Most Overrated Anime Couples

Okay just to make it clear I do not hate all of these couples, most of them are OK for me but these are the ones I deem overrated :P
The Top Ten
1 Sasuke and Sakura - Naruto

How can a relationship so bad developed to have so many fans. Where people see inspiring romantic feelings in these characters to be able to ship them. Their relationship it's awfully presented and especially concluded. I can understand to ship it at the beginning of the manga, hoping that Sasuke changed, but after Sasuke's awful treatment of Sakura, and Sakura's docility towards all the Sasuke's actions, and a marriage with Sasuke gone most of the time, I don't understand how people can still like it. Where is the charm.

I like this because Bad tragedy turns into Romance, but I agree to the people that commented that this love story is awful and bloody, Sasuke tried to kill Sakura many times and this bad story turns into love story that pretty crazy. I hats this love story its very bloody and betrayal. But its very sweet because they turn into marriage couples from the enemy couples.

After years of pursuing Sasuke with her unhealthy obsession, Sakura forgot whether he wore glasses or not. Great job Sakura. No wonder Sarada doubt whether or not Sakura was really her mother. I've got no idea why Sasuke agreed to marry her. Maybe he did so so as to stop her from keep following him and keep her busy looking after Sarada at home whilst Sasuke flees away travelling for years to escape from her.

It makes me sick how people can support this abusive relationship. Sakura chases after Sasuke despite him trying to kill her so many times. When Sakura had Sarada, Sasuke ditched her for years, and didn't even kiss her before leaving. Even though I hate Sasuke, and hate Sakura even more than that, this is a horrible relationship.

2 Ash and Serena - Pokemon

Oh I love this ship. They have known each other for a long time. Not to mention the fact that Serena has a crush on ash. Why did they get rid of this show.

Serena is the most overrated Pokemon character of all time. She goes all Amy Rose on Ash Ketchum for not loving her back. Please put Serena on the list of "Top 10 Things That Should Stop Getting Love". >:(

NOT canon. Serena's whole reason for existing as a character was to be used for ship bait.

I like Serena though, she would be better as a character if AmourShipping wasn't even a thing.

3 Luffy and Nami - One Piece

There is nothing special going on with them. LuNa shippers like to convince themselves there is, though their so-called moments (if you can call them that) are no different than their moments with the other nakama. But the shippers like to disregard them just to focus on their precious Luffy and Nami and view them (especially Nami) as more important and perfect than they truly are. When they talk about moments, it's always little things that means nothing at all and things that are untrue (such as Nami being the only one allowed to wear Luffy's hat). Not to mention how they like to bash other characters when they see that people ship with either Luffy or Nami. They always bring down other pairings and act all insulted when people do the same in return. They also treat people like idiots if they don't think the same about their pairing. Really, Luna shippers are the worst!
The Straw Hats are a big family. Oda will never pair them together and Luffy will likely remain single. Those ...more

This pairing's fans think Oda is giving hints of the pairing in colourspreads, movies, parallels, merchandising, and practically in every One Piece thing. But they see everything through shipper googgles, as shippers usually do, and, as Luffy is the main character and Nami the main female, and so they appear a lot together, but nothing really romantic, they even think that it's a sure thing that they are going to be canon. This is what happens when people like a pairing but it doesn't have any real romance, so people need to find the "romance" in the most ridiculous things

Their dynamic is that of an older sister taking care of her unwary brother, and Luffy protecting her as he always do with all the persons that are important to him. I'm unable to see romantic feelings between them.

This pairing is basically fangirls hyping every small moments between them, trying to sat how unique it is, even though those kind of moments also happened (sometimes even more often) with other characters.

4 Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga - Naruto (Shippuden)

I really don't think it's a bad couple, but I think that it had very poor development in the manga. Hinata fell in love with Naruto even though she hardly spoke to him, so she couldn't in fact know him enough to fall in love with him, A crush, yes, but not love. But Kishimoto, admitted by himself in an interview, tried to mislead the readers with Naruto and Sakura instead of giving more development to Hinata and Naruto, what was a really absurd and bad decision.

Even so, I don't mind the little interaction between Naruto and Hinata in the manga to believe that Naruto finally fell in love with her during the timeskip, but I don't like that their many fans put this relationship as a good developed one, when it's not like this at all.

