DearS

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 magazines Dengeki Comic Gao! from October 2001 to September 2005 and Dengeki Maoh from October to November 2005 and was later published into ten volumes by the company. The manga was licensed and translated into English and German by Tokyopop, French by Semic Comics and Italian by Flashbook Editore.

A 13-episode anime was adapted by MSJ and a PlayStation 2 video game was produced by MediaWorks.

Plot
Humanity made unprecedented contact with extraterrestrial life when their spacecraft malfunctions and forced to crash land their spacecraft into Tokyo Bay when, en route to their home planet of Thanatos. Now its crew of 150 humanoid aliens are naturalized into Japanese society and affectionately nicknamed "DearS" (a portmanteau of the words "Dear" and "Friends").

One year later in Japan, a temperamental 17-year-old student named Takeya Ikuhara has 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, Takeya 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 by her society, DearS headquarters orders her arrest.