Pseudo Harem (2024)

[疑似ハーレム]

Director: Toshiro Kikuchi
Studio: Nomad
Starring: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Saori Hayami, Mai Narumi
Episodes: 12

Synopsis:
A talented new member of the drama club shows off her acting chops by creating a one-woman harem for her stagehand upperclassman.

Impressions:
The premise here caught my interest and with Saori Hayami playing the lead female, I was sufficiently hooked. This is a fun, relatively low-impact little romcom with a nicely quirky couple and no real obnoxious bull like what we see in a few of the less charming romcoms of the season. The main premise gets lost a bit after a mid-season pivot, and there are a few payoffs along the way that the showrunners play coy with, but the charm remains and those denied payoffs get saved for the finale. It's nothing terribly deep, but it's a nice fun watch and well worth giving it a shot.

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