Trope Name Proposal

[soc_puppet]

So we've got some established names for the common tropes of "harem series" (where the main character is a guy and has female love interests falling all over him left, right, and center), and "reverse harem series" (where the main character is a gal and has male love interests falling for her left, right, and center). But there are other options! I propose the following term names:

- Inverse Harem Series, for pure yuri harem series such as Strawberry Panic (I think?), where the main character is a gal and has lots of gals falling in love with her
- Double Reverse Harem Series, for a pure BL harem series such as Kyou Kara Maou, where the main character is a guy and has lots of guys falling in love with him
- Bisexual+ Harem Series, for a series like My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom, where the main character may be of any gender and has lots of characters of any gender falling in love with them

I'm not sure what to do with any series where the main character is agender or nonbinary or otherwise does not fit into a neat gender category, or if it changes at all depending on the gender(s) of the people interested in them. Bisexual+ Harem would fit regardless, but do NB x M and NB x W get different names? What about NB x NB? M x NB or W x NB? The term "Sideways Harem" comes to mind as a possibility, but would it be for all of those options, or just one? If just one, which one?

More thought and input are required.

Comments

[soc_puppet]

There aren't enough of them! I came up with one for Anime Twine Con, and I think that "Full Clearing Another World Under a Goddess with No Believers"* might qualify, but other than that... Yeah, "My Next Life as a Villainess" is the only one I can think of that really fits the bill. There need to be more!

I guess Ouran High School Host club might also fit? Kinda? Slightly? It's hampered somewhat by the fact that none of the girls who fawn over Haruhi know she's a girl (or some flavor of genderqueer, etc), but with so few options...


* So far, mostly a traditional harem series, but has one male character who is written a lot like a love interest. No idea what, if anything, canon will be doing with him, and also I've only read the first three books, so. I would also be quite pleased if the character in question turns out to be a trans girl instead, but I'm not holding my breath.