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[Discussion] For you, what common themes are present in good romance anime? (reddthat.com)

submitted 13 hours ago by mo_lave@reddthat.com to c/anime@ani.social

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[–] Rottcodd@ani.social 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Sincerity - the characters are essentially honest about their feelings. They might be confused or insecure or reserved or even terrified, but they're not dishonest.

Consideration - in the end, no matter how frightened or doubtful or awkward they might feel, the other person matters most. Though it's not an anime (yet), that's the thing I like most about Only I Know and the MMC Waku. He goes through all of those standard panicky reactions - the doubt and insecurity and questioning and fear - and then he steels his resolve, and does whatever he thinks will be best for the FMC Oura, because her well-being matters most to him

Growth - the characters can't be perfectly attuned and matched right from the start or there's no story. They have to grow into their roles, and if they don't, then there's still no story (though it takes much longer). One of my favorite moments in Honey Lemon Soda is when Serina - the MMC Kai's ex who's introduced as a potential rival - remarks that the biggest difference between her and the FMC Uka is that being with Kai made her weaker, but it makes Uka stronger.

Genuine problems with genuine solutions - similar to the need for character growth, there must be problems along the way that they have to, and do, overcome. All I ask is that they be genuine problems that those people might genuinely face - not asinine contrivances that just happen because that's the way some dumbass wrote it - and that they be realistically settled through sincere efforts - not just deus ex machina'ed out of existence after the drama has been judged to have gone on long enough.

It strikes me that I've sort of drifted away from "themes"....