>Perfects the battle harem genre>S2 never
>>288608447>S2 never>imouto water hax immortality never>stella vs the entire group stage and bahamut howl never>skeleton and ICBM summoning never>dragon vs dragon never>flashback of the colony drop vs black hole clash never>ikki vs the (fake) strongest swordswoman in the world never>ikki breaking his chains never>an empty box of condoms never>Sara Bloodlily never
after all these years, the LNs don't even have a full official translation and it's gonna take until 2030 at the rate they're going. fuck this gay earth.
>>288608447In some alternate universe we could have gotten AMA with the budget and care Rakudai got instead.
>>288608447Stella's anime certainly deserved better.
>>288608447Is this even a harem? Doesn't he get on with red really early?
>>288609173It still essentially uses the same formulas and tropes. If S2 happened (and got 24 episodes) there would literally be an episode with a subplot where they go buy clothing for Ikki's next opponent because her giant tits flopping around are too distracting.
>>288609173>Love interest is assertive.>MC isn't a manwhore.>Still a bunch of girls orbiting MC. It's a harem with the worst parts removed.
>>288609554>MC isn't a manwhoreStella sells his body in exchange for a painting
>>288609121It's anime was the best battle harem that season though, at least in terms of the balance between production value and interest.Like I doubt hardly anyone remembers what actually happens in Asterisk war because its villains and fights are so forgettable.
>>288608447>RakudaiIt's good, I will give you that.But Asterisk's setting is better.
>>288610570I remember Kirin very well.
>>288608447I prefer Vanadis
>>288610570>betrayed muscleman>puppeters>fake vampire>twins>armored knight>two robotsAnd many more.
>>288608447I thought it was a little weird how the MC's personality changed so drastically after the 1st episode.Episode 1: lovable crazy goofball clown, so wacky and irreverent, wow, what kind of hijinks will he get up to?Every subsequent episode: straight-laced, ultra-serious, self-sacrificing, humorless reluctant Gary Stu. Zero hijinks.
>>288610595The second season was complete garbage.>>288611777Other than the "I'll also take off my clothes", there weren't any other seasons with that characterization.
>>288608873Too bad the anime ended when things are about to go crazy.
>>288610595A setting that was hardly explored
>>288611823>The second season was complete garbage.Was the first season any better?
>>288611871I thought so.S2 being so boring that I don't even remember if I finished it.
>>288608873What's AMA?
>>288611823The whole first episode, everything he said and did was silly or comedic in some way and his every attempt to stay out of trouble only landed him deeper in it.The tone of both the show and his character shifted after that. He turned into a copy of the MC from 'Irregular at Magic High School.'and I don't just mean the "I was always the weakest and most pathetic, everyone told me I could never win, that's why I'm so skilled now and just smash everybody that goes up against me" gimmick, but the whole, "I may have a gaggle of hot girls trying to jump my fucking bones in public, but unfortunately I don't have a single thought in my head except helping everybody I come across to get stronger" thing too.
>>288611905Antimagic Academy, the 3rd one from that Fall 2015 battle harem collection.Also the one notably NOT centered around fucking school fighting tournaments.
>>288611928To think there was once a point where everyone would laugh if three different shows with almost identical premises aired in the same season. Now 10 years later, it's perfectly normal to have 10 completely interchangeable isekai every season.
>>288608447Got mogged by Asterisk War, contrarians never recovered
>>288611928Oh yeah, I watched it.It kinda felt shorter than other 12 episode battle harems, and by that I mean, it kinda felt like less happened.I might be misremembering.
>>288611928Antimagic was very goodBut I found it stupid how they trained students to fight and go on PMC missions yet they werent allowed to use lethal force, even though all the badguys were armed to the teetb
>>288608447His best friend was a fag with the personality of a magical negro for some reason. Strike one. Then he picked the fatty lumpkins foreign milk cow over the literal perfection of his OBSESSED imouto. Strike one, two, and three. Four strikes you're out.
>>288608447>>Perfects the battle harem genre>>S2 neverHighschool DxD had like three seasons thoughtbeit
>>288612055I like the okama friend archetype.Much better than traps.
>>288612151Issei is a shit mc.
>antimagicThat shit was so ass
>>288612160Breast Dragon Emperor is kino and you're gay
Still one of the hottest scenes in anime history, god damn.
>>288611997AMA was unfairly compared, and even then people knew it felt different since their threads were civil compared to the fucking shitstorm between Rakudai and Asterisk, didn't help they aired the same day too and had identical first arcs.>>288612021It was super fucking rushed
>>288612173If either rakudai or asterisk had like a quarter of the budget they got, they'd be complete ass too.
Imouto and Saya best rakudai/asterisk
>>288608447>>Perfects the battle harem genre>Didn't end up as haremCampione and Vanadis did it better anyway.
>>288612585It says so right on the label, the best
>>288612593it having all the elements of harem but not ending up as a harem was the best part of it.
Only thing worth remembering Asterisk for
>>288611860Yes, that's true. One of the reasons why I still remember it was that I like to think about it.
