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[[File:xkcd-faraway_7104.png|link=Xkcd ~~(Webcomic)~~|frame|Maybe "[[Memetic Mutation/Web Comics|sudo *hug*]]"?]]

[[File:xkcd-faraway_7104.png|link=Xkcd|frame|Maybe "[[Memetic Mutation/Web Comics|sudo *hug*]]"?]]

Perhaps [[Alice and Bob]] started out dating while they [[Girl Next Door|lived close together]] and one had to move away (far enough away that they can't see each other on a regular basis); perhaps they began the relationship through the mail (or, in more modern stories, over the Internet) and never met in real life at all (but may be planning to at some point).

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== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Voices of a Distant Star]]'' and ''[[~~Five~~ Centimeters Per Second]]''. [[Makoto Shinkai]] ''loves'' this trope.

* ''[[Voices of a Distant Star]]'' and ''[[5 Centimeters Per Second]]''. [[Makoto Shinkai]] ''loves'' this trope.

* Koyuki and Maho in [[Beck]], but [[Gecko Ending|only in the manga]].

* In [[~~Gun Buster~~]], Kazuki's relationship with Coach Ohta is not only long distance, it very quickly becomes a [[Mayfly-December Romance]] because relativistic effects means that Kazuki will outlive Ohta (and most of human civilization, as a matter of fact) by a long shot.

* In [[Gunbuster]], Kazuki's relationship with Coach Ohta is not only long distance, it very quickly becomes a [[Mayfly-December Romance]] because relativistic effects means that Kazuki will outlive Ohta (and most of human civilization, as a matter of fact) by a long shot.

* During the Sailor Stars arc of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Mamoru went to America to study, leaving Usagi behind for a large part of the series. (And then it turns out that {{spoiler|Mamoru actually had his heart crystal ''stolen at the airport'', and Usagi witnessed it, but she was so traumatized that she repressed this memory. In the anime it's slightly changed; Mamoru gets killed off a little after his plane took off, and since Usagi didn't see it she truly believed Mamoru wasn't able to contact her.}}.)

** A lesser example is Motoki and Reika. Reika agonizes over accepting a two-year trip to Africa because it will take her away from Motoki. He promises to wait and, after the usual monster attack, she goes. In a later season she returns, only to turn right around and go back to Africa again--this time for ''ten years.''

* The anime version of [[Marmalade Boy]] had this for a while. {{spoiler|It didn't work very well though.}}

* In [[Kodomo no Omocha]], Sana goes on an extended film project out in the woods and is plagued by rumors and [[Yoko Oh No|angry fangirls]] of her colleague who hate her for apparently dating him; later, the prospect of her love interest Hayama going overseas to recuperate from serious injury is enough to send her into a [[Heroic BSOD]], though eventually she comes to terms with it and they are reunited in the [[Distant Finale]].

* [[Les Yay|Subaru and Teana]] fell into this after ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ~~Strikers~~]]'' when their personal goals stationed them in different posts. But as Teana told [[Genki Girl|Subaru]] [[Tsundere|in an annoyed tone]] when they reunited in ''[[Striker S Sound Stage X]]'', the latter kept on bombarding her with so much e-mail that she didn't even notice the distance.

* [[Les Yay|Subaru and Teana]] fell into this after ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]'' when their personal goals stationed them in different posts. But as Teana told [[Genki Girl|Subaru]] [[Tsundere|in an annoyed tone]] when they reunited in ''[[Striker S Sound Stage X]]'', the latter kept on bombarding her with so much e-mail that she didn't even notice the distance.

* Variant in [[Case Closed]]: Ran thinks that Shinichi has run off to investigate some kind of case, but in truth he's Conan, aged down thanks to plot.

** Also, {{spoiler|Sonoko and her boyfriend Makoto, who's a world-ranked karate practitioner and is always travelling.}}

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* Kathleen and Jeff on the ''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]'' whenever Jeff goes on one of his frequent and extended medical missions to Kenya.

* This trope is petty much the entire point of the show Ny-Lon, which is about a relationship between a girl in New York and a guy in London... which, naturally, leads to a break-up or major fight about how hard long distance relationships are just about every other episode so that one character can dramatically fly across the ocean to re-proclaim there love. Of course, in the end {{spoiler|they break up anyway.}}

* ''[[~~Stargate Universe (TV)|~~Stargate Universe]]'' takes this to another level, with multiple characters having left significant others on the other side of the universe. The communication stones make things easier. Camille Wray looks likely to stick with her partner, Sharon. Colonel Young's marriage, on the other hand, is less solid.

* ''[[Stargate Universe]]'' takes this to another level, with multiple characters having left significant others on the other side of the universe. The communication stones make things easier. Camille Wray looks likely to stick with her partner, Sharon. Colonel Young's marriage, on the other hand, is less solid.

* [[The X-Files]] Mulder and Scully carry on a rather clumsily-written version of this trope in the show's final season.

* [[Zoey 101]]: Chase and Zoey attempt this via webcam after {{spoiler|she overhears Chase tell his roommates he's in love with her and they switch places in an attempt to be together}}, but after their video date fails, the come to the conclusion that it wont' work and resolve to try it for real when they're together again.