Most Annoying Romance Anime Cliches

Women physically abusing men is just as bad as if the genders were reversed (men physically abusing women). It can be justified if the guy is genuinely perverted, but it is NOT justified when it clearly wasn't his fault, e.g., falling on top of her or accidentally walking in on her changing or showering. Sometimes, it's actually THE GIRL who falls on top of the guy or walks in on him, and she STILL thinks he's a pervert, assaulting him for something that was HER OWN FAULT!

As someone who identifies as a girl, I do NOT approve of girls hitting guys for no reason, especially when it wasn't the guy's fault. If the genders were reversed, everyone would be infuriated.

Oh, we all saw this one coming. Most anime have this cliché. It's when a girl or guy can't tell that people are attracted to them and just act clueless. Even though it's so obvious that the person loves them, for some reason, they just can't tell at all.

This can be used well (and also happens a lot in real life due to people not clearly showing their feelings), but more often than not, it's used to artificially lengthen the plot in a bad way. @Covenant_Ship_Unrelenting

One time I was reading a manga, was 25 chapters in (or roughly 3 hours), and suddenly a second girl randomly appears, wanting to marry the MC. I felt like I had wasted 3 hours of my life. This trope can be done well, but more often than not, it's used to artificially lengthen the plot and/or build a harem. It creates artificial drama, and because it's so overused, stories that could focus on a normal relationship (without much conflict) become rare. When they do appear, they are often destroyed by love triangles in manga.

I'm an adult, and I can't help but notice so many romance anime take place during the teenage years. I can assure you that, in real life, most people don't end up marrying the person they were with in high school. They pretty much separate during college.

The dreaded friend-zone scenario. Almost every time, the childhood friend doesn't end up with the person they love. It happens so often, and I just end up feeling sorry for the childhood friend. You know they love the person, but they're rejected anyway.

This really makes me feel bad for the childhood friend. It makes me root against the main character and drop the anime right away.

There's always that awkward scene where the two lovers see or do something perverted by accident. I'm sure, just by reading this, there's already a scenario in your head.

You can predict when this scene will happen, and you get ready for the disappointment.

Whoops, I just accidentally landed perfectly with my hands groping your chest.

Unrealistic and mostly boring. This person is just wish fulfillment for the main love interest and the viewers. Instead of making an interesting character to grow as an individual, they make a perfect robot of a human.

Whether female or male, it's always the perfect love interest. They're gorgeous, have a great personality, and zero flaws!

Yep, these things annoy me the most. I hate love interests in anime, but when the main character doesn't like him or her, then we're screwed.

There's nothing I find more annoying than watching a nice romance form, and then suddenly everyone is in love with the main character. It's either for no good reason, a stupid reason, or it doesn't make sense based on how humans actually behave.

I really get annoyed with this stuff. I mean, can't you just make one girl fall in love with one boy? Why do all the girls have to go for the same guy? It's really irritating!

More often than not, the guy or girl is bland, and it's used solely for fan service and forced plot points. @Covenant_Ship_Unrelenting

It's weird seeing how they are, and then suddenly they have kids in the future. It's not necessary. However, it would be sweet if there were anime couples who adopted.

These anime end up having one of two endings:

1. The main character and love interest get together.
2. They don't get together because they're too dense to notice.

This cliche really feels like a spoiler.

Honestly, this is in almost every love story. A character will be in denial when people ask them if they like someone.

Sometimes, while trying to deny they're in love, characters end up speaking in unclear gibberish because they're too embarrassed to confess. They just embarrass themselves further (even in non-anime examples like Dipper Pines in Gravity Falls or Marinette Dupain-Cheng in Miraculous Ladybug).

It's that very moment when your favorite ship of all time is about to kiss, and then someone interrupts to ask the guy or girl something. It seriously breaks my heart!

The damn cell phone call interruption pisses me off beyond reason! Who the hell, with at least half a brain, would stop a kiss because of a call?!

That one time when our favorite ship is so close to kissing, and someone or something interrupts them. Example: a phone call (the most cliché of all the clichés).

Why, out of all the nicer girls that could end up with the guy, is it always the angry, rude, and abusive brat who gets him in the end?! Louise, Haruhi, Naru, Akane, Kagome, Taiga, Kyou (if you do the sisters route) - the list goes on and on. There is nothing cute about a bratty girl who beats you to a pulp if you dare do something she doesn't like and screeches at you 24/7!

Absolute worst. Then, the main character will end up with them, even though there's a much better waifu. They also like to hurt the person they like. It's annoying.

Just because someone saves me from ten bandits doesn't mean I fall in love with them. They get my respect, and I'd probably guard their back because of that respect, but there's a big difference between respect and love. That's why, oftentimes, someone's crush on a person turns out to be admiration, not love.

Easily one of my most hated clichés of all time. Why does there always have to be a romance when a hero rescues someone? Barf. You can rescue someone without going lovey-dovey. This is why I'm so afraid of saying "Thanks for saving me" - because of this awful trope.

There are a lot of times when a new transfer student is either the main character or the love interest. So, you instantly know who's going to fall in love. Yet, what I find strange is why people always seem to obsess over the new student.

Once the student arrives, they will sit beside the main character, while another character gets jealous, leading to a love triangle drama. Seriously, this cliché could be better!

As much as I love Ouran, I like to pretend the beach episode never happened (those of you in the fandom probably know what I'm referring to). However, watching other anime, I've noticed similar patterns with beach episodes: a bunch of fan service, sometimes at the cost of character development. So yeah, these are a nope for me.

Either they're good or bad. Usually, they're just a bit annoying and mostly fan service. Every now and then, you find a good one, but most are mediocre.