| People could like whatever genre of anime according to their preferences and everyone is different. I also prefer sol and romance than action/thriller since they are my fav genre of anime. |
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| Used to love romance/school themed anime nowadays I avoid them like the plague , specially these Shoujo anime that disguises itself as a shounen like Horimia and Shikomori san , I can't stand watching a single episode of those without cringing out of my mind or losing interest on faster pace . |
| I still prefer action/thriller to romance. The main problem with those romance Anime is that the relationships and characters are sometimes unrealistic or unreasonable and often fall into some kind of tropes or cliches. A bunch of girls with different personalities fight over a guy just because he's the MC is really ridiculous. Characters who always getting misunderstood and can not even express their feelings clearly to an absurd degree is somewhat repugnant to me. I didn't hate romance genreand even enjoy some series with Romance element but in general I still don't like romance-oriented Anime. |
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| Blows my mind how people are still stuck in this medieval mindset. |
| Romance isnt my cup of tea but if mostly time im fine with any that include romance as sub genre like 86, Re Zero, Macross, etc |
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| Yes, it is great. It's my favorite genre. Maybe, at least for me I can control my emotions when I watching romance anime or irl. |
  What Does Pot of Greed do?  |
| Well romance is just a superior genre. Beloved by men and women alike. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| isekai titles for those adventures. just don't turn into into a pokemon isekai catching waifu left and right. |
| Uh oh, I have bad news for them. |
| I don't think liking romance anime as a guy equates to being more easily emotional exploitation. It just means you like romance, that's all! |
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| Why should it be bad? If you like it you like it, don't be so concerned over rumors or others' taste I wasn't a big fan of romance myself, to be honest, but then I start to watch Yuri, and holy hell when the lesbians kiss my world started to spin and I yell,,,YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES But I have no interest in watching heterosexual romance. Sadly that and my love for Yuri and lesbian romances/ships make some homophobes very angry and hostile toward me. Couldn't care less about some haters and their little tears, let them cry =P So enjoy what you want. Life is too short to be concerned about some toxic people and their approval. Be proud and praise what you love and enjoy yourself, NEVER back down for haters =)  |
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"Ai Yori Aoshi" one of the very best Anime Romances to be found... |
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| For a male tastes: Code Geass 5 Centimeters per Second. DearS Hand Maid May Another not much alas. For girls just any shoujou or joseoi anime with another 'generic collection of flaws' girl and yet another senpai who will of course notice her and, despite all flaws that would turn away IRL men, would date her. |
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| Romance isnt my cup of tea because my romantic feelings never get returned |
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| Why is this even a question? A lot of guys on this site, like me for example, like romance, family centered stories or in general slice of life more than action.I don't think it strange. ... Now I am curious whether this particulary dumb spambot that commented on my profile after I have commented here is linked to only this thread or this happens with users commeting on other threads as well? |
IshitatesoDec 29, 2022 8:17 AM
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| Regardless of the gender, anyone can enjoy the romance genre. |
| Cant say about Men in general but I do enjoy romance quite a lot. I wouldn't say one genre is better/more favorite then the other but I can say that I enjoy them both. In fact I mostly read Romcom manga and mostly watch Action/battle anime. |
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.  |
| not gonna lie I love the way he worded his opening post. the sincerity levels are off the charts. "i am just not calm because this rumour" My god, that's fucking adorable. |
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| DONT CARE FUCK ROMANCE I WANT GIRLSSS WRRYYYYYAAHHHHHHH  |
| the individuals in a majority all have their own preferences you know so obviously thats true for some and wrong for others, can't just be right for everyone collectively as a whole like me, I'm down for that seinen stuff and most of the time I don't like romance that much |
| true weebs watch anything no matter if its shitty romance or a bad shonen |
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| And after this thread, does anyone else doubt that MAL has become a zoomer site? |
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| The more commonly held belief and view, as I've always heard it expressed, is actually the other way around - romance and general emotional dramas are more generalized/stereotyped to be the province of girls and women versus boys and men. Boys and men are stereotyped to prefer action, war, and anything with heavier amounts of physical fighting in it (even applying to the sports genre as it still entails physical competition). There is no reason to expect this stereotypical view in people's minds doesn't equally apply to anime the same way it does to other mediums of art and entertainment. As a male, all I can personally say for myself on the matter is that I prefer romantic thrillers. |
| I really don't know how to answer this question, seeing as I don't exactly fit into the group the OP is looking for. I don't really like Action, but while Romance is among my favorite genres, so is Thriller. Trying to satisfy the OP's question, I don't think it's generalizable in that sense. See, I'm extremely crybaby and I really appreciate watching works that can bring me to that state. But even though romance is one of my favorite genres, what keeps me from liking most romances so much is not the genre itself, but the presence of comedy. I really appreciate when romance is coupled with drama and, on the other hand, I don't like Rom-Com very much - and the vast majority of romance works are Rom-Coms, so they're not for me. Perhaps because my individual way of thinking about romance seeks a lot for intensity, exorbitant feelings, metaphors and passionate speeches and less for cute, relaxing, humorous and happy moments as in these works. But the point I want to make is that there is no such simple generalization in this case. For example, I have a friend who is a big fan of Rom-Coms, but he definitely doesn't have the ease of being moved by works that I have. I think that each person is different, although, as mentioned above, there is a whole culture of association between the male sex and action and between the female sex and romance, historically and socially forged. |
Yuri-Crusader said: Why should it be bad? If you like it you like it, don't be so concerned over rumors or others' taste I wasn't a big fan of romance myself, to be honest, but then I start to watch Yuri, and holy hell when the lesbians kiss my world started to spin and I yell,,,YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES But I have no interest in watching heterosexual romance. Sadly that and my love for Yuri and lesbian romances/ships make some homophobes very angry and hostile toward me. Couldn't care less about some haters and their little tears, let them cry =P So enjoy what you want. Life is too short to be concerned about some toxic people and their approval. Be proud and praise what you love and enjoy yourself, NEVER back down for haters =) Theyre not being haters youre just making us look bad |
| I love romantic comedy.. Comedy being the key word here. |
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