Isn't it nice when you don't have to spend hours commuting to meet your love? When you don't have to meticulously plan your meeting and can do that by chance just because you are in the same neighborhood? It's much less exhausting this way, and provides a lot of coincidental meet-cutes and situations provoking unwanted yet so nice excessive heart palpitations. And hey, you can also visit each others' houses quite often!
So Reddit decided to round up some anime where two characters from the main pair live close to each other. And one of the most famous examples of that is ToraDora. Truly a masterpiece in terms of romance storytelling. Not the enemies-to-lovers, but more like alienated-acquaintances-to-friends-to-lovers, with a very solid character development, with teenagers behaving like teenagers, and yes, the pacing may feel a bit off in the later part, but the finale is worth it.
Another show like that is Tomo-chan Is a Girl! (Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!). Tomo and Jun do everything together, they've been best friends for years and spent so much time together in childhood that Jun just doesn't see Tomo as someone who can be a love interest, while Tomo is in love with him.
The anime where this premise is literally in the name is The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken). Shiina is nicknamed "Angel" for her divine beauty and sweet, soft-spoken personality, while Fujimiya is the exact opposite. Despite being neighbors for quite some time, they never interacted, but then Fujimiya offers her his umbrella when he spots her sitting gloomily on the swing. And Shiina just wants to repay him for his kindness, and from that the affection blooms.
Another show that is frequently suggested is Than A Married Couple, But Not Lovers (Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman). In this one the main pair is literally living together, as their school has a marriage practical, when they randomly pair together boys and girls for a trial pretend marriage. The premise is a little bit similar to ToraDora: both characters from the main couple already have crushes and they are determined to do anything to end up with them. But in their case they have to earn as many points as possible in their pretend marriage so they'd be able to switch partners, and that means they have to be really good at taking care of each other.
And the older but still good input is Nodame Cantabile. The main characters are not just studying in the same field, but they also live next door to each other — they learn it by chance. And hey, it's that rare show that follows the story of adults!
Isn't it nice when you don't have to spend hours commuting to meet your love? When you don't have to meticulously plan your meeting and can do that by chance just because you are in the same neighborhood? It's much less exhausting this way, and provides a lot of coincidental meet-cutes and situations provoking unwanted yet so nice excessive heart palpitations. And hey, you can also visit each others' houses quite often!
So Reddit decided to round up some anime where two characters from the main pair live close to each other. And one of the most famous examples of that is ToraDora. Truly a masterpiece in terms of romance storytelling. Not the enemies-to-lovers, but more like alienated-acquaintances-to-friends-to-lovers, with a very solid character development, with teenagers behaving like teenagers, and yes, the pacing may feel a bit off in the later part, but the finale is worth it.
Another show like that is Tomo-chan Is a Girl! (Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!). Tomo and Jun do everything together, they've been best friends for years and spent so much time together in childhood that Jun just doesn't see Tomo as someone who can be a love interest, while Tomo is in love with him.
The anime where this premise is literally in the name is The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken). Shiina is nicknamed "Angel" for her divine beauty and sweet, soft-spoken personality, while Fujimiya is the exact opposite. Despite being neighbors for quite some time, they never interacted, but then Fujimiya offers her his umbrella when he spots her sitting gloomily on the swing. And Shiina just wants to repay him for his kindness, and from that the affection blooms.
Another show that is frequently suggested is Than A Married Couple, But Not Lovers (Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman). In this one the main pair is literally living together, as their school has a marriage practical, when they randomly pair together boys and girls for a trial pretend marriage. The premise is a little bit similar to ToraDora: both characters from the main couple already have crushes and they are determined to do anything to end up with them. But in their case they have to earn as many points as possible in their pretend marriage so they'd be able to switch partners, and that means they have to be really good at taking care of each other.
And the older but still good input is Nodame Cantabile. The main characters are not just studying in the same field, but they also live next door to each other — they learn it by chance. And hey, it's that rare show that follows the story of adults!
