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==Characters==
==Characters==
*'''Souichi Tatsumi''' - A first year doctorate student in the agricultural science department at a university in Nagoya. After almost being raped by a gay professor, he becomes extremely homophobic. Despite his sever homophobia, he develops strong feelings for his research assistant Morinaga, although his homophobia keeps him from accepting them and to remain in strong denial.
*'''Souichi Tatsumi''' - A first year doctorate student in the agricultural science department at a university in Nagoya. After almost being raped by a gay professor, he becomes extremely homophobic. Despite his sever homophobia, he develops strong feelings for his research assistant Morinaga, although his homophobia keeps him from accepting them and to remain in denial.
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:{{Voiced by | [[Hikaru Midorikawa]]}}


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*'''Kanako Tatsumi''' - Souichi's 14 year old sister. She mistakenly believes that Souichi and Morinaga are a couple, a belief that becomes less mistaken over time.
*'''Kanako Tatsumi''' - Souichi's 14 year old sister. She mistakenly believes that Souichi and Morinaga are a couple, a belief that becomes less mistaken over time. She is shown to be a typical teenage girl and supportive of her brother having a relationship with Morinaga, often teasing him about it.
:{{Voiced by | [[Ayaka Kyo]]}}
:{{Voiced by | [[Ayaka Kyo]]}}


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The Tyrant Falls in Love
Juné's cover for Vol 1 of the US license
恋する暴君
(Koisuru Boukun)
GenreYaoi, Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life
Manga
Written byHinako Takanaga
Published byKaiōsha
English publisherUnited States Juné
MagazineGush
DemographicJosei
Original runFebruary 2004 – present
Volumes8
Original video animation
Studioprimetime
Released June 25, 2010 – November 26, 2010
Runtime30 minutes
Episodes2
Audio drama
StudioInter communications, Movic
Original runAugust 20, 2005 – September, 2012
Episodes6

The Tyrant Falls in Love (恋する暴君, Koisuru Boukun) is a Japanese yaoi manga series written and illustrated by Hinako Takanaga. The Tyrant Falls in Love is a sequel to Takanaga's series Challengers.[1] The series has appeared on manga best-seller lists both in Japan and in Germany,[2] and the long-delayed US release has been labeled "one of the most highly-anticipated yaoi releases ever".[3] The series is currently licensed in English by Juné. It is also licensed in German by Tokyopop Germany under the title Verliebter Tyrann, in Polish by Kotori under the title Zakochany tyran and in French by Taifu Comics under the title The Tyrant Who Fall in Love.[4][5][6]

In 2010 the first volume was adapted into a two-part OVA by Primetime.[7]

Plot

The story picks up on Morinaga and Souichi's story where Challengers left off. Tetsuhiro Morinaga is a university student with a four year old crush on his senpai, Souichi Tatsumi, whom he assists with his research projects. In Challengers, while sick with a cold, Morinaga inadvertently confessed that he is gay and in love with Souichi. Following this, he believes that Souichi now hates him since he is homophobic and says he will leave school, but Souichi insists that they just forget about it and remain friends. Their story ends with Morinaga convinced that his feelings will never be reciprocated.

At the start of The Tyrant Falls in Love, in 2004, a year following the events of Challengers, Tomoe and Kurokawa have just moved to California for Tomoe's new job and Souichi hears that California has just legalized gay marriage. Souichi furiously calls Tomoe to tell him that he should not get any ideas about getting married, but Tomoe had not actually heard about the news since he had been busy working. In effect, Souichi's call does the exact opposite of what he wanted and Kurokawa and Tomoe run off to get married. Souichi runs around yelling that he's going to go to America and kill Kurokawa and get a green card so he can become the Governor of California to re-ban gay marriage. Morinaga convinces him to calm down and drink with him instead and so he goes Morinaga's apartment to drown his sorrows. After Souichi drinks all of the alcohol they had bought, he demands that Morinaga goes out to buy more. While Morinaga is out, Souichi searches Morinaga's apartment for any alcohol he may have and finds a hidden aphrodisiac filled wine bottle that Morinaga was given by a friend and drinks it, not knowing it is drugged. At first it appears that it has no effect and Morinaga believes that he was tricked by his friend. They go to sleep, but Souichi wakes up during the night to find himself aroused. He tries to sneak off to relieve himself, but trips and wakes up Morinaga due to be weakened by the drug. Morinaga offers to help him relieve himself and even though Souichi refuses, he still goes through with it. After he has released, Souichi is still aroused and Morinaga, unable to restrain himself any longer, has sex with Souichi even though he tells him to stop.

