HAREM ANIME

HAREM ANIME

I previously made a rush review regarding Traps and Reverse Traps so this time I willl tackle Harem.

Harem anime where one male character gets to have a flock of female characters loving him all at the same time. In other words, polygamy where a person gets multiple partners for themselves. In anime there are two types of harem genre, the regular harem where the main character is a male character and the reverse harem where the main character is a female character.

The first recognized harem genre anime series is Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki anime series which aired in 1992 up to 2017 that has 4 OVA with a total of 24 episodes and rumors has been going around in the internet that the fifth OVA is in production which will have 6 episodes and still no announcements as to when it will be aired. This harem is about an ordinary male high school student named Tenchi Masaki who suddenly found himself surrounded by a number of alien females who look so much like humans that no one could easily tell that they are aliens unless they show their real powers as well as their ages.

Tenchi Muyo Ryo Ohki

As for the reverse harem version the first anime series to be recognized is the Fuushigi Yuugi aired in 1995 where Miaka an ordinary high school girl was dragged inside a mysterious book and there she met with a prince who mentioned that she can wish her way home once she has recruited the legendary guardians of Suzaku which she is to represent. Some of the male guardians have shown feelings for Miaka which somehow also included some of the opposing team male guardians.

Fushigi Yuugi

There are many other harem and reverse harem in the anime world but among all of them that I have watched it would seem Tenchi series is the only harem series that made a mix of harem and reverse harem in one series as well mixing in a furry and goddesses in the mix as well. Forgot to mention the loli since Sasami is a loli in the current release of the series.

In my own perspective for the harem series has become one of the most popular in demand genre in anime. One of the famous harem series so far is High School DxD where the main character was resurrected and turned into a demon pawn by a high-level demon whose bloodline is in line with the Gremory Clan one of the powerful demon clans in the demon world. Issei Hyoudo the resurrected human also became a powerful pawn that gained an ancient power and now aims to be a Harem King. DXD currently has three seasons with total of 48 tv episodes and four OVA and some specials as well. Fans as of the moment are waiting for the fourth season of the series.

High School DXD

For the best harem it would seem To Love-Ru is on the number one spot where a clumsy low charisma Rito Yuuki who cannot draw out any courage to confess his feelings towards the girl that he likes ends up being surrounded by a number of alien girls and decided to live with him and marry him. (information from reeldown forums)

To Love Ru (Motto)

For the reverse harem it would seem that Ouran High School Host Club took the throne basing from the forums that I have been checking in the internet. A story about a girl who got accepted in a prestigious private co-ed school filled with the rich and spoiled kids of influential people of the society. Being mistaken for as a boy the heroine Haruhi is forced to work as a new host of the Host Club in order to repay her sudden debt of a million yen just because she bumped and broke a highly expensive vase. She was exposed as a female but was still accepted as a host and doesn’t mind crossdressing as a boy while working her way to repay her debt. Surrounded by the boys of the Host Club that seems like they have feelings towards one girl, Haruhi.

Ouran High School Host Club

For a harem series specially when the members of the harem are mostly females, it is normal that male fans are mostly after the fanservices and sudden nude scenes which are often included in the harem genre. Crazy scenes like having sexual innuendos inserted in most parts of every episodes of a harem series. Some harem series that barely has any of these elements were most likely forgotten or never got another series if it ended up short or got 13 episodes or even less. But regardless to this there are some harem series that became popular back then without having too many of these elements and the viewers were happy to see the clumsy guy who has no charm at all gets all the hot girls that other side male characters have been dreaming to have for themselves. There are also harem anime where the girls will do everything and I mean everything up to the last straw of available option of service is rendered towards the male character.

A quick example of this is the anime Hanaukou Maid-tai where a young man suddenly inherits a huge fortune from his grandfather, his only living relative, the huge includes him inheriting a large amount of fortune, a large property with a mansion and huge number of maids that are ready to give him all the services for him and protect him. There are many types of maids in the mansion trained in various services, maids what cook, maids that will escort him, maids that will clean even his body, maids that will protect him since there are military trained maids in the mansion, maids who are also inventors, and many other types of maids. The maids were also trained to give him services which includes all the way services. The catch of this series is that the main character this time has allergy towards all females or what others may call gynophobia.

Hanaukyo Maid-Tai

To sum things up about harem anime, this is just an anime series for those who wants to see a bunch of fanservices and this does not just go with male audiences but also with female audiences and it doesn’t matter if it is harem or reverse harem due to preferences of the viewers.

But due to the content of the said genre it is not for the audiences below any legal ages of whatever country it is available.

If someone will ask me what harem anime is ok to watch I will just give them a list of titles but it is up to them what to watch since they have their own personal preferences and I am just a guy who has seen some anime under the said genre.

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pics are from kissanime, information of top harem and reverse harem from reeldown

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