changing her hair colors all the time and her friend Shirayuri having a lesbian crush on her.
>>287754887I can't believe no one talks about Yumene when it's basically TLR 2.0. Shit is amazing
>>287760065She's also blood related, so she gets the wincest bonus.
>>287764474The main guy in 2000s - early 2010s harems exists as someone for the viewer to self-insert as or envy, not get emotionally attached to as a character. you would know that if you weren't such a tourist.
>>287754887>>287764546Stop shilling that shit.
>>287764401We already have Yami for blonde girls.
>>287762952I remember her. She had cute feet.
>>287764720Where are the DRILLS though
>>287764959TRANSFORM
>>287764595that's bullshit and even if it wasn't it doesn't apply here. Rito has a personality, we constantly see his thoughts and feelings, he takes up the vast majority of the screentime, and everything revolves around him. Pretending like you just ignore him or aren't supposed to have some attachment to him is pure cope
>>287760875Haruna farts in bed
>>287761795Gave me a milf and sensei fetish.
>>287745170To Love-ru is the worst harem anime with the Worst protagonist. The only good part was that Rito had a chance for harem ending if he just chosen the main heroine Lala. That moron decided to screw it for the most boring, uninteresting, least attractive and forgettable girl for the entire series in a spin-off series that nobody asked for. Worst part is that both he and his chosen heroine are just a spineless losers that they couldn't even tell their decision to Lala and kept her under a limbo and the coward author decided to end it there rather than fix his mess and free Lala so she at least go for somebody that actually deserves her over a spineless loser whose only talents is watering plants and "accidentally" assault girls.
>>287765161>"accidentally" assault girlsAct of God is a pretty op talent desu.
>>287764991It's not her DEFAULT though
>>287760875>The pure girl who looks like the perfect normal wife while secretly cheating with a younger man, running of with her husband's money and getting a cut off his earnings after the divorceThere's also that why people don't like her that much
Lala divorced, Haruna beheaded, Mikan died. Yui divorced, Momo beheaded, Nana survived.
>>287764439Tasty tasty Lala.
>>2877656492D =/= 3D, anon.
>>287765855A reference to Henry VIII was the last thing I expected in a TLR thread.
>>287765958This got me so hard the first time, was it during the school trip?
>>287765989But it is one of the reasons many don't like her, I actully hated Haruna before but felt sorry for her bad luck. Abd then the ending happens.
>>287766031>was it during the school trip?School festival cosplay cafe.>>287765958The girls were way hotter early, before the XEBEC disease struck.
>>287765958gangbang time
>>287765958>>287766294>Everyone except Rito, he can watch.
>>287766294>>287766367This is your brain on too many NTR doujins.
>>287767147on the contrary TLR was the first I enjoyed NTR
>>287767329One is too many, anon.
>>287767399that's what Rito said so I enjoy it when people help him out
The best TLR doujin is a Yami one.
>>287767483t. Principal
The only good TLR doujins are the Fumihiro ones
>>287767528100% vanilla with RitoAnd it's basically from Yami's perspective
>>287767483Yui and Rito going invisible and nude is the best doujin.
>>287767552not enough variety and girls
>>287767483Risa's doujin arc clears all the others
For me, it's Gust-san
>Tora Machine
>>287753517Brightness
Principal Good End or Sauryama True End?
>>287765161>Worst protagonist.Rito is not that much worse or better than other harem protagonists from his era. I don't know why he in particular makes you seethe so much. All harem MC's in the 2000s were spineless losers.
>>287765161>To Love-ru is the worst harem anime with the Worst protagonist.No that's Rent a Girlfriend and it's protagonist Kazuya.
>>287765161>The only good part was that Rito had a chance for harem ending if he just chosen the main heroine Lala. That moron decided to screw it for the most boring, uninteresting, least attractive and forgettable girl for the entire series in a spin-off series that nobody asked for.Did you even read Darkness. Lala and Haruna decided to take turns dating Rito.
>>287768082This.Actually contemptible.
>>287745170Highschool DXD
>>287763577I second that. After it became clear they wouldn't be joining the harem, Saki and Aya (her other follower) ended up being sidelined and, eventually, completely forgotten.
>>287768238Same goes for Mikado-sensei when it switched to the lolis, although Oshizu at least was still useful
>>287768023NTA but he really does stand out as one of the lows maybe because of how he actually started out at least trying to go for the duller heroine before only becoming more whiny and a non-character for most of Darkness. There's plenty of characterless MCs but Rito's only other setting is complaining and not trying, he's easily the weakest point of a long series
>>287768023why do people keep saying this? Raku, Keima, Hayate, the guy with the angel waifus just to name a few. There were many harem romcom mcs who weren't spineless pushovers. Even something like rosario vampire or sekirei had the mcs grow out of being wishy washy losers. The much bigger problem of the era was how many of those harems weren't actually harems
>>287768238Saki's entire purpose now is being a wingman for Rin. Aya didn't do much in the first place.
>>287768392also this cuntdestroyer
>>287768360The main appeal of To Love Ru is the girls, not Rito. Nobody watches or reads this series because they think it has an amazing fucking story, they do it because of the girls and the artwork.
