History EveryoneCanSeeIt / AnimeAndManga

** In spite of the ending, Shinji and Asuka's relationship played into this. Touji even comments they bicker like an old married couple. It's deconstructed over the course of the series. Despite the fact that they kiss, visit each other when one of them is in hospital, she flirts with him and sleeps beside him when no one's around and he is attracted to her and [[spoiler: jacks off [[NeverLiveItDown over her]] [[DudeShesLikeInAComa comatose body]]]], they never see it. That's what leads to that ending: [[spoiler: the world effectively ends, at least for humanity as we know it [[Main/AdamAndEvePlot aside from the aforementioned pair]]]], [[ForWantOfANail and it could very possibly have been averted if these two had realised]] [[ThePowerOfLove what they could have done for each other]].

* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'': Similar to the ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' example, it's no secret to anyone at Bokutou Precinct that Miyuki and Nakajima are crazy about each other, except [[CannotSpitItOut they're both too shy to say anything]]. Natusmi and the others have even gone as far as to set them up on dates to try to get things going between them, [[StatusQuoIsGod but to no avail]][[note]]The closest they've ever gotten was when Nakajima nearly proposed to Miyuki during season 2 ("Fast & Furious"), 'til he chickened out at the last second. Miyuki understood what he was trying to say and tells him that [[IWillWaitForYou she'll wait for him]][[/note]].

* ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'': Despite Kyōtarō and Anna's efforts to refute it or hide their closeness, there is a growing amount of people who catch that there's something between them once they start paying attention. His sister Kana becomes an immediate ShipperOnDeck once she sees the hints that Anna likes him back, and Moe even says it's obvious to Kyōtarō's face when he admits he likes Anna. The only one who ''can't'' see it is Chii, despite even her casually bringing up how much Anna talks about him.

* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex''
** Everyone can see that [[{{Tsundere}} Mikoto]] is completely and utterly smitten with Touma. Even Kuroko can see it, [[ClingyJealousGirl much to her chagrin]]. Even ''her clones'' can see it, especially #10032 (aka Misaka Imouto) who happens to feel the same way and openly declares that she'll "take a different route than the original" before glomping onto his arm. Touma ([[WildMassGuessing probably]]) [[ObliviousToLove hasn't noticed]], but that's justified because [[spoiler:he has amnesia but refuses to tell anyone]].
** On the Magic Side, everyone can see Kaori Kanzaki has feelings for Touma. Be it [[TheGadfly Motoharu]], her comrades in the Amakusa Catholic Church (including her kouhai Itsuwa, who ''also'' has feelings for Touma), and thanks to rumor about ''half of England''.

* Played with in ''Manga/BokuraNoKiseki''. Everyone living in the castle in Zerestria could tell that [[RebelliousPrincess Veronica]] and [[HeroicBastard Glen]] were a couple. But when Veronica's ArrangedMarriage is decided on and Glen's fellow squires all gather to comfort him, in surprise he tells them [[spoiler: that there was absolutely nothing between him and Veronica beyond a close friendship]]. The protagonist Harusumi, who is Veronica's reincarnation, confirms this. [[spoiler:However, a deeper look at their feelings shows it's likely they were merely both ObliviousToLove, thus playing this trope straight]].
* Touma Tokigawa and Nana Mizuha of ''Manga/CaheDetectiveClub''. The former is a SupremeChef who is also ObliviousToLove (until he shows signs of liking the latter), while the latter is a BigEater who can also cook. Their friends in two different schools are [[ShipperOnDeck Shippers On Deck]] for them, except Touma's sister Emina, who has a case of brother complex.

** ''Manga/DragonBall'': [[ThirdEye Tien]] and [[SplitPersonality Launch]] get a bit of this, Launch is openly attracted to Tien while he's either oblivious or just shy. Even pervy pig Oolong makes note of it causing Tien and Launch to blush. Launch is unfortunately absent for most of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', but the reason Tien moves around so much is because it's hard to keep up the fighting-monk demeanor when there's beautiful woman chasing you around. Apparently Tien worked it out with Launch... Somehow.

