I’m one who values loyalty, devotion, and connection, and so I believe a genuine bond is one of the most beautiful parts of being alive. Since it’s Valentine’s Day, I’ll post one of my favorite fanarts of my current top 5 ships (ordered for how long I’ve shipped them), and what I like about them.
I’ve loved these two since I first played Persona 3 back in late 2012/early 2013. A tragically wholesome pairing that tie in and intensify both their characters and the themes of the game.
2) AsuShin: Asuka x Shinji, Neon Genesis Evangelion
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These two are the poster children of the fascinatingly toxic relationship. Their failure to understand one another and loss of the potential they had otherwise - but the lasting hope they may learn and grow - serve as the core of the struggle of humanity as a whole.
3) HiroZero: Hiro x Zero Two, Darling in the FranXX
For all the problems with Darling in the FranXX, Hiro and Zero Two are what gives the show a special place for me. Their relationship starts off as a complex and toxic romance before developing into the epitome of wholesome. Both extremes and the transition between them are handled masterfully, with the reveal of their childhood encounter being beautiful beyond words.
I never liked Nero in Fate/GO, so I wasn’t expecting to when I picked up Fate/Extella. How wrong I was. Nero’s devotion to Hakuno was the heart of the story, and it gave her otherwise off-putting tendencies a new and intoxicating twist. This pair is the key example of how a solidly handled romance can flip a character’s perception.
These two walk the line between the wholesome and the toxic like it’s nothing, fitting the themes of Durarara. Shinra is obsessive and controlling, Celty is emotionally hot-cold, yet their relationship actually works in some odd way.
Pairing: Furuya Rei x Akai Shuichi; Furuya Rei x Morofushi Hiromitsu
Fandom: Detective Conan
Summary: Furuya falls in love (and in lust) forever. But nothing lasts forever. What comes after forever stops existing? How easy to answer. It's pain.
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hiro snaps awake from his recurring nightmare, it’s zero’s knock on the door he hears. zero is in need of treating his wounds in the dead of the night, it’s to hiro’s room he goes.
Pairing: Furuya Rei x Akai Shuichi; Furuya Rei x Morofushi Hiromitsu
Fandom: Detective Conan
Summary: Furuya falls in love (and in lust) forever. But nothing lasts forever. What comes after forever stops existing? How easy to answer. It's pain.
Read here