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* In [[The Hunger Games]] trilogy, Gale admits to Katniss that he has a hard time hating Peeta because Peeta's so likeable, despite being a competitor for Katniss's affections.
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* Also from ''[[Friends]]'', Monica and the woman who stole her identity. Monica became friends with her.
* A more disturbing example: ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'': "No matter what he did, I think I will forgive him". Yeah, [[Complete Monster|Johan]] is just that charming.
* Played with in interesting (and non-romantic) ways in ''The Things They Carried''. Tim, a soldier in the Vietnam War, is best friends with The Medic, Rat. Rat gets shot, and transferred out of [[The Squad]]. Soon after, Tim himself is shot, and nearly loses his leg because Rat's replacement forgot to treat him for shock. Tim is rather bitter about this. Tim learns that the new medic is actually a nice guy who was simply inexperienced and cracked under the pressure of combat. Tim comments that if he could only bring himself to hate the new medic, he could also forgive him.
* Both Physis and Jomy have this reaction to Keith Anyan in the last two episodes of ''[[Toward the Terra]]'', each separately commenting that even though Keith has been doing everything he can to exterminate their race, they can't bring themselves to hate him. In both cases the most probable answer to
* Real life example: American tennis player Andy Roddick on Roger Federer, the man who's denied him multiple slams, most painfully one at Wimbledon 2009: "I've said to him before, 'I'd love to hate you, but you're really nice.'"
* ''Bring Me the Head ofPrince Charming'' mixes this with an aversion of [[Evil Is One Big Happy Family]]
* In [[Squid Row]], Randi is surprised to find her non-romantic male friend's new girlfriend is really nice and she likes her.
* In ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'', Duane, noticing for the first time the emotional vulnerability of [[The Fundamentalist]] Charlotte (who had attempted to frame a fellow student for making a bomb threat, and had slandered a lesbian student as a rapist), thinks to himself, "What is wrong with me, that I can't hate you now?"
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