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It's an anime trope where characters A and B show clear interest on each other. A keeps chasing B, but B runs away from A's advances. A never gives up, B never returns or rejects the advances.

Typically A is a woman and B is a man, but I remember at least one case where this was inverted. The two yuri series I've watched (I'm in Love with the Villainess and Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou) avoid this, but I think you'll find examples of that if you dig into other yuri series. And in yaoi too.

I don't mind a slow romance. I don't mind lack of romance if the anime series focuses on something else. But all this trope does is to waste screen time with a romance that'll never lead anywhere.

And, like, it's a pet hate. I know it's supposed to be funny. But it makes me cringe every bloody time.