LynnLoveless

YOU'VE ACTIVATED MY CRAZY EVIL MODE I AM SO CRAZY AND UPSET ABOUT THIS okay so loveless was originally translated into english by fan translators before it was picked up by tokyopop and this is to be expected but for some reason every fan translation i can find uses a copy of volume 8 that was unfinished (with things being not shaded/colored entirely) and ofc things were finished for the official release and there were a couple notable changes between the copies that ultimately weren't much (like a doorknob design being changed, the library sign being changed, etc)... except for one specific panel that i loved to death that got changed completely between the unfinished and finished version and it was this seimei & ritsuka panel:

which i love TO DEATH. it was changed from this to this:

and i cannot for the life of me understand why they changed it like that. that og panel was gorgeous it was one of THE defining ritsuka + seimei moments for me during my first read through AND THEY GOT RID OF IT FOR THE OFFICIAL VERSION. YOU CAN ONLY READ IT IN THE UNFINISHED COPY. it pisses me off so bad im so upset about it forever I CAN NEVER OWN A COPY OF LOVELESS WITH MY FAVORITE PANEL. it kills me inside. it's literally so beautiful and it's so disgusting ritsuka is like a doll being maneuvered by seimei he's bending down to him like they do this all the time like they're about to kiss and ritsuka looks uncomfortable but he doesn't fight it and seimei is pretending that he loves ritsuka looking into his eyes so soulfully and it's all an act and it KILLS ME it hurts so so bad and it's just so perfect for them and i can understand that they wanted to add more eeriness and distance but it wasn't worth it nothing would be worth it to get rid of this panel.... i shed real tears over this when i realized. and i will again this is a promise and a threat.... i can never forgive them for taking it from me in the official release.... NEVER....

a baby soubi who is sometimes forgotten....................

also he almost has the same pants as yuiko

Hatsu and Keiji (had to run to get my Volume 11 to find their given names, haha) clearly lost their ears to one another. They would probably argue it's because only they can see each other's "true face" and not be forgotten, but I also don't think they've exactly tried to fight against this fate. Hatsu is implied to be the one who goes outside for work, not Keiji. Keiji only goes down to the ground floor of their apartment building to buy canned coffee and otherwise works via his computer.

Hatsu goes to the shower right after scolding her brother for his spend-thrift ways. Which to me reads as she thinks of the outside world as dirty, and Keiji and the space they share as clean. There's no bubbles, no bonding or sense to be had in the shower. Which is very unlike the virginal bath scenes we see.

Hatsu doesn't have to sit in the feelings that follow her from outside. They go straight down the drain.