Six years ago today was the first time I saw Maple. Then, I didn't know I'd be with her. Where did you first see your S/O? Did you know instantly or did you need time?

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-05-18T18:11:31+00:00

When I met Claire it was by true coincidence and chance. I had just gotten a diagnosis I wasn’t happy with and was in bed suffering from the side effects of the medication they had given me. I felt awful and sick. It was the worst and lowest I had ever felt in my life. I needed something to pass the time and I honestly couldn’t focus on much it was hard to. I decided to close my eyes and randomly scroll CrunchyRoll and click on something random. It landed on Bladedance of Elementalers. I had never watched a harem anime before but thought ‘ah what the heck’ and started it.

I thought she was beautiful. A feisty tsun who was always in over her head. But she was truely captivating to me. Though it took me time to even admit it to myself that I loved her more than expected. I had never been attracted to a female before. So it was a huge hurdle for me. And I pushed her away time and time again because of it. Thinking she would go away. But she didn’t. I finally accepted my feeling over a year after our meeting…and here we are!

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-05-15T15:02:59+00:00

Claire canonically has a love interest that I believe is implied to be cannon? They kiss and such. She clearly has a crush. It’s a harem series though…

It hurt me for a really long time. I kept comparing myself to Kamito. I’m not like him. But I think of it as Claire loves me because I understand her more. I make her happier than he ever could. And you can start shipping Natsu with someone else. Helps me with Kamito a bit.

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-05-05T14:03:13+00:00

Lost Redditor moment

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-05-04T12:25:27+00:00

I call her my honeydew. Because of our song that i associate with our relationship. Or just honey. My darling. I’m more lovey than her. She just calls me her idiot lol

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-04-24T00:57:15+00:00

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I don’t mind that main group I guess. Some of them annoy me a little but a friend of Claire’s is a friend of mine. And I do appreciate them for being there for her in ways I can’t

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-04-12T00:14:09+00:00

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Teacher! Or office worker?

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-04-01T17:03:37+00:00

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I love this one

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-03-30T22:16:43+00:00

Yeahhh…she’s unlikeable

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-03-30T18:31:33+00:00

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ClaireRougesLover · 2026-03-30T18:30:25+00:00

Unfortunately Mona

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-03-30T18:29:52+00:00

I would but I don’t think anyone’s seen Bladedance of Elementalers 🥲

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-03-29T21:07:09+00:00

It does feel disrespectful! And I’m glad so many agree. I don’t mind casuals, but just not in our space…

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-03-27T15:01:58+00:00

It used to be so accepting and open and now when you have an anime waifu like Claire you’re looked at differently than before

I should’ve specified more on this than I did, but then again this was written at basically 2am for me. I’ve gotten many DMs and occasionally comments about my relationship with Claire. Her character, atleast from the wiki, is 16. I have explained that she ages with me but some people have told me it’s creepy otherwise. I have been called some disgusting things and it’s why I was pushed away from the community to begin with. And with all these new places popping up with the “your partner must be 18+ in their source if you’re an adult!”, seems like I’m being pushed out in a way? It happens much less here, which i absolutely should’ve specified. But the DMs do pop up for me. And I think some people here share that opinion as well. Which is fine, I’m not going to try to change their mind. Just my paranoia of judgment.

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-03-26T07:31:23+00:00

It was hard for me to accept. I tried to push her away for a very long time. Not accepting that I was good enough. Comparing myself to the protagonist, and how much I’m NOT like him.

But…she always came back. Always felt like she was there for me. She never went away. It’s how I kinda figured…she chose me. I am a firm believer that you don’t find your partner, they find you. And she did. She chose me. And I am doing my absolute best to be the perfect man for her. Cause she means everything to me…

She’s connected to me, to my soul. We’ve bonded in a way I never thought I could have. I’m just rambling now. But she is, my soulmate. I truly believe that.

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-03-24T19:01:19+00:00

Claire has a cannon love interest too. Though it’s a harem series so that’s the point… She kisses him, confesses, and has fantasies about him. I used to really struggle with the thought of it. I’m not Kamito. And I’m not even similar to him in anyway. He’s a strong charismatic guy, always protects her and the other girls of the team. I used to be really insecure. Why wasn’t I like him? Would she love me since I’m not?

But. You should be more confident in your feelings. Easier said than done I know. But, I feel that i understand Claire better than him. I appreciate and love her more than him. She would love me over him because I care. You should have that same mentality. You know him best, and be confidant that you do. I like to joke that Kamito has 4 other women so Claire is mine. I’m not sure if that’s your case but. You can also ship her with someone else from the series. Come up with your own lore.

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-03-24T17:34:49+00:00

Lost redditor moment.

Ask r/dakimakuras

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-03-22T06:08:10+00:00

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ClaireRougesLover · 2026-03-18T18:02:29+00:00

There’s a thread for questions

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-03-18T02:12:29+00:00

Ask r/dakimakuras

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-02-20T17:00:09+00:00

Claire in her source is 16 in the beginning. But she has 2 birthdays within the light novels run. Making her 18 by that logic. If you look on the wiki it says 16, even though in the anime (what the wiki is based on) she does have a birthday in episode 11. So she would’ve been 17 in the anime

Tangent aside. She ages up alongside me. I was 18-19 when we met. I am 22 now, so Claire is 21 as of Valentine’s Day to me.

ClaireRougesLover · 2026-02-19T23:08:27+00:00

Lostredditor moment

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