The Taming of the Tyrant

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"Should you have thorns, I shall be pricked, should you addict me, I shall succumb, I take the poison just to have you."

Guys, gals, non-binary pals, The Taming of the Tyrant is very good and I enjoyed myself a lot. I definitely would recommend if you're looking for a well executed bad girl dominates bottom bad boy trope with badass leads, narrow relationship focus, and a compelling story.

The romance in TotT is well, hot and is probably the main intended selling point of the manhwa. Not to spoil too much, but fl goes through some torture porn prior to isekaism, and ml is raised ... sick in the head so both leads start off as really cool unfeeling sociopaths. It is wholesome to see their relationship develop over 6 toxic but not really years, and them softening up. In a typical tsun fashion, both will often prefer to speak of big words like empireship, loyalty, coups, control etc etc but we know how cute they actually are.

Moving on to why TotT is special, to begin with I liked how respectful the romance is. Most of the time we see feet related sensei affection at most, there's absolutely no cheap smut, saliva, fanservice. The dialogue and sweettalk then felt all the more meaningful. Secondly, in Taming the side characters (exception of 3 relatives) never overstay their welcome - sure, there are some ego-handjobs and faceslapping (especially with 3 relatives) but stupid characters never get more than 3-4 panels of attention. Finally, while other manhwas may shift or dilute their focus by introducing more arcs and characters, TotT keeps its eyes on the endgoal and steadily moves towards it. The manhwa stays faithful to a fairly monogamous relationship and character development throughout the whole 50ish chapters I read, and that is to me quite commendable.

If you're looking for a typical villainess otome isekai I think the tropes featured in Taming of the Tyrant won't disappoint. From my stance, it is one of the 3 otome isekai manhwas that place a strong focus on the story without too much cheap fanservice (exception of goddamn unappreciative family trope) along with Your Throne and Fantasie of a Stepmother, which automatically makes it top tier for me.

Ps I predict Taming will become really really popular, it will maybe even surpass the likes of Death is the only ending for the Villainess, as the story is also entertaining and the art also is beautiful. Kinda weird this shit review is going to be its first one on MAL lmao, sorry

The Taming of the Tyrant is a romance(?)/revenge story/"went back to past" manhwa with quite an interesting premise that is overwhelmed with problems like shaky worldbuilding, unclear characters, one of the most static drawings and narration that is borderline numbing. In other words its a piece of fiction that can't be recommended to everyone while still having some merits.

Romance as per google definition is "a relationship between two people who are in love with each other but who are not married to each other." and by that definition there is no romance in here but seduction and obsession. Which might have been very entertaining if ... presented correctly. Unfortunately that's not the case.

There is a weird choice in storytelling as in chapter 1, author reveals every major plot point that will happen and the rest of the story is describing how the characters will get there. An attentive reader will notice and most likely be annoyed by holes and inconsistencies in the worldbuilding within first 30 chapters. The illustrator decided to draw it in the boring way, conveying any nuances within the characters visually is close to impossible while every scene happens in the same copy passed environments.

Readers that like strong characters might find Charlize - our MC, interesting, as she is morally grey and surprisingly active. That can't be said about anyone else in this story. Supporting characters are lucky if they have even one trait, which is not - they are charmed by MC. The writer has no idea how to proceed with the story in an entertaining way and wastes so much time repeating both story bits and dialogs. Absolutely no-one in this title feels like an actual person and whenever we are getting insight into characters thoughts its gibberish, repeating same thing over and over again.

I really want to emphasize how much repetition and inconsistencies are there.

The Taming of the Tyrant is a misleading title as there is no activity anyone should be calling taming in this comic book.

The only people that should pick it up genre enthusiasts, people who really like this particular artstyle or people with low expectations looking for a time killer.

IT'S INCREDIBLY GOOD!!! 💜✨
Starting off, I really enjoyed how the FL was incredibly beautiful, charismatic and is merciless when it comes to her revenge, she ain't afraid of anything and anyone who stands in her way. Most of her confidence comes from all her power & knowledge, yet also from the support of everyone she meets and loves.
I love how the author portrayed the feelings of obsession, regret and revenge. There's also a lot of warmth and joyful moments throughout the manhwa.
The art is incredibly beautiful, all characters are interesting, all is connected & the ML is hot but crazy 🤣