"* Ichigo and Rukia in ''{{Bleach}},'' whose first argument appears in the theme song."

Bones:....I'd hate to break it to you, but...

"It's not friendship, but it's not an amorous feeling either. With these two's relationship, I think there is no other relationship like them in other works where despite both standing in a very close position with each other it is not romance."

...you don't get much more official than WordOfGod, yo.

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GregoryHayes: This trope seems to have something of an identity crisis. Is it about the event? The type of RumikoTakahashi WillTheyOrWontThey JerkWithAHeartOfGold meets {{Tsundere}} relationship that inevitably ''leads'' to the event? Both?
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KhymChanur: Does [[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]] really belong here? Ranma and Akane fighting never leads into a kiss.
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DropDeadGorgias: Is this close enough to SuddenKiss to merge?

{{Gus}}: There certainly isn't a lot separating them. These, and IHateYouIHateYouLetsHaveSex could all be rolled up, methinks.

... later ... the entry would look something like this:
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And I'd say CutList IHateYouIHateYouLetsHaveSex

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RedShoe: Seems to me that SlapSlapKiss is a trope, whereas IHateYouIHateYouLetsHaveSex is a narrative device or character arc or something, but I'll agree that they're both aspects of the same thing. Also, in the RomanceArc, the whole thing something of a dual to the MeetCute arc.

{{Gus}}: If the draft works, it just needs a name. *bump*

DropDeadGorgias: I think that SlapSlapKiss is as pithy as we're going to get.

{{Gus}}: Trigger? ''Pulled.''

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SciVo: What's the reasoning behind this being directly under {{Tropes}} as well as indirectly through KissingTropes? or was that an accident of history?

{{Lale}}: Probably because of timing; it existed long before the KissingTropes index.

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I was going to edit the article, but saw the bit about wanting to move discussion to the discussion page, so here I am. This is a "Real Life Example", of which there aren't too many in the article.

A few years ago, this troper was working in PC support and found himself sitting next to a woman whom he hadn't met before but who needed his assistance. At one point he leaned over to use the keyboard, and his knee accidentally tapped hers. She responded in kind. He shoved his knee back just a little harder; so did she. Within a few second, both individuals were engaged in all-out leg wresting. It ended as quickly as it began, with both of them panting and staring deeply into each other's eyes, their faces mere inches apart. Meanwhile, the other seven or eight people in the room were staring slack-jawed.

As it happened, both he and she were happily married (with kids in college, no less!), so things didn't progress, but this troper is convinced that in other circumstances they would have hastily retired to the nearest motel. As it is they are now good friends, and when together engage in the sort of banter that makes strangers think that they're a couple.