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Imagine, a Shinigami comes knocking at your door and tells you to kiss somebody out of blue?
Sure your gonna think it’s some scam or someone playing a trick on you. Right? A similar situation starts in Renai Boukun.
Renai Boukun or Love Tyrant is a Death Note parody by Aino Seiji. It revolves around out protagonist, Aino Seiji, a normal high school boy who gets caught up by, Giris, a cupid who actually enjoys cosplaying as a Shinigami. But is this as dark, cold, scary like Death Note? Read on—
** There might be a bit of spoilers, but i don't think they will ruin ... your fun**

Plot-
Aino Senji, a normal high school boy gets caught up with Giris, a cupid. She is an angel who links up couples by writing their name in her ‘KISS NOTE’. Something like A X B.
She accidently writes down Senji’s name. Now, Senji has to kiss someone within 24hrs or Giris will die! Also, he will remain a virgin his entire life!!
To find a solution, they go to his high school, to find a suitable person for Senji to kiss out of his free will. There, comes Hiyama Akane, Senji’s crush. Normally, Giris would not be visible to other people, but surprisingly is visible to Akane. To make things worse, Akane misunderstands that Senji and Giris are dating. The cute and hot Akane becomes a killer yanadre and gives “capital punishment” to Giris and Senji. Senji and Giris somehow escape but are caught by Akane who attacks both of them. Senji protects Giris and in the attempt Giris makes Senji and Akane kiss!! So does the story end,?Nope, there is more. Giris also kisses Senji! Now starts a harem between a cupid and high school guy and a yanadre.
Giris X Senji X Akane.


Art-
Renai Boukun is the typical shounen harem series, so the art is quite like its genre. Big boobs, panty shots are all part of this manga. If I have to relate the art, it’s quite similar to Koisme Momiji. The detailing is good, and the main thing- the KISS NOTE is just like the DEATH NOTE

Characters-
The story is introduced by Senji, our hero who is just like normal shounen romance guys. a normal guy with a crush. Giris is one of a kind shinigami...oops cupid. She is the sole comedy carrier of the manga. And the biggest blunder is that she is a BL fan.. Now imagine all the couples she may have made!!! All gays!! Not to mention, her sudden transform into a lover is also a funny part. But the serious change award foes to Akane. At first she is a really a big boob sweet girl, but appearances can be deceptive. She is over possessive of Senji and also a psycho yanadre. She kills people with no mercy. And I mean it...KILL

Enjoyment-
for starters, the concept is really unique and so are the characters. It is fun to read. It’s not mandatory for you to read death note, to read Renai Boukun. It has its own set, plot and gags. This plot has a really good potential and only time will tell the outcome of this harem. the curiosity might keep you wanting fir more, at least, im curious to know the outcome, so far I enjoyed Renai Boukun.

Concept of KISS NOTE-
You may consider this as a spoiler, but if you want to know ONLY about the KISS NOTE you can read on
1. It’s used to link to couples.
2. The name have to be written with X in middle, like, GirisXSenji
3. If only a single name is written, Then that person has to kiss someone otherwise he/she will be a virgin for their entire life and the cupid will die
4. The couples whose name is written in the KISS NOTE will eventually get married in the future

Conclusion-
Though, the concept is fresh, there are some parts which have been used before. If you like reading shounen love mangas and need more to read, this is one for you, but hard core Death Note fans probably might not accept this concept. Again, if you welcome innovative stuff, you might as well as give this a try. Well, not much can be said because we have only 2 chapter’s scanlated so far and 5 out in Japan.

