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Rito Yuuki is a [[Ordinary High School Student|hapless high school teenager]] who's hopelessly in love with the shy, gentle Haruna Sairenji, but just can't work up the nerve to confess his feelings. One night while taking a bath, however, a gorgeous (and naked!) alien princess named Lala Satalin Deviluke crash-lands into his bathtub, and things just spiral out of control from there...
 
Written by Hasemi Saki and illustrated by Kentarou Yabuki of ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' fame, '''''To LOVE-Ru''''' is -- well -- you probably haven't ''seen'' [[Fan Service]] until you've seen or read at least a minimal amount of this series. The manga debuted in April 2006, while an [[Animated Adaptation]] premiered two years later and ran for 26 episodes. Six [[OVA]]s have been released, and a second TV series, ''Motto To LOVE-Ru'', began airing in June 2010 (amazingly, the new series manages to crank up the fanservice even ''further'', if such a thing can be believed).
 
Unfortunately, due to Yabuki's messy divorce and subsequent gain of custody of his three year-old daughter (see [[Creator Breakdown]] below), the manga was officially and [[Cut Short|very abruptly]] canceledcancelled in the Japanese ''[[Shounen Jump]]'' magazine. He has since gotten better, and did an eight-month stint illustrating [[Mayoi Neko Overrun|another manga series]] (which has cameo appearances from ''To-Love-Ru'' characters and takes place in the same city).
 
A [[Spin-Off]]/sequel manga titled ''To LOVE-Ru Darkness'', launched in October 2010, brings back both the author and artist. It is centered around Momo's plan to share Rito with the others whose happiness depends on him, and an unknown antagonist who controls several assasins similar to Yami, as well as Yami's [[Dark and Troubled Past]]. While characters of the original manga return, ''Darkness'' [[Ascended Extra|promotes]] both Yami and Momo to main characters and [[Demoted to Extra|significantly downplays]] the original protagonists. The fanservice in ''Darkness'' has been amped [[Up to Eleven]], to the point where Rito has "[[Accidental Pervert]]'ed" his way through at least ''five'' heavy make-out sessions with ''entirely different women''.
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* [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet]] - Invoked by [[Fun Size|Gid]] when he threatens to [[Earthshattering Kaboom|destroy Earth]].
* [[Instant Cosplay Surprise]] - One time when Peke gets confused and dizzy it ends up flying from person to person, changing their outfits into something much more fanservicey.
** A separate time, when {{spoiler|Rito becomes Peke}} he loses control and transforms half the class's gym clothes into extremely revelingrevealing costumes, including Yui wearing a ''whipped cream bikini''.
* [[Interspecies Romance]] - Rito and Lala. Rito and any of the aliens, for that matter.
* [[In Vino Veritas]] - The second half of the fifth OVA. To summerise {{spoiler|Nana and Momo release a pollen to test Rito. All the girls but Lala begin acting drunk, including Haruna zigzaging between sweet and violent, angry at Rito for not choosing yet, Yui declaring Rito can only do [[Ecchi]] things with her, and Mikan almost confessing her love. Strangely, Rito is unaffected.}}
* [[Is That Cute Kid Yours?]] - Celine is occasionally mistaken as Rito's daughter. An old woman can be forgiven for the mistake, as she looks about 2 and he's 17, so it's biologically possible. [[Hot Mom|Ringo]], on the other hand, should know better.
** A bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]] leads to conclusion that she IS''is'' his daughter, his and Lala's to be more precise. After all he got Celine from Lala (as a plant) and then nurtured her until she bloomed and gave birth to little Celine-chan. Lala "impregnated" Rito with Celine, he nurtured her for the time of pregnancy and then Celine was born.
*** Well, Celine did call him Mama when she was born...
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] - When Lala finds out that Haruna and Rito both have secret crushes on each other, she decides it's her duty to get them together so they will be happy. Of course that doesn't change her plans for her and Rito to ''also'' be together...
* [[I Was Just Joking]] - As part of her charater development, Yui occasionally jokes about Rito's [[Accidental Pervert|little moments]] instead of snapping at him as she usually does. Its only when she is in a really good mood though.
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