I mean, think about it - in real life, most people don't do all those things. I'm pretty much the same calm person in a relationship as I am outside of it - with a few subtle changes, but it's not like I become this crazy, weepy blush-machine. Lol.
I'd like to see a shoujo, josei, boys' love or girls' love romance where the characters are similarly sensible and normal in romantic situations, and in fact are even non-demonstrative in their affections, i.e. tend not to show their feelings for each other in the usual manga ways (confession, blushing, etc). However, they can still show their affection in understated practical ways (e.g. helping the other person with domestic chores or making sure that they're well-fed and get enough rest after a hard days' work, etc). Basically, A ROMANCE THAT IS NOT LOVEY-DOVEY.
The only examples I can think of right now are Ashita no Ousama, Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume, Conversational English School Wars, Skip Beat! (the lead does wig out occasionally, but definitely not in the normal romantic ways that can be considered "demonstrative"), Kaze Hikaru (probably only non-demonstrative because the female lead has to keep her identity a secret, but still), Freefall Romance (most non-romantic, non-demonstrative and practically expressionless confession ever - so matter-of-fact that it's more like a business announcement!) and Words of Devotion (where they DO sort of freak out over each other occasionally, but they remain non-expressive about it to the degree where, if you didn't hear a tree fall in the forest, it never fell at all).
Heh, heh. I like it when the romance is almost entirely between-the-lines, even when there obviously is a romance. Just that the characters hardly ever talk about it or act like it's there.
Any more like these?
Thanks!
