Looking for anime or harems where the guy actually chooses.

[Logiick]

Just like the title says. Looking for anime or harems where the main dude actually chooses someone. I've seen(and absolutely loved) Clannad and Shuffle!, but that's all I know of where he picks. I think maybe he does in True Tears? I don't actually know since I haven't seen it, it's just on my 'to-watch-list'. It's just the way people describe it, I've just always assumed he does. But I don't really know shit about it other than 'prepare to be pissed' and 'cry'; also 'hate main dude, what a fuck'.

Anyway, anyone got any recommendations? I'm down to watch anything as long as it has decent animation, really.

[Al_Sleeper]

SaiKano TV
Utawarerumono TV
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
Video Girl Ai

[Logiick]

Sweeeeeeet. Major thanks!

If anyone has any others, feel free to post. Love to watch as much as I can.

[Tiffanys]

Ai Yori Aoshi might fit. It's not like he chooses at the end though. The choice is made at the very beginning, it's just that they're put into a situation where they have to conceal it.

[Logiick]

Ai Yori Aoshi might fit. It's not like he chooses at the end though. The choice is made at the very beginning, it's just that they're put into a situation where they have to conceal it.

I'll check it out. It's all good that they have to conceal it. It's mainly just him choosing. Because in most, it's pretty obvious who he cares for MOST, but he never actually comes out and starts dating them, or chooses them etc. It's always: "I'M GONNA BEAT AROUND THE BUSH BECAUSE I'M A PUSSY WHO NEVER WANTS TO HURT ANYONE EVER. I'LL JUST KEEP LEADING ALL 3-5 OF YOU ALONG BECAUSE I'M DUMB."

[Tiffanys]

Check out Peach Girl. It's the girl that has to choose and it's only between two guys so it's not quite a large harem but it is quite good.

[Ozzaharwood]

Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo, Toradora!, and Zero no Tsukaima sort of fit the category. Check them out.

[Triltaison]

Keitaro does pick in the Love Hina manga and you get an XX years later epilogue showing the result of the choice. No idea about the anime adaptation, but I don't think it covers the end.

Air had him pick, and it's by the Clannad people so you might like it.

[Logiick]

Keitaro does pick in the Love Hina manga and you get an XX years later epilogue showing the result of the choice. No idea about the anime adaptation, but I don't think it covers the end.

Air had him pick, and it's by the Clannad people so you might like it.

Oh yeah, I have all the Love Hina manga, and anime. I totally forgot about that. He always knew who he wanted though, and it was always clear, so I forgot all about it.

I've seen Air as well. Forgot about that. Damn, I'm bad at remembering things.
Thanks for the suggestions though!

[Pimpalicious]

These don't quite count as harem since they're love triangles but it's all I can think of.
Kimagure Orange Road (need to see the OVA and movies)
Macross

[Clannad_92]

Toradora!

+1, the i-help-you-get-the-guy-you-love-and-you-help-me-get-the-girl-i-love situation, lastly well, watch it!!

true tears
ore no imouto

[bpfoley89]

Toradora!

+1, the i-help-you-get-the-guy-you-love-and-you-help-me-get-the-girl-i-love situation, lastly well, watch it!!

true tears
ore no imouto

-1 On Ore no Imouto. Long story short, the MC picks a good one, then fucks up.

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He picks one of the 6 girls available, and she's a pretty damn fine choice in terms of personality, probably the best option. But she dumps him because he's not really in love with her, then ends up with his sister, who is the worst choice IMO, not to mention really fucked up when he already has a "childhood friend" who was ready to marry him had he only asked.

[Tanis]

If you count the movie...
Tenchi Forever! I think he finally 'chooses'.

[Tompior]

Toradora!

+1, the i-help-you-get-the-guy-you-love-and-you-help-me-get-the-girl-i-love situation, lastly well, watch it!!

true tears
ore no imouto

-1 On Ore no Imouto. Long story short, the MC picks a good one, then fucks up.

(click to show/hide)

He picks one of the 6 girls available, and she's a pretty damn fine choice in terms of personality, probably the best option. But she dumps him because he's not really in love with her, then ends up with his sister, who is the worst choice IMO, not to mention really fucked up when he already has a "childhood friend" who was ready to marry him had he only asked.

Why would you spoil a series in anime recommendations?

[bpfoley89]

Toradora!

+1, the i-help-you-get-the-guy-you-love-and-you-help-me-get-the-girl-i-love situation, lastly well, watch it!!

true tears
ore no imouto

-1 On Ore no Imouto. Long story short, the MC picks a good one, then fucks up.

(click to show/hide)

He picks one of the 6 girls available, and she's a pretty damn fine choice in terms of personality, probably the best option. But she dumps him because he's not really in love with her, then ends up with his sister, who is the worst choice IMO, not to mention really fucked up when he already has a "childhood friend" who was ready to marry him had he only asked.

Why would you spoil a series in anime recommendations?

Because it's a MOE anime, and therefore deserves no respect.

[Logiick]

Toradora!

+1, the i-help-you-get-the-guy-you-love-and-you-help-me-get-the-girl-i-love situation, lastly well, watch it!!

true tears
ore no imouto

-1 On Ore no Imouto. Long story short, the MC picks a good one, then fucks up.

