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** During the Zou arc, when Luffy learns that Sanji was forced to leave the Straw Hats in order to attend his arranged wedding with one of Big Mom's daughters, Luffy decides to enter Big Mom's territory. Luffy notices Zoro sitting at the house who has overheard the conversation and asks him if he's worried about Sanji. Zoro then threatens to ''kick'' Luffy and tells him to just let Sanji be gone. Given the fact that Zoro normally threatens people to ''cut'' them and he is almost never seen kicking anyone (which is [[ExtremeExtremist Sanji's thing]]), it is clear that he's indeed worried about Sanji's situation, even if he doesn't want to admit it.

** During the third act of the Land of Wano arc, when Sanji discovers that [[spoiler:his dormant genetic modifications are awakening]], he's afraid to turn into [[spoiler:a compassionless SuperSoldier like his brothers]], so he calls Zoro via a Transponder Snail and asks him after the battle that if Sanji has gone mad that he should kill him. Zoro complies and tells him not to die beforehand.

* Happens ''a lot'' in ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan''. Dokuro even claims in the opening theme that all of the torment she piles on Sakura is just how she shows her love (while she cuddles and kisses his lifeless body on the ground.)

* ''LightNovel/DateALive'':

* Sousuke of ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' is not a fan of the Arbalest or its AI, Al (spelled with an L). Al is just about the ''only'' thing Sousuke will complain about on the regular, and most of his exchanges with Al involve either telling him to shut up or threatening to dismantle him once they dock. However, [[spoiler:once the Arbalest is destroyed]] and Sousuke is separated from Al for some months, Sousuke insists on giving the Savage he pilots in the interim the same paint job (against the owner's preferences) and insists on calling it "Al II". And for all the grumbling he does about Al's "pretend human" talk and its uselessness, [[spoiler:he readily accepts Al's reported feelings of grief and guilt over Lt. Sachs's death as genuine and takes a moment to comfort him before they head into their final mission]].

* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya and Kyon have ''many'' of these moments throughout the series.

* Rather hilariously in ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos'', [[spoiler:[[DefrostingIceQueen defrosted]] Laura]]. Everyone was expecting a {{Yandere}} with full-on [[AxeCrazy murderous impulses]]. Instead, she's downright sweet.

* Episode 18 of ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' reveals more of Jin and Misaki's back story, and why he always felt he was never good enough for her. Despite that, Sorata and Nanami help them to meet each other at least one more time before he goes off to Osaka for college.

* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', Link is dismissive of his grandfather’s ambition to mold him into a knight, but he’s provoked into fighting hard against another swordsman when said swordsman makes fun of the sword that belonged to his grandfather.

* Kagome and Manga/{{Inuyasha}}, in the early episodes, were like this frequently arguing and irritating each other but showing, during crucial moments, hat they cared for each other deeply As the show goes on, this diminishes as the settle into a normal relationship but it still comes up from time to time.

* ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' ends with a tragic version of this. [[spoiler:Despite being in a Master and "[[SexSlave Pet]]" relationship which Riki hated and therefore was hostile to his master Iason, there are no doubts at the end that Iason and Riki were in love with one another. Iason was fatally injured and Riki stays by his side to die with him in an exploding fortress.]]

* Kogoro Mouri and his live-separatedly wife Eri Kisaki in ''Manga/CaseClosed''. Kogoro ''acts'' like a LovableSexManiac, always chasing after pretty women and maintaining a crush on IdolSinger Okino Yoko, but never actually seems to take the act further than ogling or, at most, platonic dating. This behavior always takes a sudden turn for the worse whenever Eri is around, which causes Eri [[{{Tsundere}} to get about ten degrees colder whenever Kogoro is nearby]]. On the other hand, they actually try to do nice things for each other once in a blue moon. (In recent manga issues, Kogoro actually bought Eri a birthday present [[spoiler:except that he got the day wrong and accidentally gave her the wrong gift box]]). Eri has also been known to make Kogoro dinner (too bad she's a LethalChef), and both her and Kogoro have turned PapaWolf and MamaBear respectively when the other has been suspected of murder.

