Here are the reverse harem anime and dramas airing for summer. I've included kinda reverse harem too (see Levels of Reverse Harem) while some are unconfirmed.
I will update with First Impression and Review links once available. I've added order links, as an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying purchases.
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Roads Lead to Doom Season 2 anime
Based on light novel
Release Date: July 2, 2021
First Season Synopsis: Eight-year-old Katarina Claes hits her head and realized she's a teenage otaku who's now living her life inside the Fortune Lover game. And as the title has given away...in a villainess role. She's doing her best to circumvent the routes that will lead to her doom.
IDOLiSH7: Third Beat! Season 3 First Cour (NOT A REVERSE HAREM)
Based on mobile game
Release Date: July 4, 2021 (but eps 1-3 were released in advance on June 13, 2021)
Obey Me! (NOT A REVERSE HAREM)
Based on mobile game
Release Date: July 16, 2021
The player is gender-neutral who is selected to become an exchange student at RAD, a school for demons. Awaiting the protagonist are seven demon brothers each with a unique personality.
Based on otome mobile game Ikemen Vampire
Release Date: July 2, 2021
The main character of the story is Haruko Ohara (Takeda), who works as a sales assistant at a web production company. I longed for Shingo Iwata (Someya), a senior at the company, but for Haruko, it was a flower of Takamine and was out of reach. One day, when I installed a romance game, Napoleon (Hama) appeared from the screen. Napoleon, who teaches a wise saying that "helps to find happiness," and Haruko, who is not confident in herself and cannot move forward in love or work, have begun a mysterious living together.
A Female Student Arrives at the Imperial College cdrama (not a confirmed reverse harem)
Based on novel
Release Date: August (unconfirmed)
From MDL: Story of the only daughter of the Grand Marshal, Sang Qi, who becomes the only female student at the Imperial College due to a gamble. She was tasked to make Yan Yunzhi, the number one young master of Yan Kingdom, accept her embroidered pouch and her invitation to the Lantern Festival. If she does not succeed, she must replace the famed musician to perform in the festival. Initially, Sang Qi thought this would be an easy task. However she was chased away each and every time she went to Yan Manor. When she knew that Yan Yunzhi is studying at the Imperial College, she decides to enter the college in order to complete her mission. After numerous begging and persuasion attempts by her father, the Emperor finally accepts Sang Qi's requests to enroll into the Imperial College. Thus with her good childhood friend Zhuo Wenyuan and other brocade-uniformed young masters, she embarks on campus life and becomes the only female student to be enrolled in the Imperial College in history.
F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers (NOT A REVERSE HAREM)
Based on manga
Release Date: August (unconfirmed)
From MDL: Gorya is a low-class girl accepted into a prestigious university attended by the wealthy. The school is ruled by an elite clique known as the F4, consisting of 4 rich, handsome, and spoiled boys. Gorya is the only one that stands up to their bullying ways, leaving all the boys in awe, especially Thyme, the group's leader. Almost instantly smitten by Gorya, Thyme romantically pursues her, but she has no interest in him because of first impressions. She then falls for his best friend Ren, but Ren is in love with his childhood love. In all the chaos of school, Gorya can't help but find herself falling for Thyme because of his generosity to her and her family, and his change of character.
Here are the release dates of licensed reverse harem manga, light novels, and more! Some are not confirmed reverse harem or may fall under a different level. It's hard for me to catch up on all ongoing titles, but instead, I will focus on reviewing newly released titles.
Moving forward, I will not include otome games anymore since I do not review them at the moment and to focus more on other published titles like webcomics etc.
Yona of the Dawn Volume 30 manga
Release Date: June 1, 2021
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Vol. 1 Synopsis: A red-haired princess loses her family and her kingdom… Now she must rise and fight for her throne! Princess Yona lives an ideal life as the only princess of her kingdom. Doted on by her father, the king, and protected by her faithful guard Hak, she cherishes the time spent with the man she loves, Su-won. But everything changes on her 16th birthday when tragedy strikes her family! Yona reels from the shock of witnessing a loved one’s murder and having to fight for her life. With Hak’s help, she flees the palace and struggles to survive while evading her enemy’s forces. But where will this displaced princess go when all the paths before her are uncertain?