Verdit- As on 22/12/12
Too good, before i can say Awesome
8/10


**Will be Edited once completed**
Review by- Amberlight
Also for the club- Reviews for the unreviewed

Story - 1: Read/watch To Love Ru, The World God Only Knows, Zero no Tsukishima, or any other harem in fact because this ain't it chief. It had a good premise in the beginning with the first few chapters but just ends up making me want to buy clown clothes for reading it from start to end cause I expected a good ending.... There's so so so so so many questions up at the end and again there's so so so so many retcons in this story as well. It's garbage, it's pure garbage, it doesn't know how to introduce characters well or handle their ... existing ones either, it doesn't know what the story is heading towards to, it has all the cliches every harem has but handles them poorly, and what is that ending? That ending got me rating this manga to a 3 to a complete 1 and I wish I can rate it 0 because there's no sense in that ending at all, especially when you take everything that happened into consideration.

Art - 6: This is the only best thing the manga has going for it and it's fair, so get f***ed.

Character - 1: You've seen each and every character in this manga before in other series, the Yandere, the Tsundere, the free spirited (which I'll get more into in a bit), the brother complex younger sister, and sadistic girl... They're all in their most basic and the only one I actually liked was Akane (the Yandere) because she had a chance to be a really good character but she just ended up being wasted. Now I must talk about Guri (the free spirited), she started out as a good character and she could've been something special for the series to keep you coming back but almost nothing she does is funny, "Hahaha me make reference towards something that's popular, am I funny yet?" and guess what, she went from being an average joe from being the most important person in the world lmao. Why do you do this, this is a terrible fanfiction and should be treated as such. Seiji is the man in the middle of all these girls and he's god awful, he's useless, gets beaten up by nearly everyone, has not one time done anything to advance the story, and his only character development happens towards the ending and it wasn't even good. So yeah, a 1, good job.

Enjoyment - 1: None, none what so ever.

Overall - 1: No, I refuse to rate this anything above a 1. If you like this manga then good for you but I'm only warning others who are tired of reading the same shit over and over again. It's the same harem you've seen before but lazier lmao. Congratulations, you've done it! And a good Fuck You to the author, praying you the best of luck in never making a manga ever again.

Have you ever lain awake at night unable to sleep because a certain question now plagues your thoughts? A question so ludicrous that you know there could never be a definitive solution. So now you are left with no choice but to go another sleepless night without answers. Was the question “What if Light Yagami was a lazy, irresponsible, cosplaying fujoshi with the power to force people into relationships instead of killing them?” If this incredibly specific question has been keeping you up at night then you can now rest easy. Renai Boukun also known as Love Tyrant is here to bring ... salvation to your weary soul.

Story – 8

I’m not going to lie, this story is absurd. Add every cliché you can about your typical harem, dial its character archetypes to 11, add supernatural powers and casual conversations with God and the devil and boom you have a …plot? Love Tyrant doesn’t take itself too seriously, which is good because the last thing you need to do is bog down the readers with something like that. It starts off slow but the story continuously improves, never drags on and ends EXTREMELY well. It’s so much better than your typical harem manga. It also has so much random nonsense whether it’s an obsessive demon penguin, a demonically created isekai, or an athletic competition between heaven and hell. It’s genuinely difficult to guess what’s coming up next yet somehow still makes sense in the context of the story.

*light spoilers ahead*

One day our protagonist Seiji Aino is told by a grim reaper wielding a kiss note that he has to kiss someone or he will die. He doesn’t believe her…at first, possibly because she’s kind of lying. Actually, she will be the one who dies he’ll just remain a virgin forever. So all he has to do is choose the guy he likes most and she’ll make them a couple for eternity. Why a guy? Because that’s Guri’s hobby as a cupid. Not doing it for you Seiji. Fine pick a girl than, your crush that has a violently possessive dark side? Why not? Also, Guri thought it would be fun to experience love for herself so she wrote all three of you into a relationship.

So begins a love triangle between a cupid, a yandere and a wishy washy protagonist.

Art – 7

The backgrounds are sometimes a little bland and there are a couple of wonky transitions when it goes into slapstick style, however overall the art is good. There are plenty of visual gags that you have to take a 2nd glace to confirm what you just saw and some really impressive artwork regarding some very inhuman characters. Of course none of that matters as long as the girls are cute, which they certainly are.

