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* ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' has this in spades, diamonds, clubs, and [[Hurricane of Puns|especially hearts]] between Keiichi and Belldandy. They're not only the [[Official Couple]], they practically live like a married couple, look like one to everyone else whenever they leave home, they have several [[Shipper on Deck|'shippers on deck]], and it's obvious to viewers/readers they want a [[Relationship Upgrade]]. Then why hasn't their relationship moved past kindergarten-level? Keiichi is extremely shy, and Belldandy has stated that she is not ready to fulfill his desires; not to mention she appears to be oblivious to all things sexual. Still, with all the [[Crowning Moments of Heartwarming]] they've shared, resolving the tension seems like a [[Foregone Conclusion]].

** To illustrate her oblivious nature, when they were standing in front of a love motel in the rain and Keiichi was wondering whether to go in with her, Belldandy grabbed his hand, appearing to give him a signal that she was ready, turns out she just wanted to know if she should make the rain stop and was totally unaware of the love motel.

*** And the only thing Keichii could bring himself to do when they went inside was ask the desk clerk if they could borrow an umbrella.

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' is chock full of this (mainly between Shinji/Asuka and Misato/Kaji). Of course, [[Mind Screw|it doesn't really]] [[Gainax Ending|go anywhere]]. Okay, Misato and Kaji's was resolved (and then they got screwed. Figures).

* ''[[Code Geass]]''. The shippers probably went ballistic over the romance of this series: three valid pairings for the male lead alone, and enough done by one side or the other to establish the attraction as canon. The relationship between the two [[Tsundere]]s, Kallen and Lelouch, was especially frustrating because practically all the moments they had were interrupted by a character or an event, that is until {{spoiler|she stole a kiss from him near the end, only to get completely ignored by him, for a good reason.}}. The other two love interests were [[Naive Everygirl|Shirley]] {{spoiler|who spent most of the series with a crush on Lelouch and then died one episode after [[Relationship Upgrade|Lelouch finally come to actually notice and acknowledge the girl's feelings]]}} and [[Kuudere|C.C.]] {{spoiler|who spent most of the series helping Lelouch just so she could pass her curse of immortality onto him in the end and die}}. There was also that fact that [[Relationship Writing Fumble|she]] ''[[Relationship Writing Fumble|kissed]]'' [[Relationship Writing Fumble|him a lot]].

** Pretty much ''every'' female Vincent comes into contact with, [[Squick|barring Pino of course.]]

* ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru]]'' introduces massive amounts of Unresolved Sexual Tension between [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|students of an all-girl high school]].

** If you believe [[Unreliable Narrator]] Kyon, {{spoiler|he doesn't take future Mikuru's suggestion that he kiss her younger self while she's asleep.}} But considering that he's likely to get written out of existence if he upsets Haruhi, he's got ample reason to not tell anyone if he did.

** Oh my God, Inuyasha and Kagome have this in spades, although it often manifests as [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]

** This is even parioded in a [[Robot Chicken]] episode. Where the dad of the girl who was watching the series got really into it. When his daughter told him each episode only comes on every week, he states, "I'm not going to wait another week to see if Inuyasha and Kagome get together!"

* [[I Didn't Mean to Turn You On|A more one-sided example]] is that of Setsuna toward Konoka in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]!'' This gets turned up to [[Memetic Mutation|nine thousand]] for the Spring and Summer anime specials. {{spoiler|Resolving now, starting from chapter 252 with an epic <s>snog</s> Pactio. Doesn't seem to be one-sided, either (Konoka was the aggressive one during the kiss. Her tongue, not Setsuna's).}}

** Negi has some form of this with most of the primary female cast members. There's also a good chunk of this between [[Beta Couple|Kotaro and Natsumi]].

* Spike and Faye from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''. Mostly [[All Love Is Unrequited|one-sided]], on Faye's part. Spike seems rather hung up on Julia. However, Watanabe once stated in an interview that "Spike may have feelings for Faye, he's just not one to outwardly express them." Considering the type of person Spike is, it makes sense.

** No, it's that he's still holding a torch for [[Star-Crossed Lovers|Julia]] after all these years, and even Faye confesses her feelings as being [[True Companions|familial]] as opposed to sexual.

** [[Word of God]] in the third art book says that {{spoiler|the series ended without them getting married because of the military's anti-fraternization law}}. The ''Chronicles'' book released in autumn 2011 does confirm that {{spoiler|they remain side by side for pretty much the rest of their lives, though whether [[They Do]] ever happens is still left open for interpretation}}.

* ''Godchild'' and ''[[Count Cain]]'' fall into this trope easily. Half of the series is Cain kicking some ass the other half is having angsty dialogue with manservant Riff about how they'll accompany each other to hell and other such lovely things. Despite all of this the manga-ka [[Kaori Yuki]] claims they weren't a couple in the ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'' art book.

* ''[[Vassalord]]'' IS this trope. Except it kind of gets resolved. Kind of. But not really as Charley and Johnny still haven't done it despite obviously WANTING to. Charley walks in on Johnny showering without a problem.

* ''[[Hana Kimi]]'' has a ''lot'' of this. We've got a [[Wholesome Crossdresser|girl disguised]] [[Bifauxnen|as a boy]] rooming with a boy that knows she's a girl but she doesn't know he knows, and they both have crushes on each other. And then another boy has a crush on her, but doesn't know she's a girl. ''Tons'' of [[Will They or Won't They?]]. Plus, taking place at an all-boys [[Boarding School]], there's a ton of [[Ho Yay]] between male side characters.

** It doesn't help that another character repeatedly forces her to change in front of him on purpose

** But...wait...isn't Rosette a NUN?!

* Daisuke Moriyama's ''[[World Embryo]]'', repeats ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'''s structure. Amane x Riku was interrupted by Amane's death. So now we have Rena x Riku (lampshaded massively due to them being "Mom" and "Dad" to Nene, potential kiss interrupted by [[Moment Killer|Nene]]), [[Squick|Riku x Nene]], Yui x Riku (averted), {{spoiler|Yui x Takao (averted by death)}}, Hayato x Suzu (come on, she helps him with going to the toilet and bathing...), Kota x Mizaki, etc.

** {{spoiler|Turns out she's still after Hei two years later, and is in fact approaching [[Stalker with a Crush]] and [[Single-Target Sexuality]] territory.}} Also, her crush on Hei may not have been completely one-sided; she's one of a grand total of two people he [[The Stoic|actually mentioned any of his feelings or opinions to]].

* There's so much tension between [[Mind Game Ship|Battler and Beato]] in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' that it's not even funny. {{spoiler|It's confirmed canon in the fifth and sixth arcs.}}

* Revy and Rock from ''[[Black Lagoon]]''. Lampshaded by Eda in a conversation with Revy. This proves to be a sore subject with [[Dark Action Girl|Revy]] as she obviously desires a relationship with [[Non-Action Guy|Rock]] but seems to have no idea how to broach the subject with him.

** Also counts as [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] , seeing as how, you know... [[Blood Knight|Revy]] has ''shot'' at Rock on ''several'' different occasions with full intent to kill, and reguarly points her gun at him with death threats whenever he [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|gets particuarly idealistic]]... [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other|only to share a nice little romantic scene together]] [[Slap Slap Kiss|just moments after she tried to murder him]]. They ''really'' push [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] to the limit.