Thread:Anayan Kashyap/@comment-24970759-20201011070127

Hey, so I saw that you used "To Love Ru"(among other animes) to define the "Harem Genre", saying "Rito Loves Haruna the Most", and yet its still considered "Harem Genre", and stating that SAO has the same senario. But this is wrong.as Rito loves Haruna and Lala the most, but also has feelings for Momo, and Nana, is sexually attracted to Yui, and goes on a date with Ren. He has had romantic, sexual, and/or inapropriate moments with all of them, whether intentional or accidental, and struggles to determine who he loves the most. And THAT is the essense of the "Harem Genre", the romantic and or sexual attraction to multiple girls, commical accidents and slip ups, dates and/or relationships with different girls, and the struggle to decides who he loves the most. In some harem manga/anime, he gets all of the girls in the end, but in most he finally picks one, or the author leaves it unknown like in "Mahou Sensei Negima" so he doesnt piss off the fans who all have different favorites(this move actually pissed off fans more).

But SAO doesnt have any of this, Kirito has always been certain of his love for Asuna and she is the only one he has ever officially dated, or gone on dates with, or given kisses, or as implied but never shown "had sex with". He has had many female friends, and there have been some raw emotional moments while they struggle through trauma together(Rika in the dragon cave, Shino after discovering that a murderer was waiting next to her unconcious body) but he never crossed the friendship line, even if the girls in question had misunderstood or hoped for more(Im looking at you Suguha). There's none of the mixed uncertain feelings, accidental kisses gropes and panty flashes, dates and relationships associated with the Harem Genre. Also, if you read the actual novel, you would know, that the anime is more haremesque than the author intended.  