Aborted Declaration with no indication of not getting another chance 34/ 50 (68%)
1. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Right around the time that the trip is coming to an end, Raj gives Simran a heartfelt confession on a bridge, complete with Puppy-Dog Eyes...then bursts out laughing while Simran is speechless. He then reminds her that he's not really serious about anything, including love. However, by this point, he's completely head-over-heels for her.
2-3. Domestic Girlfriend
- Cannot Spit It Out: And when she does, she immediately backtracks and says she just got caught up in the moment.
- Cannot Spit It Out: Has feelings for Kiriya, her teacher and club supervisor. She tries to confess but backs out at the last minute.
- When Pizzaz begins to tell Dazzle "If one of us doesn't make it" during the Cop-Con assassination crisis, Dazzle cuts her off saying "I already know", and calls the time the two have spent having sex all weekend "the best of my life too", implying that he is happiest when he is with Pizzaz.
- In true Moonbeam style, Pizzaz finishes her interrupted sentence with "your band sucks, and you need keep your garbage guitar playing to yourself.", much to Dazzle's disappointment.
- When Pizzaz begins to tell Dazzle "If one of us doesn't make it" during the Cop-Con assassination crisis, Dazzle cuts her off saying "I already know", and calls the time the two have spent having sex all weekend "the best of my life too", implying that he is happiest when he is with Pizzaz.
6. Citrus
- Aborted Declaration of Love: In Chapter 39, if you interpret her feelings for Yuzu as more than platonic, Harumi confesses to Yuzu after the latter admits to being in love with Mei. It shocks Yuzu enough to knock her to her feet, but Harumi adds an "as a close friend" at the end, easing the shock.
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Implied. Nicolás was about to say something to AlegrÃa but he didn't. Her reaction implies that she was expecting something related to his feelings.
- Aborted Declaration of Love: A character attempts to confess their love, but decides not to at the last minute.
- Meaningful Echo: Kaname says, "I guess a day really does sap your determination," after finding herself too Emotionally Tongue-Tied to go through with her planned Love Confession to Sousuke. Sousuke has no idea what she's going on about at the time; but come the following volume, he repeats her word-for-word during his own Aborted Declaration of Love, implying that he's finally recognized they're both feeling the same thing and just can't articulate it.
10. Our New Roommate
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Yui was going to tell Izuku about her crushes on him and Itsuka after his birthday party in Chapter 26, but decided to hold off on it as she realized that it might ruin his very good day if she brought it up and he wasn’t comfortable with it.
11. Mousou Telepathy
- Aborted Declaration of Love: After Toda reminds Nakano about the day they met, he prepares himself to confess to her, but stops at the last minute. Nakano, of course, could hear what he wanted to say in his mind.
12. Dr. Crafty Season 3 Month 1: Season 3 Premiere Month
- Aborted Declaration of Love: In the time leading up to the production of this episode, Nurse and Crafty reflect on their relationship and decide to apologize and help each other grow. Nurse is so moved by Crafty's apology that she quietly declares that she loves him, but only after she thinks that he's walked out of earshot. When Crafty briefly returns to ask what she said, Nurse denies ever saying anything and punches Crafty back into the room that he initially left for.Crafty: Nurse, wait a moment.
Nurse: Hm? Yes, Doctor?
Crafty: I um... I didn't want to say this on-camera—it's a little embarrassing—but um... I'm... I'm sorry, too. I've... taken you for granted. And I wanted to apologize. You... You're probably the best partner a silly manchild like me could ever ask for. So... Thank you.
[The two silently, warmly smile at each other before Crafty's nervousness gets the better of him.]
Crafty: W-Well, um... I'm going to work on next week's art, yes yes, um, talk to you later? Okay?
[Crafty retreats to his bedroom.]
Nurse, softly: Hmhm... I love you.
[Crafty suddenly returns]
Crafty: What?
Nurse: [panicking] NOTHING~~!! GO BACK TO SLEEP!
[Nurse punches Crafty back into his bedroom and runs off.]
13. Mage Errant
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Averted. When Talia is about to tell Hugh her feelings for him, it at first seems like she won't do it, but after Hugh tells her she can tell him anything, she ends up confessing.
- Anguished Declaration of Love: Griffin starts to do this in Widdershins, but it quickly turns into an Aborted Declaration of Love. Not a lot of context, but from the info provided, it seems like a voluntary termination of confession.
- Aborted Declaration of Love: At the end of Pyrrha's recorded training session for Jaune, she starts to say something personal, but stops and simply says that she's glad to be a part of his life. And given how his final moments with her went, he knows damn well what she wanted to say. '''Pyrrha does die after the confession, but neither her nor Jaune knew she would die. Also she does declare her
16. Danganronpa Female Students
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Sayaka's second Free Time Event with Makoto starts with her seemingly confessing her feelings only to then abruptly cut it short and mention that they can follow up on the conversation once they all manage to escape. Given that she is the first character to die, it makes it all the more tragic.
