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 field, 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 created their own. Main where they established their favorite “harems”, leaving surprises for anime fans in general.
The fandom is divided on the best harem animes.
As we mentioned in redditA poll was published with the 25 best harem anime in history, chosen by anime fans, and this top list surprised many. 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 focused more on romantic love. This relatively new anime, having started airing in 2023 and the second season set to begin in January 2025, this romantic comedy that tells the story of Rentaro and his 100 soulmates was perhaps the biggest surprise to be found here.
The position number 2 “It was taken by one of the most beloved franchises in the otaku community.”The Quintessential QuintupletsAnother 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, at the beginning. This anime has already become unforgettable and is the subject of debates with each sister's team. Two anime seasons, three video games, two movies, and OVAs. Its second-place finish also surprised the community, as it was very low for "The Quintessential Quintuplets."
The location number 3 The top spot goes to another anime highly acclaimed by fans, not precisely for its best narrative, but rather for having one of the best repertoires of helpless characters in anime history and a lot of care in each of its scenes. We talked 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 first season. Monster season and offThis 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 of recent years for its excellent animations in the Isekai and harem genre 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", in 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 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.
