2013/02/08

CCXVII: "To Love-Ru Darkness"

A long while back, one of my first 10 entries was a joint review between To Love-Ru and Black Cat. To Love-Ru Darkness is the sequel to another title of the series, so this review is kind of out of place, but I'll deal with Motto To Love-Ru at some point, I'm sure. Alongside an OVA, this title is adapted from an ongoing manga of the same title, which succeeds the original manga. As with the others, it deals with zany ecchi moments, alien beings, and mayhem aplenty, with more characters added to the regular cast.

It has been a while since Rito Yuuki came in contact with Princess Lala Satalin Deviluke. After a marriage that eventually threatened the world, Lala, alongside her sisters Momo and Nana, adjusted to life on earth, living with Rito and his mature, younger sister Mikan. Just as well, other beings like the living weapon Yami/Golden Darkness, also reside on the planet. Of course, peaceful times are threatened once more with the appearance of Mea, a being similar to Yami. On top of having his life at harm's risk, it complicates things with Momo and her plan to make Rito a harem king. As the one centered in another mess, Rito has to put up with life while being targeted in a 3-way struggle: involving Mea, Yami and Momo.

To Love-Ru Darkness, in addition to a pair of OVAs, have the count of 12 episodes, so like it's preceding titles, short. Not dubbed in English, it was made in Studio Xebec, with Sentai Filmworks behind licensing. It was made, and had it's run end last year, though as with halfr the titles I review, the manga has much more content. As there's no english voices, I can't provide any data in that department.

While there isn't THAT much of a difference from before, To Love-Ru Darkness has a bit more of my interest, gaining 8 of 10 from me. That's not to say that this is one of the better titles I have seen, but it is good, albeit a tad redundant.

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