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Hey,

I've already asked for something similar several month ago. Since then i sadly read everything recommended (and a lot more) so i was hoping to rely on you guys again :x

I'm looking for harem stories (novel or manga) with actual harem-romance and nothing significantly sad.

So i would really love to have actual romance, characters that really care for each other and love each other and so on, not just fucking around. Modern settings are great, but fantasy or cultivation settings etc. are totally fine as well.

On the other hand i try to avoid sad and dark stuff... rejected/crying girls, slavery, rape, death or main characters or potential harem members etc.

---btw. "self promotion" is totally fine, but please try to avoid non-fitting genres and have 150k+ words (75+ chapters)---

Novels i've already read (here on webnovel, i can't lit all novels i ever read on other platforms):

• Stealing Spree (amazing fluffy romance after a tough start)
• Incubus System
• Endbringer (japanese stile, very slow but i have high hopes)
• Endless Path: Infinite Cosmos
• Forth Prince's Debauchery (mehh... not a huge fan)
• Spirit cultivation (& AHW)
• The Romantic Cultivator
• Lust Knight (to much fucking, to little "care" and cute romance)
• Ilicit Relationship (started it, didn't got far)
• Dual Cultivation (dropped, mostly sex without feelings. Many ex lover dead etc. really not my thing)

So if anyone would have some good, fitting recommendations, i would be really really grateful =D

Hey,
Just finished reading "Stealing Spree" after a "friend" of mine urged me to give it another chance and to read past chapter 30. It's still little twisted and some slightly dark things that i don't really want to overthink, but overall it really was a great read with sole focus on the relationship, romance and the harem. I really enjoyed it.
If you are little sensible with sad stuff and you despise the mc, may give it another try till chapter ~25 and if you are kind ok then but not fully convinced, there is another improvement before chapter 100.

On the other hand, i've tried some other novels on the list but couldn't really get enthusiastic about any of them. I guess that's just a temporary thing tho... I may just enjoy a bigger focus on romance atm. and most of those novels only had romance/harem as a "small" sub-genre.

Soooo.... in case you have again any recommendations for me (still same genre; Not so sad, harem, romance, 50+ chapters) i would be really greatfull =D school and/or modern setting would be great, but everything else (fantasy, cultivation, isekai,...) is totally fine as well

Oh, and i wouldn't mind Manga recommendations at all if they are fitting xD I'm totally inexperienced with mangas so i may need some more information there, but i really want to give this stile a chance i've only read 2 mangas so far; "The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You" and "Kanojo mo Kanojo" i enjoyed both, but both have been quite short and only focused on comedy without anything else :x

Hey,

@Leporidere I Just finished reading The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You.
It was really really fluffy as you've said and i actually enjoyed it quite a lot. But i think i shouldn't have read it in one go. I don't know if all mangas are like that, but i just miss a good story progression. The story felt very... "episodic". Everything just happend, every 1-3 "chapters" was one event that got finished but there was no overall progress (beside the harem getting bigger). So it was a great and super fluffy read, but i think its better to just read one or two chapters in one go for some fluff and happiness. The story overall wasn't that good because it just lagged some deeper reasoning and realism (it was just crazy xD ) As i said, i'm not used to manga, so maybe thats the problem here :x i still had a really fun read tho =D

Thanks for the detailed information SecretWolf !
The Sinful Life of The Emperor --> I think it will depend heavly on how and why he steals them. If the girls are unhappy in the previous relationship and/or he honestly want to stay together with them and cares for them, i probably won't mind it. If its like that start of Stealing Sprea, just stealing girl for sex and don't really caring about them, i probably gonna hate the mc and won't continue reading

Trash Techniques are Actually PRetty Efficient - it only has 90 chapters, so i may wait little longer to see how the romance/harem actually develops before i start reading with those japanese dense mc's i always fear, that there won't be a happyend for every girl :x

Psychic Inventor of Cultivation World - can you tell me how long it approximately takes till the romance/harem really starts? Is it just like 50 chapters, or do i have to wate for 300+ chapters before i get some fluff? :x Regarding the story, i guess i just have to try it and see if i'm as exited about it as you =D

GegeSadewa thanks to you as well! And don't apologise for your English! We aren't native speaker and not everyone is great with languages. As long as everyone can understand us, who cares? =D At least thats what i'm going for personally :x
Sorry if i have to ask again, but in MMORPG Guardian, is there any "other" love interest before her? If i have to wait till he meets her again, i'm fine with that. But it would be little sad if i have to read without any romance till then :x and how long do I have to wait for this old romance? Like half the book? Or till the last few chapters?
Shura's Wrath also sounds quite fun to read, i'm not really sure if i would enjoy Legend of Ling Tian so much tho.

