this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2023
86 points (95.7% liked)
Anime
9803 readers
2 users here now
Anime is hand-drawn and computer animation originating from Japan.
Anime; the one thing that gets us closer to each other and brings us together.
All spoilers must be tagged!
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
This just makes me sad because I'm too old now. It's bad to judge a book by its cover, but they all just look so... Shonen. Teen highschool romance, teen battle anime, etc. I've become so jaded wrt all the teen protagonist Shonen tropes.
At least frieren is at the top ๐
I sympathize with this view as well. Romances in anime/manga are especially frustrating to me because all the characters tend to act in very childish ways and not act their age. If you are in high school, it shouldn't be heart-attack inducing to have a member of the opposite sex talk to you or share a textbook or whatever. The extra frustrating part is that these childish behaviors are not just limited to teens, but fully grown adults tend to act the exact same way in a lot of anime/manga; just swap high school for an office or izakaya. I can deal with it easier if the show leans more on the comedy side of a romcom, but the more straight romances tend to be tough to bear (with a couple exceptions).
Absolutely. Generally with Shonen, protagonists tend to be idiots, which is frustrating.
I've started reading Korean manhwa mostly now, because their protagonists tend to be competent adults.
I've only enjoyed a few romance titles, and they're all older now so I don't know if they still hold up. My fav was Lovely Complex. They actually acted like people their age might act, with a little leeway for comedic overreacting.
Idk if you would consider a Silent Voice to be a romance, but that manga was god tier.