# Love of Kill (2022)

> A cool bounty hunter and a mysterious assassin who should be enemies become uneasy partners while uncovering her buried past.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/95327

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, action, romance
- Network: TOKYO MX, BS Nippon TV
- Cast: Saori Onishi, Hiro Shimono, Kenyu Horiuchi, Kohei Amasaki, Tomoaki Maeno, Ayumu Murase, Masakazu Morita, Yoko Hikasa
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15018116/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: tense, stylish, wary, romantic

## What critics say

Reception is modest, with viewers appreciating the assassin romance premise and stylish action while finding the overall rating limited.

## Synopsis

Love of Kill (2022) is a Japanese animated action romance adapted from a manga and broadcast as a twelve-episode series. It follows Chateau Dankworth, a cool-headed bounty hunter, whose clash with the powerful assassin Song Ryang-ha should have ended in bloodshed. Instead Ryang-ha keeps following her, and their uneasy partnership draws Chateau into a dangerous struggle against the organizations hunting him. Each episode mixes sharp fights with investigation into the criminal underworld, while Chateau's buried past surfaces as the danger grows. The tone stays tense and stylish, with a wary, slowly warming chemistry between the two leads carrying the emotional weight. Viewers who enjoy the bounty hunter swagger of Cowboy Bebop or the lethal rivalries of Durarara!! will find a similar blend of violence and intimacy here, delivered with a sleek contemporary urban atmosphere and a steady undercurrent of romance.

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