>>288608447>haremIt isn't even a harem, there's just a few orbiters.He declares for Stella by practically the end of Vol1 (ep4 anime) before any orbiters even show up besides his sister, who just seethes a bit annd then accepts the loss.By the end of the anime (Vol3) everybody knows they're dating, thinks they're fucking, and he literally proposed marriage in front of an entire stadium.It's frankly a miracle that they made it to Volume NINE before actually fucking (and going through that entire pack of condoms in a single night).Deserved more seasons than it got. Most anime, harem or otherwise, refuse to have any official couple unless it's right at the very end, establishing it from the start was a refreshing change. Or they drag it out for 500 chapters like Rent a Girlfriend.
>>288609759Of him and her at their wedding. She's just planning ahead. Others can window shop all they like, she's the one who owns everything inside.
>>288608865Maybe if the publisher hadn't got done for tax evasion.
>>288610602This is just Fire Emblem
>>288613464I liked her because she was voiced by Yukarin.
>>288608447It was a bit overrated, but the fights were cool and Stella was hot, I wouldn't have mind a second season.Also, wasn't the grandfather of the main character a WWII nipwank hero in the source material?
>>288610602but the BEES
>>288610602>Makes a 10/10 girl in Eleonora>All promos have her and Tigre paired together>She and Tigre actually have a nice chemistry going on>Get invested in their relationship>Eleonora spends most of the show away from Tigre in other stuff, barely get action through the series>Pair Tigre instead with the ice midget and the clingy maid>Show ends in a decent but inconclusive note>Go to check how the novels continue as the show is from 2014 and unlikely to get a sequel>It's haremshit where Tigre gets romantic development with other girlsI'll never forgive Vanadis for this. That was the one fantasy Japanese show I wanted with a monogamous pairing and it let me down so, so much. I don't want a continuation now, and a part of me is relieved it will never get one.
>>288611921>He turned into a copy of the MC from 'Irregular at Magic High School.'You didn't watch it, they aren't similar in any shape or form except for the black hair
For me, it's Trinity Seven.
>>288615734Ninja was so good
>>288615734The only thing I remember is that the OST was 10/10CONNECT TO ARCHIVE MAGUS MODE
>>288615734Lilith made me extremely horny.
>>288614924>Also, wasn't the grandfather of the main character a WWII nipwank hero in the source material?Yes, they didn't adapt that scene for better or for worse lmao
>>288617163I never thought I would find a more nipwanky manga than Baki, but here we are.
>>288617396I remember that panel being able to sustain entire threads, they didn't even talk about the series itself, just the notion that magic swordsmen won Japan WW2 and cute nukes in half lmao
I really enjoyed this anime.Probably very underrated.Definitely mogs most others.
>>288617581Loved me the blonde ojousama
>>288617533For good reason, it looks like a joke but is canon, the best kind of fuel to stir up shitposters.
>>288617581Cute oni
>>288617581Where have all the fucking drills gone
These shows never got harem endings either way
>>288614154?
>>288617581>This aired in 2017Time flies so fast and I feel like a dinosaur.
>>288617581It's funny this helped me understand Ikki's fights better despite coming out after, it works to watch this first now but I liked it a bit more than Rakudai
>>288617716I think gookmoot has overtaken moot in terms of 4chan ownership. If he hasn't yet, it definitely won't be too long until it happens.
>>288608447>>288608832Deja-vu I've just been in this thread before.
>>288608832I remember when we used to make fun of this villain line-up
>>288618494>2014like tears in the rain...
>>288608447Fake harems can be fun but it's nowhere close to perfect.
>>288618638Now that I think of it... isn't Yamato from COTE kinda copying the blonde shota here? Or is "mischievous high-IQ shota" a common archtype?
>>288618638>>288618974Never mind, I meant Yagami from COTE and he isn't blonde. Strange, I could have sworn he was blonde for some reason.
>>288618638The pink brat is cute.
>>288618974Cruelly playful shota is indeed a trope, see Medaka Box for another example.
>>288608447Rakudai was garbage. Not even in the top battle harem.
>>288611928Damn near identical 1st episodes.
>>288622528So identical I have a completely different image demonstrating the same
>>288615225>>Show ends in a decent but inconclusive noteIt ended more conclusively than a lot of shows of it's kind. The dangling plot threads felt more like sequel bait than cliffhangers. The whole civil war was nicely resolved.
>>288622734>>288622528Not pictured: Blade Dance from about a year or so earlier which followed the same formula.
>>288622859Blade Dance kinda saved itself by making the MC a crossdresser and meeting Claire naked outside instead of in an apartment room.
>>288622915It's still basically the same
>>288622980But not nearly as identical
>>288622846The way Tigre killed the bearded guy at the end was badass as fuck. I loved that moment.I do agree with the ending feeling nice enough opening the door for a sequel without leaving hanging other elements, which is why I consider it an acceptable conclusion even if it's not conclusive.And, again, Eleonora is great.
>>288622107Name the top then.
>10 years later>/a/ suddenly likes battle harems
Please remember this piggy
>>288623326Sistine love!
>>288623326>Here is your ling..ehh, uniform.
>>288623304/a/ has always liked every kind of anime>>288623326I never remember the pig or the heroine (or the psycho loli). I only remember best girl.
>>288623326I remember everyone went crazy for the uniforms of this show back then.
