History YMMV / ToLoveRu

** If the [[http://i.imgur.com/eWWBqfb.jpg Chapter 59 poll]] of ''Darkness'' was any indication, [[TheTease Risa]] [[GoodBadGirl Momioka]] was just as popular, reaching runner-up among the "girls readers want to have as a girlfriend" behind Haruna, despite Risa having little-to-no screentime in ''Darkness''. That she was the series' original tease before Momo appeared and having BiTheWay [[GirlOnGirlIsHot tendencies]] helped.

** Some fans of the original series pretend that ''Darkness'' doesn't exist, due to largely doing away with the fun, wacky storylines of the original in favor of more erotic stories that result in more fanservice, cranking up the fanservice to blatantly sexual levels to the point where it might as well just be hentai, [[DemotedToExtra demoting several former main characters to extra]] including Lala who was the defacto leading lady of the original series, promoting Momo, a rather BaseBreakingCharacter, to be the new female lead, [[CharacterDerailment derailing Rito]] into being little more than a cataylst for lewd things happening, the explanation for all of Rito's AccidentalPervert moments, and the retconning of the original series ending [[spoiler:where he confessed to Lala that he loved her and told her that he loved Haruna as well, to him saying that only Haruna is his "favorite" in ''Darkness'']].

* GrowingTheBeard: ''Darkness'' was seen by many not only for a jump in visual quality compared to the original series, it also brought about major CharacterDevelopment for the side-characters surrounding Rito, with criticisms usually leveled at [[OutOfFocus Lala and Haruna getting pushed to the side]] and [[FlatCharacter Rito existing in the sequel just to end up in]] even ''crazier'' {{Ecchi}} situations notched UptoEleven. The appearance of Nemesis to serve as a counterpart to Momo made things slightly more interesting, including [[spoiler:Nemesis temporarily SharingABody with Rito]]. On the other hand, ''Darkness'' has its fair share of detractors as well, see BrokenBase above.

** Momo in ''Darkness'' due to her motives: some fans love her personality and desire to be a HaremSeeker for Rito, but others state she's nothing but a {{Hypocrite}} who wants to win Rito without "fighting" for him, with a [[ClingyJealousGirl possessive side]] that's {{manipulative|Bastard}} and {{violent|lyProtectiveGirlfriend}}.

* GrowingTheBeard: ''Darkness'' was seen by many not only for a jump in visual quality compared to the original series, it also brought about major CharacterDevelopment for the side-characters surrounding Rito, with criticisms usually leveled at [[OutOfFocus Lala and Haruna getting pushed to the side]] and [[FlatCharacter Rito existing in the sequel just to end up in]] even ''crazier'' {{Ecchi}} situations notched UptoEleven. The appearance of Nemesis to serve as a counterpart to Momo made things slightly more interesting, including [[spoiler:Nemesis temporarily SharingABody with Rito]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: If the series was to ever push the story-telling further than just the [[HaremGenre Harem Plan]] shenanigans surrounding Rito, the potential was there to become a full-blown action series where Rito worked himself up to become the next ruler of the universe. The few times in ''Darkness'' where Nemesis uses her power to protect Rito from danger while they're SharingABody was akin to the author teasing a scenario of Rito becoming an ActionHero.

* YokoOhNo: Yabuki's ex-wife became absolutely loathed after fans found out [[CreatorBreakdown what caused Yabuki to end the original manga]] before ''Darkness'' came along. Yabuki based Haruna on his wife and she was fine with it at first, until at some point she had some form of a mental breakdown and started making unreasonable demands about the character. In a drawn-out legal battle, Yabuki won the creative rights to Haruna only for the wife to ''kidnap their daughter'' and demand money for her return. Yabuki gave in and surrendered a lot to get his daughter back safely. Other stuff followed, culminating in a divorce and the end of the first series. This explains why ''Darkness'' initially pushed Haruna into the backseat while Yami and Momo took headlining positions.

