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~~NK_500~~ · 2012-10-18, 08:56

For some reason I don't know how this 'silly' thread become so popular. First let's answer the OP's question:

Why does most harem anime tend to have uninteresting male leads?

The answer: Because that's how the market wants!

Let's see its shoujo counterpart. It just as silly as shounen ones like a plain-looking, unpopular girl who had few or no friends at all, never in relationship before ends up with some bishies. However only one of them is her 'true love', the one she ends up with in the end.

I also smelled some double-standard here. I see most shoujo romance shows also have boring, uninteresting "heroine" and yet they sells. Because market wants to!!

Back shounen and its evolutionary cousin seinen, some of the male harem leads have evolved. We already have some horndogs like *ahem* Makoto(School Days), that guy from High School D x D(Don't know his name and don't care about it either) and perhaps Haruka from Yosuga no Sora. In comparison to some earlier harem leads like Keitaro(Love Hina), its many steps ahead.

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~~NK_500~~ Disabled By Request Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Nintensalem	For some reason I don't know how this 'silly' thread become so popular. First let's answer the OP's question: Why does most harem anime tend to have uninteresting male leads? The answer: Because that's how the market wants! Let's see its shoujo counterpart. It just as silly as shounen ones like a plain-looking, unpopular girl who had few or no friends at all, never in relationship before ends up with some bishies. However only one of them is her 'true love', the one she ends up with in the end. I also smelled some double-standard here. I see most shoujo romance shows also have boring, uninteresting "heroine" and yet they sells. Because market wants to!! Back shounen and its evolutionary cousin seinen, some of the male harem leads have evolved. We already have some horndogs like ahem Makoto(School Days), that guy from High School D x D(Don't know his name and don't care about it either) and perhaps Haruka from Yosuga no Sora. In comparison to some earlier harem leads like Keitaro(Love Hina), its many steps ahead.