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Sep 14, 2017 2:45 AM

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-Naruto and Hinata/ Sasuke and Sakura. Both came out of nowhere from the boys' side, so I'm just pretending eveything after chapter 699 does not exist
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Akame ga kill, Angel beats, and Redline. Too lazy to write the specific characters, but you know who I am talking about if you have seen the show.
Sep 14, 2017 3:49 AM

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SAO is definitely up there for me.

And fuck this minimum text limit thing MAL has, i used to be able to give straight answer
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Sep 14, 2017 6:25 AM

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Hachiman x Yukino on Oregairu. Fuck that shit.
Sep 14, 2017 6:36 AM

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You said:
Hachiman x Yukino on Oregairu. Fuck that shit.

they keep insulting each other the whole serie
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Sep 14, 2017 6:53 AM
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Esdeath/Tatsumi

Makes no damn sense why a high-ranking psychopathic general would latch onto a typical stock beta-teen anime MC
Sep 14, 2017 7:18 AM
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Having all the girls fall in love with Kirito felt a little forced, especially so early in the series, but the relationship between Kirito and Asuna was fine imo. Other than that, I can't really remember any relationships that felt "forced." Maybe Raku x Chitoge from Nisekoi? Because they were literally forced into a relationship? lol
Sep 14, 2017 7:31 AM

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Angel Beats!, no contest.

Sep 14, 2017 7:42 AM
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AmMar-Sama said:
-Mahesvara said:
They literally lived each others lives for months, you can't get closer than that.

Did they? I don't remember.
None of that matters anyway because they fell in love off screen. There is no connection for the audience.
I mean it wasn't off screen, but i'll admit it would have been nice to see more of it transpire. Though personally, I didn't have to huge of an issue with it.
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Sep 14, 2017 7:45 AM

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AltoRoark said:
Angel Beats!, no contest.

Yeah that's right . I think the same.
Sep 14, 2017 8:49 AM

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I don't even remember the reason why the main girl with the two main girls fell in love with the MC in Kanokon. A very awful anime..
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Sep 14, 2017 11:28 AM
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@AmMar-Sama we seen it during the time they were switching bodies back and forth though, the love developed from that as they learned about each and interacted through notes over that time. The problem was that they decided to show this through a montage instead of slowing it down a bit showing more of the relationship development. However the fact still remains that there is solid buildup behind their romance whether it was all seen or not, it still happened and it didn't happen "randomly", so the romance wasn't forced.
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Sep 14, 2017 11:51 AM

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Sasuke X Sakura.

I get the few possible ideas they went with. That some women think that nobody understands the guy but her. Or they think that the guy needs her and only she can fix him. But they took this shit too far and doesn't make sense at all.

Sasuke says nothing nice to her the ENTIRE show.. When he actually isn't mean or abusive towards her and is just normal, they paint it as some warm/touching moment. I mean for fucks sake him just saying "maybe next time" as in she can accompany him on his next journey is supposed to be the icing on the cake for the romance?

And no I"m not some bitter NaruSaku fan either. I've been on the Naruhina train but the SasuSaku shit makes no sense.
Sep 14, 2017 12:08 PM
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JFuji said:
Sasuke X Sakura.
And no I"m not some bitter NaruSaku fan either. I've been on the Naruhina train but the SasuSaku shit makes no sense.



#They needed Sasuke's kid for the new series, so we cant have him without a kid

Also, a lot of shonen couples (mc's mostly)

for excample Ichigo didnt think anything of orihime till the very end, but the epilogue must have kids and couples, so... You do feel good (maybe), but in the back of your mind you are like "I knew this was comming, but how did..."
Sep 14, 2017 12:17 PM

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Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen. Oh, wait...
Sep 14, 2017 12:22 PM

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I thought the main romance in SAO was fine but the fact that every single side character (except Yuuki from SAO 2) had to have a thing for Kirito was very forced.
Sep 14, 2017 12:24 PM

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AltoRoark said:
Angel Beats!, no contest.


I agree with this statement as well. I actually really dislike this scene because it just came out of nowhere and apparently because of it people think Angel Beats is a romance... smh
Sep 14, 2017 12:35 PM
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I won't say it's the most or unrealistic per say but the forced romance between Kumiko and Shuichi in Sound Euphonium leaves a bad taste in my mouth.



Their mutual friend acts like she understands their feelings enough to push them onto one another. Shuichi doesn't really have a reason why he likes Kumiko because it's never stated. And Kumiko barely seems interested in him more than a bro-friend she see's in her class. It's just lame and not needed. Less of this in general.
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Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen. Oh, wait...


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nymi said:
Re zero, nisekoi, sao, naruto, bleach, charlotte, true tears, flcl, accel world, shakugan no shana, erased, oreimo, ... forgot others sorry lol


I disagree with you about True Tears
The MC chose the right girl, she was the most realistic choice, The other two are both not fit for the MC.

The only one I agree with you that's forced is Oreimo because it's incest.
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Uh oh.

