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Romance Animes That Aren't..Weird? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by heatenconsumerist@hexbear.net to c/anime@hexbear.net

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Looking for romance (or magical girl like sailor moon) animes to watch with my wife that aren't "odd."

No upskirts or weird non-character sexualization (if the main characters are attracted to each other it's vastly different than sexual harassment by schoolmates/teachers/the invisible camera man..)

No children (obviously, but 🤮 at so many titles in this genre)

Either apolitical (impossible), or at least empowering to women and not the typical Western/Japanese "your job is to be your husband's token"

Edit: Non hetero-normative animes fully welcome but I would be lying if I said she wouldn't be pissed at a lesbian anime if it's overtly and obviously written for/by men.

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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Library War has a romance plot but is a lot more action oriented, but yeah, the characters are all adults and it definitely shows a woman in an empowered position, and I can't recall any weird sexualization. I wish I could recommend Maison Ikkoku and Servant x Service as romance anime between adults but I worry they might break the sexualization rule.

When it comes to magical girl shows, I kinda want to recommend Precure foremost. It's got like 1,000 episodes or something, I have not seen them all but from what I have seen it's about as tame if not tamer than Sailor Moon, though there was a scene where the main characters' classmates had their minds possessed by the bad guys and they were made to almost jump off a tall building (they were saved, though).