* FriendlyFandoms: There is a chance that a ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' fan may also be a fan of ''To Love-Ru'' ([[VitriolicBestBuds even though the respective fandoms are used to some gibes between each other]]).

* EndingAversion: The conclusion of ''To Love-Ru Darkness'' got [[InternetBackdraft backlash]] for feeling inconclusive - [[spoiler:Rito doesn't choose an official partner, leaving the girls still vying for his affections; furthermore, he's {{oblivious|ToLove}} about the feelings of other girls such as Yui, Rin Kujou and Kyouko Kirisaki. On top of that, Rito rejects the idea of a harem, claiming [[AmericansHateTingle Haruna]] as his favorite all along]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: With the amount of sexual content in ''To Love-Ru Darkness'', one would think the manga would have made a move to a {{Seinen}} magazine at the time. It actually changed to monthly {{shonen}} magazine, Jump Square. It was even reviewed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly to see if it violated Bill 156's restrictions on material that could be sold to minors, but they ultimate decided it did not.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: With the amount of sexual content in ''To Love-Ru Darkness'', one would think the {{Manga}} would have made a move to a {{Seinen}} magazine at the time. It actually changed to monthly {{Shounen}} magazine, Jump Square.
* TheWoobie

** Lala/Haruna: they already love each other the same way they love Rito, yet neither have the same problems typical of the BettyAndVeronica in {{Shounen}}, especially when the two form [[http://bato.to/reader#c527e5209e29f952_18 some very close skinship]]. This is before mentioning the various official art Yabuki has [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/718519 drawn]] [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/98380/ himself]] ({{NSFW}}).

** The first OVA, where Rito Yuuki [[GenderBender turns into a girl]] and his life suddenly becomes much more difficult. This is later balanced out with an ImagineSpot where, as a girl, Rito's life is made much easier since his AccidentalPervert moments [[DoubleStandard are dismissed on account of gender]].
** In Chapter 144 of the manga, a perverted spirit takes over Zastin's body and tries to undress every female he sees. He reveals the reason he's gone rampant is because he was rejected by 500 different girls during his life, and agrees to leave if he can touch even one girl's breasts. [[CuteGhostGirl Oshizu Murasame]] agrees, but just before the spirit touches her, she pulls the spirit out of Zastin's body and burns him away with her [[HitodamaLight spirit flame]]. The spirit's final words? "I knew it! Women are liars!" Considering illustrator Kentaro Yabuki's [[HarsherInHindsight then-current situation with his ex-wife]]... (although even Oshizu admits she did "something horrible" afterwards)

** Is Rito really a NiceGuy who's simply unlucky enough to wind up in AccidentalPervert situations or a "master" pervert [[ObfuscatingStupidity that only pretends to be clumsy]]? [[spoiler:Chapter 66 of ''Darkness'' confirms that all of his AccidentalPervert moments happen because of his [[strike:disease]] '''talent'''. Yes, you read it right. Doctor Mikado actually thinks of it as of his talent.]] [[spoiler: Chapter 68 confirms it's '''both'''. Run using an alien aphrodisiac to remove Rito's inhibitions proves that yes, he is that clumsy, and he is that good.]]
** Was Mikan Yuuki's NotBloodSiblings prank to Rito when she got sick just that, or was it representative of some hidden desire of hers?

* AmericansHateTingle: While Haruna has regained fans in Japan by the time "Darkness" comes around, she's still considered a boring character outside the home country. There, she receives hate due to being the main ''menace'' of the Harem Plan being Rito's chosen girl.
* ArcFatigue: The "Harem Plan" in ''Darkness'' has been developing at quite a slow pace, even after the "Darkness" plot surrounding Yami was resolved.

