| It's when the romance seems out of place and unnecessary in the show, because people expected the show to focus on other things rather than, y'know, honeymoons and fishing dates. |
| When there is a Romance for the sake of the plot advancement. --- It's not that bad compared to romance that goes no where, like in Detective Conan. |
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| author don't give a fuck about it pairings, almost end "wait, we need some romance!" and boom. wait, you use SAO as example? are people serious? romance in SAO IS NOT FORCED! the harem... well it is. |
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absentminded said: Don't forget to add forced babies.author don't give a fuck about it pairings, almost end "wait, we need some romance!" and boom. |
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| I'm not too sure. It makes me think of Mirai Nikki with Amano Yukiteru and Gasai Yuno though. But yeah actually, mayukachan said: It's when the romance seems out of place and unnecessary in the show, because people expected the show to focus on other things rather than, y'know, honeymoons and fishing dates. that makes sense and it's probably why the term is being used. |
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ExTamplier said: i don't mind about it TBH.absentminded said: Don't forget to add forced babies.author don't give a fuck about it pairings, almost end "wait, we need some romance!" and boom. |
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| Forced romance is a euphemism for rape. |
devinder said: Forced romance is a euphemism for rape. Fuck, you beat me to it. |
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devinder said: Forced romance is a euphemism for rape. lol, good one ;P. |
| If you're just searching the meaning behind those words on MAL, then there's no need to go that far. "Forced romance" is used most of the time on MAL by peoples simply unhappy about seeing a romance they didn't want to see. Either because they have a fixed opinion about what type of story romance should be in or not, or because they simply don't like romance story. Either way, they're unhappy when romance suddenly pop in their anime and they didn't expect nor wanted it to come. As usual, part of MAL is trying to give pretentious (or pejorative) terms to their own opinion and biased views. Liking something the majority don't like is being elitist, a romance they didn't want to see is a forced romance, when the plot is too smart for them they don't say they didn't understand and ask for an explanation, but instead that it's pretentious, when an explanation is too much for their short attention spawn it's lazy writing or bad exposition, When they didn't pay enough attention to see the connection between a plot twist and the foreshadowing it's an asspull, When they didn't pay enough attention to see the connection between a plot twist and the elements explaining it it's a plot hole, When a female character's outfit isn't covering her from feet to the head without showing skin if they don't like it it's bad character design made just for otaku pandering, When they're unsatisfied because there isn't enough action to keep their short attention spawn from being bored, the pacing is bad, and so on. I heavily suggest that you just take "forced romance" when you encountered on MAL for what it is most of the time : the guy who wrote that didn't like that romance, or don't like romance in general. Most of the time, those "pretentious" terms are very interesting for them because it allow them to avoid having to give an explanation for their judgement/opinion. If they say the romance is bad, then why is it bad? But if they say it's forced romance, then they feel exempted to say it. Which is good since lots of time the only reason they feel it's bad is that they didn't like it, so explanation about why it's bad would embarrass them~ Plus they feel it makes look them smart when they write it on a review. NB : Another thing needed on a review to be taken seriously when the plot has lots of plot twist is saying that the plot was predictable, even if you predicted in reality 1 out of 10 plot twist across the anime, it is predictable. You wouldn't want other thinking that you're too stupid to see where things were going from the first second you started watching the anime, would you. Even better, you can complain about the plot insulting your mighty intelligence and how it was too easy to guess, lolz. |
ZefyrisOct 26, 2015 12:06 AM
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| >What's exactly Forced Romance means? Any kind of romance the reviewer feels shouldn't have happened in the show for in-universe reasons, and was purely forced into the world by the author for out-of-universe reasons. This can also apply to romances that progress unnaturally fast. Of course, it's a very subjective evaluation. Partly because different people have different ideas as to how romance should work (have you ever fell in love at first sight? Do you believe it actually happens in real life?). Partly because viewers expect different amount of attention to romance in a given series (does a story about saving the world need romance at all? maybe we should just show the hero married to this cute sorceress in the epilogue?) Having more than one of Forced Romance happen in a short time to one character is a reason to call the character a Mary Sue. Unless it's a harem anime/manga/LN, in which case it's just badly written. |
Nihilfist said: likewisedevinder said: Forced romance is a euphemism for rape. Fuck, you beat me to it. |
| a gr8 [used #$@%$&] example would be the shit yu x nao in charlotte |
| A romance that contributes nothing to the characters and the story (it could've done without it). It's also one where the personalities aren't involved. They just love each other. We don't see how their personalities connect. They're in love because the creators said so. |
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KuroudoAkabane said: I agree. Didn't think it was needed at all. However I know a lot of people did ship them, God knows why.a gr8 [used #$@%$&] example would be the shit yu x nao in charlotte |
