Haou Airen



17-year-old Kurumi Akino lives in Tokyo, helping her ill mother to take care of her little siblings and working hard at both school and her part-time job. Her life is pretty ordinary, isn't it? Well, it is... until she's walking home and bumps into a handsome stranger. The guy promptly places his hand over her mouth, kisses her forcibly, and then threatens her with rape if she screams since he's being pursued by other people. He promptly collapses and Kurumi thinks she can't leave him there, so she treats his wounds at home and manages to have him tell her his name: Hakuron. However, he gives her a sleeping drug through a kiss and leaves her there, escaping from the Akino household..

Since Hakuron disappeared as soon as he arrived, Kurumi now wonders if it was all a bad dream. It isn't, actually. Few after the incident, Kurumi finds herself whisked off her feet and shuttled to Hong Kong, and the culprit is Hakuron! It turns out that the stranger whose life shge saved is actually the most powerful and badass mobster from The Triads and The Tongs, and he wants to "thank" her by making her his bride. From then on, the poor girl will be caught in the struggles among several triad groups as well as the in-fights in Hakuron's group, and will also have to deal with his extremely screwed up view on life and love. All in a strange land, very far from the Tokyo where her family and her past remain...

Haou Airen (覇王·愛人 Surpreme King's Mistress?) is a shōjo manga series created by Mayu Shinjo, also adapted into 3 CD dramas. Like a lot of Shinjo's works, Haou Airen is heavy on sexual content and the melodrama.

Some more info about it here.

Haou Airen has the following tropes
": How does it feel to see someone you love being tainted in front of your eyes? (....) But everything that hs happened until now, you have done it to me! You heartlessly stole not just my body and my life, but my heart as well!"
 * Alternate Continuity: The CD drama,
 * Arranged Marriage: Hakuron and Reilan
 * Attempted Rape: More than once, but special note goes to  and  . Hakuron saves her both times, of course. Which doesn't stop him from sexing her up in non-con/dub-con ways, tho.
 * Asskicking Equals Authority: Hakuron went up the Triads's ranks via basically kicking all kind of ass to get there. Also, that's how he recruited Di Long into the group.
 * Bastard Boyfriend: Guess who!
 * Because You Were Nice to Me, I Owe You My Life and Florence Nightingale Effect: Nothing would've happened in this manga, had Kurumi not decided to treat Hakuron's wounds.
 * Betty and Veronica: Kaafai and Hakuron, for Kurumi. . Kurumi and Reilan, for Hakuron.
 * Blood Knight: Hakuron, Di Long. A sort-of Justified Trope since both of them are high-ranked Triad members and their fighting skills are what brought them as high in the hierarchy as they are.
 * : Horribly subverted:
 * Break the Cutie:
 * And Kurumi, despite her Love Martyr tendences, finds herself pretty broken. A good example would be her huge Heroic BSOD after
 * Broken Bird: Kurumi thinks  is one.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: Reilan.
 * Contrived Coincidence:
 * Corrupt the Cutie: Discussed when

": ", I didn't really know why fell for you. Your virtue is just his opposite. But I'm sorry... I loved  too... , when I'm reborn, we'll be friends. I promise!"
 * Crazy Jealous Guy: Hakuron.
 * He ain't the only one., anyone?
 * Darker and Edgier: Arguably. We know that Shinjo uses explicit sex in her works, but this one also includes quite a bit of graphic violence and murder.
 * Distress Ball:  in volume 8.
 * The Dog Bites Back:
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady: Huo Long.
 * The Dragon: Fuuron, to Hakuron.
 * Facial Markings: Hakuron has a very distinguishing dragon tattoo on the side of his face. Seems that only Kurumi has seen it and lived to tell.
 * Famous Last Words:
 * Facial Markings: Hakuron has a very distinguishing dragon tattoo on the side of his face. Seems that only Kurumi has seen it and lived to tell.
 * Famous Last Words:
 * Famous Last Words:


 * "You're prettier when you smile. I wish I could see the smile on your face forever. Promise me,, smile forever..." (last thoughts) "Because I won't be able to wipe your tears away anymore.""

