| y’all are forgetting the best... it’s KAZUMA-SAMA of course! |
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| Koyomi Araragi and Sakata Gintoki for sure |
| For me its the smart types like Katsuragi Keima, Hikigaya Hachiman and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. |
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| Yuuji Kazami from Grisaia and Diablo from Isekai Maou |
| ˚₊‧꒰ა ♱ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ |
| Ousawa Akatsuki from Hagure Yuusha is the best person in terms of how to treat women and for ending Tsukishima Jinbee ended up with 3 wives and like 9 kids. |
| I'd argue that they're among the least important characters in harem anime when it comes to characterization, and work best to be a method to draw out the various appeals of the female cast as opposed to being focused on too heavily and pulling attention away from the harem itself. I think that they should be an MC in name-only and function primarily as a support role, basically. Other people are free to do as they please, I guess, but when I'm watching a harem anime, the least of my worries or attention is going to be towards the one fucking guy, and it seems borderline senseless with how often people put the greatest amount of emphasis on this role relative to the genre they're talking about. There is a reason they're rarely featured on promo material, in merchandise, et cetera. A good MC with a shit harem is still exceedingly likely going to be a bad harem anime, just one that's most likely just succeeding in other areas if it reaches any kind of acclaim. On the other hand, a bad MC with a good harem is still much more than just merely capable of being a good harem anime - I'd go as far as to say it's still more than capable of excelling in the genre, even with a shortcoming like that. Because they're primarily just needed to provide some kind of ecchi or showcasing the girls in romantically-inclined situations and contextualizations. Outside of that, watching a narrative unfold around them, watching them develop and grow, or coming to understand and care for the harem MC is hardly one of the defining characteristics of the genre. I'd say it's generally better for a show's harem elements to push them aside and use them as a tool for these things than it is to put an excessive amount of focus on them. Ideally there'd be no weak links, sure, and to say it's unfair to discuss a character or a role the character plays in a series would be a heap of bullshit, but yeah - I'm not exactly fond of the emphasis that the community tends to put on Harem MCs relative to the anime they're in whenever it comes to discussing these types of series. It often just comes off as overwrought and completely lacking in any attempt towards nuance or understanding, purposefully or not. It's a non-issue being pressed as this major concern or holistic shortcoming that's the ultimate downfall of the entire genre. It is insane. Wanted to get that off of my chest before listing any I consider to be the best :P My favorites would be Issei from DxD and Haruka from Yosuga no Sora, for entirely separate reasons. Honorable mentions to Aikawa Ayumu and Kurusu Kimihito. |
ManabanApr 4, 2019 5:51 PM
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| keima from world god only knows. he is passionate about what he does. |
| I like Yuuji, Grisaia is the only harem where I like the MC more than any of his girls. Tho eventually Mushoku will become a harem, and I guess Rudeus will become my favorite harem MC by default of him already being one of my favorite MCs in general. |
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| For me, probably Toujou Basara or Hyoudou Issei. |
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| Can't think of anyone decent since most harem mcs are betas but Araragi comes to mind even though it's not a harem but can also be considered one haha |
What is the point of having a harem if you don't get laid with all of them and butchered because of it? |
Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Helpppppp!  |
| Makoto Itou, when I'm piloting him in the visual novels. |
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| ANOS VOLDIGOAD IN MY OPINION ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ |
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| Best Harem MC has to be Yuuji Kazami, he is such a badass Harem MC Other then him there is also Arata, Keima, Issei & Ayumu |
| "When There Is Evil In This World That Justice Cannot Defeat, Would You Taint Your Hands With Evil To Defeat Evil? Or Would You Remain Steadfast And Righteous Even If It Means Surrendering To Evil?" |
| There actually are a few, Kazami Yuuji (Grisaia no Kajitsu), Katsuragi Keima (Kami nomi zo shiru sekai), and Hayate Ayasaki (Hayate no gotoku) |
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| Probably Raku Ichijou from Nisekoi.... |
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Araragi Koyomi's sister loves him too! |
yokoyoko528May 28, 2022 7:59 AM
| Nagi Amano, from Weathering With You, is already well on the way to becoming a harem master, and he's only something like 12 years old. Regrettably it's only a minor subplot of a film and is unlikely to get developed into a story of its own. |
A møøse once bit my sister... |
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