(L) To-LOVE-Ru -Trouble- Manga

[kemal_1915]

in chapter 35, he really brings Eve back!
too bad that I forget to save the images...

[Majek]

isee yes. I guess everyone's happy now :O

[Nightengale]

Alt. Universe Eve. Awesomeness.

She's probably pissed it wasn't ice-cream. XP

[Shinji103]

OMG, THEY REALLY DID!!!

And as soon as we started talking about it, too! Those guys must have ESP or something! lol

Spoiler for Chapter 35:

Well, I must say, I didn't expect this though: Eve was sent as an assassin to kill Rito.



Run boy, run.

It'll be really interesting to see where they go with this, though. Does Rito or somebody help her break free of her master's chains ala Black Cat (or something to that effect), and she becomes a permanent cast member now? Maybe she becomes contestant-for-Rito's-heart No. 3? Or she just becomes affectionate for him to a lesser extent?

Or is she just a character for this arc, and she'll be leaving the story after this arc is over?

I'd say 50/50 on that. While it would bring a massive wave of fans of Eve from Black Cat to this manga by having Eve in the cast, at the same time it might be considered as stupid and redundant by others.

Personally though, I'm rooting for her staying in the cast.

[Freeter]

Spoiler:

S&M queen, hot nurse, now Eve clone. Torabu is too good

They should add an Ichigo Satsuki clone next

[Shinji103]

Here are some manga scans.

Spoiler for Chapter 35:

Spoiler for More comments:

I must say, this chapter is crack. I haven't gotten so worked up about anything anime-related in a long time, lol. It makes my Eve-fanboy blood boil.

That spiked-mace dropkick is awesome.

I hope Alternate Universe Train and Sven don't appear, though. At least not in immediate relation to Alternate Universe Eve. It'll be a letdown to see Eve all badass and on her own like this just for Train and Sven to show up, "save her from her evil ways," and baby her.

[Shinji103]

Omfg....no Jump for 2 weeks....which means no To-Love-Ru for 2 weeks...and of course, this happens right after Eve is introduced in the story on such a big cliffhanger...

#%^#%^&#$%#&(&*(#$%^@#%&*

[slidingk1]

Eve in the manga now I can't say I didn't hope for it to happen.

[Shinji103]

After a three-week break *coughcoughepisodeoftorturecough*, To-Love-Ru is back!

Spoiler for chapter 36:

We start off with Haruna getting out of the shower with coffee waiting for her in the mug she got from Rito. She wonders what he's up to right now.....the answer to which would naturally be running for his life from Eve's attacks. (fyi, we still haven't actually gotten confirmation that her name is Eve here) Eve says that she heard that Rito doesn't show mercy even to girls, but remembers that he gave her some of his food just before. Lala shows up and gives him a nice breast-hug. () Eve tells her not to get in her way, and Zastine arrives and tries to land on attack on Eve, but she blocks. They start duking it out, and Eve turns her hair into several dragon heads () and has them chomp down on Zastine, but he has lured her onto the train tracks. (uh-oh, for Zastine, not Eve) However, Eve uses her Trans-Wings and flies out of the way, leaving Zastine to eat train-bumper. () Lala then steps up to take her on (HUH?!) and the chapter ends with the two facing off.


Well...I guess I should've seen a Lala vs Eve face-off...but, well I didn't.

As I did figure though, Zastine is no match for Eve, and promptly suffers deja vu. (it was a good try, though )

Fortunately, no sign of Train or Sven yet. And I'm still hopeful for Eve sticking around in the cast after this arc is over.

I can't access my Imageshack account atm, so I'll upload some images when I can later.

[Freeter]

Originally Posted by Shinji103

Spoiler for chapter 36:

We start off with Haruna getting out of the shower

This is why I love this series

And a question to the Black Cat readers...

Spoiler:

Did Eve have feelings for Sven or Train?

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by Freeter

And a question to the Black Cat readers...

Spoiler:

Did Eve have feelings for Sven or Train?

Spoiler:

The exact answer depends on whether you're talking about the anime or manga.

