Harem Anime --- Cooklie cutter format

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papa_g
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Harem Anime --- Cooklie cutter format

Post by papa_g »

Anyone know why most harem animes follow the same format.

1 Always one girl who is a tease (usually the oldest)
2 always one girl who is either an inventor or potion maker (usually the youngest)
3 someone always catches a cold and has to be taken care of.
4 one girl who is weird (nerds, book worms, manga fetish Etc...)
5 one girl who was the child hood friend
HiEv
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Post by HiEv »

You forgot:

6) The obvious love target who easily misunderstands situations, causing her to become violent.
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Post by PetriW »

It's a proven concept in the target audience! Why change that which works well. It's much more dangerous to try and be innovative and there's probably quite a few people you have to convince in order to get a go on such a project. ;)
(Honestly, harem anime is hardly the only anime genre which suffers from this.)
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Post by retroactiv »

sometimes:

7) The cousin

Which worries me the most.
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Post by albinosqrl »

That worries you the most?

7b) The sexy step-sister
7c) The MILF

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Post by papa_g »

then we gotta add

7d) the sister who turns out through some situation to not actually be his blood sister. (I.E. Kanako from "Love Hina Again")
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