YUI <3
>>287768392>Raku, Keima, Hayate, the guy with the angel waifus just to name a few. There were many harem romcom mcs who weren't spineless pushovers.They were the exception, not the rule.>The much bigger problem of the era was how many of those harems weren't actually haremsHarem endings weren't in demand until the mid 2010s, back then people already knew that the main girl would win or they treated it as a waifu contest.
>>287768392When did Raku become a "good" MC?Who the fuck crashes a wedding to not marry the girl for himself? Am I thinking of a different one?
>>287768505How do I get a wife like Yui?
>>287768620Be a disruption to the public morals but accidentally
Why is To Love Ru still so popular in Japan? I saw Japanese posts of this series on x/twitter all the time.
>>287768674Gee I wonder why
>>287768595I never said he was good (though he's fine really), but he wasn't a spineless loser. Nisekoi's eternal status quo and spinning wheels til it decided to stop was a drag on every character. Kinda similar to tlr in a way but tlr pretended to have more progress just to rugpull you at the end, twice, whereas Nisekoi after the initial super rocky start seemed to try to just keep things the same til it ended
>>287768712le blur
>>287768505Yui is still one of my favorite animu girls.
>>287768620Put an ad up on Craig's List looking for a ball and chain.
>>287768476I'm not sure where you're going with this angle, yeah it's why many MCs are average joes with not much to them, Rito at least starts as a character but not a good one. He could have been passive from the start or better been an actually fun guy to like seeing with the girls, instead he'll waste away for over 200 chapters when it could have been sorted in 20 and moved and focused on said girls, he's naturally going to be the worst part of the series
>>287753090Cute & funny faucet.
>>287754887TLR:Darkness > Yumene > TLR
The reason Rito was written as a spinless loser is because the series was originally published in Weekly Shonen Jump and most teenage boys can't relate to a protagonist who can easily talk to girls. Interestingly enough, To Love-Ru ended up becoming more popular among older Otaku who would splurge their life savings on expensive BDs and merch hence the increased focus on the girls as characters even at the expense of Rito and the fact that series has many collabs with gacha games that the original target audience obviously wouldn't be playing.
>>287768769Same for me.
>>287769053
>>287765958>>287769055YUM!
>>287769053Complete miracle for me since I can have both Yui and Ikaruga from Senran Kagura in my phone games.
>>287769077>got her tailshouldn't Momo be drowning right now?
For me, it's Momo
>>287769250Ew, but you do you anon
>>287769113Slut is the least sensitive of the sisters
>>287769275my immersion is broken
>>287745170I want Mikan to sit on my face
>>287768398She was the actually pretty under the glasses heroine, had a crane license and had about the same relevance as Rin. Not much reason why Aya wasn't chosen
>>287769473maybe they just wanted another idea Japanese beauty in the harem besides Yui.
>>287769541I like Rin more too but they could have just done both her and Aya together or seperately
>Aya isn't a major harem member>Mio isn't a major harem memberAre meganekkos just 2nd class citizens? Tearju doesn't count
I LOVE LALA
I'm still surprised Haruka Tomatsu can bring out that Lala voice.I wonder if Miyuki Sawashiro can still voice little girls like she used to.
>>287769638but she's not a major harem member either?
>>287745170Lala is the best purely because I think she’s the only one who would get naked if you tell her she should. The aquarium episode is a classic.
>>287769997How many times did Rito see her underwear?
>>287768674People love the girls. If anything I'm surprised they haven't announced a new sequel yet. Did Yabuki retire or something like that?
>>287769638Who even qualifies as "major"? Does Nemesis?
>>287770305I guess it's whoever>shows up frequently in group spreads>is usually close to the center in the big ones>has figures
>>287769997I would give Yui at least 10 kids.
>>287770437Whole soccer/baseball team
>>287770330Doesn't answer if Nemesis is or not because she's had a lot of special focus and has figures but isn't usually towards the center of group shots, she's actually usually the furthest from the center because she's "different" from the other girls (started as an enemy)
>>287745170Going by average and the female cast as a whole, I preferred the Trinity Seven girls.I think there were only 4 TLR girls I REALLY liked.
>>287770220"How many times did Rito see her pussy?" is a better question.
>>287770220Both too many and not enough.
This is my favorite TLR picture. Yabuki's art at its peak, he got worse during Ayakashi Triangle (the fuck were those nipples?)
>>287770305She did have her own mini-arc but it's hard to say when they never animated it even though I want to say yes but she is borderline major/supporting harem.The major ones are would be Lala, Haruna, Yui, Yami, Momo, Nana and Mikan maybe. Run is treated like a third girl sometimes since she confessed early but barely shows up compared to the others, so supporting.Mea was kinda at the start but below Nemesis by the end, supporting.Risa has been around from the start as just Haruna's friend but only had featured chapters later on, still supporting.Mikado had more importance at the start but by now is minor supporting.Rin is also fairly minor supporting outside her arc.Shizu actually doesn't seem to have much connection with Rito since she's supporting Haruna so minor.Don't remember the rest except Kyoko maybe a minor too since she's a bit in the running but supports Run.It's hard to have a definitive category let alone an order compared to other harems since it hasn't been properly established and no marriage.
