Review of Love Tyrant
Hey folks, this will be a review for Renai Boukun. This show is alright. Starts off fairly well, then changes about halfway through. Has an awesome cast of characters with a well done Yandere, of which I am partial. The story might have been alright but it sort of falls apart about halfway through. The start of the show introduces a female angel who is working as a cupid. She accidentally writes down our MC's name in a notebook which is a parody of the DeathNote book. This sparks the start of our show with Cupid and the MC using the LoveNote to create couples. Abouthalfway through the show however the concept of coupling people together is no longer the focus. This was strange because they went to great lengths at the start of the show to make it the obvious premise. There was complex rules and penalties for not following them. However they decided to change it up and add a bit of drama. They introduced a new character who likes to ruin other peoples relationships. They also add in a heaven and hell based problem too which just adds to the drama.
The art was nicely done. The opening song was catchy and the character soundtracks were pretty good too.
The characters were lots of fun and where I think this show regains a lot of points. The main character was a typical average joe harem guy. The girls however were a bit new, or at least not used as often in the harem genre. You have the red headed yandere who is great. The Blonde haired girl loves the red headed yandere. The Cupid angel who is into yaoi and is very energetic. Then you have the pink haired girl who is supposed to be a temptress and sexy. They sound flat based on what I said here and depending on the person they might be. I however enjoyed the casts interaction with each other. If this show followed a more slice of life pace I'm sure they would have turned out a bit better.
Overall I enjoyed this anime enough to give it a higher score. The characters really sold it for me as I really hated the direction they took the story in the second half of the show. The shows biggest flaw is its lack of depth. They started with what seemed like an episodic slice of life show about love and relationships. However that doesn't get much time to develop, and we are thrown into character drama without much character development. This makes this part of the show feel shallow and poorly planned. Overall I liked it because I wanted to see how the relationship worked out between all the characters. I'm sure a lot of people wont like it though, so I would recommend watching the first episode and if you don't like It don't bother watching the rest.