>>288623326 >>288623435>>288623435>I only remember best girlSame!
>>288623628In all seriousness... what the FUCK kind of school has their students wear this?
>>288623179>The way Tigre killed the bearded guy at the end was badass as fuck. I loved that moment.Tigre was a good lead. Humble but not timid and really dedicated to his people. It's easy to see why the girls would like him.
Another appreciable aspect was even the girls had good chemistry with each other. They had existing rivalries and conflicts and fought and bickered and interacted and did stuff.
Anyone remember Sky Wizard. It was cheap as hell but did a lot of right things.
>>288617581Amou best girl
>>288624366Annoying, I dropped it in the middle.
I know battle harems were the isekai of the day back then, but they had so much more care put into them than the isekai slop we get now.
>>288624579I mean there was a good deal of copy pasting going on so I don't know that I'd say effort, but it was certainly a lot less obvious when isekai doesn't even change the fucking truck.
>>288608447MC’s relationship with the main girl is legit very nice.Main girl loses her edge way too early.The ending to arc with the girl trying to win back her dojo or whatever felt really, really bad.That’s about all I remember.
>>288614297Picked up!>>288615225Nevermind…
I completely forgot battle harems were a thing. Other than the one's discussed here can anyone rec me a few of their favorites?
>>288624913You should pick it up. Epic war fantasy is a tragically under explored genre.
>>288625139Hagure Yuusha no AestheticaSeiken Tsukai no World BreakIchiban Ushiro no Daimaou
>>288625139Blade Dance is nice, but you have to read the LN.
>>288608447What is the best fully adapted battle harem anime with a conclusive ending? Is there one?
>>288625718lol
>>288624366The MC got bug cancer that nerfs him. Who won the Kanatabowl anyway? I heard the childhood friend might be a candidate.
>>288625718Uuuuuuuuuuuuuh....
>>288625718Date A Live I guess?
>>288625139Antimagic Academy has an incredibly fun LN series that is completely translated.
>>288626302I watched the anime a few weeks ago. I liked it
>>288626302I thought it was untranslated
>>288626349All 13 volumes and one side volume.The 2nd side volume was being worked on a while back iirc.>>288626343The anime gave some solid as fuck voice casts to have in your head while reading the ending for the anime was mostly anime original.
>>288626349There's a full translation on AB.
>>288625718uh maybe Isekai Seikishi Monogatari
>>288617581SHOCKING BLUE
Rakudai went shit after vol 11 of the LN. The author sucked the MC's dick too much. DxD went shit after vol 25 too with the whole good guys thing
>>288626302Sell it to me.
>>288625718strike the blood got a full adaptation minus the volumes they decided to skip for some reason, but the last 2 seasons never got subbed.
>>288626563You can find the whole thing subbed on torrents.
>>288626557
>>288626557Cyberpunkish urban warfare with magic.
>>288608447>Maleshit and hetshit>Also it's just another generic ass shitFigures
Kyuu arr dee on this nigger ^?I've seen it make similar comments in other threads
>>288626557People have called it Metal Gear Rising the light novel for years because it's about using magical transforming swords and wearing magic armor that lets you overlock the shit out of your brain.The 5th volume is when the main cast gets separated for like 2 volumes and the series just becomes a fast-paced battle series that I liken to Hellsing where it's just one action scene to the next. The romance isn't necessarily the "best" but by that point I was just riding off of the cool shit going on.There's even a reoccurring rival battles and the male cast is surprisingly solid.
>>288626874Don't listen to rabid /u/fags. They're completely far gone.
OMOI DASHITA
>>288626882Oh, so it’s not guys with guns killing wizards cuz guns are cool and magic’s for nerds? It kinda sounded like that.Thanks. I might check it out.
>>288626987>5 battle harems on the same seasonWorld Break probably has the worst animation out of those.
>>288627124Best memes and best promotionals
>>288627018>guys with guns killing wizards cuz guns are cool and magic’s for nerds?That is the initial set-up but things do get a bit more complex by the end of volume 5, which is where the anime got to (after cutting out a bunch of shit, of course) and then did an anime original ending.
>>288608447Asterisk was better.
>>288626987>>288627137The floating into intense magic scribbles in the air was probably the only battle harem series to give me 2nd hand embarrassment.That and the fucking engrish.
>>288608832>an empty box of condoms neverI need more info. I ask for a friend.
>>288627241Oh. Uh, well maybe not then, >>288627018 was a statement of relief.
>>288627311Ikki fucks Stella by the end of the super tournament arc before super terrorist arc starts.
>>288627315Like I said, the dynamic starts simple but the status quo gets shaken up before the halfway point.Magic Sword guy is the protagonist but damn near everyone else is using guns. You're not far off.
>>288625139https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO_XAvC7oPESORE WAAAASHOCKING BLUUUUUUUUUE
>>288627320Dman bruh. Wearing a condoms is a mistake. Abe was right.
>>288627327No, I mean I don't actually like the "guns are cool, magic's for nerds" dynamic. Sword's better, but not by much. Doesn't sound like it's for me.
>>288627603Only a single character is actually fighting with just sniping prowess while everyone is helped by magic-infused gear.