Despite what many fans claim, lol, in the manga Sven and Eve had a father-daughter type relationship. She had a rivalry with Train, but that cooled down to a trusting partnership by the end of the manga.

In the anime, it was strongly suggested (just short of blatantly declared to the viewers) that vee did have feelings for Sven. Imo, in the anime at first, it looked like Gonzo was setting up a trainxEve relationship, judging from all the Train + Eve moments and scenes.

[Freeter]

Spoiler:

Referring to the manga. Train looks five years younger in the anime

So that's the extent of Eve and Sven's relationship? I've only read up to volume 6, so I thought she would warm up to him later on (and apparently, so did everyone else ).

Eve loved ice cream, right? Maybe Lala can use that to her advantage...

[Shinji103]

Spoiler for Chapter 36:

Eve seemed to be lingering on Rito's kindness in giving her some of his food, so it seems my hopes for Eve becoming part of the love conflict here just might be rewarded.

I'm hoping for an eventual ToLoveRu anime to spring up sometime, but I'm not going to bet body and soul on it. I can't even say how this manga is doing in Japan. (although the fact that it's in a big-name manga serializer like Shounen Jump speaks good things about it) Even if they make an anime, who knows when that will be. It took several years for Black Cat and Busou Renkin, both of which were Shounen Jump series-es, to get animated.

On that note, does anybody know a site where I can look at the ratings/popularity of manga series-es in Japan? At least just the popularity ratings for Shounen Jump series-es.


EDIT: Here are the scans.

Spoiler for Chapter 36:

I love the eve pic on the left-page of scan 2.

[Freeter]

The contents page of each Jump issue lists the series by popularity. The site I check hasn't posted the latest one yet, but if their summary listing is correct, ToLoveRu's not doing so hot

I can PM you the link if you want.

[Shinji103]

Really? Then that means that Reborn! is doing better than Bleach and D.Gray-Man.

Well, ToLoveRu is a realtively new manga, so we can't expect it to be rocking any charts yet, lol.

[Majek]

BAh when everbody hears there are niplley in Volume editions of Tora sales will skyrocket XD

[Shinji103]

Finally, chapter 37 scans are available!

Spoiler for Chapter 37:

We start off with Lala and Rito still facing off with Eve. (with Zastine still out cold on the ground ) Eve charges at them and starts ripping things up again, and Mikado (Alien Nurse Lady) spots them. She recognizes Eve as the Golden Darkness and deicdes to keep her distance. Eve starts plowing through homes, and Rito finds himself blown through a wall.......into the women's public baths. (seriously, does the good guy ever get a break? ) Chaos ensues in the public bath while Lala and Eve have taken the fight a distance away. Lala starts pulling out her inventions ( ), starting with a rocket glue-gun launcher.....glue-ball rocket launcher.....anyway, Eve evades the hail of glue fire, but Rito, fresh out of his beating in the bath house, gets plastered in the head by a stray shot. Next, Lala pulls out an extending hand-thing, which she uses to try and grab Eve, unsuccessfully. They pass by Pervert Principle ( ), who gets an eyeful of Eve upskirt. ( ) Unfortunately for him, his cries of joy ( ) draw Eve's attention, who quickly covers up and replies to his pleas for more with a flurry of Hair Punches. ( ) While Eve is distracted withthat though, Lala lassoes her with a rope invention....which results in some....errr....visual moments of Eve. ( ) However, Eve quickly cuts loose her restraints and tells Lala to stop messing around with her toys. Lala says she isn't playing around and that she really wants to protect Rito. Eve asks her why, saying that her client told her he's evil and is trying to take over Deviluke by using Lala. ( ) Lala says he isn't like that, and Eve agrees, remembering the kindness he showed her earlier. But she says that if she's hired to kill someone, she'll do it no matter who it is, as it's her job as the Golden Darkness. Lala says she shouldn't be doing that, and Eve says Lala wouldn't understand since she was raised as royalty and never experienced what it's like to live on her own. Rito, having finally gotten the glue off, arrives just as Lala says Eve is right, and Lala says that's why she went out to see things for herself. Lacosbo then arrives in a ship, wondering why Eve is fighting Lala instead of going after Rito.

