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The tendency for the [[Troubled but Cute|brooding, angsty, loner boy]] to end up with a [[The Ingenue|sweet, gentle girl]] who will patiently coax him out of his moods. While the appeal of the brooding boy probably has something to do with [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]], the brooding boy isn't ''bad'', he's just...moody. At worst, he'll be an [[Anti
In the fandom, however, expect the gentle girl to be the [[Die for Our Ship|victim]] of fans who think the brooding boy should be with a "[[Real Women Never Wear Dresses|stronger]]" character (or want [[Mr. Fanservice|the character]] free for [[Perverse Sexual Lust|themselves]]), or who accuse the gentle girl of being a [[Purity Sue]]. Though the boy won't be free of potshots either: he'll be accused of being merely [[Emo]], or to be a [[Bastard Boyfriend]] to the gentle girl (whether he is, well, that's something else.)
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This dynamic can also show up in a lot of [[Boys Love Genre]] works. If one of the partners is really cheerful and sweet, [[Foil|the other partner]] is probably an angst-fest waiting to be unleashed.
This relationship tends to be the focus of a [[Hurt Comfort Fic]]. For a related couples trope based on personality dynamics, see [[Savvy Guy Energetic Girl]], [[Beast and Beauty]], [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* ''[[Fruits Basket (Manga)|Fruits Basket]]'': Kyo and Tohru. [[Toy Ship|Hiro and Kisa]] fit to some extent as well.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' has several:
** Priest Seto, the preincarnation of [[Anti
** "[[Split Personality|Yami Yugi]]" and [[The Power of Friendship|Anzu/Tea]]. Their "[[Not a Date|date]]" consisted of large amounts of Yami brooding over his mysterious past/ mysterious destiny and Tea trying to cheer him up via talking to him or taking him to arcades before going to the museum.
** Jack Atlas and Carly Nagisa of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds (Anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds]]''.
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* ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'', full stop.
* ''[[Persona 3]] Portable'''s Moon Arcana S.Link between the Female Main Character and Shinjiro. They're the ''very definition'' of this.
* While it was more of a brother and sister relationship, Shadow from [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] had this kind of dynamic with Maria - he's a brooding [[Anti
* To a degree, Hisao and Lilly in ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]''. He broods because he has just found out that he has a severe heart condition and has just arrived to a totally different world, she's gentle for being the local [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] and [[Onee
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