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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:2ykf4gn 7314.jpg\|link=~~Zero~~The noFamiliar ~~Tsukaima~~of Zero\|frame\|Maybe that girl in the bottom right corner will win his heart? [[Sarcasm Mode\|Yeah, she might have a chance.]]]] A ~~Subtrope~~subtrope of the [[Harem Anime]] genre, a [[Romantic Comedy]] with one male protagonist, one female [[Love Interest]], and a bunch of female side characters who also happen to be in love with the protagonist. In these stories, the bigger emphasis is usually on the "romantic" part of [[Romantic Comedy]], with the relationship building between the main [[Official Couple]], and the side characters are only there for the ''viewer'' to like them, and maybe as a [[Romantic False Lead]], to keep some drama between the main characters. Line 10: One of the causes for this set-up might be if it is the adaptation of a [[Visual Novel]], where every girl got the focus of attention in her own route, but only one route got an adaptation. Contrast with [[Balanced Harem]], where several girls have equal ~~prominance~~prominence during the story. {{examples}} == Anime and Manga == * Pictured above, ''[[~~Zero~~The noFamiliar ~~Tsukaima~~of Zero]]''{{'}}s "Louise The Zero" is not just the title character, but also connected to the protagonist [[Red String of Fate\|with a magical contract]] [[A Magic Contract Comes with a Kiss\|sealed by a kiss]].▼ ▲* Pictured above, ''[[Zero no Tsukaima]]'''s "Louise The Zero" is not just the title character, but also connected to the protagonist [[Red String of Fate\|with a magical contract]] [[A Magic Contract Comes with a Kiss\|sealed by a kiss]]. ** Not to mention he confessed his love to her on the second season, {{spoiler\|and they even got married at the end of ''F''}}. It doesn't stop three more girls from joining in the third season. * ''[[Clannad (visual novel)\|Clannad]]'' made it very obvious in the first scenes who was the main love interest, and the harem concept was entirely dropped during the first season anyways. * ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'' has Moka as the only girl Tsukune clearly loves. The other girls try but there's nothing they can do. ** Until someone suggests the [[Tenchi Solution]], that is. Other than the [[Official Couple]], everyone thinks it's a great idea. * In ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'', there's never any question that Keiichi and Belldandy are the ~~only~~ canon OTP, but that doesn't stop Skuld, Urd, Peorth, and Mara from being [[Pretty Freeloaders]]. * Keitaro and Naru from ''[[Love Hina]]'' are a very good example of this. It was obvious by the end of the first manga volume that Naru was Keitaro's "Promise Girl" and not even the "complications" that came with Mutsumi and Kanako could put a dent in it. * ''[[Negima]]'' is a very complex case of this since there is only one pairing that is really presented as it might be serious that is Negi and Nodoka early on which slowly became a Triangle with Yue, others are not that serious at all (besides Ako which is a whole other can of worms. {{spoiler\|Recently struck down in a good way}}). The early Magical World arc gave a lot more focus to Chisame than to most of the other girls, though not in a romantic way. Line 35 ⟶ 33: * ''[[Mayo Chiki]]'' has Subaru as the clear lead girl. How clear? [[Even the Girls Want Her\|Even the other haremettes love her!]] * It's pretty clear from the start of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' who is going to be Ranma's love interest. While Shampoo and Ukyo get screen time here and there, Akane is on screen almost as much as Ranma is. She also gets his attention far more than the other girls. At the end of the series, {{spoiler\|Ranma [[Anguished Declaration of Love\|inwardly declares his love]] for Akane and there is a [[Maybe Ever After]] ending.}} Take that as you will, [[Shipping\|shippers]]. * ''[[DearS]]'', especially in the anime, is primarily focused on Takeya and Ren's budding relationship, though he also has Miu and Neneko chasing his affections. The manga, however, is somewhat more [[Balanced Harem\|balanced]]. {{spoiler\|Takeya eventually gets to [[Marry Them All\|"make babies" with the entire DearS race]].}} * After teasing things a bit, ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World]]'' went right into this as soon as Makoto met Ifurita. == Literature == * ''[[Twilight (novel)\|Twilight]]'': Bella has Eric, Tyler, Mike, and Jacob all in love with her, but her One True Love is Edward. Not even Jacob giving her a [[Forceful Kiss]] in a later book could seriously challenge this. * A [[Gender ~~Flipped~~Flip]]ped example from the ''[[Mahabharata]]'': Draupadi is married to 5 men at once (the Pandavas brothers), and though she does care for all of them one way or another, Arjuna is her favorite. {{spoiler\|This is because Arjuna is the incarnation of the god Indra, and Draupadi is the reincarnation of his wife Indrani.}} == Western Animation == * In ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers\|Galaxy Rangers]]'', the attractive [[Lancer]] had quite a few admirers - [[Determined Homesteader\|Annie O]], [[Badass Princess\|Maya of Tarkon]], crime boss Daisy O'Mega ("Renegade Rangers" all but stated they had a shag), his former friend Darkstar... but the biggest [[Ship Tease]] was between him and [[Action Girl\|Niko]].