| cringe (my own definition regarding anime) = unrealistic and at the same time less interesting than reality The average romance anime tropes are unrealistic (years and years of flirting, holding hands and absurd misunderstandings) and also less interesting than reality (actual romance progression). |
| Because they are 15yo edgy kids and having emotions is not cool. |
Because emotions are for the WEAK. I don't want to FEEL. "I don't want that" "For 10 years atleast" LOL that can never be me. I only live and die to be the ALPHA GIGA CHAD THAT I AM |
| There's just a multitude of cliche tropes they frequently fall in. Mainly just how overly unrealistic romance anime's can just be. The plot being driven by forced and misplaced misunderstandings. Poorly written love triangles. Some main characters just think with their dick school days. That phone call interrupting every romance scene. And the very excruciatingly slow progress, realistically these things happen in real life within a month or two , but animes like taking 2 whole seasons. |
AvexoticJun 28, 2022 8:10 PM
| For me, it's honestly just that most romance anime I've watched are garbage. I've seen tons of praise for some of them, but then I get my hopes up and watch them and they're just bad. I genuinely love good romance, but I consider it the genre where most series are way overrated. I tend to say I hate romance anime, but really I guess I just hate the vast majority of them. For instance, Plastic Memories and Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai both have high scores (at least I consider 7.92 to be somewhat high on MAL) and I saw a ton of praise for both of them. I genuinely expected to like them, but they are some of the most infuriating shows I've ever watched. I hate both of them with a burning passion. I just really despise how romance is done in anime 90% of the time. |
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| I didn't like the romance genre at all for the longest time, but after I tried a few I found out they were quite fun. You just gotta indulge in the cheesiness instead of trying to fight it. |
| I don't hate Romance Anime in general but most of the time it tends to be generic, unrealistic and full of tropes which you can easily recognise and predict them by watching a sufficient number of such genre. |
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| I hate it only if it's the primary genre. Everything can have a romance in it, but if it's the main focus it's a nope for me. Naruto is battle shonen and had a romance scene no problem. Nichijou is comedy and the romance part is good. Battle royale is gore fest and there's romance in it. you don't have to make a romance centered story to have a romance in it, let it be part of the story naturally. |
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| In my opinion if someone hate romance anime it might be from different reasons which I guess would be -> unrealistic stuff or no progression there are some animes of 2-3+ seasons with 0 progress in the romance or also some people hate it cause they don't want to watch a fictionary romance when they haven't experienced the romantic stuff irl. There might be countless more of reasons but I ain't able to read other's people mind to know that x) |
| Romance is either about a generic female pursuing a hot dude, or the opposite where a average dude gets with a hot chic. Most men and women are not interested in watching a shoujo/shounen romance so they just prefer 1 of the 2. It is the 2nd most divisive genre other than comedy. I am a dude so I prefer the average male mc. Besides that, after the couple gets together, they can`t do much else other than break up or start a family. Netorare conflicts can also exist in which many people like myself loath such forced drama. This is why anime focuses way more of a couple getting together rather than them staying together. Nowhere to go after a home run, but 1st base again. Romance is pretty superficial. Btw a realistic romance anime would be uber garbage where most of the audience would just hate the characters. Realism is the last thing you should worry about if you want a good romance. Lol |
rohan121May 31, 2022 5:58 AM
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| idk why, but I know i like it.. esp if its a rom com ( ♡´ 艸`) |
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| I think there might be an equivocation. Saying the genre is cringe doesn't necessarily mean that romance itself is cringe. More likely than not, it means that way too many romance shows are cringe. And with that I agree. I absolutely despise shows in which interactions are prompted by a universe which revels in putting the characters through embarrassing situations. I don't need to see that, it causes me physical pain. That tends to occurs far more frequently in romance anime than, say, seinen or generic isekai. And that's one of the most prominent reasons why I don't like the genre. |
| People compare it with reality and forget that it's only fiction. Ikr almost every romance anime has a few things in common but what's the point in comparing it with reality?... a controversial topic. You may feel better if you escape from reality sometimes. |
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rohan121 said: Romance is either about a generic female pursuing a hot dude, or the opposite where a average dude gets with a hot chic. Most men and women are not interested in watching a shoujo/shounen romance so they just prefer 1 of the 2. It is the 2nd most divisive genre other than comedy. I am a dude so I prefer the average male mc. Besides that, after the couple gets together, they can`t do much else other than break up or start a family. Netorare conflicts can also exist in which many people like myself loath such forced drama. This is why anime focuses way more of a couple getting together rather than them staying together. Nowhere to go after a home run, but 1st base again. Romance is pretty superficial. Btw a realistic romance anime would be uber garbage where most of the audience would just hate the characters. Realism is the last thing you should worry about if you want a good romance. Lol No, I would definitely want a more realistic love story, how would I know if I actually hate ity if I didn't encounter one? |
| There's nothing wrong with romance anime. If you think there is then we can talk about that later (spoiler: I will win). Also to save some time from writing long ass bs, where does this hate even comes from? If it even exists. |
