They're already in love and are now dealing with it!
It's fun to see how the characters get together in romance anime, how they experience this process of falling in love, and how they deal with it. But sometimes this whirlwind of emotions becomes too much, and seeing characters who already got through this stage and fallen into the comfortable routine of established relationships, peppered with funky shenanigans, is more interesting. So we got eight titles of anime and manga series that feature couples that got together before the start of the series. Not all of them are the main characters, but are still prominent and get enough attention from the authors.
A wonderful comedic story about an ex-yakuza who approaches his legal family matters with the same vigor and determination as his criminal family ones. Tatsu becomes a househusband while his wife, Miku, builds her career in the company. He tackles the troubles of everyday married life, such as dealing with garbage sorting, making dinner, and cleaning, with undying seriousness, which leads to a lot of funny and cute moments.
Although not the main couple, the Koyanagi and Kabakura are also part of the main cast of Wotakoi. The most endearing part is that they are high school sweethearts and have been together for almost 10 years. They are both hot-headed and brash, they spend most of their time together bickering and arguing, especially when they are out in public, but in the confines of their homes, they turn into the sweetest and most understanding people who accept each other's interests without any judgment or shame.
Love Is Like a Cocktail
It's a short anime series consisting of 13 small 3-minute episodes. The story is centered around Chisato, an office worker who apparently dislikes drinking, and her husband Sora, the bartender. Sora knows that Chisato tries not to drink in public because alcohol brings out her cute and soft persona, and he is the only one allowed to witness it — so he makes her cocktails along with nice dinners when she comes home. That's how he cares about her: by letting her be in his comfort with a full stomach and some cuddle-inducing spirits in her bloodstream.
I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying
Based on a 4-koma manga series, this title shows us that opposites attract. Kaoru is a hardworking office worker, while her husband, Hajime, is a hardcore otaku who runs a blog. The series is filled mostly with them talking in fandom slang about trying to navigate the world of modern Japan and finding similarities between the ridiculousness of their everyday life and otaku culture. Through these witty dialogues, they discover that love is much more than just a first kiss or a wedding, and their relationship grows.
Sweat and Soap
This josei manga focuses on the relationship between Asako, a very sweaty girl, and Kotaro, the lead developer of anti-sweat products that get enamored with Asako's smell. Though the premise seems a bit suspicious and the story itself is quite spicy, it has a lot of sweet and tender moments of domesticity and ends up being surprisingly relatable.
Although the main focus of the Sword Art Online story is on the isekai side of it, the romance between Kirito and Asuna is also very important. They are kids, they met under dire circumstances, and they decided to trust each other and build their love through this mutual trust and understanding, and all the challenges that fell upon them in every season they tackled together, adding new members to their weird family.
Oh, My Sweet Alien!
This is a comedy manga about Nobuo, an ordinary office worker, and his wife, who turns out to be an alien. The story follows their (and their child's) adventures on and off Earth, filled with some mildly hot content and some difficult parts of married life, especially the interspecies one. It's a short series that is incredibly charming, despite the fact that one of the characters can shoot lasers out of their eyes. Think of Bewitched, but with more comedy and less drama.
Collectors
Some mild yuri in the shape of 4-koma manga here: Shinobu and Takako both spend too much money on things they love — one prefers books, and the other is interested in clothes. They also have very similar personalities and use the same excuses for their overspending habits. Also, they are dating and are not planning to call things off over some money (and free space) issues. They bicker, mock each other, and argue, but still cling to each other and wish to spend as much time together and be as close as possible. This manga doesn't have much skinship or intimacy shown: their love is portrayed in a different, softer manner.
They're already in love and are now dealing with it!
It's fun to see how the characters get together in romance anime, how they experience this process of falling in love, and how they deal with it. But sometimes this whirlwind of emotions becomes too much, and seeing characters who already got through this stage and fallen into the comfortable routine of established relationships, peppered with funky shenanigans, is more interesting. So we got eight titles of anime and manga series that feature couples that got together before the start of the series. Not all of them are the main characters, but are still prominent and get enough attention from the authors.
A wonderful comedic story about an ex-yakuza who approaches his legal family matters with the same vigor and determination as his criminal family ones. Tatsu becomes a househusband while his wife, Miku, builds her career in the company. He tackles the troubles of everyday married life, such as dealing with garbage sorting, making dinner, and cleaning, with undying seriousness, which leads to a lot of funny and cute moments.
Although not the main couple, the Koyanagi and Kabakura are also part of the main cast of Wotakoi. The most endearing part is that they are high school sweethearts and have been together for almost 10 years. They are both hot-headed and brash, they spend most of their time together bickering and arguing, especially when they are out in public, but in the confines of their homes, they turn into the sweetest and most understanding people who accept each other's interests without any judgment or shame.
Love Is Like a Cocktail
It's a short anime series consisting of 13 small 3-minute episodes. The story is centered around Chisato, an office worker who apparently dislikes drinking, and her husband Sora, the bartender. Sora knows that Chisato tries not to drink in public because alcohol brings out her cute and soft persona, and he is the only one allowed to witness it — so he makes her cocktails along with nice dinners when she comes home. That's how he cares about her: by letting her be in his comfort with a full stomach and some cuddle-inducing spirits in her bloodstream.
I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying
Based on a 4-koma manga series, this title shows us that opposites attract. Kaoru is a hardworking office worker, while her husband, Hajime, is a hardcore otaku who runs a blog. The series is filled mostly with them talking in fandom slang about trying to navigate the world of modern Japan and finding similarities between the ridiculousness of their everyday life and otaku culture. Through these witty dialogues, they discover that love is much more than just a first kiss or a wedding, and their relationship grows.
Sweat and Soap
This josei manga focuses on the relationship between Asako, a very sweaty girl, and Kotaro, the lead developer of anti-sweat products that get enamored with Asako's smell. Though the premise seems a bit suspicious and the story itself is quite spicy, it has a lot of sweet and tender moments of domesticity and ends up being surprisingly relatable.
Although the main focus of the Sword Art Online story is on the isekai side of it, the romance between Kirito and Asuna is also very important. They are kids, they met under dire circumstances, and they decided to trust each other and build their love through this mutual trust and understanding, and all the challenges that fell upon them in every season they tackled together, adding new members to their weird family.
Oh, My Sweet Alien!
This is a comedy manga about Nobuo, an ordinary office worker, and his wife, who turns out to be an alien. The story follows their (and their child's) adventures on and off Earth, filled with some mildly hot content and some difficult parts of married life, especially the interspecies one. It's a short series that is incredibly charming, despite the fact that one of the characters can shoot lasers out of their eyes. Think of Bewitched, but with more comedy and less drama.
Collectors
Some mild yuri in the shape of 4-koma manga here: Shinobu and Takako both spend too much money on things they love — one prefers books, and the other is interested in clothes. They also have very similar personalities and use the same excuses for their overspending habits. Also, they are dating and are not planning to call things off over some money (and free space) issues. They bicker, mock each other, and argue, but still cling to each other and wish to spend as much time together and be as close as possible. This manga doesn't have much skinship or intimacy shown: their love is portrayed in a different, softer manner.