>>288608447Now that I think about it, most MCs of battle harem actually have to work for their power unlike the isekai ones.
>>288625139If you're fine with reading LNs, Magika no Kenshi is my favorite battle harem but it never got an anime so no one ever talks about it. I haven't read the manga so I have no idea how it is in comparison
>>288625139Maou Gakuin was nice for a while, one of the most recently aired as well.
>>288628396As long as you don't watch S2
>>288628466That's why I said "for a while".Admittedly tho I did like the arc of the teacher in season 2.
I really need to get an e reader or some shit to actually read through all the old battle harem series
>>288628162That's why isekai are more popular, readers'd rather just want everything handed out to them.
>>288628162>>288628759I think if pressed I could probably think up a few that just so happen to have their special powers naturally but it does seem they at least make a token effort to do some training with them.
>>288627311At the end of Volume 9, Ikki beats Stella in the tournament. That night while they are recovering in the infirmary (in the same room, unmonitored), Ikki declares his love for her and that he wants to actually fuck, and not wait for parental approval (especially after his own father rejected him again earlier).Stella, it turns out, has been waiting for him to say that for the entire month or so since he proposed marriage to her in the previous stadium tournament, and has been carrying a box of condoms around in her purse/bag. Yes, a full box.She claims that she "always carries them" but the way she blushes and stammers it's almost certainly bullshit.The next morning, after the fade to black, it turns out that after the romantic first time Stella got on top and rode Ikki so hard with her dragon stamina he is exhausted while she will be walking funny. They went through the entire box of condoms in one night.They then have to hide the evidence and wrappers when his sister shows up. It doesn't work. Then when they are at the awards ceremony that day, they walk in and then onto the highest podium together and there's a line about the "entire stadium realising something".
>>288629476>and has been carrying a box of condoms around in her purse/bagbased slut
>>288629514She was a virgin, but she had wanted to be his lover since Volume 4, possibly Volume 3. It's been a while.
>>288629562slut as in really thirsty for mc's dick,not slut as in slept with a lot of different men.
>>288629576that's not a slut. words have meaning.
>>288629476>carries around a box of condoms just to make sure when her man is ready there will be only the absolute minimum wait time to get him inside herExtremely based. Abe might be disappointed, but if they're already engaged in high school then he would probably be mollified enough to approve of them getting started quickly.
>>288626648did it finally get real subs? the last time I checked it only had awful mtl subs.
fucking kino moment>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPIukT1voKY
>>288609554>Harem without a harem
>>288629878Italian to english subs. Foxy-SubsAn Italian translated this subtitles into English. Why?First of all, of course, because no English or American has done them completely, and because I translated all the series, in Italian, from the second onwards, and it’s a series dear to me. Therefore, after releasing a couple of episodes of series IV and the four of series V with English subs, given the material available with the subs by Catatonic and S-Subs (episodes from 1 to 8), as well as the deprecated Mushin’s for the whole series (but with so much information hidden in the subs), it seemed to me that it was worth rearranging all the subs and publish the whole series IV.My subs use what already available as a reference and are not identical; there are many details added or corrected, also thanks to subs in other languages.Since translating from English is very different from translating into English, it was an interesting exercise to brush up on my skills with this language and I don’t claim tohave done a perfect job, so you’ll have to forgive any mistakes or phrases that may sound strange to an English-speaking audience.
>>288608447Genuinely one of the worst anime I have ever watched
>>288626882>Metal Gear Rising the light novel for yearsMandatory:The Only Thing I Know For Real = Takeru in God Hunter formA Stranger I Remain = Laugh MakerRed Sun = HauntedThe Hot Wind Blowing = Onii-samaIt Has To Be This Way = Takeru and Kyouya especially Vol 9I'm my own master now = Takeru fights Onii-sama for the TruthThe Stains of Time = OrochiCollective Conciousness= SougetsuA Soul Can't Be Cut= KisekiRules of Nature= Mech DragonsDark Skies = Orochi and Mother GooseLocked & Loaded = Kyouya
>>288626700HOLY SHIT HE'S LITERALLY ME
>>288608447Not even a harem.
>>288630877Most harems aren't. They have a designated winner by the author and then orbiters destined to lose along with a male who does nothing. At least this one flipped the script and had the winner clear and the male taking action.
>>288630950Does this even have orbiters? Apart from the thirsty imouto (which is a good trope that should be in every work of fiction) i dont think purple and yellow bitch havent shown interest in the MC
>>288630977Not permanently no. I think in the LNs Stella pretty bluntly cuts off the few who seem to want to get close after she's established that Ikki is her territory.
>>288622528the video where he compares the two is Digibro's greatest cultural achievement
>>288622528I like the Asterisk girl's design more but holy fuck her show was shit, especially next to Chivalry.
>>288629905Kino indeed, but brought down by the MC winning being a forgone conclusion.
>>288631217As soon as he promised his fiancée he'd win with her every step of the way in the first episode that was guaranteed.
>>288628396I really should get around to the LNs.
Would you prefer we went back to 10 battle school harem shows per season instead of 10 isekais per season?
