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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Love Com 7.png
| caption         = Seventh {{Transl|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover, featuring Risa Koizumi (left) and Atsushi Ōtani (right)
| ja_kanji        = ラブ★コン
| ja_romaji       = Rabu★Kon
| genre           = [[Romantic comedy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/love-com|title=The Official Website for Love★Com|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716175944/https://www.viz.com/love-com|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Aya Nakahara]]
| publisher       = [[Shueisha]]
| publisher_en    = {{English anime licensee
| NA              = [[Viz Media]]
| AUS             = [[Madman Entertainment]]
}}
| demographic     = {{Transl|ja|[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]}}
| magazine        = [[Bessatsu Margaret]]
| first           = 11 August 2001
| last            = 11 August 2007
| volumes         = 17
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
| developer       = [[AQ Interactive]]
| publisher       =
| genre           = [[Adventure game|Adventure]]
| platforms       = [[PlayStation 2]]
| released        = 13 July 2006
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| director        = Kitaji Ishikawa
| producer        =
| writer          =
| music           =
| studio          = [[Tohokushinsha Film Corporation]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee
| NA              = [[Discotek Media]]
}}
| released        = 13 July 2006
| runtime         = 100 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Konosuke Uda]]
| producer        = {{ubl|Junko Abe|Hiromi Seki|Yoshiyuki Ikezawa}}
| writer          =
| music           = Hironosuke Sato
| studio          = [[Toei Animation]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee
| NA              = Discotek Media
}}
| network         = [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]], [[Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting|CBC]], [[MBS TV|MBS]]
| first           = 7 April 2007
| last            = 29 September 2007
| episodes        = 24
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Love Com Two
| author          = Aya Nakahara
| publisher       = Shueisha
| demographic     = {{Transl|ja|Shōjo}}
| magazine        = {{ubl|Deluxe Margaret {{noitalic|(2009)}}{{efn|''Love Com Deluxe''}}|Betsuma Two {{noitalic|(2012)}}{{efn|''Love Com Two''}}}}
| first           = 28 April 2009
| last            = 13 July 2012
| volumes         = 1
| volume_list     = 
}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Love Com'''''|ラブ★コン|Rabu★Kon|sometimes spelled '''''Love*Com'''''|lead=yes}}, also known as '''''Lovely Complex''''', is a Japanese [[romantic comedy]] [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Aya Nakahara]]. It was published by [[Shueisha]] in ''[[Bessatsu Margaret]]'' from 2001 to 2007, with its chapters collected in 17 {{Transl|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. The series is about the romance between a tall girl and a short boy who are treated as a comedy duo by their classmates.

The story has been adapted as a [[live-action]] film released in 2006, a 24-episode [[anime]] television series broadcast in 2007, and an adventure game released for [[PlayStation 2]] released in 2006. Two [[drama CD]]s have also been produced. The manga and the live-action film were licensed in North America by [[Viz Media]]. The anime series was later licensed by [[Discotek Media]], who also re-licensed the live-action film.

Two [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] stories, ''Love Com Deluxe'' (published in ''Deluxe Margaret'' in 2009) and ''Love Com Two'' (published in ''Betsuma Two'' in 2012), were collected in a single volume in 2012.

In 2004, ''Love Com'' received the 49th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for the {{Transl|ja|shōjo}} category.

==Plot==
''Love Com'' is a love story between a boy and a girl in [[Sakai, Osaka]]. The girl, Risa Koizumi, is {{convert|172|cm|ftin}} tall—much taller than the average Japanese girl. The boy, Atsushi Ōtani, is {{convert|156|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}—way below the height of the average Japanese boy. Because of this, the pair are called the "[[List of Japanese comedians#A|All Hanshin Kyojin]]" after a popular comedy duo that has a similar height difference.

During summer school, a very tall student named Ryouji Suzuki (from another class) shows up and Risa immediately falls for him because he is tall. There is a girl that Atsushi likes as well, so Risa and Atsushi decide to put aside their differences and help each other get their love interests. Their efforts fail spectacularly as Suzuki and the girl whom Ōtani had a crush on, Chiharu Tanaka, end up becoming a couple. All is not lost though, since Risa and Ōtani become close friends. As they get to know each other better, Risa's feelings for Atsushi begin to blossom, and her love life gets complicated from there on.

