History UnresolvedSexualTension / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': In the ''[[WholeEpisodeFlashback Everything but the Rain]]'' arc, there's a lot of this between Ryuuken Ishida and [[NinjaMaid Kanae]] [[BodyguardCrush Katagiri]] despite the fact Ryuuken's family want an ArrangedMarriage between him and his cousin [[spoiler: Masaki Kurosaki. That plan falls through, so Ryuuken and Katagiri MarryForLove and become StarCrossedLovers. Katagiri is Uryuu's MissingMom and was killed for the same reason Masaki was.]]

* ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma'' has Ayano who does not realize what she wants, she calls Kazuma a jerk, but tries to hold his hand at an amusement park, blushes all the time and flies into a towering rage if Kazuma makes a move on her or if she sees him with another woman .

** Inu-Yasha and Kagome have this in spades, although it often manifests as BelligerentSexualTension
*** This is even parodied in a ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' episode. Where the dad of the girl who was watching the series got really into it. When his daughter told him each episode only comes on every week, he states, "I'm not going to wait another week to see if Inu-Yasha and Kagome get together!" So he caught onto this after only watching a single half-hour episode.

* Orcelito and Kiliko of ''[[Manga/{{Plus-Si}} +C: Sword and Cornett]]''. There's just no other way to describe it.

* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'' is a very shounen manga and all, but, I mean.. [[http://www.onemanga.com/Hajime_no_Ippo/749/14/ This]] and [[http://www.onemanga.com/Hajime_no_Ippo/749/15/ this]] I mean, come on!

* Akira and Fumi from ''Manga/AoiHana'' appear to enter such a phase in the manga, after [[spoiler:Fumi confesses to a hapless Akira]].

* ''Anime/YuugenKaisha'': [[ChristmasCake Ayaka]] [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Kisaragi]] has plenty with [[DoggedNiceGuy Detective]] [[PermaStubble Karino]], though she's stubborn and plays hard to get. She isn't above flirting with him and he certainly doesn't mind the attention. The series ends, leaving [[WillTheyOrWontThey the status of their relationship]] [[MaybeEverAfter up in the air.]]

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* [[{{Troperiffic}} Of course]], the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' series features this between Mikuru and Kyon, although this tends to [[DieForOurShip depend on your camp]] and [[WMG/SuzumiyaHaruhiNoYuutsu which theories you may subscribe to]]. Unfortunately for them, [[RealityWarper Haruhi]] isn't about to allow that come hell or high water due to her own UST with him (as exemplified by [[spoiler:how Kyon saved the world from being remade by stealing a kiss from Haruhi, and the ending of Someday in the Rain]]), and on top of that it's also forbidden for Mikuru by {{time travel}}ler-rules. Her [[spoiler:future self tells him she's glad to see him again, which strongly implies that nothing ever came of it.]] If you believe UnreliableNarrator Kyon, [[spoiler:he doesn't take future Mikuru's suggestion that he kiss her younger self while she's asleep.]] But considering that he's likely to get written out of existence if he upsets Haruhi, he's got ample reason to not tell anyone if he did.

* Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' combine this with both BodyguardCrush and SubordinateExcuse. It's especially present in the manga and the ''Brotherhood'' anime, which also feature increasing UST between Ed and [[WrenchWench Winry]]. The latter UST does eventually get a resolution. The [[PortmanteauCoupleName Royai]] UST is actually acknowledged by Riza in-series and used for [[TrickingTheShapeshifter her own ends]], [[Awesome/FullmetalAlchemist very awesomely.]] {{Word of God}} in the third art book says that [[spoiler:the series ended without them getting married because of the military's anti-fraternization law]]. The ''Chronicles'' book released in autumn 2011 does confirm that [[spoiler:they remain side by side for pretty much the rest of their lives, though whether TheyDo ever happens is still left open for interpretation]].

---> '''Asuka''': [[CatchPhrase What are you, stupid?]] That's because she likes him.

* ''DeathNote'' gives us [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist L]] and [[LightIsNotGood Light]], who get a considerable amount of FoeYay (especially during their ChainedHeat stage) involving [[CaptainObvious handcuffs]], hidden cameras, coffee, a heart-to-heart in the rain,[[StrangeMindsThinkAlike shared internal monologues]], [[CrowningMomentOfFunny a Misa-instigated circle-dance]], and [[RuleOfSymbolism one really awkward foot massage]], amidst other things. Then after [[spoiler: [[CradlingYourKill L]] [[AntagonistInMourning dies]]]]...

** [[IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn A more one-sided example]] is that of Setsuna toward Konoka. This gets turned up to [[MemeticMutation nine thousand]] for the Spring and Summer anime specials. [[spoiler:Resolving now, starting from chapter 252 with an epic Pactio. Doesn't seem to be one-sided, either (Konoka was the aggressive one during the kiss. Her tongue, not Setsuna's).]]

* There's truckloads of this between Ushio and Sumika from ''Manga/SasamekiKoto'', as per the page image.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': In the ''[[WholeEpisodeFlashback Everything but the Rain]]'' arc, there's a lot of this between Ryuuken Ishida and his NinjaMaid [[BodyguardCrush Katagiri]] despite the fact Ryuuken's family want him and his cousin [[spoiler: Masaki Kurosaki]] to settle into an ArrangedMarriage. [[spoiler: That plan falls through, so Ryuuken and Katagiri MarryForLove but are StarCrossedLovers. Katagiri is Uryuu's MissingMom and was killed for the same reason Masaki was.]]

