Author_Shizu yes, I have heard of Diabolic Lovers - mostly bad things. Well, the fans of the original VN are very eager to get it localized in English so maybe just the anime is a flop. But DL is otome - you have many love options but by the end of the story you choose only one. while there may be some semi harem ending in the Visual Novel, the nature of the medium is still straight. Of course if you are simply using the setting for inspiration that’s fine, but as an example of a real reverse harem where FL has multiple male lovers at the same time that is not the best example.
I Reincarnated into an Otome Game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags… Is pretty famous for its harem ending with FL.
The Captivating Crown Prince, The Corpse Ruler Confuses the World, All Seven Husbands Are Devils, The End Of The World’s Poisonous Mom And Monster Baby are examples with consumed reverse harems.
Acutelittletrap, that is not right. There is demand for that genre. It is just extremely hard to find something that resonates with the reader and there are few famous examples.
New idea-Reverse Harem, MC with many doting husbands.
Author_Shizu definitely good idea! ping me if ever write about it.
in story just need to careful with world building, maybe like women are in the power or men lost fight with women.
this is unique kind of novel so there will be male-fan base too.
Merry Gentry series of Laurell K. Hamilton is also a reverse harem novel.
I think it can work. Good luck!
Dudu_the_3rd You know a lot!
Guess I'll be first reading all these! Have you read them? Which one of them you found best?
AerynSun Yeah I have two ideas
Either a Vampire reverse harem. That would be serious romance.
Or a "reincarnation in a cultivation reverse-harem novel" type. Because in this way I could make it seem reasonable. As in normal society its hard to find an explanation for reverse harem.
And hell, I can think of thousand humorous moments for a modern-age protagonist struck in a reverse harem novel with many husbands!
Author_Shizu I heard and tried to watch this anime but as an older woman living in the modern world, I could not quite agree to how the female character was treated. I like reverse harem like Ouran Host Club because there seems to be respect and genuine affection for the female but for the female character in DL I can't say that she was treated with much respect and or affection...but that could have changed as I did not watch the anime completely.
Also, as I am writing this, I'm thinking maybe that treatment/behavior toward the female character in DL is a subculture that is somewhat trending now?
Maybe my views are too conventional? I would hate to think that I'm trying to impose my limited views onto other people.
If you want to write, write what you want to write...afterward, you can always edit and re-write...right?
BTW, I think that it's great that you want to write, and that you are willing to explore a genre that is not too popular!
There is a novel called Fortunate Wife (which surprisingly so has a webtoon released now in Webnovel) . There’s also a Ployandry tag on Novel-Updates but without a large selection. I’m definitely planning on targeting this idea but I got a few other novel storylines to go through first . ~.~
Harem novels were never really easy to make and most of the ones available are just... well, it’s difficult to write harem novel, regardless if it’s geared towards men or women and despite the huge popularity for it, I don’t know about how large the target audience for the reverse harem trope is. People usually write what they see as popular for the masses. That is the reason we keep finding replicated story concepts with the same repititve tropes . 
There is a novel called Fortunate Wife (which surprisingly so has a webtoon released now in Webnovel) . There’s also a Ployandry tag on Novel-Updates but without a large selection. I’m definitely planning on targeting this idea but I got a few other novel storylines to go through first . ~.~
Harem novels were never really easy to make and most of the ones available are just... well, it’s difficult to write harem novel, regardless if it’s geared towards men or women and despite the huge popularity for it, I don’t know about how large the target audience for the reverse harem trope is. People usually write what they see as popular for the masses. That is the reason we keep finding replicated story concepts with the same repititve tropes .
wtf it doesn't work that way it would either be extremely gay af or some of the men would get cuckolded which is actually fucked up and if thats part of your fantasy shame on you for being lowest scum the earth has
Hi yah there! Try Black Belly Boss's Pet Wife. It is a modern reverse harem.
