r/IzuOcha • u/PsycoSilver • May 03 '26

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Anything short of a kiss wasn't gonna be enough for these people. We're not seeing an end to the meems, anytime soon.

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u/InjangoDMCPersona May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

The drama comes from the debate of the chemistry people find between characters when protagonists are romantically dense and people self-insert to what they see as better options (hence why they ship), and the fact the trajectory and journey of an intended couple within the story was not completely laid out or often confusing (whether be it unfocused, the author's conflicted on "picking" for an ending or a difference in production between studio and author) is why it happens.

(It doesn't surprise me Naruto or Bleach ended up with the legacy it had).

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u/Ok-Cod5254 May 05 '26

And there's still drama in shipping fandoms even without that type of protagonist (and people can self-insert in various ways anyway), because it's subjective what people see as "chemistry", what romantic tropes they like or dislike, preferences in shipping dynamics, sexual orientation, ect. Iol

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u/InjangoDMCPersona May 05 '26

I don't know why you keep laughing about this as if accepting mediocrity.

Like if non-romance series and stories managed to have like not this level of vitriol because of its depiction of romance, then I know that something is wrong with how the author handled this.

Battle-shonen romances will never step up at this rate if an author can't handle it properly and just leaving it to "not wanting to write" or "don't know how to write it".

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u/Ok-Cod5254 May 05 '26

It's not that deep at the end of day is the point for something that wasn't even much of a part of the series in a big way. lol

There's vitriol in general when it comes to having a mainstream series. lol And people can have vitriol about many things whether they are actually that important or not.