The 20 Greatest Reverse Harem Anime
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When Nanami Momozono's father loses their house to excess gambling debts, Nanami finds herself homeless. Thanks to a series of coincidences, she ends up serving as the goddess of a rundown shrine.
While Nanami isn't exactly thrilled by the idea, it's better than being a vagrant. However, she'll need to learn to get along with her unfriendly familiar, Tomoe, along with several other supernatural beings who want her attention, romantic or otherwise.
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When Haruhi Fujioka accidentally breaks an expensive vase, she's forced to join the host club to pay off her debts. As a member of the host club, she must not only present herself as male, but flirt heavily with female clients. As she's getting used to her new job, she also starts forming relationships with the other members of the male host club, most of whom are at least a little bit into her.
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Debuting in 2001, Fruits Basket is an earlier example of the reverse harem genre. Tohru Honda becomes an indispensable part of the darkly mysterious Sohma family, forming individual relationships with each of its members - several of whom are boys with some level of attraction toward her.
What makes Fruits Basket so interesting is Tohru isn't simply there to absorb and soothe the copious emotional problems of the boys around her - she's there to learn how to let other people take care of her, too.
The reboot, which debuted in 2019, isn't really a reverse harem because of how things shake out for all the characters. So if you're looking for a more classic take on this trope, the 2001 version is the one for you.
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- Romantic Killer
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For Anzu Hoshino, romance is a boring waste of time. She would much rather hang out at home playing video games and petting her cat. Her life is totally turned upside down when a flying wizard named Riri bursts out of her otome game and tells her that she's going to be part of a real life harem style dating storyline - whether she likes it or not.
Riri orchestrates countless ridiculous scenarios in order to get her involved with multiple attractive boys. Can she resist, or will she be drawn in by their charms?
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In Kamigami no Asobi, the gods have grown distant and unsympathetic toward humanity. This is a huge problem, given they're responsible for overseeing mankind.
To address this pressing problem, Zeus enrolls the gods in a school with a human classmate named Yui Kusanagi. Yui is charged with teaching these gods how to love again - but will they be able to learn that lesson before they beat the living snot out of each other?
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Haruka Nanami's biggest goal in life is to compose music for her favorite male idol. To accomplish this objective, she enrolls in a performing arts school called Saotome Academy. One of the requirements is she has to form a partnership with a classmate who wants to become an idol. But with seven different boys vying for her attention, choosing is no easy task.
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- My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
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After unexpectedly losing her life, a young woman is reborn into the world of Fortune Lover, an otome game she used to love. Unfortunately for her, she's reincarnated as the villain, Catarina Claes! Since she's played the game before, she knows that the villain doesn't meet with a particularly happy fate.
Hoping to turn things around for herself, she resolves to befriend everyone in the game so that none of them can become her enemy. As a result, she ends up making just about everyone - male and female - fall in love with her.
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After Chizuru Yukimura's father leaves Edo for Kyoto for his work as a doctor, she loses contact with him and decides to seek him out. Because it's the 19th century and she's unlikely to be treated well traveling alone, she dresses up like a man and sets out to find him.
She is attacked on her journey, but fortunately, she's rescued by the Shinsengumi police force. When they find out she's searching for the same doctor they are, they allow her to join their party. She receives their protection in exchange for cooking and other caretaking duties. Slowly, she begins to develop bonds with each member of the police force, which leads not only to romantic tension, but some serious political strife as well.
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Brothers Conflict
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Brothers Conflict has a fairly straightforward concept for the reverse harem genre. When Ema Hinata's father remarries, she finds herself living with 13 new stepbrothers. At first, she approaches the brothers as potential new family members, but some of the relationships begin to take on a more romantic spirit. Which of these 13 boys will Ema choose?
If you can get over the vaguely familial-relation tones, this is a pretty fun show.
