This series is another college-based romance. Unfortunately, it does have a bit of an amnesia element to it, which explains why this series from the creator of Toradora didn’t reach such legendary romance genre popularity. As such, it opens up the romance up to happen in other venues. The nice thing is that very little of it takes place in the college. The somewhat frustrating thing about Golden Time is that it is about college-aged students, but it often feels like they are high school students. It does, however, cover the interesting intricacies of a relationship that perhaps formed too fast. It is easily overlooked because it doesn’t have an interesting hook other than the girl’s apartment burned down after their accidental date and she now stays at his place. This series is probably as close as you will get to a romance anime with a normal relationship as one can get. The show just puts the emphasis on the comedy so they don’t have to use hundreds of romance tropes to force that to carry the plot. Yes, it is very much that, but there is also a strong romantic progression in it as well. Arakawa Under the Bridgeįrom what people can glean about Arakawa Under the Bridge without actually watching it is that it is one of those weird comedies about weird people. A good relationship features both parties supporting each other, after all. What is marvelous about this series is its isn’t all mushy romance moments, but it is about how the pair motivate each other on a professional level. Think Your Lie in April, but with less tragedy and about adults. Nodame Cantabile is a music anime with a strong emphasis on romance. Some are good for you, some are wrong in all the right ways, and some are a love for a friend that doesn’t feel romantic but is just as strong. Aside form also having a wonderful soundtrack – due to all the rock music – Nana is also a poignant tale of the many loves one can have. One is a punk rock musician, the other is a naive young girl looking for love. Coincidentally, they both decided to rent the same apartment, and compromise on splitting it as room mates. Two girls, both named Nana, meet on the way to the city. There are some romance tropes in this one, being a fairy tale and all, but they are at least tasteful and few in number. She has a profession and professional goals too. It is a sort of fairy tale romance, yes, but what is so lovely about it is that the main female has motivations beyond just landing herself a man. However, this is not the real world! It is the love story between a non-heir apparent prince and a girl fleeing a lusty prince in her home kingdom. This is one of those series where the characters are young enough that, were this the real world, they would probably be in high school. It is not super dramatic, but more of a journey full of shenanigans. While you will learn more about medieval economics than you probably ever wanted to know, it also serves up a side of a flirty building relationship between a goddess and her merchant traveling companion. Spice and Wolf is an excellent, but slow building story. However, what you lack in super cute romantic moments, you get back in spades through Morioka’s relatable female weeb behavior. If you are a long time romance anime fan, you know where this sort of wacky misunderstanding is headed. The situation becomes complicated as she plays a male avatar and he plays a female avatar. Little does she know, she actually has a real life encounter with this friend. In her new life, she takes up playing an MMO where she meets a player that she befriends. Frustrated with work life, Moriko quits and retreats into being a NEET.
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