Characters – 9

Seiji Aino

Your typical, bland, normal, not very athletic or good looking, wishy washy, go with the flow, is somewhat kind so all the girls fall in love with him protagonist. Did I miss anything? You’ve seen this type a million times and as long as harem manga keep getting made protagonists will either be clones of Yuki Rito or Kirito. To be fair to Seiji we probably need a little grounding in this adventure and he plays the straight man well, giving voice to all of us screaming “what?!?!” Thankfully he does progress through the story albeit slowly.

Guri

Angel or demon, cupid or shikigami, or maybe just a cosplaying fujoshi with a little too much power. Guri is the one responsible for most of the stories hijinks either directly or as a result of someone trying to mess with her. She’s lazy, but motivated by the desire to understand love and to read BL. She can be surprising insightful into others even as she causes absolute mayhem. She’s fun to have around but that fun should come with a warning label.

Akane Hiyama

A nice, talented, smart, athletic and kind girl, Akane is someone everyone in the school admires. She also carries around dozens of knives to kill off potential rivals or Seiji himself, the damn cheater. She’s a yandere, an absolutely 110% yandere who is obsessed with Seiji and absolutely furious that Guri has essentially forced herself into their relationship. A girl like this would definitely be terrifying in real life but in a harem comedy she’s ….. yep still terrifying.

Yuzu Kichougasaki

How can you get more forbidden then a BL crazy cupid in Japan? Incest.
Yuzu is Akane’s half-sister and has a massive crush on her older sister Akane. Which makes it half-forbidden I guess? She’s kind of a tsundere and becomes fast friends with Guri who disposes of Akane’s admirers by putting them together. Of course that means getting into close contact with Guri so I’ll leave what happens to your imagination.

Shikimi Shiramine

Akane and Yuzu’s cousin Shikimi is a rather interesting character (I think there maybe something wrong with this family). She’s a sadistic torturer that loves stealing things that other people treasure, whether that’s jewellery or people. Maybe because she’s never really had something she can call her own? She's introduced as an antagonist and by the end of the manga ….. still is? Despite the fact she has quite literally stabbed Seiji in the back, seeing how she comes to understand herself and change was one of the most fascinating parts of this manga.

Enjoyment – 8

Coming off the anime which the author felt was a s*** adaptation (I didn’t notice much difference to be honest.) To find the 2nd half of the story through the manga, I don’t know what I was expecting. It’s a wild ride from start to finish and one I highly recommend to anyone bored with the usual harem manga that’s constantly being turned out.

Overall - 8

Where Love Tyrant really shines is the character development. They have a lot of the typical archetypes, just dialled up until the meter was broken. What’s really impressive though is how you can see how the entire main cast and even many of the secondary characters develop through the series. These are not your typical paper cut outs. They’re cut outs with heart and you genuinely feel happy to watch them grow. Also EVERYONE gets a happy ending. Not just the MC and the harem, also the many antagonists and even many of the side characters do and it really leaves you with a good feeling at the end.

Of course there’s a serious amount of absurd randomness that will leave you scratching your head at times so be warned. If you want an absolutely ridiculous and surprising good harem manga look no further than Love Tyrant.

So the manga isn't horrible, but I can't really call it good. It feels to generic for me to enjoy. It is all predictable to such a high degree. The characters are nothing special and generic, but other than that are somewhat likable. There are many other romantic comedies that are better than this that I would check out. If you have seen them and have nothing else this might be okay.

Overall would I recommend this manga? As a backup only. Also note that there have only been around 29 chapter since the 3 and a half years it has been publishing. (They are ... larger chapters 30-45 pages)

Story(5/10) There isn't really a story. Just a slice of life feel and a romantic comedy. The events that take place are almost seem repetitive such as someone is in trouble and its up to the others to save them. There is repetition but only 29 chapters this far.


