Shout Out / Harem Prince

Being a series about otaku culture, there are plenty of Shout Outs, Take Thats, Expies, and more to be found in Harem Prince.

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Chapter 1

• Title: Why I'm Not Popular, a possible reference to the latter half of Watamote's English Title. It helps that Takuhiko and Keiichi are basically male versions of Tomoko and Yuu.
• The novel opens with a girl Late for School with a piece of toast in her mouth.
• Takuhiko argues that she towers both Shana and Taiga Aisaka.
• Takuhiko's room is littered with merchandise from Lucky Star and Himouto! Umaru-chan.

Chapter 2

• Misery's introduction has him wearing a Marilyn Manson T-shirt.
• One of the girls Takuhiko tries to flirt with wears a Haruhi Suzumiya headband, has a keychain of the Great Dango Family, and has a bento of Pikachu.
• Takuhiko straight out says that Lucky Star is his favorite anime ,along with the girl's phone case. One of her's meanwhile is Black Butler ,much to Takuhiko's chagrin.
• Takuhiko asks is one girl is she's an angel in the Evangelion or Angel Beats! sense. He also asks if she's an alien robot.

Chapter 3

• Title: Lost In Google Translation just remove one word and you get a romance movie that happens to involve an American in Japan.
• Takuhiko expresses intrest in joining an Amusement or Service Club.
• Takuhiko refers to Misery as the Edward Scissorhands-looking kid.
• Takuhiko doesn't count the Occult Club from K-On! as one due to dealing with aliens as opposed to magic.
• Two of Google's Translation Trainwreck are references to a famous example of this
  • "Let's go to the beach" becomes "My Hovercraft is Full of Squids"
  • "I'm going for a swim" becomes "the swim power is together with you"
• Even the third one is a reference since "The cicadas are trying to eat me" was originally "My favorite anime is Higurashi".
• Neko's story about her past life is a rip-off Sailor Moon, but with cats and bunnies that are a Little Bit Beastly.
• Takuhiko claims to be more attractive than a male Final Fantasy character.

Chapter 4

• Takuhiko's casual wear consists of Chiaki Nanami's hoodie.
• The guy trying to flirt with Aya wants to make like Rena Ryuguu and take her home with him.
• Aya is also smarter than the average Loli according to him.

Chapter 5

• Title: Master of Idols
• This line is surprisingly the only music reference despite being the introduction of Mai
  Takuhiko: MY☆UTA IS NO LONGER MAKING MUSIC! OF COURSE, I'M NOT OKAY! THIS IS IT! THE APOCALYPSE!
• Takuhiko wishes Aya was a child teacher like Negi Springfield ,but with the potential for boobs.
• Takuhiko's fake terrorist group is named Cobra Hydra on the spot.
• Cobra Hydra also asks if Mai is a bad enough gal to save the president's....daughter
• Takuhiko compares Aya's acting to the kid in Troll 2.
• Takuhiko says that he got his inspiration from Resident Evil 4. Cue Misery pointing out how Osmond failed giving us the possibility of being a Resident Evil fan.

Chapter 6

• Title: The Adorable Omen
• Takuhiko describes the possessed Misery as a male Sadako that isn't a Hermaphrodite.
• He also comments that the only thing that could make his creeper if his eyes were sockets oozing with hyper-realistic blood.
• Neko of all people gives us a brief history of the terms Loli and Shota.
  • Takuhiko admits that he thought the Shotaro Kaneda she was talking about was the one from AKIRA.
• Apparently Takuhiko doesn't like Doraemon and Yo Kai Watch.
• Turushno is convinced that Sakutaro should be his consultant similar to the Evil Overlord List.
• Sakutaro claims that girls are the only reason Chipmunks movies keep getting made.
  • Word of God confirmed that this also serves as a reference to The Nostalgia Critic's review of the first movie.