InfiniteRyvius said: Pocketasces said: ProdiGene said: HUH? You have an odd perception, dude. I've never seen any single guy specifically showing his affection towards romantic anime. Meh, people have different preferences, thus different preferences in genres. I, for example, being in a relationship, do like "romance" genre just like any other genre. lol so if you ever come out of a relationships all the romance anime on your list, drop their ratings? this post made no sense. i am a single guy and i love romance anime. sometimes, but rarely, it makes me want a relationship... but then it's not the end of the world because i am emotionally stable. Actually, I think he meant that the fact he was in a relationship didn't affect his fondness of romance animes, he just worded it exceedingly poorly. Still, on the last thing you said, are you saying that wanting a relationship because of what you've seen in an anime is the sign of emotional madness? Or did you mean something else? i should have made it clearer, i meant that whilst watching romance can make me want a little bit of romance in my life, but because i am emotionally stable i can watch romance anime without having some kind of 'love/hate' relationship, which doesn't sound very stable to me. |
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Korotoko said: I have a question, what exactly do single people feel when people watch these type of animes. I've noticed people who are dating aren't really bothered by it much, but single people (or maybe it's because I'm a guy, who knows) on the other hand have an odd love/hate relationship with it. I want to understand the psychology of it all so being honest is key. killing time and forever alone, what else |
Pocketasces said: InfiniteRyvius said: Pocketasces said: ProdiGene said: HUH? You have an odd perception, dude. I've never seen any single guy specifically showing his affection towards romantic anime. Meh, people have different preferences, thus different preferences in genres. I, for example, being in a relationship, do like "romance" genre just like any other genre. lol so if you ever come out of a relationships all the romance anime on your list, drop their ratings? this post made no sense. i am a single guy and i love romance anime. sometimes, but rarely, it makes me want a relationship... but then it's not the end of the world because i am emotionally stable. Actually, I think he meant that the fact he was in a relationship didn't affect his fondness of romance animes, he just worded it exceedingly poorly. Still, on the last thing you said, are you saying that wanting a relationship because of what you've seen in an anime is the sign of emotional madness? Or did you mean something else? i should have made it clearer, i meant that whilst watching romance can make me want a little bit of romance in my life, but because i am emotionally stable i can watch romance anime without having some kind of 'love/hate' relationship, which doesn't sound very stable to me. So exactly under what psychological expertise and thought process are you deriving this theory from? |
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| rofl bloodcalibur. i am not even going to answer that silly question about psychological expertise. im having a conversation about my opinion, and i even said "dioesnt sound stable to me" to outline that. so that was a pretty dumb thing to say. (in my opinion) |
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SergioSource said: Because we are sadists. This exactly. I really enjoy romance animu and manga, yet I will most likely be forever alone. ;U; Not to mention, people like me hate series with no romance in the end. But real couples really annoy me. Seeing people making out in public makes me want to vomit. |
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Pocketasces said: rofl bloodcalibur. i am not even going to answer that silly question about psychological expertise. im having a conversation about my opinion, and i even said "dioesnt sound stable to me" to outline that. so that was a pretty dumb thing to say. (in my opinion) But that's exactly what I'm asking you. I'm genuinely curious as to how you arrived at your opinion =). You misinterpret me because you're so defensive all the time Pocketasces. Try not to be so confrontational all the time my friend. |
"I will close my eyes and let the darkness be the light that guides me through the path of chaos" Call me the Jelly Factory. I'm the world's largest producer of jelly. |
| While I do feel that romance anime idealizes relationships at times (which can make it unrealistic), I still think they're just as engrossing as a mystery, horror, adventure, etc. themed anime. At first I felt kind of weird for watching them, but not anymore. Psst...by the way...people don't have to know that you watch them! Do it all in secret, hahaha! |
Maora said: Replace "vomit" with "gouge their eyes out, strangle them with their intestines and defecate on their still warm remains" and I'll put an amen to that.But real couples really annoy me. Seeing people making out in public makes me want to vomit. |
Bloodcalibur said: Pocketasces said: rofl bloodcalibur. i am not even going to answer that silly question about psychological expertise. im having a conversation about my opinion, and i even said "dioesnt sound stable to me" to outline that. so that was a pretty dumb thing to say. (in my opinion) But that's exactly what I'm asking you. I'm genuinely curious as to how you arrived at your opinion =). You misinterpret me because you're so defensive all the time Pocketasces. Try not to be so confrontational all the time my friend. you mention psychological expertise when it's obvious i don't have any, because you are genuinely curious? if you are being serious you are a social retard but ok lol. consider people may appear to you on the defensive side all the time because you're always attacking. |
