Haou Airen
| Manga | |
|---|---|
| title | Haou Airen |
| Original title | 覇王 ♡ 愛人 |
| transcription | Haō Airen |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Mayu Shinjo |
| publishing company | Shogakukan |
| magazine | Shōjo comic |
| First publication | June 26, 2002 - 2004 |
| expenditure | 9 |
Haou Airen ( Japanese 覇王 ♡ 愛人 , Haō Airen , translated as "The ruler's mistress") is a manga series by Mayu Shinjo . The erotic manga, which appeared from 2002 to 2004 in over 1,500 pages, is aimed primarily at young girls, so it can be assigned to the Shōjo genre. It's about the seemingly impossible relationship between a young girl and a mafia boss.
action
17-year-old Kurumi Akino ( 秋 野 来 実 , Akino Kurumi ) has to look after the family after her father died and her mother fell ill. After school she goes to work in a grocery store to support her mother, her little twin brothers and herself. She works late into the night. When Kurumi is on her way home one night, she meets an injured 18-year-old boy who is being followed. She saves him and takes him home to treat him. The next day he disappeared without a trace and only a chain with a dragon pendant assures that he was really there.
A few days later, after school, she is kidnapped and drugged by strange men in suits. When she wakes up again, she is on board a plane that is flying to Hong Kong . On board is the boy from back then, who introduces himself as Hakuron. He is the boss of the Dragon King Company , one of the most powerful mafia triads in Hong Kong. Kurumi falls in love with him and wants to become his wife. He, too, develops feelings for her because of her innocent character.
Hakuron's former lover Leilan ( 麗蘭 , Reiran ) is jealous that he is no longer interested in her, but in Kurumi. She is planning an intrigue. This is how she sneaks Kurumi's trust and becomes her best friend. Hakuron murders Leilan in front of Kurumi's eyes, causing a rift between the two. He believes that Kurumi no longer loves him and therefore tries to bind the girl to him with sex without revealing his true feelings to her. Kurumi still loves Hakuron despite the murder of Leilan, but doesn't want to reveal this out of fear.
Publications
Haou Airen appeared in Japan from the May 2002 edition to the August 2004 edition monthly in individual chapters in the manga magazine Shōjo Comic , in which at that time Kotomi Aoki's Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru and Kanan Minami's Gib mir Liebe ! were published. The Shogakukan Publishing House also brought out these individual chapters in nine edited volumes. These edited volumes sold about two million times in Japan.
In Germany, the nine anthologies were published by Egmont Manga & Anime from July 2006 to March 2008 . The manga was also published in Chinese by Ever Glory Publishing , in English by Viz Media and in Spanish by Editorial Ivréa .
Adaptation
The manga was implemented as a radio play series. Haou Airen appeared on three CDs from 2003 to 2004 in Japan.
reception
The German magazine Mangaszene sums up the plot as: "Naive, cheerful girl meets mysterious, silent strangers". With this concept, Mayu Shinjo remains true to her earlier stories, with Haou Airen building up a clear difference between the two protagonists and the plot is not harmless, but “is heavy in the stomach from volume 2 at the latest”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ ComiPress
- ↑ Manga scene No. 15, p. 38.
Web links
- Entry in the Incomplete Manga Guide
- Entry at Anime News Network (English)