AOT fandom is a mess lmao.
Some of you act as if you understand romance and then if it's not blatantly obvious (or you dont want it to be) you don't consider it romantic. Do ppl have to kiss many times for y'all to call it canon?! Cus in that case you dont have many.
Even Hiromu Arakawa ( FMA mangaka) didn't draw the couples kissing despite the pairings being obvious.Riza and Roy love each other so much but they never say "i love you". Still if you can read and watch their interactions you can tell.
In shounen at least, there's not much kissing. There's mostly ship tease and implications. Unless there's an epilogue and they have babies (which is still implied, the mangaka didnt draw them making love)
Like many mangakas, when Isayama does romance its implied.
•Yumihisu was canon and yet we didn't see them kiss or act explicitly romantic but the implication was there and Isayama and his editors confirmed it. Again Japan has ways to imply romance without too much PDA. Their motives and character arcs put a huge importance on each others narratives and motivations.
A kiss is not necessary to imply a profound romantic bond between characters.
•Aruani is implied to be canon despite them never kissing or hugging (by that logic reiner and annie would be canon lmao). What makes them canon is the weight their interactions hold and the way they both helped each other grow. It's funny how integral they are to each others growth and the way they understand each other makes them a really interesting dynamic, him calling Annie a 'good person' with Annie being described by Isayama as ''a nice normal girl who had no choice but to fight'' Annie was told to not fear in making the world her enemy cus she could always turn back to her dad, that was her motive / Armin saw her how she was and that held a lot of importance to Annie, she wanted to be a good person but had no choice because she wanted to end her mission and go back to her dad. The only one she thought loved her. She didnt make deep bonds cus it would hurt her.
-Likewise Armin wanted to be strong like Mikasa and determined and brave like Eren but he had really low self-esteem and thought he was a burden to the others, but annie said "you seem weak but you have guts". I feel like thats what Armin wanted to hear.
That interaction is not only important to aruani as a ship but to them as characters and even to the plot (consider that Annie had no hesitation to kill people like Jean or Levi but spared Armin more than enough times,i think that interaction aided in that and it contributed in Annies capture).
Romance in AOT is relevant and important to progressing the plot.
Isayama drew them comfortable around each other in 139 and to the asian fandom they were considered married. Again implication.
•Falbi is similar to 'aruani', implied. They aren't screaming "we are dating" but their comfort around each other and Falcos feelings for Gabi (plus Falcos importance to Gabi) implies that they are canon.
•Nicosasha is implied too. Bonus that everyone thought they were dating and how Niccolos feelings progressed the plot.
•Levihan, implied and open to interpretation. Also brought Hanjis arc to a close, contributing to Levi's closure too.They were both tired,lost people important to them and wanted to escape. (Them parting was an important interaction)
Again ...are you seeing a pattern here? All the couples are implied.
One couple that was implied AND explicitly stated to have mutual romantic feelings is eremika.This because eremika is the main pair and important to the plot like the others, but while the other couples are part of the story, EM IS the story. EMA are the main characters and their relationships progress the plot.
•EM was implied in the beginning but after the "what am i to you?" interaction it was clearly meant to be seen as romance. They even get a kiss!! a "maybe in an AU we could have lived in peace" and Erens romantic feelings being there all along.
Yet this fandom has some interesting words to say.
"Its not canon they didnt kiss!!1!"
-No couple has a kiss. (even EM kiss is painful)
-They have confessions without blantant "i love you-s" but with heavily romatic words.
Falco is literally proposing, eren is basically saying "do you love me?" ,Armin is saying that "he likes her and missed her", Historia literally wants to escape with Ymir and tells her shes safe with her. Hanji is literally telling Levi to run away together...I mean!!! ITS RIGHT THERE!
Then eremika has a kiss and people are like "they were forced!1!! Isayama was FORCED"
If they dont hug/kiss its "not canon". If they do "they were forced".
Learn to read through the lines and also that to imply romance you dont need blatant kisses or make-out scenes.
Its like...'story-telling 101'
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