>>2886319445 high fantasy harems 5 space age sci-fi haremsNo reincarnation or game mechanics mentioned in any of them
>>288631944If the battle school harem shows mean that Chivalry gets more seasons then sure. Fuck isekai.
>>288630950Most harem aren't.True harems aren't that rare now.
>>288632132Also, this isn't even a fake harem. It's staight up not a harem.Fake harem is shit like Stike A Blood or Tales of Wedding RingsStuff where they never graduate from orbiter territory isn't even a fake harem.It's even normalfags call SAO a harem.
>>288631944I self inserted into harem shows, so yes I want that. I want remakes, too
>>288631148I still cannot believe he trooned out.
>>288632163Tales of Wedding Rings ends in a harem ending, Crystal is just the main wife.
>>288632217Harem ending is the baseline for a harem.Did one girl dominate 90% of the screentime while the rest got nothing? Not proper harem.
>>288630977Later in Vol10 and Vol11 Stella's mother gets handsy with him a couple of times. Evenif it is to punish her husband the king, Sirius, for trying to have Ikki murdered. The maids also start lusting when they're trying to get his clothes off to wash him.But it's mainly played for comedy, everybody knows by then that Stella is Ikkisexual and Ikki is Stellasexual.
>>288632461So it's not even a fake harem. Legit who do people consider this one? Because the MC fits the profile?
>>288632515I don't know, I wouldn't consider it a harem myself. It has character designs that match with the school battle harem anime of its time, but the LNs are very clearly not that.It's really a battle romance with ecchi and some comedy, and is not really a harem even superficially, as >>288614154points out the main couple is established fast and early and the story never deviates from them as the protagonists and together forever against the world. Minimal drama and misunderstandings for the coupling too.
>>288632723>Minimal drama and misunderstandings for the coupling too.Hell yeah.
I didn't know how good we had it with yukana being a harem member.
Battle romance are dime a dozen, hell there are main stream battle shonens with it.It doesnt belong in battle harem discussions.
>>288634472IS was such a wasted opportunity, man.
>>288612286Even the fag in this anime is somewhat not that disgusting and annoying
>>288608447>Perfects the battle harem genre>It's monoshit.Retard.
>>288635009>battle harem genre>Everything is either pseudo-harem shit with orbiters and a heroine that wins at the end or worse, some platonic shit with a eunuch MC where no heroine winsMonoshit from the start without fagging around is unironically better than the standard garbo we get in the genre
>>288635131It's not the 2010s anymore. We have plenty of actual harem without asexual MCs.
>>288635220Name three battle harem works with a real harem
>>288635290Shin Maou.DxD.Mushibugyo.
>>288631944Yes.
>>288635290All 3 works by Ryuto.
>>288610602I don't think this one is comparable to Rakudai, Vanadis is an epic war fantasy show while Rakudai is a battle school show.
>the samurai who led Japan to victory during the second world warThe elevens are just pathetic.
I'm sad Oda Nobuna didn't get more seasons. That Madhouse budget was fucking awesome.
>>288635721>Main heroine is the worst character of the seriesMany such cases
>>288635855Who did /a/ favor? She's so clearly the main girl and the rest of the girls don't get nearly as much attention.
>>288635898>Get sent to fucking sengoku japan, where harems were actually a thing>Monoshit with the worst heroineOda Nobuna is someone's Monkey Paw, I'm sure of it
Reminder that the Kuudere is always the designated best girl
>>288629476Alright, picked up
>>288635709I wonder how Manchuria feels about this
>>288615734I know the redhead is voiced by Yumi Hara, so I'll have to give this a watch at some point
>>288637252>Yumi HaraI miss her so much.
>>288637252milf
>>288626800>anime panders to most demographic>hetFigures
>>288635220I feel like there's always one end of the extreme or the other.
>>288638915If you are willing to read something that's really, really long try Invaders of the Rokujouma!?
>>288626800Do you fucking think you pic related doesn't cater to dudes, tranny?
>>288639112>trannyKill yourself back to /pol/
>>288639264Fuck off back to /lgbt/ with your shitty bait first, faggot.
>>288617581amou beating mc into a pulp in the last couple episodes was kinda harrowing. for a mostly comedic show to turn this brutal was quite interesting. >>288608447dude I was so obsessed with this show. rewatched it a bunch, read the manga, read ftl's up to the end of the tournament arc. and after a literal decade of waiting we finally have official translations up to that part. what a ride. I'm going through the light novels again now, what a fucking banger. great art, great characters, luv stella.>>288634472I also recently got into IS but it's kinda bad. atleast the anime had pretty good production value and it's entertaining enough. the dialogue is enjoyable enough. fuck you >>288631944 yes of course I would prefer that.
>>288639563>but it's kinda badNobody said it was good. Season 2 is laughable while Season 1 is at best inoffensive.
>>288623304Do you not remember IS?
>>288639806I miss the good ole days
IS only had top tier girls everything else was shit.
>>288639039friendship
>>288639769>is at best inoffensive.Given that it was patient zero for the worst aspects of this shit I'd call it pretty offensive.
>>288639929I never did watch this. Top right girl looks like a cutie though.
It's hard to find a harem wher the author isn't using harem as a bait to attract his readers into reading the trash he really wants to write about.