==Characters==
;{{nihongo|Risa Koizumi|小泉 リサ|Koizumi Risa}}
:{{Portrayed by|[[Ema Fujisawa]]}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Akemi Okamura]] (anime),<ref name="MA-DbAnime">{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブ★コンLOVELY★COMPLEX|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C11320|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120141737/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C11320|archive-date=20 November 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Risa Hayamizu]] (drama CD, video game)<ref name="dramaCD-credits">{{Cite AV media notes|script-title=ja:ラブ・コン ドラマCD|date=12 December 2003|url=https://static.mercdn.net/item/detail/orig/photos/m38781620024_2.jpg?1667629476|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|type=CD|at=back cover|isbn=4-08-905575-X|quote={{lang|ja|{{ubl|CAST:|小泉リサ ▷ 早水リサ|大谷敦士 ▷ 櫻井 孝宏|石原信子 ▷ 東さおり|中尾平吉 ▷ 津田健次郎|田中千春 ▷ 前田愛|鈴木涼二 ▷ 小野坂昌也|神崎さん ▷ 松岡由貴|深川 遥 ▷ 置鮎龍太郎|寿聖子郎 ▷ 小松里歌}}}}|lang=ja|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-date=18 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218210130/https://static.mercdn.net/item/detail/orig/photos/m38781620024_2.jpg?1667629476|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PS2-VAs"/>|[[Amber Lee Connors]]<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: Risa Koizumi is not an average Japanese high school girl. Standing {{convert|172|cm|ftin}} tall, Risa stands taller than the average height of Japanese boys let alone Japanese girls (the average height for a female is {{convert|158|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}).<ref>{{cite web| url=https://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/Girls_Average_Height_and_Weight_by_Age_in_Japan| title=Girls Average Height and Weight by Age in Japan| date=May 2016| access-date=22 October 2020| archive-date=23 October 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023233731/https://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/Girls_Average_Height_and_Weight_by_Age_in_Japan| url-status=live}}</ref> In the anime she states that she has always been the tallest person in her class. Ironically, her surname means "small fountain". She and other characters compare her to a [[giraffe]]. Risa can be impulsive and strong-willed at times, and is rarely willing to display her softer side. She had a crush on Suzuki before he started dating Chiharu.
: Risa starts developing feelings for Ōtani and soon admits to herself that she likes him. She then starts trying to confess. Failing the first time, Nobuko and Nakao try to help with Nobuko often giving Risa advice on what to do. Finally she very directly tells him. She immediately regrets it, and tells Ōtani to pretend it never happened, but in spite of herself she tells Ōtani once again that she likes him. Ōtani responds that he cannot see her as a girlfriend yet, so her new goal is to make Ōtani regret that and make him like her as well.
;{{nihongo|Atsushi Ōtani|大谷 敦士|Ōtani Atsushi}}
:{{Portrayed by|[[Teppei Koike]]}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Akira Nagata]] (anime),<ref name="MA-DbAnime"/> [[Takahiro Sakurai]] (drama CD, video game)<ref name="dramaCD-credits"/><ref name="PS2-VAs"/>|[[Howard Wang]]<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: Atsushi Ōtani is one of the main characters. He is very short for a boy, standing {{convert|156|cm|ftin}}. Like Koizumi, Ōtani's surname (roughly, "big valley") is a pun on his diminutive stature. He can be thoughtless and rude but he is kind and a little silly at heart. Ironically, Ōtani also happens to be the star player of the school basketball team. He reveals he wants to go to University after graduation to get his teaching certificate. He dreams of teaching basketball to elementary school students.
:His ex-girlfriend is Mayu Kanzaki, the manager of his middle-school basketball team. She broke up with him for a much taller boyfriend, and this is one of the reasons Ōtani is sensitive about his height. He later finds out that his lack of height was not the reason that she broke up with him; it was because she was in love with someone else already who just happened to be tall. He does not know quite yet how he feels about Risa when she confesses her feelings for him, and responds that he cannot see her as a girlfriend (at the time). He later realizes that he does care for her, and he kisses her. Later on in the series, Ōtani gets the wrong idea when Risa does suspicious things with her co-worker Kohori, and then breaks up with her. However, after seeing how devoted she is to him, Ōtani reconsiders and they make up on [[Christmas Eve]].
;{{nihongo|Nobuko Ishihara|石原 信子|Ishihara Nobuko}}
:{{Portrayed by|[[Nami Tamaki]]}}
:{{Anime voice|Saori Higashi<ref name="dramaCD-credits"/><ref name="MA-DbAnime"/>|Hayden Daviau<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: Fashionable and charming, Nobu is Risa's best friend. She is generally wiser than Risa or Chiharu in the ways of love, and is always ready to offer her advice. She is usually the one who sets up all the 'alone time' moments with Risa and Ōtani. Unfortunately her efforts tend to end in failure and Risa returns to her for comfort. She is utterly in love with her boyfriend, Nakao, and is always calling him her 'honey', 'darling', and 'baby'. Whenever Otani upsets Risa, she and Nakao express their disapproval, usually through means of torture and insults.
;{{nihongo|Heikichi Nakao|中尾 平吉|Nakao Heikichi}}
:{{Portrayed by|Yusuke Yamazaki}}
:{{Voiced by|Yasuhiko Tokuyama (anime),<ref name="MA-DbAnime"/> [[Kenjiro Tsuda]] (drama CD, video game)<ref name="dramaCD-credits"/><ref name="PS2-VAs"/>|[[Alejandro Saab]]<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: Nobu's boyfriend and Ōtani's best friend. Considerate, sensitive, mild-mannered and easygoing., Nakao is absolutely dedicated to Nobu, and when he is not playing basketball with Ōtani, he can usually be found helping with her match-making schemes. Despite the fact that Otani is his best friend, Nakao and Nobu-chan are seen multiple times insulting and torturing him, usually after Otani rejects or upsets Risa.
;{{nihongo|Chiharu Tanaka|田中 千春|Tanaka Chiharu}}
:{{Portrayed by|[[Risa Kudo]]}}
:{{Voiced by|Kazuko Kojima (anime),<ref name="MA-DbAnime"/> [[Ai Maeda (voice actress)|Ai Maeda]] (drama CD, video game)<ref name="dramaCD-credits"/><ref name="PS2-VAs"/>|[[Sarah Wiedenheft]]<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: One of Risa's closest friends, Chiharu has such a shy, demure personality that she fears most boys her own age. Ōtani once harbored a crush on her (she resembles Kanzaki, his ex-girlfriend, or vice versa), but Chiharu instead fell for the gentle Suzuki. The two are now a couple. When everybody starts making college plans, Suzuki and Chiharu applied for the same college, but Suzuki got rejected. He sadly tells Chiharu somebody else would be able to protect her. For the first time, Chiharu breaks out of her shy character and violently lifts up a desk and throws at him (narrowly missing), frustrated that Suzuki thinks he can be replaced. They later make up and Suzuki promises to join Chiharu in her new school the next year.
;{{nihongo|Ryoji Suzuki|鈴木 涼二|Suzuki Ryoji}}
:{{Portrayed by|[[Hiro Mizushima]]}}
:{{Voiced by|Kenjiro Tsuda (anime),<ref name="MA-DbAnime"/> [[Masaya Onosaka]] (drama CD, video game)<ref name="dramaCD-credits"/><ref name="PS2-VAs">{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブ★コン パンチDEコント（メーカー名無し） 2006年07月13日発売 種別：PS1/PS2|url=http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_title&value=%A5%E9%A5%D6%A1%FA%A5%B3%A5%F3+%A5%D1%A5%F3%A5%C1DE%A5%B3%A5%F3%A5%C8&mvalue=%A5%E1%A1%BC%A5%AB%A1%BC%CC%BE%CC%B5%A4%B7&hvalue=PS1%2FPS2|website=Voice Artist Database|publisher=GamePlaza -Haruka-|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306011152/http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_title&value=%A5%E9%A5%D6%A1%FA%A5%B3%A5%F3+%A5%D1%A5%F3%A5%C1DE%A5%B3%A5%F3%A5%C8&mvalue=%A5%E1%A1%BC%A5%AB%A1%BC%CC%BE%CC%B5%A4%B7&hvalue=PS1%2FPS2|archive-date=6 March 2016|language=ja}}</ref>|[[Aaron Dismuke]]<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: Chiharu's boyfriend. Suzuki's cool demeanor is often mistaken for standoffishness, and so he has few friends. Oblivious to Risa's crush on him, he develops feelings for Chiharu, and eventually asks her out. Like Chiharu, Suzuki is shy and easily embarrassed. When he fails to get into the same university as Chiharu, he promises to try again the year after.