I'm laughing because all the negative comments are proof that haters can't read the manga properly.
Yeah how exactly does Naruto ignore hinata when in a crowd full of people cheering for him he is thinking
"Where is Hinata? Is she Watching me? "
"I never knew Hinata was so amazing"
and he keeps calling her strong too.
No one else believed in hinata being strong however Naruto continues to cheer for her because she is strong to him. No one "forces" Naruto to say any of that or feel anything for Hinata he already does.
" A Person like you...I really like! "
His friends like Kiba and sakura recognise his true love for Hinata too. Sakura says
"it's real isn't it? " And he agrees. Meanwhile Kiba teases him for acting tough infront of Hinata after he sees them talking and picks up romantic vibes from it.
Anyways stay jealous Haters bye

I just can't..again. This is just like Sasuke and Sakura. Not literally, but Hinata gets who she wants in the end too. By doing what? Getting all flustered, mini fangirling in her mind and trying to get herself killed when she tries to "protect" Naruto.

They are popular because it's a good pairing from one of the most popular anime in the world. Does not mean its overrated. I enjoy this couple. its heartwarming to see the deep feelings and connection they have

5 Natsu and Lucy - Fairy Tail

Their friendship, would be more accurate to describe them, to me the writer is just pushing them together because he likes seeing his main protagonists together, everything seems kinda forced. I personally don't like their relationship not only cause I rather NaLi, but its tiresome to see the male protagonist having to comfort, protect and overall save the female protagonist, which is the case in the story. I just think Natsu deserves more of a bad ass girl. Plus their Nalu fan base overrates them, kinda like Sasuke and Sakura, and Ichigo and Orhime.

These two should be best friends, not lovers. Sure Lucy blushes around Natsu, but Lucy blushes in front of almost every boy. This ship became the reason why I left Fairy Tail. The fandom is so toxic and any evidence I try to show about how this ship shouldn't be canon (even though it already is) equals hate comments.

I understand that they're cute and all that, but that's just it. Sorry if I offend anyone, but they're pretty shallow in my opinion. Have to say I prefer JeRza and probably GaLe as well.

I hate this couple in the first place like Natsu always has to save Lucy all the time and the fandom is just so Cancerous like come on! The fandom gets triggered if someone hates this ship

6 Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki - Bleach

What do they have for romantic development? Screen time? It makes absolutely no sense for people to put them as the great couple that would make sense of the story, because literally they were designed as two friends and that was very clear from the beginning. People exaggerate a lot and don't see a thing.
Fortunately Rukia and Ichigo married people who really like them ROMANTICALLY.

Their fans are the worst fandom that I have seen.
There isn't any proof of romantic interest from either character, the author of the manga himself said that there aren't romantic feelings between them, and even so their fans insist that they are right in thinking that Ichigo and Rukia are in love and that Kubo, the author, was going to make them canon, LOL what? And now they insult the author for not writting his story according to their wishes and wrong interpretations. They are really delusional and crazy people.
This happens when people are unable to appreciate relationships for what they are really, in this case, comradeship. If it's not romantic it seems is not worth it for some people.

People say that ichigo did nothing to show interest in orihime, so therefore it's 'stupid, one-sided, makes zero sense, etc...' Yet, ichigo showed to care about rukia as much as his other friends, & rukia seeing him as a close student who quickly improves. There was no hinting between the two of romantical interest. They seemed like close student/teacher relationship (like all the soul Society members had with their student or teacher). Ichigo 'only did things he did for orihime, as he would have done for his other friends! ' applies to rukia as well. Rukia is only 'different' in his eyes for giving him magical powers & helping saving his family. Being greatful to someone doesn't mean you want to marry them. And just because I think Oda has a impressive singing voice doesn't mean I want to marry her. I can't believe these people are so butthurt over 2 fictional characters not getting together when the main focus of this anime was always the action, not drama/romance. Even kubo said ...more

IchiRuki fans glorify their relationship but the only special thing about it it's that, being a male and a female, there are no romantic feelings, there are many relationships like theirs in other series with that nakama/bro feeling. And their relationship became the same, very repetitive, over time, because Kubo had nothing more to tell about it. In Bleach there are better and more interesting relationships than theirs

7 Ichigo Kurosaki & Orihime Inoue - Bleach

This pairing feels more of a lets slap together two people who are alive, and it always has to be a male with a female... The relationship feels forced rather than natural. If anything, they're nakama.

This ship doesn't make any sense. I feel like Ichigo x Rukia is a much better ship. Unfortunately, this crappy couple became canon.

Lmfaoo this whole ship was a joke to begin with, Kubo couldn't even make the endgame look convincing. Will forever be known as the worst anime couples in my book.

Rip to this ship that put the final nail on the failed coffin that is bleach.

