Maz said: Equal screen time, fair share of development, showcase of true love without excessive body contact, natural flowing relationship, harmonious relation between harem member, deep love that transcending space and time and many other possitive thing that I'm not bother to type in phone. Also the most important thing is all girl are the best girls.I would highly recommend Rokujouma no Shinryakusha?! because it's a fuckin' awesome harem series. It's certainly a step above the rest. The male MC isn't really the main focus, which immediately sets it apart - instead, they all come together because they're fighting over a room for their own reasons. It's funny, the cast is great (Yurika is <3) and it's free from a lot of the bullshit that plagues other typical harem anime. @NeoAnkara can explain this one better than me though. |
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| For the grills, and sometimes they have ecchi and good comedy. |
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| Because waifus. There's no other reason. I've played some videogames just because the dudes in them were hot, so I'm sure people often do the same with anime. If you think about it, is pretty sad. |
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| Main appeal of harem anime is it's comedy. |
D-ohnuts said: They're just wish-fulfillment shows. That's all there is to it, really. Some harems got funny characters - Date A Live's first season is worth a watch - but it's really just wish-fulfillment. |
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| For comedic effect, when you realize people non ironically like outrageously bullshit M-F relations. |
| i watch because i love tsunderes and every harem has one (if not, more!) token tsundere. they also tend to have good character designs overall but once in a blue moon they will spawn what i consider complete and utter character design perfection. im talking about julis alexia von riessfeld of course. |
| Self-insertion, wish fulfillment, and decent to meh comedy. I watch them even though I know they're most likely gonna be below average. I guess I'm just waiting to find one that's actually good or something. Maybe it's the sub-par, blue-balls fap material. Or both. |
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| I usually watch harem anime just to relax and kill time. Most harems are mindless, so it just presents everything to you and thus you do not have to pay much attention to it. I think this type of anime is made to be watched in-between the more serious ones just to get your head straight. But I guess I am new, so maybe my opinion will change over time |
| It's for men to fap at night, they have no appeal what so ever, only the authors who treat women more than sexual objects get it right. |
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| Because in harem you can choose the girl which personality suits you best, which adds the number of the audience (person who likes A-type girl will wath anime that have A-type girl, and the same goes with B-type girl so why don't we put A-Z type of girl alltogether to make then all watch the anime?) But seriously anime isn't the best medium to deploy harems, Visual Novel is, because in VN you can have a branching route so there won't be any butthurt fans in which their favorite girl won't end up with the protag. Imagine if Onodera wins in Nisekoi, Chitoge fans wil raged alot and vice-versa (that's why the manga still publishing). |
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| While I wouldn't say I am a harem fan per se, the harems that I like is because the females have attractive designs and interesting personalities, also since there is usually variety within the cast I can find at least one character I like most of the time. And as long as the protagonist isn't being annoying to watch, it's fun to watch a lucky bastard getting to have fun with cute girls. |
| I just like staring at hot anime girls |
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| Because... guys actually like the thought of being surrounded by sexy school girls who are all after your cock? Shocking I know |
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| There can definitely be an appeal to a harem show besides sex appeal. I'm a straight male but one of my favorite shows is a reverse harem. Ouran High School Host Club. there is certainly no sex appeal for me to enjoy their its just a bunch of dudes. but instead I enjoyed it for its great comedy and lovable characters. Also Shipping is probably the biggest appeal to harem shows. everyone gets to choose their best girl and root for them and just enjoy seeing their character of choice interact in the world. |
| It's just entertainment at its finest for the most part(there are hidden gems). And this is coming from a big harem fan(I mean look at my list and it is quite brimming with harem). |
| To Dominate the females, something they cannot do in the reality |
| It is so dense. Every single image has so many things going on. |
| The appeal is self-insertion and "competition". Kind of like sports but instead of rooting for your favorite team, you root for your favorite girl |
| Because they are original and deep, and have a great story and characters. |
anobaka said: Because they are original and deep, and have a great story and characters(Sarcasm). Fixed that post for you, because you're obviously sarcasm. |
| Most of the time - harem male leads, are usually wimpy, dense, gynophobic pussies....( that is annoying af ) Most of the time - harem female leads are just (dumb!?!?) weird, akward, stupid( usually IQ below 70 ), ugly, lolis, likes to eat as Luffy from One Piece...and doesn't care about anything else... Seriously, now I think that I can understand Harem haters/dislikers....at first when I started to get into anime, I loved harems...but now 90% of all harems sucks (this comes from ecchi lover btw) |
