| Harem endings can completely ruin romance anime for me. |
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| I dunno man, a "bad end" where everyone is heartbroken and nobody gets what they want is probably the worst thing a romance story can do. It's probably a more realistic take on human relationships and I'm sure such an end would immediately garner it masterpiece status among the elitists but I don't watch anime for realism or to make me feel depressed. |
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ysphyr said: I hate love triangles and unnecessary drama. And I don't like adult romance (meaning the one with pervy stuff/jokes/etc), it's disgusting. I want everything to be cute, naive and innocent. And if it's a shounen/seinen romance - I'm skipping it because of reasons. I prefer love triangles myself. It's kinda boring just watching two people go on dates or whatever. |
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| What usually ruins a romance anime's quality for me is when they get together at the middle of the series. It just feels like most authors don't really know what to write after getting to that point and honestly. The same instances, tropes, etc. don't really ruin it, mostly because that's more or less what the genre has built upon, but it could get really boring and redundant, not necessarily bad. I don't really hate any other tropes that you mentioned mostly because that's what makes them interesting in the first place. I guess you could call them a "trademark" for shows of the genre, well, aside from NTR. |
| When I don't like any of the characters thats the focus of the romance is probably what kills any show for me Happens ever time I I'm not invested in the cast like SNAFU, White Album 2, Monogatari and Maison Ikkoku come to my mind right now |
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operationvalkyri said: No ending. No ending ruins it for me. KareKano, Ouran Koukou, Maid-sama, Ao Haru Ride, Koi wa Ameagari, WotaKoi, Sukite ii na Yo, and many, many others. As a manga reader of KareKano I can tell you that you're better off with the anime ending, the last volumes were, let's say weird As for me, I hate it when the girl that did all things good and actually give something to the mc not getting anything, that's why I dislike True Tears and Just Because. It's stupid how a boy could chase for years in vain for a girl who doesn't even look at him and when a cool chick sees something in him, asks him to be her boyfriend, being overall a great friend and aid, he just brushes her off. |
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ysphyr said: I kinda enjoy love triangles if there is one girl and two guys fighting over her. Then I'm in. But when two girls fight over a guy - come on, ladies, he's not worth it. Unless he's Shiba Tatsuya, then you can fight all you want. But SoL romance is great too! Like Akkun to Kanojo And can you please tell me who's the Nyanko-chan in your signature? She hypnotized me, I want her in my life Other than Vision of Escaflowne, I haven't seen many animes with one girl pursued by two guys. Not exactly my cup of tea but not an immediate deal-breaker like reverse harems are. The girl in my sig is Rin from Little Busters. I highly recommend it, the characters are too goddamn cute OMFG. Even the dudes are cute. I'd almost consider going gay for Kyousuke.  |
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| - zero progression - trash ending - bad drama - unnecessary triangles - best girl doesn't win - and others that I'm not thinking of |
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| After taking too much long time,still hesitating to confess to his/her love. |
| "When they're alive, you can enjoy watching them struggle. When they're dead, you can enjoy tearing out their guts. Tales are things you get to enjoy twice." |
epidemia78 said: ysphyr said: I kinda enjoy love triangles if there is one girl and two guys fighting over her. Then I'm in. But when two girls fight over a guy - come on, ladies, he's not worth it. Unless he's Shiba Tatsuya, then you can fight all you want. But SoL romance is great too! Like Akkun to Kanojo And can you please tell me who's the Nyanko-chan in your signature? She hypnotized me, I want her in my life Other than Vision of Escaflowne, I haven't seen many animes with one girl pursued by two guys. Not exactly my cup of tea but not an immediate deal-breaker like reverse harems are. The girl in my sig is Rin from Little Busters. I highly recommend it, the characters are too goddamn cute OMFG. Even the dudes are cute. I'd almost consider going gay for Kyousuke. Kaichou wa Maid-sama! had one. And I also know that Chihayafuru has MMF love triangle in it. Isn't Little Busters a harem anime? I heard it was, that's why I removed it from my PTW list. And thanks for mentioning Escaflowne, I'll definitely watch it! |
