Love Bullet
Japanese manga series
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Love Bullet (Japanese: ラブ・バレット[a], Hepburn: Rabu Baretto; stylized as LOVE-BULLET) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by inee. It began serialization in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Flapper magazine in October 2023, with its chapters having been collected in two tankōbon volumes. It follows the story of Koharu, a teenage girl who is reborn as a Cupid, an immortal being whose job is to help humans fall in love. By completing missions and collecting karma, Koharu has a chance to return to her human life.
| Love Bullet | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Koharu | |
| ラブ・バレット[a] (Rabu Baretto) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | inee |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Flapper |
| Original run | October 5, 2023 – present |
| Volumes | 2 |
Plot
Cupids are immortal, winged beings that resemble angels and whose chief goal is to help humans fall in love. They are humans who have died without ever experiencing love themselves. While Cupids of the past used bows and arrows similar to those found in Roman mythology, present-day Cupids use modern weapons such as guns and grenades.
Koharu Sakurada is a 15-year-old Cupid who died in an accident that occurred five years prior to the start of the story. Alongside her mentor, Kanna, and fellow Cupids Chiyo and Ena, she shoots people deemed to be potential couples in order to make them fall in love with each other. Completing this task earns the Cupids karma, and earning enough karma will grant them a second chance at life.
Characters
Cupids
- Koharu Sakurada (桜田 心陽, Sakurada Koharu)
- Koharu is the main protagonist. She is a 15 year-old girl who is popular for her matchmaking ability, though she has never fallen in love herself. After saving her best friend from a construction site accident, Koharu is caught and impaled by a metal rod and passes away. After five years, the Goddess of Love offers Koharu a second chance at life by transforming her into a Cupid. With the help of three other Cupids, Koharu learns to select suitable matches for humans.
- Kanna (カンナ)
- Kanna is Koharu's primary mentor who welcomes Koharu into her new life as a Cupid. Though laid-back and borderline lazy, she is resolved to teach and protect Koharu as well as she can.
- Chiyo (チヨ)
- Chiyo is a combative, energetic Cupid who enjoys the thrill of completing assignments more than the act of matchmaking itself, often challenging her peers to gunfights.
- Ena Hasumi (蓮見 永奈, Hasumi Ena)
- Ena is a focused and logical Cupid who helps teach Koharu about matchmaking.
Humans
- Aki Tamaki (珠城 秋, Tamaki Aki)
- Aki is Koharu's best friend from school. She confesses her feelings to Koharu, but the moment is interrupted when a pole falls from a construction site overhead. Koharu pushes her out of the way, saving her life. Tamaki carries her feelings for Koharu for five years, until the now-turned-Cupid Koharu helps her find a new match.
Publication
Written and illustrated by inee, the series began serialization in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Flapper magazine on October 5, 2023.[1] It has been collected into a single tankōbon volume as of July 2024.[2][3]
During their panel at MCM Comic Con London 2025, Yen Press announced that they had also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication beginning in November 2025.[4]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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| 1 | July 22, 2024[2] | 978-4-04-683627-4 | December 9, 2025[5] | 979-8-8554-3030-1 | ||
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| 2 | November 21, 2025[6] | 978-4-04-684926-7 | — | — | ||
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Reception
On September 17, 2024, the Love Bullet author posted a comic on Twitter explaining that volume one sales were low, implying that the series could face cancellation.[7] Following this announcement, volume one sold out at multiple retailers, including Manga Republic[8] and CDJapan.[9][10]
The series was ranked tenth in AnimeJapan's "Manga We Want to See Animated" poll in 2025.[11] The series has been nominated for the 11th Next Manga Awards in the print category in 2025.[12]
Notes
- stylized as ラブ♡バレット