** Kouji and Sayaka, the prototypical BattleCouple. Although in the original manga they got along well, the anime series took their BelligerentSexualTension UpToEleven -- some of their fights were legendary. However, you always had moments where they stopped to get mad, bicker and insult each other and showed they cared for each other very much.

* Rintarō Okabe and Kurisu Makise in ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''.

* ''Manga/ShugoChara'' characters Amu and Ikuto have their moment as Ikuto attempts to board an airplane. (We say 'attempt' because he wasn't doing very well.)

** Bossun and Tsubaki, despite being [[TheRival rivals]], team up well and have shown mutual respect for each other. Things only get better between the two of them after [[TheReveal The]] [[LongLostRelative Reveal]].

* In ''Anime/SonicX'', Rouge has a crush on Knuckles just like in the games, but their love interest aspect is more expanded on. As such, they have a tone of FoeYay going on, and they do get moments like this from time to time.

** The very dynamic of the [[FanNickname Frying Pangle]] (Austria, Hungary, Prussia) works like this. While they ''do'' tend to quarrel and fight each other every now and them, they all really care and look out for one another.

** In ''The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Kyon risks his life to save Haruhi [[spoiler:from falling to her death as part of an attempted {{deicide}}]]. When that plan falls apart ([[spoiler:because a DivingSave doesn't really help in this situation]]), he's at least thankful that they'll die together.

* Kogoro Mouri and his live-separatedly wife Eri Kisaki in ''Manga/DetectiveConan''. Kogoro ''acts'' like a LovableSexManiac, always chasing after pretty women and maintaining a crush on IdolSinger Okino Yoko, but never actually seems to take the act further than ogling or, at most, platonic dating. This behavior always takes a sudden turn for the worse whenever Eri is around, which causes Eri [[{{Tsundere}} to get about ten degrees colder whenever Kogoro is nearby]]. On the other hand, they actually try to do nice things for each other once in a blue moon. (In recent manga issues, Kogoro actually bought Eri a birthday present [[spoiler:except that he got the day wrong and accidentally gave her the wrong gift box]]). Eri has also been known to make Kogoro dinner (too bad she's a LethalChef), and both her and Kogoro have turned PapaWolf and MamaBear respectively when the other has been suspected of murder.

* ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' ends with a tragic version of this. [[spoiler:Despite being in a Master and "[[SexSlave Pet]]" relationship which Riki hated and therefor was hostile to his master Iason, there are no doubts at the end that Iason and Riki were in love with one another. Iason was fatally injured and Riki stays by his side to die with him in an exploding fortress.]]

* ''Anime/MazingerZ'':
** Kouji and Sayaka, the prototypical BattleCouple. Although in the original manga they got along well, the anime series took their BelligerentSexualTension UpToEleven -some of their fights were legendary-. However, you always had moments where they stopped to get mad, bicker and insult each other and showed they cared for each other very much.
** In episode 29 Kouji saw a [[{{Robeast}} Mechanical Beast]] -Grengus C3- walking from the direction where Aphrodite A -Sayaka's Fembot- had gone at before. Inmediately he panicked, got on a bike and drove towards the place, yelling "Sayaka" all the way (he was so freaked out he did not realize the bike he had got was not his). When he finally found her -wounded and lying down on the floor beside Aphrodite A's remains- he shook her awake and hugged her.
** In another episode, Kouji and Sayaka got an genuine serious fight, and Sayaka refused to back him up in battle. When he was seriously injured, Sayaka took care of him in the hospital and kissed him in his comatose sleep.
* In ''Manga/FrankenFran'', in the epilogue, Gavrill and Fran console Veronica after some teasing. While this behavior is perfectly par for the course from Fran, for ''[[AxCrazy Gavrill]]'' of all people to display this kind of behavior is... actually really sweet.

