text: !!Franchises with their own page[[index]]* ''ShipTease/{{Axis Powers Hetalia}}''* ''ShipTease/MahouSenseiNegima''* ''ShipTease/MawaruPenguindrum''* ''ShipTease/PokemonAnime''* ''ShipTease/ShokugekiNoSoma''* ''ShipTease/YuGiOhArcV''[[/index]][[foldercontrol]][[folder: Naruto]]* [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Sasuke and Sakura]] were very much teased together during a large portion of Part I of the manga, most notably in the Chunin Exams arc, where Sasuke activated his Curse Mark and viciously broke Zaku's arms because [[BerserkButton Zaku hurt Sakura]], and then [[MoralityPet Sakura]] was able to calm down Sasuke from a possible early StartOfDarkness with a CooldownHug. Another notable moment came in the Invasion of Konoha arc, where Sasuke told Naruto to save Sakura and run while he held off Gaara, because he didn't want anyone who is ''precious'' to him to die before his eyes again. They weren't teased together for most of Part II because of Sasuke's absence. However, once Team 7 reunited in the WarArc, they started being teased together again. First, when Sakura shows the power of her Yin Seal by demolishing a bunch of Ten-Tail clones, [[AmazonChaser Sasuke]] is shown sporting a ''[[https://31.media.tumblr.com/85051a84ec0a23d61ea6a1cb05953cf8/tumblr_inline_mnjxs4bx3x1qz4rgp.png proud and flirty smirk]]'', while Naruto looks ''[[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon absolutely terrified of her]]''. Then, [[ShipperOnDeck Naruto and Kakashi]] individually ask Sasuke if he thanked Sakura for saving him and try to persuade him to think of her unwavering love for him. [[spoiler: Sasuke eventually accepts Sakura's feelings for him, even showing his own feelings for her. In the [[DistantFinale epilogue]], they are HappilyMarried and have a daughter]].* [[FanPreferredCouple Naruto and Hinata]] had a fair amount of teasing. Most of it is confined to the anime {{Filler}}s, but almost all of their moments in the manga ''were'' mutual: Her offering to help him during the Chunin exams written test, his refusing to accept her help because he didn't want her to get caught; Hinata adopting his "never give up" philosophy during [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown her "fight" with Neji]] in the preliminaries, Naruto [[BloodOath vowing on her blood]] to avenge her defeat; her encouraging him right before his fight with Neji in the finals when [[BeneathTheMask he is uncharacteristically feeling down]], him telling her that he liked people like her after he initially thought she was "a plain-looking, dark weirdo" in Chapter 98; her jumping in the fray to defend him from Pain while [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove sincerely confessing her love for him]], [[BerserkButton him unleashing the Nine-Tailed Fox]] [[UnstoppableRage to a degree never seen before]] after Pain stabbed her, and both [[TearsOfJoy crying in relief]] when they learn the other one is safe afterwards. Their moments became [[UnresolvedSexualTension more significant]] in the WarArc: [[EyesNeverLie The look in Naruto's eyes]] is enough for Hinata to recognize that he is really himself and not a Zetsu Clone, and [[HeroicSelfDeprecation she berates herself for being useless]] because they're trying to protect Naruto but he ended up protecting them, but Naruto encourages her by saying that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre she's stronger than she thinks she is]], explaining that he can tell by the look in ''her'' eyes, and then [[AmazonChaser proudly recalls how she defended him from Pain]] in Chapter 559; Hinata vows to walk beside him and hold his hand after the war while she is running to aid him in the final battle in Chapter 573; [[ShipperOnDeck Kiba]] cheerfully ribs Naruto about "acting tough" in front of Hinata, and [[InsecureLoveInterest Naruto does not deny, nor poke fun at, that statement]], in Chapter 611; [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan a very]] [[RousingSpeech important]] [[HoldingHands development]] occurred in Chapter 615; when Hinata is trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi and she mentally calls out to Naruto, [[MindlinkMates he hears her]] and he immediately tries to rush to her aid in Chapter 677; and finally, Naruto stands by Hinata's side during Neji's funeral in Chapter 699. [[spoiler:Eventually culminates into a [[Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie canonical movie]], the GrandFinale of ''Naruto'', which details how they fell in love. At the end of the movie and from the epilogue onward, they are HappilyMarried and have a son and a daughter]].* There was also a fair amount of this between [[LikeBrotherAndSister Naruto and Sakura]], although, in retrospect, almost all of their moments are actually not very romantic, partly because they get ruined as soon as they come, often for the sake of [[PlayedForLaughs comic relief]]. It starts with Naruto thinking to himself that he likes her a lot because he thinks she's pretty in her first appearance, and then realizing during their AlmostKiss (when he was disguised as Sasuke) that the only reason he likes her is because [[LovingAShadow he merely wants to win her over to beat out his rival Sasuke at something for once]] in [[http://www.mangapanda.com/naruto/3/17 Chapter 3]]; Sakura blushing when he was fighting Zabuza and wondering since when Naruto makes her blush; Sakura willing to get her team failing during a test to protect Naruto's dream of becoming Hokage[[note]]That moment is lessened because she calls it an "impossible dream", which ultimately shows that [[CondescendingCompassion she actually doesn't have that much faith in him achieving that dream]][[/note]]; Sakura going on a date with him in Part I; Sakura blushing around Naruto when he arrived at the village after the three-year TimeSkip[[note]]That moment is lessened when he tells her that [[IdiotBall she hasn't changed at all since he last saw her]], and then it gets completely ruined when he tries to use a new Sexy Jutsu and [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale she punches him]] as a result[[/note]]; Sakura trying to calm him down when he was out of control by the Nine-Tailed Fox and being willing to give up the hunt for Sasuke because Naruto was hurt[[note]]That moment is decidedly ruined when he smacks her hard enough that he almost kills her, then he doesn't even remember that he attacked her, and then he barely reacts when Yamato told him about it later[[/note]]; Sakura going to feed him when he is unable to move an arm[[note]]That moment is ruined ''twice'', when Sai comes along and tries to feed him instead, and then later when Kakashi actually does feed him[[/note]]; Sakura hugging him after he defeats Pain[[note]]That moment is lessened because he does not hug her back, which, in hindsight, [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] what was to come in [[ShipSinking the following arc]][[/note]]... There was also a scene in which Sakura [[HeroicSelfDeprecation laments being only able to do small things for Naruto]] as she was healing him after the first time he went into the four-tailed state proves more difficult than she had expected. Yamato then says what she can do is less important because, according to him: "I can tell just by watching you, Sakura, just how much you--" ''(Naruto wakes up, interrupting him)''. Creator/MasashiKishimoto [[WordOfGod has stated in several post-series interviews]] that [[RedHerring all of the above]] was [[TrollingCreator deliberately written]] to make their '''definitive''' ShipSinking in Chapter 469 all the more noteworthy.* [[BelligerentSexualTension Shikamaru and Temari]]. Particularly ship-tease worthy are their scenes in ''Shippuden'', where the only member of the Rookie Nine besides Sakura that Naruto sees before leaving to help Gaara is Shikamaru... and all his appearances are partnered up with Temari, and that's not even getting into the actual interactions the two have in those scenes. [[ObliviousToLove Naruto]] even asked them if they were on a date, [[EveryoneCanSeeIt which they both deny]]. [[spoiler: They eventually get HappilyMarried and have a son]].* Then we have [[UnrequitedLoveLastsForever Jiraiya and Tsunade]]. Their last scene together makes it even more evident, as Jiraiya reminisces about Tsunade rejecting him. Tsunade is concerned about the possibility of him not returning from the Rain Village, and seems hurt when he brushes it off.* [[KissingCousins Neji and Hinata]] have this in the ''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth'' spin-off, because it's implied more than once that Neji has some sort of romantic affection for Hinata. The most obvious one is the scene where he imagines himself and Hinata in a ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' story. There is also the fact that he becomes [[CrazyJealousGuy enraged]] every time Lee and Tenten make suggestions about Hinata and any other guy--particularly Naruto--being involved in a romantic relationship.* The New Era has some of this for the [[SpinOffspring offspring of the main characters]]: Sasuke [[spoiler:and Sakura]]'s daughter, Sarada, is hinted to have a crush on Naruto [[spoiler:and Hinata]]'s son, Boruto, in both the epilogue of ''Naruto'' and ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie''. Sarada compliments Boruto's InnocentBlueEyes, making him blush. Later he makes a DeclarationOfProtection to her, which makes ''her'' blush. Finally there's [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/0eedbf5d829d30653ba2b0c6aca662f8/tumblr_oe40ciMUGj1uq3bnuo8_1280.png this image]] from the Shonen Jump 2017 calendar.[[/folder]][[folder: Tokyo Ghoul]]* Kaneki and Touka get multiple bits of this over the course of the series. Examples include when he forces her to stay behind at Anteiku so she can graduate school, but still has a present sent to her on her birthday. On her end, when she hears he has visited Anteiku, she rushes out to meet him while imagining multiple scenarios of how she'll greet him.* In an omake, Kaneki is placed in Cinderella's role and Tsukiyama is the prince. (Tsukiyama still wants to eat him.) There's also the issue of Kaneki's battle suit;, which is completely backless and also form-fitting. The backless part would make sense given the nature of his kagune, but the gap doesn't need to be that big. Then the author suggested that Tsukiyama was the one who designed it.* Amon and Akira, primarily because her advances are repeatedly rejected by him. She's tried to kiss him twice, while it seems he's still not entirely over Harima's death. She makes an Anguished Declaration of Love after he is declared dead, weeping openly in front of her peers.* Enji Koma and Kaya Irimi, the two senior waiters at Anteiku, get this late in the series. Even while they are fighting to the death in different locations, each is shown to be thinking about how the other is doing. * Takizawa goes from resenting Akira as his rival, to calling himself an idiot for only "having seen her from the side". His mother and Hide both tease him over her, suggesting her as a potential girlfriend. After he's declared dead along with Amon, Akira weeps while declaring she loved them both.* Tokyo Ghoul re has the following:** Shirazu is shown to have a crush on Akira, blushing in her presence and later declaring her the "Holy Mother of CCG".** From the moment they meet, Sasaki is taken with the beautiful waitress at a certain cafe and she seems interested in learning more about him. Even without his memories as Kaneki, Sasaki is still drawn to Touka. During the Christmas Episode, both are shown thinking about the other.** Ayato and Hinami spend quite a bit of time together, and he has to be physically restrained by Naki of all people to keep from charging off to help her when she's captured by Arima and Squad 0.** Calendar art features Naki and Miza SweetheartSipping from a heart.** Mutsuki and Sasaki/Kaneki have strong subtext when they are in the Quinx squad together with Mutsuki clearly adoring his mentor/teacher and following him around. They worry about the other and offer emotional support and compliments and Sasaki comes to Mutsuki's rescue sometimes. Things take a darker turn when Mutsuki's hidden personality is revealed which has penchant for dabbling in violence and insanity. He finds himself unable to forget or completely think bad of Sasaki/Kaneki after he leaves the group and while he tells Saiko he believes Sasaki/Kaneki has a good reason for leaving them he is revealed to be bitter about this and longs to be with his beloved mentor again. Due to the mess with Torso and his twisted past and deranged habit of mutilating animals to cope in his own way with the jealously he feels towards Touka the one who has his Sensei's love, he mixes romantic/sexual intentions with murderous intentions which culminates in him stabbing Uta (he had taken on Sasaki's face) repeatedly while declaring his love for Sasaki. He declared how Sasaki belongs to him in true yandere fashion and in a moment of twisted passion and madness he stripped from the waist up and sat atop Uta/Sasaki looking to be forcing his love on him.* There's a good amount of HoYay between the male characters with Tsukiyama/Kaneki and Hide/Kaneki being the most obvious. In the second anime Kaneki carries [[spoiler: a dead Hide]] back in a BridalCarry while crying and smiling gently the whole time.* The novels has Hinami and Yuuki, though it leads nowhere.[[/folder]][[folder: Bleach]]* At the beginning, ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' had very little genuine ship tease in the manga except for comedy moments and SliceOfLife omakes (again, comedy). WordOfGod has stated that the manga isn't a romance manga and confirmed that Rukia and Ichigo [[PlatonicLifePartners are very close but have never been romantically interested in one another]]. As a result, most ShipTease tends to be invented by the anime.** Anime Filler*** Anime endings sometimes hint at Ichigo/Rukia (2, 16, 19), or Ichigo/Orihime (15, 18), but otherwise the anime is heavily biased towards the former while the manga is more or less consistently biased to the latter.*** Manga coverage of Orihime's feelings for Ichigo are removed or significantly downplayed by the anime. Chapter 24's NotSoDifferent moment is replaced with Orihime speaking her Volume 3 poem. Sora's complaint that Orihime talks about Ichigo is changed to her talking about Tatsuki. Orihime's resolve to protect Ichigo in Soul Society is changed to her struggling to decide whether or not to go. Scenes covering Ichigo's resolve to protect Orihime are cut. Filler episodes and arcs ignore Orihime's feelings for Ichigo entirely.*** A small subplot in the manga where Keigo jokingly creates the rumour mill about Ichigo and Rukia being in a relationship is changed in the anime. Keigo starting it as a joke is removed and filler inserts [[AdaptationExpansion expand]] it into an arc that continues long after the manga had ended it. Filler characters are jealous of Rukia's closeness to Ichigo, and canon characters are altered from the canon to be jealous of the same. The Grand-Fisher arc is changed to include a filler shinigami whose job is to return Rukia to Soul Society. He doesn't because he doesn't want to break up such a serious two-some, observing that Rukia has come of age. Episode 342, in particular, is one long filler Ichigo/Rukia tease that never existed in the manga itself.