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The Horologium is a heart that never stops beating and produces incredible power. In the body of Cardia Beckford, it grants her the unwanted ability to melt everything she touches. For this reason, she's feared by everyone in her town, but she is also desired by many. When the British army arrests her to take control of the Horologium, she's rescued by Arsène Lupin, an expert thief. Thus begins her journey to find out why her father implanted the Horologium inside her.
On that journey, she meets a researcher called Victor Frankenstein, a battle expert named Abraham Van Helsing, an inventor named Impey Barbicane, and a noble called Saint-Germain. As they try to help her find the truth behind her past, they also compete for her affections.
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Though she doesn't quite understand it, Ritsuka Tachibana is the key to finding a magical item called the grimoire. For this reason, she's pursued by a large group of literal handsome devils.
This reverse harem anime offers a combination of dark, gory themes and utter ridiculousness in the form of musical fight scenes. No, really, the characters sing when they fight. For that reason alone, Dance With Devils is well worth watching.
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When a young woman wakes up with no memories of who she is or where she came from, she tries to uncover her true past and identity with the help of a supernatural being named Orion. Her journey to understand herself leads her to a variety of young men, and she forms special relationships with all of them. Amnesia is based on a dating sim, where players get to explore romantic options with all the male characters.
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Four attractive young men are allowed to live rent-free in a gorgeous mansion on one condition: They have to turn the owner's niece into a proper young lady. This proves more difficult than anyone anticipated, since Sunako Nakahara is entirely resistant to the idea. She would rather watch horror movies and dress how she likes, as she doesn't see the point of dressing up.
These boys have their work cut out for them, but they're going to try their best - and possibly end up falling in love with Sunako in the meantime.
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- Kiss Him, Not Me
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Kae Serinuma loves boys, but not in a romantic way - she's a hardcore BL fan who loves imagining both real and fictional boys in romantic situations. After one of her favorite anime characters passes away, she drops a ton of weight and suddenly becomes conventionally attractive, earning her the attention of several male classmates who never noticed her before.
Kae is flattered, but there's a problem - she doesn't want them to have crushes on her, she wants them to have crushes on each other!
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Kou Shuurei is no ordinary reverse harem heroine. Like in other reverse harem series, she has a good amount of men falling at her feet, but she has more ambitious goals than settling down. She wants to lift her family out of poverty and become a court official, which is quite a daunting goal considering it's illegal for women to serve in that role.
But while she's kicking imperial butt, she does occasionally spare a moment for her romantic prospects - much to her harem's delight.
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Fushigi Yuugi came out in 1995, making it one of the original reverse harem animes. The anime features a war between two opposing celestial factions, each of which is headed by a human priestess. The show also has a large cast of male characters, and one of the priestesses, Miaka Yuki, has varying degrees of romantic involvement with each of them, especially Tamahome. This anime expertly combines humor with poignancy, creating an unforgettable viewing experience.
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Kajika Louisa Kugami Burnsworth is the daughter of a political powerhouse named Harry Burnsworth. When she turns 14, she's expected to choose between three possible suitors. Of course, none of the suitors know they have been selected explicitly for her.
Hanasakeru Seishonen not only features genuinely heartfelt romantic moments, but it also explores politics, business, and a variety of social concerns. Kajika doesn't approach any of these issues passively, either; instead, she takes an active role in both her own life and the world around her.
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Kohinata Kahoko is a regular student with a deep appreciation for music, though she never expected to be part of her school's elite music competition. When a magical violin makes its way into her hands, she's suddenly surrounded by a talented ensemble of male musicians.
While the boys admire her musical journey, Kahoko finds herself more captivated by the potential for duet performances of a different kind—between the boys themselves.
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Yay, a cult classic reverse harem full of toxic relationships! Yui Komori has always been fascinated by stories of supernatural intrigue, but living with a family of enigmatic vampire brothers is not quite what she envisioned. As they vie for her attention with their dark charm and mysterious pasts, Yui finds herself dreaming about a world where these alluring vampires realize that the true allure lies in the unexpected bonds they could form with each other.
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