The next morning, after Souichi throws Morinaga out of his own apartment, Morinaga goes to the university. When he returns home, Morinaga calls Souichi and apologizes for what he did and swears to never appear before him again. At first, Souichi thinks nothing of it due to being furious with him. However, Morinaga soon completely vanishes and his classmates and friends begin to ask Souichi if he knows where Morinaga has gone, not having contacted anyone. Souichi is shocked, having thought that Morinaga had simply been avoiding him. After not being able to contact Morinaga himself, Soiuchi begins to grow extremely worried and anxious, searching for him and going to his apartment every day and night to see if he has come home for two weeks. During this time, he begins to realize that, despite what Morinaga did, did not plan on cutting ties with him and just wants him to come home. Morinaga eventually returns to his apartment to pack up his belongings so he can move away when Souichi finally finds him when doing his nightly check on the apartment. Souichi lets it slip how frantically worried he was when he vanished and Morinaga is deeply touched. Souichi tells him to never go away again and Morinaga tells him that if he is to stay, they will have to have sex since his feelings for him have not changed. Souichi, not wanting him to leave, reluctantly agrees. The two commence a dysfunctional relationship which develops slowly into a romance over the course of the series.

Characters

  • Souichi Tatsumi - A first year doctorate student in the agricultural science department at a university in Nagoya. After almost being raped by a gay professor, he becomes extremely homophobic. Despite his sever homophobia, he develops strong feelings for his research assistant Morinaga, although his homophobia keeps him from accepting them and to remain in denial.
Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa
  • Tetsuhiro Morinaga - A first year masters student in the agricultural science department at a university in Nagoya. He has been in love with Souichi since he first set eyes on him. He has a rough past due to growing up in a conservative family who drove him out of his hometown after discovering his sexuality. Despite this, he remains happy and cheerful.
Voiced by: Kousuke Toriumi
  • Hiroto - Morinaga's friend who works in a gay bar called Adamsite as a bartender. He often gives Morinaga advice on his love problems, although occasionally growing tired of his love drama.
Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa
  • Kanako Tatsumi - Souichi's 14 year old sister. She mistakenly believes that Souichi and Morinaga are a couple, a belief that becomes less mistaken over time. She is shown to be a typical teenage girl and supportive of her brother having a relationship with Morinaga, often teasing him about it.
Voiced by: Ayaka Kyo
  • Taichirou Isogai - Mitsugu's friend and ex-coworker. He accidentally finds out about Souichi and Tetsuhiro's relationship and uses it as leverage to keep Souichi from threatening to kill Mitsugu and to treat him better.
Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki
  • Tomoe Tatsumi - Souichi's younger brother and the main character of the manga Challengers. He is very smart, but ditzy and absent-minded.
Voiced by: Kouki Miyata
  • Mitsugu Kurokawa - Tomoe's husband. He was one of the main characters in the manga series Challengers. He lives in constant fear of Souichi and is deathly afraid of him.
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita
  • Kunihiro Morinaga - Tetsuhiro's older brother.
Voiced by: Ken Narita
  • Junya Masaki - Tetsuhiro's first love and Kunihiro's best friend.
  • Soujin Tatsumi - Souichi, Tomoe, and Kanako's father.
  • Yamaguchi - A friend of Morinaga who is in the same year and major as Morinaga.