* Anna and Yoh in ''Manga/ShamanKing''. To be specific, there were a few instances of this to be shown in the anime, when it was thought that [[spoiler: Hao killed Yoh]] and [[DefrostingTheIceQueen Anna]] has a HeroicBSOD moment, clinging onto his headphones and staring into space that goes on for a few episodes until he [[spoiler: comes BackFromTheDead]]. The two share a few words and she gives him back his headphones before he goes back into battle. In the manga and anime, when Yoh let's an evil spirit possess him to save his friend, the Spirit tells everyone he's going to force Yoh to kill himself when he possesses him. This causes Anna to drop to her knees [[TearJerker in tears]]. This instance was the first instance that you realize that Anna truly does love Yoh. There are several more instances that crop up in the manga proving that both characters really do care about each other, like the first time they met, or when they spend the last night together before Yoh leaves to America.
* [[spoiler: Koizumi]] and [[spoiler: Otani]] in ''Manga/LovelyComplex''.
* ''Manga/SketDance''
** Bossun and Tsubaki, despite being [[TheRival rivals]], team up well and have shown mutual respect for each other. Things only get better between the two of them after [[TheReveal The]] [[LongLostRelative Reveal]].
** Bossun and Himeko. Despite their [[VitriolicBestBuds constant bickering]], they are shown to care a lot for each other, inching ever closer to SheIsNotMyGirlfriend territory.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** This sums up [[BelligerentSexualTension Ranma and Akane's]] relationship:
---> '''Ranma:''' Please, Akane. I need you... to hear me now... I wanted to tell you... I wanted to [[spoiler:tell you that I love you]]!
** Also Ranma and Ukyo and Ranma and Shampoo, from a friendly rather than romantic standpoint.
** [[VitriolicBestBuds Ranma and Ryoga]] qualify as well.
** And for that matter, Ranma and Genma. Even though they are always fighting and never really show any platonic affection for each other, they've got each other's back when it really counts. No mercy when it comes to food though. [[SarcasmMode That stuff is serious business.]]
---> '''Ranma:''' Irresponsible jerk! ''[slaps Genma around]'' How dare you make us worry about you!
* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'':
** In a Anime original two-parter Ataru Moroboshi sums up his relationship with Lum when Mendo confronts him about how the oni princess would be much better off without him: "I hate being bound to Lum... but I hate people trying to take Lum away from me ''more''!"
** Also, when he was shown the possible future in which he had the harem he had always wanted and discovered that Lum had abandoned his future self due to some truly horrible treatment (pawning and selling her stuff, tricking her into working and making her sleep on the roof to make room for his other 'wives'), he proceeds to whack future-Ataru on the head and openly admitting that without Lum, a harem means nothing to him. Likewise, when he sees the future where he and Lum are just walking out of a church where their wedding took place and sees that Lum is so happy she's openly crying of joy, he softens up to the idea and proceeds to attempt to save this future (the others are about to be destroyed).
* Happens ''a lot'' in ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan''. Dokuro even claims in the opening theme that all of the torment she piles on Sakura is just how she shows her love (while she cuddles and kisses his lifeless body on the ground.)
* In ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' [[spoiler: Seishirou and Subaru get some form of this, in their short conversation as Seishirou lays dying in Subaru's arms.]]
* Kana and Chiaki from ''Manga/MinamiKe'' show the sisterly variety. Mostly seen fighting and arguing throughout the series, they also share some more intimate moments from time to time--especially when they face a threat from their big sister, Haruka.
* In ''Manga/KyouranKazokuNikki'' this happens more and more between Ouka and Kyouka as the series progresses. Oddly enough, it is Kyouka who works the hardest at this, despite her [[{{Tsundere}} aggressive tendencies]].
* Suzuna and Kouichi in ''Manga/MoonlightLady''--after four episodes filled with lots of SlapSlapKiss, they really start to grow on one another. It's heavily implied that it's more because of [[AWizardDidIt magic]] than actual love, however...