*** The animators are huge fans of Ikkaku/Yumichika so they will insert ShipTease into filler episodes and rewrite manga scenes to insert ShipTease where [[HeterosexualLifePartners none originally existed]]. In the manga, Yumichika is never bothered by Mizuho's feelings for Ikkaku whereas the anime changes these scenes to make Yumichika stew angrily in the background whenever Mizuho makes a pass at Ikkaku. A very brief manga flashback to Ikkaku and Kenpachi's first meeting is expanded into a full filler episode. In the manga, Ikkaku begs for death while Yumichika sits in the background with utter calm. In the anime, Yumichika panics on the sidelines and spends the entire episode behaving as Ikkaku's "wife".*** The animators are very fond of Hitsugaya/Karin and created two episodes about it. Multiple characters think there's something going on between them, resulting in SheIsNotMyGirlfriend moments and Rangiku thinks Hitsugaya is a StalkerWithACrush because she catches him watching Karin from a rooftop. Even Ichigo notices it. In the manga, Hitsugaya and Karin have never actually met. [[spoiler: Since Hitsugaya was promoted to tenth division captain because Karin's father went AWOL from the position, the plot rammifications would be huge.]]*** The animators are also very fond of Hisagi/Rangiku. Whenever they animate omakes or create filler episodes, they'll play up Hisagi/Rangiku ShipTease wherever possible even though there's nowhere near as much of it in the manga.** Manga & Slice of Life*** SliceOfLife omakes indicate both Hisagi and Iba have crushes on Rangiku. (Granted, WordOfGod is that ''most'' male Soul Reapers have a crush on [[ProudBeauty Rangiku]].) They also indicate that Hisagi, Kira and Renji have crushes on Omaeda's surprisingly beautiful youngest sister Mareyo. *** There are strong hints that there are less than professional feelings between Kyouraku and Nanao. In the manga, he keeps her off the front lines [[spoiler:and successfully fights the Central 46 for permission to take her with him as his "personal assistant" when he becomes first division captain-commander]]. In supplementary manuals and slice of life omakes, hints are further played up. The manga also hints that Kyouraku and Lisa may once have had a less than professional relationship and it's Lisa's fate that has made him so over-protective of Nanao. [[spoiler: It turns out she's his niece, the daughter of Shunsui's long-deceased older brother and an also dead local priestess.]]*** The ''Unmasked'' [[AllThereInTheManual databook]] includes a short story covering Ulquiorra's past that ends with two pages focused on him waking up from sleep with Orihime [[BeautifulDreamer watching him]]. Orihime then calls him "Ulquiorra-kun" despite him telling her [[MyNameIsNotDurwood not]] to call him that.*** In "[[WholeEpisodeFlashback Everything but the Rain]]", the expected ship tease between Isshin [[spoiler:Shiba]] and Masaki Kurosaki was surprisingly complicated by the [[spoiler:ArrangedMarriage]] situation between Masaki and Ryuuken Ishida. As Ichigo's MissingMom, Masaki's romantic fate was a ForegoneConclusion. Most surprising of all, however, was the secondary ship tease between Ryuuken and his NinjaMaid Kanae Katagiri which caused the fandom to immediately speculate that Kanae might be Uryuu's MissingMom. [[spoiler: The manga confirms [[PosthumousCharacter she was]].]]*** Kubo once wrote a small scene for the Bleach Musical between Kenpachi and Unohana that was loaded with BelligerentSexualTension. This tension enters the manga during the final arc. [[spoiler:She's the only woman Kenpachi ever respected, the woman he named Yachiru after. Unohana refers to him as the only man who ever brought her true joy and, when he defeats her, he screams and begs her [[CradlingYourKill not to die]].]] *** The Ichigo/Orihime ship tease was more or less there in the background, but it increased ever since the Hueco Mundo arc. The most blatant scene taking place in chapter 589: Orihime was wearing a ''very'' {{stripperiffic}} outfit thanks to Urahara, who {{troll}}ed her into doing so by telling her it'd help her to "cheer up" Ichigo; not only he [[LuminescentBlush had noticed]] but was ''desperately'' trying to not get DistractedByTheSexy, until Chad directly brought it up and greatly embarrassed both of them.. And Yoruichi's reaction to Ichigo blushing and sputtering at the sight was [[ShipperOnDeck beating up Ichigo for Orihime's sake and telling him he should've at very least complimented her looks.]] Few later Ichigo [[http://www.mangapanda.com/bleach/661/14 pretty much cradled Orihime]] [[http://www.mangapanda.com/bleach/661/15 to him during an attack]], [[http://www.mangapanda.com/bleach/672/16 explicitely asked her to be his fighting partner]] [[http://www.mangapanda.com/bleach/672/17 much to]] [[http://www.mangapanda.com/bleach/672/18 her joy]]... [[spoiler: And by the end of the manga, the {{ship tease}} evolved into fullblown OfficialCouple material.]]*** Renji and Rukia have gotten quite a bit of ShipTease as well. Both regretted having lost direct contact ever since Rukia was taken in by Byakuya, which also was the biggest motivator for Renji to become a liutenant - so he and Rukia can be friends again. Mirroring Renji's plea to save Rukia, as soon as Ichigo saves her from being executed he immdiately [[FastballSpecial throws her at Renji]], ''explicitely'' saying that [[DeclarationOfProtection HE]] is the one who should protect her from then on. In the Thousand Year Blood War arc Renji and Rukia are seldom seen separated, and right before the last fight against Yhwach, Renji thanks Ichigo for allowing them to rekindle their bonds. [[spoiler: Again, in their case the {{ship tease}} evolves into fullblown OfficialCouple material towards the end.]][[/folder]][[folder: One Piece]]* Like the above example, if you ship anything in ''Manga/OnePiece'', there's a reasonable chance a good chunk of your evidence comes from filler, specials, or movies. No, seriously, who they're ship teasing with who changes like the phases of the moon.** Played up for laughs, but Sanji and Zoro get a lot of ShipTease scenes in the fillers, from sleeping with their faces ''right'' next to each other to nearly kissing twice.** During the manga's month-long hiatus, Oda drew a few doodles containing information about himself. To celebrate the birth of his new daughter, he drew a scene of Luffy holding up a baby...with Nami's hairdo and with Nami herself standing right next to him, looking pleased as punch. [[OhCrap Uh oh.]]*** [[http://i.imgur.com/prOQC.jpg Here's]] the page where you can find the image.*** Which is actually a picture of Oda's daughter.** Luffy/Nami, or [[PortmanteauCoupleName LuNa]] as it's commonly known amongst the fandom has gotten ''a lot'' over the years. Most notable is the fact that Luffy only ever hands his signature [[NiceHat straw hat]] to Nami (though this may be because she stays out of trouble and can fix it, as he's also given his hat to Vivi). The most commonly known instance of this is when he places it on her head during the Arlong arc.*** Not to mention Nami's moment when she was on Weatheria; crying for Luffy and wanting to help him as soon as possible because she understood the pain he was going through after [[spoiler:Ace died]] as her mother was murdered in front of her in a similar fashion.*** [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/f/fb/Chapter_699.png This medieval themed spread]] depicts Luffy as a King and the others, including Robin, as his knights, except Nami who is depicted as a Queen or Princess.*** The kicker of this ShipTease? While Luffy doesn't even flinch on Hancock's proposals, he gets a NoseBleed at Nami's [[HilarityEnsues Happiness]] [[TheTease Punch]]. Though Oda explains that Luffy only acted like that around Nami due to Usopp's influence.** A good deal of ship-tease fuel is canon. Franky/Robin, Zoro/Robin, Sanji/Nami, and Luffy/Nami get their more potent fuel from canon materials, though a lot of it is probably misinterpretation of ThePowerOfFriendship.*** Before the full crew was assembled, Nami/Zoro was somewhat prevalent, due to Nami and Zoro being the two most mature members of the crew and had the BelligerentSexualTension (Nami was a {{tsundere}} and Zoro was a bit of a {{jerkass}}). *** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7YT16SMyA8 Speaking of Zoro/Robin.]]*** Franky/Robin shiptease has peaked up in recent anime episodes. The new OpeningNarration shows Robin helping Franky with his inventions, when the helper�s role is usually given to the crew�s another inventor, Usopp. Additionally, when Franky and Robin meet after two years, their conversation has ship tease starting with Franky openly complimenting Robin�s appearance. Then there�s Franky�s reaction (or lack of) to [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Boa Hancock]] when the crew sees her. The anime is quite loyal to the manga, but here and there the anime adds and extends (hilarious) exchanges between the two of them. It seems that the creators of the anime have really taken Franky and Robin�s roles as [[WordOfGod official]] TeamDad and TeamMom seriously and in one of the recent chapters Franky rests his head in Robin's lap and they both act very nonchalant about it. And then there's the matching clothes.*** In the most recent Special, Adventure of Nebulandia, there are multiple teases between Franky and Robin. There is possibly some tease between Luffy and Nami. Major Shipping Goggles lead some to see Zoro insulting Robin when she is complemented by Capote who is attracted to Robin as "sexual tension tease".*** Even before that they had quite a bit of ship tease during Thriller Bark and moments appear in the manga just as much as the anime as well as certain parts being cut from the anime that were in the manga.*** The manga recently had a bit of shiptease with Robin and ''Jinbe.''** There's also the worst case of ship tease is Hancock with Luffy, who constantly takes what Luffy's saying to mean something else after his ridiculous display of MANLY and falling in love with him. A love so strong she thought it was a lethal fever at first. Luffy is Luffy, he's ridiculously oblivious about it, despite the fact she acts like a doting housewife to him because her sexiness won't woo him, despite her being the hottest woman in the world of One Piece's world according to in series men and women alike.*** Subverted when Luffy blatantly tells Hancock that he won't get married.** The SheIsNotMyGirlfriend moment with Hachi and Camie.** There has been Vivi/Kohza which is understandably seeing how they are childhood friends and still care for each other.** Also, Zoro/Tashigi, who physically resembles Zoro's deceased friend Kuina and who he can't stand seeing. [[spoiler: Post-timeskip, they met but Zoro doesn't have the same violent, freaked out reaction he used to have.]] Oda also, when asked why she was embarrassed being carried by Zoro and not her crew mate, teased that she may have feelings for him.** It's quite obvious how much Kaya and Usopp care for one another. *** In the anime, when Usopp's gang show Kaya his wanted poster, she's very happy and declares she needs to keep studying hard to become a doctor so she can take care of Usopp when he gets back. As the gang watches her walk away, they comment that Usopp is a very lucky man and that they'll beat him up if he makes her cry. *** There's also a manga cover where Merry (the butler, not the ship) is fighting off a bunch of handsome suitors who are trying to woo Kaya - while she's completely ignoring them, and has a small picture that looks like Sogeking's wanted poster tacked up to one of her books.** Makino and Shanks, and her newborn child isn't helping matters.** And in the latest chapter, Luffy and [[PettingZooPeople Wanda]], who has a proclivity for [[FurryReminder licking him]] and admits that, ahem, ''some minks'' are fond of humans.[[/folder]][[folder: Fullmetal Alchemist]]!!Manga/''Brotherhood''* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' has Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye teasing out the wazoo. Arakawa manages to get to epic lengths without the tiniest RelationshipUpgrade:** General Grumman asks Roy to take his granddaughter as his First Lady when he becomes Fuhrer, to which Roy says all in good time. ([[spoiler:One of the artbooks reveals that granddaughter to be Riza]])** He learned flame alchemy [[spoiler:[[ToplessnessFromTheBack from her naked back]]]].** One of their secret codes is them flirting over the phone, with her taking the role of 'Elizabeth'.** The staff at the bar run by [[spoiler:his foster mother]] believe 'Elizabeth' to be his girlfriend.** He refers to her as 'my queen' in the chess-piece analogy he uses for his subordinates - he himself being the king (which is the meaning of his name 'Roy' and a reference to his future ambitions to run the country)** She [[HeroicBSOD "lost her will to live"]] when she thought he was dead.** And then, chapter 94: [[spoiler:"Just kidding."]]** In the last arc of the series, their respective injuries (Roy [[spoiler:is blind]], Riza [[spoiler:on the verge of passing out from blood loss]]) necessitated them holding on to each other at all times.* And Ed/Winry, Lan-Fan/Ling, and Al/Mei. Let's face it, Hiromu Arakawa ''loves'' this trope, the manga ''brimming'' with official/near-official couples.** The people in charge of the ''Brotherhood'' anime love those semi-official couples too, and sometimes throw in extra little shipping scenes in the series or in the openings and endings. Let's just say the fifth opening takes the cake if you're a fan of Edward/Winry. [[spoiler:At least they're made official at the end of the series.]]** The ending picture of the manga/Brotherhood is the biggest ship tease in the series. ([[spoiler:Did Al and May hook up at the end?]]) Looks like the world may truly never know the truth.** The third art book does at least contain the official answer for one of the almost couples. [[spoiler:Roy and Riza are not a pairing at the end of the series... well, not out loud. Arakawa confirms in her comments on one art piece that the only reason they aren't married is because the military has an anti-fraternization law, and to get married they would have to stop working together. Since Riza is fairly crucial to Roy's plans to become Fuhrer, they can't give up the working relationship; but the implication is pretty clear that once he reaches the top (which Arakawa has confirmed elsewhere he will), they'll be together.]]!!2003 anime* The [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]] doesn't have any romantic resolution for the main characters, but is well-known among the fanbase for teasing just about ''every'' possible ship: Ed gets hints with [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Winry]], Rose, [[HoYay Roy]], ''[[BrotherSisterIncest his brother]]'' and, in TheMovie, Alfons Heiderich and Noah. There are also some Roy and Riza hints toward the end of the anime, some Winry and Al hints, even Winry and Sciezka ones...basically, it all depends on which particular brand of ShippingGoggles you wear, but you'll find fodder no matter where you look. * Edward and Winry's relationship is hard to pin down in the 2003 anime. It's never 100% certain if Winry is an ImpliedLoveInterest or if she and Ed are LikeBrotherAndSister. They still have a fair chunk of teasing though:** In an early episode Edward gets rather flustered around Winry.** In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa'', Ed and Winry are reunited with a hug. Edward even blushes when Winry hugs him. Winry is also seen thinking of Edward throughout the film and [[spoiler:is one of the few who see Edward leave.]]** An OVA showed the {{Identical Grandchild}}ren of Edward and Alphonse. While the OVA is likely non-canon, it's unusual in that one of the siblings looks like ''Winry''. This implies that either Winry [[spoiler:somehow made it through the Gate]] and married one of the brothers or one of them got with [[spoiler:Winry's alter counterpart]] instead.