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| >Can someone explain the appeal of harem anime? Sorakaa , I'm not sure what kind of non-binary person you are, so I will talk about the kind of people who will find harem appealing: 1) They are attracted mostly or entirely to one gender. According to the rumors, that's the majority of humanity, but you can never be sure. 2) Their environment doesn't have much of that gender. There are many reasons for that: * some are hikkikomori, and their environment consists only of themselves. * some work or study in a profession that is dominated by the gender they don't prefer. For heterosexual people it happens naturally if they don't work in a job with even distribution of genders. * some are bad at dealing with other people to the point they're alone even in a room full of people. * of course, only attractive people of the preferred gender matter - working with a whole lot of old ladies doesn't make the desire for beautiful girls go away. When things are like that, harems are a good way to compensate. That said, no anime is purely harem - that's just one component of a show that can contain: sexual fanservice, romance, comedy. And other things that are not related to the show being a harem: action, adventure, heart-warming, philosophy... All of these things are worthwhile on their own. But harem-haters will sometimes forget that and complain about harem-ness. OneNaughtyBear said: D-ohnuts said: But what's the point if the MC isn't going to choose her. Going by what you said that seems like a great disappointment to that viewerTo give the viewers enough time to choose whichever girl appeals to their fetish. It doesn't really matter who is chosen by the MC. What matters is, who is chosen by the viewer? HecticLeo said: I do not like harem anime. Even though my list contains a vast amount of harem anime, I actually watch all of them for the ecchi tag. SO. WITH THAT BIT OF INFO, we can safely deduct that no one actually likes harem anime but people just want the ecchi. I've watched some harems which were not ecchi at all. Shiawase no Pan, for example. They still work fine. Meomix said: It's for men to fap at night, they have no appeal what so ever, only the authors who treat women more than sexual objects get it right. I am not sure if you are sarcastic, but 1) reverse harems exist too. I think it's the way it should be. 2) harems do have appeal outside being fap material. As a general rule, they make good romantic comedies. 3) I don't think it's fair to assume all harem authors treat women only as sexual objects. I'm not good enough in using these complicated feminist language to get good counter-examples. |
flannanJun 23, 2016 4:28 AM
| They're funny and they're sexy, that usually at least makes them watchable in my book. There are also some that are better than watchable which have a good story and/or really likable characters. |
KruszerJun 23, 2016 4:31 AM
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Kruszer said: They're funny and they're sexy, that usually at least makes them watchable in my book. There are also some that are better than watchable which have a good story and/or really likable characters. I find harem anime at their funniest when they forget about being a harem, like Date A Live. The funniest shows I've seen (Galaxy Angel, Bamboo Blade) come off like harem anime without the harem aspect. |
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| how can i explain something that is enjoyable to me. i enjoy it because it's funny. and how can i explain that "funny" thing about harem ? if it's funny then it's funny. and entertaining too. i think that's the only reason why most people like harem. i can't seem to find any logical reason as of why people like to watch harem... oh yeah..... ecchi............ |
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| People watch them for the fan service and wish fulfillment. Sad thing is that every harem anime is the same with the tsundere or in some cases dry boring girl winning, Pathetic beta male MC with nothing interesting about him getting flocked by women, and the horrid story lines of such shows also. The difference between a bunch of women flocking James Bond and generic MC is that James Bond is badass and charming to women while MC is sought after for trivial reasons (or none at all). P.S. Many different and better options for you thirsty guys who love these harems to get your wish fulfillment from |
flannan said: Meomix said: It's for men to fap at night, they have no appeal what so ever, only the authors who treat women more than sexual objects get it right. I am not sure if you are sarcastic, but 1) reverse harems exist too. I think it's the way it should be. 2) harems do have appeal outside being fap material. As a general rule, they make good romantic comedies. 3) I don't think it's fair to assume all harem authors treat women only as sexual objects. I'm not good enough in using these complicated feminist language to get good counter-examples. And i'm thankful otome anime exists, otherwise i would have gone insane long time ago. I try i really do but in harem anime when they show panties every 5 seconds (even on men that wear skirts, Why Authors WHY!) i just say nyaho fuck this. |
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TheEntropy said: People watch them for the fan service and wish fulfillment. Sad thing is that every harem anime is the same with the tsundere or in some cases dry boring girl winning, Pathetic beta male MC with nothing interesting about him getting flocked by women, and the horrid story lines of such shows also. The difference between a bunch of women flocking James Bond and generic MC is that James Bond is badass and charming to women while MC is sought after for trivial reasons (or none at all). P.S. Many different and better options for you thirsty guys who love these harems to get your wish fulfillment from You say so, but when a MC is an awesome badass, some people still complain that the show is a harem. I could get a better example than SAO, but I'm going to use SAO as an example anyway. Meomix said: And i'm thankful otome anime exists, otherwise i would have gone insane long time ago. I try i really do but in harem anime when they show panties every 5 seconds (even on men that wear skirts, Why Authors WHY!) i just say nyaho fuck this. I don't remember ever seeing a harem/fanservice anime that shows panties on men who wear skirts. Which anime are you talking about? Anyway, I think it's one of the two: either they make a joke about pantyshots, or these "men" are actually reverse-traps (meaning they are really girls). Or, sometimes, shows go for equal-opportunity fanservice, and the men get to be fanservicey roughly as often as women. Reminds me of that episode in Dog Days where MC gets his clothes shredded by an attack. But these kinds of shows are unlikely to include men in skirts. |