** Natsu and Lucy with the former being oblivious and the latter being in denial, no matter how much Happy and Virgo take notice of it. Even little Asuka thinks they are dating.

* ''Manga/DungeonNoOsananajimi'': No one except Van is fooled by Ryuuka's insistence she has no romantic feelings for Van. Her main henchmen are calling her out on it as early as chapter 2, and regularly enjoy watching them interact. In chapter 10, Sylvia calls it obvious when Ryuuka acts with confusion to her promise to root for them.

** ''[[Film/TheNextGenerationPatlabor The Next Generation]]'' is set 15 years after the OVA continuity's conclusion and serves as its DistantFinale, where it's confirmed that Noa and Asuma [[TheyDo eventually became an item.]]

** In spite of the ending, Shinji and Asuka's relationship played into this. Touji even comments they bicker like an old married couple. It's deconstructed over the course of the series. Despite the fact that they kiss, visit each other when one of them is in hospital, she flirts with him and sleeps beside him when no one's around and he is attracted to her and [[spoiler: [[ADateWithRosiePalms jacks off]] [[NeverLiveItDown over her]] [[DudeShesLikeInAComa comatose body]]]], they never see it. That's what leads to that ending: [[spoiler: the world effectively ends, at least for humanity as we know it [[Main/AdamAndEvePlot aside from the aforementioned pair]]]], [[ForWantOfANail and it could very possibly have been averted if these two had realised]] [[ThePowerOfLove what they could have done for each other]].

-->'''Raiden:''' …So in short, it looks like that moron finally made up his mind.
-->'''Theo:''' For how obvious it is, it’s kind of amazing it took him this long to decide. Or, well, that he wasn’t even aware of it until now.
-->'''Dustin:''' I haven't known them that long, but even I can see it, with both of them. It’s that obvious.

-->'''Anju:''' I think the problem is that Lena isn’t aware of it yet.
-->'''Shiden:''' If y’ask me, the fact that Her Majesty still hasn’t noticed is almost impressive.
-->'''Annette:''' Especially because Shin’s, well… He’s pretty transparent, too…
* ''Manga/SevenSeeds'': Semimaru hides his feelings for Natsu, but Hibari, Chimaki, Arashi, Hotaru and even Matsuri by now have done slants at how obviously Semimaru likes Natsu. [[ObliviousToLove Natsu doesn't notice herself]].

* ''[[Anime/{{Patlabor}} Patlabor: The Mobile Police]]'':

* ''LightNovel/EightySixEightySix'': It's glaringly obvious to everyone watching that Shin is in love with Lena, and vice versa. Even people who have only known the two for an incredibly short time (such as Vika and Dustin) are quick to pick up on the romantic tension. Of course, it takes the pair a lot longer to realize what everyone else has known from the beginning.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''

* Mikado and Anri from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''. It's noted in the LightNovels that one of the only reasons people don't ask Anri out is that they just kind of ''assume'' she and Mikado are already dating.

* Kyon and Haruhi in ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''. This is rather difficult to tell, given Kyon is an UnreliableNarrator and half the time he's lying to himself, the reader, or other people. This has created a large WillTheyOrWontThey among the fanbase, considering Kyon's being especially vague and there being a larger ulterior motive behind everything he does that would normally be counted as romantic feelings. However, given the 95% chance he's probably getting with her, Kyon refuses to acknowledge the relationship and says nothing on the subject. This doesn't stop all of his classmates from assuming that he's Haruhi's first love interest in a while, adding to Kyon's reputation for liking "weird girls"...

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Akira and Carol eventually get like this, with Shirou, Elena, and Sheryl commenting on how close they are.

* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'': Though Lisara stubbornly refuses to admit her feelings for Ryosuke, she isn't fooling anyone. Mina silently [[ShipperOnDeck wishes her well]], even though it means losing Ryosuke to another girl, whereas Quele's determined to win his affections before her cousin, Lisara, does. It doesn't take long for Ilia to see it either, as she's the only one with no interest in him.

* In ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': It takes people about five seconds of watching the pair interact to realize Asuna and Kirito are going to end up together. This can be heart-rending when the ones realizing this are girls who have [[ChickMagnet fallen for Kirito]].

* Ryuuji and Taiga in ''[[LightNovel/ToraDora Toradora!]]'' spend a significant chunk of the series explaining to others how they're ''not'' going out and ''don't'' have feelings for each other. Yet somehow, nobody is surprised when the two of them show up in the middle of the night, [[spoiler:running away to elope]].
* ''LightNovel/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'':

* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': Kaguya and Shirogane are so obvious about their feelings that are many rumors flying around that they're dating. Chapter 50 shows the audience just ''what'' everyone else can see; in the eyes of a neutral party (in this case, Kashiwagi), all of the serious, mind-wracking battles that Shirogane and Kaguya go through and their extreme efforts to deny their feelings to themselves and each other end up looking like awkward flirting and thinly veiled confessions.

** Amongst all the ShipTease, Shikamaru and Temari were fairly obvious from the get-go, with Naruto even assuming they were on a date after he first came back to the village after the TimeSkip. [[spoiler:They are married with a son in the epilogue]].
** After the Invasion of Pain arc, nearly ''everyone'' in Konoha and all of their friends knew Hinata was in love with Naruto... [[ObliviousToLove except for Naruto himself]], due to his emotionally-stunted childhood. In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', [[spoiler:when Naruto finally realizes he's in love with Hinata, he is incredibly obvious with his feelings, which makes Hinata's oblivious status painfully ironic and causes many characters to give them knowing looks]]. Considering Kiba's throwaway comment to him in Chapter 611--which Naruto ''did not'' deny nor poke fun at--and Sakura's knowing smile at his reveal in ''The Last'', [[spoiler:teasing Naruto's feelings for Hinata started long before the movie, and it lends credence to the implication that he ''had'' been in love with her since the middle of Part II. They are married with two children at the end of the movie and in the epilogue]].
--->'''Kiba''': "[[InsecureLoveInterest Don't act tough just because Hinata is here, Naruto!]]"
--->'''Sakura''': "So you finally '''get it''', you blockhead."

** Anime/DragonBallSuper: Future Trunks and Future Mai are so clearly this that both Goku and Vegeta see it. Just before they fight Goku Black, Vegeta encourages Trunks to survive and build a better future with his "girlfriend." This gets both Trunks and Mai to blush.

* ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'': It takes them awhile to get there, but by Chapter 28, it's clear that Takashi and the others can see how things are shaping up between [[{{Megane}} Hirano]] and [[NerdsAreSexy Saya.]] In that chapter, when Saya admits she'd been watching him so she could learn to fight like him, it leads to a tender moment where they exchange guns, which cause Alice to wave a pair of flags while the others smile knowingly.

** It doesn't take long for Noa to form a close bond with her partner, Asuma. Nor does it take long for their squadmates to notice [[ShipTease they have chemistry with each other]]. Even [[IdolSinger Hana]] realized it, during her brief stint with [=SVU2=], which causes her to forego [[TwoGirlRomanticFriendship her own crush on Noa]], so she could be together with Asmua. Predictably, Noa and Asuma had no idea what gave her that impression and [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend deny it]]. Though the last 2-3 episodes of ''The New Files'' [[MaybeEverAfter imply otherwise]].

* Kyohei and Sunako in ''Manga/TheWallflower''. By the manga's second half, the main plot question has gone from "Will Sunako ever become a lady?" to "Will these two dense idiots ''ever'' realize they're in love with each other?" Even their housemates are getting tired of it.

