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恋する暴君 / Koi suru Bōkun #4
Il tiranno innamorato, Vol. 4
Mentre Morinaga si sente sempre più frustrato, Soichi viene preso di mira da uno stalker. Morinaga coglie al balzo l'occasione per potersi trasferire a casa Tatsumi e si propone come guardia del corpo al suo senpai. Quarto volume della nostra serie di punta 801 disegnata da Hinako Takanaga!
192 pages, Paperback
First published April 10, 2008
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About the author
Hinako Takanaga
105 books328 followersTakanaga Hinako (高永ひなこ) is a Japanese author of Boys' Love manga.
She has also provided illustrations for several BL light novels by other authors, including The Guilty by Katsura Izumi. Her first manga story, 合格祈願 (Goukaku kigan, Prayers for a passing grade?), was published by Hanamaru Comics in 1997; it was later reworked as the first chapter of Challengers. Most of her works have been translated into foreign languages. She was a guest at YaoiCon 2007, invited by Juné, the US publishers of her popular series Little Butterfly.
When not making Boys' Love manga, she spends her time collecting Wallace & Gromit merchandise and playing Final Fantasy. Takanaga doesn’t like beer and people who are ignorant.
She comments that her biggest influence on her art and writing-style was KOUGA Yun, a famous shoujo manga artist whose works she read as a teenager.
She has also provided illustrations for several BL light novels by other authors, including The Guilty by Katsura Izumi. Her first manga story, 合格祈願 (Goukaku kigan, Prayers for a passing grade?), was published by Hanamaru Comics in 1997; it was later reworked as the first chapter of Challengers. Most of her works have been translated into foreign languages. She was a guest at YaoiCon 2007, invited by Juné, the US publishers of her popular series Little Butterfly.
When not making Boys' Love manga, she spends her time collecting Wallace & Gromit merchandise and playing Final Fantasy. Takanaga doesn’t like beer and people who are ignorant.
She comments that her biggest influence on her art and writing-style was KOUGA Yun, a famous shoujo manga artist whose works she read as a teenager.
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December 1, 2016
Ay Senpaiiiiiiii, que te empezamos a ver el plumero ;)
May 27, 2025
5 💫
OMG! It just keeps getting better!!
OMG! It just keeps getting better!!
September 17, 2020
September, 2020 (2nd reading)
This is one of my favorites because we get to see how much Senpai really cares and worries about Morinaga. Plus, senpai being so eager it's super cute! I always tear when he kisses Morinaga's arm with such tenderness and care. Yep, one of my favorites for eternity.
This is one of my favorites because we get to see how much Senpai really cares and worries about Morinaga. Plus, senpai being so eager it's super cute! I always tear when he kisses Morinaga's arm with such tenderness and care. Yep, one of my favorites for eternity.
May 10, 2020
I always loved this part when I read the scans back in the day.
November 15, 2025
Review for volumes 1-12
Takanaga Hinako has always been a hit or miss author for me; she's got a few really nice works but others are either too heavy on the comedy or graphic side. The Tyrant Falls in Love lands somewhere in between which makes it a really difficult one for me to rate. I love the characters, it's got just the right amount of humour and a nice enough story. But at the same time, there are a lot of problematic themes and a lot of the story is just contrived and dragged for the sake of adding more sexual scenes.
It's been a long time since I last read it and I remember struggling with it back then already. No matter how you twist and turn it, the story starts off with one of the main characters raping the other. Never mind that he says sorry and the other eventually accepts the apology, I just found it difficult to go along with the story knowing how it started. That being said, I do actually really like the characters, not just the main ones but also all the side cast - my favourite is probably Isogai, the seemingly only straight male character in the whole series who's just hilarious.
The story in itself is also not bad, it does raise some interesting subjects. The main issue, apart from the fact that it starts off with rape, is that I feel the story should have been wrapped up several volumes ago already. There have been several points in the story of character development where one could have drawn the line, but not only are new chapters released at a very slow pace, it mostly just feels like it is drawn out for the sake of drawing more smut. The character development keeps spiralling backwards just for the main characters to be confronted with the exact same issues. It's great that they always talk things out, but they always find themselves back at the same problem.
