User blog comment:B214/General Discussion/@comment-3965848-20170411212451/@comment-10330822-20170411220948

Too much Film Theory indeed.

You should know that #1 was is so cliche is almost a troope, that's how so many of these harem series work. The MC is either completely oblivious and the girls actively work against the others without anyone confessing, or its number 1, and MC's like that can barely be called men.

I don't think I've ever seen #3, usually the MC isn't putting on an act so much as so he is unassuming, which is to said he's laid-back.