Is there really such a thing as an ideal harem MC that tries to woo the girls and earns a harem? From what I read, there's two types of harem MC. The first is the typical "nice" guy that girls flock to him for no good reason other than he's "nice", and he tries his damn hardest to keep the status quo with all the girls, which leads to no development with anyone. The second is the MC that just doesn't give a shit and does things for a a different motive (like winning a fight, protecting the weak) but girls just end up flocking to him just because. He usually ignores the girls because, like I said, he just doesn't give a shit. The first type is the one that usually shows up in straight up harem manga, the second is usually in action manga or mangas like Soma. You could say that Keima from TWGOK is one that doesn't adhere to either, but he's more of the second one since he didn't really want a harem, he did it to stay alive/save the world. Another point I want to make is that there isn't an ideal harem MC, or at least one that I have seen. If a manga (that isn't a comedy) is about a MC that goes out on his own will to create a harem, we end up hating him for things like being an asshole cheater and two-timing, a bit like School Days. Minamoto-kun Monogatari could be a better example, but again, he doesn't really seek out a harem on his own and is more of a test experiment. The point is, the reason harem manga have nice guy MC's is that they don't get the blame of being an ass since they're so damn passive. If there is such a manga with an ideal harem MC, I'd gladly read it.
TL;DR: I really don't like harem mangas and can see why I almost always end up either rage-reading or just dropping them.
It's a saturday night, I have nothing much to do, and I'm tired as hell so this is just ramblings from a tired, bored guy.
