A.P.R.L.
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Why did I enjoy watching harem, you ask? Mostly because of the plot. And yes, I'm talking about real plot. Many harems have beautiful world-building, a solid story and good action scenes without turning into a full-out shounen. It's just sometimes the harem antics would be too much and it would distract me from the story. Not that I should complain, harem is there for the harem.
Another reason is because I used to genderbend every single harem I wacthed in my mind so I could have a worthy reversed-harem to entertain me. Reversed-harems are usually very bland, and have none of the worldbuilding and development that I enjoyed in "usual" harems. I have, since a few years ago, stopped reading them as I lost the interest, probably because I watched too many of them and became saturated. In fact, the only one I follow now is High School DxD, which, in my opinion, is probably one of the best light novels I've ever read, in account only of the story and worldbuilding, not even the harem.
In all seriousness though, that's mostly because, as many other works out there, shoujo and the like is also meant to be wish-fulfillment. So, you have a blank slate of a girl so you can insert yourself in the "beautiful" romance story that unfolds. The same as how many MCs in harem have no personality, actually.
Another reason is because I used to genderbend every single harem I wacthed in my mind so I could have a worthy reversed-harem to entertain me. Reversed-harems are usually very bland, and have none of the worldbuilding and development that I enjoyed in "usual" harems. I have, since a few years ago, stopped reading them as I lost the interest, probably because I watched too many of them and became saturated. In fact, the only one I follow now is High School DxD, which, in my opinion, is probably one of the best light novels I've ever read, in account only of the story and worldbuilding, not even the harem.
Not even women know how to write women, lol.I haven't read many non harem works where the girl has an personality.
In all seriousness though, that's mostly because, as many other works out there, shoujo and the like is also meant to be wish-fulfillment. So, you have a blank slate of a girl so you can insert yourself in the "beautiful" romance story that unfolds. The same as how many MCs in harem have no personality, actually.
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