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You know how sometimes there's those three characters in anime that are either always together or closely interconnected in a lot of shonen anime, in some love triangles, and in other anime? Like Sakura/Naruto/Sasuke in Naruto or Italy/Germany/Japan in Hetalia Axis Powers?

which one is your favorite and why? mine would have to be Tohru/Yuki/Kyo from Fruits Basket and Emma/Norman/Ray from Yakusoku no Neverland because I'm nostalgic for the first, and the second one is really compelling

this is not limited to shonen trios, love triangles, or main characters
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Gintama actually had two of my favorite trios of all-time with the Shinsegumi Police of Okita/Hijikata/Kongo and Yorozuya gang of Gintoki/Kagura/Glasses.

Both groups are hilarious. I like their character dynamics and how much respect they give each other. When the two trios are in an episode together, magic happens.
Sep 25, 2019 4:42 PM
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Tanjiro, Inosuke and Zenitsu from Kimetsu no Yaiba: Honestly,their quimic and dinamics are an absolute joy to me, and just overall extremely charming, is been a long time since ive been in love with a main group like this.
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Jack, Yusei and Crow from YGO 5d's

those 3 were my favorite original trio~
Sep 25, 2019 4:54 PM
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Ash, Misty and Brock. Simply because I love them and because it's probably the most iconic of all time, and I love that sense of worldwide relevance.
Sep 25, 2019 4:57 PM
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Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. Good old team 7
Sep 25, 2019 5:00 PM
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Shinji, Asuka and Rei from NGE (the single most fucked up trio in anime)
Olivia, Kasumi and Hanako from AsobiAsobase (Funniest ever imo)
Sep 25, 2019 5:07 PM
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Takato, Jen, and Ruki in Digimon Tamers, of course. I just really love the dynamic they had. I think focusing on a trio allowed for them to have more character development than the "large group of kids" dynamic the other Digimon series had.
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-Ash, Misty, and Brock (Jessie, James, and Meowth)- Grew up watching Pokemon in the 90s, so these two pairs of three were a big part of my childhood.

-Eren, Mikasa and Armin (Attack on Titan)

-Mugen, Jin, and Fu (Samurai Champloo)
Sep 25, 2019 5:20 PM

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is the only trio in my fav section so Yuji, Shana and Yoshida by default I guess which I'm totally cool with with how amazing each of them are just by themselves
Sep 25, 2019 5:23 PM

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Yuuko, mio and mai from nichijou come to mind

Also dandy, meow and QT from space dandy

Edit: rico reg and nanachi count right?
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Sep 25, 2019 5:32 PM

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First one that comes to mind is Chihaya, Arata, and Taichi from Chihayafuru. Moreso from the first 3 episodes, since after that they never really act as a trio again, but for those three episodes they're great which makes the fact that they never are a trio again afterwards hurt even more.

If anything, that heartache is what makes it stand out so much, it's a trio from a more innocent time in their lives that went their separate ways. We get to see them in the moment when they felt on top of the world and then see how things have changed even if they all still have fond memories of that short time.

What I guess I'm saying is Chihayafuru is fantastic, season 3 this fall HYPE!
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Sep 25, 2019 5:38 PM

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u know i gotta rep the 3 main lads from saiki kusuo - kaidou, nendou and that one glasses guy
Sep 25, 2019 5:39 PM
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Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke. Never has any group in any work of fiction gotten me deeply emotionally attached. I love their trio so much it's almost indescribable. Probably the biggest reason why Naruto is my favorite anime.
Sep 25, 2019 5:47 PM
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Too many top notch trios to choose from :')














Sep 25, 2019 5:56 PM
Haruna Sairenji

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Akari, Alice and Aika from the Aria series. Great chemistry and a beautiful friendship. Same goes for the other trio Alicia, Akira and Athena.

I also have a major weakness for Arusa, Eva and Sheila from Mahou Shoujo-tai Arusu. While apart they are just normal good characters, but when they are together they really represent a strong group with a great connection. I also love how Eva and Sheila both present a different aspect of Arusa's personality.
Sep 25, 2019 6:40 PM
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Discounting three-girl harems like in Maburaho since I feel like that'd be too easy



This is the only trio that matters tbh

Sep 25, 2019 7:13 PM
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Reading the title I thought it'd be hard to find them, reading through though that's far from the truth.

