Foe Yay/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

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Two foes who fight in close combat, constantly obsess over their next battle with one another, and spend all their time thinking about one another can't ''possibly'' be more than "just enemies" right? [[Foe Yay|No Way!]]

 

 

== A ==

* ''[[Air Gear]]'': In chapter 278 Agito fights the masochist Arthur who, at one point, pelvic thrusts against him and nibbles his ear.

*** Don't forget Russia/England! There's also a fair deal of England/Spain and Spain/Netherlands out there.

** Most of the pairings involving fellow [[Psychopathic Manchild]] Russia, especially Russia/America, are usually depicted as a combination of this and [[Mind Game Ship]], with a healthy dose of [[Stockholm Syndrome]] thrown in for pairings like Russia/Lithuania and Russia/Latvia. Hell, possibly the most functional and friendliest relationship Russia gets in fandom is with China which tends to have more of a "You haven't hurt me/don't hate me as much as the other nations have/do, so you're pretty much the only one I can confide in to some extent" vibe, and even ''then'' there's the Sino-Soviet split to consider...

** Prussia/Austria can be seen as [[Foe Yay]]. They fight each other and they can never get along but are pretty popular in Fandom.

** How about Russia/Prussia? To wit, Prussia's ''terrified'' of him (to the extent of coughing up blood or losing four eyelashes whenever Russia's nearby) but they get a decent amount of popularity both in the West and Japan.

** Pick one country, search for wars between him/her and other country(either [[Canon]] or [[Original Character]]) and tadah!!

** And now Russia/America fans finally have a basis for their pairing. In the new Birz comic, in response to France's flattering, America accuses Russia of being the bad guy considering his good relations with Germany and his tradition of kissing people as a greeting. Russia then scoots over to America, flashes a [[Slasher Smile]], and offers to make his gums bleed (therefore implying that he just offered to roughly kiss him). America doesn't get it. Later on, while England complains about America's provocative attitude, Russia says that he thinks it's one of his better points, before adding that provocative people are fun to snap in half.

 

== B ==

** Not to mention the Guts/Griffith dynamic post-Eclipse.

** Or [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|Griffith/Casca]].

** Several more men have tried [[Attempted Rape]] on Casca as well, before and after the Eclipse. And then there's when the Great Goathead tried to make her his "bride".

* Similar to [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Kaiba and Yugi]], Kai and Tyson of ''[[Beyblade]]'' have nearly the same relationship, as Kai is determined to beat his rival.

* ''[[Bleach]]'': There is a very twisted straight example in the warped relationship between former 3rd Espada Nel Tu and 5th Espada Nnoitra Jiruga. Nel's constant attempts at saving Nnoitra, coupled with the fact that Nnoitra, no matter what he does, cannot seem to get her out of his head don't help.

* ''[[Busou Renkin]]'': Papillon's obsession with Kazuki. Magnified by the fact that there's already a lot of subtext around Papillon with his flamboyant outfit including speedos and a distinctive butterfly mask.

 

== C ==

* Schneider and Wakabayashi from ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'', especially in the Road to 2002 TV series where Schneider has borderline feminine looks and there's a whole episode dedicated to showcase their thoughts on each other. It's like the animators and character designer were [[Genre Savvy]] enough to make them not only more bishonen than in manga canon...

* ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' has Aion/Chrono. In the manga, Aion is really {{spoiler|Chrono's twin brother, unknown to him}}, and actually cares quite a bit for Chrono. The anime adaptation also included a scene where Aion holds Chrono's face in his hands and leans so close while speaking to him that their lips are almost touching. He also has a bit of [[In Love with Your Carnage]] for Chrono in both versions.

* ''[[Clover]]'' has Barus and Kazuhiko's innuendo-laden dialogue. Barus is especially fond of Kazuhiko, and likes to call him his "prince." And [[A Love to Dismember|snuggle with his severed hand at night]].

* Spike and Vicious from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', especially Vicious who is obsessed with Spike to a decidedly unhealthy degree (not that anything involving Vicious ever approaches healthy).

