While there is certainly something charming about two people falling in love at first sight, typically the best romances start with the characters actually coming to appreciate each other as friends before they consider becoming lovers. It is just the right natural progression to things. However, a lot of romance anime tends to make it […]
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Sometimes… Sometimes you just want to be hurt. It’s a seemingly weird response, but one that a lot of people have. Maybe you have a lot going on and need to see that it can be worse. Maybe you just want to have a nice cathartic cry. Regardless, you need to be sad and you
You might be familiar with the cool kuudere or perhaps the ever-beloved yet difficult to love tsundere, but the practice of stuffing characters into a box and slapping a “-dere” label on their personality is a vast one. No well-written character is just one archetype, but that hasn’t stopped a lot of anime fans from
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There is nothing wrong with a good fluffy cute romance, but sometimes you just want to see the other side of love – the side that drives people crazy. You want to see a love that isn’t quite like the fairy tales where romance is sinister, taboo, or even just completely toxic. If you are
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After the death of childhood friend Meiko “Menma” Honma, Jinta Yadomi and his group of friends grew apart, each trying to deal with grief and guilt in their own way. However, when Jinta starts seeing what he believes to be Menma’s ghost, the group of friends are drawn together to help grant her long-desired wish.
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Banri Tada has finally been accepted into a private law academy in Tokyo, but due to an accident, he is without all his memories. During his freshmen orientation, he meets Mitsuo Yanagisawa who is consummately stalked by Kouko Kaga, a girl from his old school. Banri begins to hit it off with both of them.
In the occasionally oddly competitive world of anime romance, there’s a special kind of victory that warms the heart—the moment when the childhood friend wins. For too long, these loyal, steadfast companions have stood by the sidelines, patiently cheering from the friend zone while the mysterious transfer student or the popular girl with a heart
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There is a sad reality that every fan of romance anime eventually learns – that it is damn near impossible to get good recommendations. Unlike other, broader, genres like action or slice of life, the recommendations you can get for good romance anime run thin after awhile. You always get the same recommendations because those
Kyousuke has a smart, cute, and extremely bratty little sister who hates him. While they got along when they were young, they grew apart as they got older. One day when he finds an anime DVD he doesn’t recognize in his house. He opens it up only to discover eroge inside. Later, he finds out
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Tomoya Okazaki is a delinquent who finds everything dull and believes he will never amount to anything. That is, until a girl named Nagisa catches his eye one day on his way to school. Suddenly, Tomoya begins to notice Nagisa more and more. She is sickly and weak, but she always tries her best in
