What makes a show a harem? Is it having a certain number of girls

>>144316000
The MC needs to have really poor senses. He must not see, he must not hear, he must not feel. He must not notice.

>>144316000
More than 2 girls orbiting the MC dick

>>144316000
Then it's a Love triangle. It needs at least four Girls lusting for MC cock

>>144316000
>What if the MC is surrounded by a cast of girls (with no other male characters), but only 1-2 of them want his penis?

You see, on the surface this might not seem like a harem but it doesn't stop waifu fags from shipping them with the MC since they self insert. So it is haremshit.

>>144316000
At least three girls attracted to the protag, and that's kind of pushing it

>>144316000
It's mostly defined as dumbass hyjinks at this point.
>MC sees one of the girl's panties and gets called a hentai or baka and is slapped, flying off screen
Harem
>Series contains archetypal females: Tsundere, Osananajimi, etc.
Harem
>MC literally doesn't recognize that a group of women are lusting after him for 11 episodes/doesn't have enough testosterone to fill a teaspoon
Harem

When a series focuses on these dumb fucking elements and tries to be funny by recycling the same tropes that have been regurgitated for decades, and then tries to wrap up the story with main girl in 20 minutes in the last episode (or not, leaving it open-ended for a second season of the same shit), it's a harem.

What makes a show haram?

>>144316000
>What makes a show a harem? Is it having a certain number of girls being romantically interested in the MC?
The minimal requirement is 3+ other characters interested in the MC, but that's generally overly broad as there are examples that meet that criterion but are pretty certainly not harems.

>What if the MC is surrounded by a cast of girls (with no other male characters), but only 1-2 of them want his penis?
Then it's not a harem. Probably.

>>144316000
When the show is completely focused in the relationship of the MC and a bunch of girls and who he might choose, if it were only because there were a bunch of girls liking the MC even Dragon Ball would be an harem.

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>>144316096

If the MC predominately interact with females compared to males then it's a harem. It doesn't need the females show romantic interest toward MC. That's up to doujin and fan fiction writers.

>>144317254
Why do retards like you have to rob words of their meaning?

>>144316000
Harem literally means 3 or more girls wanting the MC.

9999 girls but with only 2 of them that actually want the MC is not a harem.

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>>144318234
Don't forget the token trap too.

And the perverted token comic relief friend, who gets abused by every female just for the kick of it. And has the lowest chance to get laid.

>>144316000
When asked, do the girls say that they love the MC because he's nice or "always there when I need it" and no other reason?