Oblivious to Love/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' includes a traditional take on this trope with Shinji and Asuka. Asuka is in love with Shinji (according [[Word of God]]) and often she flirts with him (showing him her cleavage before asking him if he believes her breasts would grow if ''someone'' applied heat, looking for excuses to kiss him...). But since she constantly pushes everyone away because she is afraid of getting close to someone and getting hurt, and Shinji is a shy, oblivious kid and she pushes him away constantly, he doesn't get it because he can not believe she is interested in him. Unfortunately his obliviousness causes she thinks HE is not interested in her, so she gets angry and she keeps on pushing him away. The last scene of ''End of Evangelion'' hints maybe they may break the vicious cycle at last.

** ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'': The two first films spend a good amount of time developing Rei's feelings towars Shinji, eventually getting to the point where she is in love with him. Only it's ''Rei'' who doesn't know she's in love. On the other side, Shinji is equally oblivious to the fact both Asuka and Rei are in love with him (although in the case of Rei it is more understandable, given Rei really doesn't show much by way of emotion).

* Kasumi seems totally unaware that Dr. Tofu is totally infatuated with her in ''[[Ranma ½]]''. Although given that Dr. Tofu basically flips out when he so much as hears Kasumi's voice, [[May–December Romance|has been doing this at least since she hit puberty]], and neither Ranma nor Akane want to tell her why the good doctor does so, it's quite plausible that she sincerely doesn't know what the deal is.

** And her sister Akane is even ''worse'' in relation to Ryoga.