We need a proper visual novel with substantial routes for the main cast and shorter ones for the side girls, like Majikoi.
>>287770601There's only 4 or 5 I properly like, although that's more than the only one or two I only like in other harems, but TLR girls are still lacking
>>287770557So did Yami, Run and arguably Yui.
>>287754887>>287745170I’m not sure how it really compares to TLR, but I do enjoy Yumene. All of the girls being 7/10 at least might be saying too much, might be a taste thing
>>287745170Haruna's character could have been entirely removed, her little backstory can be easily given to Yui and Rito would have actual reason to admire her and be uncertain after ruining his first chance badly, Yui would see him a pervert at first before warming up to him. Lala and Yui would actually make a good pair and become proper besties once Lala's invention works, Yui actually has a working brain to ask about Rito and Lala can explain the misunderstandings, the harem matter could be a roadblock but they can rub off on each other and have actual kissing dating and shameless scenes. Momo and Nana can be pro and against and help their side out without overshadowing the actual main love triangle, Mikan marries Yami and Nemesis can appear earlier to mess around with Yui in a better world without Haruna.
Nah, this one bored me quickly after the first episodes and stopped there
>>287771760>episodesThere's your problem.
>>287770698>the fuck were those nipples?Did you check the Tankobon volumes? To Love-Ru never had nipples in the main magazine.
>>287771692Yes no girl is really really good while TLR has several of those.I guess the reason is there's no focus on them? things are too hectic and everything happens so fast there's no time to enjoy one girl.
>>287763577That Rito is shit and she deserves better?
>>287770921They already made one back in 2015 called True Princess.
>>287772063This
>>287745170Genuinely trash series, girls are generally likeable but too shallow with a couple good exceptions.
>>287771372True but Nemesis was an enemy or at least in the grey area for most of her existance. Which is when most of the group art was made. She only officially became part of Rito's harem right at the end when she became his stand/Shinobu.
>>287772064But was it good?
>>287771785No, didn't care overall, even manga
>>287772188Read Darkness.
Rito could learn a thing or 2 from Shueisha's true harem master.
>>287770633At least three times: two different times when she fell forward with no panties on and this bit of goggle-vision.
>>287773301GIWTWM
>>287773301So she is shaven.
>>287773301>two different timesAssorted sizes, even.
>>287772131I don't know, I've never played it myself. I just know there was someone on YouTube who uploaded most of the routes for the game.
>>287773301
>>287772734Didn't a couple of those girls broke off from the harem to start their own thing among themselves?
>>287773386They all are.
>presenting himself butt naked in front of his wifeGood boy. Every guy should be like that.
>>287774201Nowhere near as clear a view.
>>287745170The female cast of TLR is mostly mediocre as fuck, though. There are MAYBE 5 of them tops who are above a 5/10. And the best character in the series was brutally character assassinated at the end of Darkness so that Rito could look justified in continuing to be a pathetic, noncommittal faggot who's incapable of taking a single step forward on his worthless fucking life. Hacksemi is a cancer and I'm glad Yabuki no longer has to put up with his shit. Fuck To Love Ru.
I should reread it for Yui's sake.
>>287775201I mean, you were supposed to fall for their designs not characterization
>>287775383>I should reread itThat's shameless.
>>287775412Yui's body is shameless! Sinful, even!
>>287775383I really like this artist's stuff
>>287774777>Didn't a couple of those girls broke off from the harem to start their own thing among themselves?No, I don't know where you heard that from.
>>287775201>And the best character in the series was brutally character assassinated at the end of Darkness so that Rito could look justified in continuing to be a pathetic, noncommittal faggot who's incapable of taking a single step forward on his worthless fucking life.Who the fuck are you talking about?
>>287775385I can appreciate Yabuki's art while simultaneously acknowledging that Hasemi is a blight on anything he writes. Also I've learned the hard way from real life that no matter how attractive a woman is, it can never make up for a shit personality.
>>287775613Momo, obviously.
>>287775613he's probably a momofag
>>287775634Correct. I am a Momofag. I have taste.
pretending that Rito isn't annoying as hell and dragging down everything by being the most prominent and central character is some bizarre cope. Series would be straight up better if it was just the girls forced to interact with and grope each other for some other contrived reason
>>287775201>>287775626Who the fuck reads To Love-Ru for it's writing, you read it for the artwork. Also Yabuki is not exactly a great writer either. Black Cat is a generic Battle Shonen that only hyped up by people who hate To Love-Ru because of its focus on fanservice and their belief that Yabuki is wasting his talent. Ayakashi Triangle wasn't any better written than To Love-Ru is.
>>287775630Nta but Momo was always a fucking coward, that's why she went on and on about the haremplan because she knew that otherwise she never stood a chance against Lala (even if Rito is pathetic and her crush didn't make sense)
>>287769250agreed, even if she is a bit of cuckquean
>>287775630In what way was Momo "character assassinated?"
