LOVE-BULLET
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| Name(s): | LOVE-BULLET, ラブ・バレット, Love Bullet, Lovebullet |
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| Date(s): | 2024- |
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LOVE-BULLET or ラブ・バレット is a yuri manga about girls reincarnated as cupids who help people find love so they can earn a second chance at life.
Canon
Plot
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Characters
Cupids
- Koharu, the protagonist
- Kanna, her mentor
- Chiyo
- Ena
Humans
- Aki, a school friend of Koharu's with a crush on our protagonist
Fandom
In September 2024, the creator revealed that sales were going poorly in Japan. In the wake of other yuri cancellations ascribed to poor marketing[1], fans feared the worst for the future of LOVE-BULLET. As such, fans rallied to show their support,[2][3] creating explanatory Carrds[4] and Google Docs[5] to help non-Japanese fans purchase copies of the first volume, and otherwise advertising the manga as widely as they could. The resulting rush sold out copies on multiple websites, [6][7] making the future look brighter for this manga.[8]
Crossovers
While the fandom is still in its infancy, fans have enjoyed how neatly these characters slot into matchmaker roles in fanworks.[9] As such, there is a growing trend of drawing the cupids setting up other ships in media.
Theories
In a flashback scene about Koharu’s proficiency with matchmaking, some fans have noted a background character that looks like Kanna. [10]Since cupids can temporarily make themselves visible to humans, fans wondered if this background character was in fact Kanna, utilizing Koharu’s advice to make matches and gain karma.[11] This might also explain Kanna’s knowledge of Koharu and Aki’s bond.
Another prominent theory stems from a mugshot drawing that Inee posted of the four cupids. In the drawing, you can see heart-shaped gunshot holes in the wall behind them. Since the gunshot hole next to Koharu aligns with the industrial accident wound that killed her,[12] fans have speculated that the illustration might provide clues as to how the other cupids died.
Example Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanfiction
Fanart
- Full page! by JackSinzart
- I wanted to fall in love after all. by Wrenderiing
- [ L 💌 V E • B U L L E T ] icons! 💕 by sappysprout
- PLEASE CHECK #LOVEBULLET by strange_blossom
Crossovers
- Cupid gurlies, save my green sapphics by Powerto_24, crossover with The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't A Guy At All
- guys orv is kind of a romance…… by kazuriae, crossover with Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint
- love bullet x splatoon! by raveninblue, crossover with Splatoon
Additional Links
- ラブ・バレット | LOVE BULLET (Manga) tag on Archive of our Own
- https://x.com/inee
- https://x.com/LoveBulletManga
- https://lovebullet.wiki/wiki/Main_Page
References
- ^ https://x.com/bloomfilters/status/1834774767414427948
- ^ https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/yuri-manga-fans-rally-to-save-a-series-they-cant-officially-read-pushing-it-up-sales-charts-and-stunning-its-creator-there-are-no-words-to-describe-how-moved-i-am/
- ^ https://x.com/true0bIue/status/1836169987846754314
- ^ https://supportlb.carrd.co/
- ^ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1acyjITY8ohQbJW8xokiUC0_koa8Sv2tOk9vSRovTPPY/edit#heading=h.nj23sjpj5u97
- ^ https://x.com/LoveBulletManga/status/1836768080858378670
- ^ https://x.com/yurisasusaku/status/1836480480860082646
- ^ https://x.com/linesinmotion/status/1836379325555249527
- ^ https://x.com/theeagging/status/1836830367283827123
- ^ https://x.com/rose_thicc/status/1837806378175385623
- ^ https://x.com/PancatD5/status/1837691722463137827
- ^ https://x.com/akanedni/status/1837614242146800087