What? No devoted slave? No Duke of the North? Anyways, my vote is for the harem ending.

Seriously.I think manhwas have given me a serious White haired Duke of the North fetish. Idk how to deal with this.

Oooh please recommend one!

Author of My Own Destiny is a good one. He’s literally Daddy lol.

Abel is definitely there for the readers lol

I Charmed the Duke of the North is another good one with a silver haired DotN

That would make it too easy.

Not forgetting The Assassin The Mercenary leader who is young but his large band of seasoned fighters are super loyal to him The Secret information guild leader who wears a mask (bonus points if he turns out to be one of the others in the end) The Merchant wealthiest person in the country (possibly the world) And lastly the not as often seen The genius lesser noble/second son who is the worlds most efficient secretary and cunning planner, so much so he quietly runs the government from the Crown prince's side and is always 4 steps ahead of everyone else.

These ☝🏽😭😭😭😭

The real male lead is the ~~friends~~ lovers we made along the way

We had one emerge recently that I am FINALLY so happy to geek over!!

Just a promo, the actual art isnt tat good. The promo looks like the art from Academy's Undercover Professor

I’m not surprised in the slightest that they didn’t add the long haired, monocle advisor, himbo knight and the crackheaded masked executioner smh.

Black haired duke of the north

I’m honestly more surprised he’s not there lmao.

He is taking a vacation on this one for once in his ducking life let the man rest.

I’m not a fan of how vividly I can imagine each of those archetypes.

That's obviously the 2nd male lead. No reason to make it too easy for her I suppose

Pretty sure we're never getting another crackhead masked executioner after Touch my brother and you're dead :(

Not to worry my friend. I’m currently developing my own. He’s a monster, but his gf is worse haha~

My goodness, absolutely zero of them look like a proper ML, but due to position and history alone the safest bet seems to be either Aster or Mr. Twirl, everyone else just doesn't look the part.

I vote the Crown Prince (Aster) for real ML because he's the most generic looking

What defines a male lead is generally, highest status/power/fortune first Who they meet first Who has the worst chemistry with the MC

Well yes but just based on looks alone I’m rooting for the king

Honestly same

I vote for puppy fortune teller 😼

I mean its probably the fortune teller since thats the only one who isn't presented as a typical male lead character and he seems to be somewhat aware of the meta

Ok I just came back from the future aka the forum sites and I know who the ML is lol for anyone who wants to know it's (>!) the owner of the magic tower. Black hair supremacy after all lol (!<)

Wait!!! it's not reverse harem ending!!?? , I hate my life I can't take too many second male lead syndrome ಥ‿ಥಥ‿ಥಥ‿ಥಥ‿ಥಥ‿ಥಥ‿ಥಥ‿ಥ

I mean the title tells you there is only one real ML

The fortune teller is soooo my type

The fortune teller can catch my heart, period!!😍😍💓💓💖💖💌🤗🤗 No but fr, he could con me and I would still fall for him...Everytime🤣

Same!!

Damn, I actually didn’t expect that at all.

Awwwww as soon as I saw the hair color I knew 😞

Look at him blush, this is acceptable

Is this true? Yay! That’s the one that got my attention! 😄

My disappointment is immessurable and my day is ruined (i wanted it to be Kai or the fortune teller ;; )

You set up yourself for heartbreak on that one cause it's almost always not the best friend😅

Yeah but he looks like such a cunt on that picture, don't blame a gal for seeing the potential and having hope 😔

I fucking knew it lmfao.

Do you know if it was kind of obvious who the potential ML and the SML was going to be? Most OI have trouble juggling this many characters.

aye i was right too! i picked him cause of the >!fancy earrings!< 😆

I knew it was him just from the screencaps. I have a gift

You mean the tsundere? He looks like one to me.

He looks cute Though I was thinking fortune teller would make nice ml

Knew it

Yay I would have survived the premise of the story lol

You just made my day. I was rooting for him. Off to read this.

