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Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Why isn't this two tropes?, started by Arha on Mar 26th 2011 at 5:31:57 AM

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1wngdngl 1wngdngl Since: Jan, 2001

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Sep 18th 2013 at 6:49:03 PM •••

Should we remove the Final Fantasy IV example? The only unrequited love mentioned is a single love triangle, with a single person's love being unrequited. Unless there are more instances from the game that we could put in, I think we should remove FF IV.

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1wngdngl Since: Jan, 2001

Oct 5th 2013 at 6:23:30 PM •••

Due to lack of protest, I've removed the Final Fantasy IV example from the page.

piff Since: Apr, 2013

Jul 7th 2013 at 10:37:06 PM •••

Should we have a different page for one it is(more or less) just one person under unrequited love since this page is for "all love" the two have both versions on this page, even though it is meant when everyone has it, it even says it.

macroscopic [[color:purple:♏]] Since: Jul, 2009

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Apr 9th 2010 at 5:03:07 PM •••

Totally reworked the Neon Genesis Evangelion Wall of Text. It read too gossipy and was largely off-topic. The characters are complex so it makes it a hard call where Unresolved Sexual Tension ends and Unrequited Love begins, and besides that there are like a trillion Love Triangles going on, so I'll break it down:

Shinji/Asuka
- There's too much Unresolved Sexual Tension between these two to call it Unrequited Love.
Asuka/Kaji
- Kept. Asuka definately loves Kaji and Kaji definately doesn't return her feelings.
Rei/Shinji
- Again, UST.
Rei/Gendo
- Gendo didn't love Rei herself, he loved who she reminded him of.
Gendo/Akagis
- Kept.
Shinji/Kaworu
- Not unrequited. Shinji is moved to tears when he sees him in The End. I haven't read the manga, but it doesn't sound like Shinji is being totally honest there.
Hikaru/Toji
- Left in.
Fuyutski/Yui
- Left in.
Maya/Ritsuko
- Kept, though it's a little wishywashy.
Makoto/Misato
- They seemed to have a thing after Kaji died. It may not be exactly pure love but it doesn't have to be. I'm not willing to judge her sincerity on it since he could just be trying to take advantage of her anyway.
Misato/Shinji
- Even in the context of something as cynical as Eva I'm not willing to call either party in love with the other. Misato was lonely and vulnerable and Shinji was desperate for acknowledgement.
Misato/Kaji
- Shitty relationship != unrequited love.

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Shinji has some kind of attraction to Asuka, who wants Kaji and Shinji (she might be using Kaji as a "jealousy ploy" to try and get a reaction from Shinji, given how much she flirts with him, not to mention the whole "You won't even hold me!!!" Mind Rape sequence.) Then there is Rei, who shares some Unresolved Sexual Tension with Shinji, and is doolally for Gendo, who may or may not be a pimp but definitely did Ritsuko's mom and Ritsuko herself. Kaji likes to flirt with attractive women, and still harbors some feelings for Misato, but he also seems to flirt with Shinji at times. And really, no one knows if Gendo has anything with Rei, but the less said about that the better, really. And then there's the undeniable amounts of Ho Yay between Shinji and Kaworu which gets taken Up To Eleven in the manga, from Kaworu's side at least but Shinji later thinks "I was attracted to him even though I knew I shouldn't like a boy like that." Hikaru has a crush on Toji who's pretty much oblivious about the whole thing. Fuyutsuki always felt that Yui, Gendo's wife, was the love of his life. Maya is implied to be in love with Ritsuko. Makoto is in love with Misato but is too shy to tell her how he feels; however, Misato is aware of his feelings and doesn't mind manipulating him once in a while for information (or to do her laundry) but she just sees him as a friend. And Misato and Shinji definitely have some Unresolved Sexual Tension between them; there's some debate over where or not Misato's feelings for Shinji are more than just that of a makeshift guardian but in the movie she tongue kisses Shinji before telling him "That was an adult kiss. We'll do the rest later."

The one arguable exception to "unrequited" is Misato/Kaji. They used to date. They broke up. They met up again. After months of dancing around their own painful issues and history, they finally hook up with each other again... Then he eats a bullet and Misato is utterly devastated, up until the point where she dies saving Shinji's life.

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piff Since: Apr, 2013

Jul 7th 2013 at 10:36:09 PM •••

deleted one place sorry.

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ArcaneAzmadi Since: Jan, 2001

Oct 1st 2012 at 4:51:54 AM •••

Is Babylon Five the Trope Namer for this trope? Susan Ivanova used the exact line, after all.

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