@sn99 Most harem authors are just riding on the popularity of the genre and don't really care enough about it to actually finish their works with true harem endings anyway, it's saddening. It's always been like this though, even with authors that say they love the genre and wish there were more of it (Ken Akamatsu back then) but then they also don't finish their works in a proper fashion. Just get the harem series from like, 2000 to nowadays and you'll hardly see actual good endings. Jitsu wa Watashi wa,
, Rosario + Vampire, Kaminomi, Nisekoi, Hatsukoi Zombie, you name them, are good works but when it comes to their endings, they leave a lot to be desired. Poligamy is not really seen in a good light by the Japanese and that reflects on their works. Sadge, but true.
However, I feel that nowadays things are getting better, at least on the Light Novel side of things. Manga are still falling a bit behind on this, but Visual Novels are just as good as they were back then, which is good.
@Gluteus There are some who say "It's not about the destination, but the journey" but that's dumb thinking imo and I also find it disappointing, all that character development being thrown out of the window is painful to watch, I don't know how the authors have the guts to do it to their own works tbh.