One True Love: Difference between revisions

 

Not to be confused with [[One True Pairing]] which is what the fans want to happen. This only applies to examples where it's made clear and deliberate in the work, regardless of what the editor happens to ship and regardless of how [[Strangled by the Red String|convinced]] you are.

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Inuyasha]]'': A bit of a complicated example because Inuyasha's [[One True Love]] is Kikyou's soul. Inuyasha and Kikyou were deeply in love and were very close to living out their ideal married life, but this ended tragically when Naraku tricked the two into hating each other. Naraku fatally wounded Kikyou while disguised as Inuyasha, and expected Kikyou to take Inuyasha's life while using the jewel to heal herself. She could not bring herself to perform either out of love for Inuyasha and used her remaining strength to shoot a single sealing arrow to pin him to the Goshinboku tree. Kikyou was full of both bitter hatred and a very strong love towards Inuyasha at the time of her death. The Shikon Jewel became corrupted in response to her hatred while the love granted her a wish to see Iuyasha again. Naraku planned to use the tainted Jewel but Kikyou ordered Kaede to burn it with her body just before her death. Inuyasha and Kikyo's love transcended time and space as the desire to see Inuyasha again was the wish that the Shikon Jewel used to reincarnate Kikyou as Kagome and therefore reconstitute itself despite Kikyo's conscious decision to destroy the jewel with herself. Kagome becomes Kikyou's successor and although Kikyou was the woman Inuyasha "loved most in all the world", Inuyasha comes to realise that he is destined to be with Kagome (though they are different people, they are also one in the same). {{spoiler|Inuyasha and Kikyou (as Kagome) [[Earn Your Happy Ending|finally get to live out their happily married lives together in the end]] like they had first planned those many years ago.}}

 

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== Webcomics ==

* ''[[The Beatles]]'' episode "I Want To Hold Your Hand" has a scientist aboard a cruise ship, having captured an octopus whose unhappiness stems from being lovesick. The scientist lowers a diving bell into the ocean to gather some input on finding the octopus' true love. The Beatles have hidden inside the diving bell from their wild female fans, and under the sea they discover a similarly lovesick female octopus. Once back on ship, the boys buy the male octopus and throw him back into the ocean to be with the female octopus to live happily ever after.

* It's all but stated that [[Kids Next Door|Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 4]] are each other's True Love. Despite (or perhaps ''because of'') their [[Opposites Attract|opposite personalities]] they complement each other very well. She's his [[Morality Pet]] and [[Living Emotional Crutch]], doing unthinkable things for her sake and [[Berserk Button|flipping out]] when something happens to her. She in turn [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl|brings happiness in him]] and only shows interest in him despite [[Chick Magnet|having many suitors behind her]]. [[Everyone Can See It]] [[In-Universe]] and out, and both [[Cannot Spit It Out]] {{spoiler|until the finale, when it's revealed [[They Do|they got married.]]}}

 

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