Art(8/10) The art is good. It is nothing special, but it doesn't have to be. The characters all look good and the backgrounds are fine.

Characters(7/10) Generic cut and paste characters. Tsundere, crazy girl, nice guy, and a girl learning what love is(also and airhead) make up the main characters.

Enjoyment(7/10) I probably would give this closer to a 6, but read the opening paragraph for the important details about the enjoyment.

One of the wackiest love stories you will ever read and a good one too. The main character gets in a bad/good situation in were he's force to love many of the female characters of the story. The art presented in this series goes very well with the story in were it doesn't takes to serious giving the reader a lot funny expressions from the characters. The story has his moments on romance in were the main character may need to make a choose presented to him that will change the development of the characters. This series can have some "violent moments" but rest assure ... this is a comedy manga so there no gonna be something out of the ordinary. I will recommend this manga to anyone who loves comedy romance/harem type to give this a chance, you may like it.

tl;dr: A manga that is good at being a generic harem comedy but not very good when it tries to veer out of that into anything more serious, which it does far too much.

This is a manga that in a lot of senses is pretty generic. A kind but otherwise incredibly plain protagonist basically ends up getting forced into a situation where a tsundere, yandere, and airhead are in love with him. It does go a bit farther than most similar manga though in that it actually establishes there being an actual romantic relationship between the protagonist and all the heroines, which I think does ... make it unique enough to stand out. Still, a lot of the time it sticks pretty close to the standard type of stories for the genre and the characters are pretty flat and cliche.

What it does do well is use all of those well for some really good comedy that is all around amusing and makes the heroines seem pretty likable too. However, it veers from that quite often in trying to be more serious and have more depth. To be honest, I wish it didn't though and just stuck to being pretty generic comedy, because while that was good, essentially everything it tried that was more serious and more unique fell flat. The core premise of the manga is completely ridiculous. The characters involved are also completely ridiculous. There are a ridiculous number of plot holes and instances where characters actions simply do not make much sense based on their established motivations. And if it was just comedy, that would be fine, as the purpose is to be funny and things like that don't really matter much.

However, the manga gets really serious quite often with a heavy focus on drama, but these stories are pretty much universally pretty bad. In such moments despite the aforementioned issues the world and characters actually need to be taken seriously and both the world and characters simply don't hold up. Characters are likable when it's just random comedy, they can get really annoying when the plot actually matters. This is especially true of the protagonist who is pretty much lame from beginning to end which can be really grating when he's supposed to be doing things that actually matter. These portions also often bring up things that just don't fit well in a harem manga and are kind of off putting to have to focus on or think about, often making me question what the manga was trying to do. Because of this, it's hard to really get into the manga during these portions, and they just feel kind of boring.

There's a good amount of parts that try adding depth to the story and characters by focusing on character and relationship development, but they simply don't feel like they're that well written and are hard to really get into. The only character that felt that they were getting a good character arc in that it felt properly fleshed out and easy to get invested in while also making them more likable, feels like they got shafted pretty hard in the ending in that their character arc never reaches its conclusion and they're just sort of left out. The pacing also felt pretty bad, in that having so many serious parts prevents there from being enough comedy, but there isn't really any sort of overarching story, so the serious moments aren't really progressing towards anything, and thus the manga feels dreadfully slow at times.

The ending is actually a true harem ending in detail, which is how I usually prefer such manga to end, but the build up to it in general wasn't very good due to the previously mentioned issues, and the buildup to it right at the end was especially weak, in that it was an attempt at trying to show the protagonist growing and not being lame anymore that just felt like it further emphasized how lame he is, and also highlighted how the character I liked who didn't get a complete character arc not getting one, and thus it wasn't all that satisfying. The art was okay, with some good designs and decent quality, but it rarely felt all that eye catching.

Reinai Boukun is another harem manga with a concept of gods and demons, i dropped this manga at first after reading the first 5 chapters because i thought it looked as if it was going to be really generic and plain boring, but i retried reading it, told myself just to bear with it for a bit and well i say i wasn't at all disappointed.

