By that, I mean anime where the romance is at most a secondary plotline.
I like ‘Spice and Wolf’ as an answer to this.
[Discussion] What has the best romance in non-romance-focused anime?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by mo_lave@reddthat.com to anime@ani.social
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Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
devaly@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Ikokku Nikki: The main thematic is around mental divergence, acceptance and growing up, the side romance between the two side characters is just so good
Vlhvhkctjxrhxv@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Lycoris Recoil
Log Horizon
The Demon Girl Next Door
Manalith@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
You mean to tell me Lycoris Recoil isn’t Yuri first fun action show second?!
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago Planetes. I showed up for the sci fi, stayed for the wholesome.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 weeks ago
I’d say Dragonball Z Abridged. It fixed Android 18 and Krillin’s romance and really elevated it to the next level. Where in the original it basically comes out of nowhere it is super wholesome and believable in Abridged.
Uruanna@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The OG does have her kiss him and then him get conflicted over blowing her up because he has the hots for her, and at the end, he asks Shenron to remove the bomb and she picks up on that, all of that is in the manga, she even blushes and says “see you later” before leaving. Abridged only changed the dialogues mostly, to have her actually call him cute. And that final “pwn counter” destruction scene.
MichaeleanDouglasse@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago Hmm. I don’t remember either of those statements being true. Do you remember any plot details off the top that support this? It’s cool if not. I’m not trying to grill you.
the_fuckler@nord.pub 2 weeks ago
I’m not the person you replied to. But in case they never get back to you, Dbz abridged did a lot of stuff to flesh out characters and plot. They kept a vlog going when they were recording and basically the got really really bored with the bit 1/3 into recording the series and decided to just start spicing up the writing in a lot of places to keep themselves entertained.
For Krillin they wrote all the various L’s the show hands him as eventually contributing to a down-to-earth, unassuming, and resilient personality by the time he meets the androids. 18 on the other hand makes various jokes about having nebulous and inscrutable preferences in body type. She values in-group loyalty over other forms of morality so when they meet Cell and he immediately understands the Cell situation and begins working to save the other androids there’s at least a bit of a throughline for why their attraction was plausible. Though TeamFourStar did still play 18’s immediate magnetism to him for jokes.
Uruanna@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
DBZA, when Killing decides not to blow up 18 and to stand up to Cell so she can escape:
If we make it through this, I am going to rock his four-foot world.
- 18
hungprocess@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
It’s been a loooong time since I watched the original Fullmetal Alchemist, but I seem to remember there being a lot of tension between Hawkeye and Mustang.
sumsinj@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I am always overthinking these questions. What does a “secondary plotline” mean? I’d say media I don’t consume because of that trait, eg chainsaw man. I watch it for the great characters and action and because its fun, but the romantic plotlines are also great because the characters are great.
Unboxious@ani.social 3 weeks ago
The love between Isami and Bravern in Brave Bang Bravern. Unironically.
Smash@lemmy.self-hosted.site 3 weeks ago
Saekano
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is gonna sound stupid but I was so completely sidetracked by the romance subplot in Saiki-K. Even though the protagonist, who is also narrator with some level of meta-awareness, is constantly trying to make the romance subplot not happen.
A large part of me binge watching through to the end was to see if that would E V E R go anywhere. It ddoesn’t.
I like it because the two participants in this crush are gods in their respective field; Kusuo Saiki is a master of all superpowers, Kokomi Teruhashi is a master of being beautiful. And yet the anticipated direction of attraction is completely reversed; teruhashi longs for Saiki because he’s the only person not interested in her. This is done initially as a comedic gag, but the pure commitment to this bit throughout various different situations turns it into a tragic love worthy of Greek epics
milkisklim@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not to mention the romance between Kaidou and Yumehara.
I love how everyone grows and develops through the series.