| I think Naruto/Hinata is a forced romance. I mean, really forced... I know It's a shonen, but come on! Since the final arc has begun, every shot on Hinata was dedicated to her feelings for Naruto, even in the worst situation to think about it. And the Last Movie is even worse... Every part on this movie is to tell "Look! They're in couple! You must love this fact!" and where everybody is obsessed with this stupid scarf who is the symbol of Naruto and Hinata relation Or the fact they're DESTINED to be together because of their ancestors... DESTINED? In Naruto? That wasn't the same mistake the last arcs have done about the "Do not believe in destiny or everything is already decided and you can't change it!" In this case, I hate this forced romance because It's not over-the-top cheesy, It's brainwashing and craps on the main message of the story... |
Zefyris said: If you're just searching the meaning behind those words on MAL, then there's no need to go that far. "Forced romance" is used most of the time on MAL by peoples simply unhappy about seeing a romance they didn't want to see. Either because they have a fixed opinion about what type of story romance should be in or not, or because they simply don't like romance story. Either way, they're unhappy when romance suddenly pop in their anime and they didn't expect nor wanted it to come. As usual, part of MAL is trying to give pretentious (or pejorative) terms to their own opinion and biased views. Liking something the majority don't like is being elitist, a romance they didn't want to see is a forced romance, when the plot is too smart for them they don't say they didn't understand and ask for an explanation, but instead that it's pretentious, when an explanation is too much for their short attention spawn it's lazy writing or bad exposition, When they didn't pay enough attention to see the connection between a plot twist and the foreshadowing it's an asspull, When they didn't pay enough attention to see the connection between a plot twist and the elements explaining it it's a plot hole, When a female character's outfit isn't covering her from feet to the head without showing skin if they don't like it it's bad character design made just for otaku pandering, When they're unsatisfied because there isn't enough action to keep their short attention spawn from being bored, the pacing is bad, and so on. I heavily suggest that you just take "forced romance" when you encountered on MAL for what it is most of the time : the guy who wrote that didn't like that romance, or don't like romance in general. Most of the time, those "pretentious" terms are very interesting for them because it allow them to avoid having to give an explanation for their judgement/opinion. If they say the romance is bad, then why is it bad? But if they say it's forced romance, then they feel exempted to say it. Which is good since lots of time the only reason they feel it's bad is that they didn't like it, so explanation about why it's bad would embarrass them~ Plus they feel it makes look them smart when they write it on a review. NB : Another thing needed on a review to be taken seriously when the plot has lots of plot twist is saying that the plot was predictable, even if you predicted in reality 1 out of 10 plot twist across the anime, it is predictable. You wouldn't want other thinking that you're too stupid to see where things were going from the first second you started watching the anime, would you. Even better, you can complain about the plot insulting your mighty intelligence and how it was too easy to guess, lolz. I agree...people sometimes take themselves a bit too seriously. |
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| Unacceptable is a strong word. The term disliked is more appropriate. |
absentminded said: wait, you use SAO as example? are people serious? romance in SAO IS NOT FORCED! the harem... well it is. Well...It's the second popular animes -in MAL-, making it the most popular romance anime -in MAL-? ExTamplier said: absentminded said: Don't forget to add forced babies.author don't give a fuck about it pairings, almost end "wait, we need some romance!" and boom. lol does dragon ball count? Zefyris said: If you're just searching the meaning behind those words on MAL, then there's no need to go that far. "Forced romance" is used most of the time on MAL by peoples simply unhappy about seeing a romance they didn't want to see. Either because they have a fixed opinion about what type of story romance should be in or not, or because they simply don't like romance story. Either way, they're unhappy when romance suddenly pop in their anime and they didn't expect nor wanted it to come. As usual, part of MAL is trying to give pretentious (or pejorative) terms to their own opinion and biased views. Liking something the majority don't like is being elitist, a romance they didn't want to see is a forced romance, when the plot is too smart for them they don't say they didn't understand and ask for an explanation, but instead that it's pretentious, when an explanation is too much for their short attention spawn it's lazy writing or bad exposition, When they didn't pay enough attention to see the connection between a plot twist and the foreshadowing it's an asspull, When they didn't pay enough attention to see the connection between a plot twist and the elements explaining it it's a plot hole, When a female character's outfit isn't covering her from feet to the head without showing skin if they don't like it it's bad character design made just for otaku pandering, When they're unsatisfied because there isn't enough action to keep their short attention spawn from being bored, the pacing is bad, and so on. I heavily suggest that you just take "forced romance" when you encountered on MAL for what it is most of the time : the guy who wrote that didn't like that romance, or don't like romance in general. Most of the time, those "pretentious" terms are very interesting for them because it allow them to avoid having to give an explanation for their judgement/opinion. If they say the romance is bad, then why is it bad? But if they say it's forced romance, then they feel exempted to say it. Which is good since lots of time the only reason they feel it's bad is that they didn't like it, so explanation about why it's bad would embarrass them~ Plus they feel it makes look them smart when they write it on a review. NB : Another thing needed on a review to be taken seriously when the plot has lots of plot twist is saying that the plot was predictable, even if you predicted in reality 1 out of 10 plot twist across the anime, it is predictable. You wouldn't want other thinking that you're too stupid to see where things were going from the first second you started watching the anime, would you. Even better, you can complain about the plot insulting your mighty intelligence and how it was too easy to guess, lolz. +2 I agree with this. thanks for the contribution, Appreciated! Dresta said: Unacceptable is a strong word. The term disliked is more appropriate. lol I decided to change the word "Dislike" because it's overused in AD |
