Akuma to Love Song

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genre = Comedy-drama, School life, RomanceInfobox animanga/Manga
author = Tomori Miyoshi
publisher = flagicon|Japan Shuiesha
demographic = Shōjo
magazine = Margaret Comics
volumes = 4
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Akuma to Love Song (Devil and Her Love Song) is a shōjo manga series by mangaka Tomori Miyoshi.

Plot

Akuma to Love Song revolves around an unusual girl, Kawai Maria who was expelled from her previous school St.Katria Girls' School and soon transfers to Touzuka High School, a public school with low standards. Her sharp tongue and straight forward personality often leads everyone else to hate her with exception to two handsome boys who eventually gets involved. 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 of course, "Romance". Just how will a devil like her cope with all these predicaments?

Characters

Kawai Maria - The protagonist of the story, Maria has a cold personality which estranges herself from her classmates. She says things she wants, albeit too bluntly and harsh, even when she intends to help others. Her arrogant facade and point blank statements are the reasons she is hated by most people and it seems she too is indifferent towards them. Although she maintains this air of superiority, she actually yearns for acceptance and friendship. Even when knowing the unpleasant outcomes, she often steps into troublesome situations just to prove herself to others. She gives special regard to Kanda Yuusuke but exhibits much stronger feelings for Meguro Shin, stating that she feels Shin is much closer to her than God and she is much more afraid of being hated by him. She likes nursery rhymes and hymns like the song "Amazing Grace." She apparently got expelled because of "punching the teacher too much," but it has not been explained in detail.

Kanda Yuusuke - Yuusuke is a bubbly and cheerful person, who is popular with the girls and generally well-liked. Much to Shin's chagrin, Yuusuke always has an idiotic grin pasted on his face. Initially he develops a liking for Maria as she is beautiful and has an intriguing personality. He is the first student to approach her and constantly pops up wherever she is. While he is extremely fond of her, it is not yet revealed if it is more than admiration. It seems as if he knows that Meguro likes Maria, cause in chapter 11 he calls Meguro out and tells him that he "might be serious about Maria". Yuusuke taught Maria the "lovely transform". He calls Shin "Megu-chin" and Maria, "Maria-chi".

Meguro Shin - Shin dislikes drawing attention to himself and prefers to observe situations. He is often cold and aloof towards his classmates and Yuusuke's constant pestering irritates him. At first, he treats Maria with disdain, wanting to have nothing to do with her, but circumstances prove otherwise and he is seen to actually care greatly for her. He pretends to be "rude" to Maria thinking that his actions would somehow lead the other girls to sympathize with her. In Chapter 4, he scoops Maria in the middle of the class and declares that he would take her to a hospital because of her sprained ankle, making a scene as they leave. Then, he secretly buys Maria a pair of flashy shoes (apart from the ballet shoes he already bought for her) even after earlier commenting that they looked stupid. Despite claiming that he does not want to do anything about her, he finds himself falling in love with Maria, but there is no way that he'd let the "devil" discover his feelings.

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