There is no doubt that one of the genres in anime preferred by the otaku community, which continues to lose validity and become the center of debate, is the harem. In essence, the “harem” genre has become very popular in the medium, and there is a wide variety of works that are based on this type of story, which is why the otaku community spoke out on Reddit and made their own. Main where they established their favorite “harems”, leaving surprises for anime fans in general.
Fandoms are divided on the best harem animes
As we mentioned in redditA poll was published with the 25 best harem animes in history chosen by anime fans, and this top left many surprised. In the honorable positions or Top 3 you can find yourself as the number 1 for anime “The 100 Girlfriends Who Really Love You” a comedy and harem anime more focused on romantic love. This anime is relatively new, its broadcast began in 2023 and the second season is about to start in January 2025, the romantic comedy that tells the story of Rentaro and his 100 soulmates was perhaps the biggest surprise to be in this place.
The position number 2 “It was taken by one of the most beloved franchises in the otaku community.”The Quintessential Quintuplets”Another harem series focused on romantic love. This is the story of Ichika, Nino, Miku, Yotsuba, and Itsuki as they struggle to win over their tutor Fuutarou Uesegi in the beginning. This anime has already become unforgettable and is the subject of debates with teams of each sister. 2 anime seasons, 3 video games, 2 movies, OVAs. Its second place also surprised the community for being very low for “The Quintessential Quintuplets”.
The location number 3 The podium goes to another anime that is highly acclaimed by fans, but not precisely because it has the best narrative, but because it has one of the best repertoires of helpless characters in the history of an anime and a lot of care in each of its scenes. We talk about “High School DxD” where the plot of our protagonist Issei is overshadowed by the “plot” of the beautiful Koneko, Asia Argento, and of course the main and most beautiful of this story: Akeno Himejima and Rias Gremory that chapter after chapter made the fandom fall in love without being able to take sides with any of them.
The Monogatari series is another work that stands out for its prominent place in this top with the number 4This franchise owned by Shaft Studios originally began in 2012 and is currently airing its season Monster season and off. This place is controversial, since Monogatari is not considered 100% Harem like the others on the list. As many comment “Mushoku Tensei“One of the most popular animes in recent years for its excellent Isekai and harem animations was not debated, and this one was placed in the position number 5thus closing the list of the top 5 best.
Further down the list we find other names, such as “Go live“, of the action and harem genre, and with another of the best waifu repertoires that includes: Kurumi Tokisaki, as well as Tohka Yatogami and the secondary, but no less attractive, Mukuro Hoshimiya. This anime was placed in the number 8in one of the positions that has sparked the most debate within the same community.
To close other emblematic harem titles in this poll of 25 animes were: “girlfriend, girlfriend”, the romantic comedy starring Nagisa, Rika, Shino and Saki in their competition for Naoya's heart won the number 12 from the list.”We never learn” I stayed with him number 14 and very controversial due to its low place on the list is Konosuba! one of the best Isekais in history that stayed in number 16, Rent a girlfriendanother work that has already won more than 3 seasons, took the number 23 and finally I love Hinawhich closed the list of the 25 best harem anime in history according to Reddit.
