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3''A Devil and Her Love Song'' (''Akuma to Love Song'' in Japanese) is a shojo manga series created by Miyoshi Tomori.
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5The story revolves around an unusual and shockingly beautiful girl named Kawai Maria who was expelled from her previous school for "violence against a teacher", and soon transfers to Touzuka High School, a public school with low standards. Her sharp tongue and straightforward personality often leads everyone else to hate her with the exception of two boys, Shin Meguro & Yuusuke Kanda, who eventually get involved with her. With a devil's aura like hers and an arrogant facade to pair it up with, it's just too hard to be understood. And so Maria needs to deal with bullying, adjusting, fitting in and romance.
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7The series was published from 2007 to 2011 in Japan in the bimonthly Margaret magazine, compiled in a total of 13 volumes. In the US, it is being licensed and translated by Creator/VizMedia. It's also available in Spain and France.
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10!!This series provides examples of:
11* AdultsAreUseless: Maria's class' homeroom teacher makes no effort in stopping the bullies that attack her, and even comments about how she deserves it for having such an arrogant aura.
12** [[spoiler: While they still pay for their apartment, Maria's grandfather hates her and considers her to be a bearer of disgraces, her grandmother seems to care for her but doesn't do anything. Considering they left their ''pregnant, single teen daughter'' to handle herself with a kid while coping with depression symptoms after being raped, it's amazing no one has reported them already.]]
13* AffectionateNickname: Maria names the pair of shoes Meguro bought for her "Augustine". [[spoiler: When she starts dreaming with a teddy bear from her childhood, it's revealed she calls any object precious to her "Augustine".]]
14* AfterSchoolCleaningDuty: Used for bullying.
15* AlmostKiss: See ForcefulKiss below.
16* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler: By the end of the story, Ayu is still very much in love with Kanda, although she's aware her feelings won't be reciprocated. He still loves Maria, even if now she and Meguro are dating.]]
17* AlphaBitch: Ayu Nakamura: she's blonde, she's the leader of her group of friends, and during the first chapters she won't doubt in making Maria suffer in any way possible. [[spoiler: After ongoing CharacterDevelopment, she ends up becoming a LovableAlphaBitch.]]
18* AmazingFreakingGrace: A song sung often by Maria.
19%%* BeYourself
20* BitchInSheepsClothing: It's a shoujo manga, what would you expect?
21** In fact, it's as if all the secondary female characters are out to screw Maria over in the cruelest way possible. [[HeelFaceTurn At first.]]
22* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Ayu is the blonde, Tomoyo the brunette and Maria the redhead.
23%%* BrokenBird: Maria.
24%%* BrutalHonesty: Ladies and gentlemen, here is ''the'' queen of this trope.
25* ButNotTooForeign: [[spoiler: Maria's father is an American, making her a half-blood.]]
26* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: At the end of her arc, Anna leaves without further explanation, leaving only a cross behind. Maria receives a letter from her later, where she explains she's now living in America with her parents.]]
27* CatSmile: Kanda tends to do this sometimes.
28* CaughtTheHeartOnHisSleeve
29* [[spoiler:ChildByRape: Maria.]]
30* ConcertClimax: ''Twice.''
31* ChristianityIsCatholic: Never outright stated, but considering the symbolism around Virgin Mary this is the most probable option.
32* CrossPoppingVeins: Meguro, when he gets annoyed.
33* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Maria.
34* CuteMute: Anna.
35** [[spoiler: Maria, after her suicide attempt until she made up with Meguro.]]
36* DeclarationOfProtection: Both Kanda and Meguro, especially Meguro. [[spoiler: Not that Maria can't protect herself, she does so pretty well with her straightforward personality, but Meguro tells her he will always stand by her side no matter what.]] Also in recent translated chapters [[spoiler: Meguro rejects Maria's confession in order to protect her from the 'truth' about her mother's death. According to Anna, Maria remembers nothing of it.]]
37* DefrostingIceQueen: Maria.
38* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Maria's mother killed herself in her child's arms. Anna attempted to cut her veins, but didn't succeed. Maria also attempts to do this at one point, feeling guilty for causing so much unhappiness.]]
39* DullEyesOfUnhappiness
40* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Everyone finds their own dream to accomplish after graduating and decide to stay together as friends even after leaving school. Meguro is in America, but he's still very much in love with Maria and both will wait until they're older to settle their relationship. However, [[BittersweetEnding Ayu and Kanda's feelings aren't reciprocated, and they feel quite bitter about it]].]]
41* ElegantClassicalMusician: Meguro plays the piano and is quite a prodigy, but he doesn't do any concerts because his father is a famous pianist and doesn't want people to think he's favored by this. [[spoiler: Later he starts playing in the same choir as Maria and Anna, and even has concerts on his own.]]
42* ElegantGothicLolita: Maria is sometimes dressed like this in cover art & such.
43* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: How a lot of people sees Maria. It's how she gets the nickname "Devil Maria".
44* ForcefulKiss: A (failed) attempt by [[spoiler:Kuros to Maria]]. Later, [[spoiler:Meguro]] succeeds.
45** And then [[spoiler:Maria to Meguro]].
46* GameBreakingInjury: Meguro cuts his hand with the school's piano chords, making him unable to keep playing. Although it can heal, he always forces himself and makes the injury open again. It's heavily implied that he could permanently lose usage of his hand, and even with therapy, he might not be as great as a piano player as he is now.
