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Akuma to Love Song  
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Description
Akuma to Love Song revolves around an unusual girl, Kawai Maria who was expelled from her previous school, St. Katria Girls' School, and soon transfers to Touzuka High School, a public school with low standards. Her sharp tongue and straightforward personality leads everyone to hate her with the exception of two handsome boys who eventually get involved with her. With a devil's aura like hers and an arrogant facade to pair it up with, it's just too hard to be understood. And so Maria needs to deal with bullying, adjusting, fitting in and romance. Just how will a devil like her cope with all these predicaments?

Type
Manga

Related Series
N/A

Associated Names
悪魔とラブソング
惡魔變奏曲
악마와 러브송
Ác quỷ và bản tình ca
A Devil and Her Love Song
Devil and her Love Song
How Lovely Her Song Is!

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Latest Release(s)
v.10 c.68 by Akuma Love Scans (3d ago)
v.10 c.67 by Akuma Love Scans (11d ago)
v.10 c.65-66 by Akuma Love Scans (39d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
13 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
No

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

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Akuma to Love Song by PrincessVera

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3 topics, 11 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (1170 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.26 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 8th 2013, 6:28pm PST

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Genre
Comedy  Drama  Psychological  Romance  School Life  Shoujo  Tragedy 
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Author(s)
TOUMORI Miyoshi

Artist(s)
TOUMORI Miyoshi

Year
2007

Original Publisher
Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)
Margaret (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Viz (10 Volumes - Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #140 increased(+38)
Monthly Pos #141 increased(+8)
3 Month Pos #136 increased(+32)
6 Month Pos #147 increased(+53)

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Should Akuma to love song be adapted to... 784 days, 17 hours, 32 minutes ago
Kawaii Maria's personality according to MBIT 1110 days, 20 hours, 10 minutes ago
Does anyone know when/if this title will be licensed in America? 1498 days, 14 hours, 27 minutes ago

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 Interesting.   
Rating: 4.0 / 10.0
by Jeshia
July 4th, 2012, 3:50pm
Really, I think the author did a poor job pulling off what she was trying to do. If I were to rate this manga on execution of her goal, this manga would probably get a 1. None of the character personalities are realistic, and that's fine, but please mangaka, don't make an expectation for it. If you're going to give us characters as ridiculous as monkey boy and Maria, don't try to make the plot so serious. It's like a dark parody gone extremely wrong.

The plot is mediocre at best. Really, the main character is what makes it anything of interest, but the way the manga-ka manipulates the events around her makes even Maria irritating after awhile, despite the fact that she is, by all accounts, a bland character. Unlike previous reviewers, I didn't find her perceptiveness to be a turn-off. It was realistic considering the (pretty ridiculous) background story, and frankly, I'd prefer an omniscient narrator that refuses to tell me things than an idiotic shoujo girl who walks around picking up hot guys by some godly intervention. That being said, the manga shifts viewpoints, yet another reason to be annoyed by this manga. I understood the effect she was trying to create, but the jumbling together of everything just made it more annoying.

Ugh.

I just don't know what to say. It wasn't great. But it also wasn't horrible considering the ridiculous plot. The bullying theme worked horribly with this manga. At first, the theme seems to work well as some sort of warped justice-heroine thing with a dark (and occasionally comedic) twist to it, but by the time the subplots sink in, you're left feeling overwhelmed, if not irritated.

The pacing is okay I suppose though, for the majority of the manga. Personally, what would have saved this manga for me is if she didn't write THIRTEEN volumes of it. Considering the absolutely horrific job she did with character development (clunky, without much reason, and entirely event driven with occasion side comments from Maria's perspective), she should have ended it while she was ahead.

Preferably skipping the subplot catastrophes and love triangle mess. I thought the development of Maria was going to be thoughtful and entertaining, yet somehow enticing, but I was shown extremely wrong. I believe I received this impression within the first volume or so. The male leads are so poorly characterized that it made the manga-ka's lack of ability to do so obvious.

I may be a little more critical than is wise for a shoujo manga of this caliber, but I don't believe I've written anything out of line. I read an astounding amount of shoujo, yet there was nothing about this manga that wanted me to like it despite the astronomical amount of cliches, "hidden" backgrounds (read: DRAMA), and ridiculous event progressions.

Actually, if I were to be so cruel, I would probably say that this manga has a penchant for pissing anyone with an ounce of awareness of what they're reading (i.e. seeing BEYOND the art and supposedly original main character) off.

I'll give it a 4. It could have done better, but with the first volume like it was, I didn't expect it to become so. I'm just disappointed it lasted as long as it did.

Note: I read the original, untranslated version for about half of the manga.

