The Anime Romantic Tropes Meme

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Anime Romantic Tropes Meme

Anime has some unique tropes when it comes to romance, perhaps because of the setting or the culture in which the medium comes out of. However, these days, some of these conventions have become familiar and prominent - both in anime focusing on romance AND in the more general fare. This meme is for playing out those in all their wonderful, strange, romantic, touching, or sometimes over-the-top and cheesy elements.

By no means is this meme only for anime characters or for characters in Japanese setting. Everything here is generalized enough to apply to just about anything. I would love to see any sort of character here, because come on. No matter what you play, you have to love some romance.

HOW TO PLAY

• Comment with your character and preferences.
• Comment to others.
• THAT'S IT YOU'RE PLAYING.

PROMPTS

1. School Romance: Oh, I hope senpai notices me...or the cute class president, or the head of cooking club, or -
2. Childhood Crush: You've known each other for a long time, but one of you had to leave when you were kids. Now you'
3. re back together, and the dynamic is totally different. This also often involves a "childhood marriage proposal," where the naive party promises marriage and the other takes it seriously.
4. Love Note: The note you left the object of your affection might be a bit passive, but you can't confess face to face!
5. You're Like Family to Me: The two of you have been close forever, so you've never seen each other like that...until now.
6. Tsundere: G-geez, idiot, it's not like I like you or anything! I was just worried...worried, okay? Don't make me slap you!
7. Kuudere/Ice Queen (King): I have no interest in things like "love" or "romance." They are the least important things in this world.
8. Yandere: You don't like me anymore? How...? Oh, that's alright. I'll make you LiKe Me.
9. Unlucky Friend: You lost the person of your dreams to someone else, perhaps because of their allure or perhaps because you never spoke up. What can you do now?
10. Red String of Fate: That person? You know you're totally meant for them! So what if you've never talked? You have the red string of fate!
11. I'll Cheer You On: Always supportive, always by your side, they're the person you can count on. Why do they care so much, though?
12. Harem: One guy. Lots of girls. Craziness ensues.
13. Reverse Harem: One girl. Lots of guys. Craziness ensues.
14. Head Patting: Apparently a great way to show you care, both for dogs and for humans.
15. Indirect Kiss: Your lips touched that. Their lips touched that. OH MY GOD IT'S LIKE YOU KISSED.
16. Slap-Slap-Kiss: I could kill you for what you just did! I could - I could KISS YOU.
17. Confession in the Heat of the Moment: You're about to go defeat the ultimate baddie. How about confessing your feelings to the person you love? Seems legit.
18. Food for Thought: I made you lunch. Want to share?
19. Repaying a Debt: You broke a vase, ruined somebody's priceless something-or-another, and now you have to be their servant until you pay it off!
20. I'll Be Your Dog: Or you don't owe that person anything, you just wait on them hand and foot and hope they'll appreciate you one day.
21. The Kind of ____ You Like: You want to change yourself to the type that the object of your desire wants.
22. One-Sided Love: Sadly, still a trope here. As always, a heart will be broken. But maybe, just maybe, the love isn't unrequited. Maybe the other person isn't aware!
23. Jerk/Sweetheart: The pairing of a stoic jackass and a manic pixie dream.
24. Misunderstood Delinquent: You're not what you seem. You just want to give flowers to that cute girl, not run her over with your motorcycle!
25. Fight for You: I won't lose the hand of my girl/guy to the likes of you!
26. Sudden Kiss: Kiss from nowhere! There are lots of reasons for this: to stop someone from crying, to make them be quiet, or just to explain yourself when words can't.
27. Kiss on the Forehead: It's a sweet way to say "I love you."
28. Physical Difference: Usually size difference - and then, it's usually big guy/tiny girl, though big girl/tiny guy is explored as well - though this is present in a lot of different ways.
29. Class Difference: Again, sometimes common in western fiction, but anime is made in a culture that is still greatly stratified by class, whether it be wealth or power structures.
30. Oh, My Goddess!: Uh-oh, you accidentally summoned an angel/demon/alien/god/goddess. And now they're bound to you forever! But at least you can stay just friends...or something like that.
31. Teach Me To Become Human: A robot, an alien, a god, a demon, or anything beyond our human knowledge wants to know more about our emotions - from you and your love.
32. Single-Gender School: For all the yaoi and yuri fans out there, don your uniforms and remember that Maria is watching.
33. The Silent Protector: In love with his/her charge, but never able to act on it.
34. The Perfect Waifu/Husbando: They are so graceful, so lovely, so kind, you've really lucked out!
35. To Make My Beloved Happy: You will do anything for the person you love, even if that means not being with them.
36. WILDCARD

Comments

Raven | Tekken | OTA

[notblackwesker]

((Prompt #7 definitely applies to this grumpy celibate professional ninja over here. Or does it?))

Saft | Original Character | OTA

[whitescalesbigmouth]

13 oh god

[losingdeadweight]

[There went Saft, one of the most popular girls of the school. And technically his senpai since he had been held back for a year.

All the guys loved her, they adored her. He couldn't see a group of guys at least not going after her. It didn't hurt that she could turn into a dragon, right?

But hey Slash was cooler than those love-smitten monster boys at the school. He was cool, he only cared about justice. Totally no feelings whatsoever...that's totally why he followed Saft when she got out of class. Totally.

He's just strolling next to her, completely natural.]

Where's your crowd of admirers?