I would have to say though tanjiro, inosuke and zenitsu are a joy to have together, but when something becomes plot relevant it's tanjiro that does a lot of the heavy lifting, the others become more supporting cast than main cast, a good trio has all members doing something relevant at some point

I would argue that griffith, casca and guts become an iconic trio during Berserk's golden age, they all do something worth mentioning before griffith becomes a knight with his own regiment

I forget their names though, but the girls from bubblegum crisis, oh and less iconic but still a good trio; excel, Hyatt and elgala from excel saga's manga, just a shame people lost interest just before elgala was introduced
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Aidyr said:
Too many top notch trios to choose from :')
















i like yuyushiki and nichijou too..
and trio from joshikousei no mudazukai
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Sep 25, 2019 7:22 PM

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yessu! zenitsu, tanjiro, inosuke, i love that three dumies they are so funny and makes my day :3


Sep 25, 2019 7:29 PM

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Any answer besides the Yorozuya is incorrect.
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Jousuke, Okuyasu and Kouichi from Jojos part 4
The Samurai Champloo trio
Masaomi, Mikado and Anri from Durarara!!
Asirpa, Sugimoto and Shiraishi from Golden Kamuy
Sep 25, 2019 9:35 PM
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The Kawamoto sisters from Sangatsu are the cutest, most wholesome trio ever.

Tadakuni, Hidenori and Yoshitake from Danshi Koukousei. They're all lovable idiots.

And of course Nendou and his aibo and chibi.
Sep 25, 2019 10:05 PM

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Toa - Gio - Jin from Dragonaut, this is some sort of a weird love triangle yet the guys were rivals, the friends, then mortal ennemies. I liked the interaction between them. The strangest thing is that they lived together at one point, Toa was working as a server, Jin was doing housekeeping and Gio was doing the hard work and he accepted being the 3rd weel in the house. Poor Toa and Jin, they had to hide in order to get some "affection time".
Sep 25, 2019 10:09 PM

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1.Luffy, Zorro and Sanji from One Piece.
2.Natsuo Fuji,Tachibana Hina and Tachibana Rui from Dome x Kano.
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MechKingKillbot said:
Gintama actually had two of my favorite trios of all-time with the Shinsegumi Police of Okita/Hijikata/Kongo and Yorozuya gang of Gintoki/Kagura/Glasses.

Both groups are hilarious. I like their character dynamics and how much respect they give each other. When the two trios are in an episode together, magic happens.

Well said! lol


My fav probably yorozuya trio too. Gintoki, Kagura, Shinpachi.

also, if this can be called trio: Deku, Bakugou, Todoroki
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Jonathan Joestar, Will A. Zeppeli, and everybody's favorite commentator, Robert E. O. Speedwagon.
Sep 26, 2019 2:59 AM

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Since Disgaea got an anime, i'm going to say Laharl, Flonne and Etna.


Love all those characters so much.
Sep 26, 2019 3:32 AM

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My waifus from Yurikuma Arashi .Lulu Ginko and Kureha ,,,My lesbians are so strong and fighting a goddamn war for their right to be in loved and never backs down!!! I love strong females and this trio delivers!!!




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Sep 26, 2019 3:40 AM

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Yorozuya trio is the first one that comes to mind. Kobayashi, Tohru and Kanna is another trio i enjoy
Sep 26, 2019 3:42 AM

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Robo,Wota and Baka from Joshikousei no Mudazukai
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Komi,Tadano and Najimi from komi-san can't communicate

They all are very unique to one another and find themselfs in funny situations because of their differences
Sep 26, 2019 3:51 AM

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The main trio in Asobi Asobase is hilarious. Those crazy girls made me laugh so much.
I really like Eren, Armin and Mikasa in Shingeki no Kyojin. They always stick together and can count on each other.
I agree that Ray, Emma and Norman are also great. I just wish to
You just feel how much they care about each other and it's adorable.
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Sep 26, 2019 4:01 AM

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I'll probably have to give it to the Yorozuya trio of Gintoki, Shinpachi and Kaguya.

Because I'm not sure Hoshino/Tsukimoto/Kong, Yakumo/Yotaro/Konatsu or Watashi/Ozu/Akashi really count as 'trios' in any sense than numerically. It isn't really a 'thing' and it's not like they always show up together.

There's also the Kawamoto sisters from 3-gatsu, but while I like all 3 of them I'd mostly pick them because of Hinata so it doesn't seem fair :>.

Plenty of other good ones out there, but those are the top-tier ones that come to mind.
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Yorozuya from Gintama - Because they are #1.
Yukko, Mio, and Mai from Nichijou - Because of their combination.
Akari, Alice and Aika from ARIA - Because they are embodiment of CGDCT and a bit more, much more actually.
Baka, Wota and Robo from JoshiMuda - Inspired from Nichijou trio, probably.
Chihaya, Arata, Taichi from Chihayafuru - Because the way the push one another to their limits.
Hidenori, Yoshitake, Tadakuni from Danshi Koukousei - Because of them being just funny.
Yuki, Tooru, Kyou from Furuba - Because they are all adorable.
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Probably Jiraiya, Orochimaru and Tsunade.
          