;{{nihongo|Haruka Fukagawa|深川 遥|Fukagawa Haruka}}
:{{Voiced by|Masaya Onosaka (anime),<ref name="MA-DbAnime"/> [[Ryotaro Okiayu]] (drama CD)<ref name="dramaCD-credits"/>|Tom Lafflin<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: A handsome, effeminate young man who developed a childhood crush on Risa when she defended him from a gang of bullies. Though he is popular with many of the other girls (dating seven at a time and towards chapter 52 dates 2 more for a total of nine), he says it is all preparation for when he goes out with Risa, despite the fact that she always rejects him. According to Risa, his grandmother is English. It is also suggested that he might have a crush on Seiko. He never tires of insulting Otani, (his most frequently used insult is "Midget"), and is constantly pestering Risa about her feelings for him, stating that Otani is not good enough for her.
;{{nihongo|Mayu Kanzaki|神崎 真由|Kanzaki Mayu}}
:{{Portrayed by|Mio Kato}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Yuki Matsuoka]]<ref name="dramaCD-credits"/><ref name="MA-DbAnime"/>|Elizabeth Quedenfeld<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: She is Ōtani's ex-girlfriend. She and Chiharu look very similar, which is the most likely reason that Ōtani had a crush on Chiharu. They started dating in middle-school, and she was the manager for the school basketball team. She broke up with him because she was in love with someone else who was tall, leaving him completely heartbroken and causing his [[inferiority complex]].
:She invites Ōtani to the team Christmas party, and though Ōtani accepts, he ends up going to the Umibōzu concert with Risa instead. She then visited Ōtani's school to see him, but encountered Risa and Nobu. Risa is convinced that Ōtani is still in love with Mayu, so she goes to clear up a misunderstanding. It is then that Mayu tells him that she did not break up with him because of his height. However, she appears again later, after having broken up with her boyfriend. When she asks to meet up again, he says: "Sorry, I can't because if I do there'll be an idiot who'll cry."
;{{nihongo|Kuniumi Maitake|舞竹 国海|Maitake Kuniumi}}
:{{Portrayed by|[[Shosuke Tanihara]]}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Junichi Suwabe]]<ref name="MA-DbAnime"/>|Gianni Matragrano<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: Student teacher at Risa and Ōtani's school. Maitake, who prefers the nickname "Maity" or "Mighty", is taller than Risa and extraordinarily good-looking. He bears a resemblance to "Cain-sama", a character in one of Risa's favorite [[visual novel]]s, and soon acquires a legion of female fans. Gaining affection from Risa, Ōtani soon becomes jealous and quickly starts to realize his feelings for her. It is later revealed he has a fiance – named Jody – much to the disappointment of his fan club – and that he is Haruka's cousin.
;{{nihongo|Mimi Yoshioka|吉岡 美々|Yoshioka Mimi}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Kae Araki]]<ref name="MA-DbAnime"/>|[[Marissa Lenti]]<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: Ōtani's next door neighbor. She is in love with Ōtani and brings him milk every day in hopes that he would one day grow taller. She is about the same height as Risa. Mimi harbors a burning hatred and jealousy for Risa because (despite her having the same height issue as Mimi) she had won Ōtani's heart. She comically switches between her alter egos, acting sweet towards Ōtani, yet sour to Risa behind his back. Eventually, she accepts that Ōtani likes Koizumi but swears that she will someday take Ōtani from Koizumi.
;{{nihongo|Kazuki Kohori|小堀 和希|Kohori Kazuki}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Hiroki Shimowada]]<ref name="MA-DbAnime"/>|Kdin Jenzen<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: A young student who works part time with Risa in Ikebe. He is notably shorter than her, although slightly taller than Ōtani (158 cm.), and has distinctive black hair with a red streak. Risa soon discovers that he is also an avid Umibouzu fan. He very soon develops feelings for Risa, who admits to herself that she finds him 'cute'.  Against her better judgment, Risa attends an Umibōzu concert with Kohori which leads to complications in her relationship with Ōtani. He even proclaims his love for Risa, which causes Ōtani to give him a right hook. Around chapter 60 in the manga, Risa's classmate Abe is shown to have a crush on Kohori and is dating him.
;{{nihongo|Seiko Kotobuki|寿 聖子|Kotobuki Seiko}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Fujiko Takimoto]] (anime),<ref name="MA-DbAnime"/> [[Rika Komatsu]] (drama CD)<ref name="dramaCD-credits"/>|Siv Ryan<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: A blonde who has a large crush on Ōtani. She is [[transgender]], and states that God placed her in a wrong body. She prefers to be called Seiko instead of Seishiro (birth name) because it sounds more feminine. She kissed Ōtani to confess her feelings while she is tending to Ōtani's injury in the school infirmary. Ōtani got a shock when he found out Seiko's real sex, but still chooses to be her friend. In the manga, she has a crush on Haruka and confessed to him in the same manner she did with Ōtani. When Seiko was planning on confessing to a man who saved her from a creeper, her voice became deeper and not "cute", therefore Seiko cut her long hair and decided to become "a dangerous man", choosing Ōtani as her master. But then it seemed that only a cold was making Seiko's voice change, and she went back to her chirpy, female self.
;{{nihongo|Umibōzu|海坊主}}
:{{Portrayed by|[[Susumu Terajima]]}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Crazy Ken Band|Smokey Tetsuni]],<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブ★コン DVD BOX volume.2 [DVD]|url=https://www.yodobashi.com/product/100000009000469657/|publisher=[[Yodobashi Camera]]|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120153948/https://www.yodobashi.com/product/100000009000469657/|archive-date=20 November 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hisao Egawa]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブ★コン|url=https://www.neowing.co.jp/anime/essentials/lovelycomplex.html|publisher=Neowing|access-date=20 November 2023|language=ja|archive-date=12 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212073505/http://www.neowing.co.jp/anime/essentials/lovelycomplex.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|Brent Mukai<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: A popular rapper whom both Risa and Ōtani are avid fans of, leading to Nobu's suggestion that the two are compatible. Risa and Ōtani accidentally cross paths with Umibōzu while on a class trip, and learn that he is actually a devoted family man, with a wife and son with a similar story of how they became a couple. He is named after the mythological creature [[Umibōzu]] due to his bald head.
;{{nihongo|Ms. Matsubara|松原さん|Matsubara-san}}
:{{Anime voice|Keiko Tsukamoto|Natalie Van Sistine<ref>{{cite web|title=Lovely Complex|url=https://www.soundcadencestudios.com/lovely-complex|publisher=Sound Cadence Studios|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-date=20 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120135231/https://www.soundcadencestudios.com/lovely-complex|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
: The manager in charge at the restaurant where Risa works.  She wears glasses and is quite nosy. When she is intoxicated, she turns wild, and does things that she will not remember the next day.
;{{nihongo|Kiyoji Nakano|中野 清司|Nakano Kiyoji}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Masashi Hirose]]<ref name="MA-DbAnime"/>|Marc Swint<ref name="Discotek"/>}}
: Homeroom teacher at Risa and Ōtani's class. He gave Risa and Atsushi the nickname "All Hanshin Kyojin."
;Risa's [[senpai]]
:{{Portrayed by|[[Shugo Oshinari]]}}
;Dancing Yoshiko
:{{Portrayed by|[[Eiji Wentz]]}}