>>287775644>I have tasteSo does a full septic tank.
>>287775653Oh I get it now. You're a yurifag who's mad that the girls are being "wasted" on a male MC. It's okay to think girl on girl is hot, but you don't have to pretend that Rito's characterization is a bigger focus than it actually is.
>>287768674and there are 6 billion figures produced for this show alone
>>287775732Aren't figures something only adult male Otaku with money to waste buy? How did this series become so popular beyond it's original 12-18 demographic?
>>287775663I never said Yabuki is a good writer. He definitely isn't. But he's a far better artist than Hacksemi ever deserved. >>287775679>literally the only character moving the plot forward>consistently shown to be all-in on the harem plan>never once indicated that she's just jealous of the other girls >shown time and again to genuinely want them to be happy and for Rito to stop acting like such a little bitch>is forced to "admit" at the end of the series that she was actually just faking the whole time and totally wanted Rito 100% to herself and was only acting like she wanted the other girls to be happy because she knew she would lose otherwise >cries on the final volume cover because Hasemi hates herNo one in this series is allowed to be anything but a monofag because Hacksemi is in love with his own financial creation but doesn't have the balls to actually have his self-insert end up with her. Fuck anyone who defends the writing of this shit pile or tries to justify it with a cop-out about how you're not supposed to read manga for the story. That's the last I'll say on the matter because I'm not going to have this argument for the umpteenth time this decade.
>>287775756because girls even if they are not that complex are all fairly likeable, they are more likeable than og harem it was based on (urusei yatsura)
>>287775109It wasn't in his face but he still saw it.
>>287775727>but you don't have to pretend that Rito's characterization is a bigger focus than it actually is.Mate you have the Yami arc in Darkness telling you the opposite of what you just wrote and how Rito deserves every girl because he's nice
>>287775784>literally the only character moving the plot forward>consistently shown to be all-in on the harem plan>never once indicated that she's just jealous of the other girls>shown time and again to genuinely want them to be happy You are thinking of Lala. Momo was always a coward betting on Rito being spineless, even as far back as TLR.
>>287775756>How did this series become so popular beyond it's original 12-18 demographic?The 12- to 18-year-olds from then are now old enough to have money to blow on their favorites.
>>287775626>he
>>287775784agree with everything, if hasemi is in love with momo i think yabuki is in love with yami since she is the same girl in the black cat
>>287775875Lala became a fucking side character in Darkness. But she was definitely great in TLR.
>>287775882Hacksemi is in love with Haruna. He hates Momo.
>>287775784Momo got what she deserved.
>>287776012I lament your shit taste, but I won't judge you for it.
>>287775881D-do you think Hasemi is a woman, anon?
>>287767554don't hold out, what's the title/artist
>>287764359If she were just a little less bitchy.
>>287776191(C100) [Ringo no Naru Ki (Kise Itsuki)] Hajimete Namae de.
>>287776072She deserved to get hoist by her own petard, anon.
Nana doesn't get enough love.
>>287776440Very sweet, thanks for sharing.
Mea if you want to live dangerously.
Lala...
>>287776510>Nana doesn't get enough love.Momo can take care of that.
>>287775816imagine what could have been
>>287776510Nana IS love.
>>287768023Because he remained a spineless loser, picked the worst girl of the entire series and didn't even has the spine free Lala who genuinely loved him and had a spine to go after him instead of the worthless doormat who did nothing.
>>287768123Please, he still choose Haruna. Both of them are spineless losers who didn't even had a gut to tell their decision to Lala so they decided on two-timing.Its disgusting that somebody like Lala has to put up with a disgusting loser like Rito when she deserves way better than that trash .
>main heroine is one of the most unpopular girlsWhat makes characters like Yui so much more appealing to the audience than Lala?
>>287778004Lala got sidelined hard in darkness and in general feels more like a plot device than a character
>>287778004compared to who? I sometimes feel like there isn't much gap in popularity between Lala and Momo looking back but Yui, Yami and Mikan are going to be ahead since they didn't get forgotten in the sequel, others girls are way less popular
>>287778004Because Lala as a heroine suffers from the genki "love everybody" syndrome which makes it hard for her to really act differently when she's the target of romance or entering a relationship with. The dynamic doesn't really change that much because she already loves the main character. It's an incredibly tough balancing act for that archetype of character to convincingly pull off that transition.
>>287778004Crane game?
>>287749004H I B A R IIBARI
>>287778004lala is wholesome lum from urusei yatsura, and lum was popular because she was mischievous
>>287779458>>287779485>>287779466What a slut, constantly thinking about getting knocked up.
>>287745170Yowa Yowa Sensei casts have been great so far.
>>287745170The girls in this series look really cute and sexy but all the porn being NTR puts me off
>>287779608That's the best part
>>287779633Gross.
>>287779674It's Rito
>>287779608>but all the porn being NTR puts me offYou haven't been looking in the right places.
>>287779608You have Tora Machine that still does great doujins with Rito fucking his harem
>>287779827The only good one is Yui on shameless patrol
>>287779827Why would I read black and white instead of color?
