I've being noticing manga that include anthros as background or minor characters, only to use traditional kemonomniminiimknji as major characters or love interests harem members. Maybe anthro will be mainstream one day.

lance_armstrong said:
I've being noticing manga that include anthros as background or minor characters, only to use traditional kemonomniminiimknji as major characters or love interests harem members. Maybe anthro will be mainstream one day.

And sometimes it's not even that all of the main nonhuman chars are kemonowhatevers, just the females, alongside males who wouldn't even be mistaken for humans at a decent distance with their backs turned.

Looking at you, Killing Bites.

evertide said:
And sometimes it's not even that all of the main nonhuman chars are kemonowhatevers, just the females, alongside males who wouldn't even be mistaken for humans at a decent distance with their backs turned.

Looking at you, Killing Bites.

Killing Bites got a lot better about that in the chapters after what the anime covered, actually.

evertide said:
And sometimes it's not even that all of the main nonhuman chars are kemonowhatevers, just the females, alongside males who wouldn't even be mistaken for humans at a decent distance with their backs turned.

Looking at you, Killing Bites.

Sexual dimorphism is what you're thinking of, and it is common in manga and anime.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-will-now-buy-your-game

But it gets even weirder. For example, in the first chapter of Lv2 kara Cheat datta Motoyuusha Kouho no Mattari Isekai Life the first thing the protagonist does is interact with a full anthro maid, but the main love interest is a kemonomimi. So you have fantasy worlds with both anthro girls and animal ear girls.

Another example, Souzai Saishuka no Isekai Ryokouki. Chapter 15 has a random anthro waifu on the cover, nowhere to be found in the story. The main girl seems to be an elf. At least anthros get a lot more screen time in the story.

Craft Game no Nouryoku de Isekai Kouryaku!!, chapter 9-10. A mix of anthros, kemonomimis, and monster girls, love interest is a dark elf.

King of Cave Paradise Life. Love interests are humanized goblins. Chapter 8 has a hologram of a very furry kobold waifu who is apparently DEAD.

I think Kemono Michi counts based on my blip #88905 but I don't remember.

What I suspect is that based perverted authors and mangakas want to include anthros as main characters harem members, but editors or publishers are holding them back for the most part.