==Creation and development==
{{Expand section|date=June 2008}}
According to the afterword of volume 6, Ōtani ("big valley") was going to be named Nakatani ("middle valley"), but Aya Nakahara changed her mind because ''naka'' was "too middlin."<ref name="otani-naming">{{cite book|last=Nakahara|first=Aya|title=Love*Com, Volume 6|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|location=San Francisco|date=6 May 2008|isbn=978-1-4215-1739-1|chapter=Special Report|pages=172}}</ref> Almost all of the characters speak in [[Kansai dialect]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:マーガレットコミックス特集 ～あの頃も、これからも！一生少女マンガ宣言～ 第4回 中原アヤインタビュー|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/nakaharaaya/page/3|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=20 November 2023|language=ja|date=10 July 2015|archive-date=25 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025165237/https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/nakaharaaya/page/3|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Media==
===Manga===
Written and illustrated by [[Aya Nakahara]], ''Love Com'' was serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s [[Shōjo manga|{{Transl|ja|shōjo}} manga]] magazine ''[[Bessatsu Margaret]]'' from 11 August 2001 to 13 November 2006.{{efn|It was serialized from the September 2001 to the December 2006 issues,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「別冊マーガレット」は創刊60周年！ 『ホットロード』『君に届け』『アオハライド』など、少女まんが史を代表する名作を創出してきた雑誌の周年に特別企画が続々。|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000450.000011454.html|publisher=[[Shueisha]] via [[PR Times]]|access-date=19 November 2023|language=ja|date=13 June 2023|archive-date=15 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615003005/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000450.000011454.html|url-status=live}}</ref> released on 11 August 2001<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:別冊マーガレット 2001年9月号|url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/magazine/rack.cgi?key=detail&zashimei=b_margaret|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=19 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010821075112/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/magazine/rack.cgi?key=detail&zashimei=b_margaret|archive-date=21 August 2001|language=ja}}</ref> and 13 November 2006, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:【別冊マーガレット】別冊マーガレット12月号は、11月13日発売！|url=http://manganohi.jp/2006/11/280.html|website=manganohi.jp|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220151920/http://manganohi.jp/2006/11/280.html|archive-date=20 December 2007|language=ja|date=13 November 2006}}</ref>}} Additional chapters, released under the title {{Nihongo|''Love Com Plus''|ラブ★コン プラス}}, were published in the same magazine from 13 March to 12 May 2007;{{efn|Published from the April to June 2007 issues,<ref name="Mangapedia">{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブ★コン|url=https://mangapedia.com/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%96%E2%98%85%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3-a8f5qzgbp|website={{ill|Mangapedia|ja|マンガペディア}}|publisher=Voyage Group|access-date=20 November 2023|language=ja|archive-date=20 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020125858/https://mangapedia.com/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%96%E2%98%85%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3-a8f5qzgbp|url-status=live}}</ref> released on 13 March and 12 May 2007, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:2007年03月13日のアーカイブ|url=http://manganohi.jp/2007/03/13/|website=manganohi.jp|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105232548/http://manganohi.jp/2007/03/13/|archive-date=5 November 2007|language=ja|date=13 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:2007年05月12日のアーカイブ|url=http://manganohi.jp/2007/05/12/|website=manganohi.jp|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030015049/http://manganohi.jp/2007/05/12/|archive-date=30 October 2007|language=ja|date=12 May 2007}}</ref>}} a final chapter, released as {{Nihongo|''Love Com Final''|ラブ★コン ファイナル}}, was published in the same magazine on 11 August of that same year.{{efn|Published in the September 2007 issue of the magazine,<ref name="Mangapedia"/> released on 11 August of that same year.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:雑誌＞雑誌発売予定表＞集英社|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_zasshische?sha=4&type=0&mm=0|website=s-book.com|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812125436/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_zasshische?sha=4&type=0&mm=0|archive-date=12 August 2007|language=ja}}</ref>}} Shueisha collected its chapters in 17 {{Transl|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from 25 March 2002<ref name="shueisha-v1"/> to 25 September 2007.<ref name="shueisha-v17"/>