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I Swear I Won't Bother You Again! Vol. 1 manga (not a confirmed reverse harem)
based on light novel
Release Date: June 8, 2021
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The proud and beautiful daughter of the duke, Violette, has been thrown into prison after committing a crime of passion out of jealousy towards her half-sister, Maryjune. Condemned to jail time, Violette reflects on her actions and repents for her sins. As she does so, time begins to rewind and Violette returns to one year ago, when she first met her sister. Violette determines not to go down the wrong path this time, and to become a nun instead. However contrary to her wishes, she still ends up attracting all the wrong kinds of attention...?!
The Emperor’s Lady-in-Waiting Is Wanted as a Bride Vol 1 light novel (not a confirmed reverse harem)
Release Date: June 10, 2021
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Qatora was once a valiant knight of the Razanate Empire who gave her life to protect a young imperial noble. The tragedy cast her into the primordial Light of Origin, which not only revealed to her a dangerous secret... but also reincarnated her! She now lives as Lyse Winslette, the humble daughter of a poor baron in a neighboring country, who is doing everything in her power to keep her distance from the empire because of the forbidden knowledge she possesses. Lyse thus works her days away at the royal palace of Olwen as a lady-in-waiting. And she’s rightfully mortified when she’s chosen to attend the visiting Razanate emperor. Little does she know that she’s about to learn another state secret that’s going to land her... an engagement to an imperial knight?! She’ll have to use all her skills—from this life and her last—to get out of this mess. Yet what is this strange feeling when she touches her fiancé’s hand? Just who is Sidis, and what secrets is HE keeping?
I Refuse To Be Your Enemy Volume 6 light novel final volume (not a confirmed reverse harem)
Release Date: June 11, 2021
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Vol 1. Synopsis: From an early age, Kiara has been plagued with dreams of another world—dreams in which a girl she doesn't recognize plays a strategy RPG called “Farzia: Kingdom at War”. Farzia is, in fact, the same kingdom where Kiara currently lives. Oh, and one other thing: there's an enemy character who's also named Kiara, though her name is Kiara Credias. Naturally, as with any other RPG villain, this enemy is slain by the heroes. So when her adoptive father, Count Patriciél, orders her to marry Viscount Credias, Kiara comes to a horrifying realization: perhaps those “dreams” were visions of things to come! She hatches a plan to get the hell out of Dodge and create a new future for herself—one where she STAYS ALIVE, thank you very much!
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Release Date: June 15, 2021
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Vol. 1 Synopsis: Midori is a high-schooler with a part-time job at a café-bar. Unfortunately, her job's against the rules at her school, and when the principal finds out, he makes her a deal: Convince three boys who've stopped coming to school to return, and her transgression will be overlooked. Now, she needs to find a way into the lives of these not-so-sweet boys... one of whom just happens to be her crush!
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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Volume 9 light novel
Release Date: July 1, 2021
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Vol. 1 Synopsis: After hitting her head particularly hard one day, Duke Claes' daughter, Katarina, suddenly recalls all the memories of her past life: that of a teenage Japanese girl. Just before her untimely death, this girl recalls playing an otome game... that is exactly like the world she's living in now! She is now Katarina Claes, the antagonist of the otome game, who nastily hounded the protagonist until the end. Knowing all the possible outcomes of the game, she realizes that every single possible route ends with Katarina being murdered or exiled! In order to avoid these Catastrophic Bad Ends, she has to use her knowledge of the game and her own wiles, starting with breaking off this engagement with the prince... Will Katarina survive while making her way through this world, where bad flags trip at every turn? Find out in this reverse-harem rom-com, led by everybody's favorite villainess!
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Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower Volume 2 light novel
Release Date: July 9
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Vol. 1 Synopsis: Rimi has spent most of her life making food for the protector god of the land. She is suddenly sent as a tribute to the great empire of Konkoku, becoming one of the emperor’s concubines. She comes close to losing the taste of her home country, but she is saved by the cuisinologist Shusei. As she dreams of a reunion with the kind scholar, she does her best to survive in the envy-filled rear palace with the help of her natural cheerfulness and her skill as a cook. Then out of nowhere, she is arrested and sentenced to be executed on the charge of disrespecting the emperor! How will Rimi get out of this mess? Find out in this China-inspired fantasy story about a princess and her love for food surrounded by gorgeous men.