| Not actually seeing the characters get together, officially. There's a surprising number of anime which holds off on making it's main characters officially a couple or do anything romantic together until the very end, if at all. One good example, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! I watched the entire first season of that show, plus the specials and ova's and the main couple never even kissed, they never just came out and told the other they love them, I think they hold hands at one point but that's literally it. It was honestly one of the most frustrating experiences I've had watching anime in a long time. I hope they actually fucking do something in the second season, but I'm not gonna watch it, so I guess I'll never know.  |
| A lot actually to the point in which I prefer the romance be a subplot rather than the main one. Off the top of my head Melodrama Prolonged/stretched out misunderstandings which can easily be solved with simple communication They both knowingly love each other, but still afraid to hold hands, kiss or whatever Series might start off with something like a kiss, but never ever reached that point again or 10+ episodes (in the anime) assuming romance is the main plot Unless shit hits the fan, love polygons (if it's part of comedy that's different) Harem romance with beta dude. Also once the harem progresses further, he's asked to choose or pick, and then the situation gets interrupted and the girls who ask never bring it up again. Unwarranted abusive relationships that aren't funny <Insert whatever> interrupts any romance moment that would advance their relationship further than whatever their current one is Indirectly related to the romance in schools would have students be extremely jealous of the dude (and have a fan club dedicated to the girl) and starts beating him up or whatever else. I rather not see pathetic characters on the screen. Instead of just saying baka, an emotional outburst of "baka baka baka" as they storm out (and usually the scene that lead to this moment) makes me roll my eyes or facepalm Overuse of sorry if something bad happens. Situations in which characters continue to knowingly (they are aware of it) put themselves in positions that would negatively affect their current relationship, but don't have the self control or discipline to stop this. Same old shit in which situation is the same, but timing/setting/whatever is different and the character never learns (and a lot more that I would need to dig further to find) |
MechKingKillbotMar 20, 2020 2:40 PM
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| anytime there's more than one love interest i sort of become less interested. |
| hand holding. god i have this unsettling act. do you know where those hands have been? no you dont |
ysphyr said: epidemia78 said: Other than Vision of Escaflowne, I haven't seen many animes with one girl pursued by two guys. Not exactly my cup of tea but not an immediate deal-breaker like reverse harems are. The girl in my sig is Rin from Little Busters. I highly recommend it, the characters are too goddamn cute OMFG. Even the dudes are cute. I'd almost consider going gay for Kyousuke. Kaichou wa Maid-sama! had one. And I also know that Chihayafuru has MMF love triangle in it. Isn't Little Busters a harem anime? I heard it was, that's why I removed it from my PTW list. And thanks for mentioning Escaflowne, I'll definitely watch it! Little Busters is about a group of friends: 4 guys and 6 girls. Each of them gets their own story arc and since the first season is all about the girls it might seem a bit harem-esque but romantic relationship type stuff is a very minor point that only briefly comes into play in the second season. Oh and there's two versions of Escaflowne. I haven't seen 2000 movie but the 1996 TV series is excellent. |
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epidemia78 said: ysphyr said: Kaichou wa Maid-sama! had one. And I also know that Chihayafuru has MMF love triangle in it. Isn't Little Busters a harem anime? I heard it was, that's why I removed it from my PTW list. And thanks for mentioning Escaflowne, I'll definitely watch it! Little Busters is about a group of friends: 4 guys and 6 girls. Each of them gets their own story arc and since the first season is all about the girls it might seem a bit harem-esque but romantic relationship type stuff is a very minor point that only briefly comes into play in the second season. Oh and there's two versions of Escaflowne. I haven't seen 2000 movie but the 1996 TV series is excellent. I just see people mentioning Little Busters as one of their fav harem shows, that's why I was so concerned. Guess I'll give it a chance after all - mainly because I can't resist this Nyanko-chan Rin and also Kudryavka looks extremely cute. Thank you so much! |
| Two things ruin a romance for me like nothing else. 1. If there isn't a love triangle (every romance needs this). Its a spicy ingredient, but the dish can't do without it. 2. If drama is missing the series will suck. The struggle, the hardship and the overcoming of both are essential. |
