Line #8 Manga/APolarBearInLove


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6	''A Polar Bear in Love'' (恋するシロクマ, ''Koi Suru Shirokuma'', lit. "Let's Love, Polar Bear") is a {{Josei}} manga by Koromo that is running in the magazine ''Monthly Comic Gene'' since 2015.
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8	A harp seal pup gets lost and separated from his mother. He is found by a polar bear, who instantly [[LoveAtFirstSight falls in love with him]], but the seal is frightened out of his mind and is convinced that the polar bear is going to eat him.
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10	The manga received a series of animated shorts in 2017 and a drama CD was released with the first volume, featuring Creator/NatsukiHanae as Seal and Creator/YuichiroUmehara as Polar Bear. The manga is licensed in English by Yen Press.
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12	!! ''A Polar Bear in Love'' contains the following tropes:
13	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Even though he doesn't believe Polar Bear's professions of love, Seal is against the idea of being lovers with a male member of his natural predator.
14	* AffectionateNickname: Polar Bear calls Seal "Lil Seal" (Seal-kun/Azarashi-kun).
15	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Seal does not return Polar Bear's feelings for him (although he does seem to be slowly accepting Polar Bear as a friend), while "Harpy-dear" does not return Seal's feelings for her.
16	* AnimatedAdaptation: ''A Polar Bear in Love'' received several 1-minute films.
17	* BearsAreBadNews: Polar bears are natural predators to seals, which is why Seal is scared of Polar Bear.
18	* BearyFriendly: Polar Bear is extremely kind, especially to Seal.
19	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Polar Bear keeps misinterpreting Seal's comments as a LoveConfession, whereas Seal misinterprets Polar Bear's comments as wanting to eat him.
20	* CoordinatedClothes: Polar Bear is excited that both he and Seal have white fur, because that means they match.
21	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Polar Bear's birth mother preferred his brother over him, and one day, they abandoned him. He is later taken in by another polar bear, who also had a son of her own, but [[spoiler:his adoptive brother is killed by another polar bear which his adoptive mother dies fighting]]. Later on, he meets an old sea whale, who comforts him, [[spoiler:but she is about to die anyway and asks him to eat her when she finally passes]].
22	* DoggedNiceGuy: Polar Bear is unfailingly kind to Seal and hopes that he will someday return his feelings.
23	* DudeWheresMyRespect: When Seal and Polar Bear meet a little female polar bear, she calls Polar Bear "Niichan", which Seal misinterprets as for him. When he notices she calls him by his actual name, he gets confused.
24	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The earlier chapters aren't so silly compared to the later part of the series.
25	* GreenEyedMonster: When Polar Bear and Seal find a young, female polar bear, she develops a PrecociousCrush on Polar Bear and gets jealous of Seal for being the object of his affections.
26	* IncompatibleOrientation: Both Seal and Polar Bear are males, with Seal establishing he is not gay. He later falls in love with a female seal.
27	* InterspeciesFriendship: The relationship between Polar Bear and Seal seems to be slowly turning into this.
28	* InterspeciesRomance: The entire manga is about a polar bear who falls in love with a seal. Cathy the penguin is in one with an orca.
29	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When Seal falls in love with a female seal he nicknames "Harpy-dear", Polar Bear tries to be supportive of him.
30	* TheJailBaitWait: PlayedForLaughs and downplayed when Polar Bears tells Seal that once the latter's all grown up, they'll get married together.
31	* LikeBrotherAndSister: "Harpy-dear" views Seal as a younger brother, instead of a love interest as he had hoped.
32	* LongLostRelative: It's hinted that [[spoiler:Polar Bear's birth brother]] is the [[spoiler:father of the little female polar bear]] that Polar Bear and Seal find in volume 2.
33	* LoveAtFirstSight: Polar Bear falls in love with Seal at first sight.
34	* MissingMom: Polar Bear's birth mother favored his brother over him, and they abandoned him.
35	* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: When Polar Bear was little, [[spoiler:he met an old sea whale, who offers herself for him to eat as she is dying.]]
36	* OcularGushers: Polar Bear cries these when [[spoiler:he's forced to leave Seal in Volume 4.]]
37	* ParentalFavouritism: Polar Bear's mother loved his brother more than him.
38	* PolarBearsAndPenguins: The second volume ends in a cliffhanger where a penguin approaches Seal and Polar Bear.
39	* PredatorTurnedProtector: In the food chain, polar bears are predators to seals, yet Polar Bear adores Seal as a partner and is willing to protect him from harm.
40	* ReflectiveEyes: Polar Bear is seen in Seal's eyes in the first short.
41	* SuperDrowningSkills: Seal can't swim. After the incident with the young polar bear, he tries to learn how to swim.
42	* SweetSeal: Seal may be a timid baby harp seal (especially around Polar Bear), but he's ultimately good-hearted.
43	* WallPinOfLove: When Seal tries to escape from Polar Bear during his nap, Polar Bear immediately panics and violently slams his claw against the ice. It was unintentional, but it was enough to traumatize Seal.

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