>>288640028If you like ojou brats
>>288637768Same
>>288639947If we start hating on ground zeros for this type of shit then Love Hina doesn't get enough hate directed at it.
>>288635290HxH Gakuen.
>the Manga ends 1 week before the big very important tournament teased since the beginning of the series would have begunI am mad, I will forever be mad.Last I checked the novel's translation has been dropped like 3 times
>>288641157There's a translation up to volume 18 now.
I heard this turns to shit later
>>288640084Hell yeah I do!
Sora no Otoshimono was pretty funBut the MC looked retarded as fuck because he was a chibi mode bobble headed gremlin like 50% if the time
>>288642825>MC looked retarded as fuck because he was a chibi mode bobble headed gremlin like 50% if the timeI hate when they do this.
>>288642865What other anime do it?Im fine with it for comedic moments but he looks like this for half of each episode and its fucking stupid lol
>>288634472She voiced Fubuki in Mato
>>288643132The Accel World MC looked like anime Eric Cartman
>>288643132They did it a lot with the blonde mc in Getbackers
>>288642062It gets pretty ridiculous and hard to follow but I wouldn't call it shit.
>>288625626I was reading this but then I got busy and kinda forgot to continue, I was in the middle of vol. 6
>>288645873Is this good?
>>288608447Whats so special about it?The only problem I have with battle harems is that they keep adding infinite amounts of girls to the harem instead of working with the characters they already have
>>288639039I forgot what was the last vol i read, are they still being made?
>>288645908no but it's stylish
>>288645916The winner and MC get together early on and there's no drama or misunderstandings between them.
>>288645873I completely forgot there was a male MC in this
>>288617694Yeah for better or worse, you have to continue reading the novels in order to get even the chance of one.
>>288615225>>288624913I forgot. Did Ochitekita Ryuuou to Horobiyuku Majo no Kuni ever get an anime? Because the LN ended in a monogamy ending.
>>288626800It was once the trend
>>288646267>monogamy endingI will read it.
Geniuely why are you monofags like this?
>>288646409A seemingly mono story suddenly having a harem is traumatizing.
>>288625139Magika no Kenshi to Basileus is hands down the best battle harem LN from that era. Too bad it never got an anime.>>288629702Apparently some people interpret "pure slut" as "slut, but only for one person". Make of that what you will.
>>288645873Was ok, the fanservice was nice.
>>288646437>seemingly mono story >Story marked as a harem
>>288630950Rakudai has like one orbiter (his sister). You need at least two (3+ girls including the actual love interest) for it to count as a harem. Harem genre and harem ending mean different things.And you mean most old harems. Modern stories having harem ends are the norm, not the exception.
Battle haremfags act like they're too good for Isekai, and then they consume shit that isn't even a harem.
>>288645908It's got a decent art style and some nice tits but the MC's a complete pud. I'd put it as alright. Would watch a third season if they made it.
>>288632217The dynamic sounds like Absolute Duo would have ended like this. IIRC Julie is fine with MC having a harem as long as she's the main girl. How'd it end again?
>>288646482>marked as a haremI have no idea how NovelUpdates does it now, but many stories I read back then doesn't have a harem tag until it shows up in the story.
>>288635290Just hit any WN with a male protagonist. 60% chance it'll be one.
>>288646537Wasn't Absolute Duo the series where the author more or less retired after hearing people make fun of the anime? Or was that a different series?
>>288646537As if monofag ever stopped their whinning even with tags.If anything, there is way more harem bait to mono stories than the opposite.
>>288646511As a haremfag I don't really care as long as it ends in a harem. It's just that most old battle harems didn't. But the few newer ones among the sea of isekai WNs are generally actual harems.
>>288625329>>288625626>>288626302>>288627406>>288628248>>288628396>>288646440Thanks everyone. I'll look into these recs.
>>288646589Meant for>>288646531
>>288646589>>288646692People made fun of the Absolute Duo anime?
What makes battle harem work over romcom harem is that you can focus on the battle aspect and the plot can end without romantic resolution if you beat the badguy.
Hard mode: battle harems where no one ends up with the MC because he died in the finale.
>>288646707I mean it wasn't GOOD.Evidently the LNs get so mediocre that the translator just said this shit isn't worth the effort.
>>288646716Because Japs are obsessed with the chase and not the actual relationship. So in both genre, you basically get an endless stall. It just so happens, people enjoy battles as a stalling technique more than SoLshit.
>>288646775Under water ray ramano
>>288646807Actually I've noticed that romcoms nowadays are more likely to establish the relationship early on. Or if it's a harem, establish it as such early on. So there isn't much chasing to do.
>>288646801Who won in Absolute Duo? Silver hair?
>>288647038I wouldn't know, nobody cared to keep up with it.
>>288646707I'm sure all of these shows get made fun of in some form
>>288647196Usually LNfags defend the source material and say that the anime is understandably cutting a lot of shit but I don't think even LNfags cared for AB.
>>288615663I watched it and I stand by what I said. I'm surprised you think someone would lie about thinking an anime character was like another anime character. Like, okay, I trick you into thinking I watched this anime that I didn't watch, then . . . well anyway, step three is "profit."