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| The main thing I don't like is just when the writers seem to come up with every excuse in the book to not let the romance have any progress. There's a lot of 12 episode romance animes out there where I feel like we don't really get much of an idea of how their life will actually turn out because the writers wasted so much time on the "will they end up dating in the first place" tension. Or even worse, we get a romance anime that doesn't even have an ending at all like Ao Haru Ride. To me a proper ending is either marriage or some kind of promise to marry, not "the characters confessed to each other." One reason why I liked Golden Time a lot better than some romance animes is because they didn't do this. The anime mostly focused on the actual relationship than keeping you waiting for 12 episodes to see if the characters will confess. That being said, I suspect that the kind of romance animes I'm complaining about are just meant for a different target audience. Back when I was 14, I loved Rosario Vampire whereas watching it years later, the lack of progress was frustrating to me. So I'd say its worth keeping in mind that all the animes where the climax is essentially a love confession are probably meant for a middle school audience. So maybe its unfair to judge the quality of these animes from our perspective given that we are not the target audience anymore. |
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| Well, involve anything related to a harem and I'll most likely lose interesting immediately and drop it. Which is why I just ignore anything with the genre tag. One thing that really annoys me is what chuunibyou season 2 did. Okay, so we got the main couple introduced, other characters, and the fact that the relationship is basically still on the first level. So let us add a third wheel and make it a love triangle. A love triangle with an already established relationship, which makes any time involved with the couple basically go to this half-assed love triangle? I dropped that thing as soon as it introduced a new character as that third wheel. Heck, I ignored it and immediately went to the movie when it came out. I haven't really seen anything like it (except in a manga), but if it has cheating and the other is basically like "second chances" or "I don't mind", it would make me go crazy. Betrayers deserve the worst. ysphyr said: I just see people mentioning Little Busters as one of their fav harem shows, that's why I was so concerned. Guess I'll give it a chance after all - mainly because I can't resist this Nyanko-chan Rin and also Kudryavka looks extremely cute. Thank you so much! That's a little weird, considering Little Busters anime removed the romance aspect from the routes (at least with how much of it I saw). Which I understand, but it was the reason why I was less than a fan of the anime (The overall story, routes, and Refrain is still great though). Still, I wouldn't call it anything like a harem. Heck, I still think Clannad barely fits the category. Also, may I recommend the Visual Novel? It's really good. |
| "You know you've reached peak quality when a doujin is better than the actual source series." (Eg. To LOVE-Ru) Just to list a couple of biases. Likes: A good story, characters, writing, romance, a good plot twist or something that breaks expectations (In a good way), 'backstory' and justice. Dislikes: Bad romance, too much fanservice, the harem genre, yuri, yaoi, and bad writing. |
| Too small of an age gap. Too many appeals to the fluff and trivialities of modern customs. |
| Just the really stupid misunderstandings. There are only so many times I can see those scenes where it's like "Oh he hates me" after he just has to like pee or some stupid stuff-- or on a more serious note, he has to do something with his family or something. This is usually misunderstanding due to lack of communication, but sometimes it's just misunderstanding due to fanservice or something. When it's due to fanservice and it takes an actual dramatic toll on a character it's just like, "Why is this happening?" |
| tsunderes, timid protags, cynical protags, protags who barely develop, girlfriends who are delivered to your doorstep trope, obsession with dumb ecchi stuff, harem, incest, age gap, over reliance on slapsticks or edgy philosophical subtext, school theme |
| Unnecessary drama/conflict that could be be easily dealt with if the characters just stop and have a conversation like normal fucking people do. |
| Who are you and why do you show your hostility towards a complete stranger whom you've not once spoken with before. Are you seriously asking to get blocked? Well, if that's what your intent is; to tempt me into throwing hands with someone as lowly and insignificant as you, then i may grant your wish provided you articulate yourself a bit better when trying to spite a person of my wavelength. |
| At this point, a school setting. If it's also a light novel adaptation, I don't even need to watch it to know what happens. |
| if the anime is bad, that generally ruins it for me wtf lmaoo |
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| There are a few but the one on top is the tag "Harem". |
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