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Are Harem Plots Any Good?
8 years ago
This is just me making an opinion on something I know little about from an area I know even less about, Anime.
I've seen some anime, and some grab me and others don't, but in the ones that grab my interest is, surprisingly, the Harem Animes. NOT for the Harem plot of the show, but rather the other plot put in with it. "Rosario and Vampire" the first Anime I ever saw, and the inspiration for "A Walk in Madness" was a Harem story. Like my creation, the main character ends up in a monster school and needs to hide in it till graduation and while keeping 4 monster girls busy. I liked it solely because the concept was interesting, and the show was able to take it down several interesting roads, but, because of the Harem plot, the Harem was made a boring, useless moron who only existed for the actually interesting girls to chase and fight over. So when I first made "A Walk in Madness" I decided to make him stronger, and maybe another reason to get in that was less accidental. And as it went on, it start to revolve more around the story now than the harem plot. It became it's own, but held up a little better by removing the Harem plot.
That's not to say Harem plots are pointless or useless, because of several reasons. The first to make is that it allows for Fanservice that Japan has fun with, and helps to appeal to the male or female demographic. The other reason is that it can be actual plot with substance. A good example would be Ouran High school Host Club. That Anime was Essentially about a Club at a billionaires' school meant for pleasing the rich girls with rich men. The boys in there accidentally get a girl mixed into the group, but they like her enough to hide her gender identity a secret. I feel the Harem plot works really well there because it's part of that attraction and bond that pushes them to their extent to keep her as a member. It also leads to the many shenanigans they get into.
However, I still feel as if There are some Animes that could've had greater or epic stories in it if they didn't have the Harem plot. I've already mentioned how "Rosario and Vampire" But two other animes I've found are harem ones and also inspired me. (I don't know their names though)
This one where kids in a fighting school, who training to be soldiers I thought was going to do great things when they find a threat to their nation, but with the Harem plot and the Harem being a perverted jerk, the charm barely held for me when there were no fight scenes.
Another I found was one where a kid Could only cast magic 8 times in a world where people had tons of magic. The story didn't hold up as much when I saw how carelessly he used magic, and the Harem tricks were used way too much. I'd know ways to fix it, but that's just me.
As said, I know little about this stuff and don't do research, these are just my opinions.
I do understand why Harem plots are around, but I just don't always think they help a story, they may even harm them
What do you think?
I've seen some anime, and some grab me and others don't, but in the ones that grab my interest is, surprisingly, the Harem Animes. NOT for the Harem plot of the show, but rather the other plot put in with it. "Rosario and Vampire" the first Anime I ever saw, and the inspiration for "A Walk in Madness" was a Harem story. Like my creation, the main character ends up in a monster school and needs to hide in it till graduation and while keeping 4 monster girls busy. I liked it solely because the concept was interesting, and the show was able to take it down several interesting roads, but, because of the Harem plot, the Harem was made a boring, useless moron who only existed for the actually interesting girls to chase and fight over. So when I first made "A Walk in Madness" I decided to make him stronger, and maybe another reason to get in that was less accidental. And as it went on, it start to revolve more around the story now than the harem plot. It became it's own, but held up a little better by removing the Harem plot.
That's not to say Harem plots are pointless or useless, because of several reasons. The first to make is that it allows for Fanservice that Japan has fun with, and helps to appeal to the male or female demographic. The other reason is that it can be actual plot with substance. A good example would be Ouran High school Host Club. That Anime was Essentially about a Club at a billionaires' school meant for pleasing the rich girls with rich men. The boys in there accidentally get a girl mixed into the group, but they like her enough to hide her gender identity a secret. I feel the Harem plot works really well there because it's part of that attraction and bond that pushes them to their extent to keep her as a member. It also leads to the many shenanigans they get into.
However, I still feel as if There are some Animes that could've had greater or epic stories in it if they didn't have the Harem plot. I've already mentioned how "Rosario and Vampire" But two other animes I've found are harem ones and also inspired me. (I don't know their names though)
This one where kids in a fighting school, who training to be soldiers I thought was going to do great things when they find a threat to their nation, but with the Harem plot and the Harem being a perverted jerk, the charm barely held for me when there were no fight scenes.
Another I found was one where a kid Could only cast magic 8 times in a world where people had tons of magic. The story didn't hold up as much when I saw how carelessly he used magic, and the Harem tricks were used way too much. I'd know ways to fix it, but that's just me.
As said, I know little about this stuff and don't do research, these are just my opinions.
I do understand why Harem plots are around, but I just don't always think they help a story, they may even harm them
What do you think?