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| Romance that doesn't feel natural. |
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| Watch Elfen Lied and laugh. |
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| A Forced Romance is any that does not follow naturally from how the characters interact and simply exists for the sake of existing. |
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Balong said: I think Naruto/Hinata is a forced romance. I mean, really forced... I know It's a shonen, but come on! Since the final arc has begun, every shot on Hinata was dedicated to her feelings for Naruto, even in the worst situation to think about it. And the Last Movie is even worse... Every part on this movie is to tell "Look! They're in couple! You must love this fact!" and where everybody is obsessed with this stupid scarf who is the symbol of Naruto and Hinata relation Or the fact they're DESTINED to be together because of their ancestors... DESTINED? In Naruto? That wasn't the same mistake the last arcs have done about the "Do not believe in destiny or everything is already decided and you can't change it!" In this case, I hate this forced romance because It's not over-the-top cheesy, It's brainwashing and craps on the main message of the story... NaruHina is practically fanservice, the majority of the fandom wanted it, they got it. |
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badwolf45f said: I feel that it wasn't completely forced because we knew how Hinata felt and she did express it to Naruto slowly throughout the whole series. Where I personally feel it was lacking, was Naruto's return of her feelings. There could've and should've (imo) been more scenes where he notices her more so that it creates a gradual return of her feelings leading up to his dense-realization-breakthrough. Oh but I'm a Hinata x Naruto fan (always was from the first time we saw Hinata had a thing for Naruto XD haha) so I'm still probably biased lolBalong said: I think Naruto/Hinata is a forced romance. I mean, really forced... I know It's a shonen, but come on! Since the final arc has begun, every shot on Hinata was dedicated to her feelings for Naruto, even in the worst situation to think about it. And the Last Movie is even worse... Every part on this movie is to tell "Look! They're in couple! You must love this fact!" and where everybody is obsessed with this stupid scarf who is the symbol of Naruto and Hinata relation Or the fact they're DESTINED to be together because of their ancestors... DESTINED? In Naruto? That wasn't the same mistake the last arcs have done about the "Do not believe in destiny or everything is already decided and you can't change it!" In this case, I hate this forced romance because It's not over-the-top cheesy, It's brainwashing and craps on the main message of the story... NaruHina is practically fanservice, the majority of the fandom wanted it, they got it. |
| Bocu No Pico but oposite. |
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riho88riho said: feel that it wasn't completely forced because we knew how Hinata felt and she did express it to Naruto slowly throughout the whole series. Where I personally feel it was lacking, was Naruto's return of her feelings. There could've and should've (imo) been more scenes where he notices her more so that it creates a gradual return of her feelings leading up to his dense-realization-breakthrough. Oh but I'm a Hinata x Naruto fan (always was from the first time we saw Hinata had a thing for Naruto XD haha) so I'm still probably biased lol Well, we all knew how Naruto felt about Sakura the whole series, if Narusaku would have become canon would you say it wasnt forced? thing is, Naruto is a shonen it didnt focus on romance that much or enough for any pairing to not felt forced, the fact that Kishi needed a movie to show how NaruHina becomes canon is proof enough that it was forced and again fanservice. |
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| When two characters without any chemistry between them end up together, I also consider that forced romance (aside from all the stuff that you guys have already mentioned). And it's one of the things that I hate the most in anime, shows or movies. |
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| It's something I really hate, and it ruins series for me. |
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| Forced romance >Pairings I don't like Not forced romance >Pairings I like |
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| When characters suddenly fall in love completely out of nowhere just because the author was desperate to include romance elements somewhere in the plot |
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daky-kun said: When two characters without any chemistry between them end up together, I also consider that forced romance (aside from all the stuff that you guys have already mentioned). And it's one of the things that I hate the most in anime, shows or movies. That's the worst type. If the romance story makes sense for the characters' personalities but isn't very related to the story, I can forgive that. It at least grows out of the characters and develops them. One that only exists for no reason is just filler. |
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Tenshi_Shura said: Forced romance >Pairings I don't like Not forced romance >Pairings I like Top kek |
| another form of asspull but in the sense of romance. Yui and Hinata in angel beats is example like this. |
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| It's annoying when a character falls in love with someone they just met and don't even know. |
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Tenshi_Shura said: Forced romance >Pairings I don't like Not forced romance >Pairings I like |
Niddy said: It's annoying when a character falls in love with someone they just met and don't even know. Like it ever happens in anime? |
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