flannanJun 23, 2016 4:58 AM
| You must be one lucky soul cause i keep running into them, maybe i should also avoid gender bender i don't know anymore.. http://myanimelist.net/anime/8841/Kore_wa_Zombie_Desu_ka |
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| It appeals to single males who are awkward or unlucky with women. |
| Harems are haram It is wish fulfillment. But since other sexual fantasies are accepted in other media, like 50 Shades of Grey, I don't see what's bad about wish fulfillment by itself. The vast majority of harem shows bore me immensely, but when they have a funny twist to them, like Monster Musume, they can be very entertaining. |
Meomix said: You must be one lucky soul cause i keep running into them, maybe i should also avoid gender bender i don't know anymore.. http://myanimelist.net/anime/8841/Kore_wa_Zombie_Desu_ka Oh, the one where the MC gets to be a magical girl, but doesn't get gender-bent into a girl, so it just looks like crossdressing! That was meant as a joke about the abundance of panty shots, I'm sure. |
flannan said: Meomix said: You must be one lucky soul cause i keep running into them, maybe i should also avoid gender bender i don't know anymore.. http://myanimelist.net/anime/8841/Kore_wa_Zombie_Desu_ka Oh, the one where the MC gets to be a magical girl, but doesn't get gender-bent into a girl, so it just looks like crossdressing! That was meant as a joke about the abundance of panty shots, I'm sure. Even crossdressing animes have the decency not to put the male under the fanservice chopping block. |
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Meomix said: You just need to watch pure harem series like Rokujouma no Shinryakusha where the girl isn't sexualized and every action have meaning later on.flannan said: I am not sure if you are sarcastic, but 1) reverse harems exist too. I think it's the way it should be. 2) harems do have appeal outside being fap material. As a general rule, they make good romantic comedies. 3) I don't think it's fair to assume all harem authors treat women only as sexual objects. I'm not good enough in using these complicated feminist language to get good counter-examples. And i'm thankful otome anime exists, otherwise i would have gone insane long time ago. I try i really do but in harem anime when they show panties every 5 seconds (even on men that wear skirts, Why Authors WHY!) i just say nyaho fuck this. |
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TheBrainintheJar said: Kruszer said: They're funny and they're sexy, that usually at least makes them watchable in my book. There are also some that are better than watchable which have a good story and/or really likable characters. I find harem anime at their funniest when they forget about being a harem, like Date A Live. The funniest shows I've seen (Galaxy Angel, Bamboo Blade) come off like harem anime without the harem aspect. My favorites tend to things like Kanon (2006), Ah! My Goddess, Ai Yori Aoshi, and Shuffle where the MC makes a clear choice. I also really enjoy the more action-oriented ones like Sekirei, Highschool DXD, Date Alive, A Certain Magical Index, etc. |
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| Hot girls. Period. (Shit that was too short to post) |
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Kruszer said: TheBrainintheJar said: I find harem anime at their funniest when they forget about being a harem, like Date A Live. The funniest shows I've seen (Galaxy Angel, Bamboo Blade) come off like harem anime without the harem aspect. My favorites tend to things like Kanon (2006), Ah! My Goddess, Ai Yori Aoshi, and Shuffle where the MC makes a clear choice. I also really enjoy the more action-oriented ones like Sekirei, Highschool DXD, Date Alive, A Certain Magical Index, etc. I didn't find Kanon a harem so much as a character drama - the MC moves from character to character and their story is explored. Date A Live is a great example of how harem can be fun if you play around with the premise. If only more harem anime had a plot as bizarre as that one. |
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| I can't fuck waifus in real life. So I escape into the 2-D world where I can sex 12 year old birds. |
| Harems like every other genre/sub genre have good shows and bad shows. If you only concentrate on the bad ones, of course your opinions will be skewed. Try watching the good ones (which is subjective) and you'll probably get why people like them. Most harems are comedy/SoL driven and people like that about them. The romance part too can be fun. I can just feel the hate flowing through this thread. I like it. |
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| Can OP explains me his monotheism? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Girls are appealing, why don't we put more of them in the foreground? |
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| I think harems are laaaame when the show revolves around it. If there is an actual story worth watching, I don't mind if there is somewhat of a harem going on. |
| Waifu wars are fun OP, that's the appeal. Sometimes the girls are alright as characters beyond the respective fetish/stereotype they portray too. |
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| Guys like to see lots of women; that's basically it. |
| Be thankful for the wisdom granted to you. |
| Because there are multiple girls that get screentime, making it possible for people to like different girls. |
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| for me instead of seeing harem anime as pornoy(??) i see harem animes as more of a comedy cause most of the time i laugh when the MC gets hit by the females for something the MC didnt do. plus i love the whole lets compete for the MC'S attention |
| well...if u dont like it then dont force urself to watch/like it....it's meaningless |
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