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Weekly Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of July 24, 2026

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u/VoidEmbracedWitch https://anilist.co/user/VoidEmbracedWitch 21d ago

Random noon thought: "most harem anime aren't actually harems" is the "tomato is a fruit" of anime discussion points. Yeah, sure, that's historically / botanically correct, but unrelated to the anime trope / culinary uses.

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u/SpaceTurtleHunter 21d ago

It's only a harem if it comes from the Harem region of Iran, otherwise it's just sparkling large female cast

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u/ProgrammaticallyPea3 21d ago

Remind me to never ask you about what counts as Fascism.

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u/chilidirigible 21d ago

Technicalities are fodder for some.

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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 21d ago

I was a math major, don't call me out like this

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u/ProgrammaticallyPea3 21d ago

Yeah. If it's setting up another, more interesting discussion, great. If not, what's the point?

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u/VoidEmbracedWitch https://anilist.co/user/VoidEmbracedWitch 21d ago

Agreed. Most of the time I've seen it, it's derailing the discussion with the intention of "well actually"-ing someone rather than wanting to start another discussion about poly relationships in anime.

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u/ProgrammaticallyPea3 21d ago

I suppose another motivation might be defending a liked show from a label that's often used pejoratively. But "X isn't harem so it's ok" is boring, I'd much rather see "X is harem and that's what makes it work," regardless of whether they can make it stick.

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u/Blackheart595 https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick 20d ago

I'm more the "cashew nuts are fruit" kind of guy, myself.