To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd OVA

To LOVEる -とらぶる- ダークネス2nd

7.5(45,393)

MAL Score

Ranked #2208

Popularity #2569

Comedy
Ecchi
Romance
Sci-Fi
Harem
School

Episodes: 3
Duration: 24 min per ep
Aired: Jan 4, 2016 to Dec 2, 2016
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

*To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd OVA* was announced via a scan of Jump SQ’s September issue (set to go on sale August 4) as a bonus bundled with the fifteenth volume of *To LOVE-Ru Darkness*, scheduled for release on January 4. The OVA is made up of two episodes with a combined runtime of about 25 minutes.

The first episode, “Ghost Story Kowai no wa Ikaga (How about something scary?),” adapts a side story from volume nine. The second, “Clinic Sunao ni Narenakute (Without becoming obedient),” adapts chapter 38.

Otaku Consensus

To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd OVA lands as a franchise-loyal bonus rather than a self-contained showcase: its short-form pacing, direct manga sourcing, and Xebec’s familiarity with Kentarou Yabuki’s character designs make the “Ghost Story” and “Clinic” segments feel tailored for established fans. The material’s biggest strength is its unembarrassed comedy-ecchi timing, while the most consistent criticism is that the fanservice can cross into near-hentai territory and leave the sound, staging, and connective tissue feeling secondary.

Why You Should Watch

Watch To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd OVA if you want concentrated harem-ecchi payoff without a full TV-season commitment. This is for viewers who already enjoy the franchise’s alien-school chaos, female-harem escalation, and highly engineered embarrassment comedy, and who prefer OVAs that spend their limited minutes on character chemistry rather than reintroductions. It scratches a nearby itch to High School DxD’s shamelessness and Monster Musume’s interspecies absurdity, but with To LOVE-Ru’s softer rom-com rhythm and Xebec’s established visual continuity. The appeal is also archival: these episodes preserve specific manga material from volume 9 and chapter 38 in animated form, making them more than disposable extras for fans tracking how Darkness was adapted.

Key Characters

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Momo Belia Deviluke(VA: Aki Toyosaki)
Momo is the franchise’s great harem strategist, a character fans associate with turning romantic chaos into something that feels almost methodical.
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Rito Yuuki(VA: Akeno Watanabe)
Rito remains the comic pressure point of the series, with his appeal resting less on assertiveness than on how reliably the cast’s escalating absurdity rebounds off him.
K
Konjiki no Yami(VA: Misato Fukuen)
Konjiki no Yami brings the kuudere edge that keeps the ensemble from becoming one-note, balancing deadpan restraint against the OVA’s louder fanservice machinery.
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Nemesis(VA: Rina Hidaka)
Nemesis is a fan-favorite destabilizer in the Darkness era, memorable for adding a sharper, more teasing energy to the already crowded romantic ecosystem.

What Makes It Stand Out

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The OVA is tied directly to the manga rather than functioning as a loose anime-original bonus: “Ghost Story Kowai no wa Ikaga” adapts a side story from volume 9, while “Clinic Sunao ni Narenakute” adapts chapter 38.
2
Xebec handles the production, preserving the same studio identity associated with the To LOVE-Ru anime line and keeping the emphasis on clean character posing, reaction timing, and fanservice staging.
3
Its release pattern is unusual even by OVA standards: the title is listed as three episodes airing across 2016, while the January 4 volume 15 bundle specifically packaged two short segments with a combined runtime of about 25 minutes.
4
The audience profile is unusually clear from database tagging: AniList marks Nudity at 92%, Female Harem and School at 79%, and Psychosexual at 79%, accurately positioning it as one of the franchise’s more explicit bonus releases.
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Reception is stable rather than niche-cult obscure: it holds a 7.5/10 MAL score from 45,370 votes, an AniList score of 72/100, and 284 AniList favourites, indicating a solid response among viewers already invested in Darkness.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: The OVA was announced through a Jump SQ September issue scan ahead of that issue’s August 4 street date, a very manga-industry way for fans to first learn about a home-video bonus.
Fun fact 2: Saki Hasemi is credited with the original story and Kentarou Yabuki with the original character design, keeping the anime’s authorship visibly anchored to the manga’s core creative pair.
Fun fact 3: A recurring fan-reception note is that the To LOVE-Ru sequels are often preferred over the earliest anime by viewers specifically seeking harem and ecchi material, with Darkness-era OVAs benefiting from that sharper identity.
Fun fact 4: One online reaction singled out a Darkness 2nd OVA episode as “borderline hentai,” which matches the high Nudity and Psychosexual tag weighting more closely than a conventional school-romance label would.
Fun fact 5: A mixed 5/10 user review framed the OVA as a work that can change dramatically with the viewer’s age: what felt exciting at 15 later read as exaggerated fanservice and absurd situational comedy.