Review of Love Tyrant

After the depressing trainwreck that was Nana, I really wanted a lighthearted comedy that stayed funny the entire series. Zombieland Saga was my first try, but while it had its moments it ultimately couldn't maintain its humor. Shinmai Maou no Testament was a worthy try, and while it has some pretty nice "plot" moments, it rapidly digressed into melodrama and I stopped being interested after five episodes. Would Renai Boukun do the trick and remind me of why I liked New Game so much? No. The first ten episodes were exactly what I needed to pull me out of Nana's forced malaise. It was cute, cheery, thecharacters all had great personalities, and there was just enough world building to give me the impression that it was a well-crafted comedy--while not subtracting at all from the gags and goofs. I know the nods, homages, and parodies really made some people salty, but I thought they all fit right in with the general cheery atmosphere. And besides, the production values here were high enough that it never felt like a rip off, only a good time.

And then episodes 11 and 12 happened and the show got cut off at the knees.

"Comedy? Nope, let's add in mopey moments with a shitty subplot that's both generic AF but also entirely out of place" -the producers.

"Well fuck this series right into space" -me

I know I'm extra sensitive to tone shifts in my entertainment, but I refuse to accept that it's impossible to just allow comedies to be comedies and dramas to be dramas. Genre-melding is always a failed endeavor because it alienates both sides in a compromising middle ground that's way too familiar in real life. Is escapism really that lofty a goal?

Anyway if you're willing to only watch the first ten episodes you'll probably enjoy this. I wish I'd done that. On to the next "comedy" that will probably succumb to the same problem.