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Please do not introduce a harem/moeblob/forced relation here...

So I mainly dislike harems for 2 reasons.

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Firstly, it introduces the useless moeblob: the girl who's here only to be conquered by the male lead, has no personality, is useless, and serve as a plot-point/an object to convey the mc's emotions/development.

Let's hope there'll be no such characters here and we get some truly 'strong' female characters. I wouldn't mind if the girl was girly but I do want her to be skilled in something of her own(not just an inferior version of the guy pls) and have her opinion and life be her own, not that of the guy she's crushing on.

To me a strong female character doesn't have to have masculine qualities: she doesn't have to be boyish, just have character and opinions, unique insights and development and some kind of strength that's truly an asset to the group. Perhaps she could be a master in fighting, a skilled technician, a strong magician or esper, a hacker or code-breaker... Any unique usefull skill she can hone will do.

Just make her descisions her own, develop her character instead of parking it somewhere untill the mc comes back and needs stuff, and give her something she's the best at and can truly contribute through and develop in besides being sexy and thicc.

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Secondly, and maybe most importantly, the harem introduces plot-mandatory relationships and romance, which does not only take away screentime from action/adventure/slice-of-life scenes, but sometimes causes issues in the narrative, character-dynamics and way of narration.

With this I mean that romance changes up the pacing, which can be neccesary between the drama, but a harem requires the constant juggling of attention to girls and action, which is not something I've seen done well in any longer action-packed series.

A harem also tends to unbalance the power in a 3 or 5 man group of heroes. For ecample, it becomes hard to have a lancer (The counter-balancing second-in-command type of guy, or what Killua is to Gon in HunterxHunter) with the same influence around. This makes the supporting cast feel more insignificant, which may cause the readers or author to lose interest in them.

A harem also forces the author to create scenarios for relationships, relationship-progress and relationship-maintainance for each harem member. This tends to take up a bunch of screentime and also causes relationships to feel forced. In many stories, such relationships are created through the setting and raising of "flags" and not through genuine character compatibility (the girls need some variability after all).

Long lasting relationships are build on compatible characters and interests and good ongoing dynamics. (The main problems in relationships is that the author forgets to adress the relationship and the changes in characters throughout the stable, established phase of the relationship, so it looks like people don't rly care for each other or are just in it for the smexy stuff, or become useless moeblobs.)

So all in all: let's hope there will be no harems, moeblobs and forced romance here!