>>288647222LN fags genuinely cope for wasting their time because 90% LNs are total dogshit. The ones worth it are usually written by someone with genuine mental illness or severely traumatised.
>>288608447Kinohttps://youtu.be/Mkzo8gXPR8c?si=d5qU8es6K0NG1RF4
>>288648244You haven't read shit if you think LNs aren't butchered in adaption.
>>288647038The author soft-dropped it, so nobody won
>>288649446Kek, even worse than I thought.
>>288625626Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance needs a full LN adapation!
Restia > Est > Rinslet > Fianna > Ellis > ClaireSylvia > Kirin > Saya > Irene > Julis > Claudia > PriscillaShizuku > Ayase > Nene > Stella > Touka > KagamiSakura > Karen > Emilia > Reitia > Liddy > ClaireAvrora > Sayaka > La Folia > Nagisa > Reina > Astarte > Yuuma > Asagi > YukinaAiri > Yoruka > Krul > Nokuto > Tilfarr > Phi > Relie > Sharis > Celes > LishaTwirl > Aika > Phoenix Guildy > Erina > Solar > Mikoto > AnkoKotori > Kurumi > Nia > Yoshino > Tohka > Yuzuru > Origami mk.II > Origami > Kaguya > Natsumi > Mayuri > MikuChris > Eu > Saras > Seras > Taeko > Kanami > Haruna > Maelstrom > Naegleria > Kyoko > ArielLing > Laura > Chifuyu > Tatenashi > Tabane > Cecilia > Charlotte > HoukiMath > Snake > Cat > Bat > Snail > Doll > Phoenix > Bee > Crab > MonkeyMegumi > Izumi > Michiru > Utaha > EiririPink > Silver > Orange > BlackYou > Pest > Usagi > Leticia > Asuka > Shiroyasha > LilyKuroneko > Ayase > Kanako > Saori > Sena > Kirino > ManamiMarika > Paula > Haru > Ruri > Tsugumi > Chitoge > OnoderaHishoko > Rindou > Momo > Nikumi > Erina > Alice > Ryoko > Yuki > Megumi > NeneSatella > Echidna > Beako > Rem > Emilia > Ram > Petra > Crusch > Elsa > FeltAqua > Eris > Megumin > Wiz > Darkness > YunyunTomoyo > Mirei > Sayumi > Reatier > Chifuyu > HatokoYoshino > Neko > Tae > Sonoka > AkiMiko > Morgan Freeman > Bear > Empress > Oni > FrenchSera > Sisti > Re=l > Celica > RumiaSagiri > Elf > Megumi > Tomoe > MuramasaAkari > Chinatsu > Ayano > Rise > Sakurako > Kyoko > Himawari > Chizuru > Chitose > YuiAoba > Hifumi > Ahagon > Yun > Shizuku > Momo > Nene > Ko > Rin > Hajime > NaruSatania > Gab > Raphiel > VignetteTendou > Konoha > Aguri > ChiakiKanikou > Not-Elf > College slut > Kaiko > ChihiroMafuyu > Kaho > Maika > Trap > MiuBiscuits > Edelgard > Bunny > Cat > Elf > Knight bitchSensei > Asumi > Uruka > Rizu > FuminoBig Nep > Noire > Nep > Pururut > IF > Vert > Blanc > Compa > Nepgear > Peashy
>>288623179It rhymed
>>288608832>>288614154>>288629476>condoms
>>288649446Is he writing anything new?
>>288650139Stella and Ikki get married before they even graduate, explicitly so they can get started on extreme high intensity babymaking marathons ASAP. It's because Stella's kids will need to be legitimate children for inheritance purposes (rules of her kingdom, she's a princess remember), so before they are properly married they have to be more careful.But they went from first meeting to loving to fucking to wedding FAST. I think Abe would approve.
>>288649840oh thank god, I thought you were dead
>>288650199That was his first and last LNThe dude probably changed his alias if he's still writing because he didn't want to be linked to that failure
>>288649840>Emilia that highLolLmao might i add
>>288646811Blind bitch gets pregnant so she wins by default, also her daughter is the heroine of the sequelAnyone who says Eruruu won is massively coping
>>288646051Isnt that kinda like Testament of Sister New Devil? Or do you mean they're actually in a relationship early on? Cause I'm not sure if a battle harem without the romance stuff would work
>>288653148They're in an actual relationship.
>>288653148Ikki and Stella enter a relationship in Volume 1. He proposes marriage in Volume 3, they have sex for their first time in Volume 9, and they are married in Volume 19. It's a full relationship, it starts early, and other haremettes do not appear, this does not change.
But it's not a harem. It's pretty loudly saying the MC isn't going to choose anyone else but the main girl.
>>288631148Digi's biggest impact on the world is still his achievements in GR15 territory.
>>288608447Stop bumping your thread, you fucking retard. No one cares about your generic harem bullshit
>>288649446Like that means anything. The Oregairu author dropped Oregairu because he wanted to get into anime with stuff like Garish Number, and then that bounced, so he went back to the fucking well and copy-pasted a new round of books.God I hate season 3.
>>288653608Sounds pretty good. New season when?
>>288653704Sorry but old good new bad
>>288653704Fuck you, I care.