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Pocketasces said: Bloodcalibur said: Pocketasces said: rofl bloodcalibur. i am not even going to answer that silly question about psychological expertise. im having a conversation about my opinion, and i even said "dioesnt sound stable to me" to outline that. so that was a pretty dumb thing to say. (in my opinion) But that's exactly what I'm asking you. I'm genuinely curious as to how you arrived at your opinion =). You misinterpret me because you're so defensive all the time Pocketasces. Try not to be so confrontational all the time my friend. you mention psychological expertise when it's obvious i don't have any, because you are genuinely curious? if you are being serious you are a social retard but ok lol. consider people may appear to you on the defensive side all the time because you're always attacking. I didn't attack you though =(. You should stop the flaming my friend. Not everyone is out to attack you. Some people are here to be your friend and interact, that's all. |
"I will close my eyes and let the darkness be the light that guides me through the path of chaos" Call me the Jelly Factory. I'm the world's largest producer of jelly. |
| Watching romantic anime single is okay,watching it while in a shitty relationship is when its sucks. ): |
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Pocketasces said: Bloodcalibur said: Pocketasces said: rofl bloodcalibur. I am not even going to answer that silly question about psychological expertise. I'm having a conversation about my opinion, and I even said "doesnt sound stable to me" to outline that. So that was a pretty dumb thing to say (in my opinion). But that's exactly what I'm asking you. I'm genuinely curious as to how you arrived at your opinion =). You misinterpret me because you're so defensive all the time Pocketasces. Try not to be so confrontational all the time my friend. You mention psychological expertise when it's obvious I don't have any, is it because you are genuinely curious? If you are being serious then you are a social retard but ok lol. Consider people may appear to you on the defensive side all the time because you're always attacking. It's a perfectly reasonable question to ask, although it was worded in an way easy to misinterpret, I came to the conclusion that he was "attacking" your point/post as well. That aside, I understand why you would come to the conclusion that someone hated romance media because they were single (or maybe even in a relationship) would be a bit weird in the head, but that wouldn't be true of all people. For example, if someone was single they could find that they cannot sympathize with the characters in romance at all, and find their actions illogical. This would probably lead them to hate the media, since it'd be boring and frustrating. Another example: Say there was someone in a relationship, and he/she watched romance animes, and became acutely aware that their relationship was nothing like what was portrayed, and that their relationship just lacked any... romance (there, I said it), thus they might dislike watching romance animes because it painfully reminds them of the fact that their relationship doesn't have much love, or match up to expectations. I wouldn't call either one of the theoretical people in the above examples emotionally unstable, so I feel making the sweeping statement that you made generalized people too much. I mean, I'm not saying that noone who gets drastically affected by romance animes is emotional unstable, but it's just not everyone would be. |
InfiniteRyvius said: I wouldn't call either one of the theoretical people in the above examples emotionally unstable, so I feel making the sweeping statement that you made generalized people too much. I mean, I'm not saying that noone who gets drastically affected by romance animes is emotional unstable, but it's just not everyone would be. i think we are on different wavelengths here.. the OP referred his question to whether or not single people had a 'love/hate' relationship with romance anime... it's this relationship with an anime that i consider unstable (IMO) i never meant to imply that anyone that gets affected by the romance is unstable |
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| I don't really have a problem with it. I enjoy lots of romances, even though it's not my preferred genre. A lot of the time, they're portrayed pretty unrealistically, so there's nothing to compare and be unsatisfied with. As for the ones that are, I don't hate them and have petty, mixed emotions about it. I'm not looking for a relationship, so why would I be jealous of a 2D character having one? |
Baman said: Maora said: Replace "vomit" with "gouge their eyes out, strangle them with their intestines and defecate on their still warm remains" and I'll put an amen to that.But real couples really annoy me. Seeing people making out in public makes me want to vomit. I've made out in public. I await your fascinating retribution. |