* ''Manga/ZettaiHeiwaDaisakusen's'' entire premise focuses on this trope and ArrangedMarriage, with a pinch of HilarityEnsues for good measure.
* ''Manga/ShugoChara'' characters Amu and Ikuto have their moment as Ikuto attempts to board an airplane. (We say 'attempt' because he wasn't doing very well.)
* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': It's true that Sakura and Syaoran's relationship may be based on rivalry in an attempt to capture the cards but after a couple of episodes, there are a lot of scenes that shows they really do care for each other. Naturally this blossoms into a full romance by the end of the series.
* Despite [[BelligerentSexualTension hating one another at first]], [[{{Tsundere}} Natsume]] and [[ObliviousToLove Mikan]] of ''Manga/GakuenAlice'' have gradually progressed to the point where they've [[spoiler: [[LoveConfession confessed to one another]]]]. It almost seemed [[AllLoveIsUnrequited one-sided]] for a long time as Natsume had already declared his feelings twice before (Albeit once was quite indirect and anonymous), but [[spoiler: she has finally realized how much she cares for him as well]]. In fact, taking into account [[spoiler: their parents' history together, it seems that they were perhaps [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destined to be with one another]]]].
* ''Manga/PandoraHearts'': Gil and Alice have had a few of these moments in both the anime and the manga, they *claim* to hate each other but [[CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem find themselves inexplicably worried when harm comes across the other.]]
* Averted in ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' when Panty and Brief [[spoiler:finally make love (implied to be more than just sex). Brief is falling from the sky and when Panty has a chance to save him, she flinches away from him in disgust because he's in dork mode. And he falls straight into the keyhole of Hellsgate.]]
** Played straight, however, in "The Phantom of Daten City" when Stocking is preparing to elope with a Ghost, despite the fact this means she might never get back to heaven, [[BigBrotherInstinct Panty]] intervenes and tells Stocking the ghost isn't good enough for her, prompting the previously {{Jerkass}} Ghost to prove his true feelings and make an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove to Stocking. (Much to Panty's disgust.) Also played straight in "Cat Fight Club", when Panty pulls a BigDamnHeroes to save Stocking after an argument, and the two reconcile at the end. Both of these heartwarming moments [[spoiler:make the GainaxEnding [[EvilAllAlong all the mo]][[CainAndAbel re jarring]]]].
* ''Anime/LuckyStar'':
** [[LesYay Kagami and Konata]], with the start of episode 15 as one of the better examples.
* [[DevilInPlainSight Quarterback]] [[MagnificentBastard Hiruma]] Youichi and [[TeamMom Manager]] [[MamaBear Mamori]] [[BelligerentSexualTension Anezaki]] from ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' have a ''lot'' of these moments near the end of the series.

