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10/17/11(Mon)21:41 No.56069322>>56068248
>Would
you call Sailor Moon a Harem? Its got 5 girls surrounding one guy, but
only 2 of them like him. So why is Love Hina considered a 'harem'?
you just went full retard.
Seriously
I think the confusion from the term comes from the term itself, and the
fact that it DOES predate LH, even though LH arguably epitomizes it.
I
can see why people would call Ranma a harem since the women in that
series seem to have this unrelenting desire for the protagonist, but I
think that's kind of different from what happens in LH.
In LH,
first of all, there are no other real significant male protagonists.
There is Sera, who is a not insignificant character, but given how
Keitaro turns out, Sera might as well be time-traveler Keitaro from the
future. And there are his friends, but they are practically non-entities
(do they even show up in the later volumes? It's been so long, I
forget), and basically there to talk about how awesome it is he lives in
this huge hotel with a bunch of girls.
Due to this absence of
other male characters, there's a lot more plot tension as to who is the
optimal match for the main character, and it's done without sullying the
"maidenhood" of the other female characters. I think this makes it much
more deserving of the "harem" label, as the protagonist could pick ANY
of the characters without fear of any other kind of significant romantic
competition. I mean, obviously it's clear who WILL end up with Keitaro,
given how much plot time is dedicated to coming up with situations that
involve that character and Keitaro, but the lack of other male
characters at least makes it a bit less than a foregone conclusion. |