"(written): "If my wish comes true, Anyway, Father, this is  's mercy. And that stupid bitch will hate  for the rest of her life. And as my last trap: ", when I'm reborn, we'll be friends. I promise!" Stupid, she'll never know  !""
 * Four Eyes Zero Soul: Fuuron
 * Five Man Band: Hakuron, Kurumi, and the Four Kings of Heaven. They arguably double as Five Bad Band since the guys are all Triad members.
 * The Hero / Big Bad: Hakuron (Sort of)
 * The Lancer / The Dragon: Fuuron
 * The Big Guy / The Brute: Di Long
 * The Smart Guy / Evil Genius: Shui Long
 * The Chick / Dark Chick: Huo Long and Kurumi.
 * Girlish Pigtails: Kurumi
 * Go Mad From the Revelation: Possibly, what happened to  when
 * Gory Discretion Shot: When
 * Also, when  in volume 8.
 * Averted in the case of, as we clearly see   bleed and collapse to the floor in a puddle of   own blood after   shoots   to death. Made worse by how we think it'll be played straight when the scenery changes to the building facade... only to return to
 * Heroic Self Deprecation: Oddly toyed with. Hakuron keeps saying horrible things about himself and insists in telling Kurumi that he's a monster and she should reject him for such stuff, but that doesn't stop him from hugging her passionately and sexing her up. Many times, against her will.
 * Hong Kong: The plot is truly kickstarted when Hakuron abducts Kurumi and takes her to his home there...
 * Crap Saccharine World: This is how the SAR itself is described. It's a bright, shining city full of prosperity and fun things to do... while gangsters train children  as assassins in a shadow war filled with rape, murder, and suicide.
 * Ill Girl: Kurumi's mother.
 * Mafia Prince: Hakuron, Reilan,
 * Major Injury Underreaction:
 * Meaningful Rename:
 * Kurumi gets the Chinese name "Qiuye Laishi", and
 * The Medic: Shui Long.
 * Morality Pet: Kurumi aims to become this to Hakuron, as much as she can be to a Bastard Boyfriend like him. Not very Genre Savvy, eh Kurumi?
 * Names to Know In Anime: Tomokazu Seki plays Hakuron in the drama CD's, opposite Kimiko Koyama's Kurumi. Other seiyuus there are Yuu Asakawa (Huo Long), Susumu Chiba (Fuuron), Nobuo Tobita (Shui Long), and Norio Wakamoto (narration).
 * Netorare: Arguably used when  and when
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero: Great idea Hakuron, is not going to backfire in the most important day of your life.
 * No Mister Bond I Expect You to Dine:
 * Parental Favoritism - The Unfavorite : Poor
 * Pet the Dog: Or better said, the kitten named Miruku.
 * Promotion to Parent: Kurumi gets a partial one, having to help her mother with her little brothers's raising after her father's death. Not only that, but Mrs. Akino is an Ill Girl who badly needs Kurumi's help.
 * Rags to Riches: In Tokyo, Kurumi is middle to low class and struggles with her part-time job, her Promotion to Parent and her studies. Suddenly, she finds herself shuttled to Hong Kong and immersed in incredible riches and luxury as Hakuron's "mistress", and he promises to her that he'll send money to Mrs. Akino so she can support herself and the twins without Kurumi (And he does more or less keeps his word in that sense).
 * Rape Is Love: Hakuron repeatedly rapes Kurumi in order to get her to love him. What's more horrifying and mindboggling is that it works.
 * Reckless Gun Usage: Kurumi waves around a loaded pistol when Hakuron is teaching her to shoot, but Hakuron yells at her to be careful and takes the gun away. Hakuron himself demonstrates unsafe gun usage later, when he repeatedly points guns at people to threaten them, even when he does not intend to kill them.
 * She Cleans Up Nicely: Kurumi fits very well in a Qipao.
 * Shoot the Dog:  seems to view his murder of   this way.
 * Shower of Angst: Kurumi, after
 * Smug Snake - The Rival: Yang Yishan
 * Street Urchin:
 * She Cleans Up Nicely: Kurumi fits very well in a Qipao.
 * Shoot the Dog:  seems to view his murder of   this way.
 * Shower of Angst: Kurumi, after
 * Smug Snake - The Rival: Yang Yishan
 * Street Urchin:
 * Street Urchin:


 * Tragic Keepsake:
 * Trauma Induced Amnesia:
 * Troubled but Cute: Hakuron
 * The Triads and The Tongs: And Hakuron is the most dangerous one there.
 * Unwanted Harem: Kurumi has Hakuron, Huo Long, Di Long and Kaafai after her, each in their own ways. Very much NOT Played for Laughs.
 * Unwitting Pawn: Many of Hakuron's enemies try to use Kurumi as this.
 * Walking Shirtless Scene: Di Long
 * Wall Bang Her: Up against a door.
 * What the Hell Hero: In volume 8,  gives one to Hakuron after.
 * Followed by one from, who calls him out for
 * And Kurumi attempts to give him one when
 * Even earlier, Kurumi gives a HUGE one to Hakuron
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Kurumi's mother. Kurumi was shaping up into one of these as well, until her life... "changed".
 * Yandere: Hakuron, Reilan, and
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Kurumi's school uniform. Also Reilan, who combines it with a Qipao shirt as part of her school clothes.
 * Yandere: Hakuron, Reilan, and
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Kurumi's school uniform. Also Reilan, who combines it with a Qipao shirt as part of her school clothes.