Hey, ok so lets start the list =D

1) Recommended Novels (haven’t read jet):
Higher priority for me:

• Good for nothing cultivator - i’m reading his second novel ( @Avidfan ), bit disappointed with some sad things and other developments, but overall good read so far. So I have hopes for this novel as well.
• A Martial Odyssey - same as above, third novel from Avidfan so… maybe fitting.
• Psychic Inventor in Cultivation World - i heard that the story is all over the place. But beside that the tags are really fitting. I just hope there is some actual romance & harem after a romance-slow start?
• Prime Originator - first 2-3 girls are added to fast, after that it seems to be good romance development. Sadly mc leaves several times for several month and even years to do stuff, without his woman.
• The Way of The Dao - Actually sounds quite interesting. Probably super slow romance, but with good development, i’m up for that! Would love to know little more about the harem building and if there is anything sad :x

Lower priority for me:

• Poor Man Reborn - only 58 chapters, synopsis didn’t fully hooked me
• Reincarnated As An Impotent In Another World - playboy mc, only comedy, story doesn't sound interesting, only 29 chapters
• I got summoned to another world, then married a yandere! - only read like 10 chapters and all the story only told how much of a yandere his “wife” is. I was little annoyed, but in general i like the tags so i may try it again later with some more chapters.
• My CEO Harem Cultivation System - super short, only 10 chapters!
• DxD - I just have a problem with cliche pervert & dense japanese characters, even if there is a good reason for it. Romance progress is sooo hard with those guys.

2) Recommended Novels (that i have read):

• Endbringer - Only 40 chapters (~2500 words each), but the story sounds very promising. Japanese characters/writing style with (expected to be) REAL & good harem setting but slow romance start. Author often uses very long sentences that may be little annoying for native english speaker, beside that the writing style is really good.
• The Romantic Cultivator - second novel ( @Avidfan ). Overall fun and fluffy read, sadly some really dark moments and some annoying developments (i described it in detail in one comment here if you want spoilers). I have hope that at least the dark moments will get a happyend tho. Sadly in recent chapters (~100+) the MC starts to get quite unsympathetic again, only caring about him self and getting more stupid by second. I really hope that will turn again because slowly i really start to dislike him.
• Part-Time Star, Full-Time Dad - the child isn’t as annoying as I expect kids to be. The harem probably is gonna be quite realistic… i would prefer it being more happy/fluffy tho, but preferences are different.
• illicit relationship - I’ve only read like 40 chapters. MC IS kinda a playboy, but he seems to really cares for the girls as well and i was told that the romance is more prominent later on (till chapter 40 the physical relationship was a lot more prominent than feelings)
• Prime Vampire - the story idea is good, but i was super annoyed by the mc. Every “romance” was girls just falling for him and him fucking them in the first night while he didn’t really cared about how he treated them in their first night etc. Author said he want to display more charaktere and romance development, but i lost interest because i dislike the attitude of the mc to much
• My (idiot) Girlfriend Recommended Me a VR Game So I Tried Playing It. - good story idea and really nice and slow harem development. Sadly the writing/gramma is little lagging so often the feelings aren’t conveyed properly.