** The ''Manga/BlackCat''-[[{{Expy}} based characters]] - some ''Black Cat'' fans are annoyed with the changes made to their favorite characters in ''To-Love-Ru'', while others enjoy the alternate versions of them.
** After being a decently popular character in the original series, Rito became more divisive among fans in ''Darkness'', where he failed to be an agent of volition and mostly existed to trigger perverted situations without experiencing any meaningful CharacterDevelopment. Fans had a hard time deciding whether he was a sympathetic victim of circumstance or a subject of mockery.
** Momo in "Darkness" for the same motive explained above. Some fans love her, her personality and her to be an HaremSeeker for Rito. Other see her as an {{Hypocrite}} that just want Rito without "fighting" and has a possessive side.
* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The series does have a rather diverse cast and interesting universe, as well as a number of serious emotional scenes, yet any amount of talk about ''To-Love-Ru'' to anyone almost always results in this being mentioned first...not that you can blame them.
* BrokenBase:
** The Harem Plan in ''Darkness''. It is a real possibility for a MarryThemAll ending or it's useless because Rito will end up [[FirstGirlWins with Haruna or Lala]]? Or [[OT3 both?]].
*** [[spoiler:Haruna confessing to Rito, and Rito's reaction to it]] in the same part. Is it a decent twist that adds a lot of conflict in the story, or utterly wasted because [[spoiler:if Rito picks her, he'd be settling for the most "normal" and "boring" of the harem]]?
** ''Darkness's'' ending, with Rito [[spoiler:choosing nobody (despite his claims that Haruna is his number 1) and leaving the series open ended]]. Does it do a good job of keeping the playing field open and provide more opportunities to flesh out the cast? Does it squander opportunities to finish the Harem Plan and make Rito the harem king he was meant to be? Was it a good decision at all? And especially with the announcement that the writer/artist duo is breaking up after ''Darkness's'' end, everyone across the board is left wondering what to make of the ending.
* DieForOurShip: Not quite as bad as some examples, but people were becoming very annoyed with [[GirlNextDoor Haruna]] [[ShyBlueHairedGirl Sairenji]] as time wore on as she stood in the way of the popular Rito/[[DitzyGenius Lala]] [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Satalin]] [[BunglingInventor Deviluke]], Rito/[[DefrostingIceQueen Yui]] [[{{Tsundere}} Kotegawa]] or Rito/Anyone-Other-Than-Haruna ships, really.

** Mikan, especially in Japan ([[LittleMissSnarker for]] [[TokenMiniMoe certain]] [[OnlySaneMan reasons]]), though she gain popularity outside of Japan also and now is one of the fandom's fan-favorite.
** Yui, arguably one of more well-received and popular female characters of the cast. In one online poll of all the females for the original manga, Yui came in first with at least 50% more votes than the runner-up. Fans love their {{Tsundere}}s and Yui fits the archetype better than most other examples in the medium.
** Rito's female form "Riko".
** Despite appearing in the late arcs of the original manga, Momo [[LoveableSexManiac due to]] [[ClingyJealousGirl mischievous]] [[MsFanservice personality]], so much so that she's promoted to heroine in ''Darkness''.
** If the [[http://i.imgur.com/eWWBqfb.jpg Chapter 59 poll]] of ''Darkness'' is any indication, [[TheTease Risa]] [[GoodBadGirl Momioka]] is just as popular, reaching runner-up among the "girls you want to have as a girlfriend" behind Haruna, despite her having little-to-no screentime in ''Darkness''. Her being the original tease and having some BiTheWay [[GirlOnGirlIsHot tendencies]] probably helps.
* EndingAversion: The conclusion of ''To Love-Ru: Darkness'' got a large amount of [[InternetBackdraft backlash]] for feeling inconclusive, as [[spoiler:Rito doesn't choose an official partner, leaving the girls still vying for his affections; plus he again doesn't know the feelings of other girls like Yui, Rin and Kyoko. On top of that, he rejects the idea of a harem and claims that [[AmericansHateTingle Haruna]] is his favorite girl.]]