Production

The Tyrant Falls in Love was initially licensed in the US by DramaQueen, but had an extremely rocky road to English-language distribution. DramaQueen initially announced at Otakon 2006 but due to financial difficulties, the book was never released.[8][9] In early 2008, DramaQueen announced that it was reorganizing and would bring The Tyrant Falls in Love into print imminently.[10] However, after repeated delays and at least two official publication dates, the series remained unpublished. The series was available in scanlation, but DramaQueen issued cease and desist orders.[11]

At the 2009 Yaoi-Con, Juné announced they had acquired the license and would be releasing volume 1 in Summer of 2010.[12]

In May 2011, Takanaga announced that she was ending the series, but would draw at least one more volume of extra stories based on the manga and a sequel series featuring Morinaga's brother Kunihiro.[13] But in November 2012 Takanaga announced she had decided to continue the series from where it left off. Although it would be at a slower pace.[14]

Media

Manga

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 February 10, 2005 [15]978-4877243982August 18, 2010[16]978-1-56970-172-0
2 November 10, 2005 [17]978-4877244309December 1, 2010[18]978-1-56970-173-7
3 December 9, 2006 [19]978-4877244835April 20, 2011[20]978-1-56970-174-4
4 April 10, 2008 [21]978-4877248444August 15, 2011[22]978-1-56970-175-1
5 June 10, 2009 [23]978-4877241292December 21, 2011[24]978-1-56970-176-8
6 July 20, 2010 [25]978-4877241971April 25, 2012[26]978-1-56970-238-3
7 November 10, 2011 [27]978-4796402453Aug 29, 2012 [28]978-1-56970-265-9
8 February 10, 2012 [29]978-4796402767Jul 31, 2013 [30]978-1-56970-281-9

OVA

In 2010 the first volume of the series was adapted into a two-part OVA by Primetime.[31]

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Drama CDs

The BL Drama CD branch of Movic shut down in September 2012 and there are currently no plans to make more drama cds for the series.[32]

Reception

References

  1. ^ "DQ BL Portal - The Tyrant Falls in Love". DramaQueen. 2006-05-15. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  2. ^ "Manga Fight - Charts Time". TZG2.0. July 13, 2007. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  3. ^ Manry, Gia (December 19, 2008). "The Daily Shin Buun 12/19/08". AnimeVice News. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  4. ^ "Verliebter Tyrann". Tokyopop.de. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  5. ^ moshi_moshi (27 June 2013). "Zakochany tyran tom 1". Tanuki.pl (in Polish). 156 (2821). Warsaw: Małgorzata Kaczarowska. ISSN 1898-8296. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Taifu Comics - Serie - The Tyrant Who Fall in Love". Taifu Comics. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  7. ^ "The Tyrant Falls In Love/Koi suru Bo-kun OVA Listed". Anime News Network. 11 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  8. ^ "New DramaQueen Licenses". Comi Press. August 7, 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  9. ^ Gia Manry (June 2, 2008). "Drama Queen's Latest Drama". a geek by any other name. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-04-01. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2009-09-07 suggested (help)
  10. ^ Alverson, Brigid (March 31, 2008). "DramaQueen Relaunches". Publishers' Weekly. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  11. ^ Gia Manry (May 25, 2008). "Quickie: More Trials and Tribulations of Drama Queen". a geek by any other name. Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  12. ^ DMP (Oct 31, 2009). "Our big license: Tyrant Falls In Love by Hinako Takanaga-mid 2010". DMP (via Twitter). Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  13. ^ Hinako Takanaga to End The Tyrant Falls in Love Manga - News - Anime News Network
  14. ^ Takanaga hinako (November 7, 2012). "KSB continuing". Retrieved 2012-12-06.
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  30. ^ http://www.junemanga.com/books/1013/
  31. ^ "The Tyrant Falls In Love/Koi suru Bo-kun OVA Listed". Anime News Network. 11 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  32. ^ Takanaga hinako (September 24, 2012). "Movic shut down". Retrieved 2012-12-06.
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  34. ^ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000M342F4
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