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Plot
The story of To Love-Ru revolves around Rito Yūki, a high-school student who cannot confess to the girl of his dreams, Haruna Sairenji. One day when coming home and sulking in the bathtub, a mysterious, nude girl appears out of nowhere. Her name is Lala and she comes from the planet Deviluke, where she is the heir to the throne. Her father wants her to return to her home planet so she can marry one of the husband candidates. But she decides that she wants to marry Rito in order to stay on Earth. Commander Zastin has been ordered to bring Lala back and has already battled Rito. He reports to the Emperor that Rito would be suited to marry Lala, after hearing Rito, who was actually defending himself instead of Lala, says that marriage is impossible unless it is with the person you love. Lala truly falls in love with Rito and decides that she wants to marry Rito after hearing what he said. Her father decides that, if Rito is able to protect Lala from her fiancés, then he can marry her, but if Rito cannot protect Lala from her other fiancés and meet the king's expectations, Lala's father will kill Rito and destroy the Earth.

Later in the story Lala herself calls off the wedding until Rito falls in love with her like she loves him. This is later punctuated by Lala finding out about Haruna's own feelings for Rito causing her to feel guilty for her rather elaborate displays of affection for Rito. The two eventually agree to be friendly rivals for his affections.

In one of the most recent chapters Rito went to the pool with most of the group and it was mentioned that since Lala had come into his life he has become more confident as a person. This brings him to question what he truly feels for Lala and how he truly feels about Haruna. In a moment of danger involving a perverted water monster that had trapped both girls Rito could not choose which girl to save first so he chose to save both and trapped himself in their place. He was saved by Lala later on. In his dazed state he finally came to realize that he was in love with Lala, that he was not really happy unless she was around but he also realized that he likes Haruna as well.

Characters
To-Love-ru Characters

Rito Yuuki (Yūki Rito) The male protagonist of To Love-Ru, Rito is a 16 (currently 17) year-old high-school student. Rito used to be on the soccer team in junior high and was quite good, but quit because he was constantly helping his father with his mangaka duties, thus did not want to leave his sister Mikan alone in the house. Mikan comments he is very good at the most "useless little things", like crane and festival games. Along with the numerous useless little things Rito is good at, he is also an accomplished florist, gardener, and horticulturalist. Rito's nature is borderline clumsy, where he always ends up ogling or groping the many girls in the series (though mostly unintentionally). It is only by accident that he encounters Lala Satalin Deviluke, and despite his enduring feelings for Haruna Sairenji, Rito shows signs of developing deeper affection towards Lala throughout the story but was unaware until recently that his feelings were actually those of love.

Lala Satalin Deviluke (Rara Satarin Debirūku) The female protagonist of To Love-Ru, Lala is the princess of Deviluke, whose family rules the Galaxy. As such, her hand in marriage is sought from across the Galaxy as she is (presumably) the successor to the Galaxy's throne. A rather childish girl, she is somewhat näive regarding the culture and customs on Earth. Lala initially runs away from home, as she does not wish to get married to any of her suitors, and due to an accident, ends up naked in Rito's bathtub. Upon arriving on Earth, Lala pretends to love Rito to keep herself from getting married, but really does fall in love with him after she misinterprets a statement that Rito shouts in self-defense. Although Lala appears to be somewhat airheaded, she is well known on Deviluke for her genius-level intellect and enjoys making all manners of inventions, often prompting some disastrous effect or another. Throughout the series, she frequently tries to get Rito to love her, although her grand gestures generally end up putting Rito and company in embarrassing situations.

Haruna Sairenji (Sairenji Haruna) One of Rito's classmates and the girl of his affections, Haruna has similar feelings for him, havingbeen attracted to his kind, gentle nature since junior high. Despite her growing love for Rito, which she believes to be unrequited, she usually suppresses her feelings and cannot confess to him because of her friendship with Lala, who also loves Rito. However, with some encouragement, she tells Lala of her ordeal, to which Lala accepts, claiming Haruna as her rival for Rito's heart, while remaining friends. She lives with her older sister in an apartment and has a severe fear of ghosts and the supernatural, the exception being Shizu Murasame, to an extent.

Mikan Yuuki (Yūki Mikan) Rito's independent and reliable 11 year-old sister, Mikan takes care of the housework while their parents are away on business. In contrast to her brother, she is very mature and does not hesitate to tease him, going as far as stating they aren't blood related, just for a laugh. Mikan also seems to have a certain lack of respect for Rito because of this (she hardly ever addresses him by his honorific as an older brother), but does answer him "Onii-chan" as thanks for trying so hard to take care of her when she develops a fever and when he gives her a Christmas present. Mikan may not show it, but she cares very deeply for Rito and misses his company, and states how they used to play together before Lala entered their lives. It has even been suggested that she might have a brother complex, getting nervous and blushing when she was asked if she has feelings for him. Even her joke about them not being blood siblings may have spoken to these feelings, since the joke was made after he cared for her during her fever, and her affection for him was a high point, also durring resent chapters after running into him and ending up in a compremising position she is visibly flustered and states after a long pause that it was wrong.