3) Recommended Mangas:

• The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You - looks really good, lot of fluff, good romance, family like harem setting
• Kanojo mo Kanojo - looks good, heartwarming and fluffy, huge comedy focus tho
• Umi no Misaki - slice of life with good romance development and fluff
• Kekkon Yubiwa Monogatari - not real harem setting jet, may be in the future, so i’ll wait

4) Recommended but not fitting:

• The Prophetress - only 30 chapters, no harem tag
• I Choose The Villain Duke - no harem, “evil” male lead
• Stealing Spree - i was warned by the author ( @Dyrem ) that the mc is quite despicable, i tried reading the first 2 chapters but had to agree with him and was really disgusted by the mc using girl and just throwing them away after. Not my thing :x Maybe he changes later, but i don’t know if i could “forgive” him.
• Godfather and Godson! - sorry, personally i just don’t like reading fanfiction of stories that i’m quite familiar with.
• My Future Husband is Inhuman! - no harem

@SecretWolf If you ever have time, could you maybe specify this long list that you posted like 8 days ago? xD There are so many novels on it and i can’t really figure out which of them could really fit :x
Atm i thought that The Sinful Life of The Emperor could be quite good (if the mc isn’t annoying) as well as Psychic Inventor of Cultivation World and Trash Techniques are Actually PRetty Efficient.

@GegeSadewa I already know most of the “normal” (outside of webnovel.com) webnovels you recommended. But 3 of them sound quite interesting and all 3 are finished. If you’ve finished reading them, could you maybe tell me a little about them? Especially about how much romance there is and how the harem is handled. And if there are any sad things that i should be aware of? Those three novels i’m talking of are: Legend of Ling Tian, MMORPG: Rebirth of the Legendary Guardian and Shura’s Wrath.

@NoWoRRyMaN @FunnyBuns pls no hard feelings here. Actually I understand where you both are coming from. I quite enjoy the story, the harem development is quite good and has a good buildup and development. BUT i also can understand why FunnyBuns has problems with it. I told you (Noworryman) before as well, that i think your writing stile is little lagging. You use quite simple writing and sentences and for some it may feel quite robotic because the characters never really questioning details. I really think that the story idea is great and i really enjoy how the harem is reasoned out. But you have to improve your writing to convey those things better to a broad readership because at the moment your characters sometimes feel little “lifeless” (or as Funnybuns named it “robotic”).

I hope I covered most novels that were mentioned. I may have skipped some suuper short, unfitting novels and some hugely popular novels outside of this website that i already know.

Fanjo i really wished there was a privat chat here :x sorry for everyone else who reads this, but i need to use some heavy spoiler :x
WARNING: Heavy SPOILER of Romatic Cultivator
So the first nameless girl... i know that she was displayed as the "bad" one and i've read the comments since i expected sad stuff. I still feel kinda bad that she died of reget etc. even if many comments hated her.
I also skipped the second bonus chapter with the "Princess" and the "third girl". The real problem started later when he met the third girl again and she died. That chapter overall was super sad. And i really dislike his "son" who was/is super annoying and even more that his son ended up with the other girl that previously was kinda teased as possible "harem member" (at least i felt like that, since i also felt bad for the first girl and he often said, that they look the same). So overall those two Chapters have been suuper sad and i really disliked them :/

Regarding the fox girl: I just skipped through the chapters now and... why does the mc suddenly feels so "evil"? Before he always was kinda nice and friendly, maybe little to "skirt chasing" in his past (300 years ago) but overall... now he tossed the woman in the coffin just in some corner, wanna sell the fox all the time, uses the fox (even if he don't know its a girl, its sill a animal) as towel etc... maybe it just should be a running joke that he treats the "god/immortal" woman badly... but after what happend before i really AT LEAST needed some comfort (since i still hoped that the third girl would be revived) but instead i get him mistreating another woman/animal.

NoWoRRyMaN maybe because of recent events... without reading the last 5 chapters or so... it was quite dark :x But i'll plan to write/add a list of recommendations that i enjoyed here later and yours will be on it, don't worry ;)

FunnyBuns Mhh, the separation, month and years is quite long... i can imagine that i would be annoyed by it as well :x But thats something i don't mind to figure out myself after the warning (its another thing with sad stuff... i really feel bad for quite some time with those things, so i just wanna avoid them in general)
And regarding the other two novels; Thanks for the example of Illicit, i can imagine trying/continuing reading it at some point. As i said above, the mc hasn't done anything i really despise. It may not have a high priority anymore, but if i am desperat looking for something to read... Prime Vampire... not so much. A lot would have to happen to his attitude how he treats woman (general and in bed) that i would give it another chance :x

