extermely tense/suspicious romance

2 years ago
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Hi all,
I'm interested in reading some stores that feature a romance that is extremely tense / suspicious.
Where you're not sure if there will be, or should be a romance at all. The characters are deeply flawed, the interactions a bit.. off. The situations themselves may not be high stakes or life or death, but the author has the ability to make the anxieties of the characters permeate the page.
Good Examples;
Lost in the Cloud
Cheese in the Trap
The flower that was bloomed by a cloud
The Flower Dances and the Wind Sings
Raise wa Tanin ga Ii
Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?
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Beastars
Ciel - The Last Autumn Story
Happy Sugar Life
Kubera
Omae ga Sekai o Kowashitai nara
Taming the Tyrant
The Moon that Rises in the Day
The Pale Horse
Thou Shalt Not Die
Tokyo Babylon
Your Throne
Where the Dragon's Rain Falls
Not romance but has that atmosphere you're looking for:
An Uncomfortable Truth
Hibari no Asa
Immortal Days

2 years ago
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Perfect, exactly what I was hoping for!
Thank you for the other suggestions as well, everyone. I look forward to reading them!
Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?