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Hunter X Hunter. Final answer.
Came to say this. This post is about the best fucking friendship that has ever existed in media as represented by Gon and Killua. Everyone should aspire to have a friendship like they have
I was about to name drop togashi because the yearning and the emotional turmoil that Gon and Killua have might as well be a gay romance novel.
That being said, I just finished rewarching the chimera ant arc and the
even if my mind knows it's some basic-ass manic pixie dream girl shit, but it tugs the heartstrings just right.spoiler
Ending with the death of Meruem and Komugi hits super hard,
Chimera Ant arc spoiler
On one hand it's some manic pixie dream girl shit as you said, but on the other hand I suspect that even if Komugi had been male or of a different gender representation, they could still have had that same connection.
Komugi might be a odd variation of the "innocent Mary Sue" trope, yet I feel her character is just right for the story as is, particularly as her self-esteem issues are treated realistically and she serves as a perfect foil and compliment to Meruem. For the peak of evolution, the natural-born king to find his peer and opposite in a disabled, unassuming girl is pretty great IMO, and it sets the stage for both of their characters' growth.
The development of their relationship and eventual death hits just right for so many reasons well beyond the trope IMO. It's honestly very perfect and I would describe their dynamic as not unlike the "shonen male friendship" described in the post- they grow with each other (though Meruem gets more character development), they complete each other, and they choose one another- perhaps with the difference being that choice is maybe as far from destiny as it gets- at the end.
As was foretold between Enkidu and Gilgamesh.
They bicker but... they roll in the grass fighting.
tomino was also cooking with turn a gundam... dianna / kihel was such a good relationship (until the local char messed everything up)
i have been saying this for a while but het people (mostly men) tend to be so far from het that i don't really understand what they stand for anymore
Seriously there's so little good relatable or at least aspirational romance & relationships in anime in general. I mean going beyond infatuation and cheesy soap opera garbage.
And when it exists it turns up in the most unexpected shows.
The best relationship I can think of is Golden Kamuy.
If you want actually well written relationships I'd recommend "How Do We Relationship?"
Some parts are hard to read through — as relationships often are — but it's so worth it.
Seriously there's so little good relatable or at least aspirational romance & relationships in anime in general.
Target audience for a lot of it is 13-17 year old boys...
it's still so fucked up that the bloom into you anime stops literally two episodes before the end of the story. proof they hate us. so little of the good stuff gets adapted.
it's still so fucked up that the bloom into you anime stops literally two episodes before the end of the story.
Have you read the manga? The anime stops at the halfway mark, clearly planning for a second season that they didn't get. There's a lot more to the story that has to be resolved before they reach a healthy point and can reflect on just how silly a lot of the driving conflict was.
oh oops it has been a while since i read the manga, i thought they wouldnt have needed a whole second season....... soo sad.
Sasuke and Naruto
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I haven't seen much anime, but considering the genre's reputation for melodrama and exaggerated characters I'm curious if there are examples of anime which depict friendship on its own well without it hinting towards this. It's surprisingly hard to think of examples even outside of anime
I guess Dorohedoro had a pretty good "strong friendship" that wasn't really a covert romance plot (nikaido and kaiman), maybe?
I ship Bakugo and Deku
Yusuke and Kuwabara too
They are both insufferable enough to deserve each other.
i also love jjk