* Don't forget {{spoiler|Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li}} from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]''. You can just feel the enmity (and the attraction) between those two. And it's actually canon.

 

== D ==

** Which she does, by the way. And then spends most of the next chapter basically trying to cuddle with him. Face it, Allen is just a Noah magnet.

** Some fans also see Allen's constant bickering with Kanda as this. {{spoiler|In the recent chapter it seems like it will actually truly be this. Instead of just the simple bickering.}}

** And in the most recent chapters, there are serious hints of this between the Millennium Earl and the 14th Noah. In chapter 196, when asked by Johnny why the Millennium Earl is so interested in taking Allen (or rather, the 14th) away with him, the Millennium Earl says:

{{quote|'''Millennium Earl:''' "Why.... by his side. I want to be by the 14th's side."}}

*** And this is ''after'' the 14th has publicly expressed his clear intention to kill and replace the Millennium Earl.

*** Road returns to glomp Allen in chapter 203.

* ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' has a good amount of this between Tai and Matt. Sure, they look like fistfights, but for simple brawls, they sure wind up on top of each other frequently. And then there's Matt's "nothing will ever come between us again" schpiel.

*** A bunch of yaoi fangirls on youtube found episode five of ''[[Digimon Savers|Savers]]'' when Masaru helped the injured Touma to be full of this; the background music ''really'' doesn't help matters. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fBLQ20-ARI See here.]

** Elite [[Monster of the Week]] Vajramon flirted with Renamon plenty during their fight. And Renamon ''often'' puts flirtatious lines into her battle banter.

** As if that weren't enough, a recent chapter had Satoshi stating that he was unable to bring himself to hate Daisuke, despite the fact that he had resigned himself to hating everyone, simply because Daisuke is the way he is. Then he admitted 'that was the only thing that truly ever brought me joy'. It was suspiciously similar to a love confession in other manga, complete with a montage of all of their important moments together (along with a gigantic image of Daisuke smiling) that went on for two pages. 

*** What? Forget Satoshi and Daisuke, [[Ho Yay|they're friends!]] What about [[Chivalrous Pervert|Dark]] and [[Complete Monster|Krad]]?! They're gonna be stuck with each other in a painting for the rest of eternity hating each other's guts-what do you think is going to happen? It doesn't help that [[Bishonen|they're so darn pretty.]] 

** In the non-canonical movie, Vegeta hilariously shouts ''"Kakarotto Wa '''Ore No Mono Da!!'''"'' when Android 13 is beating his rival to death, and charges in to protect Goku. The ''context'' of this sentence is "Kakaroto is MY '''PREY''' hands off him", but "Ore No Mono Da" is usually used by ''jealous ex-boyfriends'' to say "belongs to me".

** While we're on the subject of Goku and Vegeta, why hasn't the Ki bondage that Maijin Vegeta did to Goku during the Buu Saga been mentioned yet?

* Shobu and Hakuoh in ''[[Duel Masters]]''. Even within the context of the card game being [[Serious Business]], Shobu's obsession with getting a chance to duel Hakuoh got... well.. pretty ''weird'' at times. At one point, Shobu decides to stop playing the game just because he thinks he lost his chance to go through the temple guardians and face Hakuoh, despite there still being tournaments, et cetera, out there. After Hakuoh's [[Heel Face Turn]], it no longer qualifies, obviously. Given the satirical nature of the English dub, it's odd that this wasn't brought up more in-series.

* The [[Foe Yay]] between ''[[Durarara!!]]'''s Shizuo and Izaya is rampant enough that [http://anni-fiesta.livejournal.com/5658.html even the characters themselves] are starting to wonder if there's hatesex going on behind the scenes.