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| My cynic and pessimistic view: Romance anything is an ugly remainder of reality of how rare it is to find someone you legitimately likes and want to spend a long time with them. If it tries to be bittersweet, it will relate to how easily love is broken. If it tries to be sweet, it will relate to how bloody rare it is for chance events to start the whole thing in the first place. If it tries to be bitter, it's just a big mess of tears at the end of the day. Overall, I avoid romance like the plague unless there are other genres within the show that's more important. At the end of the day, no matter what the outcome is, it will often lead me to a pool of tears. Now I'm not saying crying is bad or anything, but it just sounds depressing if one were to actively engage in this genre when the end result is always the same. I am hedonistic by nature, not masochistic. :\ |
deoxys_101993 said: I watch, but I don't watch shows where romance is the main plot device (like True Tears, for example). It's nice to see two protagonists in some story that slowly fall for each other. (Tales of the Abyss :3) Why not? Those are the ones I'm essentially talking about because they generally tend to generate more emotions from the viewer. |
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| Whenever i watch a really, REALLY good romance anime with realistic characters and scenario's it makes me realize how lonely i really feel inside... It's funny, being single never really bothers me any other time but when i watch these i die a little inside. |
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| Yeah its a love hate kinda. I love to see it because I love love and romance. I like cuteness and intimacy and all that but it sometimes reminds me of how im alone. I usually enjoy it more if a character is in a similar situation as me and it works out for them and then i feel happy like it might work for me too. |
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| I'm single atm, yet romance (as long as it isn't shoujo or josei) is my favorite genre. I don't see anything wrong with it :D As for feelings... I do feel... romantic? I do it for knowledge actually; you can interpret that however you want. |
| I'm single and I guess I can get the bittersweet feeling you mean but romance will always be my fav genre. The bitter part only comes from the feeling of wanting to have someone like in those romantic stories but it doesn't hold forever. It's nice to feel the atmosphere and stuff<3 |
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Maffy said: I'm single and I guess I can get the bittersweet feeling you mean but romance will always be my fav genre. The bitter part only comes from the feeling of wanting to have someone like in those romantic stories but it doesn't hold forever. It's nice to feel the atmosphere and stuff<3 Indeed, guess it's the same as seeing couples in restaurant and stuff, you suddenly feel that you wish for something like that:P Romance is a good genre though I prefer slice of life myself, but then again...I watch anything that catches my eye:) |
kain361 said: Indeed, guess it's the same as seeing couples in restaurant and stuff, you suddenly feel that you wish for something like that:P Romance is a good genre though I prefer slice of life myself, but then again...I watch anything that catches my eye:) I don't think it's quite the same as seeing a couple in a restaurant. I know people who have gone out to restaurants that haven't really "loved" each other properly, so I don't think much of it. I think what people get envious of is the display of these people having wonderful and powerful feelings of love for each other, which makes them incredibly happy if it turns out well. Any of us could take a girl out to a restaurant theoretically, but actually feeling the emotions that those in love in romances do isn't something you an decide to do, it just happens, and for many it just hasn't. That's why they'd feel envious. Heck, I want to be happy as much as the next person, I kind of wish I could feel about someone so strongly. I doubt I ever will, but I'd never get depressed over the issue (well, perhaps when I get into my mid 30s and am still alone). |
SergioSource said: Because we are sadists. Pretty much sums it up. |
| Yeah, I'm single and I love romance anime... Along with psychological, horror and action series. I don't think my love of romance has anything to do with the fact that I'm single. Maybe it's because I like the idealised version of romance. I know that it's not like that in reality, at all :P |
| The fuck? Why should your relationship status have to do with what anime you watch? "I don't have a girlfriend/boyfriend everyone should be miserable like me!" is no way to go through life. |
itsthatguyMar 13, 2012 8:43 PM
| Harems don't exist in America. If one guy is constantly surrounded by beautiful girls, then he's probably the gay friend. |
| I enjoy romance animes and I'm single. Mostly because most harem anime is in the romance category and I watch alot of harem. Even though I'm single, I still enjoy the "feel good" atmosphere of romance anime. It makes me smile and it's nice to be on the outside looking in with romance... |
| Romance fiction has nothing to do with real life relationships I don't know how you can eve draw a parallel, romance in anime/manga and flying pigs are in same plane of fiction. |
| I watch them because they're interesting. I like watching shows with a happy ending, but I also like watching shows where people suffer, whether it be physically or mentally. It honestly just comes down to whether it sucks or it doesn't. I don't watch more of one genre consciously than any other. No, I'm not a sadist. |
| Lemme smang it girl. |
| As many said, it does not affect things in real life.. But I do know of friends, who used to wish their girlfriends would be same as the ones in the anime.. :D |
| Moved to Anime Discussion. |