The plot is nothing special, it is just another typical rom-com but what really stands out is the characters and ... their development. There aren't many mangas which has yandere characters in them, and in this case akane is a full blown yandere at the beginning of the series, but after a few chapters, she seemed dull and lacked character making her feel like a 'doll' or some sort, but as the story progress, her yandere side becomes slowly toned down and i character slowly developed for the better. another character which interests me is the bad girl of this manga, shikimi. She starts as a full blown antagonist when she first appeared, and it actually continued for quite some time before she finally gets 'tamed' down. her mischievous and villanous side actually feels authentic and how her character progress is really fun to watch. There's also a lot of other funny and fun characters in this manga, and the conflict between hell and heaven going on, for the readers to enjoy.

I would recommend this to someone who is looking for a romcom harem just to fill your time, and not for the plot. The story is pretty basic and generic but if you can bear the first few chapters, then this might be something worth your while.

TLDR: Starts with cliche setting, escalates with each arc. Female leads are intersting, MC is not a hopeless cause, good interactions and relationship developments. High possibility of True Harem Ending.


Story: 9
At it's core, the story is a girl coming from another world meeting the MC and disrupting his normal life. Yeah, it's a very cliche setting, but once you get 10 or so chapters in, you realize that the story development is very unexpected for this type of setting, mainly due to the fact that the original girls around the MC in this world aren't quite normal either.

One thing I really like with this manga ... is the pacing. I can honestly say there are no filler chapters, as each one either advances the current arc, pushes you into a new arc, or shows some meaningful relationship development between the characters.

Not to mention, the story itself continues to escalate in scale and wackiness which provides for a very interesting read


Art: 9
Art is subjective.....but personally I like the style, even though it might seem a bit safe. The girls are cute so who am I to complain.


Character: 9
Interesting mix of characters here...you have an Airhead, a Yandere, and a Tsundere making up the primary female leads, which casues some hilarious chain reactions and antics, although they do get a bit repetitive at times. I also enjoy the fact that all the female leads have generally the same amount of screentime/ importance

Supporting characters are also filled with personalities, each with interseting character designs as well. I appreciate the fact that they don't steal the spotlight too much, allowing us to focus on the lead characters

As for the MC, it's your tried-and-true "kind-hearted" "pushover" type of lead. To his credit though, he does do some things differently. For starters, even though he also gets embarassed by overt affection or nudity, he's generally able to keep a cool head about it. He's not some super dense dimwit either, being able to recognize fairly quickly when a girl likes him. Although he does fall into the category of a reluctant harem lead, he actually takes the harem somewhat seriously, promoting goodwill between the members, actively going on dates, and even using kisses as rewards. The above combined means that when some cute or embarassing interactions happen, you get actual romantic relationship growth, as opposed to the annoying constant reset of progress so many harem manga like to operate on.


Enjoyment: 9
From a standard RomCom standpoint, the jokes/dialogues/settings saren't neccessarily ground-breaking, but I do enjoy the little interactions now and then between the main characters. I was also intrigued by each arc's story, and in what the next arc would be. It constantly leaves me wanting for more. Finally as mentioned above, you don't get annoyed or frustrated from some contrived nonsense that tries to artificially lengthen the story.

But perhaps more importantly, this is one of the rare harem mangas that actually has a VERY high chance of a true harem ending (or at least a heavily implied harem open ending). There are numerous reasons for this, including the fact that the original setting already states the people involved will end in marriage, the fact that the MC while reluctant doesn't seem to be against this idea, the fact that there are already established polygamy relationships in the universe, even involving two of the female lead's moms. And the fact that generally, the girls have more or less accepted this kind of relationship. Unless the mangaka really decides to screw it up and does a memory wipe or complete reset, I think this one is safe in the bag.

Needless to say, this is RARE outside of ecchi/hentai works, and I treasure each series that manages to do it.