Anime has a multitude of genres and one of its most famous and well-known genres is romance. Anime is known for having some of the best and most iconic couples. As many fans believe, these couples are actually “couple goals”. Some couples in anime are famous all around for their chemistry and charm. Many fans aspire to have a love like theirs. However, certain anime couples are famous for the wrong reasons.
Some of the romance anime are based on terrible and toxic couples. Their relationship may not be physically abusive, but it’s most definitely not healthy. Here are the top 9 romance anime about terrible couples.
9) Boys Over Flowers
‘Boys Over Flowers’ is one of the most famous romance anime of all time. Whilst there have been multiple adaptations based on the manga and anime, it still doesn’t change the fact that it is about terrible couples. Makino, the female protagonist, attracts the attention of F4, the wealthiest people in Japan. The four boys, led by Tsukasa resort to bullying and being mean to her. It is one of the romance anime about terrible couples.
8) Kaichou Wa Maid Sama
‘Kaichou Wa Maid Sama’ for many young anime watchers is one of the most iconic shoujo anime of all time. Usui Takumi is their anime crush and they want a man like him in reality. However, Usui is a stalker and a pervert. Misaki on the other hand is a Tsundere and is mean to people. These two shouldn’t have gotten together because they’re a terrible couple.
7) Wolf Girl & Black Prince
‘Wolf Girl & Black Prince’ follows the story of Erika as she wishes to fit in with their friends. To do so, she wants to find a boyfriend and takes a picture of Kyoya who she declares to be her boyfriend. Erika asks him to be her fake boyfriend to prevent her lie from being exposed and Kyoya asks her to become his pet dog. He treats her very poorly and she endures all of the mistreatment. They are one of the most terrible couples in anime.
6) Junjo Romantica
‘Junjo Romantica’ is the most iconic BL anime of all time. The anime is known for its mature scenes and the very pretty leads. However, their relationship is quite terrible. Misaki moves in with his brother’s friend Usagi who is a BL writer. Usagi takes an interest in Misaki and gets touchy with him from the start. Whilst the scenes of the story are mature, they would be highly inappropriate in real life.
5) Scum’s Wish
‘Scum’s Wish’ is a very good anime, but the couples in the anime are terrible. Hanabi and Mugi start a physical relationship with each other to fulfill their needs. However, both of them have a crush on someone else and imagine that person’s face during their mature moments. They hoped that the physical arrangement would alleviate their loneliness, but it made them feel even more empty.
4) Diabolik Lovers
‘Diabolik Lovers’ is a reverse harem anime. Yui, a young girl enters the home of multiple vampires and gets trapped in their games. All the vampires use her and feed her whenever they want. She is constantly abused and harassed and she tolerates all of that. It is one of the romance anime about terrible couples.
3) Citrus
Mei and Yuzu become step sisters through their parent’s marriage. The two girls were opposite and did not like each other. However, their relationship turns toxic and abusive when Mei starts using Yuzu for venting her anger and frustrations. She leads Yuzu on and Yuzu genuinely likes her. This series is filled with emotional manipulation and emotional abuse.
2) NTR: Netsuzou Trap
This is an anime focused on two girls. Yuma asks her best friend Hotaru for dating advice. Instead of helping her friend, Hotaru starts hitting on her instead despite being in a relationship herself. However, she doesn’t commit to Yuma either. She leaves her boyfriend and confesses to Yuma, but doesn’t commit to her. This is another anime about terrible couples.
1) School Days
‘School Days’ is an anime that is toxic because of the amount of cheating in it. Makoto, the protagonist, gets to date a girl he originally had a crush on. However, that isn’t enough to suffice him. He starts cheating on her and does so multiple times. Eventually, the girlfriend finds out and she murders him and sends his severed head to his mistress. Whilst we know that cheating has consequences, these are a bit too extreme.
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