Just break up already! Join Ashley as we look over the most toxic relationships in anime
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the most abominable relationships
00:10to crop up across the anime scene.
00:22After tackling thousands of cases, Conan was bound to encounter at least a few that ended
00:27in a dubious manner.
00:28But even then, the case of the poisoned bride is downright infuriating.
00:32Why?
00:33Aside from the bride and groom being teacher and former student, which is already a little
00:38weird, it turns out that they're also victim and culprit respectively.
00:43Due to a misunderstanding, Toshihiko poisons his bride-to-be out of revenge.
00:48Despite this, Sayori decides it's all good and decides to go ahead with the engagement.
00:57Something tells us their honeymoon is going to involve a lot of police tape.
01:12We're not saying that Luvelia is the most interesting or well-developed character out
01:21there.
01:22But even as a narrative tool, she does not deserve to go through this.
01:26Because the plot said so, Peter just can't help but find himself getting raunchy with
01:31every monster girl he encounters.
01:38This contrived cycle of him meeting a new lover each episode, and always ending up in
01:43some manner of horizontal refreshment, gets old quickly.
01:47Mainly due to how he keeps stating his love for Luvelia.
01:50Dude, either cut her loose or keep it in your pants.
01:54There is no middle ground here.
02:07We won't pretend that the Gundam franchise isn't filled to the brim with broken couples
02:12and tragic endings.
02:13But even by those metrics, what Kou and Nina have is confusing, confounding, and quite
02:19honestly, he probably would have been better off dating his mobile suit.
02:32Despite things starting off rocky, Kou and Nina start to become closer.
02:37Before she suddenly reveals she used to be intimate with the resident bad guy, Gato.
02:55She's so conflicted about these feelings, she goes out of her way to help him escape.
02:59Didn't seem to bother Kou, apparently.
03:02On account that after doing a year's stint in the joints, they still end up together.
03:10Rent a Girlfriend
03:11Honestly, we'd love to say that Kazuya shouldn't be allowed near women in general.
03:36But among the unlucky members of his harem that have filtered in and out of his life,
03:41the relationship he has with Ruka is by far the most toxic.
03:44For one thing, their relationship is built on blackmail, with Ruka forcing Kazuya into
03:49their entanglement.
03:54Throw in her forcing herself onto him, as well as using his connection to Chizuru as
03:59leverage, and she paints an undesirable portrait.
04:03Not easy to do when the guy she supposedly likes is also reviled by just about everyone.
04:21Love triangles are a messy business, but what do you expect when you bring hot vampire bishounen
04:26into the mix?
04:27We have nothing against them, it's just that if this series had to give us a romantic
04:32rival for Zero to battle for Yuki's heart, we'd rather it be anyone but Kaname.
04:39We're not sure what's worse, the fact that he wants to be both a big brother figure
04:44and her lover, or that they're actually related by ancestry.
04:48That's twice the blood-related cringe for the price of one.
04:51It's really not that hard of a decision to make, Yuki.
04:59The newest addition to the Night Raid certainly knows how to earn the attention of the ladies,
05:04but in this case, it's probably to his detriment.
05:07From the get-go, Mine sees Tatsumi as a burden, and not worthy of joining their elite assassin
05:13group.
05:14This pestering, teasing and ridiculing goes on all throughout their tenure, only for her
05:19to confess her love during her death scene.
05:28There's so little chemistry here that even as death seems like a more logical choice.
05:33Seriously, where did this come from?
05:48Stringing along a stalker with yandere tendencies and a penchant for axes, what could go wrong?
05:54While she may appear sweet and innocent on the outside, Yuno is actually a psychopath
05:59whose only goal in life is ensuring her and Yuki's survival by killing off the rest
06:04of the future diary holders, as well as anyone else Yuki happens to have contact with.
06:15And somehow, she still comes out rosier than her hubby of choice.
06:19We're not sure we've seen a more pathetic, morally bankrupt and unlikable protagonist
06:24than Yuki.
06:25To the extent, we're actively cheering for him to get an axe to the face.
06:29Truly a match written in the stars.
06:38It's a sacred anime commandment.
06:40Thou shall not crush on thy teacher, and then immediately hook up with a random classmate.
06:46Thus both end up as your stepsisters.
06:56Because that's exactly what happens to Natsuo.
06:58Turns out both his dream woman and recent conquest are siblings in real life, leading
07:04to them being bound together as one family after his father remarries.
07:09Naturally, things go off the rails from there.
07:12Whether you're comparing their dismal handling of an absurd situation, or how Hina really
07:17shouldn't be breaking beds with her student, this is a dumpster fire triple threat that
07:22is hilarious to watch burn.
07:33Just because she was created to become a tool to be used in the Fourth Holy Grail War, doesn't
07:38mean she deserved to be blanked by her supposed husband.
07:46Despite the two of them marrying and conceiving a child together, Kiritsugu is not exactly
07:51the best partner.
07:52So he's lucky Irisviel's love for him is so unconditional.
07:56Then of course, there's the whole sacrificing her to become the vessel of the Grail.
08:00Not to mention the little fling he had with Maya.
08:04Even Saber is a better gentleman.
08:13Turns out that the God of the New World isn't just a mass murderer with a messiah complex.
08:18He's also a jerk when it comes to women.
08:20As the second Kira, Misa was infatuated with Light to the point where it becomes almost
08:26mindless worship.
08:27Eager to help him on his crusade of death, you'd think he'd be kind of happy to have
08:32a companion like her.
08:33But no.
08:34To Kira, all she is is a tool that he can easily manipulate.
08:38He even considered eventually killing her in order to cover his own back.