The manga is licensed in English in North America by [[Viz Media]], who published the volumes from 3 July 2007 to 2 March 2010.<ref name="viz-manga">{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?series_id=690|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516052344/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?series_id=690|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 May 2007|title=Love Com|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=25 January 2008}}</ref> The Viz edition is licensed for distribution in Australia and New Zealand by [[Madman Entertainment]],<ref name="madman-release">{{cite web|url=http://www.madman.com.au/actions/news.do?method=view&newsId=1049|title=Viz Media & Madman Entertainment Join Forces|publisher=Madman Entertainment|access-date=5 May 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107023940/http://www.madman.com.au/actions/news.do?method=view&newsId=1049|archive-date=7 January 2009}}</ref> which released volume one in May 2008.<ref name="madman-v1">{{cite web|url=http://www.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?releaseId=10720&method=view|title=Love*com (Manga) V1|publisher=Madman Entertainment|access-date=5 May 2008|archive-date=6 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206021929/http://www.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?releaseId=10720&method=view|url-status=live}}</ref>

The series is also licensed in France by [[Delcourt (publisher)|Delcourt]],<ref name="decourt">{{cite web|url=http://www.editions-delcourt.fr/serie/lovely-complex-01.html|title=Manga Lovely Complex 01 : Éditions Delcourt, vente de manga, comics et bande dessinée (BD)|publisher=[[Delcourt (publisher)|Éditions Delcourt]]|language=fr|access-date=8 March 2009|archive-date=10 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710214105/http://www.editions-delcourt.fr/serie/lovely-complex-01.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> in Italy by [[Planet Manga]],<ref name="panini">{{cite web|url=http://www.paninicomics.it/web/guest/collane_dettaglio?id=1204|title=LOVELY COMPLEX|publisher=[[Panini Comics]]|language=it|access-date=8 March 2009|archive-date=31 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331144445/http://www.paninicomics.it/web/guest/collane_dettaglio?id=1204|url-status=live}}</ref> in Mexico by [[Grupo Editorial Vid]],<ref name="vid">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915221410/http://www.mundovid.com/prodetalle.asp?idprod=4924|archive-date=15 September 2008|url=http://www.mundovid.com/prodetalle.asp?idprod=4924|title=Lovely Complex # 1|publisher=[[Grupo Editorial Vid]]|language=es|access-date=8 July 2015}}</ref> in Spain by [[Planeta DeAgostini]],<ref name="deagostini">{{cite web|url=http://www.planetadelibros.com/editorial-planeta-deagostini-comics-54.html?Seccion=catalogo&CPadre=&Tipo=Atra&Cat=&id=17311|title=LOVE COM N° 01|publisher=[[Planeta DeAgostini Comics]]|language=es|access-date=8 March 2009|archive-date=11 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711153121/http://www.planetadelibros.com/editorial-planeta-deagostini-comics-54.html?Seccion=catalogo&CPadre=&Tipo=Atra&Cat=&id=17311|url-status=dead}}</ref> in Taiwan by [[Tong Li Publishing]],<ref name="tongli">{{cite web|url=http://www.tongli.com.tw/BooksList.aspx?B=JC589|script-title=zh:東立漫遊網 書籍查詢-書資料清單|publisher=[[Tong Li Publishing]]|language=zh|access-date=8 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002123232/http://www.tongli.com.tw/BooksList.aspx?B=JC589|archive-date=2 October 2011}}</ref> in Hungary by [[Mangafan]],<ref name="mangafan1">{{cite web|url=http://mangafan.hu/kiadvanyok/mangak/lovecom/1|title=Love*Com 1. kötet|publisher=[[Mangafan]]|access-date=12 December 2008|language=hu|archive-date=26 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026132621/http://mangafan.hu/kiadvanyok/mangak/lovecom/1|url-status=live}}</ref> and in Vietnam by [[TVM Comics]].<ref name="tvm">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvmcomics.com.vn/index.php?controller=story&action=detail&id=36|title=TVM COMICS – Best Manga Collection|publisher=[[TVM Comics]]|language=vi|access-date=8 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219225313/http://tvmcomics.com.vn/index.php?controller=story&action=detail&id=36|archive-date=19 February 2009}}</ref>

A [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]]  volume, titled ''Love Com Two'', was released on 25 September 2012.<ref name="LoveComTwo">{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ラブ★コン」姉妹編が1冊に、サブキャラ4人のエピソード|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/77137|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=11 February 2024|language=ja|date=25 September 2012|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090554/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/77137|url-status=live}}</ref> It contains the [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] chapter ''Love Com Deluxe'' (published in ''Deluxe Margaret'' on 28 March 2009),<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Aya Nakahara to Launch Lovely Complex D Manga Spinoff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-27/aya-nakahara-to-launch-lovely-complex-d-manga-spinoff|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=11 February 2024|date=27 January 2009|archive-date=27 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327081450/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-27/aya-nakahara-to-launch-lovely-complex-d-manga-spinoff|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:中原アヤ「ラブ★コン」、デラマにて番外編|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/14856|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=11 February 2024|language=ja|date=30 March 2009|archive-date=26 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826234806/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/14856|url-status=live}}</ref> the three-chapter story ''Love Com Two'' (published in ''Betsuma Two'' from 12 May to 13 July 2012),<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:香魚子が小説家・柚木麻子とタッグ！別マで魔女っ子新連載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/69258|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=11 February 2024|language=ja|date=12 May 2012|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101406/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/69258|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:別冊マーガレット次号予告|url=http://betsuma.shueisha.co.jp/content/betsuma_next.html|website=betsuma.shueisha.co.jp|access-date=11 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623024135/http://betsuma.shueisha.co.jp/content/betsuma_next.html|archive-date=23 June 2012|language=ja}}</ref> and Nakahara's one-shot story ''Honey Going''.<ref name="LoveComTwo"/>

