Childhood Friend Romance: Difference between revisions

* Dias and Rena from ''[[Star Ocean the Second Story]]'' grew up together and have been close since childhood, until Dias suffered a tragic loss and decided to leave the town. The couple can go either way with this trope, depending on whether the player chooses to attempt to earn [[Relationship Values|Rena's ending with Dias]] or pursue someone else.

* Childhood friendships can often go either way in ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' series, thanks to the [[Romance Sidequest|support system]].

*** Something similar goes to the swordsman Holyn if he doesn't hook up with his fellow swordswoman Ayra. And to Azel's best friend Lex, if he's not paired up with Tiltyu. Levin/Mahnya is an odd variation; Levin is said to have had a crush on her, but it won't matter whether or not she returned his feelings since {{spoiler|she dies halfway through the chapter no matter what the player does}}.

** [[The Archer|Wil]] towards Rebecca in ''[[Fire Emblem]] 7''.

** In ''[[Fire Emblem 8]]'', if you pair up Ephraim with someone else than Tana, she'll also become his [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]. Same goes to Innes if not paired with with Eirika, Artur if you don't hook him up with Lute, and Colm if you don't pair him up with Neimi (though the last one is somewhat debatable since neither can really be "paired" with anyone else storywise).

** Lilina towards Roy in FE 6, and vice versa. (Logically speaking, that is. In the actual game, only Roy can have paired endings despite the decidedly romantic nature of supports like Fir/Noah and Klein/Tate.)

 

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