To LOVE-Ru: Multiplication - Mae kara Ushiro kara

To LOVEる -とらぶる- Multiplication ~前から後ろから~

7.1(23,852)

MAL Score

Ranked #4199

Popularity #3500

Comedy
Ecchi
Romance
Sci-Fi
Harem
School

Episodes: 1
Duration: 12 min
Aired: Nov 2, 2017
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Lala Satalin Deviluke brings one of her latest inventions to school—a robotic cat capable of cloning—in hopes of showing it to Rito Yuuki. A simple mishap triggers the device, and Rito starts multiplying over and over until the campus is swarming with his look-alikes.

Stopping the runaway gadget comes down to a single trick: someone has to grab the cat by its tail. With the robot’s quick reflexes keeping it out of reach, the growing crowd of Ritos scrambles to catch it before the duplicates spiral completely out of control.

Otaku Consensus

To LOVE-Ru: Multiplication - Mae kara Ushiro kara works best as a compressed Xebec gag special: creator-backed character design, quick ecchi timing, and Rito-centered slapstick give longtime franchise viewers exactly the brand of chaos they came for. Its reception sits in the respectable-but-niche zone, with a 7.13 MAL average, 68/100 on AniList, and 6.6 on IMDb; the recurring criticism is that it feels like lightweight filler, with sound and broader production elements rarely singled out as memorable.

Why You Should Watch

Watch this if you want To LOVE-Ru distilled into one short, shameless burst without committing to another season arc. It is built for viewers who like harem comedy when it behaves like a gag machine first and a romance second: fast setups, school-space embarrassment, sci-fi nonsense, and fanservice so central that AniList tags it with Nudity at 93% and Female Harem at 79%. It scratches an adjacent itch to High School DxD for ecchi-forward chaos, but with less battle-fantasy framing and more old-school shounen rom-com panic. If your favorite part of the franchise is Rito being treated as a human catalyst for impossible situations, this special is engineered around that exact rhythm.

Key Characters

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Rito Yuuki(VA: Akeno Watanabe)
Rito remains the franchise’s anti-alpha harem lead: less a wish-fulfillment conqueror than a well-meaning disaster magnet whose embarrassment is the engine of the comedy.

What Makes It Stand Out

1
Xebec produced the special, keeping it within the studio lineage associated with the animated To LOVE-Ru franchise rather than treating it as a detached side product.
2
The episode’s structure is unusually concentrated: as a single 2017 release, it functions as a self-contained comedy escalation piece instead of a romance or school-life arc.
3
The original story credit goes to Saki Hasemi and the original character design credit to Kentarou Yabuki, preserving the manga-side creative identity most associated with To LOVE-Ru’s mixture of sci-fi absurdity and polished fanservice.
4
AniList’s tag profile is unusually explicit about the viewing contract: Nudity at 93%, Female Harem and School at 79%, Psychosexual at 79%, and Aliens at 60% place it firmly in the franchise’s ecchi-sci-fi lane.
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Its audience profile is niche but measurable: MAL lists 23,830 votes and a 7.13 score, while IMDb has only 30 ratings at 6.6, showing stronger visibility among anime-database regulars than general entertainment-site users.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: To LOVE-Ru: Multiplication - Mae kara Ushiro kara aired on November 2, 2017 and is listed as a finished one-episode entry, making it closer to a bonus special than a conventional TV installment.
Fun fact 2: Despite the small format, the special has substantial database traction: MAL records 23,830 votes, a popularity rank of #3498, and an overall rank of #4202.
Fun fact 3: AniList gives it a 68/100 average and 160 favourites, a useful contrast to MAL’s slightly warmer 7.13/10 score.
Fun fact 4: The only main character listed in the provided cast data is Rito Yuuki, voiced by Akeno Watanabe, which underlines how tightly this special is organized around his comedic role.
Fun fact 5: Web reception is sparse outside dedicated anime spaces: the research notes no user review on one anime-review listing and IMDb invites the first written review despite carrying a numerical rating.