GegeSadewa Leporidere DxD; I know the reason for his behaviour. But i think its still annoying and its just frustrating for the romance.
Dating Sim System --> read it before, but sadly it wasn't finished because of troubles with china goverment or something like that? Everyone Else is a Returnee --> I've read it... but romance was terrible... not existent i would say... only work work work, no time to really develop anything, no fluffy moments, nothing... 1/10 romance! :x

Regarding those other recommendations:

I will try to make a list of all the recommendations here. With several recommendations in one go its getting little hard to keep track of everything at the moment. So i plan to:
1. Write a list of every recommendation that was mentioned here.
2. Will try to sort them if i THINK they could fit my taste or not (including short explanation, so you can correct me if i did wrong to a novel)
3. I'll try to add a List of "good" Novels (Novels that i personally read after your recommendation) in my first post, just that ppl who are reading this thread to find something to read for them self don't have to read everything that was posted here)

So just give me 1-2 days for that and i hope that it will bring some order in everything =D I really enjoy the chat here and i'm really happy with the ongoing recommendations. Hopefully we can continue like that and don't loose track of previous topics. =D

edit: oh, i also stopped/paused reading Romantic Cultivator. Some things happend that i really really disliked and felt terrible for... The thing with his first girlfriend and what happend to her, then about the relationship he had after her 300 years ago... and what happend to her just now... i mean... wtf?? felt terrible! Skipped little ahead but couldn't find any positive development (am i wrong?) and only saw, that he mistreated a fox/girl terrible as new running joke and i was even more disappointed and disgusted by him :/

SecretWolf noooo!! Take the torch back! xD

na, for real i won't write much here :x i know that some have good reasons to dislike harems, some only have read "bad" harems and transferring that experience to the genre in general, and then there are some who just think its immoral and dislike it without discussion. Btw. often that is also going along with disliking yuri/yaoi and stuff like that. You can't really talk with those ppl i guess. I mean, in RL we still struggle to give same-sex marriage the same rights as others...

I just stated my opinion and maybe someone who just had a bad experience with one harem novel is willing to give the genre another chance

edit (again): btw. some also actually have realistic moral worries about harems, like female abuse etc. and thats actually valid. I personally don't mind incest in novels (as mentioned before, i even like sister-characters) but in RL there is a good reason why its immoral. And mainly not because of genetics, but just because young girls could be forced to stuff... arg, don't really want to talk about it, its super sad. But again 1. novel is fiction and 2. in a perfect setting with everyone being happy with it... why should anyone complain as long as they are happy =D

Personally i really like harem settings so let me explain why before you flame :x

I overall really enjoy romance stories. But i am just really really bad with sad stuff. Sadly in many normal romance stories that got quite long there are other girls that have feelings for the mc as well (lot less likely if its female lead tho) and i always felt terrible for them :/
So at some point i started to prefer stories were every girl cool be happy together with the mc.

But i also understand why many ppl dislike harem settings. Beside ppl like the thread owner, there are many who have actually good reasons; E.g. lag of reasoning, sacrificing good romance for harem plot etc. And i totally agree with that. I am really frustrated that many harem stories are only about a guy collecting girls like objects and thats it, often also overloaded with sex. And yeah, i really dislike this side of harem settings.
But at the end (for me personally) its a lot more important that every girl can have a happyend with the mc. And there ARE actually really cute harem settings. Often it gets really interesting if the male is not the only "reason" for everything. If the girls getting more attention and depth and care not only for the mc but also for each other... it can be really fluffy and especially those stories are really fun to read (in my opinion).

But again, in general i'm just terrible with sad stuff and harem settings are a great way to get a happyend for everyone.
And at the end, there are so many romance stories, just read what you enjoy =D

edit:
1. In general i am quite open for all kind of romance settings. I am fine with yuri and yaoi, i often cheer for the "sister characters" in animes to end up with "onii-chan" etc. So maybe thats why i also don't care about harem settings.
2. There are mainly two "reasoning" for a harem setup; Super alpha mc who just want all the girls and they just accept it somehow. And settings were the girls really not only care for the mc but also for each other (sometimes with borderline yuri) and it feels more like a family. Ofc there are mixed forms and other reasons, but those two main settings are quite common and as i said above, the second setting can be really cute and fluffy and i really enjoy those =D