(click to show/hide)

He picks one of the 6 girls available, and she's a pretty damn fine choice in terms of personality, probably the best option. But she dumps him because he's not really in love with her, then ends up with his sister, who is the worst choice IMO, not to mention really fucked up when he already has a "childhood friend" who was ready to marry him had he only asked.

Why would you spoil a series in anime recommendations?

Because it's a MOE anime, and therefore deserves no respect.

...

[zherok]

I'll check it out. It's all good that they have to conceal it. It's mainly just him choosing. Because in most, it's pretty obvious who he cares for MOST, but he never actually comes out and starts dating them, or chooses them etc. It's always: "I'M GONNA BEAT AROUND THE BUSH BECAUSE I'M A PUSSY WHO NEVER WANTS TO HURT ANYONE EVER. I'LL JUST KEEP LEADING ALL 3-5 OF YOU ALONG BECAUSE I'M DUMB."

Personally never cared for romances where they make it explicitly obvious who "the one" is, but proceeds to spend the entire series acting as if it might be someone else. Not a huge fan of Ai Yori Aoshi and similar stuff because of that.

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True Tears

is also like that.... Ugh. Why even watch a romantic triangle if he throws out everything and just defaults to the first option?

[Zel47]

Toradora!

+1, the i-help-you-get-the-guy-you-love-and-you-help-me-get-the-girl-i-love situation, lastly well, watch it!!

true tears
ore no imouto

-1 On Ore no Imouto. Long story short, the MC picks a good one, then fucks up.

(click to show/hide)

He picks one of the 6 girls available, and she's a pretty damn fine choice in terms of personality, probably the best option. But she dumps him because he's not really in love with her, then ends up with his sister, who is the worst choice IMO, not to mention really fucked up when he already has a "childhood friend" who was ready to marry him had he only asked.

Why would you spoil a series in anime recommendations?

Because it's a MOE anime, and therefore deserves no respect.

*Painfully deletes Oriemo S2, as he was only on episode 3*

Please don't spoil anime in Recommendations, regardless of your opinion of it.
How would you feel if someone spoiled the shows your watching, like how:
James dies at the end of Zone of the Enders?
The moonrace wins the war in Turn A Gundam?
Kenshin turns back his blade and begins killing again in episode 40?
or that they actually manage to finish off Alucard at the end of Hellsing?
It would probably be less than optimal for you.

PLUS I mean.. Slice of Life and Moe are by far the best categories. It's not even really arguable.
I think the seinen-slice of life-moe anime really takes the cake as the clear winners though.

Also, you're lucky I'm not an ass-hat and just made up those spoilers.
I do hope that just for a few seconds, you actually thought that they were real.

And yes, I realize I'm mostly at fault, for actually READING it, but I never expected the build up point
of the entire series to actually be revealed in a thread recommending it. My mistake I guess. =D

[bpfoley89]

Because it's a MOE anime, and therefore deserves no respect.

*Painfully deletes Oriemo S2, as he was only on episode 3*

Please don't spoil anime in Recommendations, regardless of your opinion of it.
How would you feel if someone spoiled the shows your watching, like how:
James dies at the end of Zone of the Enders?
The moonrace wins the war in Turn A Gundam?
Kenshin turns back his blade and begins killing again in episode 40?
or that they actually manage to finish off Alucard at the end of Hellsing?
It would probably be less than optimal for you.

PLUS I mean.. Slice of Life and Moe are by far the best categories. It's not even really arguable.
I think the seinen-slice of life-moe anime really takes the cake as the clear winners though.

Also, you're lucky I'm not an ass-hat and just made up those spoilers.
I do hope that just for a few seconds, you actually thought that they were real.

And yes, I realize I'm mostly at fault, for actually READING it, but I never expected the build up point
of the entire series to actually be revealed in a thread recommending it. My mistake I guess. =D

Even if those were actually real spoilers it wouldn't matter. I've lost interest in ZOE Dolores and Turn A Gundam. This is my 2nd watch-through of Kenshin. And I'm waiting on english dubs for Hellsing, which'll be awesome no matter what.

As far as that SoL & MOE argument. I really don't need to get into a flame war about this. We all know that Type A anime don't outsell Type B anime, even though Type A are superior on an intellectual base. Type B on the other hand sells merchandise because it caters to the obsessed no-lifers who just wanna watch cute expressions, bouncing tits, and panty shots. There are also Type C anime which are kinda of like hybrids, but those are usually caused by animation companies being liberal with the source material, shifting the art a bit toward Type B so it'll sell better.

Examples of Type A:
Ghost in the Shell
Cowboy Bebop
Wolf's Rain
Death Note
Casshern Sins
Berserk
Dennou Coil
Planetes
xxxHolic

Examples of Type B:
K-On!
Haruhi
Lucky Star
Girls Bravo
Kiss x Sis
Strike Witches
Basically everything ever made by Kyoto Animation.

Examples of Type C:
The ToAru series (Conversion of characters faces to make them "cuter")
Jormungand (The Breasts)
Now that I think about it, nearly anything that has female fighters or a "Trip to the Beach" episode.

[sakurasama]

I too would like to watch an anime where the guy actually chooses someone instead of leading the whole harem around by their nipple rings . As for the whole MOE vs intellectual, I tend to be a category A watcher myself, although I have been impressed by some that were a whole lot of titty bouncing and panty flashing, such as HOTD and BTOOM!. As long as there is a strong plot and the drawing doesn't suck, I'll pretty much watch anything that catches my interest.