08:42Oh yeah, and to top it off, he cheated on her with another woman, who he promised to
08:47make his goddess.
08:48Smooth.
08:49To be honest, we're not sure who is more ill-suited for who.
09:06Goku, even after all these years, still has no comprehension of what marriage means, except
09:12giving his wife the occasional child.
09:14Chi-Chi, on the other hand, has a temper that could probably scare Freeza, and for some
09:18reason tries to constantly change the nature of her hubby, who, again, is an alien raised
09:24in the woods who is driven by combat.
09:27They could not be further apart, but neither are really putting in the effort when it comes
09:32to compromise.
09:33There's really no excuse after seeing how well Vegeta and Bulma work as a pair.
09:48Sorry, Narumi, this one's all on you, bro.
09:51We can't fault you when it comes to falling for such a beautiful colleague, but when you
09:55learned about Akane's habits, you really should have flown the coop.
10:10By her own admission, Akane loves the thrill of leading guys on, dumping them on the fly,
10:16and holds very little regard for commitment.
10:19She's even gone all the way with one of her students.
10:22It's her nature, and she's happy with it.
10:24I mean, fair enough.
10:34And yet, knowing all this, Narumi still decides to marry her.
10:38That is deeply demeaning.
10:41You just had to go back to your old ways, didn't you, Sakura?
10:50At the start of the series, these two were nothing more than a one-sided crush.
10:55Over time, however, as Sasuke leaned towards his role as a villain, Sakura actually matured
11:00into a shinobi who could stand on her own two feet.
11:04At least until the end of the Great Ninja War, where she divulges that she's still
11:08got the hearts for the last Uchiha.
11:21One time skip later, and what do we get?
11:24Sakura raising Sasuke's daughter, while he's off by himself, again.
11:32Citrus
11:33Well, they got the sour part right, because there is nothing sweet about these two.
11:38The step-sister angle is odd enough, but given the medium, it's nothing new by this point.
11:44The real issue actually comes from Mei, who is way, way too forceful with her feelings
11:48for Yuzu.
11:49There you go, there is a lot of unwarranted and unwanted intimate scenes.
11:58It's probably one of the most problematic yuri couplings out there, and comes across
12:02as more derogatory than it does erotic.
12:05Yuzu should probably see someone about this.
12:14Almost Every DigiDestined
12:16Digimon Adventure 02
12:18Hello!
12:19Okay, anime, you want to give everyone a happy ending.
12:25Cool.
12:26You want to marry each of the DigiDestined off, and give them kids with random people.
12:30Not cool.
12:31Admittedly, it's nice to see that Yoli got with Ken in the end, but that's hardly
12:38scratching the surface.
12:40Did Kari and TK end up together?
12:42Nope.
12:43Well, that was a waste of development.
12:45It all feels like a crazy afterthought, even though the romantic blueprint was right there.
12:51Hell, we would have even taken Davis and Kari instead of an off-screen stranger.
13:11He's a terrible person, she's a terrible person, what happens when you put them both
13:16together?
13:22Lots of meaningless hookups that end in murder.
13:25Originally just a friend who encouraged Makoto to pursue a relationship with another girl,
13:31Sekai's jealousy eventually led to the pair of them beginning an affair.
13:35We're not sure how she pictured their fairytale romance, but he proceeds to cheat on her with
13:40another girl, then another, and another, and… well, you get the idea.
13:45Granted, she could have walked away from this all, but no, stabbing him to death was
13:50the only logical thing to do, apparently.
14:01Sanji's father is the worst, there's no other way around it, and that unfortunately
14:07extends to the relationship he had with his late wife, Sora.
14:16Caring not for emotions, only strength, Judge went out of his way to ensure his children
14:32would become soulless powerhouses.
14:34And for that to happen, he forced Sora to undergo experimental surgery.
14:39Her attempts to undo this, combined with the strain of it all, ultimately claimed her life.
14:45Well, the Judge seemed to care all that much.
14:47Absolute scum.
15:00The highs and lows of the relationships of both women named Nana form the entire identity
15:05of this series.
15:06And while Nana Kei, affectionately known as Hachi, seems the far more bubblier of the
15:11two, her taste in one particular man becomes incredibly questionable.
15:16Takumi is both cavalier in his attitude towards commitment, as well as extremely possessive.
15:22If he's not cheating on Hachi, then he's taking things to a non-consensual degree.
15:27Twice, actually.
15:28It's just a shame that Hachi ended up so caught up in his web that she stayed with
15:33him in spite of it all.
15:41We certainly appreciate the steps the second-greatest
15:55hero has, and will continue to take, to atone for his past.
15:59That being said, oh boy, Endeavor truly put his family through hell for no other reason
16:04than pride and a dangerously vast inferiority complex.
16:11In order to topple All Might, Endeavor sought perfection through the quirks of his children.
16:20His treatment of them not only left deep emotional resentment among his progeny, but led one
16:26of them to turn to the dark side.
16:33All the while, his wife was mentally broken from having to bear so many children from
16:38a man she'd grown to fear and loathe.
16:41There is no easy fix for the Todoroki family.
17:04Every good romance has to have a few obstacles to overcome, and while the verbal abuse that
17:09Kiyosuke had to endure from the pint-sized, closeted otaku was often way too harsh, it
17:15could be all overlooked if their relationship developed in an organic and fulfilling manner.
17:23Except there's one fatal flaw to this coupling.
17:26They are full-on blood-related siblings, something that doesn't seem to stop them from going
17:37all out and trying to get married.
17:39Throw in the fact that Kiyosuke was surrounded by so many better options, and you have anime's
17:45grossest relationship.
17:47Which couple makes you the most uncomfortable?
17:50Let us know in those comments below.