8 Levi and Eren - Attack on Titan

Levi is always saving Eren because Eren can't fight a titan shifter by himself. Even his adopted sister Mikasa has to save him all the time. Armin did too! All Eren does is talk about how he's going to kill all the titans, yet he almost dies doing so. He's all talk and no show. He can't do anything without someone helping him. He couldn't convince Kitz that he wasn't worth getting shot at, he couldn't seal the breach without help, he couldn't stop the female titan by himself twice and ends up getting his own squad killed. Good job 'titan killer'. As far as Levi and Eren go as a couple, it makes no sense. Levi has never shown any romantic feelings towards Eren and Eren is the same.

I suppose is so popular because Attack on Titan is very popular, and Levi is super popular too, so the most favorite character of a series always has many pairings, and the most popular is the one with the main character of the series.
But there are not basis for a romantic pairing between them, although that is not very important for the fandom.

I don't get it. Levi is literally in his thirties while Eren is 15. We also have no proof that either of them are gay or if Levi is a pedophile. Also put yourself in Eren's shoes. Would you fall in love with Levi, assuming you are male? No. I hope not.

Why do people ship a 34 year old man with a 15 year old boy? Like seriously? Just because Levi needs to keep an eye on Eren doesn't mean he loves him! Why would fangirls ship a pedophille ship? Levi and Eren are not even gay so stop it!

9 Kirito and Asuna - Sword Art Online

Their relationship wasn't that interesting. Kirito is a bland, emotionless character, and I never understood why Asuna loved him. Asuna was a strong character who didn't need to be saved by anyone, but then she relies on Kirito all of the sudden? It's overrated and forced, because the protagonist ALWAYS needs to fall in love with someone. If Kirito was a developed character, and Asuna never acted like a damsel in distress around him, maybe it could work. It's just stereotypical and boring. It ruined the only character I enjoyed in SAO (Asuna). Not to mention, Kirito always has every girl falling in love with him, and Asuna is just there like "okay cool".

They only flaw that I have with this pairing is that Kirito isn't loyal to Asuna. He flirts with other girls and they fall in love with him. He has a harem while Asuna doesn't even mind or question it like what? Asuna is also sometimes shy to admit her feelings for Kirito like tell him "I love you" out loud. In a real relationship you shouldn't be afraid to admit your feelings.

Not only do I think SAO has one of the worst fanbases ever but the couple of Kirito and Asuna is terrible. Asuna constantly relies on Kirito to save her when it's been shown that she can take care of herself. She's totally fine with Kirito having a harem of four girls and never questions Kirito about it.

People that like this couple don't realize their reasons for liking it are completely shallow. Kirito and Asuna's relationship is, by default, shallow, because they're both horribly flat characters with little to no personality.

10 Sasuke and Naruto - Naruto

I hate this relationship more than the one between Sasuke x Sakura. This is awful, but Sasuke x Naruto is worse. Sasuke is a terrible person and is disgusting. He had no healthy ties to any of his team, and I hated that Naruto Shippuden was reduced to an annoying "looking for Sasuke" and that Naruto became a beast after a guy who should have been killed years ago as the criminal he is.

It's too forced with the same repeated flashbacks. All we saw was them bickering and saying rude things then suddenly thry force emotional things with the same 2 flashbacks. Their bond was not believable at all. Naruto is too nice to everyone but sasuke only cares about revenge.
This is a bad and toxic frienship

That someone hoped this was canon is so absurd. That a relationship be important in a series doesn't mean that it has to be romantic.

They are just friends, and, in fact, the supposed deep of their relationship felt little credible, forced, mainly to create drama

The Contenders
11 Light and Misa - Death Note

How is this actually below NaruHina? NaruHina is uber romantic and sweet and loving and suuportive. right from the start they had so much chemistry in the chuunin exams we see that their stories are connected
This one is absolute trash.

12 Kakashi and Naruto - Naruto
13 Kakashi and Sasuke - Naruto
14 Eren and Mikasa - Attack on Titan

You may think that only the Ereri shippers would vote on this. But in my opinion, these two aren't that much of a pair. Sure, Mikasa has a huge crush on him and will do anything to protect him, but she's his adopted sister! Mikasa is just a sister to Eren! NOTHING ELSE!

As an adopted child myself, the mere idea of me getting with one of my siblings is sickening. I prefer Eren and Annie I think. Or how about this? HE DOESN'T NEED ROMANCE!

15 Louise and Saito - The Familiar Of Zero
16 Goku and ChiChi - Dragon Ball (Z)

Yeah, I like Goku but not Chi Chi. However, Goku is not a family man nor a loving husband. I understand why he slowly began to know what love was. But neglecting your children and wife multiple times is inexcusable. Then again Chi Chi is always angry and it becomes very frustrating to watch.

This couple is terrible but it's not overrated because few people like it.

17 Juvia and Gray - Fairy Tail

The dynamic of Juvia obsessing over Gray is not very appealing. I don't understand its popularity

.. I hate this couple... If Juvia was not annoying, then its cute couple..

