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In RealLife, such a thing is called polygamy, and is frowned upon in many countries with the Middle East being the exception; and it is usually for producing continuations of the bloodline and having people to clean the house rather than love like above.

* ''{{Kanokon}}'' has an odd variation in which the guy in question doesn't even make the call; the last episode has [[spoiler: Chizuru and Nozomu agreeing to share Kouta.]]

* In ''MassEffect1,'' a renegade male Shepard can suggest this as a solution to the Ashley/Liara LoveTriangle. Ashley is not amused.

* In ''AiKora'', Hachibei explicitly says he plans to do this. Though this becomes especially implausible [[spoiler:after Tsubame-sensei gets a new boyfriend, and Kirino moves away after becoming an idol singer. He seems to have abandoned it completely in the final volume after [[LoveEpiphany realizing how much he loves Sakurako]].]]

*** And then if you add in the fact that his father had 108 wives (being Emperor) and that [[spoiler:Lelouch eventually becomes emperor as well...]] the possibility of this multiplies. Extremely quickly. Except, of course, that [[spoiler:dear Lulu is (supposedly) dead, fandom. Word of God says so.]]

* ''CodeGeass'' teases at this one in the second season. [[GenkiGirl Kaguya]], devoted fangirl and would-be wife of Zero/Lelouch, is perfectly okay with his supposedly eying other women like his bodyguard [[ActionGirl Kallen]] or his partner [[MysteriousWaif C.C.]], because as Kaguya puts it, "Heroes are known for loving many women", and comments that the three of them are united in their devotion to Zero. Not that he's been [[ChasteHero eying any woman at all, really]], but Kaguya ''does'' like to play TheDitz now and then...
** She's not completely wrong, either, though. Lelouch himself may be a ChasteHero, but C.C. has been sleeping in his bed from the beginning, and is the only one he trusts implicitly, and Kallen is only behind because of her own racial identity issues and questions of Lelouch's morality. Lelouch's attempt to wriggle out of her marriage proposal was pretty much accepted by every viewer, as well as Kaguya, to mean "I belong to C.C.". In addition, the three of them disappear at the end of the Black Rebellion, and reappear together. That Kallen is the only one of the three who socialises with anybody other than each other, and their free access to Lelouch's room - which is apparently also C.C.'s room - is the final nail in the idea. There's very few other conclusions.

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* In Robert Jordan's ''Wheel of Time'' series, Rand al'Thor is bonded as a warder (i.e. more than married...) to all three of his love interests: Min, Elayne and Avienda. This makes for some awkward sexy times, as all three women can telepathically sense one another.

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In RealLife, such a thing is called polygamy, and is frowned upon on most civilized countries with the Middle East being the exception; and it is usually for producing continuations of the bloodline and having people to clean the house rather than love like above.

* Brutally deconstructed in the ''SchoolDays'' anime: Things do not work out between the LoveTriangle and it ends with Makoto [[spoiler:being [[KnifeNut stabbed to death by Sekai]], who just [[BreakTheCutie can't take it anymore]]. Kotonoha later [[AxCrazy kills Sekai with a cleaver]], cuts her open to confirm she wasn't pregnant, and, apparently completely insane, leaves with [[OffWithHisHead Makoto's severed head]] in a gym bag.]]

* Happens in DearS by default, as Takeya ends up the only guy on a spaceship full of horny alien slavegirls in heat, which is going on a tour of the galaxy (two of them -- Ren and Miu -- were explicitly in love with him while still on Earth and two others -- Nyu and China -- have expressed attraction).

* As mentioned above, while the SchoolDays anime does NOY go this route, you can potentially get Makoto to score ''and'' stay with both Kotonoha and Sekai.

* In ''{{Bleach}}'', Orihime suggests something close to this effect. Though her feelings for Ichigo are [[strike: subtly]] obvious from the beginning of the manga, she eventually asks Rukia point-blank if she has feelings for Ichigo. Rukia denies this, and Orihime is actually ''disappointed'' because she feels that [[{{OT3}} if they both loved Ichigo]], they could ''[[FetishFuel gang up on him]]'' and the [[{{cloudcuckoolander}} "girls would win"]].

In RealLife, such a thing is called {{Polygamy}}, and is frowned upon on most civilized countries with the Middle East being the exception; and it is usually for producing continuations of the bloodline and having people to clean the house rather than love like above.

In RealLife, such a thing is called polygamy, and is frowned upon on most civilized countries with the Middle East being the exception; and it is usually for producing continuations of the bloodline and having people to clean the house rather than love like above.

See also Three and {{Polyamory}}. Contrast DumpThemAll and NoRomanticResolution.

The happiness of those involved depends on where on the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism the series is; the ''only'' way this kind of ending will not end in a perpetual warzone of a DysfunctionalFamily with an emotionally-dead HenpeckedHusband (''TenchiMuyoGXP'') or a bloodbath within the year (''SchoolDays'') is if the wives are also close friends who love ''each-other'' like sisters ([[DoubleEntendre or something]] [[{{Yuri}} else]]).

In {{Love Triangle}}s and [[LoveDodecahedron more complicated]] [[UnwantedHarem situations]], selecting just one suitor can prove to be a toughie. After all, the situation is there because he usually [[LoveYouAndEverybody likes every girl to a degree]] and doesn't want to break anyone's heart or make them leave his company. Even if he likes one particular girl, there's little guarantee that the rest will be [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy willing to accept his choice]], especially in long-running harem series. This often happens when the love polygon devolves into {{Nakama}} and infatuations become close friendships instead.

** This is actually deconstructed and then reconstructed in the same chapter. [[spoiler:According to Rika, the romantic situation at the end of [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi the Higurashi series]] turned into a NoRomanticResolution situation for several years until Rika was physically old enough to make her move on Keiichi, but [[ClingyJealousGirl the way she tried to catch Keiichi's notice]] nearly destroyed her and Keiichi's relationship with [[FirstGirlWins Mion]] and the rest of their friends (and considering that this is Higurashi, [[MurderTheHypotenuse it's not hard to imagine]] how ''that'' might've played out). Disaster was only averted at the last moment when a MarryThemAll solution was proposed by Rena and Satoko and accepted by the rest of the group.]] Even then, it's not an easy relationship to have; it only works because the whole group was an iron-clad {{Nakama}} before they were a harem, and each of the girls has enough self-esteem and love for their partners to not worry about him ever abandoning them.

* The MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha one-shot "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5505618/1/ Nanoha's Problem]]" takes the trope's second form to its logical extreme.

* The protagonist of ''{{Sekirei}}'' are rapidly heading for option 2. If they are not there already.
** And at least one secondary character seems to have gone for Option 2 already with his two Sekirei...
* Despite the implications of the opening quote from ''HayateTheCombatButler'', it seems that he's probably going to take the third route. Or at least take the next 40 years to clear his debt before he tries to choose anyone. Doubtful that any of the girls would be willing to wait until they're 50 for a conclusion.

* The idea of option 2 was actually raised in a recent ''RosarioPlusVampire'' chapter. Pretty much all of Tsukune's harem ''except'' Moka were almost immediately in favor of the idea.

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