Harem Marriage

Harem Marriage (Japanese: ハレ婚。, Hepburn: Hare-Kon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by NON [ja]. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine from July 2014 to June 2019, with its chapters collected in nineteen tankōbon volumes. A nine-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast from January to March 2022.

Harem Marriage
Cover of the first volume
ハレ婚。 (Hare-Kon)
Genre	Drama, romance[1]
Manga
Written by	NON [ja]
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA (digital)
Magazine	Weekly Young Magazine
Original run	July 23, 2014 – June 17, 2019
Volumes	19
Television drama
Directed by	Takashi Ninomiya Kana Yamada
Written by	Kana Yamada
Original network	ABC
Original run	January 16, 2022 – March 13, 2022
Episodes	9
Manga
Harem Marriage seconds!
Written by	NON
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Weekly Young Magazine
Original run	January 17, 2022 – March 19, 2022
Volumes	1

Plot

Koharu finds that her boyfriend was a married man, who was cheating on his wife with her, and was the third guy to do so in a row. Desolate, Koharu decides to leave Tokyo and move back home, rejecting a future of love and marriage for a simpler life. However, once she arrives, she discovers that the café that her parents ran is closed and they are heavily in debt. A man, Ryunosuke Date, who was following Koharu, offers her to pay their debt, but Koharu has to marry him. Koharu learns that her hometown has legalized polygamous marriages to counter declining birth rates and becomes Ryunosuke's third wife.

Characters

Koharu Date (伊達 小春, Date Koharu)

Portrayed by: Haruka Shimazaki^[2]

Koharu Date (née Maezono (前園)) is the 22-year-old third wife of Ryunosuke. To save her family's home and café, she marries Ryunosuke and becomes his third wife. Koharu is short-tempered and often lashes out at slight annoyances. She was at first against polygamy and sexual intimacy due to past trauma caused by her exes, but she gradually resolves her issues as she comes to terms with her feelings for Ryunosuke, begins to get along with his other wives and becomes a bonding pillar in the Date family.

Ryunosuke Date (伊達 竜之介, Date Ryūnosuke)

Portrayed by: Yu Inaba^[3]

Ryunosuke Date is the 25-year-old husband of Yuzu, Madoka and Koharu. He is a former celebrity pianist and is unemployed due to quitting the stage because of anxiety. He is greedy and is not willing to settle for less than what he desires, including his three wives whom he wants all at once.

Yuzu Date (伊達 柚子, Date Yuzu)

Portrayed by: Yurina Yanagi^[4]

Yuzu Date (née Ōtsu (大津)) is the 26-year-old first wife of Ryunosuke and is also the daughter of the town mayor who legalized polygamy. She has a typical gyaru look, but despite her appearance, she does the majority of the domestic chores in the Date family and is a good cook. She is the mother of Ryunosuke's first child, Rinnosuke.

Madoka Date (伊達 まどか, Date Madoka)

Portrayed by: Nana Asakawa^[5]

Madoka Date (née Saijō (西條)) is the 21-year-old second wife of Ryunosuke. She often wears a kimono at home. Although she is the second wife, she has been with Ryunosuke the longest. She manages the family's financial allocations and spending habits. Madoka is the most jealous amongst Ryunosuke's wives and yearns the most for exclusivity with him.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by NON [ja], Harem Marriage was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine from July 23, 2014, to June 17, 2019.^[6][7][8] Kodansha collected its chapters in nineteen tankōbon volumes, released from November 6, 2014, to August 6, 2019.^[9][10]

In November 2020, Kodansha USA started the digital publication of the manga on January 5, 2021.^[11]

An epilogue mini series started in Weekly Young Magazine on January 17, 2022.^[12][13] The mini-series will last eight chapters.^[14]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	November 6, 2014[9]	978-4-06-382534-3	January 5, 2021[15]	978-1-64659-895-3
2	December 5, 2014[16]	978-4-06-382543-5	February 23, 2021[17]	978-1-64659-972-1
3	April 6, 2015[18]	978-4-06-382589-3	March 23, 2021[19]	978-1-63699-015-6
4	July 6, 2015[20]	978-4-06-382624-1	April 27, 2021[21]	978-1-63699-063-7
5	October 6, 2015[22]	978-4-06-382674-6	May 25, 2021[23]	978-1-63699-106-1
6	November 6, 2015[24]	978-4-06-382695-1	June 22, 2021[25]	978-1-63699-162-7
7	February 5, 2016[26]	978-4-06-382728-6	July 27, 2021[27]	978-1-63699-242-6
8	June 6, 2016[28]	978-4-06-382798-9	August 24, 2021[29]	978-1-63699-307-2
9	September 6, 2016[30]	978-4-06-382846-7	September 28, 2021[31]	978-1-63699-374-4
10	December 6, 2016[32]	978-4-06-382892-4	October 26, 2021[33]	978-1-63699-424-6
11	March 6, 2017[34]	978-4-06-382930-3	November 23, 2021[35]	978-1-63699-473-4
12	June 6, 2017[36]	978-4-06-382974-7	December 28, 2021[37]	978-1-63699-533-5
13	September 6, 2017[38]	978-4-06-510142-1	January 25, 2022[39]	978-1-63699-570-0
14	December 6, 2017[40]	978-4-06-510542-9	February 22, 2022[41]	978-1-63699-623-3
15	March 6, 2018[42]	978-4-06-511094-2	March 22, 2022[43]	978-1-63699-663-9
16	June 6, 2018[44]	978-4-06-511646-3	April 26, 2022[45]	978-1-68491-143-1
17	October 5, 2018[46]	978-4-06-513150-3	May 24, 2022[47]	978-1-68491-179-0
18	June 6, 2019[48]	978-4-06-516133-3	June 28, 2022[49]	978-1-68491-232-2
19	August 6, 2019[10]	978-4-06-516732-8	July 26, 2022[50]	978-1-68491-365-7
20	May 6, 2022[51]	978-4-06-527804-8	December 10, 2024	979-8-89478-160-0

Drama

In October 2021, it was announced that the manga would be adapted into a television drama. The series is directed by Takashi Ninomiya and Kana Yamada, with Yamada also writing scripts for the series. It was broadcast for nine episodes on ABC from January 16 to March 13, 2022.^[52][53][54] The theme song is "Final Piece" by Hyde.^[55]

Reception

In 2018, the manga was nominated for the 42nd Kodansha Manga Award in the General category.^[56]

See also

• Delivery Cinderella, another manga series by the same author
• Adabana, another manga series by the same author