To Love Ru Darkness Vol. 01

To Love Ru Darkness Vol. 01 by manga artist Kentaro Yabuki, the illustrator of DARLING in the FRANXX, and Saki Hasemi writer of To Love Ru

In this sequel series to To Love Ru, Princess Lala’s younger sister Momo begins her own marital machinations to ensnare poor Rito. But to make her plan a reality, he has to become king of their interstellar empire, which would allow him to marry as many women as he wants! As Rito’s heart continues to waver between Lala and his first crush, Haruna, Momo finds herself unable to deny the feelings she has for the hapless earthling high schooler. Could a human alien harem be the solution to all their problems?

Biographical Notes:

Saki Hasemi is a Japanese writer best known for To Love Ru and To Love Ru Darkness.

Kentaro Yabuki is a prolific Japanese manga creator and artist known for many series, including manga in various Shonen Jump magazines like Black Cat, To Love Ru, To Love Ru Darkness, and DARLING in the FRANXX. His mentor was Takeshi Obata, the illustrator of Death Note, Hikaru no Go and Bakuman.

Yabuki is best known for his series Black Cat which ran from 2000 to 2004 in Weekly Shounen Jump and later adapted into an anime. Upon its ending, Yabuki expressed desire to make a sequel from the series, or make its characters reappear in another work. Since 2004, he has only been working as illustrator to works written by other authors. Most notably on the series To Love-Ru alongside his former assistant Saki Hasemi.

More details on Kentaro Yabuki & Saki Hasemi:

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