It is said that one-sided love is the purest form because it is something without expectations and is a form of selfless love. Our anime characters feel this beautiful but painful emotion in different series or movies. Here, we will discuss the top 10 Japanese anime characters who remained one-sided lovers.
1. Kenji Harima (School Rumble)
Kenji is brave but shy, especially when confessing his love. Kenji is attracted as he’s a bucket full of talent except for his ruffian image. He feels for Tenma, a kind-hearted girl who doesn’t care for his ruffian image and always supports him but as a friend.
2. Albedo (Overlord)
Mononga was supposed to be the evillest character in the virtual reality of Yggdrasil, but he was human and thus didn’t let him down his guard even for Albedo, who is loyal to him. Albedo was attractive and felt for Mononga, but he didn’t let her in.
3. Ena Komiya (Just Because)
Eta and Ena share excellent chemistry, as seen in the series. They couldn’t set a blaze as Ena was stuck with his old crush in the past. As a result, he overlooked the potential of their relationship.
4. Nanami Aoyama
Nanami was average among all other geniuses living at their dome except Sorata. Thus, she started feeling for her, but the other guy didn’t know. Sorata feels for Mashiro, a talented artist who relies on Sorata for every other work except art.
5. Linda (Golden Time)
Linda and Banri could have made it if Banri hadn’t met an accident that caused him to lose all his memories. Linda knew that nothing could have happened about it, and thus she saw how he gets along with Koko.
6. Hesita
Hestia was the goddess of hearth who had only one single follower, Bell. She fell for her only follower and used to get possessive when he talked about other females. However, Bell comprises a mother figure of the goddess, Hestia.
7. Asagi Aiba (Strike The Blood)
Asagi was attractive and intelligent and shared great chemistry and understanding with Kojou in several episodes, too, rather than Himeragi. However, Kojou couldn’t ever understand her feelings, but he did want her to be safe, and thus we can see him caring for her as a close friend.
8. Tsubaki Sawabe (Your Lie In April)
Tsubaki shares a great understanding with Kousei, and their childhood backstories say the same. She has been there with Kousei when he struggled with all the mishaps and thus profoundly cares for him. They were close, but Kousei was into Kaori more and looked at Tsubaki as a close friend.
9. Mirage Jenius (Macross Delta)
The series comprises a beautiful love triangle between Freyja, the idol, and the other two pilots. Mirage was under Hayate, who showed exceptional skills regarding flying, which made her jealous, but slowly she started to feel for him; however, he was concerned about Freyja.
10. Hiroto Suwa (Orange)
Naho is determined to save his friend Kakeru from committing suicide and thus does all she can do to resist it. However, in the course, she neglects the efforts of Suwa, the intelligent leader of their friend group who tries his best to let her know he feels about him.