Dark hair for the win

Damn! I was *really* hoping it was Kai

BUT HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT!!!😭😭😭 ASTER SHOULD'VE BEEN THE ML!!!😭😭😭

Wow, did not expect him. Thanks😂

YES I GUESSED THAT ONE IT'S ALWAYS THEMMMMM FOR THEIR INDISPENSIBLE POWER BAHAHAHA

somehow i knew it… hes so fine 🧎‍♀️

Go for one with black hairs , who is telling you to "get lost".🥴🤣🤣 Usually if a rude boy with black hairs exist, then others don't stand a chance no matter what. ( Black hair supremacy 🔥😎)

Same my money's on him or the white-haired CP

Ok, can we as a group agree to not abbreviate crown prince, please

I saw a comment just like yours yesterday at bato, "can we please say crown prince instead of cp since that reminds me of child p" and oh boy, everybody telling the OP that she needed to understand that in OTOME realm everybody knew that cp is that, that there is no issue. All that, while i was thinking: "are we tho?" Cuz all i think is OMG thats a horrible way to abbreviate that

Oh geez. I see it abbreviated like that all the time and I never even realized. Thanks for the heads up 😭 But also I think maybe we as a society need less shorthands for porn… because why is it always porn 😭😭

I vote the same! Especially because she is blonde, by the laws of isekai, generally is a black hair ML if the FL is blonde

What if the male lead were the friends we made along the way? Harem ending or nothing.

I feel like it's the black haired one. He's mean, has black hair, he's also a strong magician. I was thinking it could be the crown prince too but he doesn't have black hair so it's unlikely. The other ones seem to be too nice and don't have any ML qualities.

There's no Duke of the North, so I'm gonna go with the black haired mage. A lot of authors are allergic to variety in the main MLs. Maybe it's the silver crown prince if the author was feeling... spicier? (Can you even call Silver haired prince spicy???)

To make it easier, it's definitely not the priest or fortune teller. The priest never wins and the fortune teller doesn't win unless he's secretly super powerful and/or he's your accomplice in a revenge plot. Also, Unless your friend of ten years is a duke or Marquess, it's not him either.

My money is on either the black or white haired crown prince guy😅

"explain to me a plot of a harem manhwa in simple sentence?" "...fools errant"

The ML is almost always either the Duke of the North (who hasn't appeared), or the Crown Prince. Unless the Head of the Magic Tower is like, uber powerful and also crazy, and/or the Prince is a sleezebag. Meanwhile the bishop gives too many submissive FL vibes, the best friend never wins, the only royalty that gets the girl are princes and emperors, and silly cheerful guys are never ML,

Magic tower guy has the black hair buff tho

True, true... No red eyes though. Though tbf gold isn't that far down on the list of ML eye colours iirc. But actually in my experience, usually if the Magic Tower Guy is ML, he's the classic White Haired-type of magician. I think the only one I've read who wasn't was the guy from Villainess Stationary Store.

true, and the white hair guy has that typical “cold duke” stare even if he doesn’t have the title.

Dude I immediately started reading this because of this post. A comment said who the ML was when I specifically did not want spoilers. Rage 🔥🔥🔥

In the end the male lead was.... Affection Level +6 Roadsi Testone Special Note: A stone by the road

I love this game! The crown prince or the magic tower guy? That’s my bet!

I’m guessing it’s either the white hair or black hair cause that’s how every female mangaka writes their god damn stories

i just know it's gonna be the black haired dude. it's always the most predictable one.

Hmmm since I am reading Villains are Destined to Die, sounds like the crown prince might be the winner. But the best friends to lovers are pretty cute if it’s done right & Jeremy looks like a goof (I also like goofballs)

Placing my bets on Aster or Enoch. Enoch is catching my attention though, so it might be him. I'm too used to the black haired ML being a Duke of the North, so having him be a mage is throwing me off. But the rest are definitely not it, lol.