* FanonDiscontinuity: The first AnimatedAdaptation is generally ignored by fans because it is an AdaptationDistillation without following the manga. The "real" adaption starts with ''Motto To Love-Ru''.
* FriendlyFandoms: There is a chance that a ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' fan may also be a fan of To Love-Ru ([[VitriolicBestBuds even though the respective fandoms are used to some gibes between each other]]).
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The NotHerself chapter in the first series where Haruna acted like an evil sadist was pretty funny, until the woman whom she was based on, Yabuki's ex-wife, rather than being a sweet GirlNextDoor type was actually a hateful, sadistic woman on top of being a philanderer, thief, kidnapper and extortionist. It seemed as if writer Hasemi Saki was trying to tell Yabuki something...
** The writer probably was: by the time Yabuki knew about it, Yui was [[AscendedExtra written in more and more subsequent chapters]] and Haruna was [[DemotedToExtra written out]]. Undoubtedly, it's probably what led to Yui's EnsembleDarkhorse status, but one doesn't write out one of two female protagonists (as Haruna was a heroine in the original) in favor of a secondary character without good reason.
* GrowingTheBeard: ''Darkness'' is seen by many as a jump in quality compared to the original series since it brought about major CharacterDevelopment for the side-characters surrounding Rito, with criticisms usually being that [[OutOfFocus Lala and Haruna got pushed to the side]] and that [[FlatCharacter Rito exists in the sequel just to end up in]] even *crazier* {{Ecchi}} situations that [[UptoEleven border on being softcore hentai.]] The appearance of Nemesis to serve as a counterpart to Momo made things slightly more interesting, up to and including [[spoiler:Nemesis SharingABody with Rito]].

* IdiotPlot: To give an example. Does Lala's latest invention kickstart the plot of a new chapter? Check. Does it make Rito even *more* of an AccidentalPervert in some way? Check.
* IncestYayShipping: What fuels the fans' pairing Rito and Mikan together are the scenes whenever they're alone, to wit Mikan making a joke about how they're NotBloodSiblings. InUniverse, Momo even includes Mikan in her "Harem Plan".
* LesYay:
** Lala/Haruna: they already love each other the same way as they love Rito, while not having any problems, even with [[http://bato.to/reader#c527e5209e29f952_18 some very close skinship]]. This is before mentioning the various official art Yabuki has [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/718519 drawn]] [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/98380/ himself]] ({{NSFW}})).
** Risa and [[CosplayOtakuGirl Mio Sawada]] to ''[[SkinshipGrope every girl]]''.
** [[TykeBomb Yami]]/Mikan: for God's sake, Chapter 6 of ''Darkness'' has Mikan licking and sucking at Yami's nipple. Sure, MindControl was involved, but that's not why fans cared about the scene.

** "[[http://i.imgur.com/hAcz8.jpg To Love-Ru is super interesting]]."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Although it actually comes from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', the screenshot (or at least the line of dialogue) will inevitably find its way into just about every ''To-Love-Ru'' discussion.[[/labelnote]]
** "Nobody falls like Rito."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Rito always defying the laws of gravity and physics to somehow end up in peculiar positions with almost every member of the female cast has become legendary among the fans to the point when the falling cliché happens in stories outside of ''To Love-Ru'', the first thing people will think of is how that character stacks up to Rito.[[/labelnote]]
** "He can't keep getting away with it!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Refers to how Yabuki just keeps pushing the boundary of what's acceptable by Japanese censor laws.[[/labelnote]]
* {{Moe}}: Minus that [[DirtyOldMan lousy scumbag]] [[FatBastard of a principal]] and [[CasanovaWannabe Kenichi Saruyama]], ''everyone else'' in the cast, Rito/Riko included.