I really like Takanaga's art, though, but that too isn't enough to keep me reading. For a series of which I had conflicted feelings from the start, I just don't see myself waiting around for yet another volume and hoping it's the last. I've read up to 12 volumes and feel that it is time to drop this one.
September 23, 2025
Tivemos uma evolução no romance abusivo dos personagens! A má notícia é que foi uma evolução negativa porque eles ainda tão juntos :(. A autora meteu um plot de stalker que queimou a casa do de cabelo branco e de um chantagista que viu o abuso do morigana acontecendo e chantageou - adivinha - o de cabelo branco tbm. Como essa obra foi publicada?????? dropei...
April 11, 2023
En este volumen un acosador hace cosas como dejar basura, notas o llamadas sin decir nada en la casa de senpai pero mori se queda y un día persigue al acosador xon el ojo herido y luego el acosador le corta en el brazo para tiempo después quemar la casa.
June 19, 2017
read the English translation.
December 22, 2018
Es soso y cliché, pero muy adictivo. 😂💕
March 21, 2019
La historia del hermano de Morinaga que la esperaba y la vez no, le agregó una estrellita a este tomo 🙈. 1
July 10, 2021
A solid installment which adds details into the bigger mess that is this relationship.
It's getting quite repetitive though, because practically no character development happens.
It's getting quite repetitive though, because practically no character development happens.
February 9, 2024
2024 goal 38/150
October 10, 2024
We got some progress from senpai here and I live for that panel of him initiating a kiss. Souichi really cares but I don't know if he'll ever admit that
December 13, 2016
2.5-3/5 Stars
November 6, 2015
So Sempai acts like a tyrant (again) against a boy, who takes revenge by harming him and his house. Morinaga, very worried, moves in with Sempai and his little sister. Sempai thinks his intentions are others and does not want to (who could blame him?) but Morinaga wins over and lives with them (and even with all the times Sempai threatened him, Mori kisses Sempai!).
The house gets on fire, while Sempai is on school. Mori gets trapped in the fire, and Sempai comes to save him... only that, being the tyrant he is, he kicks poor Mori in the face while there is a fire going! This is the way of Sempai to show that he is worried.
So they spend the night in a hotel, where Mori tries to comfort... only by "hugging" him while they are laying in bed. But he cannot help getting excited. We have to give him credit for this, cause he tried REALLY hard. And surprisingly, is Sempai the one that gives the first step. He kisses Mori, hurray! And a very hot scene comes then...
They finally move out together, with a condition: Sempai will have his own room with a key... he cannot trust Mori! I like this manga so much. Sempai is really a tyrant, but he is so passionate. You can tell he has feelings for Mori, only that he cannot admit it nor show it. Mori has to be so persuasive and patient to get his heart.
The house gets on fire, while Sempai is on school. Mori gets trapped in the fire, and Sempai comes to save him... only that, being the tyrant he is, he kicks poor Mori in the face while there is a fire going! This is the way of Sempai to show that he is worried.
So they spend the night in a hotel, where Mori tries to comfort... only by "hugging" him while they are laying in bed. But he cannot help getting excited. We have to give him credit for this, cause he tried REALLY hard. And surprisingly, is Sempai the one that gives the first step. He kisses Mori, hurray! And a very hot scene comes then...
They finally move out together, with a condition: Sempai will have his own room with a key... he cannot trust Mori! I like this manga so much. Sempai is really a tyrant, but he is so passionate. You can tell he has feelings for Mori, only that he cannot admit it nor show it. Mori has to be so persuasive and patient to get his heart.
November 27, 2011
The further love misadventures of Tatsumi and Morinaga.
The artwork is dreamy, the bishies are bishiful but this might not be for everyone because there is a whole lot of dub-con and frustrated plotting of non-con. There are times in this story that you want to reach out and grab Tatsumi by the ponytail and rattle him around a bit. (However, he would kick you in the face!)