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Yato, Yukine and Hiyori
My absolute favorites as a trio.
Their dynamics are so incredible and the friendships to each other (or love in addition to that between Yato and Hiyori) feels honest, they care a lot for each other, but it's not a "stock-friendship", because their relationships are very unique and light-hearted enough to make them actually enjoyable and I love their teasing to each other and everything.
I love / like them very much individually and as a trio. How they treat each other is very believable and not just a superficial Shounen anime-message about friendship. Their friendship actually makes a difference for Yato, since he gets the chance to change through people's support. Similar for Yukine.
Hiyori is personality-wise less interesting imo, because she grew up so normally, but she's emotionally very mature for her age, tries to understand people and is very compassionate.


My other two favorite trios are Emma, Norman and Ray and if you could call them that Yuu, Mika and Shinoa. Here it might be little bit overlooked and there are also the novels, but Shinoa and Mika protected each other by now a few times haha and I like the little stuffs about them like how she's actually worrying and I also like her personal reasons to love Yuu. And Mika and Yuu are my OTP anyway, which I could write much about. :D
For Emma, Norman and Ray, they are such a great team, they just belong together and also care for each other so much. I love how they treat each other and just... everything about them.

Besides them, I also really like Riko, Reg and Nanachi as much as Aladdin, Alibaba and Morgiana (although Hakuryuu also was with them a few arcs long).
I don't know for D.Gray-man since their are four mains, but Kands isn't there quite a long time and they split often in general, but let's take Allen, Lenalee and Lavi too. I love many relationships there, but especially the friendship between those three (and Kanda and Alma).

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Takato, Jen, and Ruki in Digimon Tamers, of course. I just really love the dynamic they had. I think focusing on a trio allowed for them to have more character development than the "large group of kids" dynamic the other Digimon series had.

Yes, they were pretty good too.
Although all the series had 50 episodes, so it wasn't impossible to give all of them their own moments. Still they focused very much on Taichi, Yamato and Mimi, partwise Sora, Hikari and Takeru in the first one. Izumi and Jou got their moments too, but they got less of them. I kinda liked them too.

Oh and although they were separated many times, I really liked Gold, Silver and Crystal.
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Only anime to feature a title with the trio names:
Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt
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Sep 26, 2019 5:14 AM
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The Spike, Jet and Faye (+Edward) trio from Cowboy Bebop.
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MechKingKillbot said:
Gintama actually had two of my favorite trios of all-time with the Shinsegumi Police of Okita/Hijikata/Kongo and Yorozuya gang of Gintoki/Kagura/Glasses.

Both groups are hilarious. I like their character dynamics and how much respect they give each other. When the two trios are in an episode together, magic happens.


+1, I'm going to go with these 2 Trios as well. Their chemistry is out of the world lol
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The Araragi siblings, of course.

Not just a very funny trio, but also the hottest one ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Chihaya, Arata and Taichi from Chihayafuru.

The bond they still have even after staying apart for years is beautiful. It's complicated and messy at times which makes it all more beautiful.
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Not really a trio but the strawhat crew, have not come across a group of characters that genuinely feel like a family as much as the strawhats do. They have a bond like no others do.
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-Naruto/Sasuke/Sakura from Naruto

-Emma/Norman/Ray from The Promised Neverland
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Episode, Guillotinecutter and Dramaturgie. Underpowered and short-lived but cool AF anyway.
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yare yare, looks like nendo and the jet bolack wings are coming to me again if only I can find a way to avoid them.
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Ash, Misty and Brock. Simply because I love them and because it's probably the most iconic of all time, and I love that sense of worldwide relevance.
I like May too,
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its my pets jesse and james and I the great MEOWTH! the greatest trio ever!

sket dance trio?
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Nagisa, Karma & Koro-Sensei
Natsu, Gray & Erza
Emiya, Rin & Saber

Could name so many more, but most important would definitely be this trio:
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Kazuto Kirigaya + Eugeo + Alice Zuberg.
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Natsu, Lucy, and Happy from Fairy Tail. Whenever they're all together, good shit happens and I couldn't help but enjoy their moments.
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Only one I can think of is Oz/Alice /Gilbert from Pandora Hearts.

I love the relationship between the Yorozuya trio; they’re like a wholesome family.
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Nichijou - Yukko, Mio, and Mai.
Danshi Koukousei - Hidenori, Yoshitake and Tadakuni
Noragami - Yato, Yukine and Hyori.
Digimon Tamers - Takato, Jen and Ruki.
OHSHC - Mori, Honey and his bunny lol
Free - Rin, Haru and Makoto.
Katekyo Hitman Reborn - Tsuna, Yamamoto and Gokudera.
Higurashi - Keichii, Mion and Rena.
Sailor Moon - Usagi, Ami and Rei.
Durarara - Anri, Mikado and Kida.
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - Mikoshiba, Nozaki and Chiyo.
BNHA - Deku, Ochako and Iida
Magic Knight Rayearth - Hikaru, Umi and Fuu.
Mermaid Melody - Lucia, Hanon and Rina.
And of course.. Team 7, team 8, team Guy, team 10 and the legendary 3 Sannin from Naruto.

All of these are iconic.
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