** Ghi Bree. He is an horrible humanoid lizard with shapeshifting powers. And when took Haruna as hostage he used slimy tentacles to restrict her movements (while also doing ecchi things to her). Even if is revealed [[spoiler: to be a coward and his real form is not very scary]], he is sure the creepiest of all the alien villains appeared in the story.
** Some of Lala's inventions are very dangerous. This is invoked in "Darkness" with the "Go-Go Vacuum-Kun A", a machine used to detetct and clean trash. When this invention was destroyed, it is revealed that it was powered by a micro black hole that nearly sucked up the whole school!. Need the forces combinated of [[PsychicPowers Oshizu]] and [[ArmCannon Mea]] to stop it.
* OneTrueThreesome: Invoked InUniverse by Lala at the end of first series. After Rito confesses to Lala that he loves both her and Haruna, Lala becomes overjoyed and encourages Rito to get together with Haruna. Lala's real desire is for both Haruna and herself to marry Rito, which will be possible if Rito marries Lala and becomes king of Deviluke, making polygamy possible for him.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Despite being DemotedToExtra in the original manga and the early parts of ''Darkness'' (with regards to Yabuki's CreatorBreakdown), Haruna is slowly regaining fans; the most recent poll even places her at ''the top of favorite characters''. At least in Japan.
* TheScrappy: The Principal is [[{{Gonk}} ugly, fat]] and a pervert whose only role is simply getting beat up by the female characters whenever he dashes half-naked towards them. While this character should provide what amounts to ComicRelief, the interruptions that occur as a result of him has become increasingly annoying, frustrating and unnecessary, especially when certain scenes that are meant to build drama and tension are instantly cut away by him, often resulting in MoodWhiplash.
* TearJerker: Momo in chapter 76 of ''Darkness''. [[spoiler: Hearing Rito and Haruna confessing their feelings to each other, she feels down and, thinking that the Harem Plan has been a failure, she starts crying.]]

** How some people feel about the main heroine of the original series, Lala, by the time ''Darkness'' comes around where she's mostly been OutOfFocus in favor of the {{Breakout Character}}s, Momo and Yami, taking center-stage.
** Another notable character that sometimes gets mentioned as being wasted compared to her two other Deviluke sisters is Nana. Apart from an early ''Darkness'' StoryArc surrounding her broken friendship with Mea, Nana hasn't had much else going for her.
** A chapter of the first series has Rito befriending Yui's older brother, Yuu. He could have been a cool role-model and confident for Rito (this is impossible with [[BromanticFoil Saruyama]] who is just a pervert), but they never interact again in the series, included the sequel ''Darkness''.
** Several fans also feel this way about Rito and Mikan's parents, especially their mother. They hardly ever appear at all despite having fairly amusing character quirks, and there's been even less chances to see how they interact with each other, as a marriage.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: If the series was to ever push the storytelling farther than just the [[HaremGenre Harem-plan]] shenanigans surrounding Rito, the potential is there to become a full-blown action series where Rito works himself up to become the next ruler of the universe. The few times in ''Darkness'' where Nemesis uses her Dark Matter to protect Rito from danger while they're SharingABody is quite literally the author teasing the fanbase that this scenario of Rito becoming an ActionHero could possibly happen.
* VanillaProtagonist: AccidentalPervert moments aside, Rito is not really any different from other harem protagonists in the sense that he is meant to be a simple character with no distinctive attributes. The harem girls are the ones who carry most of the series’ emotional development.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Wait: [[spoiler:Peke]] is ''female''?! (re: Chapter 145)
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: With the amount of sexual content in ''To Love-Ru Darkness'', you'd think the manga would have made a move to a seinen magazine at the time. It actually changed to a monthly shounen magazine, Jump Square.