- Aborted Declaration of Love: The first chapter ends with an inversion of all things. After Takase promises to see her again tomorrow, she promises to confess to him tomorrow.
18. Blue Flag
- Aborted Declaration of Love: He almost tells Taichi about his crush, before Taichi suddenly starts shouting about The Power of Friendship during a game they played as kids, prompting Toma to laugh and stop his confession.
- It happens again at the Cultural Festival after Taichi projects his insecurities onto Toma and downplays Toma's struggles. Toma seems to be on the verge of explaining how having a crush on Taichi means he can't live as freely or authentically as he would like and his future isn't garunteed success or happiness, but backs down when he sees how nervous he's making Taichi
19. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
- Aborted Declaration of Love: In the movie, Anaru tries a couple times to confess to Jintan that she still has feelings for him, but ultimately decides against it. Instead, she writes it in her letter to Menma, satisfied that she will one day be ready to tell Jintan.
20. Tropes A to G
- Aborted Declaration of Love:
- Season 10 also has one. Upon misunderstanding the idea that vampires in the same line are in some way the same person as each other, Buffy blurts out her shock that she'd fallen in love with the same guy twice. Spike tries to clarify if she'd just indirectly given him a Love Confession, but Buffy clams up.
21. Ne no Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Combined with Dying Declaration of Love, Uzume was just about to admit her feelings Towards Utano during her ritual until Utano pulled off her Heroic Sacrifice and Uzume died almost immediately afterwards because of the ritual.
22. Taxi (Series)
- Aborted Declaration of Love: In "Simka Returns", whenever Latka tries to tell Simka he loves her, he turns into Vic Ferrari before he can complete his speech — until Simka rejects Vic for good.
23. Hidoku Shinaide
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Maya almost blurts out that he loves Nemugasa when Nemugasa tells him he doesn't know why Maya is so worried about Juuta when Juuta only steals things that are either Maya's literal toys (and he's not a toy) or the object of Maya's genuine romantic feelings (and as far as he knows, Maya doesn't love him). Maya stops himself short at the last minute, unable to express his feelings.
24. Oneiroi Series
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Sort of. Redcloak admits his love to Vaarsuvius, but it's in a language V doesn't speak.
25. Community S1 E08: Home Economics
- Aborted Declaration of Love: When Annie attempts to pour her heart out in front of Troy, she cannot bring herself to do it and ends up demanding her blanket back instead.
26. Dr. Crafty Season 3 Month 1: Season 3 Premiere Month
- Aborted Declaration of Love: In the time leading up to the production of this episode, Nurse and Crafty reflect on their relationship and decide to apologize and help each other grow. Nurse is so moved by Crafty's apology that she quietly declares that she loves him, but only after she thinks that he's walked out of earshot. When Crafty briefly returns to ask what she said, Nurse denies ever saying anything and punches Crafty back into the room that he initially left for.
27. The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Implied. As Luo Binghe holds Shen Qingqiu's dead body, he seems close to confessing his feelings but is too broken over what had happened to truly say it.
- Episode 17 (Valentine's Day), Nanami for Kanda, but quickly played as acting. Rita for Ryuunosuke, rejected but later passively accepted.
29. All That Dwell Within Your Gates
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Miri nearly blurts it out while trying to make up with Nath after violating her mind but cuts herself off. It was absolutely the wrong time.
30. The Walking Dead: Real Monsters
- Charlie constantly referring to Vaughan as Nate's boyfriend.
- Even funnier when you realize she's half-right, and they both know it, but Nate is still too proud to admit it.
- Becomes Harsher in Hindsight when the flashback sequences come around, and we find the source of his "pride." Not to mention the effect it ends up having on his relationship with Vaughan.
31. Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Aborted Declaration of Love: After beating Sig in a Puyo battle, Amitie wants to tell him something, and her wording makes it sound an awful lot like it's going to be a love confession. The only thing stopping her is that Sig reminds her he's just her memory of him, and she should be saying this to the real Sig. Amitie thanks her illusion of Sig for reminding her and leaves the room. The Japanese version makes it a little more ambiguous whether she actually meant to talk about her feelings or something else since she additionally brings up her magical red Puyo hat having a reaction to Sig lately.
32. Dark Deity
- Aborted Declaration of Love: As a teenager, Elias planned to meet a friend at night and confess his feelings to him. However, his adept powers manifested that very night and he fled from home without meeting his friend.
33. Girl Friday
- Chiyo from Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun. She ascended from being a Stalker with a Crush to becoming his Inker after a botched-up love confession towards a misunderstanding Nozaki.
34. Galaxy Quest
- Not-So-Final Confession: As the core detonation timer counts down to 0, Jason has a last-second confession to make: "Gwen, I've always...". He doesn't finish the sentence but it's written all over the screen. It becomes an Aborted Declaration of Love when the countdown stops at 1 and Jason rushes away.