The romance in Shingeki no Bahamut:Virgin Soul
the romance in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Vampire Knight had a worse love story than Twilight, does that count?
Toradora also. I don't think i've seen a more forced ending than the one in that anime.
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TheDoggoneGirl said:
That two characters from that trainwreck of a show named Seikasuru Kado. Hahaha.

*cries in the inside because it's true* So much potential in one series, ruined

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Light- said:
Ed and Winry come into mind from FMA:B. As much as I love that show, the romance in it felt like it was just put there to give the show some diversity.


I don't particularly care for their romance (their general relationship is more interesting) but they did grow up with one another all the way until Ed and Al left home. And she got to see how the distance and conflict in their lives changed them and made her appreciate Ed.

It's more emotionally developed than most shonen romances where the characters are around each other more often.

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-Naruto and Hinata/ Sasuke and Sakura. Both came out of nowhere from the boys' side, so I'm just pretending everything after chapter 699 does not exist


We should all pretend there is no manga after 699. That fanfic ending and that fanfic spin off makes me upset when I take too much time to think about it.
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I'd say Toradora. Didn't think they had any chemistry together whatsoever.
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For me, the main couple Shizuku/Haru from Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun came to mind. I find their personalities are so different, but I'm aware that opposites can attract. I just don't think they work between these two. The gap is just too big. They don't seem to click. So when they try to make it work, it feels super forced. I don't feel the chemistry at all, even until the end. Meh. If it weren't for Natsume, I'd rate it lower than 7.
Sep 14, 2017 4:12 PM
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I think it´s a pretty stupid assesment to criticize Anime romance that don´t advocate themselves as romances. I find an eqal amount of flaws in the romantic subplots of Shounen Anime and Manga like Dragon Ball or Naruto as in Miyazaki Movies such as Princess Mononoke or Nausica. They mostly involve them on a superficial level and serve mostly utilitarian purposes, like progressing the plot or creating off spring.

I find it far worse when an Anime who has a focus on the romantic development of a couple which dedicates specific time to their interactions and growth advocates abusive relationships like for example Inuyasha.

Or generally any other girl Anime where the badboy demon/vampire/insert evil creature has the sole motivation to kill/eat his girlfriend but then falls in love with her because the plot said so.

Any unresasonable motivation, any pussyfooting, any endless cockteasing of the couple, isn´t as terrible of a romantic plot as the couple wanting to kill each other. It can be done well if there is a reasonable timegap inbetween them wanting to kill each other and falling in love. That allows for development, be it on screen or off screen, but those are the exceptions.
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Easily Ange and Tusk from Cross Ange cause we can't make Ange a lesbian like literally every other female character she has to be bisexual. Tusk is just pretty much just there honestly as a ex machina when needed. I do not hate his character, but still its obvious the anime would've been just as fun without his presence and shitty cliche clumsy perverted moments.
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Sep 14, 2017 6:53 PM

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Love and Lies and Nisekoi..just dumb shit really
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i like Akagami no Shirayuki-hime <3
Sep 14, 2017 11:16 PM

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I just recently watched Shinsekai Yori and wtf at the middle part? Saki x Maria? Shun x Saturo? With k*** scenes too. I don't know if there's any mystery to that (or as the anime explained an imitiation to Bogobos) because I haven't finished it yet. Decently surprised though, lol.
Sep 15, 2017 1:40 AM

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Aria-da-Capo said:
Spoiler: Natsume and Nyanko-sensei.

What the fuck? Hahahaha.

AmMar-Sama said:
-Mahesvara said:
They literally lived each others lives for months, you can't get closer than that.

Did they? I don't remember.
None of that matters anyway because they fell in love off screen. There is no connection for the audience.

Those two characters is the reason why I rated that movie a 1. I just can't like them; both of them are so fucking annoying. Lmfao.

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That two characters from that trainwreck of a show named Seikasuru Kado. Hahaha.

*cries in the inside because it's true* So much potential in one series, ruined

And to think that romance between them is what ruin the show. Jesus. It's so fucking unnecessary.

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Sep 15, 2017 3:24 AM

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I haven't got to that point yet - I dropped Toradora because it was unbearable, but eventually the abusive couple gets together.

After 10 episodes of constant abuse, somehow a romance blossoms. It's creepy, disturbing and I can't believe people are fine with it.
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Sep 15, 2017 5:35 AM

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I'm pretty sure I can beat every single answer in that thread, despite some of them being indeed really forced.
Here we go :

Cecillia Alcott from IS : Infinite Stratos.

here we go, you can close the thread right here. She had all the reasons (given her personality, that is) to hate him, and in less than one episode after the start of the show, she's so in love with him that she's throwing all her dignity (and she had a lot of self esteem at the start) just to get some lewd moments with our male protagonist. Why? he beat her in a fight. That's it, really. She went from a high self esteem looking at the MC like he's dirt on the floor to pretty much hoping he would step on her because that would be so nice, in like 10 minutes, because he beat her in a duel.

