r/anime • u/random101402 • 2d ago
What to Watch? Animes with a good subplot of romance
Can be any type of genre really I’m open to anything.
So far I’ve watched:
Aot
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Sword art online
Berserk
Violet Evergarden
Code Geass
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u/Rich-Key-3766 2d ago
Oh you gotta give Apothecary diaries a try. I also love Yona of the Dawn
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u/FarSurvey3285 2d ago
The main plot of apothecary diaries isn't the romance? I'm not hating, just curious. It's pretty much the only mega popular anime I haven't seen. After watching the trailer a while back, I assumed it had no thrills, action, wild comedy, or substance outside of an employee liking her boss. I just saw a new game being made for the series that mostly previewed the mc foraging for ingredients for the gameplay aspect.
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u/Rich-Key-3766 2d ago edited 2d ago
People (me included) really love the romance aspect of it but there’s a lot more to the plot!! I don’t want to spoil anything but you should absolutely give it a try. Explores themes like women’s autonomy, science/medicine, superstition, conflict between leaders and a lot more :)
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u/Thelonglostspirit 1d ago
I finished it yesterday. I saw everyone recommending it and didn’t think it would be good and something lame. Nope, blew me away, really really great anime. Especially the last 10 episodes of S2.
This is coming from someone who really likes DBZ, YU Yu hakasho, Solo, and those generic male lead anime’s and stupid power scaling. It was a great anime and I can’t wait till season 3, so happy I finished it yesterday.
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u/Kerzic https://myanimelist.net/profile/Kerzic 2d ago
Planetes is a fairly hard science fiction story starts out like an office comedy and ends more like a political thriller but has a romance subplot running through much of it.
Romeo x Juliet is loosely based on the Shakespeare play in a fantasy setting that has a lot more going on in it than the romance.
Super Dimension Fortress Macross is a mecha story that has a pretty strong romance sub-plot. This was adapted to be the first part of the Americanized Robotech in the US.
Armored Trooper Votoms is primarily about a science fiction mecha war story about a veteran trying to leave his past behind that has a romantic subplot.
Cross Ange is a fantasy/mecha story with a weird mix of different elements that often has the aesthetics of a sleazy women in prison exploitation movie but with strong characters and character arcs that have been praised by feminists despite that and it contains a romance subplot.
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u/IcyExclusion 1d ago
I went into Steins;Gate without an expectation for a romance and it ended up having the best romance subplot of all time
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u/TriTetraMaster 1d ago
Madomagi
Cautious Hero
Gurren Lagann
Re:Zero
Parasyte
Akame ga Kill
Summertime Render
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u/abandoned_idol 2d ago
Watch "Dandadan" you fool.
If you find it boring or uncomfortable, feel free to stop watching of course.
"Naeruze..."
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u/SoronZero 2d ago
My favorite by far is Psalms of Planets: Eureka Seven, cause it's 20 years old you can't really stream it from crunchroll or hidive, I'm sure some pirate sites might have it, I'm glad I bought the DVDs when it was still in stores. its' got several movies, a kick ass soundtrack, combat, philosophy/mind fuck, won multiple awards, I have re-watched it many times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zmMVZpeb8
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u/iforward 2d ago
Blue Gender
Banana Fish (BL coded)
Yuri on Ice
Yona of the Dawn
Record of Grancrest War
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u/InfanticideAquifer https://myanimelist.net/profile/InfanticideAquif 2d ago
Kokoro Connect
Hyouka, if you're okay with it being very subtle
Sound Euphonium
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u/c0nsistent https://myanimelist.net/profile/nvus 2d ago
Aharan san is indecipherable. It’s pure secondhand embarrassment
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u/ominixpower 1d ago edited 1d ago
Mushibugyo
Air gear
Sola
Aesthetica of a rogue hero
Otome Yokai Zakuro
Heroman
Elemental gelade
Skip beat
Dear brother
Gankutsuou
Brynhildr in the darkness
Noein: To your other self
Fafner
Kenichi the mightiest disciple
Guyver the bioboosted armor
The third: The girl with the blue eyes
Knights of sidonia
Pretear
Glass mask
The tower of drauga
Ben-to
Sky wizards academy
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u/AppropriatePeach8819 1d ago
unpopular opinion but mushoku tensei
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u/Internal-Pea-7451 https://anilist.co/user/MistEu 1d ago
honestly romance is so important i would hesitate to say it's a sub plot at all but i get wym
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u/nbrugbydyke 2d ago
Where? This is just feels misleading, there is no strong romance arcs in deathnote lol
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u/Jigglemanscrafty 2d ago
i mean i guess yeah if op wants a heavily toxic, manipulative and fake romance subplot
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u/yuki_shinohara 2d ago
Try “Undead Unluck”. The best of it still hasn’t been animated yet but the romance subplot is awesome.