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Freshest News: Private Bodyguard Indo drama, Fortune-Telling Lady on Tapas and a lot more webtoons returning and completed

The novel Private Bodyguard will be adapted into a live adaptation. The story started as AU (Alternate Universe) or fan fiction of the Korean group, NCT Dream, on the X app. The drama will premiere on Viu starting March 8, 2024. Source: Viu Four popular boys, who are also brothers, are shocked when an orphan girl they often fight at school is suddenly adopted by their parents, but as they grow closer, they might find that having a sister to protect and becomes their voice of reason might be exactly what they needed. The movie adaptation of Glass Heart light novel will premiere in 2025 on Netflix. More info on Netflix (This is not a confirmed reverse harem but I'm going to keep tabs on this. If it's not a reverse harem, you did not get it from me 😙) Glass Heart tells the story of Akane Saijo, a college student and aspiring drummer, who finds herself suddenly kicked out of her band. However, things take a turn when the brilliant musician Naoki Fujitani stumbles upon her talent a...

Freshest News: Anyway, I'm Falling In Love With You manga gets an anime adaptation, True Beauty anime clip, The Men Who Live With Me cdrama short and more!

  Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You manga is getting an anime adaptation. There's no other information available yet except that Clamp posted the cover of Nakayoshi magazine which included a TV anime adaptation of the said manga. Source: ANN  Also check out the volume 1 review . Mizuha's seventeenth birthday is the pits. Her parents totally forgot, and the senpai she likes isn't interested in her. But when her longtime childhood friend asks her out, Mizuha has to sort out what this change could mean…and all in the middle of a global pandemic! The True Beauty clip was shown at the IGN Fan Fest. The anime adaptation of the webtoon/manhwa was first announced in November 2023. Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs in 2024. Source: Crunchyroll  (The reverse harem element is weak, it is mainly a love triangle.) Yen Press has licensed The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess Short Story Collection manga. It is set for release in August 2024. Source: ANN  Se...

Manga Review: Monster and Parent manga Vol.1

Monster and Parent Vol. 1 manga story and art by: Ichi Sayo Saika lost her mom and was adopted by a distant relative. The catch is that she has to raise a godling together with her three new good-looking stepbrothers. A review copy was provided by the publisher, Jnovel.  We have here the quintessential orphan-to-found family/ stepbrothers/ cohabitation situation. Idol raising and other show business-related raising is not something new in reverse harem and shojosei, but behold we now have god-raising. Saika is tasked to become like a parent to a godling who will become a beast god someday.  Even though the mangaka is intentional in writing the reverse harem, it doesn't feel like an all-out fan service manga which is good by the way. And for a first volume, I like the flow of the god-raising story interspersed with the beginnings of the reverse harem element.    It didn't go with the insta-love or love-at-first-sight route and it worked. Saika is struggling with ...

Freshest News: The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess manga gets anime adaptation and Doctor Elise manhwa on Tapas

The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess (Tensei Akujo no Kuro Rekishi) manga is getting an anime adaptation. The manga was originally planned to run for three issues only but became a regular serialization after positive responses from readers. Yen Press has licensed the manga in English. Source: MAL   Konoha Satou has a dark history, written throughout middle school—a fantasy adventure of love and magic about the Count’s daughter Konoha Magnolia and the knights who love her! But when it looks like that dark history is going to be uncovered by her mother, Konoha panics and dies in a traffic accident! Opening her eyes, she finds that she’s been reincarnated into the world of her own dark history as Iana Magnolia, the worst villainess of her own creation! It is not a confirmed reverse harem but: 1.) It's tagged as a reverse harem on Manga Updates. 2.) Look at the manga covers and the commemorative illustration of the anime announcement from the mangaka above. 3.) Goodreads co...

Freshest News: Fighting For Love Release cdrama started airing, new webtoons: Lia's Bad Ending, One Too Many Supporting Male Lead & The World of Dating and more!

Here are the latest (seemingly) reverse harem titles from the most recent to the oldest:  Fighting For Love cdrama on iQiyi Release Date: January 31, 2024 The story follows Amai, a female general of the founding era of the Southern Xia dynasty, who discards her feminine attire and dons battle armor, enduring hardships to become a legendary female warrior. Amai (Zhang Tianai), the daughter of the Duke of Jingguo in Southern Xia, witnesses her entire family being killed by her childhood friend Chen Qi. Years later, Amai, now a young girl, disguises herself as a man and roams the martial world, seeking revenge against Chen Qi. Through a series of coincidences, Amai saves Shang Yizhi (Zhang Haowei), the son of the Grand Princess, and subsequently helps him escape from dangerous situations multiple times, intertwining their destinies. As war breaks out, Amai sheds her feminine attire and joins the military, becoming an infantry soldier. With her exceptional military talents, she achiev...