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* ''{{Yo-Jin-Bo}}'' is absolutely ''full of this trope''. Jin is the worst about it, but all of the guys do it. Even when confessing their feelings, it often comes out as "IUhYouToo" and YouShouldKnowThisAlready.

* Almost literally in ''AhMyGoddess'' fanfiction ''Haloes''. While Urd and Keichi are obviously developing feeling to each other, a nasty bout with aphasia robs the former of her ability to use written and spoken language. Her later AnguishedDeclarationOfLove has the mute goddess [[spoiler: develop and entire StarfishLanguage made of music and translate it in words just to relearn how to speak.]]

* The title character of ''NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is obviously attracted to Jean, even though she otherwise claims he's merely a good friend (when she's not in a foul mood). Unfortunately she is unable to admit her love for him ''or'' what she actually wants from him because she simply doesn't know how to act appropriately. (Jean, by contrast, is much more open, honest, and demonstrative.)

* The title character of ''NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is obviously attracted to Jean, even though she otherwise claims he's merely a good friend at times. Unfortunately she is unable to admit her love for him ''or'' what she actually wants from him because she simply doesn't know how to act appropriately. (Jean, by contrast, is much more open, honest, and demonstrative.)

* In ''{{Film/Amelie}}'', the titular protagonist plays numerous games with her LoveInterest, ostensibly in order to whet his curiosity about her, but actually because she's painfully shy and terrified of the prospect of actually making a connection with him. The two times she attempts to set up a meeting with him with the genuine intent of introducing herself to him, her shyness causes her to freeze up and she finds herself incapable of approaching him.

* ''Webcomic:DumbingOfAge'': [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/thirdactclimax/ Defied by Walky.]]
-->'''Walky:''' Girls always say "I love you!" an' the dude is always "I can't say it for some dumb reason" -- I mean, '''c'mon''', dude, just '''say''' it. I'm '''so''' not making this a third-act climax sorta thing.

* In ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' episode "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfSupermanS1E21TheHumanBomb The Human Bomb]]", Jimmy has a difficult time saying "I love you" to his girlfriend.
-->'''Jimmy''': Miriam, I may not be able to keep our date tonight. No, not the next night either. Maybe never -- but I want you to know...Miriam, you know what I mean.

* In ''RedPandaAdventures'', This pretty much sums up the entire relationship between the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel, [[spoiler:at least until the end of Season 3]].

* ''BloodPlus'': Haji. Poor Haji loved Saya for the entire series but he remains the stoic quiet guy. For centuries, ever since a young Haji saw Saya in 1870, he pined away but he never tells her until the very last episode at the very last moment when [[spoiler: Saya is trying to kill Diva's babies and wants to die herself - and even then he only coughs it up when Kai forces him to. Of course, a few minutes later Amshel shows up and wrecks their moment, leaving Haji buried in rubble.]] Just think how much better Saya's life would be if he had said it sooner.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Scarcely a character in the entire series is capable of admitting his or her deeper feelings toward those he or she loves most. Often even the exceptions turn out not to be exceptions. For example, Asuka's flamboyant confessions of love for Kaji [[OperationJealousy are to mask her growing attraction]] to Shinji. Of course, it doesn't work. Unfortunately, the consequence of that situation was the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, and it could have been averted if the characters (mainly Shinji and Asuka) would have been more open and sincere with each other.

** ''Once again'', Naruto with his other teammate Sakura. It's clear to most people (Sai particularly) that he's in love with her, but while he makes several overt gestures of affection (asking her out, using [[JapaneseHonorifics -chan on her]], etc.)he can't overtly admit the depth of his feelings to her because he feels too guilty for not bringing back Sasuke and completing his promise.
---> '''Sai:''' Did you tell her how you feel?
---> '''Naruto:''' How can I? I couldn't even keep my promise to her ...

* [[http://www.myanime.me/screenshots/115206-episode-13-screenshot-005.jpg Shallot]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Happy_Clover from Tatsuyama Sayur's "Happy Happy Clover' Anime and Manga]], has a secret crush on [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DIrNEiChB8E/UJXnXltOkoI/AAAAAAAAAVk/sdbUuqxYuMQ/s1600/vlcsnap-2012-11-04-10h42m25s69.jpg Clover's best friend Mallow]]. In one story from the first volume, Shallot asks Clover to deliver a secret letter to Mallow and tells her it's a secret between him and her. But Kale's baby brothers hears what Shallot and Clover we're talking about and later when Clover loses the letter. She decides to look for it, but the entire forest animals hears about the letter which was a result that Kale's brothers said to one of them and started asking each animal. When things start getting out of hand, Clover then see's Mallow asking for the letter that Shallot secretly gave Clover. By the end, the entire forest knows about this while Mallow is confused and Shallot is embarrassed. In the second volume, where a the main characters would answer questions to readers/fans. Shallot reveals that he wants to tell Mallow that he likes her, but its impossible to him since she's mostly spending time with Clover. However in the final volume, when Shallot get's hurt. Mallow recently in that volume wanted to be a doctor and decides to visit Shallot. Near the end of the story, Shallot accidentally admits to Mallow that he likes her. When he realized that he said that, he tries to say that it wasn't supposed to sound like that. But Mallow's response? He gives him a big hug! Near the end of the final volume, he and Mallow get married during the epilogue of the series.

* ''BigWolfOnCampus'' has Tommy trying many times to make his obvious crush on Stacy known to her. While it's pretty apparent that she suspects this and likes him in return, kisses, dates, hugs, or other intimate moments are usually interrupted by Tommy turning wolfy (caused by feelings of extreme emotion) and thus forcing him to run away.

* In Creator/IsobelleCarmody's ''Ashling'', Rushton and Elspeth love each other, but neither of them admit it until Rushton has an emotional breakdown and tells her that he thinks that she doesn't love him because he can't use his psychic powers, when she was actually ignoring him because she thought he was carrying on with Freya.

* In Isobelle Carmody's "Ashling", Rushton and Elspeth love each other, but neither of them admit it until Rushton has an emotional breakdown and tells her that he thinks that she doesn't love him because he can't use his psychic powers, when she was actually ignoring him because she thought he was carrying on with Freya. So sad.

* It took until the very last episode of ''SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' -- more than 2 years after it became painfully obvious to everyone -- for Misa (Lisa) to finally drop the L bomb on Hikaru (Rick).

* Many [[LoveTriangle love triangles]], such as the one in ''KimagureOrangeRoad,'' have a third wheel who thinks that the main character returns their feelings. In the case of ''KOR'', he doesn't, but feels it's far better to lead her on for the entire series instead of sitting her down and explaining the situation, as he ''does'' care for the girl as a sister and can't bring himself to hurt her feelings. It certainly doesn't help that the girl whom he ''does'' have feelings for is the ''best friend'' of the third wheel ''and'' an ActionGirl who already promised to help the wheel girl, as well as willing to [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer beat the shit out of him if he causes said girl harm]].

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Hinata regarding her feelings for Naruto [[spoiler:Until she ''did'' spit it out late in the series. And almost got killed by Pain immediately afterward. She survived, but Naruto does not respond to her feelings directly [[HappilyMarried until the end of the series]]]].

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Hinata regarding her feelings for Naruto [[spoiler:Until she ''did'' spit it out late in the series. And almost got killed by Pain immediately afterward. She survived, but Naruto does not respond to her feelings directly [[HappilyMarried until the end of the series]].

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Hinata regarding her feelings for Naruto [[spoiler:Until she ''did'' spit it out late in the series. And almost got killed by Pain immediately afterward. She survived, but Naruto has so far not responded to it]].