What anime have the most absurd relationship charts [while also being toxic]

I cannot get enough of trashy relationship drama. I also can't get enough of wholesome relationships but thats besides the point - I just finished binging most of Oresuki, which starts as a toxic, hilarious, love polygon with assholes \[that did grow and learn\] who were proactive. But it ended up turning into typical harem stuff by the end, so I dropped it around episode 9. Meaning I am still really itching for more stuff like it.

When I look up complicated relationship chart anime, lots of them seem downright wholesome and sweet, or based on misunderstandings - like Gamers - and I am not here for that. I need more recommendations for toxic, awful, complicated, diagram-able, romance. Ideally, every character should be at least a bit shitty.

Any recommendations?

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Playest_42472026-01-06 01:16

I mean the premise of toradora is like a love pentagram so you can't go wrong there

G-R-A-V-I-T-Y2026-01-06 01:19

Not sure if it’s what you’re looking for but Kiznaiver is a giant love circle and each character gets an episode covering their flaws and what they’re hiding. Less drama for the sake of it and more about character development

ChaoSenpai2026-01-06 01:21

Cant beat honey and clover.

7-8 unrequited love.

mad007din2026-01-06 01:23

Toxic and awful? "Scums Wish"

I dropped it half way through, the charackters were just unbearable...

Quiddity1312026-01-06 02:50

For half of Scum's Wish I thought Hanabi's crush on Kanae, her adult teacher was worse than it actually was because she kept calling him her brother. At the very least it turned out he wasn't actually her brother...

MalcolmLinair2026-01-06 05:23

Mengo's got a thing for incest in her work...

ActualRound76992026-01-06 01:30

rent a girlfriend

MonoMonMono2026-01-06 01:33

School Days

timpkmn892026-01-06 01:36

The correct answer

_BMS2026-01-06 07:52

This is the relationship/family "tree" of the Overflow-verse that includes School Days and several other series for anyone curious:

https://i.imgur.com/XmzvvV3.jpeg

It's not apparent at first, but multiple characters appear multiple times in different places because there's so much polygamy, cheating, and incest happening. [Like this part.](https://i.imgur.com/ZFBcq6X.jpeg)

True-Requirement30912026-01-06 01:43

Black Lagoon, Jp office worker gets pull into a toxic work relationship with a psycho pirate lady, influences each other so much that the office work turns into a toxic asshole who play with people's lives, and the pirate lady turns into a protective mama bear.

and that just one pair, without mentioning the rest of the cast, all of them is just one wrong interaction away from putting a bullet into each other or worse.

dienomighte2026-01-06 03:25

I love black lagoon but this feels like a hell of a stretch for what op is asking for

Jaskand2026-01-06 02:11

domestic girlfriend

Castform52026-01-06 02:11

> like Gamers

To be fair, that show has the greatest relationship chart ever in the form of Gamers hexagon of doom.

unpeturbedcorvid2026-01-06 02:17

School days definitely like other commenter said. Fruits Basket is another one, and handles it pretty seriously. Future Diary has Yuno who is like the exemplary yandere. No one can convince me there isn't a single non toxic relationship in Mushoku Tensei seeing as nearly every one of MC's relationships are born from him sexually harassing the one he gets with.

AwkwardEgg20082026-01-06 02:18

Gravitation is pretty toxic, but I’d argue that it gets less and less toxic, with that being the main goal.

SirRHellsing2026-01-06 02:20

can a boy girl friendship survive, it's not complicated, but it sure is toxic

also obligatory domestic girlfriend

Quiddity1312026-01-06 02:58

Koyomi Araragi from the Monogatari franchise is probably the crown prince of this.

mihizawi2026-01-06 02:58

Cardcaptor Sakura has insane relationship charts, especially if we include one-sided feelings, but all of it is very wholesome. Heck, even the rejections are handled in a super gentle and wholesome way.

I guess Fruits Basket isn't that toxic either, but there's certainly a lot of drama.

I guess Your Lie in April would also fit into the category of not too toxic but drama.

Haven't watched it yet, but from what I have heard, Nana might be very close to what you are looking for.

And someone already suggested School Days, but that's clearly a harem, not sure if you are interested in that.

Fushigi Yuugi is a reverse harem, but there's SO MUCH teenage romance drama BS and a certain amount of toxicity too.

Also, if you don't mind going beyond the boundaries of taboo (straight up incest) and don't mind very heavy ecchi, you can get a harem like Yosuga no Sora, there are some pretty wholesome, but also pretty toxic relationships there.

DirCurrFluxCapacitor2026-01-06 09:07

>but all of it is very wholesome

Not *all* of it

mihizawi2026-01-06 11:18

I mean, controversial sure, but in terms of truly toxic, most of it is not.

I guess Sonomi's way of handling her feelings for Nadeshiko is quite toxic. And maybe Meilin's clinginess could be considered slightly toxic. Other than that,if we are talking about toxic, I don't think any other examples qualify (at least not in the anime).

DirCurrFluxCapacitor2026-01-06 11:36

The teacher and the girl that's in same year as Sakura. That's a big oooooooooff.

mihizawi2026-01-06 11:58

Well, in the manga sure, it's the worst. I am still unsure about calling it toxic, but 100% the most problematic one.

Let's not forget though, that the anime timeline is separate, and in the anime I don't see the problem. Sure, there are very small hints that the teacher feels something, but as long as he doesn't act on those feelings, I don't think it's that bad.

lobsterwine2026-01-06 05:29

Okay so, I'm starting the final episode of Requiem of the Rose King as I type this.

The best possible word I can use to describe it is messy. But it's also super interesting.

Be aware of LGBT+ themes, the MC is [spoiler, but you are made aware of this pretty early on so it won't ruin much] >!intersex!< and this is a core theme behind his trauma and a lot of the drama.

Jojo6O2026-01-06 09:57

Can a boy-girl friendship survive?

It feel like it pretty toxic, but I liked it anyway.

Kadmos12026-01-06 12:10

An anime adaptations that is faithful to the family tree of the Olympian gods/goddesses of Greek myth would be a contender.

Haruka_Haruno2026-01-07 02:41

Itazura na Kiss Toxico