** Mikado and Aoba. As soon as Aoba is introduced in the novel, [[Ho Yay|he instantly latches onto Mikado.]] {{spoiler|Then you realize he's the leader of Blue Squares and simply wants to control Mikado. When it seems like he'll get his wish, Mikado retaliates by stabbing him with a ballpoint pen (thus earning his title as [[Memetic Badass]] and telling him that he stabbed him for involving Anri in his little game. Now the two are working together in the merged Dollars/Blue Squares group and Aoba seems to have taken Masomi's place in Mikado's life...almost completely.}} Add to the fact that {{spoiler|Aoba admitting to Izaya that he's a [[Combat Sadomasochist|masochist]] who is still looking for a special someone to be his sadist. Looks like he's found the person.}} 

** Izaya simply has this with ''everyone''. Not just the ones mentioned above, but also Earthworm (who was {{spoiler|torturing him}}), Namie, Mikado, Mikage's brother...just ''everyone''.

 

== E ==

* [[Eyeshield 21]] has this strongest with Shin and Sena. Unlike most shonen rivals, their relationship is completely free of malice, but that just makes their preoccupation with eventually facing each other again seem more like two people in a long distance relationship. When Sena thinks Shin's completely outclassed him, he breaks down in tears at disappointing him.

 

== F ==

* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'': Somehow it's not as creepy as it ought to be to watch Jellal tell Erza he loves her while she screams about what a bastard he is as he tries to sacrifices her to revive the series' equivlent of Voldemort.

* Kaze and Kumo in ''[[Final Fantasy Unlimited]]''. In fact, fangirls seem so obsessed with this pairing that this troper, much to his chagrin, struggled to find anyone interested in the ''actual continuation of the story'' when he offered to translate it.

 

== G ==

* Kamina and Viral in ''[[Gurren Lagann]]''. Especially in the ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVbWL6ESlc8 Viral's Sweet Dream]'' special (guess who the subject of the sweet dream in question is).

** After {{spoiler|Kamina's Death}}, Simon ends up becoming the object of his...''obsession.'' There was one scene in particular, which had the two brawling in the prison wash room, wearing nothing but very tiny towels around their waists.

 

== H ==

** Hisoka felt that Gon and Killua have great potential to become amazing fighters and Hisoka desires for them to become strong enough to offer him a truly satisfying duel, and he plans to kill them when they become "ripe". However, in order to allow them to reach this stage, he refuses to let them die, demanding that their death be through his hands alone and when Illumi was ready to kill Gon, he thinks that he can apologize to Hisoka later despite Hisoka having said that anyone who tries to kill Gon "will not be let off lightly." He even teamed up with the pair against Razor.

** He also has some towards Kuroro. And [[wikipedia:File:Hunter × Hunter episode 27.png|towards Kurapika]]; During the fourth stage of the Hunter Exam, on Zevil Island, Hisoka refers to him as an "unripe fruit", however, his interest in him is minimal compared to his interest in Gon and Killua. At some instances he referred to Kurapika's blue eyes as "delicious" and Kurapika's scarlet eyes "exciting". He forms a loose alliance with Kurapika later, however, against the Phantom Troupe.

 

== I ==

* In a way, Chika and Miu in ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]''.

* ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)|THE iDOLM@STER]]'' - One of the girls from the Shinkan Shoujo Productions falls instantly in love with Makoto.

 

== J ==

** Part 3 ramps it up with Dio constantly caressing Jonathan Joestar's birthmark. And his Fabulous Gay Harem escapees, Polnareff and Kakyouin. And {{spoiler|Abdul verbatim describing Dio as 'weirdly sexy.'}} Real kicker is when Dio goes into a fit of [[Laughing Mad|laughing glee]] that resembles nothing less than a prolonged evilgasm after {{spoiler|using Grandpa Joseph as a mystic slurpee.}}

* ''[[Jyu-Oh-Sei]]'': Thor/Zagi, and to some extent Thor/Third as well.

 

== K ==

** Ciel gets some with the Viscount Druitt who flirts with him in [[Bi the Way|both his female disguise and real male form]] and tries to auction him off.

** As of chapter 69, Maurice Cole and Ciel.

 

== L ==

** Ritsuka and Semei. Though Semei doesn't see Ritsuka as his enemy, Ritsuka is kind of torn on what Semei is, exactly, due to what people have told him about him and many unanswered questions. Such as why he faked his death.