** Aww, poor Yami is just so huggable. She was a happy little girl who live with Tearju, her "mother". But when Tearju plan to run away with her, the Eden organization attempt to kill Tearju forcing her to escape. They say to Yami that Tearju had abandoned her and train her as a weapon. Also after the desctruction of Eden, she has lived alone in the universe before come to Earth. Plus, [[spoiler: Eden has also programmade a "Darkness" mode that activates when she comes to accept the mere possibility of being able to live peacefully, turning her into a living weapon of mass destruction to make sure that the universe will never achieve true peace.]]
** When you think Oshizu has spent ''400 years'' in that desolate basement, unable to communicate, it's quite harsh too, although [[AngstWhatAngst she doesn't show it much]].
* YokoOhNo: Yabuki's ex-wife, who became absolutely ''loathed'' after fans found out [[CreatorBreakdown what caused Yabuki to end the manga]] before ''Darkness'' came along. Yabuki based Haruna on his wife and she was fine with it at first, until at some point she apparently had some form of a breakdown and started making unreasonable demands about the character. In a drawn-out legal battle, Yabuki won the creative rights to Haruna only for the wife to ''kidnap their daughter'' and demand money for her return. Yabuki gave in and surrendered a lot to get his daughter back safely. Other stuff followed, culminating in a divorce and the end of the first series. This explains why ''Darkness'' pushes Haruna into the backseat while Yami, Momo, Yui and Mikan have taken the headlining positions.

* PeripheryDemographic: The series has a particularly large amount of Rule34 devoted to it, especially regarding hentai doujinshi. While it's hardly obscure, the amount of doujins featuring the series can easily match up with much more popular series. On nhentai.net, the series has 1,459 entries. For comparison, this is more doujins than any of the following mega-successful franchises: ''{{Manga/Naruto}}'' (1,084), ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' (988), ''Manga/OnePiece'' (967), ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'' (673). Something happened where Kentaro Yabuki and Saki Hasemi were able to stimulate the perverted imaginations of many more than some of the best-selling manga of all time.

* EvilIsSexy: Nemesis in ''Darkness'' - a cute, dark-skinned GoingCommando girl who's GenreSavvy of her VoluntaryShapeshifting PowerPerversionPotential. To top it off, she's even more ''lustful'' than Momo!

* PeripheryDemographic: The series has an peculiarly large amount of Rule34 devoted to it, especially in regards to Hentai doujins.

* BrokenBase: The Harem Plan in ''Darkness''. It is a real possibility for a MarryThemAll ending or it's useless because Rito will end up [[FirstGirlWins with Haruna or Lala]]? Or [[OT3 both?]].
** [[spoiler:Haruna confessing to Rito, and Rito's reaction to it]] in the same part. Is it a decent twist that adds a lot of conflict in the story, or utterly wasted because [[spoiler:if Rito picks her, he'd be settling for the most "normal" and "boring" of the harem]]?

* InternetBackdraft: The conclusion of ''Darkness'' has inflamed the foreign fandom.
** First: Rito says [[spoiler:he does not want a harem and Haruna (see AmericansHateTingle) is his favorite]].
** Second: an inconclusive ending where [[spoiler:Rito doesn't choose an official partner, leaving the girls still vying for his affections; plus he again doesn't know the feelings of other girls like Yui, Rin and Kyoko]].

* YokoOhNo: Yabuki's ex-wife, who became absolutely ''loathed'' after fans found out [[CreatorBreakdown what caused Yabuki to end the manga]] before ''Darkness'' came along. Yabuki based Haruna on his wife and she was fine with it at first, until at some point she apparently had some form of a breakdown and started making unreasonable demands about the character. In a drawn-out legal battle, Yabuki won the creative rights to Haruna only for the wife to ''kidnap their daughter'' and demand money for her return. Yabuki gave in and surrendered a lot to get his daughter back safely. Other stuff followed, culminating in a divorce and the end of the first series. This explains why ''Darkness'' pushes Haruna into the backseat while {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s Yami, Momo, Yui and Mikan have taken the headlining positions.

* DieForOurShip: Not quite as bad as some examples, but people were becoming very annoyed with [[GirlNextDoor Haruna]] [[ShyBlueHairedGirl Sairenji]] as time wore on as she stood in the way of the popular Rito/[[DitzyGenius Lala]] [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Satalin]] [[BunglingInventor Deviluke]], Rito/[[DefrostingIceQueen Yui]] [[{{Tsundere}} Kotegawa]] or Rito/Anyone-Other-Than-Haruna ships, really. Addtionally, it didn't help that Haruna [[WriteWhoYouKnow is based on Yabuki's ex-wife]], who turned out to be an ''extremely'' [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant and manipulative individual]].

