Love of Kill
Love of Kill is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fe. It was serialized in Media Factory's shōjo manga magazine Monthly Comic Gene from October 2015 to January 2023. The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation by Platinum Vision aired from January to March 2022.
Plot
During one of her bounty hunter missions, Chateau Dankworth comes across Song Ryang-ha, a professional hitman, who begins stalking and brokering her information in exchange for a date. Though reluctant, Chateau complies yet refuses to open up to him. Despite this, Ryang-ha continues to save her when she is under attack and seems to know her past.After Chateau and Ryang-ha both become targeted by Donald Bachmann, the two are forced to confront their common past: Chateau is the daughter of the heir to the Nobel family, a lineage of French aristocrats, who becomes targeted by Nelson Nobel, her father's stepbrother. The real Song Ryang-ha was ordered to escort her to safety, but she accidentally inflicts a fatal gunshot wound on him out of fear; meanwhile, the current Ryang-ha, a nameless victim of child trafficking saved by the real Ryang-ha, adopts his name after the latter dies.
Characters
;Chateau Dankworth;Song Ryang-ha
;Euripedes Ritzland
;Indian
;Hou
;Donny
;Jinon
;Nikka
;Mifa
;Song Ryang-ha
Media
Manga
Love of Kill is a manga series written and illustrated by Fe. Fe first published the story on Pixiv under the title I Wanted to Read a Manga About an Assassin Couple in Love so I Started Drawing One in October 2012 and gained over 5.4 million views on the website. Fe followed up with a sequel titled A Short Story About the Assassin Couple in Love Manga that I Just Wanted to Read About. Within three years of the stories being published, it was picked up for serialization by Media Factory's shōjo manga magazine Monthly Comic Gene since October 2015 and has been collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes. In November 2022, the series reached its climax, with the series ending in January 2023.A drama CD adaptation was released as a bonus item bundled with the physical release of the March 2018 issue of Monthly Comic Gene, released on February 15, 2018.
A spin-off manga that takes place after the original manga's ending was serialized in the same magazine from May 15, 2023, to February 15, 2024.
In October 2020, Love of Kill was licensed in English for North America distribution by Yen Press.
Anime
On December 11, 2020, Kadokawa announced that an anime television series adaptation is in production. The series is animated by Platinum Vision and directed by Hideaki Ōba, with Ayumu Hisao handling the series' scripts, Yōko Satō designing the characters, and Kei Yoshikawa composing the music. It aired from January 13 to March 31, 2022, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Midnight Dancer" by Toshiki Masuda, while the ending theme song is "Makoto Period" by Aika Kobayashi. Crunchyroll streamed the series.On January 13, 2022, Crunchyroll announced that the series will receive an English dub, which would premiere on February 23.