* [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist|Zenigata-keibu]] of ''[[Lupin III]]'' fame is rumoured to be married. [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?|To a lady]]. Huh. [[Enemy Mine|Could've]] [[Tsundere|fooled]] [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|me]] (it's actually rather sweet how his life falls apart whenever he's taken off the Lupin case). Of course, our dear protagonist doesn't help matters by [[Alternate Character Interpretation|constantly flirting with him]].

 

== M ==

** The sequel Manga ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid]]'' also gives Nanoha's adopted daughter a similar relationship.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''

** The next chapter turns it up to 11, with Tsukuyomi first hitting Setsuna with a [[Clothing Damage]] spell, followed by pinning her on the ground, and ''slowly and deliberately cutting off Setsuna's'' ''[[Sarashi]]'' ''bra.'' After {{spoiler|Fate calls a retreat}}, she says "Just looking back on this match will give me more than enough [[Fetish|fuel for my fantasies."]] Take from that what you will.

*** And at the end of chapter 304 Tsukuyomi and Setsuna meet up again. Tsukuyomi powers up and tells Setsuna "This is so that I can savour you to the fullest, sempai! Now, allow me to feast upon you...to the very core!"

* In ''[[Mao-chan]]'', it's not even subtext—the supposed-to-be-a-villain [[Lolicon|Yuriko]] is ''very'' much in love with her diminutive enemy Mao, and doesn't even really want to be a villain (leaving her second-in-command to do all the work.) Mao [[Onee-Sama|admires Yuriko]] too, (probably not ''that'' way, but as a [[Cool Big Sis]]), although it should be noted that Mao doesn't know that Yuriko is one of the aliens she's fighting.

* ''[[MAR]]'' has Alviss and the Phantom, which also overlaps with [[Ho Yay]], as the Phantom even attempts to kiss him twice. Alviss spends so much time hating Phantom that during the ghost chess arc he accepts to live together with Phantom for eternity. To be fair, it was more or less mind control.

* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ]]''. Haman Karn develops an obsession with protagonist Judau Ashta after initially mistaking his Newtype resonance for that of Char Aznable, and consequently makes several advances towards him in the numerous encounters they have over the course of the series. The issue regarding Judau's age has led some to believe that Haman's history with [[Lolicon|Char]] may have [[Shotacon|had an influence on her preferences]].

* Suk/{{spoiler|Johan}} is ''canon'' for ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' (although in a very... [[Mind Game Ship|terrifying way]]). One could make a good case for everyone in the series being in love with Johan without anyone batting an eyelid, and Lunge/Tenma is especially pronounced, not surprising due to the similarities between them and ''[[Les Misérables (novel)|Les Misérables]]''.

** Tenma/Johan too. What with Johan addressing a letter to Tenma with "My dear Dr. Tenma", and calling him "my favorite doctor"...He basically becomes obsessed with Tenma after he saves his life, and even when he is presented with the chance to kill Tenma, he tells Tenma that he could never kill the man who saved his life. 

* [[Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation|Muhyo and Enchu]], which is arguably halfway canon now, what with Enchu's little love confession before getting shut away forever.

 

== N ==

* ''[[Nightwalker]]'': Cain and Shido.

* ''[[Noir (anime)|Noir]]'': Lady Silvana, aka the Intoccabile, gives Mireille an excessively long (and open-mouthed) [[Kiss of Death]]. And beforehand, when they were children, she was [[Stalker with a Crush|very obsessed with Mireille]], traumatizing her for life. Her behavior did not seem to be so much of an obsession with Mireille herself, as much as an obsession with domination and control. The kiss seemed to be more about putting fear into Mireille by confusing her and establishing dominance.

* Tabool in ''[[Now and Then, Here and There]]'' is unhealthily obsessed with garnering any attention whatsoever from his best-friend-turned-rival, Nabuca, to the point that he gets jealous of a freaking ''six''-year-old. Long story short: Nabuca continues to reject Tabool and it [[Rival Turned Evil|does not end well]].

 

== O ==

** Alvida to Luffy, since Luffy was the first man to ever hit her, and she likes strong man; it's more noticeable in the manga.