I would not be able to control myself around Lala.
>>287779880>colorfag
>>287780282Boor
>>287779560Does it have a tsundere cutie?
>>287772734Aren't only 2 of these girls actually interested in the mc? I thought everyone else was just a friend.
>>287780564the anime ended with the ravenette asking her to three timing, I dunno how accurate it is to the LNs but seems pretty likely they are all going to be on it by the end
>>287778004I like Yui the most, but I swear I saw a manga/anime poll where the top four is something like Haruna, Lala, Yami, and Yui.
>>287780564The back haired one (Satsuki) is interested in her as well despite claiming she has no interest in romance and the green haired (Kaho) one flirts with her often and asked her if she's interested in anyone else joining her polycule.
>>287749004Chisaki...
>>287780615I think that was for each different category which had their own rankings, it's probably quicker to search for a poll where Haruna had the most votes, the only time I remember her ever winning one was which people would want most as their girlfriend.
>>287778020>Lala got sidelined hard in darkness and in general feels more like a plot device than a characterLala is a static character for the most part. There's not really a lot of ways she could develop in Darkness which is more plot heavy than the original series, not to mention Momo and Yami are more popular than her.
>>287780715>which people would want most as their girlfriend.Isn't that more or less, "Which girl do you like the most?"
>>287780785I don't remember the exact wording since I think there was another in the same questions that asked about marriage, which would you want most as a wife, a friend, Mikan obviously won the most people want as a family member. Still it was surprising to see Haruna win at all, she's not as unpopular as she seems but I don't think she has ever been a real favourite.
>>287780763Not to mention that Lala never got jealous of Rito have other love interests besides her and the end of the original series established that she's completely okay with Rito have other wives besides her, so her character offers very little in the way of drama.
Why do people keep spreading around the false rumor that Darkness ended because Yabuki had a messy divorce with his ex-wife and she was awarded the rights to Haruna's character making them unable to use her without paying her?
>>287780948Why wouldn't they? Maybe it's true, maybe not. That's why it gets spread.
>>287780851That's an interesting array of questions.
>>287779827I wish he shared them out like Tearju and Mikado.
>>287768461What's wrong with Yukinari? He's not even the protagonist.
>>287778004sexo
>>287780948One of the schizos here latched onto it for reasons only his mind can comprehend.
>>287783516>>287783535I demand every heroine in Darkness cosplay
>>287779827I prefer the ones from either Shimanto Shisakugata or Hibiki Rakuraku. Those Risa doujins are fucking perfect.
>>287784295>Shimanto Shisakugata The only right answer who understands Mikan
>>287778004Even if she had hidden depths she came of as a bit too childish for me, ironic since most girls look younger than her.
>>287780763Yami made me always emotional but the weapons are my favorites anyway. Nemesis is pretty funny and Mea cheery attitude clashes well with her avoidence of difficult stuff.
>>287784275
>>287785437>Yami and Nana not showing their shameless bodies like everyone elseI can't believe they are so evil
>>287785581I don't see what's so shameless about her body.
>>287785581They're self-conscious about their small breasts.
I love Mikan!https://files.catbox.moe/23v8mk.pnghttps://files.catbox.moe/mc8x9a.pnghttps://files.catbox.moe/uvd7he.png
>>287785678>love heart succubus tail>flat chest to take advantage of skimpy clothes>streamlined aerodynamic body for seduction>buck tooth to suck blood>twintails out in publicEverything>>287785763That's why they need to show them more
Why did he do it? His own sister... ToT
>>287785863>buck toothI think this is the first time I've seen someone refer to a fang as a buck tooth.>>287785868Disciplinary committee members shouldn't have lascivious bodies like this.
>>287786397They are 2D so all fangs are bucks
>>287746764Lala is okay when she's not the focus
>>287780948Isn't Hasemi the writer anyway so he's responsible for the change?
Probably a dumb question but is it worth watching the anime if I've already read the manga?
>>287787683Not really.
>>287787683Only the OVAs.
>>287787683S1 is iffy since they played loose and fast with the material.From then on they were more faithful adaptations.BD versions only, mind you.
>>287787683It's weird that it's mainly a few episode of Motto to Love Ru that I do rewatch sometimes since the VAs did good, everything else the manga has colourized.
>>287780615Who do I want for a girlfriend? 2015 survey.
>>287786397Granted, a competition swimsuit will bring damn near any girls' charm points and bodylines.Unless they're completely flat, hipless stumps
>>287789161>Risa that highKek, Nips really like getting cucked by their wives.
>>287779485they really made sure to fill her up like a balloon here
>>287768001source?
I want a series like TLR but with a good main character, male side characters who are all bros and have their own love drama, and it's basically one big perverted orgy front to back with nobody as bland yet important as haruna or lame as Rito
>>287789769You've never seen that one? literally just [Terasu MC] To LOVE-Ru
>>287789838Urusei Yatsura
Wife
>>287789838Too kino for ecchi, best chances are in actual orgy doujins with story but you have to lower the bar.
