I think my perspective is flipped in this regard. I'm fine with the hero of a harem series being the way he is. It's part of the building blocks of the genre. Just as you expect villains to monologue their plan, the hero also has a set of personality traits that are necessary for the story to work. My problem lies more with the romance overtaking what is often a fairly interesting overplot. I understand romance is also a major plot in these things, but the premises these series set up are often pretty fun to explore in themselves. This may be why I lean more towards comedy-based series (and/or episodes). Worldbuilding and character building exist in more dimensions than the romantic.
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