Ritsuka Aoyagi

Ritsuka Aoyagi, also known as Loveless, is the main protagonist from the Loveless series.
== Charactah Account ==
Two years ago, he had an abrupt change of personality and became the opposite of his former self. Before, he was a popular, average grade student; now, he doesn't get along with his classmates, but he gets perfect scores. Along with the personality change, he suffered a loss of all his memories. The cause of these drastic changes is still unknown, although he has regular therapy sessions to determine why.
Ritsuka, on his first day at his new school, meets Soubi Agatsuma for the first time. Soubi confuses him with his sudden intimacy and puzzling claims that he was Seimei's fighter. As Ritsuka discovers, Seimei's impromptu will dictates that Soubi shall "become Ritsuka's" upon his death. Ritsuka deeply admired and idolized Seimei, and to discover later there were many things kept secret came as a great shock. It further poisoned his difficulty in trusting others, particularly Soubi.
Despite his young age and inexperience due to his amnesia, Ritsuka is very intelligent and approaches things with startling maturity. The circumstances of his life encourage his lack of innocence; however, there have been notable incidents that bare his still-strong naivety, particularly in sexual love and dating. Despite this, he still has firm opinions and unrelenting ideas about those subjects. It is these opinions that clash dramatically with adults and authority figures around him, most notably Soubi. Ritsuka is a pacifist, and strongly opposes violence under any circumstance. Soubi has remained fairly silent on the issue; however, he seemingly doesn't object to pain and punishment under certain circumstances.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Loveless
* Loveless Specials
=== Light Novels ===
* Loveless
=== Manga ===
* Loveless
* Loveless dj - Mimi to Boku
* Loveless dj - Sweet Mission
== Trivia ==
* There are several sketches of an older Ritsuka Aoyagi that could be considered official to Loveless' canon since they were drawn by Yun Kouga, the creator of the series.
* Ritsuka suffers from a rare form of severe dissociative amnesia introduced by several traumatic life events including witnessing a murder and parental abuse.
** Ritsuka's amnesia began following the apparent death of his brother.
** There is a small possibility that individuals with this disorder can overcome the state of amnesia without losing the memories gained during the period of amnesia.
* In Volume One, Ritsuka states that he wishes to become as tall as his late brother, Seimei Aoyagi. This coincidently becomes a foreshadowing clue in the series since according to Yun Kouga's sketches, he grows to exact same height as Seimei at the age of seventeen.
* In Ritsuka's manga debut, he is seen wearing a jacket with elaborate embroidery. However, the embroidering was not present in his anime debut due to the challenge of illustrating the complex patterns in each frame of Ritsuka's movement.
* In each episode/volume of the anime/manga, Ritsuka is depicted with a different injury: in one episode he has a patch on his cheek, in the following episode has a bandage on his arm, etc.
** This displays Ritsuka's regular abuse from his mother.
* In terms of numerical dating, Ritsuka's birth date forms a four-digit palindrome (12-21.)
* According to the databooks:
** His name literally means "The First Day of Summer."
** His name is taken from the lunar day "Rikka."
** Favorite foods: Soft things; everything McDonald's; convenience store rice ball lunch boxes.
** Least favorite foods: Too many to list- his diet is really unbalanced.
** Favorite colors: Blues; white.
** Hobbies: Making a record of his life; photography.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Ritsuka Aoyagi at Loveless Wiki
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