The romance does move along a bit further this time. Tatsumi is terrorized by a stalker who keeps escalating his pranks up to full on arson. Morinaga had saved Tatsumi's little sister from a package bomb and was staying over when the fire breaks out. He gets her out but then gets trapped himself. Tatsumi comes to the rescue but beats the crap out of him first then drags his whupped ass out to safety. Later at a hotel, Tatsumi gives Morinaga the green light by saying "Do you want to do it?" Not exactly romantic but it leads up to really inspiring moments of tenderness. (insert yaoi, yaoi, yaoi, here)
Now the house is gone, Tatsumi and Morinaga end up living in the same apartment with only a flimsy bedroon door lock between them.
Waiting for the next volume.
The artwork is dreamy, the bishies are bishiful but this might not be for everyone because there is a whole lot of dub-con and frustrated plotting of non-con. There are times in this story that you want to reach out and grab Tatsumi by the ponytail and rattle him around a bit. (However, he would kick you in the face!)
The romance does move along a bit further this time. Tatsumi is terrorized by a stalker who keeps escalating his pranks up to full on arson. Morinaga had saved Tatsumi's little sister from a package bomb and was staying over when the fire breaks out. He gets her out but then gets trapped himself. Tatsumi comes to the rescue but beats the crap out of him first then drags his whupped ass out to safety. Later at a hotel, Tatsumi gives Morinaga the green light by saying "Do you want to do it?" Not exactly romantic but it leads up to really inspiring moments of tenderness. (insert yaoi, yaoi, yaoi, here)
Now the house is gone, Tatsumi and Morinaga end up living in the same apartment with only a flimsy bedroon door lock between them.
Waiting for the next volume.
March 30, 2012
Morinaga inches his way slowly but surely into Tatsumi’s life...and his house! But Tatsumi’s continued denial of any romantic feeling makes it a tense household—at least for Morinaga. The younger man’s optimism in the face of his friend’s steadfast stubbornness is sweet to read. But unexpected pranks from a vicious stalker may prove to be more trouble than either of them can handle.
This new plot development gives both men a chance to get closer and makes for a dramatic storyline. It’s an exciting and gripping twist as Morinaga and Tatsumi seek to protect their home and each other. Danger can make a great excuse for characters to get closer and the writer doesn’t disappoint.
This new plot development gives both men a chance to get closer and makes for a dramatic storyline. It’s an exciting and gripping twist as Morinaga and Tatsumi seek to protect their home and each other. Danger can make a great excuse for characters to get closer and the writer doesn’t disappoint.
February 20, 2010
Better than vol. 3. We see at least some development though even after 4 volumes, their relationship remains basically the same. I mean, after everything that they went through, you would expect that they would either break up for real or get at least somehow together - I'm not saying that they should abandon their issues but come on, it's the "same old, same old" thing all over again: Morinaga is horny and tries to drag Soichi into bed against his will, Soichi smacks him bloody and yells at him and they go back to status quo. It's starting to get really boring.
August 12, 2012
largely setup for the copious amounts of smut coming up. there is also more drama than usual, if you don't count Morinaga getting consistently smacked in the face (although weighed in the yaoi scale it's still fairly minor - there's a fire but no yakuza torturing people in abandoned warehouses). this edges out the silliness somewhat, but don't worry, it comes back in spades in vol 6.
January 16, 2016
Review originally posted on The Book Adventures of Annelise Lestrange :)
For a full review of this series up to volume 9, please click here.
For a full review of this series up to volume 9, please click here.
April 30, 2016
An adorable story! Really peculiar. The characters are relatable and different. And I love their personality developement throughout the series! And the story arcs are captivating. It isn't perfect - it's probably a 4.5 rather than a 5 but honestly, it's one of my favorites so I'm biased!
January 18, 2015
:) The story just keeps getting better and better.
February 18, 2014
This review is for the italian edition.
February 4, 2015
I can't seem to stop reading one volume after the next. They just keep getting better.
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June 26, 20156,95
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December 16, 2020what's wrong with Sempai? I can't stand him.
May 3, 2017
Senpai, the savior <3
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