* ''[[Outlaw Star]]'': Harry [[Stalker with a Crush|towards]] Melfina.

 

== P ==

* ''[[Prince of Tennis]]''. Holy mother of God, there's as much [[Foe Yay]] subtext as [[Ho Yay]] in it. Not convinced yet? Just watch the extremely [[Foe Yay]]-tastic Tezuka vs. Atobe, the Tezuka vs. Fuji and Tachibana vs. Chitose matches in the anime (and both the first and the third matches' original renditions in the manga), both of them full of subtext. And if we go for teammates who are also rivals, aside of Tezuka and Fuji, look no further than Kaidoh and Momoshiro...

* In ''[[Psyren]]'' [[Ax Crazy|Eiji Kise]] seems to have an interest in Marie.

 

== R ==

** And that's not even getting into the numerous minor male villains that fall for Akane.

* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'': Utena and Akio. They have sex for one and make out for two and Akio wants her to be his princess but is the villain of the work.

** There's also Tsukune's interactions with Hokuto, even after he was revealed to be [[Evil All Along]].

** [[Ax Crazy|Routier]] of chapter 47 of part II [[Lecherous Licking|licks Fong Fong's face]] and blushes while straddling him.

* Shinku and Suigintou of ''[[Rozen Maiden]]''.

* Saito and Kenshin, Aoshi and Kenshin, or Saito and Sanosuke of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''.

 

== S ==

* ''[[Soul Eater]]'' is absolutely filled with Foe Yay. A popular yaoi pairing is Black Star and Kid, who begin as rivals. Medusa openly admitted to loving Stein, and Stein has rather obsessively hallucinated about her. Justin and Giriko was a popular pairing even before it turned out {{spoiler|Justin and Giriko are on the same side, and now Justin has been openly getting Giriko drunk (though he IS an alcoholic...) and flirting}}. Shinigami-sama and Asura has their own fanbase, but [[Squick|I do NOT want to think about it]]. Now we have [[Memetic Molester]] {{spoiler|Noah}}, who had managed to get labelled such the chapter he was introduced. He is commonly paired with Liz, who he had {{spoiler|canonically complemented as almost beautiful enough to collect on sheer looks and knows would do anything for Kid or Patti}}, and Kid, who he kidnapped. CHAPTER 63 does not help anything.

** Gopher/Kid is another squicky possibility. Mutual hatred, one-sided violence due to Kid being chained up. Kid just hangs there and largely ignores both the insults and the beatings, but Gopher sure is putting a lot of effort into hating the shinigami...

** Don't forget Asura/Maka!

* Yuki/Ryoko in ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''. It makes slightly more sense than [[Crack Pairing|Ryouko/Kyon]], is ''supported'' by an [[Alternate Universe]], and you can never be sure what's going on between [[The Stoic]] [[Emotionless Girl]] and anyone else (particularly the [[Stepford Smiler]]).

** Strangely enough, somewhere in [[This Wiki]], somebody mentioned a Kyon/Fujiwara ship. Even without any [[Ship Tease]] in the few novels where Fujiwara is mentioned. 

* Good lord, do Akagi and Uozumi have this in ''[[Slam Dunk]]''. It's been mentioned that Uozumi talks about defeating Akagi ''everyday'' and from what we've seen, this is probably not an exaggeration. He almost instantly took an interest in Akagi when he first saw him, cheered him on during the Kainan game, and his rivalry with him is his main motivation for improving. Even after quitting basketball he still travels all the way to Hiroshima just to see Akagi play and even gives him advice in the middle of a game. On Akagi's side he considers Uozumi the better player (despite what everyone else says) and has a great deal of respect for him. Their bromance is even mocked at times, such as when they hug and cry on each other's shoulder, only to show that they're both far too ugly for this to be anything but [[Fan Disservice]].

 

== T ==

* Ayeka and Ryoko from ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' Depending on which [[Alternate Continuity]] you choose, they are old childhood acquaintances or mortal enemies, but they always fight—and not just over Tenchi's affections. In at least one alternate world glimpsed during an [[Alternate Universe]] episode of the television series, though, they are clearly in a relationship with each other. Though [[Love Potion|outside forces]] were involved.