* Yusuke and Keiko in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** This happens A LOT between the main couples in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', especially [[IdiotHero Goku]] and [[EducationMama Chi]]-[[{{Tsundere}} Chi]] and [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Vegeta]] and [[RichBitch Bulma]]. Chi-Chi is constantly worried about her husband, especially when he drags Gohan into dangerous battles. This always involves her getting upset with him for putting her baby in danger. Bulma and Vegeta have lots of BelligerentSexualTension that even carried over into their marriage, which is usually caused by Vegeta taking it too far with his [[HotBlooded Hot Bloodedness]], Bulma getting the brunt of it, and then her lashing out at him for being an idiot, which, according to the fandom, ends up as a SlapSlapKiss off screen.
** At one point in ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' and its equivalent arc in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Beerus slaps Bulma so hard he knocks her to the ground (or almost off her ship in ''Super''). Vegeta sees this and goes absolutely ballistic, unleashing a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on the God, even landing the first actual blow on Beerus of anyone in the story. He was so offended, in fact, that he momentarily managed to surpass ''Goku.''
--->'''Vegeta:''' THAT'S MY BULMA!
** A tragic example of this happens in ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', when [[spoiler: [[TearJerker Android 18, who was previously cold and seemingly emotionless even in heartfelt moments, cradles and cries over Krillin's dead body]], [[DefrostingIceQueen telling him that she loves him for the first time that the audience ever sees.]]]]
** Before ultimately marrying Vegeta two arcs later, Bulma had a moment of this when her occasional boyfriend Yamcha being killed by a Saibaman caused her to break down in tears.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
** Russia stalks [[ImmortalImmaturity China]], then (sort of) comforts him after [[WhatTheHellHero Japan's]] betrayal. General Winter has tormented him since childhood, but protects him during wars and [[spoiler: [[PsychopathicManchild Russia]] CRIES saying "My friend can't be defeated this easily" after General Winter falls after trying to protect him from them mysterious enemy in the ''Manga/HetaliaBloodbath2010'']].
** The very dynamic of the [[FanNickname Frying Pangle]] (Austria, Hungary, Prussia) works like this. While they ''do'' tend to quarrel and fight each other every now and them, they all really care and look out for one another.
** France goes from taunting to genuinely concerned when he realizes his SitcomArchNemesis England is seriously sick in one strip and hurries to try to treat him. Sure, it's ruined when France gets a DudeShesLikeInAComa moment and [[MoodKiller America bursts in]], but it was sweet while it lasted.
** England himself gets a moment in TheMovie, where he [[SayMyName cries out America's name in distress]] when [[spoiler: the latter is hit by the aliens' transforming attack, leading to England getting distracted and hit as well.]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** The Infinite Tsukuyomi shows that [[spoiler: for all his complaining about her, [[LadyOfWar Temari]] really is important to [[BrilliantButLazy Shikamaru]], enough to show up by his side in his dream world.]]
** After all the murder attempts and insults, Sasuke's [[spoiler:[[AffectionateGestureToTheHead affectionate forehead poke to Sakura]] in Chapter 699 revealed his feelings for her.]]
* Inner Moka from ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' acts cold to Tsukune and always tells him that she tolerates him to make Outer Moka happy, but God help you if she finds out you hurt him (later extends to the rest of his harem). Tsukune, meanwhile, is scared of her at first, then admits in chapter 27 of season 2 (manga) that [[spoiler: he loves her as much as he loves Outer Moka and wants them to become one person]]. And now Tsukune is [[spoiler:putting himself through a potentially deadly surgery so he'll have the power to protect her]].
** Tsukune's harem towards each other, they fight one another and plot each other's downfalls but when a legitimate threat shows up, they are more then willing to lay down their lives for each other. Kurumu especially, she is so in love with Tsukune it's killing her, but she wants to still be friends with everyone to the point that she is the TeamMom and the first to bring back any haremites that may leave.

* ''Manga/SoulEater'':
** Although not an OfficialCouple as of yet, Soul literally throws himself in front of Maka to protect her at least three times during the manga, despite acting like a jerk to her most of the time. (Although Soul says it's his job as a weapon, you don't see Tsubaki doing that for Black*Star or either of the Thompson sisters doing that for Kid.) Maka's also devastated and blames herself when Soul is [[spoiler: in the hospital after nearly being killed by Crona and infected with Black Blood]], despite her being a jerk to him as well. Later chapters tend to show Soul being more compassionate toward Maka, especially during the fight with the Clown and in the Book of Eibon's Sloth chapter, where he doesn't need or allow Maka to apologize for her behaviour. They also tend to hold hands or have an arm around the other.
** Liz seems to be this way towards Kid recently; she's always calling him 'prissy' and trying to kick him out of his OCD-mode, but at one point in time refers to him as 'wonderful' and starts to cry at the thought of his hospitality and her inability to thank him for it.
** Black*Star towards Tsubaki, when he refuses to move from her side as she fights her brother, allowing her to take center stage. Tsubaki also seems to feel this way towards Black*Star, as she is the only one who stands up for him.
* ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' ends with a tragic version of this. [[spoiler:Despite being in a Master and "[[SexSlave Pet]]" relationship which Riki hated and therefor was hostile to his master Iason, there are no doubts at the end that Iason and Riki were in love with one another. Iason was fatally injured and Riki stays by his side to die with him in an exploding fortress.]]
* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'', Jolyne Kujo's relationship with Jotaro is rocky enough that [[YoureNotMyFather she refuses to acknowledge him as her father]]. However, when he [[spoiler:loses his Stand and memory and ends up in a state that's all but dead]] while helping her escape from prison, she forgoes her chance at freedom for the slim hope of bringing him back.