** In an OVA made to go with TheMovie, Winry gets very upset and drunk when she sees a photo of Ed and Noah together from the film. Edward tries to explain it's NotWhatItLooksLike but Winry doesn't buy it.** There is a lot of heavily romantic official art and promotional art of Edward and Winry together.* Much of Winry's screentime with Edward from the manga is replaced with her and Sheska together. They form a friendship, despite their age difference, which contains its fair share of LesYay.* There is a scene near the end where Edward dances with Rose. Ed blushes the entire time and his blush deepens when Rose confesses to him. He is surprised at this but pushes her away because he doesn't think she's in her right mind at the time.* While Roy and Riza's relationship isn't given the focus it has in the manga, the two are still portrayed as close and have a lot of teasing:** The most infamous example is the scene where Riza seems to be having an EroticDream only to be awoken by her dog licking her feet. It's never mentioned who the dream was about but it was most likely Roy due to her being close to few other characters.** The final episode near the end features Riza (who has [[LettingHerHairDown her hair down]] for the first time on-screen) feeds Roy an apple in bed. Roy strokes her hair while commenting how the world is imperfect but beautiful nevertheless.** The series' credits depict a scene where an [[NotSoStoic unusually happy]] Riza is shopping with Roy which looks pretty romantic.** As with Ed and Winry, official artwork often features Roy and Riza in romantic situations.** Though not actually shown in-series, a piece of artwork from TheMovie shows the alter versions of Roy and Riza. Even their [[spoiler:Earth]] counterparts are close, despite it being unlikely that Riza's alter was ever in the military.* The only character to ever make Roy blush on-screen was Ed. In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa'', it is shown that Roy has spent the last few years angsting about [[spoiler:Edward's disappearance]]. Others mistake him for being depressed about being separate from Riza when he was really thinking of Ed. Riza barely even plays a role in the film, instead Roy ditches her with barely a word to go with the Elric's.* Dante is very touchy-feely with Rose in a way that seems too much for just admiring her [[spoiler:new vessel]].* It's revealed that Lust was created when [[spoiler:Scar's brother tried to revive his dead lover]]. Scar and Lust have a large amount of UnresolvedSexualTension together.[[/folder]][[folder: Ranma 1/2]]* Creator/RumikoTakahashi does some Ship Teasing for some popular [[{{Shipping}} alternate pairings]] in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' on several occasions:** In one storyline, Nabiki becomes Ranma's fiance because of one of Akane's bouts of jealousy. Nabiki spends the storyline exploiting Ranma mercilessly, [[TheVamp teasing him to keep him in line]], while trying to persuade Akane to take Ranma back -- [[HonestJohnsDealership for a token fee]].** The infamous "Koi Fishing Rod/Fishing Rod of Love'' story parodies the pairing of Ryoga and Ranma (either [[SlashFic boy]] or [[JumpingTheGenderBarrier girl type]]). Ryoga accidentally causes Ranma to fall into [[{{Yandere}} obsessive love]] with him by hitting him with a [[LovePotion magic fishing rod]]. HilarityEnsues.** Then there's the "Umbrella of Love" chapter with Nabiki and Kuno, using UmbrellaOfTogetherness. A similar pairing happened in the anime, but with a mistaken fortune telling.** Some people consider the OAV opening theme "Where Do We Go From Here (You and Me)" to also ShipTease Nabiki and Kuno, as Kuno appears in almost every scene that Nabiki does.** During one of the {{OVA}}s, the characters have to pair up to enter a cave (the goal of every character involved is to break up Ranma and Akane, naturally). However the storyline hints at Ryoga/Ukyo to make it through the Cave of Lost Love. The end has EVERYONE believing Ukyo and Ryoga are a pair at the end. ([[ArmedWithCanon Possibly including the anime scriptwriters.]])*** This story line is actually in the Manga, so it was once again Takahashi who was poking fun at people in her classical style. However in the manga version it actually counts as [[ShipSinking ''Ship Sinking'']] because the curse of the cave was applied to Ukyo and Ryoga instead of Ranma and Akane (due to their usual bickering making the spirits not see them as a couple). In fact, after this story Ukyo and Ryoga ''never spoke to each other again'' for the rest of the manga. *** The anime version also has some Kuno/Nabiki ShipTease...if you consider Nabiki dragging the unconscious Kuno through the cave and at one point using him as a human shield against a lantern ghost to be a sign of affection.** The 2nd movie does this for Shampoo/Mousse, what with Mousse nearly making a HeroicSacrifice to save Shampoo, and Shampoo actually seeming moved by it.*** Takahashi punctures this one all the time, but perhaps most so in the final storyline wherein Mousse frees Shampoo from enslavement and sacrifices his chances to get her devoted to him, and she immediately glomps Ranma and doesn't even care that he's there the following panel.*** The 2nd movie is also the biggest source of ShipTease in the anime for Ukyo/Ryoga and Nabiki/Kuno. One of the reasons it's so generally disliked even amidst the fans of the anime (besides the fact it more or less recycles the plot of the first and the presence of {{Gainaxing}}) is because of this.*** It should also be mentioned that the Ukyo/Ryoga ship tease in the 2nd movie is highly subjective to begin with. Fans of the pairing point to Ryoga saving Ukyo from becoming the bride to one of the main antagonist's elite minions. Those who dislike the pairing point out that Ryoga was perfectly content to leave Ukyo with said minion and that he only saved her because Ukyo bribed him with an offer to take Ryoga to where Akane was if he did. ** The anime has a number of subtle ShipTease moments for [[MayDecemberRomance Kasumi and Dr. Tofu]]...namely in the form of Akane and, on occasion, Ranma, being [[ShipperOnDeck supportive of the idea]]. The main ShipTease is the second OAV ending theme, "Red Shoe Sunday", which has lyrics from Kasumi's voice actor and accompanying animation that hint that she actually does feel something for Dr. Tofu and she just wishes he'd get over that stupid habit of his. Official word from Creator/RumikoTakahashi is that Kasumi is not aware of Dr. Tofu's crush and doesn't reciprocate it, she merely treats him the way she does because...well...she's ''Kasumi''.[[/folder]][[folder: Digimon]]* Takeru and Hikari are the Adventure-universe's premiere FanPreferredCouple. The show uses its own mechanics to pair them off: when Hikari first activates her crest, Tailmon evolves into a DistaffCounterpart of Takeru's Digimon; the crests of Light and Hope are decreed to be special in a way the others are not; and their Digimon's armored forms share a CombinationAttack. ''02'' increases the shiptease by constantly pairing them off as the new team's only veteran members and giving them a long-established friendship (not to mention, its episode 13).** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ROGoxKRQo Focus]]", one of Takeru's {{image song}}s, mentions someone that he's known since he was small and who he wants to protect -- even relating that "[[http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/digi02/focus.htm you used to cry all the time, but now you're standing in the light]]" and wondering if he is the focus of that person's heart.** Hikari's ImageSong from the ''Girl's Festival'' album, however, is not quite as clear cut. It's focus is a childhood friend, Takeru, obviously, whom she has fond memories of and perhaps nurtured a crush on, but has a [[AmbiguousSituation highly ambiguous line]] near the end - "[[http://www.megchan.com/lyrics2/digimon/reflection_e.html It's a little too cute to call it love]]", which fuels much AlternateCharacterInterpretation.[[note]]That might be a quirk of translation. The line is 'Koi to yobu ni wa kawaii sugi da yo ne?', which does essentially translate the way the link says, but 'koi' can stand for selfish love, as opposed to a purer, 'cuter' love closer to what Takeru displays. Thinking of it that that way, their ship didn't quite sink as much as it just mysteriously fell to the won't side of WillTheyOrWontThey.[[/note]]** Then there's also the short story in the booklet of the Christmas CD, where V-mon and Patamon say Daisuke and Takeru are going to give Hikari a present. Tailmon says Hikari is knitting a scarf for someone "but won't tell me who is it for", at which Patamon says "Ahh, I know nothing...". ** In the movie, Hurricane Touchdown, Hikari and Takeru travel to visit Mimi in New York by themselves, apparently just for fun, while the rest of the group is in the beach. ** Due to the nature of Takeru and Hikari's relationship, this extends to their digimon partners as well. Patamon and Tailmon have very similar evolutions (Angemon/Angewomon, Pegasmon/Nefertimon), their Armor Evolutions have a team attack, and they are very often shown hanging around together and standing next to each other in group shots. Frontier even makes a reference to this via Seraphimon/Ophanimon and Patamon/Plotmon. [[http://i.imgur.com/Wy6BbhM.jpg And then there was this shot of Angemon and Angewomon...]] And to a lesser extent, [[http://i.imgur.com/DpOxIFE.gif this moment in Zero Two where Patamon and Tailmon dance together.]]* Taichi/Sora was probably the largest straight 'ship in the fandom thanks to their teasing, until it got [[ShipSinking blown to pieces]] by a GainaxEnding.** The English dub latched on to Taiora early on, adding a lot of flirting and other DubText.** The movies do a lot to fuel the Taiora fandom. ''Our War Game'' features a subplot about how Taichi and Sora aren't talking due to a sudden spike in BelligerentSexualTension instigated by growing pains -- Taichi gave Sora a hairclip for her birthday, which she interpreted as a veiled criticism of her hairstyle. The dub went even farther, adding DubText to the original ''Digimon Adventure'' (both movies were incorporated into [[DigimonTheMovie one feature]] in America) with young Sora leaving an angry message for Tai after she discovered he'd thrown up in her hat). ** ''Diablomon Strikes Back'' takes place, of course, after Sora and Matt start dating, but throws in a few teases anyway, [[http://baconator4ever.tumblr.com/post/30599749572/ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-3-3-3-cannon like when a startled Sora hid behind Taichi]] or when they sit together during the end credits.* Daisuke and Ken have moments of both FoeYay and HoYay in ''02''. Including the Kaiser getting a little too excited by having Daisuke crawling like a worm for him, as well as that their hearts beat together when their Digimon first Jogressed. Yes, they even have a SleepCute moment.* Impmon/Beelzemon and Renamon of ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' get some tease, what with him frequently hitting on her and her expressing masked concern for him multiple times. Then there's their [[PsychicLink "bond"]], which lets them sense the other's presence and is so strong that Renamon is able to hear him screaming while he gets beaten halfway to death, despite ''being on different planes of existence''.* In the original ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', there's a smidgen of ShipTease between Nancy and Hiroaki, TK's and Matt's ''divorced'' parents. [[http://www.oocities.org/takaishitachi/holdinghands.jpg They're awfully friendly,]] [[AmicableExes at the very least]].* Rukato fans will swear by ''Runaway Digimon Express'', which features Takato and Ruki as TheProtagonist and {{Deuteragonist}}, respectively. There's the phone conversation in the intro, in which Takato is so {{Adorkable}} Ruki briefly goes ''[[{{Tsundere}} dere-dere]]'' on her end of the line; Takato risking his life to save Ruki's and declaring NoOneGetsLeftBehind after she begs him to because IWillOnlySlowYouDown; and the final scene, where Takato attempts to approach Ruki only for Renamon to appear as a MomentKiller so Ruki could be alone with her thoughts.** Amusingly, the opening scene of the movie features Ruki trying to drag answers out of Takato, pointing out how unlikely it was that he wanted her [[BlatantLies to see the Cherry Blossoms]] because [[FailedASpotCheck it's not the proper season]]. This immediately implies Takato asked Ruki to [[NotADate go see the Cherry Blossoms with him]].** For the record, the writers nonetheless insist on maintaining the original Takato-Juri and Ruki-Ryo pairings; the ''Message in a Packet'' CD Drama deliberately retconned ''Express'' out of the way and provided a private moment between each pair.** The ''Tamers'' Manga by Yuen Wang Yu notably declined to make Ryo anything more than TheCameo as HeroOfAnotherStory, which left several of his scenes late in the series open. The author rearranged things to have Takato pick up his slack, including all that leftover interaction with Ruki. * Most Japanese fans, on the other hand, went crazy for the Jenrya/Ruki interactions as it's quite a popular FanPreferredCouple over there. Their favorite scenes were the instances when Jenrya notes that she does care about them despite her prickly attitude, causing her to act tsun-tsun.* ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' did this for three episodes with Beelzebumon (not the ''Tamers'' one) and Mervamon. After he protects her from an attack, she starts hanging around him, helping him, and getting worried when she can't find him (although she pretends she doesn't care). He even makes her blush at one point. The third episode has them occasionally holding hands and flying around together with him carrying her. [[spoiler:Then it all screeches to a halt when he sacrifices himself to defeat Lilithmon.]] In the final episode [[spoiler:when he got better, Mervamon sees Beelzebumon and tackles him, crying and repeating "Thank god". Later after the BigBad was taken out she can be seen clinging to his arm, almost cementing the pairing.]]* In ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', Izumi has a bit of a ship tease with every boy on the team, sans Tomoki. The most prominent teasing is mostly seen between her and either Takuya or Kouji. With Takuya, they had a borderline confession to each other near the end of the season, but in her track on the Drama CD she talked about Kouji with the most affection and claimed to be like Takuya's ''sister''. [[/folder]][[folder:''Lyrical Nanoha'' series]]* Nanoha and Fate:** There is reason a large percentage of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' fans consider Nanoha and Fate to be the OfficialCouple of the series, despite [[HideYourLesbians nothing definite ever being stated]]. [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha The first season]] is almost entirely about the two of them, Nanoha swiftly making it her mission to [[DefeatMeansFriendship befriend]] "the girl with the sad eyes", eventually forging a bond strong enough to weaken the control Fate's EvilMatriarch has over her, the series ending with the single most romantic scene in the series. The [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs second]] and [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS third]] seasons dropped the frequency of the teasing considerably, but the latter managed to compensate admirably by showing them sharing a bed and ending with them [[HasTwoMommies adopting a child together]].** ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' starts four years after the third season... with Fate still being Vivio's "other mommy" outright. Vivio's description of her life has Yuuno nowhere to be seen, though to be fair, there are a lot of others nowhere to be seen as well.[[note]]The lack of any mention of Yuuno is ''still'' odd, even if he's clearly out of the picture with regard to romance, because ''Audioplay/StrikersSoundStageX'' showed that Vivio was ''working for him'' at the Infinite Library just a year earlier.[[/note]] Also, ''[=ViVid=]'' takes place during one of the times Fate is actually there with time off, rather than on deep space missions. The ShipTease now lay in "how domestic can we make Nanoha and Fate; without saying anything definite?** Side N of the Sound Stage released by Seven Arcs as part of the promotion for ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaTheMovieFirst'' reinforce the Happy Yuri Family with a large amount of its tracks dedicated to Nanoha, Fate and Vivio's family life together as the "Takamachi Family" (also see in the name of one of the tracks, "Takamachi Family Gathering", where Nanoha take care of Fate and Vivio, and share some happy family time together). In the prologue of this same Soundstage, Vivio say she is Nanoha and Fate's child.** WordOfGay has come down from series creator [[WordOfGod Masaki Tsuzuki]] and from seiyuus Creator/YukariTamura (Nanoha's voice actor) and Creator/NanaMizuki (Fate's voice actor) as shown in the interviews in the 'Fate-chan's a prince!' [[http://nanofate.us/content/fatechanisaprinceenjpg picture.]]** ''[[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaInnocent INNOCENT]]'' pretty much dropped all the subtlety, walking a razor thin line between subtext and text text.* For Nanoha and Yuuno ship-teasing:** In the first season, Yuuno was very jealous of how friendly Nanoha was towards Chrono when they first started working with him (especially whenever Nanoha got Chrono to blush). The two of them also bond over discussing their lonely early childhoods, and they promise to have more talks like that in the future, when there's nothing going on to worry about. During the final battle against Precia, when Nanoha and Yuuno work together to take out the power plant and its robotic defenders, Nanoha comments on how much she relies on Yuuno's warm support, punctuating her words with a positively ''sultry'', half-lidded look that, coming from an older girl, could only have meant "You don't know it yet, but you're MINE." In the time-skipped epilogue of the second anime season, Amy asks Yuuno if he's "made progress" with Nanoha. Even Fate notes that Nanoha and Yuuno "share a special relationship we can't understand" in a Sound stage.** In the supplementary manga issue that recaps and expands the second season's epilogue, Yuuno's answer to Amy's question about romantic progress is dramatically revised. Instead of responding with an embarrassed negative, Yuuno cheerfully says he and Nanoha are nothing more than childhood friends. Even then, the manga throws some support in for Yuunoha when Amy sadly classifies this as a symptom of their mutual workaholicism; she resolves to "have a talk" with them about it.*** However, in the [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers third season proper]], while Yuuno's role is [[DemotedToExtra greatly reduced]] compared to his role in the previous two seasons. His cameo on episode 8 show him and Nanoha cheerfully talking to each other, both blushing and warmly smiling at one another. Fate even leaves to give them some space.* ''[=ViVid=]'' also gives Vivio her own ShipTease with Einhart, which is both a ReincarnationRomance and a GenerationXerox of Nanoha and Fate's relationship.* Subaru and Teana are teased almost as much as Nanoha and Fate, with Subaru being ''very'' affectionate both physically and verbally, to the point of outright stating she loves Teana (which ''could'' be a case of LoveYouAndEverybody) and groping Teana's breasts while she's sleeping, and Teana being a classic {{Tsundere}} model, complete with [[FieryRedhead red hair]] and [[GirlishPigtails twin tails]] (though she removed the latter after the second TimeSkip).* Buried amongst all of the yuri ShipTease is the straight PuppyLove Tease of [[FlirtyStepsiblings Erio and Caro]]. The Sound Stage cranks it UpToEleven with Caro actually following Erio into the men's side of a public bath to [[BathtubBonding do some bonding]] -- even suggesting that they take more baths together in the future -- much to Erio's sputtered embarrassment.[[/folder]][[folder: Suzumiya Haruhi]]* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':** Haruhi's feelings for Kyon are rather obvious, to [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend everyone but Kyon]] (who can't stop ranting and snarking about her), and Kyon's crush on Mikuru is hilariously explicit. The crush actually ''is'' returned by Mikuru, with occasional flirting between the two, but you know how the time travel-rules are...The teasing comes in with Yuki ([[spoiler:to the point of blatancy in the fourth novel/theatrical film where she temporarily [[BecomeARealBoy becomes a "real" girl]]...''for Kyon'']]) and [[AmbiguouslyGay Itsuki]], who may just be doing it to mess with Kyon, aka Mr. HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday. If the 5th novel is anything to go by, Mikuru's feelings for ''Haruhi'' and Koizumi's statements on how charming Haruhi is and that he "envies" Kyon. And let's include the return of [[spoiler:Ryoko Asakura]] in ''Disappearance''. One has to ask himself ''why'' she, despite being a normal human, [[spoiler:[[PsychoLesbian stabbed Kyon to protect Yuki]].]]** Kyon implies in one of the novels that he has dreams about alternate Yuki on a regular basis.** Perhaps appropriately enough, official parody series ''The Melancholy of Manga/HaruhiChan'' has its own teases, but ''only'' for Kyon/Yuki and Kyon/Itsuki, with some Yuki/[[spoiler:Achakura]] on the side.** Creator/MinoriChihara, Yuki's voice actor, apparently also likes to tease for Kyon/Yuki, if [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W01R_3G1N3g this is any indication]]; notice that she replaced the last word of the [[http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/haruhi/yukimuonmadobe.htm lyrics]] from [[spoiler: "believe me(shinjite)"]] to [[spoiler: "i love you(daisuki)"]].** In the ''Snow Mountain Syndrome'', each Brigade member are confronted with hallucinatory versions of the people they fantasize about the most. Kyon naturally sees Mikuru. Haruhi sees [[spoiler: Kyon]] while Mikuru sees [[spoiler: Yuki]], Koizumi sees [[spoiler: Kyon]] and Yuki sees [[spoiler: Kyon]], though which hallucination that appeared to each member was actually [[spoiler: a formula worked out by Yuki to provide a clue to help them escape]].[[/folder]][[folder: Mazinger-Z series]]* The original Creator/GoNagai ''Anime/MazingerZ'' manga had way more ShipTease between Kouji and Sayaka than the anime adaptation. Thus, when Sayaka told Kouji he was being transfered to her high-school (in the early chapters), he blushed and stated he "would look forward to it".* And when Boss got a crush on a teacher, Kouji was glad because then he "would have no competition for Sayaka's heart".* And then you have the HotSpringsEpisode. Kouji and Sayaka accidentally see each other naked in the springs, run away and collide with each other (they were so started they did not realize the spring was circular and they were running into circles). Kouji helped Sayaka on her feet, and after a row of mutual apologies they bathed together, back-to-back and with [[LuminescentBlush huge blushes on their faces]]. That scene doubled like both a CMOF and a CMOH, and it was adapted in a ''Anime/ShinMazinger'' episode.* In the anime had less teasing moments but they definitely were there, although often in the way of BelligerentSexualTension. In episode 7, Shiro is praising Boss for being the OnlySaneMan in that episode, and Boss is getting smug... until one of his goons suggest him noticing Kouji and Sayaka are walking away together. Boss got quickly angry.* In episode 29, Kouji sees a [[{{Robeast}} Mechanical Beast]] -Grengus C3- walking from the place where Aphrodite A had gone to a while ago, and he... completely freaks out. He hops on the first bike he finds -not realizing it was not his- and drives towards the place the Beast came from, screaming "[[SayMyName SAYAKA!]]" the whole way. When he found her, she was lying on the ground, knocked out. He managed to wake her up and then he hugged her silently.* And in episode 32 they are having their... third or fourth fight in that episode. Meanwhile, Shiro is fortune-telling and he tells "It is funny. The cards tell they are destined to be together forever."* Episode 48, Sayaka and Boss are getting fun teasing a disgruntled Kouji at the end of the episode. Then Sayaka asked Boss going out to have lunch. Kouji flipped instantly, getting jealousy and shouting "What is going between them?"* In episode 52 Kouji and Sayaka have their bigger fight. Kouji gets badly wounded after sortying alone, and [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Sayaka kisses him while he is sleeping in a hospital bed]]. Later Kouji is bleeding on the ground, unconscious and maybe dead and Sayaka makes an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove ("Please, don't die. I want getting married to you). Then he opens his eyes, smiles and replies he is not going to get married to a tomboy. Sayaka ''roars'' and she decides killing him for real.* And then you have all times Sayaka got jealousy when a girl (even if she was non-human!) got close to Kouji: Minerva, Misato, Erika...* Their last scene in episode 92 went they flying together to America, and smiling at each other.* In the ''Mazinger-Z versus Great General or Darkness'' feature, Sayaka cried as she was listening to Kouji going through his DespairEventHorizon DramaticSitdown moment. Later Kouji and she got an AlmostKiss before his departure.* In the GosakuOta alternate manga adapted that scene, though, they DID kiss. And it was ''[[TheBigDamnKiss glorious]]'' (they were floating in a void, and flower petals fell around them).* In that same alternate universe, after that scene their relationship got uneasy for a while since Kouji, unsure of how dealing with it, was avoiding her, and Sayaka got saddened because he was distancing from her. However, at the final scene, [[spoiler:the group meets Kouji again and he reveals he has been turned into a cyborg due to his body becoming badly harmed during the FinalBattle. He says Sayaka he's sorry because he no longer is human...]] and her reaction was hugging him and telling she does not care, and he is still ''her'' Kouji.* Again in that universe, Boss kissed an unconscious and bedridden Sayaka before leaving for a seemingly unwinnable battle, telling that all he could make for the girl he loved was dying like an hero.* And in the ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' GosakuOta manga, when Kouji and Sayaka [[BackForTheFinale returned]] from America, Tetsuya teased Kouji, asking what he had done with Sayaka during their stay overseas. Kouji blushed.* Talking about Tetsuya, there was a healthy amount of teasing between Jun and him. Jun flirting with an ObliviousToLove Tetsuya, Jun pretending a sprained ankle just so Tetsuya rubbed her foot (unfortunately it did not work like she hoped), Tetsuya returning the unwanted gifts of a StalkerWithACrush in person and warning that Jun wanted being left alone, he getting jealousy and accusing her of wanting to replace him with Kouji (and being slapped for it. Seriously, it was stupid)... And in the Creator/GoNagai manga a [[{{Robeast}} War Beast]] got Jun hostage. Cue Great Mazinger beheading the Beast with [[ArmedLegs a brutal kick]] as Tetsuya yelled she was a very special person for him.* Teasing between Boss and both female leads (Sayaka and Jun) revolved around Boss being a StalkerWithACrush and both girls ignoring or pretending not noticing his poor attempts. However, sometimes you got them standing up to him when Kouji or Tetsuya were acting stupid.* In ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' there was a good amount of teasing between Duke and Hikaru. Many scenes featured them together, sometimes at night, invoking the ire of Hikaru's OverprotectiveDad who threatened with hanging Duke with his bare hands if he gets closer to his daughter (NotHyperbole). And in the ''UFO Robo Grendizer versus Great Mazinger'' feature, Goro teases his big sister and Duke are in love.* There also was BelligerentSexualTension between Kouji and Maria (interesting, considering Sayaka was meant to be newest team member and Maria replaced her due to ExecutiveMeddling, filling her role). In a scene, Kouji tries to wake up an unconscious Maria using [[=CPR=]], and then Maria woke up suddenly and slapped him.* Sayaka and Maria use to fight over Kouji in universes where they interact, like the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' games or the ''Dynamic Heroes e-manga''. In the final scene, the whole cast are giving goodbye to Duke and Maria. Then smirking Sayaka suddenly snuggles up Kouji, and Maria goes ballistic.* In ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' twins Loru and Lori ask Kouji if he is in love with Sayaka, and he starts stuttering.* And in the ''Mazinkaiser'' manga, Sayaka stops the rampage of a berserk Mazinkaiser by huging the HumongousMecha with her own FemBot... Kouji felt like if a naked Sayaka was hugging him from behind -and he was naked, too-, and then he snapped out of his trance.* The ShipTease between Kouji and Sayaka got cranked up in ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero''. At the first arc they were a couple. In the next timeline/arc, Sayaka blushes when Kouji explains he can't tell why, but he is crying because he has seen she is fine. Sayaka gets jealousy when she sees girls getting too close to Kouji, Minerva states Sayaka is irreplaceable for Kouji...[[/folder]]!!Others* From ''Manga/SoulEater'' we have any weapon/meister team. All weapons live with their meisters, the teams are usually male/female, and due to the way soul resonance works, are soulmates. However, the main characters [[FanPreferredCouple Maka and Soul]] are especially notable, due to the sheer amount of protectiveness they have towards each other. Though WordOfGod is that most of these relationships will remain platonic.** There are also some teases between Eruka the frog witch and Free the werewolf.** In the manga, after Soul [[spoiler:becomes a Death Scythe]], a number of girls request to partner with him, both in person and in letter form. These are treated exactly like standard love confessions and love letters. And this clearly bothers Maka.*** On the subject of weapon/meister romance, it's somewhat alluded to that the previous generation had a lot of partner romance going on. Stein was apparently Marie's "first love", though it's not clear they were actually partners until Marie's debut in the series. Along with her established crush on him, Marie is shown to be dedicated to Stein [[MoralityPet no matter what he does]]. [[spoiler: By the end of the manga, Marie is pregnant with Stein's child]]. There is also possibly a case for Stein and Spirit, considering their more interesting moments (at the end of the anime, they light their cigarettes by touching tips) and it makes sense the world's greatest meister would get so close to his weapons.** [[FoeYay Medusa and Stein]]. Medusa flat out says she's in love with Stein after he cuts her in half! And in the anime, Medusa pulls off a very complex and risky plan for herself to get in the DWMA headquarters and when Stein tries to interrogate her, she flirts with him and says she did it to be able to speak with him again. Being [[ManipulativeBitch Medusa]], that's not her only motive, but... [[spoiler: Then, when Marie breaks him out of his madness, Medusa goes mad with rage.]]