Analysis / Haganai

• One can say that Haganai deconstructs several character types found in harem series:
  • Yozora, the Aloof Dark-Haired Girl, is just mean and misanthropic rather than being mysterious and alluring.
  • Sena, the perfect superhuman School Idol, is self-centered, near-universally disliked for it, and is socially incompetent as a result.
    • Sena and Rika are Otaku Surrogates, and the others consider their otaku behavior to be creepy and off-putting.
  • Yukimura, the guy who looks weirdly girly, really is a girl, and her gender confusion says disquieting things about the way she was raised.
  • Kobato, the Chuunibyou character, is a kid, because kids act like that.
  • Maria, the "unusually intelligent child", isn't necessarily more mature or sensible.
  • Kodaka is your dense harem lead archetype who's revealed to be simply faking being the archetype for personal reasons.
  • It's worth noting that Rika is the exception; her loveable sex maniac trait gives way to her more serious side. On the other hand, Kodaka is notably freaked out by it often enough. In a less serious series, no one would bat an eye at it.

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