JaniSIr said: rohan121 said: Romance is either about a generic female pursuing a hot dude, or the opposite where a average dude gets with a hot chic. Most men and women are not interested in watching a shoujo/shounen romance so they just prefer 1 of the 2. It is the 2nd most divisive genre other than comedy. I am a dude so I prefer the average male mc. Besides that, after the couple gets together, they can`t do much else other than break up or start a family. Netorare conflicts can also exist in which many people like myself loath such forced drama. This is why anime focuses way more of a couple getting together rather than them staying together. Nowhere to go after a home run, but 1st base again. Romance is pretty superficial. Btw a realistic romance anime would be uber garbage where most of the audience would just hate the characters. Realism is the last thing you should worry about if you want a good romance. Lol No, I would definitely want a more realistic love story, how would I know if I actually hate ity if I didn't encounter one? If you want some just look at what`s up with Johny Depp and Will Smith with their divorce. Lol |
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| I like romance Anime but I’ll admit that a lot of the genre can be off putting to an outsider. Beyond the bland and boring, a Romance series can sometimes be fetishy and weird like Nagatoro, or problematic like Toradora!, or straight softcore hentai like Sono Bisque. I may not totally agree with all of these perspectives, but I can understand where they come from and why they generate the cringe. |
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| cuz so many of them are the same thing and are insincere as hell. they just play with your emotions by adding likable characters and wholesome moments (which works all the fucking time) |
| good opinions on anything, block = I own you |
| same reason I don't watch romance live-action, it's all some kinda wish fulfillment. Whose wishes is it fulfilling? Certainly not mine. edit: I do love yandere abusive romance stories tho, and these historical political Korean webtoons with lotsa backstabbing |
| romance is fun to watch, some people just don't get it |
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| The power of friendship and ridiculous plot armour laugh in the corner. |
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| I think people first and foremost want to be entertained, so that's typically action series. Most romances don't really provide on that front. It's easy to assume that the same demographic can't possibly be compatible with drawn out, romantic escapades. That being said there's a LOT of junk romance out there. But there's also great stuff like Love my Life, Nana..etc. You just gotta dig for it. |
| On average, I don't watch much anime where romance is the main theme, as many of them contain straight relationships, and I can't really relate to that. If the romance isn't the main focus of a story, it's actually better that way in my opinion. |
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| Dunno man, it's the best type of anime. So good that elements of it are added to every other type of animes. We see romance elements in Shounen's to Isekai's, if romance was bad and not popular and hated on then there wouldn't be this many romance animes out there. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| Who? Why? How? Like yeah there are cringy romance anime out there but as with any genre there are good and bad ones, and there definitely are some GREAT romance anime that can rival the even the greatest from other genres. Also on another note, I became a huge fan of the romance genre only after I started watching anime, most live action movies didn’t really feel super genuine to me previously. |
 Maybe try sleeping? |
| I dislike romance anime but I do love some of them. Some are cringe but in my case it just not really my cup of tea. |
| I have my good share of romance anime and I can tell you, at least in my experience, that a romance is more rewarding when the story isn't about it entirely. Like, once you hit the relationship then most romance anime just end shortly after, since it was the series' main goal. BUT when the romance happens while there's a story that stands on its own, then the ships become extra flavor to the series. You might still crave for couple progress and such, but since the show have an actual story, then you can get distracted from your ship hunger and get absorbed by its world until next bit of progress comes around. In summary, anime solely focused on the romance struggle to stretch it's runtime to the point it's painful to watch, while series with an overarching plot pull it off just right since its not forced to either delay or speedrun it. |
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HBKdll said: Which ones exactly? Recently there have been some really good and mature anime. Off the top of my head the last good one was Koikimo, which is a year old. |
| I think its just boring. I wanna see people fight for the most part. Tho in my experience I find most romance things in any medium dont do a great job at portraying romance and relationships anyway. In western media it like always goes: Introduce 2 bland characters, bland characters with nothing in common fall in love immediately, montage through all the good parts, have one conflict arise, characters make up and live happily ever after. Meanwhile im like, i dont even understand why these people would be interested in each other. they both have nothing to offer. In anime its more like: 2 characters blush at each other. Female's panties are accidently shown. Man gets slapped for it and called an idiot. Do that on repeat for like 200 episodes. Maybe the characters get to hold hands by the end. Also include a harem. Main characters should have no personality. Harem members should have 1 defining trait maximum. Why does anyone like anyone when everyone is so lame... who knows. |
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| There are three types which have severe problems: 1. Shoujo romances. Uninspiring clones of each other. Boring overused cliches and tropes. 2. Crybaits. Enough said. 3. Romcoms which focus on comedy. Mostly retarded. |
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| Personally, I feel like liking a romance anime when the romance is a sub genre of that anime rather than being the main aspect of the anime |
| Too many bad generic ones that people believe all that is for the genre. It is always worse when you see a bad show/movie from a genre then seeing a good one first. Especially for the lesser made genres. |
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| I can see why, a lot of romance anime is just a boring average looking boy suddenly gets all the girls, it would be better if it was better, or atleast targeted towards everyone not only average looking boys who crave for attractive women to want them |
| no romance ending is complete (mostly). it would get dragged on till it's worst moment and never gets adapted again. |
| i despise romance anime. this is beacuse i am lonely and bitter. i dont want to see happiness. when im watching a show and tehre is a romantic couple i hope that they break up as soon as possible |
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