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Originally Posted by Lex79

Well, we have plenty of series where the protagonist has an harem of demihumans or monster girls, so I don't really have a problem with the fact that human girls might be OK sleeping with an ogre that looks very similar to an handsome, muscular man.
Is it realistic? I'm not going to deny there is a fair amount of wish fulfillment here, but again I'm so used to the typical "you were kind to me so I'll love you forever" we often see in harems to really be surprised.
Actually, I checked this part in the manga, and

Spoiler for some details from the manga:

when the alchemist girl seduces him Goburou actually wonders if Stockholm syndrome/suspension bridge effect is at play or the girl has some ulterior motives like using her body to gain a favorable treatment, so the matter is addresseda bit at least. Of course, I don't expect this is going to lead to anything other than a confirmation that the girls are genuinely in love with the protagonist.

Fair point. I may have been subconsciously thinking in terms of the usual goblin, and the usual depiction of them. They are usually categorized as being ugly, filthy beasts that only have males, steal women from other races, blah, blah, you know the rest. But they already subverted the usual trope by having women goblins amongst them(then why steal other women if this the case?). Then I can suppose he is considered handsome, even by human standards.