Anybody else feel weird after watching romance anime?

Hi everyone, i've had this feeling for over 3 years when I started to watch anime. After I watch a romance anime (during watching it I don't have this feeling) I **feel weird, uncomfortable, and more.** My head is telling me to stop watching this and dreaming since i'll never get this type of love in my live, just to say it, **i'm 13 i don't know why my head is saying these things**, i'm not interested in any real love. Anyways, this feeling has got me not watching much anime recently, and i'm wondering 2 things, 1. if anyone else has the same trouble? 2. how I can fix it.

*Would be nice if people answered, thanks!*

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PsotaZ2025-12-30 13:49

I had same when watching Familiar of Zero. Once my fav anime now cannot watch IT due to cringe sensation

Smoothesuede2025-12-30 13:49

Being a preteen sure does come with a lot of irrational emotional baggage. Talk it through with your friends or family. Reddit is an awful place for it.

gobananagopudding2025-12-30 13:49

Mate, you're 13. Lots of things are probably confusing.

Watch a different genre. Come back to this stuff in a few years if you wanna give it another shot. There's heaps of fantastic anime out there which isn't romance oriented.

IgorekN2025-12-30 13:51

I feel you sometimes. You just have to keep in mind that all these fictional characters are very exaggerated and most of the situations they're in don't really happen in real life. Real life is way more mundane and basic than anime.

FerrumDeficiency2025-12-30 13:53

I'd say you need someone to talk to. Maybe something happened (happening) in your life that makes you feel like that. Better to address such things early, before they become complex. Anyway, you are doing great by catching such feelings and giving them a thought. Not many grown-ups can do this.

fubozo2025-12-30 13:53

13 lol why you trippin boyo

Lanky_Refuse49432025-12-30 13:58

Maybe this is telling you things about your romantic orientation, rather than anything about your anime preferences, although you're a free person and can avoid whatever romantic anime (or even other media) you don't like. If you're 13, you've got lots of time in your life to figure this kinda thing out anyway, plus it's not necessarily a thing to be "fixed" - you just need to figure out how your tastes in media correlate to this feeling and what it means for you in the future.

After I started putting a name on my own romantic preferences (I'm demiromantic, but didn't start putting labels on my own experiences until about 3 years ago), my consumption of romantic anime went down, but my consumption of romantic manga stayed the same.

Crafty-Afternoon41922025-12-30 14:04

It's pretty normal, not unless you're lithromantic or a "queer"

RiRianna762025-12-30 14:19

I got that feeling too and thankfully when I got the real life stuff I got was so much better that it'd made for a short af romance story (and tbh many romance plots would be toxic or nightmares irl so are only good for fiction).

But like.. you can't fix it by miraculously shoving your future brain and experiences into the person u currently are. You can accept it for what it is and decide to not give it importance (ie you don't have to deeply analyze why it feels that way as if it'll reveal some fundamental truth about you). Or you can say "I could watch many more things in my free time that don't create weird feelings".

You can still be curious, ofc, but maybe keep this question in a small post it in your head and see if these feelins pop up or find answers as you naturally move through life.

AtlasPrincess2025-12-30 14:22

Also, generally speaking: You can always drop an anime if you're not feeling it, regardless of the genre. Your taste will naturally change throughout your life. :) In the 25 years I’ve been watching anime, my taste has changed a lot.

shuwe0012025-12-30 14:25

GO TO GYM BRO , UR 13??? GO GYM NOW AND U WILL HAVE THOSE ROMANCE SHIT BY THE TIME U JACKKKED UP IN 15!!! TRUST ME

Hephaestus_God2025-12-30 14:38

No.

You’re going through puberty. It could be anything. You could be feeling weird because you want the same. You could be feeling weird because you don’t want the same. The next day both these things might do a 180 and you feel the opposite. It seems almost like a form of jealousy if you keep telling yourself you’ll never find love at the age of 13 (starting at 10).

Nobody here can tell you how to feel or “fix” whatever it is you are wanting fixed.

Derallerechtere2025-12-30 15:48

Well it's not real it's supposed to make you feel good and no more

Alt22212025-12-30 19:18

check out gundam wing. Heero and Relena will straighten out any misconceptions you have about romance. should be super helpful