Yes. I should perhaps have said "several." Ritsuka is not going to match-up parties. By "several" I meant one of the Zero boys, Yuiko, and Seimei. None of these examples are fully realized in the same sense as the relationship between Soubi and Ritsuka, of course -- and at least one amounts to teasing only -- but they are definitely creepy and/or inappropriate bonding situations.
They are, to be honest, all creepy situations. Loveless is a creepy manga. The original post was debating classification, and I was merely attempting to remind the poster that it is flat-out misinformation to suggest that Loveless is about anything other than a slightly icky, frightening, inappropriate, and difficult to understand 'love' relationship between two male characters. Whether you like it or not (and I'd hope that most people don't think Soubi/Ritsuka is the epitome of sexy cool), that's Loveless. If you write something on a public forum in which you suggest that Loveless is some sort of cute romance-free shoujo mystery which should not have the word "gay" attached to its description, you are going to confuse potential fans and annoy potential non-fans alike. I don't care what someone's private opinion is, this is still a free country (as of 4:18AM 13 FEB), but making an inaccurate statement like that and expecting it to go unremarked is silly.
Also, no one has read all of Loveless. Most of the translations that are available are trash, including the official release by TokyoPop. Despite Loveless' popularity, it seems to have gotten lost in translation. There was a recent manga post made by a Raburesu user at the comm, and their memories section lists most of the manga scans that have been made available. If you still have trouble getting caught up after that, let me know and I'll send you my scans.
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They are, to be honest, all creepy situations. Loveless is a creepy manga. The original post was debating classification, and I was merely attempting to remind the poster that it is flat-out misinformation to suggest that Loveless is about anything other than a slightly icky, frightening, inappropriate, and difficult to understand 'love' relationship between two male characters. Whether you like it or not (and I'd hope that most people don't think Soubi/Ritsuka is the epitome of sexy cool), that's Loveless. If you write something on a public forum in which you suggest that Loveless is some sort of cute romance-free shoujo mystery which should not have the word "gay" attached to its description, you are going to confuse potential fans and annoy potential non-fans alike. I don't care what someone's private opinion is, this is still a free country (as of 4:18AM 13 FEB), but making an inaccurate statement like that and expecting it to go unremarked is silly.
Also, no one has read all of Loveless. Most of the translations that are available are trash, including the official release by TokyoPop. Despite Loveless' popularity, it seems to have gotten lost in translation. There was a recent manga post made by a Raburesu user at the comm, and their memories section lists most of the manga scans that have been made available. If you still have trouble getting caught up after that, let me know and I'll send you my scans.