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| OriginalRelDate = 25 July 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-847532-1|script-title=ja:ラブ·コン/2|publisher=[[Shueisha]]| language=ja|access-date=8 March 2009|archive-date=23 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823033438/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-847532-1}}</ref>
| OriginalISBN    = 4-08-847532-1
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| OriginalISBN    = 4-08-847563-1
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| OriginalISBN    = 4-08-847604-2
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| OriginalRelDate = 25 June 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-847642-5|script-title=ja:ラブ·コン/5|publisher=[[Shueisha]]| language=ja|access-date=8 March 2009|archive-date=23 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823033647/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-847642-5}}</ref>
| OriginalISBN    = 4-08-847642-5
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| OriginalRelDate = 24 October 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-847676-X|script-title=ja:ラブ·コン/6|publisher=[[Shueisha]]| language=ja|access-date=8 March 2009|archive-date=23 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823033739/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-847676-X}}</ref>
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| OriginalISBN    = 4-08-847762-6
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| OriginalISBN    = 4-08-847802-9
| LicensedRelDate = 4 November 2008<ref>{{cite web|title=Love★Com, Vol. 9|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/lovecom-volume-9/product/1370|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116123650/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/lovecom-volume-9/product/1370|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| OriginalISBN    = 4-08-847836-3
| LicensedRelDate = 6 January 2009<ref>{{cite web|title=Love★Com, Vol. 10|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/lovecom-volume-10/product/1371|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930002915/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/lovecom-volume-10/product/1371|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| OriginalISBN    = 4-08-847877-0
| LicensedRelDate = 3 March 2009<ref>{{cite web|title=Love★Com, Vol. 11|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/lovecom-volume-11/product/1816|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=20 November 2023|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930003954/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/lovecom-volume-11/product/1816|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Live-action film===
{{Expand section|date=June 2008}}
''Love Com'' was adapted into a [[live action]] film, directed by [[Kitaji Ishikawa]] with screenplay by [[Osamu Suzuki (screenwriter)|Osamu Suzuki]]. It starred [[Ema Fujisawa]] as Risa Koizumi and [[Teppei Koike]] as Atsushi Ōtani. It was released in theaters on 15 July 2006, and on DVD on 1 January 2007.

