Val × Love


Val × Love is a Japanese manga series by Ryousuke Asakura. It has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan since December 2015. The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation by Hoods Entertainment aired from October to December 2019.

Plot

Ever since he was a child, Takuma Akutsu had a scary face. He was shunned by his classmates and only attracted bad attention, such as the likes of gangsters and thugs. As a result, he developed social anxiety, unable to properly converse with people. This fact and his scary face only proceeded to exacerbate his bad reputation and he was known as a demon. One day, Takuma saves Natsuki and receives a revelation from Odin, the lord of Asgard, that the world will end soon and that it is on Takuma's shoulders to save the world. To help him with his mission, Odin sends his nine daughters, the nine Valkyries, down to Midgard/Earth. Odin then gives him his mission: he is to prove that love will save the world as it is said that the source of a maiden's strength is love.

Characters

Main character

;Takuma Akutsu

Saotome family

;Ichika Saotome
;Futaba Saotome
;Misa Saotome
;Shino Saotome
;Itsuyo Saotome
;Mutsumi Saotome
;Natsuki Saotome
;Yakumo Saotome
;Kururi Saotome

Others

;Sue
;Tohru Inukai
;Skuld
;Roskva
;Ur

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Ryousuke Asakura, Val × Love was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan from December 12, 2015, to March 10, 2023. The chapters were collected and released in tankōbon format by Square Enix. Sixteen tankōbon volumes were released from June 22, 2016, to May 11, 2023. The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in the June issue of Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine on May 11, 2019. The series is animated by Hoods Entertainment and directed by Takashi Naoya, with Tatsuya Takahashi handled the series composition, Kiyoshi Tateishi designed the characters, and TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND composed the music. It aired from October 5 to December 21, 2019, on AT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, and BS11. The series ran for 12 episodes. Rikako Aida performed the series' opening theme song "for...", while the nine Saotome sisters performed the series' ending theme song "Up-Date x Please!!!" in three groups with three versions. The series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks and streamed it on Hidive.