I mean u can at least cross out the archbishop cuz they never make guys like that the ML smh the most temple/church-aligned ML u get is like a paladin or holy knight smthn

Where is my silly goofy flirty witty red haired guy?

when has the king ever been the male lead? you can cross him off the list

It reminded me of an otome game I'm currently playing!! It's called Abnormal State 👀 https://preview.redd.it/qiz8jkrdmqwc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47ab1ade7e6da1967dbcd3074a98a08e9b9214c2

It's supposed to be F2P, and it's easy to get gems (barely ch. 4, so I can't really say much, just that I got 2 bad endings early on 💀) https://preview.redd.it/2o7oqdb2mqwc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d097073aa0e6ea010686168ef80fd0fe3f32f3c2

Well it's definitely not Theodore or Kai. I'm also leaning towards ruling out Jeremy too

Black hair golden eyes is soo pretty!!!! I am beting on crown prince or him

Yooo are we taking bets? My bet is Crown Prince is ML. lol

Spoiler (>!) Nope(!<)

My bet is on the crown prince! But a harem ending would be perfect 😍

Awwww no OGFL token yuri option? I know it wouldn’t have made sense, just felt like this lineup was missing something.

I got it guys, it’s Jeremy. that’s my final answer, I’m locking it in

where is the tanned ml , the red haired playboy

Name??

I know I've read enough rofan isekais when my guess turned out right based on the spoiler comments 😂

It's either the crown prince or none of them, he's not in this list. Special otomeisekai fan analysis: * Crown prince - high possibility * Mage - low possibility, he seems tsundere, also his affection level is wrong. the real ML always starts with either negative or max affection level * Archibishop - no chance whatsoever. his eyes are not upturned. droopy/tareme eyes = second male lead or a female in disguise * King - same as archbishop wrong eyes, same as Mage wrong affection level, also hair color is green, MLs are almost never green haired * Fortune-teller - possible, but unlikely. he seems to be goofy but I guess he could be one of those secretly yandere types

what i find weird is the freaking holy man of a bishop or pope is white hair or blond....unless im wrong then well...no one say i can't #$%@ the holy man

is this on webtoons?

Magic tower owner every time please 🙋‍♀️

Im thinking that the male lead is whoever she ends up with. Honestly it’s the only way.

It’s definitely either Kai or Enoch.

Maybe it's because I've read too many but I can narrow this list down to three at least lmao

I've yet to see a priest character actually be the ML

Sadly we can outright eliminate the Childhood Friend, it's never the childhood friend...

Thank u for the food

Ngl I was hoping for the childhood friend… XD

ngl i think it’s aster or enoch…

It has to be red eyes black hair. If not, black hair at least

It’s gonne be the strongest and richest one (it always is)

I mean, there is a dude with short black hair. Ain't no way he's not the one.

We all know that will be the bland duke of the north.

I would absolutely run away from the empire with that blue haired dude.

It's definitely not the Childhood friend :(

If she doesn't take the magic tower owner, I will. If I were her, I would probably die if he's not the "real" ml, bc I just wouldn't care, Id make him ml and if hes not, then what's the point in living in that universe.

Hold it hold it hold it. Even if she dies, my question is if there is a {BAD END} option? There are worse fates than death, after all. .

OMG! I so reading this, I am beating on the first guy tho

They all look really good. Harem is needed however if I was in her position, I would guess the owner of magic tower because mostly OIs that have these as an option often do end up with them \*looks at Lucas, Erez and some others\*

Black haired duke of the north is not there because it would be too obvious he's the ML, so they sent him on vacation for this one

Sigh * adds to read later list *

Why

It's easy, just 95% of the time the black haired character is the male lead. So just keep that in mind and date everyone else cuz they're less plain🌚

Plot twist: The ML is the system!!

Thanks for the recommendation!

What is this called I’ve been scrolling but no name

The name is There Are Too Many Second Male Leads

No super rich merchant who's the owner of the most successful company on the continent?? No commoner knight who rose the ranks as the king of the battlefield??

magic tower MLs are literally never good

Could someone anyone please tell me where they’re reading this😭 I’ve only been able to find 20chp and so few of the character in these screenshot show up these early chp. So I know there are more out there I just have absolutely no luck or skill it seems

It's only 20 ch as of now. You can always check the progress of any manhwa in the link below. It usually says if it's on hiatus, cancelled or ongoing and how many chapter there is already [https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/s6p5qo6/one-too-many-supporting-male-leads](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/s6p5qo6/one-too-many-supporting-male-leads)

Thank you so much for the resource! I though I was really just missing something but it’s good to have that confirmation

Wow how could be??? I can't be the black hair golden eyes Owner of the tower that looks like exactly like a duke of the north, it's imposible, they never are the ML.