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Guys and Romance Anime

I think most guys don't give romance anime/manga a chance because when they hear romance they will tend to think of American romance which is pretty much aimed only at women.

Although most of the ones I like are made most mostly for guys i.e: Love Hina,I"s, Ai Yori Aoshi, Girls Bravo, Negima, Tenchi Muyo,Rumbling Hearts, and Boy's Be. As for romances for everyone I like Train Man, School Rumble, and Ranma 1/2. As for Shojo I like DNAngel and Fruits Basket.

For me i'll watch anything as long as it has a good plot and can hold interest. Some romances are good at this while others are less than adequate. One of the latter, to me, would have to be Boys Be..., but that's just my opinion. What I really hate to watch though are the Shounen shows in which all they do is get in fights for no reason or do stupid stuff for no reason, you know, all action and no plot kind of anime. That being said...I hope I'm not the only guy who's watched Lamune (the game was definately aimed at guys, but the anime was a Slice of Life type of which most people aren't fans).

Oh yea...can't forget about the Yuri romance titles....I tend to like those more than the rest

<3 Strawberry Panic and Maria-sama ga Miteru (though the latter is more like bonding between females while the former is more like BONDING (the emphasis is there for a very good reason) between females).

Daemonblue wrote:

For me i'll watch anything as long as it has a good plot and can hold interest. Some romances are good at this while others are less than adequate. One of the latter, to me, would have to be Boys Be..., but that's just my opinion. What I really hate to watch though are the Shounen shows in which all they do is get in fights for no reason or do stupid stuff for no reason, you know, all action and no plot kind of anime. That being said...I hope I'm not the only guy who's watched Lamune (the game was definately aimed at guys, but the anime was a Slice of Life type of which most people aren't fans). Oh yea...can't forget about the Yuri romance titles....I tend to like those more than the rest <3 Strawberry Panic and Maria-sama ga Miteru (though the latter is more like bonding between females while the former is more like BONDING (the emphasis is there for a very good reason) between females).

I'm with daemonblue on this -- I'm willing to give anything a chance if it has a good plot, some interesting hook, or enough fun to qualify as a guilty pleasure. And on forums and IRL conversations with anime fans, I don't hide the fact that I like romance anime. No matter what the genre or intended audience, the struggles of characters as they find, keep, lose, and regain romantic love is almost always enough to hold my interest. In fact, some series like FMA lose points with me for not having enough romantic content. And as I've said in the past, I watched a fair amount of chick-flicks and girly TV shows before getting into anime, so this is just a natural extension.

And don't worry, daemonblue, you're not the only guy who's watched Lamune -- I found it to be a sweet, relaxing series that had the trappings of a harem, but stayed pretty close to the core couple without the shenanigans of shounen romance. Cute childhood flashbacks, too, but that ED "Summer Vacation" was a crime against everyone's sanity. In general, romance anime based on visual novels is one of my collection's staples; hearing that something is based on a ren'ai or bishoujo game is usually enough to get me to check it out.

[For those who don't know me, don't let the avatar and the tastes fool you, I am a guy.]

Speaking of your avatar, that's frm strawberry eggs right? Never got to see it, is it worth seeing? Silly ? to ask you since it's your avatar but thought I'd ask anyway.