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Originally Posted by novalysis
Again, I'd argue that Hagani doesn't necessarily have to be chained to conventions. And one can run a romance without a romantic challenger.
Explain what you mean by "basic storytelling"? Basic Storytelling of the Harem genre, where the confession is either the end of the story, or a rejection takes place? It's a phenomena very exclusive to anime in the world of fiction, and animes especially produced in the last ten years. Clannad Afterstory is one example of a Romance that continued 24 episodes beyond confession. There's an old anime, one of the first in the romance genre I've watched, called Itazrura no Kiss that spent more than half it's plot beyond the confirmation of couplings.
"Basic storytelling", to borrow Ajimu's words from Medaka Box is IMO is a cliche plague borrowed from "Shitty Love Comedies".
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LNs tends to follow established patterns. They are 'light' for a reason, like anime is for escapism entertainment mostly. You can view LNs as serializing manga on a monthly magazine, except it's every 6 months, so cliff hangers abound, its part marketing part self preservation.
Just about every comedy LN written in first person has the main character as the narrator and the tsukkomi, whilst the other casts to provide the boke moments. As a result you won't get very distinctive personalities for the main. The role's already set.