DearS

DearS
Cover art of first Tokyopop manga.
ディアーズ (Diāzu)
Genre	Harem, Romantic comedy, Sci-fi
Manga
Written by	Peach-Pit
Published by	MediaWorks
English publisher	Tokyopop
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Dengeki Comic Gao!
Original run	March 2002 – December 17, 2005
Volumes	8
Anime television series
Directed by	Iku Suzuki
Produced by	Hisanori Kunisaki Nobuhiro Osawa Takayasu Hatano
Written by	Takao Yoshioka
Music by	Tomoki Hasegawa
Studio	Daume
Licensed by	NA Discotek Media
Original network	Chiba TV
Original run	July 10, 2004 – September 26, 2004
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Kane no Tama desu no?
Directed by	Iku Suzuki
Written by	Takao Yoshioka
Music by	Tomoki Hasegawa
Studio	Daume
Licensed by	NA Discotek Media
Released	April 21, 2005
Runtime	24 minutes
Game
Developer	MediaWorks
Publisher	MediaWorks
Genre	Visual novel
Platform	PlayStation 2
Released	June 24, 2004

DearS (ディアーズ, Diāzu^?) is a Japanese manga series co-written and illustrated by Banri Sendo and Shibuko Ebara, credited under their pen name Peach-Pit. It was serialized monthly by MediaWorks in their magazine Dengeki Comic Gao! from March 2002 to December 17, 2005 and was later published into a ten volume set by the company. The manga was licensed and translated into English by Tokyopop. A 13-episode anime was adapted by MSJ and a PlayStation 2 video game was produced by MediaWorks.

Exactly one year prior to the beginning of DearS, humanity made unprecedented contact with extraterrestrial life. Forced to crash land into Tokyo Bay when, en route to their home planet of Thanatos, their spacecraft breaks down, 150 humanoid aliens are naturalized into Japanese society and affectionately nicknamed "DearS"; a portmanteau of the words "Dear" and "Friends".

Takeya Ikuhara is a temperamental seventeen-year-old Japanese student attending the fictitious Koharu High School with a strong prejudice against the DearS. Due to a childhood scare, he believes that the aliens are fake, worthless beings that have generated nationwide overhype and are secretly plotting to take control of Earth.

On his way home from school he discovers a homeless DearS who, after fainting and much to his annoyance, he feeds and shelters in his apartment. The girl, who he nicknames Ren, is infantile and friendly, and grows obsequious and dependent upon Takeya, a responsibility he tries to disassociate himself from. Her oblivious tenacity keeps her around, however, and over time, realizing Ren's genuine care and empathy for him, Takeya has a change of heart. Unfortunately, because Ren is deemed defective, DearS headquarters orders her arrested.

DearS began as a manga series co-written and illustrated by Banri Sendo and Shibuko Ebara, credited under their pen name Peach-Pit, which was serialized in MediaWorks' Dengeki Comic Gao! manga magazine from March 2002 to December 17, 2005. The manga was compiled into ten tankōbon volumes released by MediaWorks in Japan. The series was later translated into English and German by Tokyopop, French by Semic Comics and Italian by Flashbook Editore.