Renai Boukun

Dec 21, 2012

Ambertsarina

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Preliminary (2/61 chp)

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 ...

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Nov 27, 2020

69thStreet

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Preliminary (57/61 chp)

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.

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Oct 8, 2020

Equalator

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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 ...

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Mar 11, 2016

Rawrberto

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Preliminary (23/61 chp)

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 ...

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Jun 7, 2015

OtakuMangaGamer

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Preliminary (23/61 chp)

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 ...

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Jan 30, 2021

hexashadow13

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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.

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Jan 6, 2017

ariffmontel

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Preliminary (42/61 chp)

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 ...

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Aug 27, 2018

MusingsOfMavri

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Preliminary (52/61 chp)

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.

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