* TheScrappy:
** The Principal is [[{{Gonk}} ugly, fat]] and a pervert whose only role is simply getting beat up by the female characters whenever he dashes half-naked towards them. While this character should provide what amounts to ComicRelief, the interruptions that occur as a result of him has become increasingly annoying, frustrating and unnecessary, especially when certain scenes that are meant to build drama and tension are instantly cut away by him, often resulting in MoodWhiplash.
** Most fans consider Run the least interesting member of the harem due to not having any real good motive to love Rito, and has a childish personality (in the first series). Her screen-time in ''Darkness'' being reduced has also not done her any favors since it means that there's no opportunity to actually develop her.

* InternetBackdraft: The last part of ''Darkness'' has inflamed the foreign fandom. [[spoiler: First: Rito says he does not want an harem and Haruna (see AmericansHateTingle) is his favorite. Second: an inconclusive ending where Rito doesn't choose an official partner, leaving the girls still vying for his affections; plus he again doesn't know the feelings of other girls like Yui, Rin and Kyoko.]]

** In Chapter 144 of the manga, a perverted spirit takes over Zastin's body and tries to undress every female he sees. He reveals the reason he's gone rampant is because he was rejected by 500 different girls during his life, and agrees to leave if he can touch even one girl's breasts. [[CuteGhostGirl Oshizu Murasame]] agrees, but just before the spirit touches her, she pulls the spirit out of Zastin's body and burns him away with her [[HitodamaLight spirit flame]]. The spirit's final words? "I knew it! Women are liars!" Considering illustrator Kentaro Yabuki's [[HarsherInHindsight then-current situation with his ex-wife]]...(although even Oshizu admits she did "something horrible" afterwards)

** Rito is a very divisive character, especially in ''Darkness'', where some readers often accuse him to be a living device who triggers {{Ecchi}} situations without any CharacterDevelopment (in contrast to the original manga).

** ''Darkness's'' ending, with Rito [[spoiler:choosing nobody (despite he claims that Haruna is his number 1) and leaving the series open ended]]. Does it do a good job of keeping the playing field open and provide more opportunities to flesh out the cast? Does it squander opportunities to finish the Harem Plan and make Rito the harem king he was meant to be? Was it a good decision at all? And especially with the announcement that the writer/artist duo is breaking up after ''Darkness's'' end, everyone across the board is left wondering what to make of the ending.
* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The series does have a rather diverse cast and interesting universe, as well as a number of serious emotional scenes, yet any amount of talk about ''To-Love-Ru'' to anyone almost always results in this being mentioned first...not that you can blame them.

%%* NightmareFuel: Ghi Bree. Brr...

** A chapter of the first series has Rito befriending Yui's older brother, Yuu. He could have been a cool male role-model and confident for Rito (this is impossible with [[BromanticFoil Saruyama]] who is just a pervert), but they never interact again in the series, included the sequel ''Darkness''.

* InternetBackdraft: The last part of ''Darkness'' has inflamed the foreign fandom. [[spoiler: First: Rito says he not want an harem and Haruna (see AmericansHateTingle) is her favorite. Second: a no conclusive ending with Rito doesn't choose an official partner leaving the girls still vying for his affections; plus he again dont know the feelings of other girls like Yui, Rin and Kyoko.]]

** ''Darkness's'' ending, with Rito [[spoiler:choosing nobody and leaving the series open ended]]. Does it do a good job of keeping the playing field open and provide more opportunities to flesh out the cast? Does it squander opportunities to finish the Harem Plan and make Rito the harem king he was meant to be? Was it a good decision at all? And especially with the announcement that the writer/artist duo is breaking up after ''Darkness's'' end, everyone across the board is left wondering what to make of the ending.