| I get jealous at the main girl... >w< |
| So we should only watch shows that are exactly the same as our lives? well that would be a lot of fun now wouldn't it. |
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| Been in a long term relationship for like 10 years or so. Romance anime sometimes annoys me more than anything as I always hoped that I would find my romance in a similar way or at least something a bit more dramatic. The way mine happened seemed remarkably dull and uninteresting in comparison to alot of the stuff I've seen in anime. |
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| Why would this even be a factor in watching something that you enjoy? It's like saying I can't watch a sports anime because I don't play that particular sport. I'm single and I love romance content, be it anime, manga, fanfics, books, etc. I would think that most single people have the maturity not to get offended just because some fictional characters have a relationship and the watcher doesn't. |
| tbh I don't really care what genre I'm watching as long as it is good:P Then why should I feel offended over watching something? True that it sometimes reminds you that reality is different, but we are about to enjoy watching it, not to cry or rage over it just because they have something we don't:) |
Korotoko said: deoxys_101993 said: I watch, but I don't watch shows where romance is the main plot device (like True Tears, for example). It's nice to see two protagonists in some story that slowly fall for each other. (Tales of the Abyss :3) Why not? Those are the ones I'm essentially talking about because they generally tend to generate more emotions from the viewer. I'm on that boat too, so maybe I can answer: Those shows depict boring youth, in boring places, doing boring things. I watch anime because I want to see fantastic things. Romance is best as a side dish. |
| I love watching romance anime (in fact i'm surprise to know that i am fine with anime that has no romance). Even though I cannot really stand the part where the main characters start dating. I feel weird watching it. |
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| Do I count as single? I don't have a girlfriend, but I have massive amount of waifus. |
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sleeplesstown said: +5 internets for you.I DON'T PILOT A GIANT ROBOT THEREFORE I CANNOT WATCH MECHA ANIME |
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sleeplesstown said: I DON'T PILOT A GIANT ROBOT THEREFORE I CANNOT WATCH MECHA ANIME Maybe you're trying to sound witty, but this is just a horrible comparison. I never said anything about "not being able to watch something because you are so and so." On the contrary, you CAN like the genre, you may even love it. What part of "love/hate" difficult to understand? You can love it, but still be bothered by it in some shape or form depending on your situation, views, experiences, state of mind, and confidence level as evidenced in many people's posts. All of these also applies for people who aren't affected it at all. I can expand on it more if you need, it seems there are a variety of factors that come into play. |
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Korotoko said: sleeplesstown said: I DON'T PILOT A GIANT ROBOT THEREFORE I CANNOT WATCH MECHA ANIME Maybe you're trying to sound witty, but this is just a horrible comparison. I never said anything about "not being able to watch something because you are so and so." On the contrary, you CAN like the genre, you may even love it. What part of "love/hate" difficult to understand? You can love it, but still be bothered by it in some shape or form depending on your situation, views, experiences, state of mind, and confidence level as evidenced in many people's posts. All of these also applies for people who aren't affected it at all. I can expand on it more if you need, it seems there are a variety of factors that come into play. The simplest factor of them all would be that humans can understand and enjoy the concept of romance without having to be currently in a relationship themselves. Fictional romance stories and real romances are independent of one another despite one being able to positively or negatively influence the other. A person in a relationship is no more likely to be bothered by content in a romance story than a person who isn't currently in a relationship. You may mean you want to understand what a single person enjoys or dislikes about romance stories and you believe that single person's answers would be different from a person in a relationship. That could be interesting but you worded in a way that makes it sound as if single people shouldn't watch or enjoy romantic stories just because they are single. That is absurd and that is why you are getting responses like "I DON'T PILOT A GIANT ROBOT THEREFORE I CANNOT WATCH MECHA ANIME" So if you really want answers try not to sound as if you looking for examples to support a conclusion you reached before asking the question. |
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| Anime_Name's post + 1 "So if you really want answers try not to sound as if you looking for examples to support a conclusion you reached before asking the question." |
| To put it simply; I enjoy myself. I don't think being single or not has anything to do with it. I've certainly never felt any different watching anime while single or in a relationship. But this thread has made me self conscious about my inability to pilot mecha. |
| It depresses me. I don't even watch romance animes and i'm single 0.o |
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