... Last updated on July 4th, 2012, 3:53pm
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 Wow~   
Rating: N/A
by MangomyTango
April 1st, 2011, 6:48pm
Maria's past is quite scary and it's like a violent roller coaster when I first read it.
This manga is generally dramatic...what else?
However, the storyline and the characters is quite enjoyable. I like things that are slightly dramatic/or should I say over-dramatic xD because I like over-fluffy shoujo that has a bland story wave.

It may not suit everyone's taste, but it certainly suited mine xD
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 akuma   
Rating: N/A
by sissydaredevil
September 21st, 2009, 10:35pm
Wow i just totally love this girl, i hate it in manga when the girl always has to be rescude, i mean once or twice is kinda romantic but maria dosent usually need rescuing, i love watching the bullies squirm around her, amagine if she actually tried to intimidate somone, they would die of freight, she usually dosent stick up for herself, but she dosent show any emostions which works better because she cant be intimidated, shes straitforward and blunt, and strong, my favorite manga herion.
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 Definitely one of my favourites   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by ez3
June 29th, 2008, 4:30am
I'm completely hooked to Akuma to Love Song. It's a great manga, and Kawai Maria is an extremely unique character that I have to admit to being attracted to. Though, of course, not in that way. The art is beautifully drawn, and, even though the plot is not very original (the plot, not the character. Take note, take note), the characters are amazing.

There are the few characters that are somewhat 'typical', which contrasts Maria and makes her stand out even more. She's special, and that's what makes me love this manga so much more than I do already. Although I mostly go for cliches, this has been hooked. I keep waiting for the moment for her to break down, yet I dread it. Akuma to Love Song has got me contradicting myself, but I think that that's a good thing.

All in all, this is a masterpiece. It's a must-read, and I definitely recommend it.

... Last updated on June 29th, 2008, 4:31am
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 Different   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by sAsAk1
June 26th, 2008, 1:43pm
I really don't know what to think of her! She's very unique. I haven'tmet a single character like her~ You should read it it's really refreshing for some reason. But I can understand that this is a manga you either hate or love. Just try it and find out. I love it so far biggrin
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 extremely unique   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by argymay
April 12th, 2008, 11:34pm
although this may appear similar to any typical shoujo storyline at surface glance: pretty female protagonist draws the interest of two good-looking male protagonists, and foreshadowing of an inevitable love triangle between the three -- thus far -- this manga has shown that it is anything but.

The main lead, Maria, is an extremely strong, perceptive, and intelligent female. The two main male leads, Yuusuke and Meguro serve as foils for one another, amplifying the dichotomy between their characters (but they may not be as different as they first appear). The first few chapters have done an excellent job setting up the rest of the series by revealing just enough character-development to hint at an angst-filled background for all three characters -- but not too much -- keeping the mystery intact.

It took me a long time to finally start reading this manga and I'm really glad that I've picked it up. If you like strong female leads and a storyline that doesn't just involve: girl likes boy, boy likes girl, girl and boy get together, you should definitely try this out!

... Last updated on April 12th, 2008, 11:37pm
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 so disappointed   
Rating: 7.0 / 10.0
by transcend89
July 20th, 2011, 6:24pm
a big letdown to a good beginning...somewhere along the way the manga lost what was good about it and after looking at the raws for the final chapter man was I even more disappointed and pissed.
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 Loving it!   
Rating: 9.5 / 10.0
by kebi
March 16th, 2009, 1:57am
I read this before when there were just 2 chapters, I got impatient for the next release so I dropped it and never really got to read it when the third chapter was released. I was thinking of picking it up again but there were some comments about it being unrealistic and how everyone was so "devil-ized". I hesitated but did read it again and wow, I am surprised. I loved it and think it really is good. I love how the characters are dissected (in a good way), how Maria analyzes everyone, it just seems so true. The setting of the story, japanese high school, might not actually fit the characters in a way that high school kids can't be that bad or mature or whatever but it reflects real life in its own amazing way and I can really relate to that. There's character development, laughter and romance in it that I really really like.

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I seriously adore Megu. There is just something about Yuusuke that just seem like he won't be able to keep up with our wild Maria. We're still on the early chapters but I think that Yuusuke is kinda weak. Might be too early to say that, let's just see later.


... Last updated on March 16th, 2009, 1:59am
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 3ch   
Rating: N/A
by Romashk
January 10th, 2008, 12:52pm
When I read first chapters somehow I thought Maria was kinda like Yuuko(XXholic), but with an open character. You have to be atleast a little supernatural to read people like that. I like Maria, hope author wouln't destroy her character in the end.
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 Errrr   
Rating: 5.0 / 10.0
by Bebe~
March 20th, 2012, 8:39pm
When I first starting reading it, I thought it was a nice opening and I thought it had a lot of potential. Up until the latest volume (vol 8)..With the whole Anna arc.. after that, i found some raws to check out and the story plot just plummeted I did not like the ending at all! Not much character development either -_-.
I don't think I'll pick it back up again even when it's completely translated.

... Last updated on March 20th, 2012, 8:40pm
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