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A running manga series and 12 episode anime created by Yun Kouga, ''Loveless'' follows the story of a 12 year old Ritsuka as he searches for the truth behind his brother Seimei's murder -- and, unexpectedly, inherits his brother's [[Battle Butler|Fighter Unit]], 20 year old college student Soubi, who in their first meeting declares nonchalantly that he loves Ritsuka, kisses him, and draws him into a world of spell battles, Fighters and Sacrifices. Ritsuka learns that he is "Loveless" (see [[Meaningful Name]]), and has a destined Fighter somewhere in the world and an as-of-yet unrevealed birthmark on his body of his "name".

Oh, and all the virgins in their universe have [[Unusual Ears|cat ears]] and a tail until they [[Virginity Flag|lose said virginity]].

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* [[Chains of Love]]: Used both in splash pages and literally, in the literal case as part of a spell used by the enemy to restrain Ritsuka in a battle.

* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Admitted by Kouga herself, as she states after about a year of the series, she had gotten used to Ritsuka and the others. It definitely shows in the most amazing ways.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:

** Soubi introduced himself to Ritsuka as Seimei's friend. {{spoiler|However, it turns out that he despises Seimei more than anyone; even his former teacher, Ritsu.}} Also, Soubi was introduced as "he has no ears, so he's an adult". {{spoiler|[[Backstory|Though, if he hadn't lost his ears to Ritsu]], he'd probably still have them.}}

** Soubi admits to himself in his fight with Natsuo and Youji that the things taught to him by Ritsu saved him.

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* [[Domestic Abuse]]: Ritsuka at the hands of his [[Cloudcuckoolander]] mother, the mentally unstable Misaki. Hence the nearly ever present band-aid on his cheek and frequent absence from school.

* [[The Dreaded]]: Does anyone really have to ask? {{spoiler|Notseimeigoingtoseimeimentionanyseimeinames, Seimei.}}

* [[Dysfunction Junction]] anyone?

* [[Easily Forgiven]]: It may be a [[Crapsack World]] and all, but even after everything {{spoiler|Seimei did, the fact that Ritsuka still forgave him ''after stating some chapters before he would never forgive him for what he did to Soubi''}}, is quite baffling.

* [[Enigmatic Minion]]: Nisei.

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* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Soubi.

* [[Eye Scream]]: Alluded to, when {{spoiler|Seimei plucks out not one, but ''both'' of Ritsu's eyes}}.

** It's made worse when we learn that he did it to {{spoiler|write 'RITSUKA I'M BACK' on the wall. With BLOOD}}.

*** [[Couldn't Find a Pen|Apparently leaving him a note in ink would have just been rude.]]

** Also, in recent chapters it was explained that Natsuo pulled out his own eye carelessly. Still didn't feel pain from it, though.

* [[Feel No Pain]]: The Zeroes. However, it backfires.

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* [[Good All Along]]: {{spoiler|The Seven Moons don't really seem to be evil, like they were initially portrayed to be.}}

* [[Harmful to Minors]]: Just about everyone has had some exposure to this.

** Those that haven't, will.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Natsuo and Youji.}}

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Soubi, Nagisa, and Youji all go through this within the span of a few chapters.

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* [[Magical Incantation]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that the words are the spells used in battles.

* [[Magic by Any Other Name]]: The spells used in battles. They can be creative, they can be simple, they can be dull... and they can do and/or create ''anything''. You name it, the spells do it.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Ritsu, Nisei, and also {{spoiler|Seimei, who despite all logic is still alive, even though they actually ''did'' [[Never Found the Body|find the body]] and even matched dental records. Who replaced him in that capacity is the subject of much fan debate and [[Epileptic Trees]].}}

** I'm sure {{spoiler|Semei}} will run into [[Chessmaster]] territory at some point.

* [[May-December Romance]]: Does this even need to be explained?

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Everyone has one. Though, many characters wouldn't say the same for the {{spoiler|Beloved}} pair.

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* [[Sex as Rite-Of-Passage]]: Subverted, turned inside out, and arguably played straight. Particularly twisted when it comes to Soubi {{spoiler|who lost his cat ears as a result of sexual abuse at the hands of his teacher Ritsu}}.

* [[Social Services Does Not Exist]]: Why nobody does anything about Ritsuka's abuse at the hands of his mother.

** And yet, Ritsuka has a therapist. And his teacher is constantly worrying about his home life.

*** Still, those two spend more time creeping on him than actually attempting to help him with his mommy issues.

* [[Synchronization]]: A key aspect between the Fighters and their Sacrifices. If it's off, they'll lose.

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* [[They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Ritsuka and Soubi probably have one of the most complicated relationships in the series. [[Kiss Kiss Slap|Argue, argue, kiss, argue, hug, argue, argue, kiss...]]

* [[Third Person Person]]: Yuiko at first, though with Ritsuka's help she gets over it.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Nana, when she gets over believing {{spoiler|thinking what happened to Ritsu was her fault}}. Of course, she was able to [[True Companions|with the help of the Zero boys]]. Natsuo also ranked up in this category when he {{spoiler|confronted Seimei and was ready to fight back, being one of the only two people who stood up to him}}.

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Nana, when she gets over believing {{spoiler|thinking what happened to Ritsu was her fault}}. Of course, she was able to [[True Companions|with the help of the Zero boys]]. Natsuo also ranked up in this category when he {{spoiler|confronted Seimei and was ready to fight back, being one of the only two people who stood up to him}}.

* [[Tsundere]]: Ritsuka is a little bit Tsundere toward Soubi, which is uncommon to his gender. Also, Kouya is arguably mildly tsundere. Nagisa is ''definitely'' tsundere for Ritsu-sensei.

** Mei (who seems to be even younger than Ritsuka) is extremely Tsundere towards Mimuro.

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