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': In the ''[[WholeEpisodeFlashback Everything but the Rain]]'' arc, there's a lot of this between Ryuuken Ishida and his NinjaMaid [[BodyguardCrush Katagiri]] despite the fact Ryuuken's family want him and his cousin [[spoiler: Masaki Kurosaki]] to settle into an ArrangedMarriage. [[spoiler: That plan falls through, so Ryuuken and Katagiri MarryForLove but end up being a case of StarCrossedLovers. Katagiri is Uryuu's MissingMom, having been killed for the [[PlotTriggeringDeath same reason]] Ichigo's mother Masaki died.]]

* ''DeathNote'' gives us [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist L]] and [[LightIsNotGood Light]], who got a considerable amount of FoeYay (especially during their ChainedHeat stage) involving [CaptainObvious handcuffs]], hidden cameras, coffee, a heart-to-heart in the rain,[[StrangeMindsThinkAlike shared internal monologues]], [[CrowningMomentOfFunny a Misa-instigated circle-dance]], and [[WhatDoYouMeanIt'sNotSymbolic one really awkward foot massage]], amidst other things. Then after [[spoiler: [[CradlingYourKill L]] [[AntagonistInMourning died]]]]...

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': In the ''[[WholeEpisodeFlashback Everything but the Rain]]'' arc, there's a lot of this between Ryuuken Ishida and his NinjaMaid [[BodyguardCrush Katagiri]] despite the fact Ryuuken's family want him and his cousin [[spoiler: Masaki Kurosaki]] to settle into an ArrangedMarriage. [[spoiler: That plan falls through, so Ryuuken and Katagiri MarryForLove but end up being a case of StarCrossedLovers. Katagiri is Uryuu's MissingMom, [[PlotTriggeringDeath having been killed for the same reason Ichigo's mother Masaki died]].]]

* ''Anime/CodeGeass''. The shippers probably went ballistic over the romance of this series: three valid pairings for the male lead alone, and enough done by one side or the other to establish the attraction as canon. The relationship between the two {{Tsundere}}s, Kallen and Lelouch, was especially frustrating because practically all the moments they had were interrupted by a character or an event, that is until [[spoiler: she stole a kiss from him near the end, only to get completely ignored by him, [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim for a good reason]].]]. The other two love interests were [[NaiveEverygirl Shirley]] [[spoiler:who spent most of the series with a crush on Lelouch and then died one episode after [[RelationshipUpgrade Lelouch finally come to actually notice and acknowledge the girl's feelings]]]] and [[{{Kuudere}} C.C.]] [[spoiler:who spent most of the series helping Lelouch just so she could pass her curse of immortality onto him in the end and die]]. There was also that fact that [[RelationshipWritingFumble she]] ''[[RelationshipWritingFumble kissed]]'' [[RelationshipWritingFumble him a lot]].\\\

* ''Anime/CodeGeass''. The shippers probably went ballistic over the romance of this series: three valid pairings for the male lead alone, and enough done by one side or the other to establish the attraction as canon. The relationship between the two {{Tsundere}}s, Kallen and Lelouch, was especially frustrating because practically all the moments they had were interrupted by a character or an event, that is until [[spoiler: she stole a kiss from him near the end, only to get completely ignored by him, for a good reason.]]. The other two love interests were [[NaiveEverygirl Shirley]] [[spoiler:who spent most of the series with a crush on Lelouch and then died one episode after [[RelationshipUpgrade Lelouch finally come to actually notice and acknowledge the girl's feelings]]]] and [[{{Kuudere}} C.C.]] [[spoiler:who spent most of the series helping Lelouch just so she could pass her curse of immortality onto him in the end and die]]. There was also that fact that [[RelationshipWritingFumble she]] ''[[RelationshipWritingFumble kissed]]'' [[RelationshipWritingFumble him a lot]].\\\

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}: In the ''[[WholeEpisodeFlashback Everything but the Rain]]'' arc, there's a lot of this between Ryuuken Ishida and his NinjaMaid [[BodyguardCrush Katagiri]] despite the fact Ryuuken's family want him and his cousin [[spoiler: Masaki Kurosaki]] to settle into an ArrangedMarriage. [[spoiler: That plan falls through, so Ryuuken and Katagiri MarryForLove but end up being a case of StarCrossedLovers. Katagiri is Uryuu's MissingMom, [[PlotTriggeringDeath having been killed for the same reason Ichigo's mother Masaki died]].]]

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}: In the ''[[WholeEpisodeFlashback Everything but the Rain]]'' arc, there's a lot of this between Ryuuken Ishida and his NinjaMaid [[BodyguardCrush Katagiri]] despite the fact Ryuuken's family want him and his cousin [[spoiler: Masaki Kurosaki]] to settle into an ArrangedMarriage. [[spoiler: The ArrangedMarriage, so Ryuuken and Katagiri MarryForLove but end up being a case of StarCrossedLovers. Katagiri is Uryuu's MissingMom, [[PlotTriggeringDeath having been killed for the same reason Ichigo's mother Masaki died]].]]

*** This is even parodied in a ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' episode. Where the dad of the girl who was watching the series got really into it. When his daughter told him each episode only comes on every week, he states, "I'm not going to wait another week to see if Inu-Yasha and Kagome get together!"

And there's Kaguya, who's certain that the Unresolved Sexual Tension between Zero and his Number Two and Red Queen has been [[TenchiSolution resolved, as it were]]. ("We are Zero's three court ladies~!") She then plots to get in on the action, in-line with her actual romantic aspirations, and suspected dubious sexuality. Too bad she doesn't get that much screentime.