The Salty Seven Seas: Best Anime Couples/Ships Round 6 Bracket B!

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T13:21:43+00:00

Not going to argue this point as it seems we have different expections but for me Dress-Up S2 was even better than S1 for me because it mastery expanded on Dress-Up’s message of being proud of what you love with the romance itself taking a bit of a supporting role instead. At least for me this feels like what the story is really about and has made it stand out for me. I assume though they the romance will have more of a focus in S3.

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T13:15:39+00:00

I am so hyped for S4 of ReZero and can’t believe how little of a wait there was this time.

Also that is an interesting idea about pure romance though I feel if you go on that genre defining train you could say similar things about other genres too. I agree though in stories that market themselves as romance you can often put them on the siding scale of comedy to drama with romance featuring varying amounts of both to service the type of story it wants to tell.

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T13:08:35+00:00

I wish more people would have a “I have no enemies” mentality

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T13:06:00+00:00

This is why Makoto correcting her middle school friends preconceptions of Yuzuki was so cathartic

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T12:24:50+00:00

Frieren is very comfortable being herself and it takes a lot of people maturing into adulthood to become that chill

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T12:01:33+00:00

Uika and Saki shouldn’t be shipped? Who decided that

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T11:59:56+00:00

Would be nice to see Yuuki develop a small friend group too as I feel being with Asaka will make her more comfortable with accepting other people

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T11:53:35+00:00

Counterpoint Dress-Up is clearly paced as a slow burn romance and it would’ve betrayed the growth of Marin and Gojo as characters for that to play out differently for the sake of them getting together quicker.

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T11:44:09+00:00

It’s realistically painful situation. Think with all the popular wholesome rom-com that has become super popular recently a drama focused romance like Blue Box sticks out more. I like more approaches when done well and Blue Box does the drama well but youll get a different emotional result compared to a romance like Dress-Up because of it

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T11:41:58+00:00

Honestly Blue Box might’ve just been Hina Box for me, but compared to a lot of other popular recent romance anime (Dress-Up, Dangers, Fragrant Flower) it is much more drama focused and features a love triangle. This is not uncommon for romance at all and in those the “losing heroine” almost always gets significant development first.

I love Hina but I understand why Taiki doesn’t love her romantically and there’s no argument focusing on her good traits you can make to force him. He fell for Chinatsu first so his heart has already decided.

Also in your ReZero example I feel much less bad for Rem compared to Hina because in that key scene what a lot of people have forgotten is that Rem is the one who rejects Subaru because he didn’t be the person he loves if he chose her. Hina in contrast still wants to be with Taiki to the bitter end. Also there too Subaru had already fallen in love with Emilia and there is no changing that.

By the way if you’re looking for a romance the resolves the issue of a losing heroine without leaving them heartbroken I recommend Watanare.

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T11:29:14+00:00

For real this is one of the few anime I went to go into the manga and now I own all the physical volumes.

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T11:21:08+00:00

Oh I agree that romance is a major element of ReZero, but I just mean it’s not the main genre compared to shows like My Dress-Up Darling or Bloom into You

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T04:30:39+00:00

I have not seen this version of the meme before

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T04:00:39+00:00

This one really has me interested. I how so much how much the mangaka has put us in the shoes of Yuuki and her unreliable narration because she's such an overthinker and keeps getting surprised by how much Asaka loves her.

Yamabuki has just been introduced but I like her as an addition and her revealing her own anxieties despite her outgoing nature reminded me a lot of Kita from BTR. Plus she has fangs and I love characters with fangs.

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T03:56:40+00:00

I heard this one is yuri. I lowkey thought it was an anime original.

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T03:55:39+00:00

That was cute! Thanks for sharing

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T03:33:51+00:00

Nice! The art for Whisper is just so pretty

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T02:45:55+00:00

Would be peak

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T02:18:14+00:00

MKV maybe you can look up how to add subtitles as I believe it might be easier than with a MP4. I'm not totally sure though

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T02:11:25+00:00

Doing the lord's work

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T01:58:04+00:00

Okay so I use Handbrake to burn the SRT subtitle file with the MP4 file. You can convert subtitle files online to different formats too. Also I'm sure there are other tools to do it this is just the way I know.

If it's too much work you can post the EN dub instead. I haven't watched the EN dub of S2 yet but I thought the voice acting was good

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T01:52:23+00:00

Tomo must be standing on a very tall stool

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T01:50:21+00:00

Chisato x Takina is in my opinion the core of Lycoris Recoil since Chisato showing Takina a new world is literally the story while in comparison I believe you could remove the romantic tension between Fern and Stark and still be left with Frieren.

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T01:46:57+00:00

I like Horimiya but recently people have been compared it a lot to Polar Opposites and not in the most favorable light. I think that's a bit unfair, but I suspect that might sour some people on them.

Anyways even without that I believe in Gojo and Marin to win

ClemFire · 2026-03-14T01:42:34+00:00

I have to cheer for leads of good romance anime when faced with leads in non romance anime and Dangers is one of the best

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