>>287785868That thigh gap is perfect.
>>287789430Risa has never shown any interest in boys besides Rito. She and her girlfriend Mio are only sexually attracted to girls otherwise.
>>287790453
>>287789838>male side characters who are all bros and have their own love dramaWhy do you care so much about male side characters. Harems are something you watch for the girls and on rare occasions like 100 Kanojo or Watanare, the MC. Go watch shonenshit if you care so much about men.
>>287790562maybe it's because I'm an ojisan now but I'm tired of anime/manga where the whole world seems to revolve around one character, especially if that character isn't compelling in any wayplus VNs like Little Busters showed me that an element of brotherhood and entertaining, likable side male characters just adds another aspect to a story that can make it enjoyableand I'm talking about wanting romance drama and ecchi, not dudes teleporting and shooting blade beams and powering up and stuff
>>287779579Was this art of her clipping her toenails really necessary?
>TFW Yabuki has an entire treasure trove of R34 To Love-ru but refuses to release them
>>287791164That's his retirement sleaze, anon.
>>287745170this series is garbage. bring back black cat
>>287745170I think Roshidere´s cast is very good aside from the glasses girl.
>>287746764>No Risa
>>287757382Unpopular (I think?) opinion, but I like Yui´s earliest design better than the one Yabuki settled on. Still best girl though.
>>287791452The imouto annoys me
>>287791408>bring back black catBlack Cat is just a generic battle shonen from the 2000s. There's a reason no one remembers it while To Love-Ru has stayed popular all these years.
>>287791164I am gonna marry his daughter so I can inherit them.
>>287791565Watsuki only drew this out of respect for Yabuki's work. He's not into loli's.
>>287778004Lala is too much of a static character.Yes, the sexy genki girl who gets naked all the time is fun and all that but there just so much you can do with it. The authors themselves got bored of her so she got sidelined.Yui on the other hand, has more going on for her character. She starts out as the "straightman" of the cast who reacts as a normal JK would to all the alien shenanigans. But over time you find out her mind is not as clean as she wants you to believe. She evolves into a more horny character without losing the core of her strict persona.
>>287791164>R34Looks like an R32 to me.
>>287791591She looks too mid-00s here, like a side character in Ichigo 100% or something.
Here's an idea for a sequel. Risa finds out about Momo's harem plan. She then tells Momo that the only way for this plan to work is for the girls in it to form romantic and sexual relationship with each other, not just Rito. Momo eventually agrees after thinking it over and realizing that there wouldn't have to be any competition between them this way and Risa agrees to help her with the plan on the condition that she gets to be a part of it. The series turns into a yuri with occasional het.
>>287745170NoTLR was boring bullshitLala was the only I gave a shit about, too bad she's stuck on a shit series and fell for Rito and the authors treat her like shit(especially through mary sue Mikan commenting on Lala being childish in TLRD denying Lala's character development and maturity)Nisekoi was the last time
>>287761865>This is a harem series from the mid 2000s.Bitch fuck off.Rito is insufferable even by those standards.Hachibe Maeda from Ai Kora was a good MC(before the 2nd half of Ai Kora decided to go full retard).
>>287745170>even the least interesting girl was at least a 7/10Momo is 0/10
>>287791591super unpopular opinion, but I think the original series is better than darkness. It's more fun and adventurous. Darkness relies entirely on titillation and the deception of a story that has absolutely no payoff
>>287775201>>287775784>>287776072Momo is trashBut in the end Hasemi just ends up pushing contradictory messages from every angleRito still doesn't pick one girlMomo is validated through her whore mother that is like herWhile at the same time it pushes the message that Rito wants one single girl but chickens out in the end and we are left with a non-ending againHasemi can't commit to anything
>>287775942Lala's few appearances in Darkness destroy any Momo appearance But Hacksemi really is Anti-LalaHe used Mikan as a mouthpiece on TLRD to shit on her by having Mikan call her childish, making her character development null and void, and again at the end he has Lala revert to being childish because he is too much of a pussy to commit to anything
>>287791607Nigger are you serious?TLR is dead for a decade nowNobody cares about it except some 4chan autistsAlso TLR lasted 11 years because they milked Darkness monthly while Black Cat was finished in 4 years
>>287793193least retarded westoid post
>>287765161>Worst part is that both he and his chosen heroine are just a spineless losers that they couldn't even tell their decision to Lala and kept her under a limbo and the coward author decided to end it there rather than fix his mess and free LalaThe real worst part is that he didn't end it thereBoth Yabuki and Hasemi said the series would come back someday >>287768023>Rito is not that much worse or better than other harem protagonists from his era.Yes he is>>287768082NopeEven Kazuya is more interesting than RitoAt least Kazuya has some sort of drive
>>287792927>>287793158Are you getting Mikan confused with someone else?