* Sunako Nakahara and Kyohei Takano in Manga/TheWallflower are often shown bickering. However its shown more often than not that they place each others well being on very high levels even if they don't admit it to themselves.
* Rintarō Okabe and Kurisu Makise in ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''.
* Kaoru and Hajime in ''Manga/ICantUnderstandWhatMyHusbandIsSaying''. Despite seeming distant, Kaoru really does want to understand her husband and the two of them have many moments throughout the series where they show their care for one another.
* In ''Anime/SonicX'', Rouge has a crush on Knuckles just like in the games, but their love interest aspect is more expanded on. As such, they have a tone of FoeYay going on, and they do get moments like this from time to time.
** Amy and Sonic's relationship runs entirely on this trope. Amy often acts like an overbearing StalkerWithACrush, which usually results in Sonic [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere fleeing the first chance he gets.]] However, it's the little things that show just how deeply they care for one another. Sonic is terrified of water because he can't swim, but he willingly jumps into the ocean to save a drowning Amy. He also wears the protective shell bracelet she made him. Later on, Amy returns the favour by jumping into the vacuum of space to save a trapped Sonic. The two also hug several times throughout the show, and at one point, Sonic even hands her a rose.
* Kaguya and Shirogane of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' spend most of their time on-screen playing mind games with each other, but it's made blatantly clear at multiple points that they have a rather large mutual crush.
* ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco'': Despite a violent divorce and being on [[SpacePirate opposite]] [[SpacePolice sides]] of the law, [[spoiler: Lalaco]] and [[spoiler: Keiji]] do still love each other (even if the former has a very weird way of showing it). [[spoiler: Lalaco]] is also shown to care about her daughter [[spoiler: Luluco]] despite her status as an AbusiveParent, [[spoiler: giving her full support (both emotionally and [[TheCavalry literally]]) when she goes to confess to Nova.]]
* ''LightNovel/DateALive'':
** The Yamai twins are the split halves of a single being and constantly fight one another while trash-talking as one must inevitable absorb the other to become the true Yamai. However when Shido manages to get them apart, each sister pleads with him to pick the other sister as the winner. The two sisters love each other deeply and have been throwing fights to delay the fusion as long as possible. When the sisters realize the truth of how they both feel, they start fighting again but instead of their previous insults they are instead praising each other and trying to convince the other they deserve to win.
** [[BigBad Isaac]] [[TheAntichrist Westcott]] and [[BigGood Elliot]] [[AntiAntichrist Woodman]] spend most of the series opposing each other with the former scheming to use the power of the Spirits' Inverse Forms to rewrite reality to his imagine and the latter trying to stop him for it, but when [[spoiler:the former is dying in Volume 19]], they acknowledged each other as good friends, despite their differences.
* Kagome and Manga/{{Inuyasha}}, in the early episodes, were like this frequently arguing and irritating each other but showing, during crucial moments, hat they cared for each other deeply As the show goes on, this diminishes as the settle into a normal relationship but it still comes up from time to time.
* Sousuke of ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' is not a fan of the Arbalest or its AI, Al (spelled with an L). Al is just about the ''only'' thing Sousuke will complain about on the regular, and most of his exchanges with Al involve either telling him to shut up or threatening to dismantle him once they dock. However, [[spoiler:once the Arbalest is destroyed]] and Sousuke is separated from Al for some months, Sousuke insists on giving the Savage he pilots in the interim the same paint job (against the owner's preferences) and insists on calling it "Al II". And for all the grumbling he does about Al's "pretend human" talk and its uselessness, [[spoiler:he readily accepts Al's reported feelings of grief and guilt over Lt. Sachs's death as genuine and takes a moment to comfort him before they head into their final mission]].