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Pretty Boy Detective Club Volume 1 manga (NOT A REVERSE HAREM)
based on light novel
Release Date: July 13, 2021
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A mysterious group known as the Pretty Boy Detective Club is rumored to solve (and perhaps cause) most of the trouble at Yubiwa Academy—in a strictly unofficial, undercover, uncommercial capacity, of course. In order to find a star she glimpsed ten years ago, second-year Mayumi Dojima enlists the Pretty Boy’s aid, and gets much more than she bargained for! When they run up against a shadowy organization called the Twenties, stargazing is suddenly the least of their worries. Mayumi’s entire future is in jeopardy, and the Pretty Boy Detective Club must race to solve the Mystery of the Dark Star before time runs out!
Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter Vol. 2 light novel (not a confirmed reverse harem)
Release Date: July 29, 2021
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Volume 1 Synopsis: Iris Armelia, the daughter of a powerful duke, is arrested and forced to her knees in front of her fiancé. Her betrothed, Prince Edward, is rejecting her for another woman! As Iris's life flashes before her eyes, she suddenly realizes she knows exactly what's coming next--because she has been reincarnated into her favorite otome game as its villainess. Quick thinking saves her from exile, but Iris can't rest yet. If she wants to survive this world that sees her as wicked, she'll have to change the world itself.
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Mia and the Forbidden Medicine Report Vol. 2 light novel
Release Date: July 30, 2021
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Volume 1 Synopsis: During an age of magic, Mia Baumann is born in a prosperous country where the greatest fear is illness. Ever since her sick mother was wrenched away from her and locked behind the walls of the Sanatorium, Mia fought to get accepted by the prestigious Royal Academy as a Pharmacology student in order to find a cure for her disease. Demon Claw and Angel Tears are the two malevolent diseases that ravaged Isea Kingdom after they conquered the small island nation of Radius. The first is highly infectious and its victims are quarantined; the second drives mages insane. After admission to the academy, the unthinkable happens—Mia forms a cross-department research team with the nobleman law student Felix, the valedictorian medical student Henrik, and the bear-like mage Mathias. However, there are others who will do anything to stop the team from discovering the dark secrets behind these two diseases. Find out if Mia will stand her ground despite bullying, isolation, and magic
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Yona of the Dawn of the Dawn Vol. 31 manga
Release Date: August 3, 2021
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Release Date: August 3, 2021
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Vol. 1 Synopsis: Into this fierce milieu steps Kamiya Seizaburo, a young would-be warrior who, though lacking in combat experience, possesses a fiery enthusiasm to both aid the Mibu-Roshi in their mission and to avenge his wrongfully murdered family. One of the Mibu-Roshi's most gifted (and immature) swordsmen, the legendary Okita Soji, agrees to take Seizaburo under his wing. What no one suspects, least of all Soji, is that Seizaburo is actually a girl named Tominaga Sei in disguise!
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I Swear I Won't Bother You Again! Vol.2 manga (not a confirmed reverse harem)
Release Date: August 3, 2021
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Unsung Requiem: The Ghost Bird Series: #13 book
Release Date: August 24, 2021
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Vol. 1 Synopsis: With an agoraphobic mother and a barely-there father, Sang abhors the isolation keeping her in the shadows. The only thing Sang craves is a fresh start and to be accepted as ordinary by her peers, because for her being different meant being cast out alone. When her family moves to a new school district, Sang infiltrates a group of boys nearly perfect in every way. Grateful for an influence outside of her parents’ negativity, she quickly bonds with the boys, hoping to blend in and learn from them what it means to have a natural relationship with friends. Only the boys have secrets of their own and they’ll do anything to keep her safe from the knowledge of the mysterious Academy that they've sworn allegiance to. Bit by bit, Sang discovers that her friends are far from the normalcy she expected. Will her loyalty change when she's forced to remain in the dark, or will she accept that she's traded one house of secrets for another? Meet Kota, Victor, Silas, Nathan, Gabriel, Luke and North in a story about differences and loyalty, truth and mystery, friendships and heart-throbbing intimacy. The Academy, ever vigilant.
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Those Not-So-Sweet Boys Volume 4 manga (Not a confirmed reverse harem)
Release Date: August 31 2021
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