47* GirlPosse: Ayu Nakamura and her friends.
48* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Maria towards Meguro.
49* InformedAttractiveness: Maria is appreciated as beautiful by everyone who surrounds her, although everyone considers her a beautiful demon after knowing her better.
50* InSeriesNickname: Tomoyo is called Nippachi as a reference to her low grades (Nipacchi = 21). Later, Maria gets Akumaria (a pun on akuma, "demon", and her name) and Kurosu gets Erosu (a pun on his surname and Eros, the Greek god of love).
51* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: Subverted. Maria went to a Catholic school, but she isn't particularly connected to the faith until the end of the series.
52* {{Jerkass}}: The story has its set of them, but none stands out more than the teacher. He is an inconsiderate jerk and deliberately overlooks the bullying to Maria. He then passes a MoralEventHorizon when he deliberately pours ink on Maria while she is wearing her performance dress, accuses her of ditching the performances when she does not show up, when she does show up he accuses everyone of his students that they could have done it because of their history with Maria, and then after the resulting chaos he quietly admits to Maria he did do it, [[BlatantLies claiming it was an accident]], but would only admit if she apologized to him. What a great teacher, huh?
53* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Meguro, ultimately also [[spoiler:Ayu Nakamura]].
54* {{Keet}}: Kanda, so very much. He's usually the chirpiest out of the bunch.
55* KidsAreCruel: More like ''highschool girls'' are cruel.
56* LoveDodecahedron: [[spoiler: Kanda and Meguro]] fall in love with Maria, with Kurosu later joining as a third love interest [[spoiler: and taking Kanda's place in the LoveTriangle when he gives up on her]]. Both [[spoiler:Maria and Anna]] end up falling in love with [[spoiler: Meguro]], while Ayu bullied Maria because she has a crush on Kanda.
57%%* LuminescentBlush: There's one panel where it gets so bad Maria's nose inexplicably disappears.
58* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded: Maria's surname, Kawai, can mean "cute" if another i is added, but everyone complains about how it doesn't fit her. Played straight with her first name (her character was inspired by Mary Margaret from Literature/TheBible) and with Kurosu (his surname means "cross", and he's [[spoiler: a priest's son]])
59** What is the name of Maria's biological father? [[spoiler: John Cross, and he's a priest.]]
60* {{Meido}}: The girls ([[WholesomeCrossdresser and Kanda]]) dress as this for their class' cafe at the school festival.
61* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: John Cross never forgave himself for what he did to Maria's mother, and joined the priesthood to atone for his sins.
62* NewTransferStudent: Maria in chapter 1. She was transferred to another school because she had hit a teacher in her old one. Her new classmates didn't welcome her so much in the beginning...
63* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Kurosu is always trying to get as close to Maria as possible to hug her.
64* ParentalAbandonment: Maria lives by herself, since her mother's dead and she doesn't know her father. However, her grandparents pay for her living expenses, and [[spoiler: her father ensured she was never lonely by sending her books through a nanny]].
65* PedophilePriest: [[spoiler: John Cross is a subverted one: he raped Maria's mother when she was a teenager, but at the time he wasn't a priest. He joined the faith as a way to redeem himself once he realized what he'd done.]]
66* PerkyGoth: [[DidntSeeThatComing Tomoyo.]] Maria ''looks'' like she should be this but she likes fluffy, white, angelic things.
67* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Maria's class' homeroom teacher.
68* [[spoiler: RapeLeadsToInsanity: Maria's mother eventually fell into depression and committed suicide for being unable to cope with the pressure of raising her child as a raped teenager.]]
69* RealMenHateSugar: Meguro, much to Maria's dismay.
70* RedemptionDemotion: Ayu becomes part of Maria's group after she's forgiven, but doesn't get as much spotlight as the others. Anna disappears from the plot almost altogether, as well as Hana.
71* SailorFuku: Totsuka's school uniform.
72* SarcasticConfession: [[spoiler:Kanda's]] declaration of love. ''Twice''.
73* ShrinkingViolet: Tomoyo.
74* SplitScreenReaction
75* StalkerWithACrush: Maria considers herself to be one in the past. For ''Anna''.
76** Kurosu at first, although he's later acknoledged by Maria and joins her group of friends.
77* StepfordSmiler: Kanda, but Maria sees through it.
78* StockShoujoBullyingTactics: Maria has her uniform ripped up and used as a flag, and balloons of ink put into her school shoes.
79* SugarAndIcePersonality: Maria.
80* SuperDeformed: Kanda does this a lot when being overly friendly.
81* SweetTooth: Maria likes ''obscenely'' sugary foods.
82* TallDarkAndHandsome: Meguro.
83* TaremeEyes: May apply to Hana and Anna. Looks ''can'' be deceiving though.
84* [[spoiler: TeenPregnancy: Maria's mother was raped and got pregnant when she was ''fourteen''.]]
85* ThoseTwoGuys: A female example: Keiko and Asami, the two girls from the brass band, are always seen together.
86* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Young Maria when her mother died.]]
87* {{Tsundere}}: Meguro and, to a lesser extent, Maria. Most obviously, though, Ayu, once she starts getting along with Maria.
88* UnusualEyebrows: Hana Ibuki. Probably her most [[BigOlEyebrows noticeable feature]].
89* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Anna]], though her violent and manipulative tendencies might be for more reasons than just Meguro.

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