Watanare, Dokidoki Precure, and Hamefura are probably my favorites….but like. I found myself questioning whether half of the works listed actually fit the diagnostic criteria of ‘harem’ or ‘reverse harem’ when I looked them up on anilist. Because in a lot of cases it’s just that a lot of characters like the protag, but the protag’s feelings back aren’t clear. And in many cases it isn’t a polyamorous relationship or anything, it’s just that a lot of characters like the protag, but then there’s the implication that the protagonist needs to choose and that’s like. antithetical to the concept? so there’s not that many works tagged ‘harem’ that end up being a true harem in that sense. So I struggled to respond to this since a lot of the time, it’s just a lot of characters competing for a monogamous relationship, which in the end, doesn’t actually feel like a ‘harem’ even if you could describe it as such during the process of ‘elimination’ so to speak???? maybe I’m just thinking about this too much though. I don’t know.
Watanare, Dokidoki Precure, and Hamefura are probably my favorites….but like. I found myself questioning whether half of the works listed actually fit the diagnostic criteria of ‘harem’ or ‘reverse harem’ when I looked them up on anilist. Because in a lot of cases it’s just that a lot of characters like the protag, but the protag’s feelings back aren’t clear. And in many cases it isn’t a polyamorous relationship or anything, it’s just that a lot of characters like the protag, but then there’s the implication that the protagonist needs to choose and that’s like. antithetical to the concept? so there’s not that many works tagged ‘harem’ that end up being a true harem in that sense. So I struggled to respond to this since a lot of the time, it’s just a lot of characters competing for a monogamous relationship, which in the end, doesn’t actually feel like a ‘harem’ even if you could describe it as such during the process of ‘elimination’ so to speak???? maybe I’m just thinking about this too much though. I don’t know.