ZCE/Potlinks 8/ 50 (16%)
1. Passions
- Aborted Declaration of Love: A Running Gag on this show.
- Cannot Spit It Out: An Aborted Declaration of Love, if the cutscnes showing their interaction during the events of Shattered Soldier are any implication.
- Ichigo's Aborted Declaration of Love. Poor girl essentially sibling-zoned herself.
4. Anguished Declaration of Love
Sub-Trope of Love Confession. Compare Dying Declaration of Love, Now or Never Kiss, and Aborted Declaration of Love.
5. New Mutants
- Hide Your Gays: Zigzagged. Under Claremont, she and Rahne were all but outright confirmed as in love with one another, regularly referring to one another as "soul mates" and one instance of an Aborted Declaration of Love. Once Claremont was gone, Dani and Rahne's feelings for one another "magically" disappeared. But, on the other hand, even under Claremont, both girls were shown as very attracted to the opposite sex as well. Dani in particular was quite the boy-chaser, being very aggressive in flaunting herself to guys and getting offended at their lack of interest.
6. Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Asuka Tenjoin, Goddess of Aborted Love Declarations (Queen of Obelisk Blue, Asurin/Sissy, Tomorrow Girl, Alexis Rhodes, Lexi, White Asuka) as a Demigoddess in the Hall of Love Gestures (House of Love and Affection)
7. World Tree
- Boktai: The Solar Tree has a similar function: when it's doing badly, so is the world. In the first two games, your efforts (read: how much you play the game in the sunlight) gradually restore its strength. If you put enough time into it, the tree will become a pink sakura tree in full bloom, and Lita will be so moved she'll stammer several funny Aborted Declarations Of Love.
8. Code Vein
- No Hugging, No Kissing: The closest the game gets to romance are some vague crushes that could just be close friendships (Jack and Eva, Louis and Cruz, and Karen and Aurora/Successor of the Ribcage, although that may be one sided on Aurora's part and might not even be romantic in the first place) and an Aborted Declaration of Love (Emily/Successor of the Claw to Yakumo).
Last Chance 5/ 50 (10%)
1. Live-Action TV
- Jamie Chung was never a bad actress but before "Quite a Common Fairy", she had never had much to do other than look stern and a little grumpy. And then she goes to tell Aurora that she loves her. But before she can say anything Aurora tells her that she's pregnant. You can see the exact moment Mulan's heart breaks.
2. Once Upon a Time S3 E3 "Quite A Common Fairy"
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Mulan was about to confess to Aurora that she's in love with her, but Aurora had her own confession about being pregnant with Phillip's child. This made Mulan change her mind and say she accepted Robin Hood's offer to join his Merry Men instead, an offer which she originally declined. Though there were only hints about Mulan's feelings for Aurora, this was confirmed by Sarah Bolger during the Fairy Tales Convention when asked about Aurora and Mulan's relationship. Both of the above examples have the "in a relationship with someone else" theme, and the latter also has undertones of separating from the potential love interest.
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Bitty almost tells Jack how he feels at graduation, but chickens out
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4. Soulcalibur - Other Characters (New Timeline)
%%* Aborted Declaration of Love: She wanted to tell Kilik something prior to their graduation ceremony, but decided against it. Not exactly clear, but graduation implies potential separation.
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Toy. When she tries to perform a Dying Declaration of Love, Halo fails to take the hint and thinks they're talking about their friendship. Toy decides not to clarify and dies soon after. Fits the whole, dying and not wanting to cause the character more pain.
Interrupted Declaration 3/ 50 (6%)
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Knowing that he was slowly dying in Iron Man 2, Tony attempted to confess to Pepper about his romantic feelings for her but because of his earlier shenanigans, she tells him to Get Out!. Because Pepper, not Tony, cuts of the confession, this counts as Interrupted Declaration of Love.
- In Fire Emblem Fates, Felicia's older sister and fellow Ninja Maid Flora is strongly implied to have a crush on the Avatar's Battle Butler Jakob, and even tries to give him a Love Confession in-story but he interrupts her. What happens to her is different, according to what path is chosen... In the Birthright path, she commits suicide after a huge Break the Cutie process completely shatters her. In the Conquest path she can be recruited towards the end and potentially be romanced by a male Avatar. In the Revelation path, she must run away with the survivors of her tribe but can potentially be recruited later too and have the Male Avatar as a Second Love.
3. The X-Files Miniseries E10 "The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat"
- Aborted Declaration of Love: In Reggie's reminiscence of their last X-File together, Scully begins to say she's always loved him. Reggie shushes her because Mulder is right in front of them breaking down from the news about Sasquatch.
Others 1/ 50 (2%)
- Aborted Declaration of Love: A strange variant (an inversion, perhaps) as Spike, who's loved Buffy for years, makes his Heroic Sacrifice in the Series Finale:Buffy: I love you.Spike: ...No you don't. But thanks for saying it. I don't know how this is an inversion, she declares her love and gets turned down.
