No romance!

Three years after the Kumamoto earthquake, hormonal boys, SNS and its empty performativity, handball

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crime/detective genre, comedy, eccentric main character, food, puns

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time travel, samurais, jidaigeki

This squeezed by by a mu -- the main character does have crush on someone, but a) he vehemently denies it, b) I'm not sure she is aware and c) it's not relevant for the plot pprogression and just a small part of his personality.

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business, anime, female leads, fast-paced.

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dark, unpredictable story, grey characters, some gore.

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inter-generational friendship between two women over BL manga

teenagers, weird weird weird, in this world we mix and connect

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gentle, death, cello music

Main character has been married for a while, and they do have troubles, but it's neither a "romance" nor is the marriage the focus of the film.

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crime drama, winter setting, interesting female characters, chinese province, police

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edutainment, scammers, comedy, has Pond Ponlawit

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comedy, always one mis-step away from catastrophy, gives insight about the behind-the-scenes of the work at airports and in airplanes

[No review from me, this one says it all.]

late-stage cancer, mother-daughter-relationships, devoted mother, bath house

I did not quite get on with it, for personal reasons.

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baseball off-season, business (managing a team)

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Aro-ace main female character and her journey in a hetero-romantic society.

Isekai, comedy, food

Season 2 is similar, but has a stronger romance subplot between side characters.

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coming of age, Aomori, Tsugaru-shamisen, maid cafés

Crime/detective drama, very classic main character & side kicks, a "Howtheydunnit"

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comedy, school-setting, 1970s Thailand-Laos border town, some corporal punishment shown

Two blink-and-you-miss-it maybe-romance scenes between the male lead and his colleague.

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business, intrigues and plot twists, fast-paced, interesting female characters.

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comedy, ghost marriage between a homophobic cop and a gay ghost, redemption arc, comedy violence

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supernatural, SF, theological themes this dramas tries to do it all

"gives censored Chinese BL vibes" as someone said, but it's really all the viewers decision to see something or not.

super-natural, mild gore (Thai-typical ghosts), potential for romance but qickly abandoned.

check the TW in my review! not for the faint-hearted, still very sweet between the main protagonist and the boy.

A 5 minute tragic love story in the middle of the film, no tropey romance.

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convenience store, plot what plot comedy, absurd conversations at 3 a.m.

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Wuxia, bromance, detective cases, intrigue

Some time is spent saying good-bye to a past love.

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medical slice-of-life, "They have the heart of a doctor"; crime drama sub-plot

romance is simmering in the background (you can't even call it that, it's long-time friends to couple); no kiss, even the declarations don't use the word "love"

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c movie, horror comedy, zombies, fake blood, surprises!

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Xianxia, bromance, time travel / alternate universe, supernatural. 

short love-stories between side characters in some episodes.

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comedy, bordering on slapstick, buddy cops parody, no wait they are actually good detectives!

Bit of queerbaiting, with lots of allusions to New and Tay's work in BL dramas, but easily ignored, as it's mostly in a livestream chat.

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lots of passion, fan-culture, engineering, snack metaphors for soil

romance toes the line -- it's there, but minimal.

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sweet sweet sweet, found family, food, comedy, mention of the covid pandemic in the last episode.

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school-setting, food, comedy, 1980s Japanese province, food as metaphor for education

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supernatural, mystery, gay main characters, metaphors for colonialism, being different, child abuse survivors

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underdogs against the corrupt system, school clubs, hidden identity

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manga publishing business, ganbarimasu!, female lead, mixing comedy and serious issues

Once, there's an interested glance from one character towards the female lead, but nobody else ever notices it, and it's never spoken of.

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oppressive oligarchical society, homosocial enviroments, manga-esque, layers of meaning, excellent set design and acting

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comedy-with-harder-topics, quasi-historical, Pond Ponlawit!

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main autistic character, slice-of-life, societal commentary

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light, slice-of-life, 15 minute episodes

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Japanese propaganda film, but actually very sweet

bar setting, alcohol and canned food, melancholic, hopeful

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fast-paced, business but in a very superficial sense, playing the late-stage-capitalist game, female opponent

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World War 2, Japanese Ultra-nationalism, school setting, female lead. Slow and sad.

From 1954.

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sad, hopeful, and sad

pathologists, no gore!, crime drama, strong female characters

Some interest from one character towards the main protagonists for a short while, but never acted upon.

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motherhood, female agency, family, death and grief

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detective story with wuxia elements, comedy, bromance and friendship, palace intrigue in the later episodes

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slice-of-life, coffee making and coffee drinking, gentle, mention of the Covid pandemic at the end.

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some gore (zombie!) but no people eating, comedy, sometimes slapstick, detective cases

The female lead's sister seems to be push the female lead towards the male lead, but he doesn't even notice.

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