>>287793027>the least interestingThat's not Haruna, both are in the negatives though
>>287768123>Lala and Haruna decided to take turns dating Rito.Yeah it was a horseshit non-ending once again after the whole arc was heading towards Rito sticking to one girlThen Hasemi chickened out and undid Lala's character development and reverted her to being childish, because God forbid this hack ever commits to anything Both Yabuki and Hacksemi even said that only Darkness finished and that TLR would come back someday, but they never touched TLR again since then
>>287789161The link to that seems to be the closest to what I recall but I swear there were images with the girls and the actual number of votes, probably mixing it up with something else I saw from the To LOVE-Ru Darkness General Election Book. Or it was the same data in an extra chapter somewhere a decade ago that I can't find now.
>>287793368This perhaps.
>>287792954>Rito is insufferable even by those standards.Not really. What makes Rito more insufferable than other whimpy harem MC's from that era?
>>287793596Name someone more insufferable and wimpy than Rito.
>>287793193>Nigger are you serious?>TLR is dead for a decade now>Nobody cares about it except some 4chan autists>Also TLR lasted 11 years because they milked Darkness monthly while Black Cat was finished in 4 yearsIs that the reason TLR is always getting new figures? Or why it gets new gacha/mobile collabs? Or why it has pachinko machines? Or why the Japanese side of Twitter is always posting about it including Yabuki himself? Also, TLR got a one shot 3 years ago.
>>287791565Based
>>287793634>>287768461
MatoSeihei is the best harem ever made
>>287793776Yukinari is not an issue because he's not even the protagonist after a couple of episodes. The whole series is Fukuyama molesting Kirie and Koyomi, and occasionally Miharu, while Yukinari somewhere in the background sitting on the cuckchair.
>>287793923more fake harem garbage where the main girl also gets mogged by the other girls
>>287793944Tenka is a gift from God and the art is very very good and the rest of the girls are all at least 6/10+. It's different from TLR, DxD, Yuna and the haunted hot springs etc but I think it's the best.
How was ayakashi triangle? Seemed like most anons were satisfied with it when I last saw you guys talking about it.
>>287793989Tenka is overrated dogshit
>>287793989>TenkaWho?
>>287794028The GB bit sets tons of anons' teeth on edge; and the ending dragged on a bit. If that doesn't set you off, and you like ecchi fun, you'll probably enjoy it.
>>287794096>>287794122Trash taste, tenka haters deserve nothing
>>287794028Good fap yuri material, but it made a lot of anons mad because you can't enjoy a gender bender series nowadays without anons letting trannies live rent free in their heads.
>>287765161
>>287793504Total Haruna DominanceNips had good taste for once.
>>287745312Based
>>287778631Hibari pls
>>287794130Why are anons ok with tRanma but not this?
>>287794904Retards were seething at Ranma too but since that one is popular they can't be too mad at it
I don't understand people complaining about the plot or character development in this series. who the fuck was reading to love ru for the plot? that's like complaining that the story doesn't go anywhere in a newspaper comic.
>>287795163it's just a few retards who can't take it easy and enjoy the girls
>>287790640If you enjoy stories where there's no main character, it's called real life. Stop demanding all fiction to be like it.Also Little Busters had your bros hook up with nobody. There's plenty of girls and the bigger, stronger friends of Riki were never a competitor to him.To Love-Ru was always supposed to be a lighthearted comedy.
>>287795163the story pretends like it's heading somewhere and nobody reads newspaper comics anymore for a reason
>>287795179you are actively making shit up about my post and intentions.you can have a main character without the entire world of the setting feel like they only exist for him>Stop demanding all fiction to be like it.I literally never did that>stronger friends of Riki were never a competitor to him.I never said they should compete over girls, that is the opposite of the brotherly, friendly dynamic I was talking about. they can still feel like bros while having their own developmentsI was spitballing an idea for a romance/ecchi manga I'd like to see using TLR as a basis and you're totally misrepresenting what I was going for for some reason
>>287795232the story never pretended it was doing anything but hiding vagina reflections and you are a moron for expecting anything beyond that
>>287783346>schizoHow could it be a schizo given how fucking jewish japanese are about copyright? if anything is more schizo believing it didn't happen
>>287775201Tourist
We need more best ru.
>>287796195
>>287793236Shut the fuck up with your retarded buzzwords you deranged tranny.Nobody cares about either Black Cat or To Love Ru now. They are old and done series.
