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* [[Tsundere]] A girl who switches between affection and hostile.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: The traditional Japanese ideal of femininity. It has appeals to different kinds of fans and can provide a contrast to a [[Tsundere]].

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== [[Harem]] genre works: ==

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Works where the primary genre is harem.

== Anime and Manga ==

=== Anime and Manga ===

* ''[[Tenchi Muyo]]!''. Along with ''[[Love Hina]]'', below, this is the [[Trope Codifier]].

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== [[Video Games]] ==

=== [[Video Games]] ===

* [[Dating Sim]] [[Tokimeki Memorial]], as it can't fit in [[Visual Novel]] catagory because you actually need to build stats and managing dates on multiple girls at times to get one of [[Loads and Loads of Characters|loads and loads of girls]] without angering the rest and ruin your game.

=== Works with [[Harem]] elements ===

== Works with [[Harem]] elements ==

Works that are not technically harem, but use a number of the tropes, such as [[Unwanted Harem]].

== Anime and Manga ==

=== Anime and Manga ===

* [[A Certain Magical Index]] is rapidly turning into this, courtesy of its [[Oblivious to Love]] [[Chick Magnet]] [[Nice Guy]] hero, Kamijou Touma. Despite all the girls falling for him though, its still a story about the clash between magic and science.

* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' is rapidly turning into this, courtesy of its [[Oblivious to Love]] [[Chick Magnet]] [[Nice Guy]] hero, Kamijou Touma. Despite all the girls falling for him though, its still a story about the clash between magic and science.

* The ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' anime/novels. An alien, [[Ho Yay|an ESPer]], [[Time Travel|a time traveller]], and an unknowing goddess. Remember, this is [[Trope Overdosed|a show that sinks its meathooks into any trope it can find and folds and spindles it to shreds...]]

* ''[[Code Geass]]'': It seems like everyone in the series is in love with Lelouch. In the first season, Lelouch/Zero accumulates a rather large group of girls who have feelings for him, including [[Mysterious Waif|C.C.]], [[Tsundere|Kallen]], [[Naive Everygirl|Shirley]], [[Cool Big Sis|Milly]], [[Genki Girl|Kaguya]], and even his half-sister [[Rebellious Princess|Euphemia]]. He just doesn't do anything about it, since for the most part he's too busy trying to overthrow the government [[Celibate Hero|to pursue romance]]. The staff has said that the second season will deal more with his romantic entanglements (and note that all this is ignoring the [[Brother Sister Incest]] and [[Ho Yay]]-slash-[[Foe Yay]] ships with Nunnally and Suzaku, respectively, and a combination of both those tropes (though a downplayed one that doesn't get as much focus) with Schneizel, who refers to Lelouch as the "one he loved and feared the most").

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== [[Video Games]] ==

=== [[Video Games]] ===

* [[Riviera the Promised Land]] pits you with [[Four Girl Ensemble|4 girls,]] each with their own ending, and the game provides another special ending [[Guide Dang It|that's really hard to get.]] Since this is a linear RPG, romance paths aren't really obvious.

* [[RPG Shooter Starwish]] is [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|a hybrid RPG shooter]] where the harem consists of 4 girls {{spoiler|(not a [[Four Girl Ensemble]] since only 3 are available at a time)}} and [[Heterosexual Life Partners|2 guys]], with a special ending if you can get all of the individual endings (and another one - featuring a fifth girl who was not previously in the story {{spoiler|except for a few lines at the beginning, which the protagonist assumed was [[All Just a Dream]]}} - if you don't).

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== Other ==

=== Other ===

* In the Book of Genesis, Jacob agrees to work for 7 years in order to marry Rachel but on the night they are supposed to consummate the union, Rachel's father Laban sends his older daughter Leah instead. Jacob "knows" Leah and therefore has to work for another 7 years in order to marry Rachel. After Leah knocks out 4 kids, Rachel becomes jealous because she has yet to become pregnant and offers her slave-girl Bilhah to be impregnated instead. She knocks out another 2 kids. Now Leah becomes jealous and offers her slave-girl Zilpah to Jacob as well. She knocks out two more kids. Then Leah's oldest son Reuben gives his mom some flowers, which Rachel sees and demands Leah give some to her as well. So they make a deal where Leah gives Rachel some of the flowers in exchange for a night with Jacob. Leah then has another 3 kids. Finally, after all this, Rachel gets pregnant and has a son.

* In [[The Bible (Literature)|the Book of Genesis]], Jacob agrees to work for 7 years in order to marry Rachel but on the night they are supposed to consummate the union, Rachel's father Laban sends his older daughter Leah instead. Jacob "knows" Leah and therefore has to work for another 7 years in order to marry Rachel. After Leah knocks out 4 kids, Rachel becomes jealous because she has yet to become pregnant and offers her slave-girl Bilhah to be impregnated instead. She knocks out another 2 kids. Now Leah becomes jealous and offers her slave-girl Zilpah to Jacob as well. She knocks out two more kids. Then Leah's oldest son Reuben gives his mom some flowers, which Rachel sees and demands Leah give some to her as well. So they make a deal where Leah gives Rachel some of the flowers in exchange for a night with Jacob. Leah then has another 3 kids. Finally, after all this, Rachel gets pregnant and has a son.

* The HBO show ''[[Big Love]]'' (although in this case, the harem is [[Justified Trope|justified as the characters are fundamentalist Mormons]]).

=== [[Playing With a Trope|Subverted genre]] ===

== [[Playing With a Trope|Subverted genre]] ==

Works that are harem, but subvert, deconstruct, or otherwise skew the genre away from normal.

== Anime and Manga ==

=== Anime and Manga ===

* ''[[Rosario to Vampire]]'' starts out a normal [[Supporting Harem]] (and in many ways, still is one) with an [[Unlucky Everydude]] protagonist stuck in a school for monsters, but slowly adds [[Cerebus Syndrome|darker elements]], as well as more shounen-action style plots. Now the main character is a [[Bishonen]] badass who probably doesn't count as human by most measures.

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== Other ==

=== Other ===

* This genre also exists among modern Chinese [[Live Action TV]], but is certainly [[Deconstructed]] and [[Played for Drama]]--those shows centers on the harem members, [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|backstabbing each other]] to vye the monarch.

* This genre also exists among modern Chinese [[Live Action TV]], but is certainly [[Deconstructed]] and [[Played for Drama]] -- those shows centers on the harem members, [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|backstabbing each other]] to vye the monarch.

* The webcomic [[Ow My Sanity (Webcomic)|Ow My Sanity]] has one made entirely of [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]].

* The webcomic ''[[Ow My Sanity (Webcomic)|Ow My Sanity]]'' has one made entirely of [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]].