Golden Darkness (Konjiki no Yami) A dispassionate, withdrawn assassin, Golden Darkness is hired by one of Lala's arranged suitors, Lacospo (ラコスポ ,Rakosupo) to kill Rito, until she breaks the contract, noting the true nature behind her target. Golden Darkness is currently staying on Earth, roaming around the city streets and Sainan High, with a motivation to continue her duty to assassinate Rito, although she has yet to accomplish this (hinting she only said this as an excuse to stay on Earth, which is then confirmed). Like Lala, Golden Darkness' physical abilities are exponentially stronger than a human's. She carries a unique ability to turn her body parts into various objects through use of nano machines circulating her body, ranging from swords to dragon heads. Unfortunately, excessive use becomes a hazard to her health. She states she hates "ecchi" people, and does not hesitate to assault a person who looks at her in an obscene way. She has also stated, that she doesn't understand love and wonders if it's something that she can have cause she believes that it is an important feeling.

Yui Kotegawa (Kotegawa Yui) An uptight, high-strung girl placed in Rito's class during the second year, Yui has little to no tolerance for anything she does not consider to be "acceptable behavior". Her haughty opinions, quick temper, and habit of speaking her mind often results in her vocally reprimanding classmates. Yui quickly grows annoyed and disgusted by eccentricities and bizarre actions, particularly with regards to Rito and Lala. Unfortunately, almost every encounter with Rito usually ends up with her embarrassed, naked or groped, and although though her nature prevents her from easing her behavior, she does slowly warm up to his usual antics. After Rito saves Yui from a group of delinquents, she develops feelings for Rito, although her inexperience with boys leaves her unable to understand her feelings and continually denies her feelings to herself. And when Rito usually asks whats wrong, she says the exact opposite of what she wants to say and then physically injures him in some way.

Manga
To Love Ru Manga Chapters

To Love Ru began as a manga series written by Saki Hasemi with illustrations by Kentaro Yabuki. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump between April 24, 2006 and August 31, 2009. Eighteen bound volumes were released by Shueisha in Japan between November 11, 2006 and April 2, 2010.

Spin-off Manga
The September issue of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine is announcing on Wednesday that Kentaro Yabuki is launching a To Love-Ru spinoff manga series in the November issue on October 4. Saki Hasemi is scripting the series.

Reception
The seventh manga volume was the best selling manga volume in its first week of release in Japan.

Anime
An anime series adaptation produced by Xebec and directed by Takao Kato aired in Japan between and, and contains twenty-six episodes. The anime uses characters and general themes from the original manga, but is for the most part original story material after the first episode. The anime's opening theme is "Forever We Can Make It!" by Thyme, the first ending theme for episodes one through thirteen is "Lucky Tune" by Anna, and the second ending theme is "Kiss no Yukue", also by Anna. Three original video animation episodes have been announced and will be shipped starting on April 3, 2009 with pre-ordered copies of the manga's thirteenth volume and continue through the fourteenth and fifteenth volumes.

More Anime
On June 30, 2010 To-Love-Ru was green-lit for more anime.

This year's 31st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that more anime based on Saki Hasemi and Kentaro Yabuki's To Love-Ru -Trouble- manga has been green-lit.

Atsushi Oostuki (Kanokon ~Manatsu no Daishanikusai~, Ladies versus Butlers!) is directing the animators at XEBEC. Yasutomo Yamada (Charger Girl Ju-den Chan, Venus Versus Virus) is supervising the scripts written by himself, Tomoyasu Okubo (Azumanga Daioh, Charger Girl Ju-den Chan), Tsutoshi Tamai (Ladies versus Butlers!, Strike Witches), and Noboru Kimura (Alive - Saishū Shinka teki Shōnen, Doki Doki School Hours). Yuichi Ouka is returning from the previous To Love-Ru television and video series to design the characters and oversee the animation. Jin Aketagawa (Hatsukoi Limited, Toradora!) is directing the sound, and Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Moetan, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu) returns from the previous To Love-Rutelevision series to compose the music.

Video Games
Two To Love-Ru video games have been announced. The first is a 2D and 3D visual novel on the Nintendo DS entitled To Love-Ru: Exciting Outdoor School Version which was released on. The second is a 2D adventure visual novel on the PlayStation Portable entitled To Love-Ru: Exciting Beach School Version which was released on.