[whitescalesbigmouth]

I was supposed to stay after class and clean things up today, they all insisted on taking care of it for me...I don't mind, but I like to be able to do some things for myself.

[She walks down the corridor and notices the odd Turtle boy still strolling besides her like this was a regular thing for them both.]

We don't get to talk like this together very often do we?

[losingdeadweight]

Feh.

[You and your dedication to the school.]

Shoulda just skipped out.

[There's more important things to do and wait is she talking to him?]

Don't get the chance. Got better people to talk to than me.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

[What, she likes school.]

Not necessarily better, I've got alot of things to try to organise right now...The school festival's coming up so of course everyone wants my opinon on everything. It's kinda tiring to be honest.

[losingdeadweight]

Prolly should get one of your boys to do it for ya.

[Just his honest opinion.]

Kate Bishop | Marvel 616 | OTA

[boomerangarrow]

Anna | Frozen | OTA

[spunkyheroine]

Karen Minazuki | Yes! Pretty Cure 5 | F/F

[oceanicbutterfly]

[32 is canon, 12/13 is memetic, 29 is probable.]

18!

[infinitime_loop]

[ Fighting monsters (of ANY sort) is tiring work. Doubly so when the battles all take place one right after the other, like some sort of horrible boss rush. ]

[ Triply so in Homura's case, because she relies far too much on her time stop ability to hide the fact that she uses firearms, and stopping time always burns magic at a ridiculous rate. It's not exactly hard to notice; she's slightly paler than usual, and she can't seem to catch her breath. Once the battle's done, she slides down against a wall, reaches "behind" the shield strapped to her arm and, like a magician with her top hat, pulls out- ]

[ - a wrapped box lunch, which she wordlessly hands to Karen. Or drops it into the other magical girl's hand. Without waiting for an answer, she pulls out a grief seed and taps it against the gem affixed to the back of her hand, recharging her magic. ]

[oceanicbutterfly]

Oh, ah. Thank you.

[Karen has to admit she wasn't expecting that. She sure isn't complaining, though. She might not be relying on a time stop ability, but she's worn out, too.

She doesn't get started right away, though, instead watching Homura recharge. Just to make sure she does it. Okay, so it's a little on the paranoid side--can you blame her?]

[infinitime_loop]

[ Hey now, it's not like Homura pushes herself to the brink of exhaustion ALL the time. Only, well, most of the time. That's all. ]

[ Homura's only reply is a tired, somewhat distracted nod as she drains (fills?) the grief seed, before placing it back in her inventory, pulling out a new one, and holding it against her soul gem, repeating the process. Only then does she breathe a little more easily, as if a weight's been lifted from her shoulders. ]

[ And then she glances over to Karen and the unopened lunch, blinking as she realizes she had an audience. ]

... you didn't need to wait for me.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Of course she did. It was vitally important. Or rather, it felt important.]

It would have been rude not to.

[Now she finally opens it up, wondering what she'll find inside. Well, yes, of course food, smartass. She also wonders how much trouble it was to prepare. Surely it takes no more time or effort for Homura than for Karen, but it's hard to break out of the thought pattern that she's the one with energy to burn, especially after the reminder she just witnessed.]

Mizuki x DRAMAtical Murder x ota

[ribtease]

f-four...

[destroyable]

[ it probably makes absolutely no sense and probably doesn't convey the meaning he wants it to, considering all the chibi doodles all over the place. but it's a nice piece of stock-paper regardless and it's talking about how thankful he is for mizuki. completely unprompted. ]

cutie. Also going to be a bit slow! at work :>

[ribtease]

[Getting love confessions wasn't something Mizuki was entirely unfamiliar with, but it had been quite awhile since he had received a physical note what with Coils being so readily used in everyone's day by day lives...

But this was different. He felt bad that he had taken a couple of days to actually read it... but that was in the past now, but would how stupid or embarrassed it must have made Aoba feel. That was something Mizuki regretted so after he set the card down he whipped out his Coil and dialed his long time friend, waiting with a bit of a painful silence as it rang. This late at night he doubted Aoba was still at work, but he might be sleeping.]

no problem!

[destroyable]

[ aoba had been napping, as usual, listening to his music as he did so. there was something about the melody of goatbed that really helped him relax.

his coil went off and he lazily brought it to his eyes, sleepily staring at the name. -mizuki? oh god... Hesitantly he answered ... ] Hey. You're up late.

[ribtease]

[Nothing like bad English singing to lull someone into sleep ]

Hey. It's not that late. The shop just closed awhile ago; you busy? You sound like you just woke up.

Scanty || Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt || OTA, prefer F/M

[betterthanpanty]

((ooc: F/F allowed for Kneesocks))

Medusa Gorgon || Soul Eater || OTA, prefer F/M

[vectorsnake]

Rider/Iskandar/Alexander the Great || Fate/Zero || OTA

[ranthatbitchover]

Kyouya Otori | Ouran High School Host Club

[hostclubshadowking]

[No 8.

Girls welcome for Host Club based trope play. Boys welcome for Host Cub based trope play or sincere romance.

Kyouya is definitely an Ice King most of the time on his own.]

Wataru Takagi | Detective Conan | Het preferred

[didntfall]

((OOC: No 8 please. Also, Takagi's canonically the guy who would quietly pursue someone and be more shy with horrible, horrible luck to boot, so anything like the Ice King/Queen trope, it'd have to apply to the tagger.))

Emilou Apacci | Bleach

[sand_witch]

f/m