Review of Love Tyrant

Real Score 6.75\10 Let's get this straight, Renai Boukun(Or Love Tyrant) is not a Death Note parody, it just takes the Death Note element but it's not trying to parody that show. Renai Boukun is a parody of the Harem genre: in a time where we had the Superhero\Shonen Parodies, Adventure\Fantasy Parodies and even Daily life parodies, we never actually had a fully developed parody of the Harem genre. Renai Boukun starts incredibly well, it takes some of the worst and best elements of the Harem genre and makes fun of them in a clever and funny way, the characters are walking parodies of typical Haremstereotypes: we have The Yandere, The Good guy everyone falls in love with, the Tsundere eccetera...
The biggest problem lies in the rundown of the show, in fact the more we good deep in the show, the more we approach the end, the more the show falls in the same Cliché abyss that it tries to make fun of, it never loses its identity but it loses a lot of steam and that entertainment shown in the first 3 episodes

Story 6.25
The story is simple and effective, and it should have stayed that way the entirety of the rundown, shows like these don't need a convoluted and serious story, however, during the end, the show makes the enormous mistake to take itself too seriously with a subplot that could have been easily avoided. The parody elements are quite funny, it takes a little bit of everything that we know or have seen and parodies them in a really fun way, just look at the Akane characters, she's a walking Yandere and Rias(HighScholl DxD) parody. Here everything is overly exaggerated and approached in a humorous and, i have to say, kind of unique way: it's nothing new, but some of the directions of the story are pretty unexpected in their exaggeration

Characters 6.5
The characters are, by far, the most entertaining part of the Anime, Aino Seiji is your typical stereotype of the genuine good guy that everyone fall in love with, but everyone that surrounds him is that damn good. Akane is your typical Yandere, but she's so exaggerated and she's put in so many incredible situations, all in order to show a different take of the Yandere character and, at the same way, parody the Yandere in general. Yuzu is your typical Tsundere, she's bipolar and could be annoying sometimes , but if you take her as a parody of all of the Tsunderes you know and, maybe, love, if you see her in a different light, you can actually see and get what the author tried to express trhough Yuzu, a good and charming parody of the Tsundere. Shikimi is the least developed and, to be honest, her character arc is nonexistant, she's just there for the sexy shots and for the sadist moments, not that good. But the best character also is the incarnation of the theme of the Anime: i'm talking about Guri, she is the quintessential essence of the parody part of this Anime, she's funny, charming, she doesn't care about the story, spits references every 5 minutes(some really funny) and acts like she wants the story to follow the patterns of the genre, while at the same time parodying them. Too bad that Guri suffers from the same problem of all the characters and the story itself, her character arc is wasted and it takes itself too seriously, taking all of her magic and charm away

Sound 7
The music perfectly gets the tone and, Satoshi Motoyama really did an incredible job capturing the themes and parody aspect of the show in his compositions. The Opening, done by Wake up Girls, also is perfect fpr the show, energetic, dynamic, exagerated and over the top. The soundtrack is energetic thourghout the entire show, never goes beyond that, and it has not the need to do it, the music's fine as it is

Animation and Direction 7
The drawings and the art are pretty cool, the white and trasparent lines add that little bit of exaggeration needed to the characters. The frames look good but some of the drawings, especially in the background, are lackluster. The direction is standard, it's good but it suffers some problems, especially in the "FanService" shots, which become tiring really fast. The animation is solid and the bright colours fit the parody element really well

Enjoyment 7.5
I had a lot of fun with this Anime, even though i didn't like the serious tone that the final episodes take. Comedy can be subjective, i know that, but the parody elements and, knowing the Harem genre, the way the show parodies them, makes fun of them and basically spits in some of the most famous tropes. Quick mention to some of the reactions and faces of the characters, they're really cool and pretty amazing at times, they have that Gintama vibe that's always appreciated. I laughed at some of the references, there are a lot of them, and a pretty fun time overall, i really enjoyed the jokes and parody element, and Guri was always entertaining, until the end of course

So this was Renai Boukun, a really fun show, a really interesting parody of Harem genre while, at the same time, being a funny take of some of the most common characters in Anime industry. It could have been a really fun satire\parody if it just didn't take itself too seriously at the end end if ti didn't add a characters who's just there for, i guess, sadistic purposes(I think). This, however, doesn't take that much away from what Renai Boukun really is: a nice, funny and amusing to spend your time, just turn your brain off for a little bit and enjoy this really fun ride that was "Renai Boukun". Thanks for reading this review, May our Sweet and Merciful Madoka be with you and with the power of The Kiss Note, you will all fall in love with Our Sweet Lady, who will enlighten you with Her Dear Kiss