>>288654089Why even watch modern anime when everything older is better?
>>288651434A shame, Lilith deserved to win.
>>288608447The source material ain't even that good. This one got carried hard by the art direction and animation. Also it barely counts as a harem.Asterisk was actually better if we're talking about the novel, because the anime was pretty bad, especially when compared to Rakudai anime.Guessing Asterisk splits the budget for 2 seasons, while Rakudai just blew everything for 1 season.Meanwhile I think AMA35 doesn't even get enough budget for either lol
>>288656157Silver Link was handling at least 3-4 shows that season and all of the budget went to Rakudai.
>probably the last battle harem adapted to anime>harem end
>>288656157>>288656230The difference of Silver Link during Rakudai and the current Silver Link is sad.
>>288656792>harem endIsn't the LN still ongoing? You can't say it's harem end yet.
>>288656157I actually thought the best part was how they started the show with the MC having a sister who full-mouth kisses him, only to have her mellow out from that and realize she can be supportive and loving without being incestuous. It's the kind of stuff you'd see in a Mari Okada show.
>>288657348If the MC is together with a few girls then the Harem has been achievedIf anything that's how things should be, getting together with the girls and going on dates and doing things in middle of the story instead of blueballing until the epilogue of the last volume
>>288635709Which series are you taking about??
>>288657952Rakudai. They left that detail out from the anime adaptation. >>288617163
>>288617396>>288617163>We were totally the good guysI know every country has it's degree of jingoism but the Japanese are a special kind of hilarious
Rouge hero was pretty good.In the LN he apparently gets the lesbian to join his a harem, who then gets to do it with the girls
>>288658499None of the girls stood out to me in this series.
>>288658499I loved the MC and Green's interactions.
>>288608447For me it was Bahamut, if only for Krul>>288612357I remember AMA being really hyped but when I actually watched it, it felt like it didn't really get to the content? Maybe like >>288611846 said, it ended before the hype stuff started happening?
>>288658701The brown haired lesbian was pretty cool
>>288658728It's the LNs that are actually fun once you get past volume 5.But AMA's anime adapted the first five volumes and ended it on an anime original scenario. In the LNs, MC and scarf girl are separated from the squad and they get their own arcs before reuniting up later while MC's sister remains a villain for a time. Saving MC's sister is like 90% of the plot and the anime just has her saved right then and there.
There is nothing better than a harem where the girls do not want to share and only ever share the male character on very specific circumstances.
>>288658728Yeah the anime of AMA basically only covers the prologue which is the weakest part. I remember reading that the original pitch for it followed Onii-sama and didn't have any school hijinks, and lo-and-behold the story only gets better once they give the author reign to just ditch the school setting.
>>288659069Kurogane is how you do an overpowered side character right.
>>288659527Kippu's cutesy art being used in a shounenkino esque battle harem was probably one of the best 4d chess decisions ever, he needs to get involved in this kind of themes more often.
Battle haremfags are just shonentards who like romance. 35 antimagic isn't even harem.
>>288659700They used to be so pudgy, but the artstyle evolution was showing even by Volume 5.
>>288660149Yeah everyone was so chunky and soft, by the end of the novel it's impressive how you can see the improvement and influence from the LN in his work.
>>288658499didn't the author abandon this series to write smt?
>>288660960I imagine a lot of these things just waffled till the author got bored. They don't really seem to be made with immediate plot progression in mind.
>>288608873this
>>288608873flat
>>288611928To be fair it does have a high school tournament only for it to get hijacked immediately to kill off the main rivals waifu and kick off his entire character arc.
>>288663108I hate this show for introducing cute secondary and tertiary girls to kill them
>>288608447Battle harem died so that isekai may live
>>288663108See, it even uses a tournament arc for a completely separate but interesting plot point that carries on for the rest of the series.
>>288663147She comes back. In the way it matters. Pic unrelated.
pokemons
>>288657070Remember how they burned all of Bofuri's sakuga on the first half of the cour?
>>288664614I was hoping that lesbo in the back would get converted.
>>288637768>>288640894She is alive but inactive
>>288665543I mean I keep hearing her voice Yumi with how much senran kagura is being passed around in gacha these days.Plus she's still doing im@s stuff as Takane during its 20th anniversary
>>288665477Well she gets converted into something. A corpse.
>>288658499>So shit that the creator canceled it for another piece of shit that is testament of the sister.Zest and Chisato are the only good ones, Basara is another self insert mc.
>>288660136>35 antimagic isn't even haremPlease be right.
>>288665834Harem antics take a bit of a back seat to the CONSTANT fighting and moving around.
>>288665866Good enough. I will read it.
>>288665834It definitely is, all the girls want Takeru's dick and although the ending implies a single girl wins it's never revealed to the audience and besides Lapis wins by default since she owns his soul.
>>288665672>Basara is another self insert mc.
>>288666211>>Basara is another self insert mc.
>>288656157>barelyIt outright doesn't count. It's not even a fake harem.
>>288608447Literally me favorite battle school harem, I wish more harems were like this.
There are not nearly enough black hair main girls
>>288665672hagure yusha was way better than smt
He's still my favorite