TITLE: Black Belly Boss's Pet Wife
AUTHOR NAME: Chinese Author
SUBTITLE: --
GENRE: Romance, Reverse Harem, School life, Comedy, Action
SYNOPSIS: When she woke up, she was suffering from selective amnesia. She was wrapped in an eighteen-year-old body but her mind instilled only an eight-year-old memory.
She completely did not remember exactly what happened between the ages eight and eighteen.
Lost, she thought of a way on how she could stay a bit longer to this house. So in the house of the Big boss, she pretended to be a silly, little bratt child.
Who thought that the Big Boss can be played, ridiculed and deceived!
IDEAS: She's very beautiful that made all the boys having a crush on her! (Handsome big tycoon man and his assistant and many more!) An eighteen year old girl has an attitude of eight year old girl! :)
P.S
Just an advice. Just keep on reading because at first few chapters, it will make you kinda confuse but sooner, you will enjoy it too :)
yu_ba_bu_neng Why should it be me? Shame on those guys who keep that harem smut on the top by voting on it. Why don't you criticize them?
Then why even them?
Everyone has his own opinion. And I respect that.
Shame on those who call others opinions lowest. When they are the lowest fcking moutherfckers piece of shit!
If you have an opinion that post it nicely otherwise keep your shit to yourself.
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Author_Shizu
If the society is matriarchal, men are weaker and have lower status than woman, and the MC is some sort of strong authority figure (or a badass warrior) then it might be plausible.
Otherwise, it's gonna be hard to explain why so many men are attracted to the MC and why they don't mind sharing.
Try The Veil Diaries by B.L. Brunnemer. I also love the Iliri series, if you want more high fantasy. Maybe have a look at Kit Davenports' adventure, by Tate James, and from Jaymin Eve and Jane Washington, the Curse of the Gods series. Especially the last one is laugh out loud funny.
As for Webnovels (or C-novels): Fortunate wife was mentioned above, from what I read till now, I hope it will be translated completely. Also, as mentioned, Corpse Ruler Confuses the World and The Captivating Crown Prince, are both worth a look.
The Reverse Harem genre is up and coming in Women's literature around the world, you should google it, there are many good options, some better than others. Hope my suggestions can help you find a new read!
it's a biological thing, men can have multiple wives and even have multiple children at once while women can only carry the one child at a time(yes i'm not counting those anomalities born from multiple sperm)
so instead of getting triggered just face the facts, chick mc banging multiple guys is just a loose whore.
yu_ba_bu_neng a man banging multiple women is also a slut. It's absolutely disgusting. Especially the STDs he transmits and how jealous such men get, because they are afraid of the women cheating on them, as dictated by their hormones. I cannot respect any man who holds such double standards: you want to fuck a harem? Then me too. The child comes out of my womb anyway, it's more mine than any man's who fucks around to 'plant his seed'.
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yu_ba_bu_neng Really. To tell you one thing no one here knows more biology than me because I'm a medical student.
Triggered. You literally called me the lowest sum just for asking for people opinion. How can I not get triggered?
And a woman can only carry one child at a time so men can have multiple wives and he is perfectly normal for engaging in relation with several women while a woman can't even fantasize about it because that automatically turns her into a slut for even engaging in an innocent platonic relation with several men? {Because I stated clearly in my post that I intend it to be a platonic relation}
If you don't see anything wrong with your logic mentioned above then I can't say anything.
That clearly illustrates your mental and educational level.
So I'm not going to waste my time to explain the basic logics of the world to you because it will be futile considering your mind level and explaining such basic knowledge to someone dead in the head might just drop my IQ by some points.
huahua Thumbs up!
Author_Shizu I read one before but she ends up with one guy in the end. Feng Qiu Huang, I think the name of the novel is. It's a fairly beloved and popular novel so I don't see why it can't be a good novel.
ImBloo
Let me put it to you in simple terms. A key which can open many locks is a master key while a lock which can be opened by many keys is a trash lock. Let's be real, guys have a subconscious thinking of dominance where even their girlfriend is their possession. Now the question is, can it be the same for females?