** In the Salvage arc, [[spoiler:upon entering the book of Eibon]], everyone's gender is reversed, but altered in order to take the form of whatever interests them in the opposite sex. Soul as girl has a resemblance to Maka, even down to the flat-chestedness, but Maka's male form is a bit unremarkable, having rather flat hair compared to her weapon partner. Cue Soul Eater Not! Chapter 23, in which we see Soul stumbling around his and Maka's apartment looking for hair gel. Guess what his hair looks like unstyled?** Chapter 105 featured Maka teasing Black Star for all the times he's saved her, saying that it must be because he likes her. Cue the following chapter in which not only does Black Star [[spoiler:intercept a blow from Chrona for Maka]], but [[spoiler:Chrona]] calls Black Star out on Maka being 'his weak point'.** In the final episodes of the anime, Maka ditches her main mission of fighting against Arachne to come to [[RescueRomance Crona's rescue]], and Crona [[spoiler: takes a killing blow meant for Maka]] which drives her into a berserk rage that almost overwhelms Soul completely.** The first "Repeat Show" ending theme is pretty much nothing but ship teases between the protagonists; Maka's looking for Soul (who's apparently missing), Black Star is sleeping with his head on Tsubaki's lap and she's smiling fondly at him, Kid smirks when he overhears Liz and Patty talking (presumably about him) and Crona looks back on Maka giving him/her a CooldownHug with a smile on his/her face. This is all set to an extremely soft, romantic sounding song.** ''Manga/SoulEaterNot'' also has a fair bit of ShipTease between the protagonist, Tsugumi, and nearly every other character. For instance, the small fight between who among Anya and Meme is going to be Tsugumi's partner is treated like a legit love triangle, with all three girls interacting in a LesYay fashion. Not to mention there is another meister, Akane, who is usually flirting with Tsugumi even though it's hard to tell at this point whether or not his interests are legit. * The ''{{Manga/Hellsing}}'' OVA managed some Alucard and Seras teasing (Alucard sitting on her bed when she woke up, Seras commenting on how awesome his large guns are), and though its manga equivalent had less, it was still there. All of that drops after Seras meets Pip Bernodotte, and from then on out, Seras and Pip become an official BattleCouple.** Alucard and Integra have scores of BelligerentSexualTension, complete with his [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence weird flirting]], her [[{{Tsundere}} tsuntsun rages]], and the whole Count/Countess thing. And the DistantFinale chapter.** The anime contains far more teasing than the manga. The 1st episode is set up as a gothic romance style [[BoyMeetsGhoul girl meets vampire]] and they fall in love type of story, but it gets subverted when we Integra at the end of the episode and there is clearly [[BelligerentSexualTension something]] going on between them, based on the bitter and jealous expression she has and the smug smile on his face, while Seras gets ignored. Gonzo, the producers, even said that Alucard/Integra were an OfficialCouple.* Anything Creator/{{CLAMP}}. 20 series, hundreds of characters, dozens upon dozens of plausible pairings... and like 5 canon.** ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' is essentially built on this trope, the manga even moreso than the anime. Sakura and Syaoran (from the second season onwards) and Touya and Yukito (pretty much always) have at least one teasing moment every chapter/almost every episode before they become {{Official Couple}}s, with plenty of remaining teasing scattered about between Sakura and Yukito, Syaoran and Meiling, Syaoran and Yukito, Sakura and Tomoyo, and most probably others.** And then there's ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle''...[[MindScrew *sob*]] But putting that aside, let's see: [[OfficialCouple Sakura/]][[ToyShip Shaoran]], Sakura/Yukito, [[HoYay Yukito/]][[ShotaCon Shaoran]], [[BrotherSisterIncest Touya/]][[BigBrotherInstinct Sakura]], [[OfficialCouple Touya/]][[YaoiGuys Yukito]], [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Meiling/]][[ChildhoodMarriagePromise Shaoran]], [[LesYay Sakura/Tomoyo]], [[LesYay Meiling/Tomoyo]], Tomoyo/Touya (due to a mistake on the part of one of CLAMP's artists, hilariously), [[LesYay Sakura/]][[HotForStudent Mizuki-sensei]], [[HotForTeacher Touya/Mizuki-sensei]], [[OlderThanTheyLook Mizuki-sensei/Eriol]], [[HotForStudent Terada-sensei/]]Rika (they're an OfficialCouple in {{canon}}, and portrayed as completely wholesome, much to many fans' {{Squick}}), [[HoYay Yue/Clow]], [[ToyShip Yamazaki/Chiharu]] ([[{{Macekre}} "cousins",]] [[Anime/SailorMoon eh?]]), Nakuru/Touya, etc. And that's not even getting into some of the bizarre/obscure ones; the Mirror card quite obviously has a crush on Touya, for example, and he can always tell when she pretends to be Sakura but doesn't get upset at her for it.** ''Manga/XxxHolic'' has evidence for Watanuki/Himawari, [[HoYay Doumeki/Watanuki]], [[{{OT3}} Doumeki/Watanuki/Himawari]], [[MentorShip Yuuko/Watanuki]], Clow/Yuuko (which seems all but outright said to be canon), Haruka/Watanuki (even though Haruka is [[spoiler: dead]]), Watanuki/Zashiki-Warashi, Watanuki/Kohane, and even a little Doumeki/Himawari or Doumeki/Kohane [[spoiler: which incidentally ends up being the ONLY OfficialCouple here, though for the most part it's offscreen and doesn't appear to be the most conventional of relationships since both of them cared the most for Watanuki]]. The worst part is the majority of these pairings are [[ShipSinking sunk]] by the last chapter.* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' has always been infamous in having "official" posters depicting their main lead HeterosexualLifePartners in various states of undress, hugging, caressing, etc. The new series [=ED=] really amps this up, causing shippers' heads to explode. They know nothing will amount to it, but it's so very pretty...* ''Manga/LuckyStar'' mines a similarly rich seam with Konata and Kagami: the official artwork appearing in Japanese [[TargetAudience bishoujo-centric]] publication ''Megami'' depicts them as being ''very'' close friends. Come to think, a good portion of [[YuriFan yuri ship fuel]] debuted in the same magazine.** One loose series had them apparently get married and go on a honeymoon...[[spoiler:but the last installment is shown to be just [[YuriFan Hiyori]]'s imagination, [[EpilepticTrees raising the question of whether the previous installments were too]].]]* Creator/ToeiAnimation is smart about the ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' franchise's MultipleDemographicAppeal to {{Yuri Fan}}s. While [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Nagisa]] and [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Saki]] had a definite interest in boys, they were never given resolution and had enough screentime for their relationships with Honoka and Mai to be interpreted as RomanticTwoGirlFriendship (and, in Saki's case, there was also some FoeYay with [[DarkMagicalGirl Michiru]]). When ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' came along, the first {{Official Couple}}s came with it, leaving Karen and Komachi, a pairing supported by a lot of the yuri fanboys, broken up by canon - so, as soon as that was cemented, in came cute shots of the usually standoffish Karen glomping Kurumi in the ending theme. [[spoiler:And if Kurumi turns out to be Milk, there's plenty more where that came from.]]** Also, from what was seen during episodes 4, 18 and 40 of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5 GO!GO!'', Syrup and Urara deserve to be mentioned. Their little moments together in those three episodes caused the couple to have a fairly big fanbase, inside and outside of Japan.* Perhaps in apology for the impending ShipSinking, a late episode of '' VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' features Kyou getting locked in a gym storage room with Tomoya, instantly turning [[{{Tsundere}} deredere]] to the max, and misinterpreting her conversation with Tomoya into thinking she's about to have her First Time. {{Fanservice}}~** Exactly why we ended up with ''Tomoyo After''.** And, inevitably, Kyou's OVA.* A slight tease was present in ''[[Anime/IGPXImmortalGrandPrix IGPX]]'' concerning Liz and Amy. At one point, just before a race where Amy was getting a little jumpy, Liz calms Amy down by hugging her and pressing her forehead to Amy's in a surprisingly intimate gesture, causing both girls to blush. An earlier clip had Liz hugging Amy from behind, while reassuring her that she wasn't alone, again with both girls blushing. This may have been mostly because of Amy's lack of friends prior to the series and thus an enhanced sense of the newness of it all, but it could have been easily taken as the two growing a bit closer even than that. There are even seen photoshopped cels suggesting that the forehead-press was immediately after a kiss. 'Course, by the end of the second season, Liz had confessed her feelings for Takeshi, and Amy unreservedly cheered them on, but one can't help but wonder if Amy might have had a slight crush on Liz after those clips.* In ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'', there's quite a bunch of teases about the Hakkai/Yaone pairing. Whenever the group fights, they get pitted together, they're counterparts to each other, and most importantly, Yaone herself looked like Hakkai's deceased lover Kanan. Lots of shipping generated from these, but eventually it gets featured less and less for the sake of HoYay, probably the ship has sunk already...* In the vein of ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' above, ''official'' art depicts Ban and Ginji of ''Manga/GetBackers'' in [[http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j109/sensory-ghost/Ban_Ginji.jpg several]] [[http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s108/gerardwayownzmeh/ban_ginji_04.jpg suggestive]] [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/happyegg/FishnetBanGinji.jpg poses]], one including [[http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7061/82496bw.jpg bondage]].* ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' [[SliceOfLife of all series]] has Sae x Hiro '''heavily''' implied in both intros, though none of it is ever seen during the actual episodes. The manga, on the other hand...* Tezuka and Fuji got this in both the manga and anime of ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''. Most notable were a couple of flashback episodes of the anime in which they held hands, walked under an umbrella together (usually reserved for lovers in anime/manga) and had CherryBlossoms rain down onto them.* Deathmask's remark about Aphrodite on episode 3 of Anime/SaintSeiyaSoulOfGold.* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' liked to do this with Ken and Jun once every blue moon, but when it came to America as ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'', the writers did all they could to suggest a romantic connection between Mark and Princess without actually making them an OfficialCouple (that they actually became at the end of Gatchaman Fighter).* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'': Tenma and Nina are the most obvious ship tease, [[MayDecemberRomance in spite of the age difference]], given their apparent care for one another, manifested in occurrences like frequent bouts of cuddling and Nina's more-than-jubilant reaction to hearing Tenma would be coming to visit in the final episode. Though, given flashbacks to their youth and [[UnresolvedSexualTension continued tension]] in their relationship, [[{{Twincest}} Johan and Nina may also qualify as a disturbing ship tease]].** [[HoYay Johan]] and [[{{Squick}} Roberto]]. Or Jan Suk x Johan [[spoiler:...in drag as his sister]].** Even [[FoeYay Johan and Tenma]]. Or Lunge and Tenma, if you want to read more into [[InspectorJavert the former's]] utter obsession with the latter...* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' has lots of HoYay Ship Tease going on between various characters, and a few for heterosexual pairings as well. See the ''very'' abundant examples '''[[ShipTease/AxisPowersHetalia here]]'''.* The infamous "cigarette kiss" at the end of the 7th episode of ''Manga/BlackLagoon''.** The Tokyo arc also plays out like one massive Revy/Rock ship tease, with Revy bringing our the dere-dere (what counts as [[MoreDakka that]] [[SociopathicHero for]] [[DarkActionGirl her]], anyway), jealousy, intense protectiveness, and caring about someone else's mental (or physical) health for what amounts to the first time in the series. Really, any time these two are on screen/in the same panel together counts. Their UST is just that high.* ''Manga/VenusVersusVirus'' is full of this between Lucia and Sumire, especially in the first few volumes. For example we have Lucia breaking down and falling asleep in Sumire's arms in volume 2.* The scene late in the second season of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' where Feldt gives Setsuna a flower in a very shy/embarrassed manner is pretty blatantly tease-y, especially when she wonders if it will make Marina mad and he assures her that [[PlatonicLifePartners they don't have that kind of relationship]].** More teasing is given in TheMovie, where it becomes very clear that Feldt is in love with Setsuna. Whether Setsuna returns her feelings is left ''completely'' ambiguous, and if he does, he has no clue how to handle the situation anyway (though he does make a couple of very subtle nice gestures toward her near the end). In the end [[spoiler:it's a moot point since Setsuna disappears to the ELS homeworld for fifty years.]]* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', Relena and Heero technically still count as this, although it's a given by now that they will be together in a romantic way at some point in their lives.** Trowa and Quatre are a more traditional version of this trope. It began in the original series, starting with their first meeting, including pointed use of the theme song as they 'surrender' to each other, and a spontaneous flute-and-violin duet an episode later as Trowa's Gundam is repaired. It continues with matching {{I Know Youre In There Somewhere Fight}}s that bookend at least five episodes worth of pining on Quatre's side, and ending with a suspicious sort of mind-link between the two culminating in Trowa semi-rescuing Quatre after he was stabbed by Dorothy. The mangas Battlefield of Pacifists and Blind Target only lays the hints on even more thick, and in Frozen Teardrop, they are still very close, do not have any children, and their expy's Quatrine and Trowa Phobos are also being ''ShipTease''d.* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny'' sets this up all over the place for Athrun Zala. First, he was set up with Cagalli in the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed previous series]], but they drift apart over the show. Meer is shown to be interested in him, as are Lunamaria and her sister Meyrin, but Athrun has too much else on his mind to be thinking of romance. In the end, when the other two main characters are shown with their respective Love Interests, Athrun is shown with Meyrin (who had previously helped him escape imprisonment and/or death). Whether that means anything is... rather unclear.