Pseudo Harem

• Ja Kanji — 疑似ハーレム • Ja Romaji — Giji Hāremu • Genre — Romantic comedy

• Type — manga • Author — Yū Saitō • Publisher — Shogakukan • Imprint — Shōnen Sunday Comics Special • Magazine — * Self-published (June 20, 2018 – March 5, 2021) Monthly Shōnen Sunday (January 12, 2019 – March 12, 2021) • First — June 20, 2018 • Last — March 5, 2021 • Volumes — 6

• Type — tv series • Director — Toshihiro Kikuchi • Producer — * Takanori Matsuoka • Masayuki Yaguchi • Yuuki Konishi • Shinji Oomori • Tatsuya Ono • Writer — Yūko Kakihara • Music — Takeshi Watanabe • Studio — Nomad • Licensee — * Crunchyroll • Network — Tokyo MX, BS Fuji, AT-X • First — July 5, 2024 • Last — September 20, 2024 • Episodes — 12

• Portal — yes Pseudo Harem, also known as Giji Harem, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yū Saitō. It was posted as a webcomic on Saitō's Twitter account from June 2018 to March 2021, and was later parallelly serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday from January 2019 to March 2021, with its chapters collected into six tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Nomad aired from July to September 2024.

Eiji Kitahama, a second-year high school student, yearns for popularity more than anything. His days are filled with dreams of being surrounded by admiring peers. Enter Rin Nanakura, his junior in the drama club, who decides to use her extraordinary acting skills to help Eiji achieve this lofty goal. With her talent, she crafts a harem of loving girls, each one showering Eiji with affection. But behind these diverse characters is Rin herself, and her feelings for Eiji are genuine, though Eiji remains completely unaware. As Eiji receives attention from the various "girls", he is enchanted by Rin's performances. Her colorful and dynamic acting brings joy to his life, leaving him wondering if the actress behind these roles will ever find a way into his heart. The line between reality and performance blurs, creating a drama of its own in which Eiji might discover that the most genuine love comes from the one person who had been there all along.

• Eiji Kitahama • Nobuhiko Okamoto • Eiji is a member of the Drama Club who is also Rin's senior. His wish is to be popular and have a harem, just like in manga. To fulfill his wish, Rin acts out many archetypes in hopes for her to color his world. He often mistakes Rin's actions of affection as method acting, as he is largely unaware she is in love with him. It is later revealed that he fell in love with Rin at first sight. • Rin Nanakura • Saori Hayami • Rin is a member of the Drama Club who is a method actress. She gets into comedic situations with Eiji in which she poses as different archetypes such as "imp-chan", "tsundere-chan" and "cool-chan". She has a huge crush on Eiji, but Eiji himself is often unable to properly decipher her feelings due to her acting skills. At the end of the series, she becomes an actress and she and Eiji marry. • Ayaka Nanakura • Mai Narumi • She is the younger sister of Rin. She is an elementary school student. • Motokuni Nakayama • Junichi Suwabe • Nakayama is a clubmate of Eiji and Rin who is also the member of the Drama Club. • Tsuguto Iwata / Tsu-chan • Kōji Yusa • Iwata is a member of the Drama Club who works as a scriptwriter. He is also good at telling ghost stories. • Megu • Maria Abo • She is a student at Kouban High and a close friend of Rin. • Kiri Shirasawa • Minako Sato • She is a first-year student who is a part of the Drama Club. She admires Rin.

Written and illustrated by Yū Saitō, Pseudo Harem was first posted as a webcomic on Saitō's Twitter account from June 20, 2018, to March 5, 2021. The manga was subsequently serialized in parallel in Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday from January 12, 2019, to March 12, 2021, collecting its chapters into six tankōbon volumes, released from March 12, 2019, to April 12, 2021.

An anime television series adaptation was announced on April 10, 2023. It is produced by Nomad and directed by Toshihiro Kikuchi, with Yūko Kakihara handling series scripts, Yoshihisa Sato designing the characters, and Takeshi Watanabe composing the music, with Pony Canyon credited for music production. The series aired from July 5 to September 20, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Blouse" performed by Gohobi, while the ending theme song is "Ad-lib" performed by Saori Hayami as her character Rin Nanakura. Crunchyroll streamed the series. Medialink licensed the series in East and Southeast Asia for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.