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{{trope}}
The tendency for the [[Troubled but Cute|brooding, angsty, loner boy]] to end up with a [[The Ingenue|sweet, gentle girl]] who will patiently coax him out of his moods. While the appeal of the brooding boy probably has something to do with [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]], the brooding boy isn't ''bad'', he's just...moody. At worst, he'll be an [[Anti -Hero]] who's put his bad boy past behind him. Maybe he has a [[Dark and Troubled Past]]. Maybe he's a [[Hurting Hero]]. Maybe he simply takes his responsibilities [[Serious Business|far more seriously]] than the rest of his teammates. Whatever the case, he's just ''waiting'' for someone to draw him out of his shell, and that person is the [[The Chick|gentle girl]]. Unlike her kookier [[Sister Trope|sister]], the [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]], the gentle girl doesn't try to actively shake the brooding boy out of his moodiness. Instead, she patiently and persistently offers kind words, shy smiles, companionship, and hope. Usually [[The Power of Love]] will eventually [[Love Redeems|heal]] the brooding boy.
 
In the fandom, however, expect the gentle girl to be the [[Die for Our Ship|victim]] of fans who think the brooding boy should be with a "[[Real Women Never Wear Dresses|stronger]]" character (or want [[Mr. Fanservice|the character]] free for [[Perverse Sexual Lust|themselves]]), or who accuse the gentle girl of being a [[Purity Sue]]. Though the boy won't be free of potshots either: he'll be accused of being merely [[Emo]], or to be a [[Bastard Boyfriend]] to the gentle girl (whether he is, well, that's something else.)
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This dynamic can also show up in a lot of [[Boys Love Genre]] works. If one of the partners is really cheerful and sweet, [[Foil|the other partner]] is probably an angst-fest waiting to be unleashed.
 
This relationship tends to be the focus of a [[Hurt Comfort Fic]]. For a related couples trope based on personality dynamics, see [[Savvy Guy Energetic Girl]], [[Beast and Beauty]], [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]].
{{examples|Examples}}
 
== Anime & Manga ==
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* ''[[Fruits Basket (Manga)|Fruits Basket]]'': Kyo and Tohru. [[Toy Ship|Hiro and Kisa]] fit to some extent as well.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' has several:
** Priest Seto, the preincarnation of [[Anti -Hero|Seto]] [[The Rival|Kaiba]] whose life pretty much sucked just as much the first time around, and [[White -Haired Pretty Girl|Kisara]].
** "[[Split Personality|Yami Yugi]]" and [[The Power of Friendship|Anzu/Tea]]. Their "[[Not a Date|date]]" consisted of large amounts of Yami brooding over his mysterious past/ mysterious destiny and Tea trying to cheer him up via talking to him or taking him to arcades before going to the museum.
** Jack Atlas and Carly Nagisa of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds (Anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds]]''.
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* ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'', full stop.
* ''[[Persona 3]] Portable'''s Moon Arcana S.Link between the Female Main Character and Shinjiro. They're the ''very definition'' of this.
* While it was more of a brother and sister relationship, Shadow from [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] had this kind of dynamic with Maria - he's a brooding [[Anti -Hero]], while she was the [[Littlest Cancer Patient]] and [[The Pollyanna]]. [[It Got Worse]] for them, however, as [[Dead Little Sister|she died]] and Shadow almost became a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]].
* To a degree, Hisao and Lilly in ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]''. He broods because he has just found out that he has a severe heart condition and has just arrived to a totally different world, she's gentle for being the local [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] and [[Onee -Sama]] despite her blindness.
 
 
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