>>9193Going in knowing it's bad is probably better than coming in with higher expectations like I did. Like it was hyped by so many people, and I felt bitter about being lied to about the "content"
>>9192I'm glad to have forewarned you
>any anime with more believable realistic romances?>Or is it all awkward and forced as shit?Generally anime rarely does romance well became most anime are made by hikki mangakas. It's especially infamous with shows like One Piece or Naruto, because the former declared he doesn't do romance, and the latter's Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke (and Hinata) romantic lines were fairly awful, and the worst part of the show (which is ironic given how well Kishi did the background romance-never-to-be of Jiraiya and Tsunade).
- Rourouni Kenshin has a slowly developed but earnest romance
- Midori Days (the anime) is rather nice and short enough and I personally recommend it, silly as it is, (the manga stretches out because they needed to milk sales).
- Inuyasha had some good romantic progression but because it was an underlying plot and involved a lot of drama, it got tedious and flat.
- This is more for if you're into ecchi humor, but personally I enjoyed DxD's slightly clumsy but earnest romance, especially since the show knows not to take itself too seriously
- Kimi no Na wa or Ghibli films like The Walking Castle or Spirited Away or Kiki'd Delivery have subtle but very nice romances.