lets hope

I dont think this will become a harem.
The sisters will love him as family (unless the one sister confesses) and that priestess will look at him with admiration.

Well know if it's a harem if the dragon becomes human!
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Fr like I’ve read multiple of interesting manga just to drop them coz it’s turning into a harem

Yep yep!

There's a kind of harem called collector's harem, where mc surrounds himself with all kinds of women that like/love/admire him but he doesn't "pick" any of them... really like a collector. They have no romance but a lot of ambiguity that makes readers think: do they (girls) like him or just friendship? And mc meddles in things related to them all the time like a normal harem. So in a way it is harem... and to me it can be more annoying than normal harem. There's no reason for them all to be girls asides fanservice.

Ooo!
I had never even heard of that kind of harem before!
I learned something new today thanks!!
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I hope so too. However, this kind of Manga is for young males. That's why it usually turns into harem (〜￣△￣)〜

As someone who reads harem, I feel like I can weigh in. While yes, there are "collector's Harem" manga, You shouldn't confuse them with the "Dense protagonist" Harem manga. If he knows that they like him and does not want to make a choice, ONLY THEN is it a collector's Harem. A perfect example of this is "Tenchi Muyo" or "No need for Tenchi" in English. The guy discovers that his Grandfather was an alien prince and he ends up getting an alien Harem out of it. And they made sure that he knew how they feel from the jump. And every spinoff is the same way with a different format. Just thought that you'd like to know.

Also, I agree that manga that don't set themselves up to be harem, shouldn't be harem. If I want harem, I'll search for harem. Especially halfway through the series!
Sometimes I just want to see a cool adventure or underdog manga. So, yeah, unexpected harem is annoying. It's messed up when it doesn't fit the story and is just there for fan service. Gurren Lagann is a perfect example of fan service done right. It has its fan service moments but doesn't take away from the story. I like harem and fan service but there a time and place for everything.

I meant, " I don't want them to switch genres Especially halfway through the series."

In most cases I'd agree with you... but I think the dense protagonist harem is too specific to apply to most of it... because most of them are not really dense but pretend not to notice their feelings to "keep peace" so... a collector's that acts like the dense...
Also... I include most of the manhwa harem in the collector's division... because it's not like the mcs are too dumb/dense to notice their feelings, he just doesn't care if they like him or not as long as they are useful to him in some way.
Actually more than that... I use it to describe the kind of harem where mc doesn't get intimate with the women around him. You see, there's a lot of comics where 90% of characters are females that like, admire, are interested and have positive feelings towards mc in general but don't actively hit on and get together with him... and a lot of people use this lack of romantic situations to justify it as not being harem. Even tho we know that if mc confessed to any of them they'd accept. The best way to categorize it to me is the collector's harem... mc keeps them all around (in the collection) but doesn't get romantically involved (uses) with any of them...
But if you have a better term for it is good too... honestly I use it cuz many people get the concept of keeping a lot of it but not using it better... like people that but 2 copies of a book, one to read and one to keep or 2 sets of magic/pokemon/yugioh cards... one to play and one as collection... ╮(￣▽￣)╭

Yo... I found a new kind of harem I hate as much as the unexpected! The ones where at least half of it is the POV and focused on the love interests instead of focusing on mc and the plot... think about that arc of SAO that was all about Asuna and Kirito barelly appeared... not only are the women kinda annoying but it also feels like fillers os adds midst movie... it kinda breaks the pace/flow of the comic... even more so if it's advertised as action/adventure...

Same. If switch to better its fine.
But if not. Uuuggghhh

Don't talk to me about SAO. I hated the 2nd season. They had a plot point all around the MC'S female cousin falling in love with him TWICE!! And that's just one of the issues that I have with SAO. After the 2nd season, I lost all interest in SAO as a whole.

Yeah, but pretending not to know or knowing and not choosing, those are the same thing. I'm talking specifically about protagonists that truly believe that he's unloved and unwanted. A good example of this is a manga about a guy that just wants to marry a beautiful woman but fails at every turn. The first girl was dating him up until the point that he left somewhere for a bit and came back. He came back to find out that the hero snatched her up and used the king's royal decree to force her into a marriage with the hero. He then ran away into the woods out of grief and ate a bunch of mushrooms. He suddenly became overpowered and began traveling around while looking for a wife. However, after solving the female of the week's problems, he falls in love with said girl, she likes him but rejects him anyways because duty or other nonsense before almost immediately regretting it and joins up with the other harem members who are failing to catch up to him but somehow knows exactly where he been. And he has no idea that they are looking for him.

This is what I mean. No pretending. He clearly doesn't know.

I don't think I've read that one... but as you explained in it mc has a clear reason to not know/believe they are into him right? He have a sort of trauma regarding relationships... that is a valid reason.

My problem with the dense protagonist trope is that it's overused and exagerated to the point it's unbelievable. Like, you can't for the life of me convince me a guy in a party with 3 girls that do anything for him fight each other for his attention and pick fights with any girl he interacts with... and literally trow themselves into him at any opportunity.... that this guy doesn't see their clear interest in him? That's hard to believe... and it gets worse when more women get added to the admirers list... a guild receptionist, a store owner/clerck etc... at some point you can't help but think that either he's pretending or too dumb to have this many women into him...

Honestly there's a couple harem that I get happening... RE:Monster is one of them... to me a plausible harem needs to have an mc that's good enough to justify it... and it's not just about him being op strong... dude needs to have the charisma for it... but most guys are just... decent human beings... think Bela from twilight... a bland girl with a vamp and werewolf fighting over her... xD

I guess most of all I'm just tired of everyone around mc being either women or unattractive men...

Yeah, that is way to common. I think they are trying (and failing) to give the impression that the people of that world are so cruel that the MC'S kindness is refreshing. It's really bad sometimes.

I stumbled this series in yt manga recap, can I ask for the tittle?

If I knew, I would be rereading it now. I'll try looking for it again. I'll tell you when I find it.