* ''Manga/DeathNote, Manga/DeathNote, Manga/DeathNote''. Specifically, the anime. ** In both the anime and the manga, L is ship teased with Misa. L touches her butt, claims to be a big fan of Misa, declares that he could fall in love with Misa, and tells Light he is jealous of him for having such a fine girlfriend. Plus, he [[spoiler: puts her in incredibly perverted-looking bondage restraints]]. On Misa's side, she calls L "cute" and "funny" and seems to enjoy him when they first meet, and later she kisses him and declares him a friend. Then [[spoiler: when she discovers "Ryuzaki" is actually L and reads Light's letter ordering L's death, she plans to kill him without a single guilty thought, and gives up half her lifespan for that chance to kill.]]** Played even more in the movie with L going so far as to ask Misa if she'd "rather go out with me instead?"** Then there is L and Light and the FoeRomanceSubtext between them. It goes well beyond HoYay and into HomoeroticSubtext -- it is perhaps the most consistent element across all adaptations, equal to the Death Note itself.* Filia and Xellos from ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' would have ''classic'' BelligerentSexualTension...if weren't for the fact that's he's a Mazoku who feeds on negative emotions and shouldn't have the ability to love. That's not going to stop the shippers, especially considering ''Slayers Try'' is filled with moments that were obviously intended to ''look'' shippy, even if that is canonically impossible. The two most obvious moments would have to be when Xellos rescues Filia by picking her up in his arms (and then...drops her on top of the bad guy) and later when he's injured and she helps him, which results in them spending almost an episode practically cuddling.** Whereas the attraction between Lina and Gourry is obvious, there's quite a bit of teasing for [[TheStoic Zelgadis]] and [[ThePollyanna Princess Amelia]], and it fleshes out during more dangerous situations. One of the best instances is during the end of the second anime season; [[spoiler:Amelia is murdered as a part of a ploy by Hellmaster Fibrizo, and Zelgadis [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge loses it.]] Earlier that episode, he carries her through a tunnel, leaving her flustered.]] Their relationship is ambiguous and varies between mediums, but an attraction is there: whereas the original novels have almost no teasing, the manga adaptation of the fifth anime season makes it clear that Amelia is at least smitten with Zelgadis, [[spoiler:judging by her reaction of his FaceHeelTurn.]]* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Erza used to shower with Gray and Natsu and cares a lot for them, but is made out to have romantic feelings for Jellal that might be returned. In fact the two might have have shared a kiss before Jellal decides to try (and fail) to sink their ship for the sake of their happiness. Erza's definitely shared a kiss with Kagura, but how she feels about that is unclear. Juvia had a stalker crush on Gray which eventually evolved to the point where something may or may not be going on between them, and views Lucy as her rival in love. Speaking of Lucy, in addition to her little one sided bit with Juvia, she collects pin-ups of Mirajane, has admitted to having a girl crush on Erza, and has developed a crush on Natsu in an omake when she thought he may have liked him. Natsu should probably move on, since the girl it's heavily implied he had a thing for died two years ago, [[spoiler:or not, now that she's back.]] There's also Loke, who loves to tell Lucy that the power of his love for her is what gives him the ability to protect her. There's also the little bit with Sherry and Lyon, which was about as subtle as Juvia's crush on Gray-or the equally hilarious crush Lyon develops for Juvia-before Sherry developed another relationship with Ren. In the meantime, Lyon has thought of Meredy as cute, though he still seems to be attracted to Juvia. Sherry's crushes are no where near as cute on the one Levy harbors for Gajeel, who eventually admits that he feels the same way. Although the feelings Bisca and Alzack have for each other are actually confirmed, they CanNotSpitItOut in order to confess to one another (until the time skip, that is) and Cana has a crush on Macao. The Manga/FairyTail manga contains a ''lot'' of ShipTease, in every possible direction. The anime adaptation takes all of that, and then adds EVEN MORE.* Putting Keiichi/Mion, and [[strike:[[{{Twincest}} Mion/Shion]]]] Rika/Satoko aside for a moment, there's Keiichi/Rena from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. Probably the biggest ship tease was in the last episode of Rei, where Rena [[spoiler:confesses to Keiichi under the influence of [[LovePotion two magatama that work like a love potion]].]] ** As for Keiichi/Mion, there's a whole bunch of it, most noticeably in the Watanagashi-hen arc and in Minagoroshi-hen when [[spoiler:Keiichi finally gives that doll to her, complete with her blushing and Keiichi telling her about how he thinks she really is girl like despite being a tomboy.]] And then there's Miotsukushi-hen which is just packed with Mion/Keiichi ship tease...** Higurashi Kira has a whole episode devoted to ship teasing Keiichi/Mion, Keiichi/Shion, and Keiichi/Rena. The fact that the ending didn't have a romantic resolution and heavily implied Keiichi/Mion didn't help, either.* The ''Anime/CodeGeass'' picture books/dramas are full of ShipTease for [[BrotherSisterIncest Lulunana]] fans. ** Or Lelouch and Nunnally both saying "aishiteru" to each other on two separate occasions.** Face it, the picture and sound dramas ShipTease ''everything''. There's even a crack sound drama with a Suzaku/Lelouch kiss out there. The Creator/{{CLAMP}} art is also fond of playing up [[HoYay that]] [[FoeYay pairing]].* Hayate and Wataru, the two {{Chick Magnet}}s in the ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' manga, get some level of teasing with the main girls who are interested in them. Up to a chapter or so per girl.** Hinagiku seems to be the only girl who Hayate hasn't seen partly nude (excepting the OAV). She's probably the one who's given the most fanservice though. Hayate is commonly the reason. Somewhere around the later manga chapters Hata seemed to have noticed this trends and decided to reverse it; now only Hayate sees her is various states of undress...rather often if certain lines are to be believed.*** In a less fanservice-y manner, the two have also been spending much more time together [[spoiler: since Hinagiku is also living at the Violet Apartments for a while]] with Hina being his private tutor for finals and being the one he can go to with his (often bizarre) problems. ** Around the Greece Arc, there was more serious teasing for Nagi/Hayate which has been treated as one-sided on her part for most of the series. Mostly in the form of comparisons to [[spoiler: Hayate's ex-girlfriend Athena]] and considerations for the future. Not much happened with it after Greece although almost a hundred chapters later Hayate [[spoiler: has been considering that he can't be with Nagi forever and it seems to be his motivation to get her right to the inheritance back]].* In ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', either Fuu and Jin, or Fuu and Mugen, or both, depending on your point of view, neither of which actually materialize, to the deep disappointment of some fans.* The original ''Anime/YuGiOh'' series had the odd dynamic of Anzu crushing on Yami (Yugi's "alter-ego") and Yugi crushing on Anzu... not to mention plenty of Joey/Mai.** It also hinted that [[ChildProdigy Rebecca]] was crushing on Yugi after he beat her in their duel, though she doesn't get much screen time after that point.* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' is, while relatively tame (initially), not free of this. [[TheChick Asuka]] started getting teased with [[TheHero Juudai]] from the moment she met him, but, to the fans' disappointment, [[AllLoveIsUnrequited it was mostly only on her end]] and [[ShipSinking the ship was ultimately sunk]]. ** Season 3 brought in [[CanonSue Johan]] and his� [[HoYay questionably close friendship]] with Juudai, to the point that Juudai's official LoveInterest, [[StalkerWithACrush Yubel]], felt ''threatened'' by him. Ultimately, [[ShipSinking Johan/Juudai was also sunk]] after Juudai and Yubel reconciled at the end of Season 3.* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': Episode 75. [[http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs22/f/2009/252/e/4/now_THIS_is_FANSERVICE_8D_by_stardustdragonfan.jpg Period.]]** A guy (namely Crow) bringing a girl (namely Aki) a cup of coffee in an episode is innocuous. A guy bringing a girl a cup of coffee during ''the trailer for the episode'' is Ship Tease, especially when followed by a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on the villains who put her in a coma. However things plays out in the future, the reactions will be as interesting to watch as the show.** There just IS something between Yusei and Sherry, with her obviously flirting with him right at their first encounter and him dreaming of her right afterwards. Then there was that dramatic scene when [[spoiler: they traveled to another dimension and accidentally, Sherry was sucked outside of their [[BuffySpeak space-traveling machine thing]]. Yusei jumped after her death-defyingly, grabbed her hand and desperately tried to not let go of her until she slipped away and he screamed after her in a pretty distressed fashion. Apart from that an equally dramatic shot in the recent ending is featuring them, probably based on mentioned scene, with them reaching out for each other]], and the vision of them flying through the World Of Speed together...[[OutOfClothesExperience nakedly]]...** The [[CrackPairing unlikely]] pair of [[TheRival Jack]] and [[CuteClumsyGirl Carly]] are teased from their first meeting; while he is initially annoyed by her, he eventually grows to care deeply for her, and vice versa. If it isn't Carly letting him stay at her house or giving him a RousingSpeech that snaps him out of his HeroicBSOD, it's Jack attending an amusement park he hates to make her happy or [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies leaving her for her own safety]]. Ultimately everything culminates into [[spoiler:a DyingDeclarationOfLove [[DiedInYourArmsTonight in his arms]] as he [[PleaseDontLeaveMe begs her not to leave him]]]].* ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' establishes Yuma/Kotori right away and sticks with it despite a few side characters crushing on Yuma as well(Cathy and Anna).* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' sets up Yuya/Yuzu pretty quickly with a few significant teases within the first dozen episodes. Yuzu even gets [[BurningWithAnger extremely angry]] in episode 27 when Mieru calls Yuya her (Mieru's) darling.** Yugo and Rin are teased heavily, as Yugo is shown to have an undeniable attraction (that he half-heartedly denies) to Rin, and Rin is described as always looking out for him. The relationship is a parallel for Yuya/Yuzu, as they are their dimensional counterparts.* ''Anime/KaleidoStar'', to rather painful levels: ** Sora/[[NonActionGuy Ken]]: poor Ken has obviously been in love with Sora since episode one and is almost always the one who supports her when things get rough...and her inability to notice his affections becomes a RunningGag. ** [[LesYay Sora/Layla]]: [[spoiler:Sora is the only partner worthy of Layla]]. ** Yuri/Sora: Yuri has, on at least two occasions, dashed in and saved Sora from serious injury [[spoiler:and once gave her [[KissOfLife mouth-to-mouth]] (off screen) after she almost drowned (which Sora had a pretty...interesting dream sequence about)]], and Sora had a rather obvious crush on Yuri early on; etc. ** Sora/Leon: Well, let's start with the time [[spoiler:he tackled her in a way that at the ''very least'' resembled an attempt to ''rape her'']]... ** Sora/[[TheLancer May]]: Sprinkled here and there, more like FoeYay tho. ** [[LesYay Sora/Rosetta]]: Well, they're [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship very, very close friends]], to say the least. ** Sora/...[[HaremGenre Well, I think you get the idea]].* ''Manga/SgtFrog'' has Giroro and Natsumi. If you ship it, you will be tortured.* In ''Anime/ElementHunters'', not only is there ship teasing between two pairs of characters, one of the pairs is continually commented on by another of the characters.** While that pair is firmly within SheIsNotMyGirlfriend, the other practically shouts about it while she's standing in front of him.* Madarame and Saki get some pretty blatant ShipTease in the ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' novel ''Genshiken: Return of the Otaku''. [[spoiler: Saki stays in Madarame's apartment for a night after she sees another woman leaving Kousaka's apartment, leading her to believe that Kousaka is cheating on her. It almost turns into a [[HurtComfortFic Hurt Comfort scene]] before that with Madarame trying to cheer Saki up a bit, AND one of the sections of the book is titled Madarame X Kasukabe.]]* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has teasing sprinkled about between Shinji and Asuka. They range between the tender (Shinji nearly kissing Asuka but backing down when he saw she was crying in her sleep; Asuka trying to warn him about who was the Fourth Child), the humorous (the LikeAnOldMarriedCouple Toji comment), the awesome (Shinji leaping into a volcano to save her; Asuka shielding him from an acid bath), the dramatic (their gone-wrong FirstKiss), the slightly unsettling (Shinji accidentally peeping on Asuka when she was changing) to the ''thoroughly'' unsettling ([[DudeShesLikeInAComa the even more infamous scene]] in ''The End of Evangelion'').** The ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' films, being a somewhat LighterAndSofter remake, dramatically increase the frequency of the teasing and lower the disturbing factor; for example the AlmostKiss scene is changed into a lively chat where they agree on a FirstNameBasis. Then there's the scene where Asuka is [[ItMakesSenseInContext cooking for Shinji]]...** Taken to a surprisingly larger extent in the Rebuilds with Shinji and Rei. 2.22, in particular, includes Shinji cooking for Rei because he's never seen her eat lunch, which, as in the apartment-cleaning scene it replaces from the series, causes Rei to blush and thank him. This, in turn, inspires Rei to convince Gendo to have dinner with his son so that they might bond, as well as [[ThroughHisStomach attempt to cook for him]]. Misato teases the idea that she's doing all that because she loves him, and it's then blatantly stated to be as such, by ''Asuka'' of all people, in a later scene where Rei describes her feelings for Shinji. Then there's then entire Zeruel fight, which begins with Rei [[HeroicSacrifice charging the Angel with an N2 missile]] while declaring that she's doing as such so Shinji wouldn't have to pilot anymore, and ends with [[spoiler:Shinji going into a [[UnstoppableRage berserk rage]] and tearing her from Zeruel's core after she's absorbed, tenderly embracing her and thanking her for trying to bring him closer to Gendo, then reassuring her that "this is all [he] needs" as they fade into white and Third Impact begins.]] Wow.* In the [[SeriousBusiness fishing]] anime ''Manga/GranderMusashi RV'', most of the ShipTease revolved around Musashi's childhood friend Mio. She seemed to get jealous when another girl showed interest in Musashi, and she sings the ending theme with only Musashi being the other character featured during the song. One of the antagonists, who later pulls a HeelFaceTurn, also develops a crush on her and Mio gets some ShipTease moments with him too when she becomes his friend. Musashi's male childhood friend, Suguru, also develops a crush on a girl named BB. She's initially dismissive, but later episodes hinted at the beginnings of romantic reciprocation from her. [[NoHuggingNoKissing No relationship in the series gets beyond teasing, though]].