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* See ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' as a textbook example of the genre minus (most of) the sexual overtones -- the Hero is a [[Kid Hero|child]]. Just about every Anime girlfriend trope is in here -- [[Tropes Are Not Bad|not that there's anything wrong with that.]] You have mysterious foreigners, glasses-wearing girls, slightly chubby girls, [[Genki Girl|genki girls]], a Tsundere with a past, a [[Ojou]] with a [[Shotacon]] complex, pairs of mischievous twins, a schoolgirl lesbian or two, sporty girls, a ''[[Cute Ghost Girl|ghost girl]]'', a vampire [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]], a '''robot'''...

** This should not be considered a typical [[Harem Anime]] series, however, as this particular example, outside of casting, was a textbook case of [[Writer Revolt]] -- the author and artist wanted to do a fighting manga, his publisher wanted a harem manga, and he played along until it was popular enough that he could do a [[Genre Shift]].

* At least one character, most likely the "one true girl" will be a Tsundere who [[Cannot Spit It Out]]. A [[Yandere (disambiguation)]] foil is becoming common as well, played up for a various balance between creep factor and comedy.

* Standard other female characters include:

* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' starts piling on the harem girls -- and then the girls gain their own harems. Plays up just about every related trope, despite [[Word of God]] saying that Akane and Ranma are the [[Official Couple|real couple]] and everyone else is just a distraction. Shipping wars follow this series to this very day.

** Similarly, ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' was already subverting this trope in the early 80s -- with the <s>world's</s> Universe's biggest pervert Ataru Moroboshi trying to intentionally invoke this trope, and failing. Had an odd case of pseudo-[[Running the Asylum]] -- the fans ''vastly'' preferred Lum, who was originally going to be the distraction between the original [[Official Couple]], Ataru and Shinobu.

* Likewise, the rather brutal [[Deconstruction]] ''[[School Days]]'' took this general idea, dashed in a nearly [[Warhammer 40000|Games Workshop]]-level of '''[[Grimdark]]''', and, well, [[It Got Worse]]. Oh God, did it ever get worse. Proof that a [[Harem Anime]] doesn't ''have'' to be comedy.

* ''[[Kanokon]]'' is also a good subversion, with the hero being a near [[Asexuality|Asexual]] cute little boy being hounded by two ''extremely'' lusty and busty girls. {{spoiler|(Continuing the subversions, they decide to share him in the end.)}}