u/EbonyOwls

Alright as the title says, I am looking for a harem novel that is like Sword Art Online. Heck it can be sword art online just with clear harem and name changes (I think there’s a harem novel based on the anime to love ru… so…). And the characters should be aged up obviously

If you don’t know what SAO is. It’s an anime where people put on virtual helmets to go into a virtual augmented video game world. And they get trapped…

Alright first thing first. I love isekai. And I read a lot of isekais that have SAO world feeling or video game feeling. That is not what I’m looking for, no isekai.

Just to better define it. Looking for a story where the setting is earth and then they can put on a artificial helmet to play a video game

I have read Bruce Sentra Dungeon Diving series. Just in case they think this will fit.

Whether it’s full slice of life or action , I can go for either.

Finishing up my novel, just in the final chapter before I do a month break before editing.

But as I was writing, I decided to make harem a more like… everyone CAN if they wish. It’s a whole thing but society accepts Harem.

Though that made me think… I read harem novels where the main male character are the only ones that get harem.

Some like Warlock or Return of High Mage where a specific people gets it but obviously it’s just a handful

Series like Herald of Shalia where it’s accepted but MMC is the major one.

Or Arsenal Bond where it’s accepted by society as polyamory.

The novel I am working on it’s basically just part of society. Obviously there is spectrums of it. I bet some of you would like it to be essential to the society compared to others.

All that said, as a reader or even writer, what is your preference of how harems apply to a harem lit novel. If you have written a book, talk about how you wrote it in (if it isn’t a spoiler you are uncomfortable sharing). Or readers, what are ways you wish a story to integrate a harem?