#5-Priss and Leon (Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040)
I kept wishing right until the end that hard rocker Priss
and cute office assistant Lenna would end up getting together. Alas, hopes were dashed but Priss still found
a nice guy to end up with after all.
Leon may look like your stereotypical muscle bearing cop but deep down
he’s a softy when it comes to beautiful women.
Enter Priss, the rock star and secret Knight Saber, who cannot be won no
matter how hard he tries. Suffice to
say, Priss looks past the cop and sees the guy who is willing to give it all for
her. And she doesn’t even have to wear
her sexy leather outfits (or her equally sexy battle armor) to impress him. Leon sees the good beneath the bad ass and
that’s enough to melt Priss’s hard exterior.
Also, I cant overlook they both share names with two Blade Runner Replicants
(though Priss was with Batty and it’s implied Leon and Zhora were a thing…still
cool though).
#4-Rock and Revy
(Black Lagoon)
Frak yes, this is clearly going on and it will be recognized
should Black Lagoon return one day. Rock
and Revy didn’t start off on the best of terms: Rock’s a brilliant, but whimpy
newbie to the pirate life and Revy is a hot chick with two guns and a penchant
for violence. Yet some of the series’ best episodes have come from these two
confronting their different ideologies and finding some common ground. Rock helps Revy recover some of her lost
humanity and, in return, Revy ends up putting her life on the line for him, “I
could protect you through the f***ing Alamo,” she even says at one point. Their little peacemaking moment of Revy using
Rock’s cigarette to light her own features facial experessions that make it
clear one or both are interested in something a bit more down the line. It’ll get there, if it hasn’t already, God
that would be awesome.
#3-Kaname and Sosuke
(Full Metal Panic)
Through it’s rough times and its better ones, one thing
you could always rely on with Full Metal Panic is the pairing of Kaname Chidori
and Sousuke Sagara. While Kaname does
spend a lot of time whaling on poor Sousuke for his military antics on school
grounds, this bond of theirs does grow over the course of the shows (current)
three seasons. We see Kaname go from
irritated with Sousuke’s odd quirks (and penchants for constantly blowing stuff
up) to seeing her show concern for him in battle. Likewise, Sousuke, the battle hardened
soldier from a young age, begins to see Kaname as more than just a someone to
protect for Mithril, she’s someone he wants to protect for his own heart. It doesn’t get any clearer how these two
really feel than when Sousuke and Kaname are separated during the second half of
Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid. Kaname
becomes terrified, Sousuke questions his order and loses his confidence. Seeing the trials they both go through to find
their way back together sells that this coupling is destined for greater things
down the line. Will Kaname and Sousuke
officially be dating come Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory? Only time will
tell.
#2-Haruka (Sailor
Uranus) and Michiru (Sailor Neptune) (Sailor Moon S)
The only thing better than seeing two cute girls in love
is being able to look past censorship BS and see that “they’re not really cousins
are they?” Uranus and Neptune share a
bond that most of the Sailor Senshi wish they could share with each other. The depth of their love and trust and each
other is infinite and it shows in their teamwork on and off the
battlefield. Michiru clearly keeps the
more hotheaded Haruka in line with her soft spoken wisdom. But that doesn’t mean that Michiru wont get a
little reckless to protect her love either.
This was the romance that defined a generation of Anime fans for a
really long time. From antagonistic
towards the other Senshi to becoming their most powerful allies, Sailor Uranus
and Sailor Neptune were the true Guardians of Love and Justice everyone wanted
to (and still wants to) be.
#1-Inuyasha and
Kagome (Inuyasha)
This was one of the first big Anime romances I ever took
full stock in. Sure id seen occasional romance
pop up in Robotech or Tenchi Muyo.
Inuyasha and Kagome were a different story. Their romance was front and center through
every single bit of the series (that didn’t focus on how OP Naraku was or how
Miroku would never give up on Sango). A
lot of the usual romance tropes came up in this relationship: bickering, Kagome
causing Inuyasha random pain with “Sit Boy”, arguing in the middle of a
battle. And yet, when Inuyasha was at
its lowest points, you could always count on the true and emerging romance between
these two to get you through it. Not to
mention, Kaoru Wada’s beautiful soundtrack that plays during Inuyasha and
Kagome’s more tender moments is worthy of a tear. I always wanted to root for Inuyasha and
Kagome, no matter what. Even though I never
finished the show, I know my stock paid off.
They are my definitive Anime couple.
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