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Shounen anime with no romance?

There are 3 kinds:
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*The sausagefest.
*No Kissing, no hugging: All friendliness, no sexual or romantic tension between men& women.
*Ship-sinker: The mangaka trolls fans with potential boy-girl pairings, then renders the relationships impossible.

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GetBackers: Ban likes Himiko? Too bad. Mangaka decided to make them separated siblings. Ban likes Hevyn? Too bad. She's completely dedicated to a minor villain. Sakura likes Makubex? Too bad. He's a hologram. Ren likes Kadzuki? Too bad, She's a hologram & he's got two men fighting over him.

Hunter x Hunter: Sausage fest. What few women there are don't stick around long & are rarely seen again after that. Biscuit? Her cute childlike form is a lie; she's a body-builder granny.

Gensoumaden Saiyuki: Sausagefest laden with bromance.

Hetalia: Sausagefest. Hungary''s the only chick who doesn't scare Italy, but he's more interested in Germany & Japan. Belarus likes Russia, but she scares the piss out of him. Liechtenstein only likes big brother Switzerland.

Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro: Much to the jerkin of fans, Neuro & Yako never develop a relationship & there is no sexual tension between the two. Then again, it's not advisable for an immortal demon to fall for a creature with a life expectancy of 90 years.

Noblesse: Raizel is asexual & about at romantic as a ham steak. After fawning over Yu-Na forever, Shin-Wu decides to be just-friends.
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I should have added Cramortie High; it's an all-male Azumanga Daioh. & I probably should have specified that the cast needs to be male.
likalaruku posted over a year ago
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Please don;t suggest animes that have been on TV in English...my bad for not saying that ahead of time.
likalaruku posted over a year ago
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Well It's okey if it's bromance.
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SymmaGirl2 said:
Well, FMA might count. It doesn't focus on romance, at least. Ed kind of winds up with Winry, but that's in Brotherhood, I think. If you watch the 2003 version, it's pretty much strictly brotherly love between Al and Ed and motherly love between Riza and Ed. Riza kind of sees Ed as the son she never had.
Another one that might work is Azumanga Daioh. It's not really shounen, but it has no romance at all. Except you might count Kaorin's bizarre obsession with Sakaki to be a relationship. But it's pretty much unreturned, and Sakaki is definitely not lesbian like Kaorin. Other than Kaorin's freakish behavior, there's no romance.
Yu-Gi-Oh! is definitely one. It's a huge ship-sinker. Anzu has an obvious crush on Yuugi/Yami, yet nothing happens between them at all. The only thing that counts is their one date, and that was mostly just to cheer Yami up and help him with his amnesia.
This is all I can think of at the moment. I might add some more later.
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darkvixen26 said:
first off you have sports Anime's such as:
kuroko no basuke(three seasons): basketball Anime

yowamushi pedal (2 seasons): cycling anime

free!(2 seasons): swimming, though extremely bromancey

Haikyuu!! (soon to be two seasons): volleyball, comedy anime (highly recommended)

Ace of diamond (two seasons): baseball anime

prince of tennis: tennis anime ( this has also been dubbed and there's an epilogue anime sequel thing with it as well called the new prince of tennis)

whistle!: football anime

eyeshield 21: American football anime

hikaru no go: go anime

then you have things like:

Katekyo hitman reborn: teenage sci fi mafia anime

the daily lives of high school boys: comedy/gag anime (also highly recommended)

cute high earth defence club life!: magical boys anime

shounen Hollywood holly stage 49 (and sequel 50): jpop idols anime

law of ueki: fantasy action-y type thing (has also been dubbed)

im sure there I know more 'coz I don't like romance in anime much either but can't really think of any right now







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