BEAT THAT.
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- I'm just going to say Shinsekai yori. It's one of my favorite Animes and ofc it has some flaws. The forced Romance between mostly all characters wasn't even a bad thing. It actually made the Anime kinda enjoyable in my eyes.

- Sword Art Online is another example. Not for the relationship between Asuna and Kirito. Mostly the other girls who are in love with him with no reason.

- Sasuke x Sakura in Naruto is really forced too. I have to admit that it's one of my favorite ships but mostly because of the fanarts, the comics and others. The problem is not their relationship or Sakura herself. The problem is that they didn't even had any romantic moments in the Anime and Manga. Naruto and Hinata had enough but I feel like Sasuke x Sakura was really forced and I really wanted to see more and what the hell happened between these both after the time. It just feels so uncomplited to me.
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Sep 15, 2017 7:11 AM

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Probably Elfen Lied.
Worst aspect of this show.
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Naruto/hinata and sasuke/sakura
if it counts korra/asami from ATLK
Sep 15, 2017 7:32 AM

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Omelettecat said:
I remember the romance feeling very forced in Charlotte.
made a shitty show even worse.
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Raku and gorilla
It was one of the most disgusting relationships I have ever seen
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Cactii said:
Should we bring Re:Zero back into discussion?
Rem is shit
Emilia is even more shit.
Subaru is a fktard.
His obsession is force AF.
Whale-chan is the only character with proper development.
Felix-chan should have been the MC.
fsn was pretty bad too....
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I'd say Toradora. Didn't think they had any chemistry together whatsoever.

Yeah, he was more like her caretaker or a nanny than anything else. Right until the end I couldn't see any chemistry between them. It felt like he was forced into being with her, both by the plot and his own sense of responsibility towards her.
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Maneki-Mew said:
Say I love you. I don't know, it had very weird vibes and everything felt forced. They just don't felt like they are dating. Every date felt like a business appointment lol. Maybe I'm unfair with my score, but ... mah. ^^"

Chobits. From what I can remember, it was way too long. That "chiii" was cute in the beginning, but not for so long, even if it got better, and the whole relationship got exhausting. Also the guy was bland.

All the relationships in Shinsekai Yori, which is it's biggest flaw for me imo. Except for Saki and Maria.
I even can't feel a deep friendship most times / before the second time skip. They feel more like good schoolmates than actual close friends to me. No need to say that the relationships felt even more forced imo. Especially because Saki says that she loves and loved them (Shun, Maria, Satoru) in their own way at some point in her life... except for Saki and Maria lol.

Of course the romance in SAO for me. Same. I didn't feel any chemistry.

I have seen parts of Gravitation again and now I feel the cringes towards their relationship. ^^"


Say I love you ended so quickly I didnt really pay much attention and didnt think much about it.

After reading a big part of the manga which took a while, I started thinking


"...what?" because it really just all felt forced
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The most generic reply ever...
SAO. Every single girl falls in love with Kirito after he 2-3 generic heroic lines and protects them.
It usually happens way too fast.
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Sep 15, 2017 2:23 PM

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Atra and Mikazuki from Gundam IBO all of a sudden they are together and then she is pregnant. After he first went after Kudelia.
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Don't mind me \/
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Demi-chan. Why does every cute monster girl have to fall in love with the teacher? That's the only part of it I didn't really like, but it was a problem for me.
Oh and SAO too.

That part weirded me out about the show. Other than that it was great, but I would have preferred a more fuzzy-cuddly relationship between them. Especially for Macchi (?) *shivers*
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Damegami_Tsubasa said:
As much as I love Air TV, romance part in movie was a bit weird. If I hadn't seen TV first, I think it would seem even more forced and rushed.
Also SAO. That came too early and kinda forced.
Because the movie was just a condensed yet slight alerted version of the story.
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Paul said:
Not trying to jump on the SAO hate train but it was defintely the first thing that came to mind as well, not so much with Asuna but that blacksmith girl I can't even remember her name.
The blacksmiths name was Lisbeth and she fell instantly for Kirito that was like falling off a cliff at first sight.
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KaiserNazrin said:
We shouldn't forget Mirai Nikki too. That chick make no sense.
Of course but did you finish it if not go back and watch it. Then it makes sense when the game ends.
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Sasuke x Sakura, the only good that came out of these two retards is Sarada.


Was about to say this, lol. Sakura HAS NO REASON why she likes Sasuke.
She does though girls always like handsome popular broody guys. It's called puppy love but through thinking it so much she gree to care more when they got put on a team together.
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ThatCynicalOtaku said:
Otonashi and Angel from Angel Beats.
It literally happens out of nowhere.
I wholeheartedly disagree he felt bad for her from the beginning but when he finally got to talk to her and realized why she was doing what she did he fell for her. I don't want to spoil it but if you watch it closely you see these things take place. These things happen irl but I believe the anime was kind of short for all the parts to come together at a steady pace. The manga timing is better but that's because it is longer thought the anime is one of my favorite romance anime ever.
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