* ''[[Togainu no Chi]]'': Shiki x Akira. Shiki seems to think everyone except Akira is just "trash", has said that Akira has intriguing eyes, and generally disregards his personal space when he's trying to kill/fight him. Bonus in that it's a canon pairing in the game.

* ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'': Kisshu and Ichigo.

* ''[[Trigun]]'': Vash and his [[Evil Twin]] Knives. Also, in the magazine version of the Tri Max manga, Legato telling Vash that he is beautiful. After beating him to a bloody pulp. Also, Legato is very obsessed with Knives and is so jealous of Vash (or rather, of Knives's twisted love for Vash) and obsessed with killing him that Vash is the only one who manages to break his composure.

 

== U ==

** Both Yuki and Takashiro with {{spoiler|Reiga AKA [[Face Heel Turn|Kanata]]}}.

* Awkwardly sluggish Katayama and vicious bully Tsumura in ''Uzumaki'' when they {{spoiler|[[Body Horror|morph]] into giant snails and are later isolated in a cage. Considering they are the only two giant snails in town (at the moment) and snails are ''hermaphrodites''...}}. The Foe Yay is snipped from [[The Movie]], which wastes Tsumura's actor's good looks, but it's probably presumed that if you're watching the movie you've read the manga.

 

== V ==

* In ''[[Vampire Knight]]'', Zero Kiryuu and Kaname Kuran display this trope very well, what with their interactions. Zero occasionally having to drink from him doesn't help (and, I'm sure, feeds the fangirls).

* ''[[Vassalord]]'': Barry to Rayflo. And only Barry to Rayflo. Not the other way around.

 

== W ==

** Haguro is damn near the ''epitome'' of this trope. Having violent sex with his girlfriend Ryuuko and having an orgasm while screaming Inugami's name? Buttraping the hell out of his male subordinate while, again, thinking about Inugami and [[Murder the Hypotenuse|how this is a punishment for him]]? Brutally raping {{spoiler|Aoshika}} while recording it so that Inugami can see, practically talking to the camera (and, therefore, to Inugami) through the entire thing so that Inugami will come back to him? The only thing that's missing is for Haguro to actually try to rape Inugami ''himself'', and pretty sure he's working on that ''one'' as well.

*** Er, I think Haguro pretty much reached that epitome recently when he {{spoiler|sliced off some of Inugami's fingers, ATE THEM, and then '''''got a fucking boner off of it'''''.}}

 

== X ==

* The blood-licking also appears in ''[[X 1999]]'' between Fuuma and Kamui. Of course, it's [[CLAMP]]...

 

== Y ==

* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' is ''slathered'' in [[Foe Yay]], most of it being between Yusuke and the [[Big Bad]] he has to fight for that arc. {{spoiler|Both Genkai (in Japanese) and Itsuki [[Dub Text|(in the US dub)]], being the canonical love interests (former in Genkai's case), [[Lampshade Hanging|make wry commentary]] about the [[Subtext]] Yusuke has with Younger Toguro and Sensui, respectively.}} Also of note is the Karasu/Kurama fight. Whooboy. "I love you; therefore I will kill you"? Yeah, quality [[Foe Yay]] right there.

**  Plus Karasu spends the last parts of the Dark Tournament coming on to Kurama; "Your hair is a bit...damaged Kurama...Human bodies are so frail...I know you fear what my touch could do to you...and yet maybe you also want to know it." All this while stroking his hair from behind. 

 

== Z ==

* Ayanami and Teito from ''[[07-Ghost]]''. It's especially evident in the minidrama "Escape," where Ayanami is featured crossing paths with Teito and Frau, "making a serious love call" (as Frau jealously puts it), and declaring how he and Teito "cannot live without the other" after a process of quiz show fanfare.

* ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]'': Kyousuke and Minamoto occasionally have a bit of this going on - Kyousuke might be after Kaoru, but he ''does'' seem to love playing with Minamoto. 

** And now Feather is openly flirting with Minamoto.