Harem is all about wishfulfilment: a situation where an average Joe becomes the most soughtafter person by attractive girls and is surrounded by them. This idea undoubtedly appeals to Eiji Kitahama props manager of a high school drama club. Hed love to have his own harem too despite the fact that hes unpopular and no one is romantically interested in him. The only girl around him is Rin Nanakura his junior from the same club. Here comes the question: how to make it a harem with this setup? Luckily our heroine comes up with a clever solution: be the harem. As an aspiring actress Rin joined the drama club to improve her acting and express her interest in it. The latter goes beyond that actually because shes also into her senpai. Through madeup harem personas she spends a lot of time with and gets closer to him. At the same time Eiji finally has his wish fulfilled just from one person thanks to Rin playing various harem personalities in front of him. Cool girl little devil tsundere its all archetypes youre already familiar with. She basically offers five different girls for the price of one simulating what it is like to have a harem. Hence this show is called Giji Harem Pseudo Harem At first each episode mostly runs as a series of short skits of our main couple. Isolated skits to be exact since each skit is loosely connected and wont lose much context if taken randomly. The highlight reellike format isnt much of an issue to me but jarring transitions between scenes are. Its a little bit faster than I used to as if they wanna move to from one setup to the next one ASAP. The good thing is the show improved later on where every episode was more structured and the pacing felt less rushed. It really took them a while to reach this point but as long as I can see these two tease each other thats what I stayed for. In terms of personal enjoyment I find the gag doesnt get stale quickly. The anime may heavily rely on its premise indefinitely for the sake of content but likeable characters and their dynamic really make the best of it. Rin is a kouhai you want to protect at all costs. Her cute face while acting her giggles and her noises are so addictive. I loved it when Eiji had a ton of fun from flirting with her various characters. He can be demanding sometimes with his requests for her to play certain trope but besides that hes goofy. The rest of the cast from other club members to our leads relatives are also great although they dont appear often. Pseudo Harem in general has simple production values. This is my first experience with Nomads work so all I can say is the animation does its job well. Although the background art and character designs arent visually stunning or anything they complement each other and dont feel out of place. Im not sure if its just me but the OSTs sound monotonous for the most part. Theres a certain melody in some theme songs which is fine but a little bit of variation wouldnt hurt them. Blouse by Gohobi https://www..com/watch?v=XV6H7KyFcwYis one of my favourite opening songs from this season while Rinchans Adlibhttps://www..com/watch?v=ib6xGN31BjE as ending theme is simply fun to listen to. On voice acting department every seiyuu knew what they were doing with their respective role. Saori Hayamis soft tone and Nobuhiko Okamotos hoarse voice perfectly fit the characters. One thing I notice here is that Hayamins voice doesnt really vary much when Rin is in harem mode. There were times I couldnt tell what persona she was playing. The director probably aimed for more realistic approach so a set of voices that sound completely different from each other wont work. Understandable if thats the case because her acting voices outside the harem schtick are pretty convincing. All in all Pseudo Harem is a pure fluff romance with no unnecessary drama you can watch to relax. The characters are likeable the interactions are sweet and the whole vibe is so wholesome. The title may turn people away but dont let it fool you because what youre about to miss is the ultimate monogamous harem experience.