Love Dodecahedron: Difference between revisions

* A serious [[Love Dodecahedron]] occurs in ''[[Rose of Versailles]]''. Let's see if we can catch everything: Fersen and Marie-Antoinette love each other [[Star-Crossed Lovers|but can't be together]], Louis XVI loves [[Arranged Marriage|his arranged wife]] Marie-Antoinette, Oscar and Marie very seriously respect (maybe love?) each other, Oscar loves Fersen, André loves Oscar, Rosalie loves Oscar who would fully love her back if she (Oscar) were male (straight from the manga), {{spoiler|Rosalie's lost sister}} Charlotte loves Oscar, Alain loves Oscar (and whether he says it or not is different in the two continuities) but is also one of André's closest friends, Gerodelle loves Oscar (and almost gets her to become his wife through [[Arranged Marriage]]), Bernard loves Rosalie who comes to love him back though she still has lingering feelings for Oscar, and in the end Oscar then loves André {{spoiler|and then they both die tragically}}. Phew!

** Then we have [[Riyoko Ikeda]]'s ''other'' famous manga, [[Oniisama e...]]. Mariko admires Kaoru but has a [[Clingy Jealous Girl|clingy obsession]] with Nanako and later {{spoiler|is [[Tsundere]] for Takeshi}}; Nanako loves Rei, who pines for {{spoiler|her half-sister Fukiko}}, who acts possessive towards Nanako but {{spoiler|it's a cover since she actually loves Takehiko and mistakenly thinks Nanako is her rival}}; Tomoko isn't as super open as the others in these regards but she has a really cute [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]] with Nanako; and Kaoru also loves {{spoiler|her ex-boyfriend Takehiko, who returns her feelings [[Star-Crossed Lovers|despite the problems in their relationship]], ''and'' she also has quite a bit of [[Les Yay]] with he best friend, Rei.}} Whoa.

* In ''[[Gundam Seed]]'', Kira and Athrun [[Ho Yay|care very much for each other]], Kira loves Flay, Ssigh loves Flay, Kira re-meets with Athrun [[Foe Yay|as enemies]] and then befriends his girlfriend Lacus, Athrun and Lacus care for each other as friends, Flay has sex with Kira to manipulate him but ends up falling in love with him for real, Kira befriends Cagalli and it seems they might fall in love, Athrun meets Cagalli, Athrun almost kills Kira after Nicol dies and ends up killing Tolle instead, Miri hates Dearka and he hates her back, Kira and Athrun make up thanks to Lacus and Cagalli, Lacus and Kira fall in love though he still holds some guilt because by that time Flay is believed to have been killed, Miri and Dearka make peace and sorta fall in love, Athrun and Cagalli fall in love, Flay gets [[Character Development]] and wants to apologize to Kira but dies tragically in the middle of the last battle, and that's it!

** Also, [[Ace Pilot|Mu]] loves [[The Captain|Murrue]].

{{quote|''"Wait a sec... If Prisma likes Saphire, and Saphire liked Emerald, and Emerald liked Diamond, and Diamond likes Serena, and Serena likes Darian... Then does that mean this whole plot is a love [[Love Dodecahedron|Hexagon]]?"''}}

** An interesting four-way on the Doom Tree arc. Serena and Darien are in love, and so are Alan and Ann. Alan falls in love with Serena, and Ann falls in love with Darien. Yet Alan gets jealous of Darien over Ann, who gets jealous of Serena over Alan. When Alan sees Ann with Darien, he seems to forget that he is in love with Serena, and the same goes for Ann when she sees Alan with Serena. Alan and Ann argue over this in their final episode.

* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', surprisingly. Because there have so many main characters, this has evolved out of Shipping. And that doesn't even go into ''loving'' Pokémon angle.

** Let's try to describe it: Misty was highly hinted to have feelings for Ash, but she left the show without any resolution on that, and [[Word of God|the former head writer]] even said that [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showpost.php?p=1251369&postcount=3397 she never really had feelings towards him], but since he left the show a long time ago and the pairing received hints after he left, it's still a strong possibility. May had a [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] routine going on with Drew, but she was also hinted to like Ash. Dawn had [[Ship Tease]] moments with Ash, Kenny (who was highly implied to have a crush on her) and [[Les Yay|Zoey]], and she's also stalked by [[Stalker with a Crush|Conway]]. Ash was hinted to like Misty during the early seasons, but by Johto he turned into a full [[Chaste Hero]], though there are still rare moments of [[Ship Tease]] from his side with all 3 female leads. And then there's a bunch of minor characters and [[Interspecies Romance|even some Pokémon]] with [[Chick Magnet|confirmed crushes on Ash]]. And then we have Brock, who [[Casanova Wannabe|crushes on every pretty girl he sees,]] but [[Status Quo Is God|it never goes anywhere]], even with the girls that are interested, and his single attempt to settle down ended with him running away for reasons that were [[Noodle Incident|never explained]]. And there's also Jessie and James of Team Rocket, who may or may not have feelings for each other. [[Overly Long Gag|And]] there are probably some more people that I forgot. To make matters worse, the anime tendency to [[Ship Tease]] all sorts of couples but [[No Hugging, No Kissing|never actually resolving anything]] means that this [[Love Dodecahedron]] will probably only get more complicated in the future. Also, it's hinted that Iris and clan both have a crush on Ash.

* ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]''. Where should we start? Okay, * deep breath* .

** Nagasumi and Sun are engaged/dating, and are definitely in love with each other.

** Mawari is Nagasumi's [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|childhood friend]] and more or less in love with him.

** The [[Class Representative]] has a crush on Nagasumi, but can't admit it. She's also accidentally [[Love Letter Lunacy|confessed her love...]]''[[Love Letter Lunacy|to Sun]]'', forcing her to create the [[Hot Amazon|Last Amazoness]] persona.

** And [[Gay Option|Masa]]...''[[Gay Option|confuses]]'' Nagasumi. And his mother. Mostly just for laughs, though.

* ''[[Shinshi Doumei Cross]]'' is a soup opera-esque shoujo manga with a predominantly teenage cast; it's no wonder this trope is very much applicable. Aside from the {{spoiler|main [[Love Triangle]] involving the protagonist and ''[[Twin Switch|twins]]''}}, there are many unrequited feelings to go around, much [[The Beard|misconception]] of the characters' [[Oblivious to Love|feelings]] to be had, and even the occasional [[Romantic False Lead]] shows up to complicate things even ''further''. The male and female protagonists both have their own (partially) [[Unwanted Harem|unwanted harems]] and characters decide to go from passionately pursuing one character for chapters on end to another at the drop of a hat (or [[Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends|when the storyline demands it]])...and this isn't even taking into account the tangled love lives of ''adults'' in the story: the [[Everyone Is Related|family]] of the major characters.

* ''[[Inuyasha]]'', with six or so sets of love triangles all linking in with each other. Okay, so where to start.

** Inuyasha is in love with both Kagome and Kikyou. Kagome also loves Inuyasha, but is openly jealous of his relationship with Kikyou due to both her own insecurities and the fac that lots of people see her [[Always Someone Better|as a poor replacement for her]]. After being forcibly brought back to life, Kikyou also loves Inuyasha, but is less open of her jealousy of his relationship with Kagome, and for a while she's very poisoned with the hate spilling from their terrible separation '''and''' for the [[Came Back Wrong]] deal. {{spoiler|In the end, Kikyou dies peacefully in Inuyasha's arms, and after mourning her properly he gets together with Kagome.}}

 

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