>>287793261NopeIn one of the later TLRD chapters Mikan says Lala is childishIt was a throwaway moment but it really annoyed me, especially because it came after all that character development for Lala
>>287793305Haruna is not annoying like MomoI don't care for her but she is pretty inoffensiveAnd at least with her, I don't see those disgusting pregnant fantasies like with Kotegawa, which is just disgusting
>>287793596No personalityMagical nonsense pervert grab powerInsensitive douche sometimes(moreso in Darkness)Wimpy spineless retardHe has nothing going for him
>>287793747>Is that the reason TLR is always getting new figures?So what? Plenty of dead series receive those.The series is dormant with a non-ending and who knows if they will ever bring it back and actually give it a real endingAlso, this may shock you but Black Cat sold better on average in Japan than TLR/TLRDBlack Cat = 12 million copies with 20 volumesTLR/TLRD combines = 16 million copies with 36 volumesAnd remember that Black Cat only received an anime after the manga finishedWhereas TLR/TLRD had anime promotion but still didn't sell as much on average
>>287793923The best harem is NisekoiEcchi harem is boring shit that you get done with after a fap or two and then decide to fap to hentai instead
>>287794028Yurishit
>>287794296He's right thoughGod I miss Chitoge
>>287795179>To Love-Ru was always supposed to be a lighthearted comedy.Except it failed at that tremendously because it was never funny, thus the main appeal was seeing how much lewd fanservice Yabuki could get away with on Jump
>>287795268Nta>I never said they should compete over girls, that is the opposite of the brotherly, friendly dynamic I was talking about. they can still feel like bros while having their own developmentsSounds like Negi and that wolf guy on NegimaOr Raku and Shuu in NisekoiI guess there is Saruyama in TLR but he's a vey minor side-character and it really doesn't feel like he and Rito are best friends whatsoeverThen again Rito has no personalityI agree with your sentiments thoughTLR is a pretty soulless waifufest
>>287795375Nta but>the story never pretended it was doing anything but hiding vagina reflectionUtter liesAnyone who read Darkness will easily debunk this
>>287795175If I wanted hentai I would read hentai People really love pretending that Yabuki's girls are somehow special and much better than anyone else'sThey aren't
>>287793989This anon gets it. Tenka and Himari are the best, just like Yui and Risa are the best.
>guy shits himself in anger over TLR of all thingswhat a thread
>>287779899it's unavoidable, blame her mom.
>>287798575good thread
>>287797028I really think you're misremembering anon, Mikan probably does call Lala childish but she wouldn't deny her, that sounds a lot more like Momo not caring about her sister and weaseling her way in. Mikan gets along well with Lala and wants her as her sister-in-law, although that got sidelined in Darkness when Momo also undermined Mikan since they tried to make the relations center around Momo.
>>287794028I liked it a lot but weak ending
>TLR thread that might actually hit the bump limitwhen was the last time this happened? it has to have been years, this time Yabuki will confirm the sequel!
>>287745170>used to watch Rosario Vampire>didn't To Love RuI should really start.
>>287797288>So what? Plenty of dead series receive those.>The series is dormant with a non-ending and who knows if they will ever bring it back and actually give it a real endingAnd exactly how many figures is Black Cat receiving?>Also, this may shock you but Black Cat sold better on average in Japan than TLR/TLRDBlack Cat = 12 million copies with 20 volumesTLR/TLRD combines = 16 million copies with 36 volumesHow exactly does that prove TLR sold worse?>And remember that Black Cat only received an anime after the manga finishedWhereas TLR/TLRD had anime promotion but still didn't sell as much on averageAnd it still had a low-quality incomplete adaptation that no one remembers.
>>287799322Don't jinx it, Nana Banana one came close.
>>287797374>The best harem is NisekoiNisekoi is a shit harem. The other girls outside the main 2 add nothing to the series and the best girl Onodera gets a shit ending. The best harem is Watanare.
>>287799531NTA I was looking forward to that but the only one I liked was Satsuki.
>>287790562NPD nigger moment
>>287799576How could you not like Ajisai?
>>287799668I think she's too plain, Renako liking her so much from the start was a problem but she wasn't bad.
>>287799531>yurislopopinion discarded
>>287800485Yurislop harems are better than the worst het harems.
>>287794423>Haruna 2098>Risa 1537there's way more cucks than this
>>287799410>Plenty of dead series receive those.Nothing that is still making money is really dead, anon.
>>287799531>Onodera>best girlHa.
>>287793923I like Mato but it's really not.
I really wish To Love-Ru had a better anime adaptation. I really like the voice cast, the ost and the animation of the later seasons, but it's just so haphazardly adapted, particularly in season 1 and they never finished Darkness.
Yui should know I'm never going to stop violating the school's morals until she marries me.
Yabuki's entire xitter timeline has been 99% TLR merch/art for years now... I cling to the hope he manages to bring it back
>>287798679I liked how Yabuki gave her a proper roast beef, spread open, with the lips sticking out and everything, while the younger girls get a tight slit.
>>287802021Its his most famous work, and the one that keeps putting food on his table (assuming he gets royalties from merch), so its a given.I sometimes wonder if he only does it for money or if he genuinely likes TLR that much. I wouldn´t surprise if he bears some resentment towards the fact his most famous work is something somebody else wrote.
>>287802831>I wouldn´t surprise if he bears some resentment towards the fact his most famous work is something somebody else wrote.He can take solace in knowing that no one bought TLR for the writing.
>>287802831He announced his second kid with a Yui and baby Rito pic https://x.com/yabuki_info/status/1825503406393602512 >>287790058 ... don't think he resents it
>>287772267aside from the girls i don't see difference
>>287803000This man is too based.
>>287802920>He can take solace in knowing that no one bought TLR for the writing.Yabuki didn't write To Love-Ru outside of the 2023 one-shot. He only drew it.
>>287770698>>287771794Fun fact: He only began to draw nipples in AT after his High School aged daughter convinced him to.
