🧭 Watch order guide

To LOVE-Ru watch order

7 core entries, 2 extras. Watching only the core story and movies takes about 28h 38m. Generated from the franchise graph, so it updates when new seasons are announced.

To LOVE-Ru watch order at a glance

1.To LOVE-Ru TV Series · 2008
2.To LOVE-Ru OVA OVA · 2009
3.Motto To LOVE-Ru TV Series · 2010
4.To LOVE-Ru Darkness TV Series · 2012
5.To LOVE-Ru Darkness OVA OVA · optional · 2012
6.To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd TV Series · 2015
7.To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd OVA OVA · optional · 2016
8.To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd Specials Special · 2016
9.To LOVE-Ru: Multiplication - Mae kara Ushiro kara OVA · 2017

core entries

movies to include

recaps / alt versions to skip

28h 38m

total core runtime

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Where the hours go

Core story and movies in watch order · 28h 38m in total · longest: To LOVE-Ru

Show as table

Item	Runtime
To LOVE-Ru	10h 24m
OVA	2h 30m
Motto To LOVE-Ru	4h 48m
Darkness	4h 36m
Darkness 2nd	5h 22m
Darkness 2nd Specials	46m
Multiplication - Mae kara Ushiro kara	12m

Score across seasons

Peaked with Darkness 2nd at 7.60 · from first to latest, the score rose 0.25

Numbers follow the watch order; hover a point or use the table for names.

Show as table

#	Entry	Score / 10
1	To LOVE-Ru	6.96
2	To LOVE-Ru OVA	7.23
3	Motto To LOVE-Ru	7.33
4	To LOVE-Ru Darkness	7.54
5	To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd	7.60
6	To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd Specials	7.56
7	To LOVE-Ru: Multiplication - Mae kara Ushiro kara	7.20

Recommended order

1
Main
To LOVE-Ru
TV Series · 2008 · 26 ep · 10h 24m
Core story – watch in this order.
2
Main
To LOVE-Ru OVA
OVA · 2009 · 6 ep · 2h 30m
Core story – watch in this order.
3
Main
Motto To LOVE-Ru
TV Series · 2010 · 12 ep · 4h 48m
Core story – watch in this order.
4
Main
To LOVE-Ru Darkness
TV Series · 2012 · 12 ep · 4h 36m
Core story – watch in this order.
5
Side storyoptional
To LOVE-Ru Darkness OVA
OVA · 2012 · 6 ep · 2h 30m
Side story / OVA – optional but adds context.
6
Main
To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd
TV Series · 2015 · 14 ep · 5h 22m
Core story – watch in this order.
7
Side storyoptional
To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd OVA
OVA · 2016 · 3 ep · 1h 6m
Side story / OVA – optional but adds context.
8
Main
To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd Specials
Special · 2016 · 2 ep · 46m
Core story – watch in this order.
9
Main
To LOVE-Ru: Multiplication - Mae kara Ushiro kara
OVA · 2017 · 1 ep · 12m
Core story – watch in this order.

Release order

1To LOVE-Ru2008-04
2To LOVE-Ru OVA2009-04
3Motto To LOVE-Ru2010-10
4To LOVE-Ru Darkness OVA2012-08
5To LOVE-Ru Darkness2012-10
6To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd2015-07
7To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd OVA2016-01
8To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd Specials2016-02
9To LOVE-Ru: Multiplication - Mae kara Ushiro kara2017-11

To LOVE-Ru watch order FAQ

What order should I watch To LOVE-Ru in?

Follow the recommended order above: To LOVE-Ru → To LOVE-Ru OVA → Motto To LOVE-Ru → To LOVE-Ru Darkness → To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd → To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd Specials → To LOVE-Ru: Multiplication - Mae kara Ushiro kara. Movies and side stories are slotted after the season they relate to.

How long does it take to watch all of To LOVE-Ru?

The core story and movies run about 28h 38m. At two hours a day that is roughly 15 days.

Can I skip the recaps?

There are no recap episodes or compilation movies on record for this franchise.

Where does this order come from?

It is built automatically from the sequel, prequel, side-story and spin-off links in the Kitsu database and refreshed daily, so new seasons appear without manual edits.