18 L and Light - Death Note

I don't see why people ship them. They've kicked and punched each other, their goal is to kill each one and L even stated that he was going to get Kira's head. Why are these two so beloved? I get some yaoi couples like Makoto and Haru from Free but Light and L hated each other. Who's going to be in love next? Harry and Draco? Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck? Superman and Lex Luthor? If you're going to OTP, make sure the couple makes sense!

What? This is the first time I've seen this. I'm seriously confused. Is this really here? Did someone actually ship them?

19 Inu Yasha and Kagome - Inu Yasha

The fans are rude to kikyo because they want kagome pair up with inuyasha. The heck its not kikyo fault that she is the type inuyasha like duh

But they're perfect

20 Okita and Kagura - Gintama

Why do people love shipping characters that fight each other so much? Okita and Kagura are rivals and will stay so. Their chemistry as rivals and frenemies is so entertaining to watch and their being lovers would completely ruin it. Moreover, Kagura is just 14!

They are funny when they fight but there isn't any indication of romantic feelings. Anyhow, it's not a so interesting relationship to have such a large fanbase, especially in Japan.

21 Romeo and Wendy - Fairy Tail

To Goku02, I seriously agree with you.

22 Trunks and Mai - Dragon Ball Super

Mai is even older than Trunks's mom! What...
That being said, I honestly don't mind if they become a couple, just think the creators could have done a better job...

23 Tomoya and Nagisa - Clannad

I don't think it's really overrated. They're one of the few couples whose relationship is focused on emotionally than physically.

But very cute

24 Vegeta and Bulma - Dragon Ball (Z)

Okay, DBZ is my obvious favourite anime series, and Vegeta and Bulma are both in my top ten favourite anime characters of all time, but this IS overrated. I think many people like this because they're both really likeable characters, not because the couple is good itself. Their moments are mostly fillers ( I.e. when Bulma takes care of Vegeta when he trained too hard ( right before Future Trunks arrived )) and in Dragon Ball Super ( which wasn't created completely by the author ( Yes, he might look through it and all, but the true legendary Dragon Ball series has ended in 1995, accept it )). I mostly read the manga, and their moments are far and few in between. And I'm not trying to say that other DBZ couples are better, hell NO, Vegeta x Bulma is one of the only decent couples in DBZ along with Gohan x Videl and Krillin x Android #18. I LOVE Dragon Ball Z, but it's 100% shounen. The fighting parts are brilliant, but I gotta admit that the romance isn't THAT good, just mediocre at ...more

This pairing truly sickens me! Both of them are unlikable as hell, and the worst of them, is a genocidal psycho! I really truly hate it, when people try to romaticize couples like Harlequin and the Joker, who are nothing but abusive and downright misogynist! Vegeta didn't need to be alive after Namek-saga, and Bulma sertainly didn't need him! Trunks was never that important to have around in terms of a story, and did I already say, that SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD, OF A DANGEROUS MURDERER?! For a love of god, why is this pairing so popular and still alive, I'll never understand!

I am a big shipper of Vegeta / bulma and Gohan / videl and trunks / pan

25 Zoro and Robin - One Piece

This "couple" (I refuse to call it that) is the worst of the whole One Piece, it has bored me. There are still people who believe that these two have high chances to be together, after all the suggestions that the author gave for a FrankyxRobin. And Zoro is certainly perfect for Tashigi, Logue Town has laid the groundwork and Punk Hazard has continued to track the path. I can't wait for Oda to make canonical real couples once and for all, so that fans will finally realize that for their couple there has never been hope from the beginning.

I cannot believe this pairing is popular. Zoro and Robin have close to zero interraction. When you come to a point where just standing next to each other is hyped, you know there's not much going on. Zoro was the one who doubted Robin the most during Ernies Lobby. They don't fit. Also, Oda has been throwing hints about FrankyxRobin. Just becausde they are both quite and you like how they look doesn't mean they are a good match. They aren't at all.

They are popular because they're hot and have similar personalities, I admit they look good together but there's 0 click between those two, there has never been a pure romantic moment between them so they are indeed overrated. Their fans exagerate things a lot though, A LOT. Also, there's also no such thing as FrankyxRobin, there's no click between them too, probably most of people voting for Zoro and Robin are angry FrankyxRobin shippers, no offense but it's probably true. ODA ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT THERE WILL BE 0 ROMANCE AMONG STRAWHATS. You may ship but stop trying to shove your OTP on people's throat.

There's absolutely nothing going on there. I'm baffled some people ship them. Why? Because they're both quiet? kinda stupid.

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