During the year 2024, the genre of romance in the anime was full of content, with more premieres than the year 2023. But although there were more series, there is a trend that continues to frustrate fans: couples simply do not advance! According to an analysis by a user in Reddit16 of the 46 romance anime in 2024 entered the category of “without progression”, that is, they were stories where the relationship did not come anywhere.
- How much romance?
- No progress: He dropped slightly from 17 (2023) to 16 (2024).
- Complicated: It rose significantly from 2 to 8.
- Confession: Increased from 1 to 3.
- Take your hand: Decreased from 7 to 2.
- Kiss: He dropped from 11 to 9.
- Commitment: It remained the same (3).
- Marriage: Increased from 3 to 5.
- How much suggestive content?
- No suggestive content: He went from 13 (2023) to 11 (2024).
- Mild suggestive content: He went down from 13 to 12.
- Suggestive content (Lewd): Increased from 11 to 18.
- Ecchi: It remained the same (3).
- Age difference (AGE GAP): He dropped from 4 to 2.
And although that number is a little less than in 2023 (17 of 44), for many it remains an annoying situation. The funny thing is that in manga, romance has been evolving more quickly and satisfactorily in recent years. However, those stories have not yet achieved an anime adaptation, since that market is much slower. In other words, animation studies are not yet giving us what we want.
Meanwhile, others think that the situation is not terrible as it seems. If we remove the “complicated” stories (that is, not concrete in the relationship between the two protagonists), that leaves 22 anime where romance did advance in some way. And if we get retailers, of those 22 anime, a total of 20 showed confessions, kisses, commitment or even marriage. So yes, there is progress in romance, but many feel that it is not yet enough.
Beyond stagnant relationships, there is another issue that is taking away from fans: sequelae takes an eternity or never arrive. Many anime leave the story at a key point and then disappear. If they did not sell well, the dream of seeing the animated end is over. And of course, those who want to know how everything ends, have to run to the manga or the light novel.
In summary, the year 2024 brought more romance anime, but with many stories where romantic relations were in limbo. Although there is some progress in these stories, fans expect more studies to be encouraged to adapt stories with couples that do advance and save them the torture of waiting for sequelae that may never arrive.
- «That the lack of progress leads the list is simply sad. It is not unexpected, but sad».
- «Annoying and boring too».
- «It is curious how the Mangas of the Reiwa era have accelerated the number of confessions and romances with rapid progression, but the anime has not yet reached that point. We will get there once more IPS adapt».
- «Is the lack of progress leading? In 2024, if only 16 of 46 series had no progression, that means that 30 did have some kind of progress. Even taking those that are 'complicated' (I'm not sure what exactly), that still leaves 22 series where romance advanced somehow. In my opinion, that is a good number».
- «And yes, to be fair, we could deepen more and ask ourselves if that progression was really significant. Even so, 20 of those 22 series had advances in the form of kisses, confessions, commitments and marriages, which are significant forms of progress in an anime of romance. Even half of these series had little or no content uploaded. In short, I think we are fine in the department of romance, there is something for all tastes».
- «It seems that it has not changed much significantly, but I suppose it was expected. Two data points are not enough to mark a great trend».
- «I am glad to see that the trope of the 'nasal hemorrhage' is disappearing. That always makes me put my eyes blank. I would also consider adding the trope of the 'reflective eyes', where there is a foreground of the eye with the couple's reflection, it seems that it is becoming extremely common. I would love to see a list of each anime and what tropes it has».
- «I suppose that the fact that I do not like romance anime makes sense, since the anime I enjoy tend to have less tropes. I wish there would be more adult stories with real progression».
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