Fatal Fury's Mai Shiranui is absolutely smitten by Andy Bogard, but Andy, being a Celibate Hero who also knows her since they were children, isn't having any of it. So unless we talk about The Movie, poor Mai is doomed to be the Unlucky Childhood Friend.
Not sure this is legitimate example. Starboarding is all in all a shipping trope, meaning it's how fandom sees the relationship, while example is written as if this was about their canon relationship. For canon relationships there are other Unrequited Love Tropes.
- Fatal Fury's Mai Shiranui is absolutely smitten by Andy Bogard, but Andy, being a Celibate Hero who also knows her since they were children, isn't having any of it. So unless we talk about The Movie, poor Mai is doomed to be the Unlucky Childhood Friend.
- This depends on which game/series you're playing. Andy has been described as simply trying to keep things out of the public eye in The King of Fighters version of events.
Not sure this is legitimate example. Starboarding is all in all a shipping trope, meaning it's how fandom sees the relationship, while example is written as if this was about their canon relationship. For canon relationships there are other Unrequited Love Tropes.