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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = 
| caption         = 
| ja_kanji        = 恋愛操作（コントロール）
| ja_romaji       = Renai Sousa
| genre           = ''[[Yaoi]]''
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author=Ai Hasukawa
| publisher=[[Libre Publishing]]<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4862630634 Amazon.co.jp： 恋愛操作 (スーパービーボーイコミックス): 蓮川 愛: 本]. Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved on 22 October 2011.</ref>
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[Digital Manga Publishing]]}}
| demographic     = [[Josei]]
| magazine        = [[Magazine Be × Boy|Be × Boy Gold]]
| first           = 10 November 2006
| last            = 10 April 2023
| volumes         = 7
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''Love Control'''''|恋愛操作（コントロール）|Renai Sousa}} is a ''[[yaoi]]'' manga written and illustrated by [[Ai Hasukawa]]. It is licensed in English by [[Digital Manga Publishing]], which released the first volume of the manga on 22 April 2008,<ref>[http://www.junemanga.com/books/411/ Love Control – Juné Manga] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601164801/http://www.junemanga.com/books/411/ |date=1 June 2010 }}. Junemanga.com (22 April 2008). Retrieved on 22 October 2011.</ref> and the second on 22 July 2009.<ref>[http://www.junemanga.com/books/412/ Love Control Vol. 2 – Juné Manga] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611073026/http://www.junemanga.com/books/412 |date=11 June 2010 }}. Junemanga.com (22 July 2009). Retrieved on 22 October 2011.</ref>

==Reception==
Leroy Douresseaux enjoyed "the strong-willed leads" in the manga.<ref>[http://www.comicbookbin.com/lovecontrol2008.html Love Control (Yaoi Manga)]. Comicbookbin.com. Retrieved on 22 October 2011.</ref> Julie Rosato enjoyed the character designs, despite not usually enjoying salarymen,<ref>[http://www.mania.com/mangareviews/love-control-vol01_article_82776.html Love Control Vol. #01] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601223319/http://www.mania.com/mangareviews/love-control-vol01_article_82776.html |date=1 June 2009 }}. Mania.com. Retrieved on 22 October 2011.</ref> describing the series as a "guilty pleasure".<ref>[http://www.mania.com/love-control-vol-02_article_115666.html Love Control Vol. #02] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614213224/http://www.mania.com/love-control-vol-02_article_115666.html |date=14 June 2010 }}. Mania.com. Retrieved on 22 October 2011.</ref> Connie C. said that ''Love Control'' was "exactly what I like to see"... "an older couple in a steady, healthy, and passionate relationship".<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090711233344/http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/manga-minis-7609/#lovecontrol2 Manga Recon » Blog Archive » Manga Minis, 7/6/09]}}. Popcultureshock.com (27 August 2009). Retrieved on 22 October 2011.</ref> Danielle Leigh praised Hasukawa's sexy character designs.<ref>[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/28/danielle-leighs-reading-diary-love-control-vol-2/ Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary – Love Control vol 2 {{!}} Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources]. Goodcomics.comicbookresources.com (28 June 2009). Retrieved on 22 October 2011.</ref> Rachel Bentham describes the finish of the story as being "delicious melodrama".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bentham |first=Rachel |url=http://activeanime.com/html/2009/07/09/love-control-vol-2-advance-review/ |title=Love Control Vol. 2 (Advance Review) |work=activeAnime |date=9 July 2009 }}<!-- http://activeanime.com/html/content/view/5256/36/ --></ref> Leroy Douresseaux felt the second volume "lacks heat".<ref>[http://www.comicbookbin.com/lovecontrol002.html Love Control 2 (Yaoi)]. Comicbookbin.com. Retrieved on 22 October 2011.</ref> [[Shaenon Garrity]] sums up the manga as "pretty but unremarkable."<ref>[http://www.suvudu.com/2010/01/365-days-of-manga-day-117-love-control.html 365 Days of Manga, Day 117: Love Control « Suvudu – Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, Comics, and Games]. Suvudu.com (10 January 2010). Retrieved on 22 October 2011.</ref>

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==External links==
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[[Category:2006 manga]]
[[Category:Yaoi anime and manga]]
[[Category:Digital Manga Publishing titles]]