History Manga / LoveOfKill

* WretchedHive: The unnamed Eurpoean country Ritzland Support's HQ is located in. It's lampshaded in the media that the criminal groups there call the shots and the local government/law enforcement are powerless to stop it.

''Love of Kill'' (Koroshi Ai in Japanese) is a 2016 shojo manga written/illustrated by Fe under the magazine Monthly Comic Gene by Media Factory, based on her Pixiv webcomic ''I Wanted to Read a Manga About an Assassin Couple in Love so I Started Drawing One'', followed by ''A Short Story About the Assassin Couple in Love Manga that I Just Wanted to Read About''. Overseas, Yen Press publishes it in English. 13 volumes are published.

The anime version was first broadcast on January 13, 2022, animated by Platinum Vision and directed by Hideaki Ōba, with Ayumu Hisao doing the script. Yōko Satō serves as character designer and Kei Yoshikawa as composer. It's airing in Japan under Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS Kyoto, BS NTV and AT-X. Crunchyroll streams it outside Japan and the company announced that it will receive an English dub work.
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* WretchedHive: The unnamed Eurpoean country Ritzland Support's HQ is located in. It's lampshaded in the media that the criminal groups there call the shots and the local government/law enforcement are powerless to stop it.

''Love of Kill'' (Koroshi Ai in Japanese) is a 2016 shojo manga written/illustrated by Fe under the magazine Monthly Comic Gene by Media Factory, based on her Pixiv webcomic ''I Wanted to Read a Manga About an Assassin Couple in Love so I Started Drawing One'', followed by ''A Short Story About the Assassin Couple in Love Manga that I Just Wanted to Read About''. Overseas, Yen Press publishes it in English. 11 Volumes are out so far.

The anime version was first broadcasted on January 13, 2022, animated by Platinum Vision and directed by Hideaki Ōba, with Ayumu Hisao doing the script. Yōko Satō serves as character designer and Kei Yoshikawa as composer. It's airing in Japan under Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS Kyoto, BS NTV and AT-X. Crunchyroll streams it outside Japan and the company announced that it will receive an English dub work.

During a typical bounty hunting assignment for Ritzland Support, Chateau Dankworth encounters an East Asian assassin named Son Ryang-ha. While he was suppose to be hunted down as a bounty, Ryang-ha stalks her 24/7 and pleads with her to get a date in exchange for information he can provide. Chateau does so with reluctance. Later on, Ryang-ha helps her out from behind the scenes.

* CaptiveDate: Song spends the first episode (or first few manga chapters) extorting a "date" from Chateau in exchange for information she needs for her day job. [[BadDate It doesn't go well]] and she ended up leaving the hotel room he takes her to at the end of it. He still manages to force a hug on her before she gets on the train to go home.

* DrivingQuestion: Why did Ryang-ha take out the leadership of a triad gang?[[note]]The Japanese version mentions the name ''Santoukai''.[[/note]]

* SexualExtortion: Song spends the first episode (or first few manga chapters) extorting a "date" from Chateau in exchange for information she needs for her day job and only manages to not actually rape her because she finally musters the nerve to actually leave the hotel room he takes her to at the end of it. He still manages to force a hug on her before she gets on the train to go home.

* AdaptationNameChange: In the manga, the Indian man who works at Ritzland Support was simply nicknamed "Indian." In the anime, he was given the nickname Jim instead.

* CruiseEpisode: A story arc takes place on a cruise ship where RS was assigned to provide security for a VIP secretly since the person is well-known. Ryang-ha boards the ship too and he gets tangled with Jinon in a fight.

* FakeNationality: InUniverse: Song Ryang-ha is a Korean name, but the person himself is actually Chinese. [[spoiler:This is because he took on the identity of the real Ryang-ha, a Korean student, after he died.]]
* GirlInABox: [[spoiler:Chateau is forced to hide in a suitcase when her father is forced to flee from their estate.]]

* TheNameless:
** [[spoiler:Ryang-ha's real identity is unknown. He was a trafficking victim from such a young age he no longer remembers his original name, and he took Ryang-ha's name after he died.]]
** Indian's real name and personal details are unknown.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Indian, known to be awfully quiet when talking to Chateau and Ritzland without raising his voice, [[spoiler:isn't pleased when he sees Ritzland slacking off by hanging with his wife, whom he explains to Chateau before he opts to get more stiff drinks]].
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler:When Chateau is forced to go on the run, she accidentally kills the real Ryang-ha, her escort. This causes her to have a HeroicBSOD and by the time she is found, she has lost all of her memories of her childhood.]]

* AnAssKickingChristmas: Chateau's contract to hunt down Ryang-ha, followed by him hunting down other contracts placed on Chateau, took place during the holiday season.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Indian, known to be awfully quiet when talking to Chateau and Ritzland, [[spoiler:doesn't sound pleased when he sees Ritzland slacking off by hanging with his wife to the point he opts to get more stiff drinks]].

* SexualExtortion: Song spends the first episode (or first few manga chapters) extorting a "date" from Chateau in exchange for information she needs for her day job and only manages to not actually rape her because she finally musters the nerve to actually leave the hotel room he takes her to at the end of it. He still manages to force a hug on her before she gets on the train to go home.

* SexualExtortion: Song spends the first episode extorting a "date" from Chateau in exchange for information she needs for her day job and only manages to not actually rape her because she finally musters the nerve to actually leave the hotel room he takes her to at the end of it. He still manages to force a kiss on her before she gets on the train to go home.

* BountyHunter: Ritzland Support's a company that specializing in hunting down persons of interests. Chateau's contract to hunt Ryang-ha came from a traid group based in the unnamed country.

* FakeNationality: InUniverse: Song Ryang-ha is a Korean name, but the person himself is actually Chinese. [[spoiler:This is because he took on the identity of the real Ryang-ha, a Korean student, after he dies.]]

* TheNameless: [[spoiler:Ryang-ha's real identity is unknown. He was a trafficking victim from such a young age he no longer remembers his original name, and he took Ryang-ha's name after he dies.]]