An English-subtitled DVD was released in North America by [[Viz Media]] on 19 February 2008.<ref name="viz-movie">{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7617|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226031027/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7617|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 December 2007|title=Love Com The Movie|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=6 September 2008}}</ref> In January 2024, [[Discotek Media]] announced that they had licensed the film, and it is set to be released on Blu-ray in March of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Discotek Licenses 1997 Berserk Anime, Urusei Yatsura OVAs, Mazinkaiser, More|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-08/discotek-licenses-1997-berserk-anime-urusei-yatsura-ovas-mazinkaiser-more/.206265|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=9 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109044752/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-08/discotek-licenses-1997-berserk-anime-urusei-yatsura-ovas-mazinkaiser-more/.206265|archive-date=9 January 2024|date=8 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Anime===
The anime television series was produced by [[Toei Animation]] and directed by [[Konosuke Uda]], with music by [[Hironosuke Sato]] and character designs by [[Hideaki Maniwa]].<ref name="toei-staff">{{cite web| url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/lovecom//cast_staff/index.html| script-title=ja:ラブコン -東映アニメーション-| publisher=Toei Animation| language=ja| access-date=8 March 2009| archive-date=8 March 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308180653/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/lovecom/cast_staff/index.html| url-status=live}}</ref> The opening theme songs were {{nihongo|"Kimi + Boku {{=}} Love?"|キミ+ボク{{=}}LOVE?}} by [[Tegomass]] (episodes 1–13) and "[[Hey! Say!]]" by [[Hey! Say! JUMP|Hey! Say! 7]] (episodes 14–24); the ending themes were {{nihongo|"Kiss ~ Kaerimichi no Love Song~"|キッス〜帰り道のラブソング}} by Tegomass (episodes 1–13) and "Bon Bon" by Hey! Say! 7 (episodes 14–24).<ref name="toei-staff"/> It was broadcast on [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]], [[Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting|CBC]], and [[MBS TV|MBS]] from 7 April 2007 to 29 September 2007.<ref name="Toei-eps">{{cite web| url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/lovecom//episode/list/| script-title=ja:ラブコン -東映アニメーション-| publisher=Toei Animation| language=ja| access-date=8 March 2009| archive-date=9 March 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309183509/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/lovecom/episode/list/| url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2012, [[Discotek Media]] announced that they will distribute the ''Love Com'' anime on DVD in North America in one subtitled boxset,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-02/discotek-to-release-love-com/lovely-complex-anime|title=Discotek to Release Love Com/Lovely Complex Anime|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2 April 2012|access-date=28 June 2022|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527000613/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-02/discotek-to-release-love-com/lovely-complex-anime|url-status=live}}</ref> which was released on 16 July 2013. In October 2023, Discotek Media announced during a livestream that it will receive an English dub produced by [[Sound Cadence Studios]] for the first time,<ref name="Discotek">{{Cite news|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-16/discotek-licenses-lovely-complex-with-new-english-dub-nanoha-belladonna-of-sadness-chie-the-brat-/.203513|title=Discotek Licenses Lovely Complex With New English Dub, Nanoha, Belladonna of Sadness, Chie the Brat, Rainbow, IGPX, More|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=16 October 2023|access-date=17 October 2023|archive-date=17 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017064244/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-16/discotek-licenses-lovely-complex-with-new-english-dub-nanoha-belladonna-of-sadness-chie-the-brat-/.203513|url-status=live}}</ref> and it was released on Blu-ray on 30 January 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 28 – February 3|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-01/north-american-anime-manga-releases-january-28-february-3/.206995|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=15 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205110222/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-01/north-american-anime-manga-releases-january-28-february-3/.206995|archive-date=5 February 2024|date=1 February 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The staff for the localization garnered controversy when writer [[Brendan Blaber]] wrote on social media that he hated the original show, criticized its writing and voice acting, and changed the script and character personalities in an attempt to make the show watchable. He also stated they re-wrote [[transphobic]] parts of the show. Discotek Media stated they would no longer work with Blaber as a result of his admittance of this, though also defended the changes by stating dubs often "punch up the comedy" of anime and that all changes were approved by the show's original producers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Peters|first=Megan|title=Lovely Complex: Breaking Down the Drama Surrounding Its Dub|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/lovely-complex-anime-dub-controversy/|website=Comicbook.com|access-date=18 February 2024|date=14 February 2024|archive-date=15 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215042458/https://comicbook.com/anime/news/lovely-complex-anime-dub-controversy/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Reyna|first=Leo|title=Lovely Complex English Dub Hit by Controversy as Contractor Gets Blacklisted by Discotek|url=https://www.cbr.com/discotek-media-lovely-complex-anime-english-dub-controversy/|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|access-date=18 February 2024|date=14 February 2024|archive-date=18 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218205852/https://www.cbr.com/discotek-media-lovely-complex-anime-english-dub-controversy/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Liu|first=Stephanie|title=Discotek Puts Out Statement About Lovely Complex Dub|url=https://www.siliconera.com/discotek-puts-out-statement-about-lovely-complex-dub/|website=Siliconera|access-date=18 February 2024|date=13 February 2024|archive-date=15 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215153053/https://www.siliconera.com/discotek-puts-out-statement-about-lovely-complex-dub/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Episodes====
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! Episode !! Title  <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/lovely-complex/episodes/|title=Lovely Complex|access-date=20 March 2015|archive-date=27 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727025808/http://www.tv.com/shows/lovely-complex/episodes/|url-status=dead}}</ref> !! Original air date<ref name="Toei-eps"/>
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| EpisodeNumber       = 1
| Title               = Freshman Year Summer! I'll Definitely Find a Boyfriend!
| TranslitTitle       = Kou-1 no Natsu! Zettai Kareshi, Tsukuttaru wa!
| NativeTitle         = 高1の夏!絶対カレシ、つくったるわ!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|4|7}}
| ShortSummary        = High school girl Risa Koizumi, who is far taller than average, is friends with high school boy Atsushi Otani, who is far shorter than average, and together are known as [[List of Japanese comedians|All Hanshin Kyojin]]. Koizumi develops a crush on Ryoji Suzuki. Otani says he will help Koizumi begin a relationship with Suzuki if Koizumi helps him begin a relationship with her friend Chiharu Tanaka. Otani and Koizumi invite Suzuki and Chiharu to the pool along with their other friends Nobuko "Nobu" Ishihara and Heikichi Nakao who are already dating. Otani and Koizumi accidentally spend more time with each other than with their crushes and Suzuki and Chiharu end up developing crushes on each other and begin dating. Otani and Koizumi console each other and attend a summer festival where they challenge each other to find love before the other does.
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 2
| Title               = The Ex-Girlfriend Love Triangle?!
| TranslitTitle       = Moto Kano to Sankakukankei!?
| NativeTitle         = 元カノと三角関係!?
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|4|14}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 3
| Title               = A Guy You Like or a Guy from the Past?
| TranslitTitle       = Suki na Otoko ka, Mukashi no Otoko ka?
| NativeTitle         = 好きなオトコか、昔のオトコか?
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|4|21}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 4
| Title               = Kiss! I've Fallen For You!
| TranslitTitle       = Chū! Suki ni Natchaimashita!
| NativeTitle         = チュッ!好きになっちゃいました!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|4|28}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 5
| Title               = Send Forbidden Love Flying!
| TranslitTitle       = Kindan no Ai o Buttobase!
| NativeTitle         = 禁断の愛をぶっ飛ばせ!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|5|5}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 6
| Title               = A Maiden's Determination! Love-Love Confession Plan!!
| TranslitTitle       = Otome no Ichidai Kesshin! Raburabu Kokuhaku Dai Sakusen!!
| NativeTitle         = 乙女の一大決心! ラブラブ告白大作戦!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|5|12}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 7
| Title               = Sunk! Worst Confession in History
| TranslitTitle       = Gekichin! Shijō Saitē na Kokuhaku
| NativeTitle         = 撃沈!史上サイテーな告白
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|5|19}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 8
| Title               = Comeback Impossible! Major Heartbreak!!
| TranslitTitle       = Saiki Funō! Dai Shitsuren!!
| NativeTitle         = 再起不能!大失恋!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|5|26}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 9
| Title               = Resuscitation!! Aim for Girlfriend Status!!
| TranslitTitle       = Kishikaisei!! Mezase Kanojo no Za!!
| NativeTitle         = 起死回生!!めざせ彼女の座!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|6|2}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 10
| Title               = A Confrontation with the Ex-Girlfriend?! The Epic Breast-Baring Battle!!
| TranslitTitle       = Moto Kano to Taiketsu!? Chichi Dashi Daitakusen!!
| NativeTitle         = 元カノと対決!?乳だし大作戦!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|6|9}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 11
| Title               = Absolute Death! Revived Love with the Ex-Girlfriend?!
| TranslitTitle       = Zettai Zetsumei! Moto Kano to Fukkatsu Ai?!
| NativeTitle         = 絶対絶命!元カノと復活愛?!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|6|16}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 12
| Title               = Recapture Love! Improve as a Girl with Winning Honmei Chocolate!!
| TranslitTitle       = Ai o Torimodose! Honmei Choko de Onna o Migaku!!
| NativeTitle         = 愛を取り戻せ!本命チョコで女を磨く!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|6|23}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 13
| Title               = Heating Up! A First Kiss in His Room?
| TranslitTitle       = Hatsunetsu! Aitsu no Heya de Fāsuto Kissu?
| NativeTitle         = 発熱!あいつの部屋でファースト·キッス?
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|6|30}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 14
| Title               = A Killer Crush on Maity
| TranslitTitle       = Maiti ni Kyunshiniya!
| NativeTitle         = マイティにキュン死にや!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|7|7}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 15
| Title               = A Dangerous Man, Maity's Sweet Temptation
| TranslitTitle       = Kiken na Otoko Maiti no Amai Yūwaku
| NativeTitle         = 危険なオトコ マイティの甘い誘惑
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|7|14}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 16
| Title               = Maity's Magic! The Transforming Patterns of Love?!
| TranslitTitle       = Maiti no Mahō! Hengesuru Renbo Yō!?
| NativeTitle         = マイティの魔法! 変化する恋模様!?
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|7|21}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 17
| Title               = Love's Iron Fist! Catch, O Maiden Soul!!
| TranslitTitle       = Ai no Tekken! Uketomero, Otome Tamashii!!
| NativeTitle         = 愛の鉄拳! 受け止めろ、乙女魂!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|7|28}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 18
| Title               = The Best Birthday in History
| TranslitTitle       = Shijō Saikō no Tanjōbi
| NativeTitle         = 史上最高の誕生日
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|8|4}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 19
| Title               = Sudden Downturn!! The First Date Is the Beginning of Disaster
| TranslitTitle       = Kyūten Chokka!! Hatsu Dēto wa Fumei no Hajimari
| NativeTitle         = 急転直下!!初デートは不運の始まり
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|8|11}}
| ShortSummary        = They go on their first date and are embarrassed in a stadium. She starts to have second doubts after he bumps into her ex-girlfriend attending the same event but they gently reaffirm their love. In the end, she meets her rival, the next door neighbor idol!
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 20
| Title               = Declaration of War!! The Dangerous Beauty Burns with Envy!!
| TranslitTitle       = Sensen Fukoku! Shitto ni Moeru Denjarasu Bishōjo!!
| NativeTitle         = 宣戦布告!!嫉妬に燃えるデンジャラス美少女!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|8|18}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 21
| Title               = Premonition of Separation?! Risa and Ōtani Walk Separate Paths
| TranslitTitle       = Wakare no Yokan?! Risa to Ōtani ga Ayumu Betsubetsu no Michi
| NativeTitle         = 別れの予感?!リサと大谷が歩む別々の道
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|9|8}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 22
| Title               = A Catastrophic Declaration from Ōtani!!
| TranslitTitle       = Ōtani kara no Hakyoku Sengen!!
| NativeTitle         = 大谷からの破局宣言!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|9|22}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 23
| Title               = Various Paths!! Everyone Embraces Their Own Circumstances
| TranslitTitle       = Shinro wa Iroiro!! Minna ga Kakaeru Sorezore no Jiko
| NativeTitle         = 進路はいろいろ!!みんなが抱えるそれぞれの事故
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|9|22}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 24
| Title               = Together Forever
| TranslitTitle       = Zutto Issho!!
| NativeTitle         = ずっと一緒!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|9|29}}
}}
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==Reception==
''Love Com'' won the 49th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for the {{Transl|ja|[[Shōjo manga|shōjo]]}} category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|access-date=19 August 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109115811/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|archive-date=9 January 2010}}</ref> The English edition of ''Love Com'' has been favorably reviewed, with praise especially for Nakahara's comedic timing,<ref name="ANN-v4">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2008-01-22|title=RIGHT TURN ONLY!! – Complex and Lovely|first=Carlo|last=Santos|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=22 January 2008|access-date=25 January 2008|quote=Deftly navigating through these extremes of emotion—as well as the extremes of artwork (wacky comedy expressions vs. serious shōjo heartbreak)—is a display of talent that few can hope to match.|archive-date=23 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123093522/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2008-01-22|url-status=live}}</ref> sympathetic characters,<ref name="PCS-v4">{{cite web|url=http://www.popcultureshock.com/on-the-shojo-beat-high-school-debut/43131/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113122837/http://www.popcultureshock.com/on-the-shojo-beat-high-school-debut/43131/|archive-date=13 January 2008|title=On the Shojo Beat: Crimson Hero, High School Debut, and Love*Com|first=Katherine|last=Dacey|publisher=Pop Culture Shock|date=11 January 2008|access-date=25 January 2008|quote=''Love*Com'' remains one of the most consistently entertaining titles in the Shojo Beat line, winning points for stylish, evocative artwork and sympathetic, vivid characters.}}</ref><ref name="ANN-v78"/> and deft depictions of emotions.<ref name="ANN-v4"/> A reviewer at ''[[Anime News Network]]'' praised it as "the standard by which all other modern romantic comedies should be measured" for its handling of the range of its characters' emotions.<ref name="ANN-v78">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/love-com-lovely-complex/gn-7|title=Love*Com (Lovely Complex): GN 7–8|first=Carlo|last=Santos|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=24 October 2008|access-date=31 October 2008|archive-date=27 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027121322/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/love-com-lovely-complex/gn-7|url-status=live}}</ref> The first volume was named by the [[Young Adult Library Services Association]] as among the best [[graphic novels]] for teens for 2007.<ref name="yalsa2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-16/manga-named-to-librarians-great-graphic-novels-list|title=Manga Named to Librarians' Great Graphic Novels List|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=16 January 2008|access-date=26 August 2008|archive-date=7 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907180947/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-16/manga-named-to-librarians-great-graphic-novels-list|url-status=live}}</ref>

