Review of Love Tyrant

I think Renai Boukun gets a lot of things right, in fact, the biggest flaw I see in it is the first episode. This is the arguably the most important part of a series, especially for viewers that don't follow the three episode rule. Renai Boukun starts off with a Death Note parody and a gimmick. It's funny, it's self aware, and it's for people that are familiar with the tropes and character archetypes often seen in anime. But this parody is only there to draw the viewer in, so once the parody angle gets ditched in an early episode, the anime focuses much more on pokingfun at other tropes.

But this anime is mostly a fun, light-hearted stab at the harem genre. And IMO it does harem better than harem does harem.

The subs are absolutely fine for this anime, but I definitely feel that Austin Tindle really captured the straight man/oblivious dickhead that is Seiji Aino in his performance for the dub, and this lends itself very well to the comedic timing.

The characters do fall into the usual archetypes but a few interesting backstories and some great writing having the characters play off one another makes Renai Boukun worth watching and rewatching. I've found myself looking for clips of moments I really enjoyed to chuckle at them again.

This is definitely worth your time.