Review of Love Tyrant

Renai Boukun - I started out rather disliking this show, thinking that the humor behind the frequently used joke "Oh, we're like Death Note but not actually ha ha" was poorly done and frankly annoying, to the point where I was prepared to drop this show after the first episode. This sort of humor drops off pretty quickly, and isn't indicative of the show. As I kept watching, I found myself enjoying the show more and more. I stopped taking the (frankly repetitive) jokes so seriously and allowed myself to become more invested in the show. As an aside, there are five or six jokes thatshow up at least three times in each episode, if not more. The appeal for me was that it was a show that was, in some respects, truer to life in how it portrayed it's MC and his thought processes. He's level-headed, but still cares about his friends/lovers.

This is a show that I thoroughly enjoyed, but could not recommend to personal friends. Renai Boukun has an issue with repeating the same jokes and some overly rushed personal growth, but I loved it all the same. It's a bit campy, and shouldn't be taken seriously for any stretch of time. It's fun, the characters grow on you, despite a lack of personal growth, and a opening theme so catchy I listened to it each time.