IT'S AN ANIME THING: A Never Developing Romance

Well hello there Minna, 

This will be the first post in a new post series called "It's an Anime Thing". It is basically about a thing or a situation that's typical for anime. Whether it is a big MC speach, a never developing romance or just fan service, It's just an anime thing. The first topic is: A never developing romance.

You have probably came across this many times in anime. There are two characters, male and female in an anime, and you know that they will end up together, but their romance develops on a snail level. Too slow. And guess what, in many cases they don't even come close to being a couple. Instead, the last episode always has that one scene where you think: "Okay that's it, they will become a real couple now", but it comes differently. What you thought would be a cute kiss, ends up a scene where she gets embarrassed and hits him for that. I don't say it always happens this way, but you know what I mean.

An example for this anime thing would be: Akatsuki no Yona, Kaze no Stigma, Noragami, The Legend of the Legendary Heroes, Fairy Tail, Hatarako Maou-sama,  Owari no Seraph, Tokyo Ghoul, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and many more.

It does add up to the drama of the anime. And even if sometimes the plot or the main story fails, you still have an exciting relationship that keeps you on tenterhooks. Bad thing about it would be that it gets annoying sometimes. But as said in the beginning, It's an Anime Thing! 

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