* ''Manga/BlackButler'' [[HoYay Sebastian&Ciel]] are teased every 5 minutes and Alois has a habit of generally hitting on anybody in sight, making it possible to pair him with anyone.** In ''[[Manga/BlackButler Black Butler II]]'' we get a pretty...[[FoeYay interesting]] battle between Sebastian and Alois's butler, Claude which led to a massive {{Nosebleed}} from fangirls all over the world. * ''Anime/{{Noein}}'' easily fits this, with [[EmoTeen Yuu]] and Haruka doing such things as holding hands and promising to run away to Tokyo together. Ai and [[ObliviousToLove Isami]] fit this also, with the former having an obvious crush.* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' has plenty:** Episode 2 has Chie and Yosuke share a hug. She then knees him in the groin.** Episode 8 has Yukiko and Narukami hiding in a sleeping bag together. Chie and Yosuke do the same. ** Episodes 9 and 10 have a lot of moments that would make Narukami/Rise fans {{Squee}} with joy.** Episode 15 features some between Yu and Chie.** Episode 17 gives a healthy boost to the Naoto/Kanji ship by showing that [[spoiler:[[SweetOnPollyOliver he's still attracted to her]].]] He even gets some floating hearts when talking to the group at Junes.*** Episode 19 teases this one a lot. Kanji begs Naoto to 'make him a man'. He also gets a nosebleed at the thought of seeing Naoto in a bathing suit, even with Naoto's refusal to come out from behind the curtain [[SeriousBusiness (complete with Kanji getting so excited they show the animation usually reserved for summoning Personae)]]. Earlier in the episode, during the group date, he describes his ideal partner as mysterious, with a strong facade. Now who might that be?*** Episode 20 also has Kanji blushing and acting awkward and Kanji-ish when Naoto mentions the pageant. Later when Kanji hops into bed with whom he assumes is Chie, Yosuke wonders out loud why he didn't seek Naoto out.** In the HoYay front, there's Yousuke and Yu. Episode 12 has Yousuke being the one who directly takes Yu out of [[spoiler: Shadow Mitsuo]]'s trap while [[FirstNameBasis switching to calling him by first name]]. Then we have Episode 19 in which [[http://fuefukidouji.tumblr.com/post/17765897585/oh-yosuke-stop-fighting-it Yousuke gets a BIG]] StupidSexyFlanders moment with Yu during the SchoolFestival.* While [[WordOfGod Narita states]] that he never has and probably never will consider a romantic relationship between [[FoeYay Shizuo and Izaya]] in ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'', he does have a habit of teasing the ship with hints that range from possibly unintentional (Shizuo and Izaya share the same birthdates as ''each other's'' voice actors) to suspect (Izaya says in a Drama CD that he saw Shizuo sleeping once and [[BeautifulDreamer thought he was kinda cute]]) to deliberate (Erika [[ShipperOnDeck ships them together]]), to just plain screwing with the fangirls (he wrote [[http://hi.baidu.com/datacat/blog/item/52c6cbfb1c700b68024f5610.html Shizuo/Izaya porn in an April Fools story]]. [[spoiler:It was actually a fight from the perspective of Erika's ShippingGoggles]].)** Even though [[spoiler:he's already with [[TheScrappy Saki]]]], [[StepfordSmiler Masaomi]] got a bit of tease with [[BrokenBird Anri]]--besides her being the only one to see through his [[BeneathTheMask mask]], he [[spoiler:started a gang war to protect her]], and they both get very emotional [[spoiler:upon learning the other's DarkSecret]]. They spend most of the last half of the anime worrying about each other; at the end Anri even wonders whether she had feelings for him.** Mikado also has a bit of a crush on Anri, frequently [[LuminescentBlush blushing]] and stammering around her. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt A couple of people even flat-out tell him to confess to her]].* ''Anime/HeatGuyJ'' did this in episode 15 with [[DesignatedVillain Clair]] and [[ActionGirl Kyoko]]. Kyoko rescues [[TheHero Daisuke]], and Clair comments "You had to have a woman rescue you? That's so pathetic." But, [[ItMakesSenseInContext the way it's played out]], it's obviously a statement of sour grapes, not something to be taken literally. The anime makes it clear (albeit in a very subtle, backhanded way) that Clair is [[LoveTriangle jealous of Daisuke and admires Kyoko]], [[AnchoredShip but at the same time]], [[ShipperOnDeck isn't going to get in the way of Daisuke x Kyoko.]] And that Daisuke understands all of that. ** Also, in that same episode, after Daisuke destroys or subdues a common enemy, Daisuke and Clair gaze at each other for awhile. And that's it for this pairing. Later on ShipSinking ensues as Daisuke [[spoiler: not only winds up with Kyoko as the hero usually does, but goes off on an adventure in some distant land...alone.]]* ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' has a lot of ShipTease of both the heterosexual variety (mostly between Tsuna and Kyoko, Chrome and Tsuna, and Chrome and Mukuro) and the HoYay variety (mostly between Tsuna and his male [[UnwantedHarem guardians/friends]] ).* ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro'' features quite a bit of ShipTease between [[MindGameShip Neuro and Yako]], especially in chapter 201.* Much HoYay ShipTease can be had in ''Manga/ZeroSevenGhost''.** As well as ''Manga/PeacemakerKurogane''.** And ''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName''. ** And in ''Manga/NabariNoOu'', mostly with [[FanPreferredCouple Yoite/Miharu]] and [[FanPreferredCouple Raikou/Gau]].** And in ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' mostly with [[HoYay Gon and Killua]]. And Hisoka likes to ship himself with [[DepravedBisexual anyone]].* In ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' Oz gets shippy moments with everyone.** For that matter, most characters who have ever met, excluding some older chars such as Oscar and [[OlderThanTheyLook Rufus Barma]], get ship-teased at least a tiny bit. (Even the latter of those gets ship-teased incredibly with [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave Cheryl Rainsworth]].. at least for a while.) In the event they don't get much chance to, it's even sometimes just a case of ThrowItIn, such as Lotti's anime-only [[ItMakesSenseInContext kissing Ada]] or Elliot's admiration of Break as stated in the [[AllThereInTheManual character guide]]. The series is more or less made of Ship Tease.* ''Manga/DNAngel'' loves doing this with [[HoYay Satoshi and Daisuke]].* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' had much heterosexual and LesYay ShipTease. And HoYay ShipTease. And some delicious [[OT3 Makoto x Ami x Motoki]] * ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' is ''laced'' with ship tease for Alto x Ranka, Alto x Sheryl, or Alto x [[CargoShip his plane/the sky]]. There's some mild ship teasing between some members of the rest of the cast as well, and someone probably used a couple shots to suggest [[LesYay Sheryl x Ranka]].** The NonSerialMovie gives us ship teasing of a [[{{Fanservice}} different sort]]: [[ScrewYourself Sheryl x Sheryl]].* Given that {{fanservice}} is the fuel ''AudioPlay/SaintBeast'' runs on, there's abundant ship tease in all its media. While [[http://www.animepaper.net/art/45413/saint-beast-picture Judas/Shin]] and [[http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee294/KATSUiscute/Saint%20Beast/LucaxRey.jpg Luca/Rey]] and the one-sided [[http://www.animepaper.net/art/95424/saint-beast-picture Shiva/Judas]] can reasonably be called canon, fans can easily find evidence for HoYay between [[http://www.animepaper.net/art/117638/saint-beast-card Judas/Luca]], [[http://www.animepaper.net/art/59536/untitled Kira/Maya]], [[http://www.animepaper.net/art/93897/saint-beast Gai/Maya]], [[http://www.animepaper.net/art/59346/untitled Goh/Gai]], [[http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/453175 Goh/Saki]], [[http://www.animepaper.net/art/94215/saint-beast Goh/Judas]], [[http://www.animepaper.net/art/94139/saint-beast-picture Goh/Shin]], [[http://www.zerochan.net/83903 Shin/Shiva]], [[http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/351090 Shin/Rey]], [[http://www.animepaper.net/art/93175/saint-beast Kira/Rey]], [[http://www.animepaper.net/art/49453/siva%EF%BD%A5pandora Pandora/Shiva]], [[http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/453174 Zeus/Pandora]] (give or take Cassandra), Zeus/Lucifer, [[http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/497405 Zeus/Judas]], Lucifer/Judas, Judas/Kamui and...[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters let's stop there]].* ''Manga/WanderingSon'' had one for the FanPreferredCouple in a chapter after they enter high school. Chiba and Takatsuki are mistaken for a couple by two kids, who like them respectively [[ShipSinking but are stated to get married to each other in several years]].** Anna and Nitori had quite a lot inbetween [[spoiler:them breaking up and them getting back together]], such as Anna having a fit when Nitori [[ItMakesSenseInContext undresses in front of her]] and when she gave her a ring. ** The anime includes a scene between Makoto and Saori, despite the former explicitly only liking boys, after they do a play together.* ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi'': The anime in particular seems to be hinting at the potential love interests of Akira. The anime seems to slide toward Keisuke/Akira though especially in Episode 9. Happens again in episode 11 [[spoiler: but the pairing has officially sunk.]]* ''LightNovel/{{No 6}}'' gives us the HoYay-riffic relationship between Sion and Nezumi. Holding hands, protecting the other, cuddling, good night kisses, taking care of the other when sick, dancing with each other, caressing the others face and hair, wanting to stay by the others side, meaningful conversations, and Nezumi kisses Sion on the lips in episode 11 before [[spoiler: leaving him]].** [[spoiler: By the end they are the OfficialCouple.]]* The creators of ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' have been teasing Kotetsu and Barnaby as being more than HeterosexualLifePartners with increasing frequency and intensity [[note]]including one statement that, had they been a man and a woman, they would have fallen in love ''within the first episode''. The fact that it turns out Barnaby bears some noticeably similar traits to Kotetsu's late wife ''does not help in the slightest.''[[/note]]** It's now reached the point where the [[WordOfGod creators have said]] it's reasonable to interpret their relationship as either a Bromance or a romantic one.** Interestingly enough, there was a moment between Agnes and Barnaby when he saves her from kidnappers in episode 9. There was clearly a long moment when she couldn't take her eyes off him and he was awfully close to her.* ''Manga/{{MAR}}'': [[FoeYay Phantom and Alviss]], Alviss has his moments with [[HoYay Ginta]] especially in the anime and Ginta has his moments with Snow and Dorothy. Luckily at the end, he seems to revolve some things with Dorothy, Snow becomes Koyuki but unfortunately, he doesn�t solve anything with Alviss. Also, Dorothy and Nanashi. And Snow and Jack. And Chaton and Alan.* Yuuri and Wolfram of ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh''. Actually [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Yuuri]] and everyone.* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' has much heterosexual and HoYay ShipTease.* Van and Fiona had quite a lot of teasing moments in ''Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury''; too bad nothing really came out of it.* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' teases [[CoolBigSis Mamori]] [[BelligerentSexualTension &]] [[MagnificentBastard Hiruma]], [[TheHero Sena]] [[OneOfTheBoys &]] [[TheCheerleader Suzuna]], [[{{Delinquent}} Rui]] [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend &]] [[DrillSergeantNasty Megu]], and [[ManipulativeBastard Marco]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil &]] [[EmotionlessGirl Maria]].* ''[[Anime/TheIdolmaster THE iDOLM@STER]]'' - A good portion of the second half of the anime has this with several of the girls, particularly when the girl is the focus of the episode.* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has a lot. Some of the ShipTease gets resolved, and some [[ShipSinking doesn't]].* Despite Sega's stance on the whole thing, ''Anime/SonicX'' had ship teasing moments towards Sonic and Amy to the point where, at the end of episode 52 (which was supposed to have been the end of the series), had a returning Sonic present Amy a flower with the latter demanding him to just say something about them. He does... but it's silenced out, so it's unknown what he said.** In comparison to the games (barring their first encounters in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''), Knuckles and Rouge are much more personable here (although, like the source material, it's dipped in BelligerentSexualTension). Rouge constantly flirts with Knuckles ([[LuminescentBlush complete with the expected reaction]]), the two team up somewhat frequently, and the latter half of the series has them assume some degree of greater intimacy; it's even implied in Ep. 52 that the two share a kiss off-screen (or, in English, she playfully tickles him). Rouge also gets more than a fair bit of this [[LesYay with Topaz]], her (''human'') [[HeterosexualLifePartners BFF and partner/affiliate at GUN]].* In ''Manga/LiarGame'', there's basically a continuous ship tease between Nao and Akiyama.* It's pretty amazing how in ''Manga/{{Spiral}}'', there's really only one OfficialCouple but at least ten times as much ShipTease.* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' teases Hilshire/Triela, even though they're an AnchoredShip as Triela is underage. In the anime adaptation ''Il Teatrino'' [[ShipperOnDeck Mimi Machiavelli]] encourages Triela to confess her feelings for her handler, and in the manga chapter "Returning to the Birdcage" she kisses Hilshire while he's passed out, with the angle making it unclear whether it's on the mouth or a [[AnywhereButTheirLips platonic kiss on the cheek]]. Hilshire hooks up with prosecutor Roberta Guellfi however, and Triela [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy doesn't kick up a fuss about it]].* In ''Anime/CardfightVanguard'', this is done with [[TheAce Koutei]] and [[LadyOfWar Yuri]]. After [[spoiler: Misaki's fight with Yuri]] during the Japan Stage, [[spoiler: Misaki comments that Yuri's Dimension Police deck, the deck she adopted after joining Koutei's team, suits her better than the Oracle Think Tank deck.]]** Excluding the above example, romance tends to be generallt non-existant in the anime. The manga, on the other hand, seems to jump at every possible chance to tease the Aichi/Misaki pairing.** Episode 109 slightly teases the Kourin/Aichi/Misaki triangle, complete with ever enjoyable jealousy.* ''Manga/KimiNiTodoke'' has this in spades; aside from Sawako and Kazehaya, the obvious OfficialCouple, the supporting characters get a fair amount with each other too (Chizu/Ryu most blatantly, but also Ayane/Kent and Ayane/Pin, of all people).* The recent arcs in ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' have taken the chance to ramp up the ShipTease. So far, we have Yukio/Shiemi, Rin/Shiemi, Rin/Izumo, Shima/Izumo, and Mephisto/Shura. And, for the [[YaoiFangirl Yaoi Fans]], there is Ryuji(Bon)/Rin.