* In ''Anime/GreatPretender,'' at the beginning of the fourth arc, Makoto visits his mother's grave and [[DeadPersonConversation tells her everything that's happened to him over the past few years.]] When describing Team Confidence--whom he also openly admits to having a lot of resentment towards, and whom he often argues with--his tone makes it clear that he actually respects them quite a lot, no matter how much it frustrates him to be tied up in their [[TheCaper capers.]]

* Inner Moka from ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' acts cold to Tsukune and always tells him that she tolerates him to make Outer Moka happy, but God help you if she finds out you hurt him (later extends to the rest of his harem). Tsukune, meanwhile, is scared of her at first, then admits in chapter 27 of season 2 (manga) that [[spoiler: he loves her as much as he loves Outer Moka and wants them to become one person]]. And now Tsukune is [[spoiler:putting himself through a potentially deadly surgery so he'll have the power to protect her]].

** The Yamai twins are the split halves of a single being and have fought 99 battles with the intent of besting and absorbing the other to become whole again. However when Shido manages to get them apart, each sister pleads with him to pick the other sister as the winner. The two sisters love each other deeply and have been throwing fights to delay the fusion as long as possible. When the sisters realize the truth of how they both feel, they start fighting again but instead of their previous insults they are instead praising each other and trying to convince the other they deserve to win.

* [[BigBad Isaac]] [[TheAntichrist Westcott]] and [[BigGood Elliot]] [[AntiAntichrist Woodman]] from ''LightNovel/DateALive''. They spend most of the series opposing each other with the former scheming to use the power of the Spirits' Inverse Forms to rewrite reality to his imagine and the latter trying to stop him for it, but when [[spoiler:the former is dying in Volume 19]], they acknowledged each other as good friends, despite their differences.

* In ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' [[spoiler: Seishirou and Subaru get some form of this, in their short conversation as Seishirou lays dying in Subaru's arms. ]]

* Despite [[BelligerentSexualTension hating one another at first]], [[{{Tsundere}} Natsume]] and [[ObliviousToLove Mikan]] of ''Manga/AliceAcademy'' have gradually progressed to the point where they've [[spoiler: [[LoveConfession confessed to one another]]]]. It almost seemed [[AllLoveIsUnrequited one-sided]] for a long time as Natsume had already declared his feelings twice before (Albeit once was quite indirect and anonymous), but [[spoiler: she has finally realized how much she cares for him as well]]. In fact, taking into account [[spoiler: their parents' history together, it seems that they were perhaps [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destined to be with one another]]]].
* ''Manga/PandoraHearts'': Gil and Alice have had a few of these moments in both the anime and the manga, they * claim* to hate each other but [[CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem find themselves inexplicably worried when harm comes across the other.]]

* ''Anime/LuckyStar''

* ''Franchise/DragonBall''

* ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia''

* Sousuke of ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' is not a fan of the Arbalest or its AI, Al (spelled with an L). Al is just about the ''only'' thing Sousuke will complain about on the regular, and most of his exchanges with Al involve either telling him to shut up or threatening to dismantle him once they dock. However, [[spoiler:once the Arbalest is destroyed]] and Sousuke is separated from Al for some months, Sousuke insists on giving the MK Savage he pilots in the interim the same paint job (against the owner's preferences) and insists on calling it "Al II". And for all the grumbling he does about Al's "pretend human" talk and its uselessness, [[spoiler:he readily accepts Al's reported feelings of grief and guilt over Lt. Sachs's death as genuine and takes a moment to comfort him before they head into their final mission]].

** This sums up [[TakahashiCouple Ranma and Akane's]] relationship:

** Ataru Moroboshi sums up his relationship with Lum when Mendo confronts him about how the oni princess would be much better off without him: "I hate being bound to Lum... but I hate people trying to take Lum away from me ''more''!"