** Everyone can see that [[{{Tsundere}} Mikoto]] is completely and utterly smitten with Touma. Even [[SchoolgirlLesbians Kuroko]] can see it, [[ClingyJealousGirl much to her chagrin]]. Even ''her clones'' can see it, especially #10032 (aka Misaka Imouto) who happens to feel the same way and openly declares that she'll "take a different route than the original" before glomping onto his arm. Touma ([[WildMassGuessing probably]]) [[ObliviousToLove hasn't noticed]], but that's justified because [[spoiler:he has amnesia but refuses to tell anyone]].

** [[SchoolgirlLesbians Konoka and Setsuna]]. Everyone who sees them together immediately assumes the obvious. Including ''[[ChasteHero Negi]]'', who's the epitome of ObliviousToLove. Konoka is probably aware of this, but Setsuna takes a ''lot'' longer to catch on, finally getting it when [[spoiler:they finally make a pactio and the kiss lasts ''forever''...]]

* Averted for the most part in ''Manga/SakuraTrick'', as everyone comments on how Yuu and Haruka are a little too clingy for friends, but no one seems to notice the two are in a ''SchoolgirlLesbian'' relationship despite them being very bad at hiding it.

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'': Shinichi and Ran are considered already married by their friends. It is that obvious. Except for the fact that she blatantly tells "Conan" about her crush in the first episode. Still SelectiveObliviousness on his part though.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

** Serena in the XY series finds out, much to her embarrassment, that her feelings for Ash are very obvious to just about everyone (the boys apparently don't see it, including Ash [[ChasteHero himself]]) they meet in their adventure. So far, Alexa, Miette, Bonnie, Shauna and Nini have noticed it; Miette even pretends to be a romantic rival to help push Serena into confessing, while Shauna rolled her eyes when she sees that Serena wants to keep Ash in the dark about it.

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* A good part of the ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum'' cast has at least commented once on Ringo [[{{Yandere}} Oginome]] and Shouma Takakura's odd relationship. Shoma's siblings, Ringo's mother, Ringo's crush as well as said crush's own girlfriend, [[spoiler: Kanba's ClingyJealousGirl…]]

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'':
** Throughout one of the Drama [=CDs=], it's rather explicit that the nation-tans see America and England (both real heavy on the {{Tsundere}} traits) in this way. In the last track, everyone else stranded on the island hears an exchange between England and America at night.
-->'''Lithuania:''' R-Russia! Everyone was pretending not to hear anything!\\
'''England:''' W-what? Everyone's awake, after all?\\
'''France:''' That's because you were having a lover's quarrel here.\\
'''England:''' Don't say it was a lover's quarrel!\\
'''Japan:''' Well, it's not like we were peeping and such...
** Even the ''dubbers'' can see it: one episode of the dub has France asking America and England if they're done "releasing sexual tensions".

* In ''Manga/KimiToBoku'' the fact that Masaki has a crush on Shun is noticeable to everyone ''[[ObliviousToLove but]]'' the object of her affections.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':
** [[SchoolgirlLesbians Konoka and Setsuna]]. Everyone who sees them together immediately assumes the obvious. Including ''[[ChasteHero Negi]]'', who's the epitome of ObliviousToLove. Konoka is probably aware of this, but Setsuna takes a ''lot'' longer to catch on, finally getting it when [[spoiler:they finally make a pactio and the kiss lasts ''forever''...]]
** Nagi and Arika. Every single [[BadassCrew Ala Rubra]] member can see it.

%%** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Kouji and Sayaka. Everyone but Kouji can see it.

* Franchise/DragonBall:

* Ryuuji and Taiga in [[LightNovel/ToraDora Toradora!]] spend a significant chunk of the series explaining to others how they're ''not'' going out and ''don't'' have feelings for each other. Yet somehow, nobody is surprised when the two of them show up in the middle of the night, [[spoiler:running away to elope]].