The live-action film of ''Love Com'' was named by [[Young Adult Library Services Association]] as one of 16 films that are 2009 Fabulous Films for Young Adults on the theme of [[coming of age]] around the world.<ref name="yalsa-2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-29/librarians-recommend-love-com-spirited-away-films|title=Librarians Recommend Love*Com, Spirited Away Films (Updated)|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=29 January 2009|access-date=8 March 2009|archive-date=7 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307150354/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-29/librarians-recommend-love-com-spirited-away-films|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite news|last=Santos|first=Carlo|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2007-11-13|title=All the Lovely Parasytes – Right Turn Only!|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=13 November 2007}}

==External links==
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128013757/http://annex.s-manga.net/lovecom/|title=Official manga website at Shueisha}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|https://www.viz.com/love-com|Official manga website at Viz Media}} {{in lang|en}}
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406094506/http://www.madman.com.au/actions/periodicals.do?method=home&periodicalId=338|title=Official manga website at Madman Entertainment}} {{in lang|en}}
* {{Official website|http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/lovecom/|Official anime website at Toei Animation}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|http://www.tbs.co.jp/lovecom/|Official anime website at TBS}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|http://www.lovecom-movie.com|Official live-action film website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409061858/http://www.aqi.co.jp/product/lovecom/index.html|title=Official PlayStation 2 game website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{IMDb title|qid=Q656995}}
* {{Anime News Network|manga|5447|Love*Com}}

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