This chapter definitely hands out the Eve Fanservice fix, and anybody who loves Eve will definitely have something to see here.

It looks like Eve still has the upper hand here, even against Lala, although at the same time, Lala didn't seem like she was actually going all-out. (I don't even wanna think about how long it would take to rebuild the city if she ever did decide to go all-out )

Naturally, Lacosbo has said some bad (and intentionally innaccurate) things about Rito to try and motivate Eve to kill him, although she's obviously set on knocking him off anyway even knowing that he's a nice guy. (sucks to be Rito right now )

From what Eve said, we can now say for sure that (at least for now) Train and Sven have nothing to do with the story.

Lacosbo's arrival at the end possibly signifies that we're coming up on the finale of this arc, and from the way it looks I'm guessing he's going to break his contract with Eve for having gone afte Lala, maybe even trying to take Eve out with Rito. (which will be a very, very bad move )

[Freeter]

hot alien nurse + Eve fanservice + bathhouse = winwinwin

Spoiler:

Have they shown Lacosbo yet? And it would be funny if he came out of that ship with Train and Sven lookalikes beside him

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by Freeter

Spoiler:

Have they shown Lacosbo yet?

Spoiler:

They showed him bacj in chapter 35, he's a short puggy, ugly alien guy with a personal slave harem. Go figure

Spoiler:

And it would be funny if he came out of that ship with Train and Sven lookalikes beside him

Spoiler:

For the love of god, no.

[Shinji103]

And now Chapter 38:

Spoiler for Chapter 38:

We start off with Lacosbo getting out of his ship and says he came for Lala. She flat-out refuses to go with him, so Lacosbo turns his wrath on Rito and blames him for seducing Lala. He then turns his attention to Eve, but she confronts him about his lies about Rito. Lacosbo sticks with his lies, and Lala tells "Yami-chan" ( ) not to trust him. Lacosbo then summons Gama...a giant frog that sounds like a mutated cat. Gama spits a substance at Eve which she easily dodges, but some of it splashes on her clothes, melting them on contact. ( ) Lacosbo explains that the substance "conviently melts only clothing." ( ) Eve attcks Gama with her sword-hand, but her attack bounces off its skin due to the substance. Gama knocks her away with its tongue, and Eve lands on Rito...butt-to-face. ( ) Eve hits him with a hair punch in embarrasment, and Gama attacks while Eve's back is turned. However, Lala takes the hit for Eve, taking a direct hit to the body from Gama's substance....(1 guess as to what's in the next panel ) Peke regenerates her clothing, and Lala goes into serious-mode and dodges Gama's spits with enough speed to leave after images. She then pulverizes Gama and Lacosbo with a flurry of savage punches, propelling them both into the sky. Eve asks Lala why she protected her even though they're enemies, and Lala says it's because the whole situation was Lacosbo's fault, and she couldn't forgive him for picking on a cute girl like Eve. Eve is moved by Lala's words and blushes. Rito asks Lala why she calls Eve "Yami-chan," and Lala says it's because she's called "Konjiki no Yami." (the Golden Darkness) Eve says she doesn't care what her name is, and Rito asks (as politely as he can ) for her to leave now that the thing with Lacosbo is over. Eve glances at Lala, then says it's against her principles to drop a job before it's finished. She then says that she'll be staying on earth until she eliminates Rito, much to Rito's non-happiness. Meanwhile, the still-unconscious and forgotten Zastine is drawing spectators...

So now we apparently have a name for Eve: "Yami-chan." Althoguh personally it's a bit too cutesy for me, so I'll stick with "Eve."

So it looks like "Eve" has developed a thing for Lala ...personally, I'd rather she have fallen for Rito and gotten mixed into the love situation, but that's just my personal preferance. And before you guys start getting wierd ideas, it looks to be just an admiration or wanting-to-be-friends thing, not yuri.

"Eve" will possibly end up staying in Rito's house, which will create a new slew of problems, what with "Eve" having a zero-tolerance attitude towards pervertedness. And you just know that with two girls living in Rito's house, that things are gonna happen ...

And now we have "Eve" as a cast member! (still no sign of Train and Sven)