* For all its darkness, ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' manages to have some of these moments, though they're not the main focus: ** Jean [[LoveAtFirstSight develops a crush on Mikasa when he first meets her]], and it is one of the main reasons for his hostility against Eren.** Mikasa has been utterly devoted to Eren ever since he saved her life as a child, and blushes when Ian calls her [[ShesNotMyGirlfriend Eren's girlfriend]]. Later on, she tearfully thanks Eren for everything he's done for her and [[AlmostKiss leans forward]] when [[spoiler:she thinks they are both about to die]].** Eren is the only person who has ever been able to make [[IceQueen Annie]] smile, and she goes out of her way to help him improve his hand-to-hand combat skills. A flashback in the manga also hints that the two of them [[HandsOnApproach sparred often enough]] to make Mikasa feel threatened. [[spoiler:Eren also goes into complete denial about Annie being TheMole, and is so unwilling to fight her that Mikasa accuses him of having feelings for her. And then there's his body language when he sees her overpowered and gagged...]]** Eren and Armin are VERY close childhood friends and are pretty open about physical contact with each other, to the point where their comrades wondered about them being "more than friends" during their trainee years. Jean, in particular, takes note of Armin and Mikasa's clingyness to Eren. It has also be explicitly shown that they are willing to die in order to save the other.** Petra is noted to adore Levi and her father cheerfully hints to Levi that he'd like the two of them to get married. The fact that [[spoiler: he tells Levi this without realizing Petra has been killed makes it a TearJerker.]]** One interpretation of why Auruo tries to act and dress like Levi is that he is trying to get Petra's attention. He also makes a couple of passes at her at one point and seems to be trying to invoke BelligerentSexualTension.** Reiner teases Bertolt about confessing to Annie when [[spoiler:they complete the mission and return home]]. [[spoiler:Armin exploits this by bluffing that Annie being tortured for information to get a rise out of Bertolt. It worked]].** Reiner himself has a thing for Christa, seeing her in an angelic light after she saves his life and mentally proposing marriage to her.** The spin-off adds further tease to most of these pairings, as well as [[CrackPairing Mike and Nanaba]].** Though not very prevalent in the main works save for some friendly teasing, Levi and Hanji get their fair share of it in the school au spin-off (Complete with shojo bubbles.)** The official spin-off manga ''A Choice With No Regrets'' is basically one big doujin for Erwin and Levi. Moreover, Levi's strange fixation on Erwin and his opinions is a bit suspect ("That's what Erwin would have done...").* There's not a scene that goes by in ''Free!'' that doesn't [[HoYay tease a pairing]]. Rin/Haru, Makoto/Haru, and Nagisa/Rei being the most common.* Basically all ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' media since the original series is this to some degree, featuring the main characters hugging, holding hands, sharing beds, staring into each other's eyes... The opening {{Omake}} of ''The Different Story'' [[http://mangafox.me/manga/mahou_shoujo_madoka_magica_the_different_story/v01/c001/3.html features]] Homura suggesting that, to appeal to the fans, they convert the series to a rom-com starring herself and Madoka.* The cover page for Chapter 31 in ''[[Manga/KingdomHeartsI Kingdom Hearts]]'' ("A Storm, Love, and a New Beginning") shows [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]] terrorizing the party, as a fearful Ariel embraces Sora. This gives out a clear hint of shipping between the two of them, especially considering that they share a lot in common in both the games and manga.** As for the cover page for Chapter 40 in ''Manga/KingdomHeartsII'', it's a parody of a film poster for ''Film/{{Tron}}''... but considering Sora takes Yori's place in the poster, many fans began to joke on how close he ''[[HoYay really]]'' is with Tron. * Plenty in ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic''. ** Alibaba and Morgiana, especially with Morgiana often [[BridalCarry bridal-carrying]] Alibaba and coming to his rescue and Alibaba calling Morgiana "beautiful" with her blushing afterwards. ** Sharrkan and Yamraiha often bicker LikeAnOldMarriedCouple and Sharrkan immediately gets jealous/uncomfortable when Yamraiha shows interest in another guy, even if it's not romantic in nature.** [[KissingCousins Kouen and Hakuei]] are noted to be quite close, with Hakuei being able to approach him at ease in his private study.** Kougyoku stepped into the fray against Aladdin because Ugo had injured Judar. ** There were quite a few moments with Hakuryuu and Morgiana in the Zagan arc. Hakuryuu even ''proposed'' to Morgiana later!** Alibaba and Kougyoku bonded over that [[spoiler: both their mothers were prostitutes.]] And there's the fact that the Ren family want to have an ArrangedMarriage between them.** Muu has a BodyguardCrush on Scheherazade and when they first met, they were HoldingHands. * ''Manga/DGrayMan''. ** Allen and Lenalee: Where to start with these two? Lenalee goes into a HeroicBSOD when it was presumed Allen died. When the Earl was about to kill her, Allen performs a BigDamnHeroes, reappearing to her the first time since she thought he was dead. Later we get a SleepCute [[http://www.mangaeden.com/en-manga/d.gray-man/168/15/ moment]]. A similar BeautifulDreamer moment happens off-screen when Lenalee fell asleep waiting for Allen to wake up. And not to mention the tearful farewell in chapter 205 when Allen hugs Lenalee and tells her that he loves her ... [[LoveYouAndEverybody and everyone else]].** Miranda and Noise during the Destruction of the Black Order arc where the infected Miranda proceeds to bite Noise in the throat, causing him to blush before he realized what happened.** In one chapter, Kanda drinks [[spoiler:his Innocence]] from Lenalee's hand. Komui was ''not'' pleased. ** Rhode is the first person to kiss Allen on the lips and she takes every opportunity to glomp or flirt with him. And then [[spoiler: she and Tyki]] arrived to rescue Allen from [[spoiler: Apocryphos]], including TakingTheBullet for Allen.** For disguised herself as Rohfa to speak with Allen after he was discouraged that he wasn't able to regenerate his Innocence and they had an AlmostKiss before the real Rohfa appeared. She goes on to take his appearance to buy him enough time to escape from the attacking Akuma.** On the other side, For and Bak too. She teased Bak by saying she liked him at one point, only to immediately punch him and say she was lying (while blushing). And when the two of them thought they would be killed by the Level 3 Akuma, Bak held For close.** And there's the HoYay such as Allen's constant bickering with Kanda, who seems to be the only person who manages to piss him off to the point where Allen breaks his AllLovingHero persona and makes vindictive jabs at him. Also isn't helped with the fact that all their petty arguments are like those of a bickering couple's...*** The above example makes the ship even stronger when you connect it to chapter 204 when Cross informs us that Allen being all polite is just a mask. This means that Kanda brings out Allen's true self quicker than anyone else, considering Cross implied he tried for a long time to break Allen's Mana mask and get Allen to be rude to him. For Kanda to be able to do so at any given time says a lot about their relationship.*** They even act nice to one another from time to time, such as the moment where Kanda smiles at Allen.*** Chapter 199: Kanda actually thanks Allen. He even calls him by his full name instead of "bean sprout."*** Now with chapter 209 having Kanda accompanying Johnny to find a missing Allen, it becomes a bit of an 'aww, they do care' moment.*** And in chapter 211 Kanda actually straddles and holds Allen down to the ground when trying to wipe his clown makeup off and talking to him.*** In chapter 213, Kanda's declaration towards Link makes him sound like a yandere for Allen.*** Way back in the earlier chapters, both come to the others rescue a lot and Allen once carries an injured Kanda. * Each volume of the ''Fluffy, Fluffy Cinnamoroll'' manga has some moments where it's implied that [[PuppyLove Cinnamoroll's friend]] [[SayItWithHearts Mocha has a crush on him]]. While it's never mentioned or out right stated, it's hinted in the first volume when Mocha was the first friend that Cinnamoroll made before meeting the others. Even the official Cinnamoroll merchandise made by [[HelloKitty Sanrio]] would mostly have [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BygZJDuCAAAwU0y.png:large Cinnamoroll]] [[http://mobi-wall.brothersoft.com/files/320240/c/12822907237238.jpg and Mocha together]]. [[NoExportForYou Even the Japan only movie called]] [[http://www.cinemacafe.net/img/template/200709/070907_sinamon_main.jpg "Cinnamon The Movie"]] has a moment where Cinnamoroll first meets his friends. Mocha replies by saying "Cute" and reacts more interested in him compared to his other friends.* ''Anime/{{K}}'' is absolutely full of it. Especially of the HoYay veriety.** Main characters Kuroh and Shiro get a spectacular amount.The first time the two meet, Kuroh pulls Shiro close to him during a rescue, all the while Shiro stares St him while blushing. Their interactions are positively full of blushing, romantic framing and suggestive dialog to the point where calling it subtext could be considered putting it lightly.** Every single interaction between Mikoto and Munakata is so full of BelligerentSexualTension it's hard to believe that it was unintentional. At one point Munakata pins Mikoto to the ground and moves in so close they're nearly kissimg.** Tatara and Mikoto also seemed to have a very close relationship that feels very ambiguous, especially on Tatara's end.** Yata and Fushimi. Ooooh boy, Yata and fushimi. The two used to be best friends until joining HOMRA, where Fushimi gradually became a GreenEyedMonster once all of Yata's attent wasn't focused on him. He betrayed HOMRA in hopes of getting Yata's attention back and has become [[StalkerWithACrush creepily obsessed with him]]. Official art does nothing but feed the ship with the most ambiguous of it contains BelligerentSexualTension, all the way up to the point where it wouldn't be hard to mistake them for an OfficialCouple. *** Turned UpToEleven in their prequel manga. Yata's reasons for wanting to become Fushimi's friend sound far more like someone who has a gigantic crush than anything else. His reasons include being so excited around him he feels like shaking and wanting to see him laugh and smile.* In Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls, among 14 idols in Cinderella Project, Shibuya Rin is the girl who is seen spending the most time together with the Producer. They are actually the most popular coupling in the fandom, and there are several incidences that can be interpreted as ShipTease: ** In episode 1, Rin was the idol that the Producer put the most effort trying to recruit, even almost getting arrested in the process. ** In episode 2 and up until episode 9, Rin was the only girl who would enter the Producer's office without any hesitation. ** In an extra clip of episode 3 (called NO MAKE; every episode has it), when she sees Uzuki and the Producer talking, she asks the Producer what they were talking about, and asks him that doesn't he have something he wants to say to her. When he just tells her that she did a great job in the concert, she stutters and quickly leaves. ** In episode 7, one of the key conflicts was the trust issue between Rin and the Producer, and it ended with Producer and Rin holding each other's hands, as a result of Mio pulling them together. Notable in that this is the first and, as of the ending of first half of the series, the only scene where the Producer making physical contact with any of the girls. ** In episode 13, after the concert, the Producer sees Rin standing alone in the stage. After just [[http://i1.ruliweb.daumcdn.net/uf/image/U01/ruliweb/552801E04B20A30032 standing together a bit]], Rin talks about how she felt about the concert and becoming idol. She ends it by smiling at the Producer, telling him that she is glad to having met him. * ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'' isn't shy about doing this with Yuu and his comrades, especially [[HoYay Yuu and Mika]].* ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'':** Hajime and Chiaki already got teased in the game, so it's no surprise the anime amps it up considerably in the Despair arc. [[spoiler:This leads to tragedy once Hajime becomes Izuru Kamukura, though interestingly the tease still continues--his new self very quickly takes an interest in Chiaki and starts crying at her death. He may even have regained his memories of her, which was supposed to be impossible.]] And it's ''still'' teased [[spoiler:even after that--Izuru is shown to have [[TheMourningAfter hung onto]] [[TragicKeepsake her hairpin]] [[TheMourningAfter for years]], turned on Junko because of her death, and frequently left flowers on her desk (the Japanese equivalent of leaving flowers at a student's grave).]]** The Future arc teases Chisa/Kyosuke by omission: [[spoiler:she dies early on, but Kyosuke's reaction to that]] provides ''a lot'' of ship fuel. Like 'I'd sooner kill everyone here than risk her [[spoiler:murderer escaping justice]]' fuel. Tengan actually suggests that he loved her romantically. The Despair arc tosses more tease, as she constantly talks about how she would happily die for Munakata and his goals, claims she won't let anyone else have him, and the two are shown hugging [[spoiler:amidst the devastation in the final episode]].** That same arc continues that Naegi/Kirigiri tease, by having her give a big speech about how impressive he is, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness take off her gloves to hold his hand and comfort him]], [[spoiler:give up her life for his]], and [[spoiler:utterly devastate him with her death]]. Episode 10 has a flashback to the first game, where he [[WhenSheSmiles blushes upon seeing her smiling]], and later confirms he is indeed in love with her.* ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'' has Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya, also known as their ready-made ship name 'Soukoku' or 'Double Black'. While both are vocal about their dislike for each other, they were partners prior to the series and the creators have been throwing [[HoYay some ambiguous shades on their relationship]], mostly coming from Dazai's actions towards Chuuya that do not correspond to his [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] tendencies. Official art does nothing but pander to this, [[http://bungo-stray-dogs.jp/images/top/main_movi.jpg which includes featuring the two on the very first promotional poster for the upcoming movie]].* The TV version of ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'' parodies this trope in an episode with a bee that causes anyone it stings to fall in love with whomever they see immediately afterward. The bee stings two characters (Andrew Hanbridge and [[LesYay Diana Cavendish]]), causing them to fall for protagonist Akko until the bee's spell is broken. It also stings Andrew's friend Frank, [[BetaCouple who falls for Akko's friend]] Lotte, and for added hilarity stings Diana again so that she ends up [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism falling in love with her own reflection]]. In keeping with the true spirit of the trope, though, both Andrew and Frank have some lingering affection for their respective love target after the spell is broken.----