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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma ½]]'' - Ranma and Akane were supposed to have conflicted feelings about each other and their [[Arranged Marriage]]. The longer run of the original manga did give them more of a chance to get closer, but they remain argumentative (and violent, in Akane's case) towards each other whenever there isn't some greater enemy to force them to unite. Even in the very last story, Akane can still be interpreted in a suspicious manner, due to her own behavior and the heavily implied fact that Soun Tendo is intending to blackmail at least one and perhaps both of the couple to submit to the wedding with the cask of Nanniichuan that was sent as a "Thank You" for Ranma. Canonically, the very last words the two actually speak in the manga is to blame each other for the wedding being destroyed. The anime series, which was cut off before the manga reached that far, actually has a more positive final scene between the two.
* Similarly, in the ''[[Love Hina]]'' manga, Keitaro and Naru started out as an [[Odd Couple]] and slowly grew into a real relationship, with the [[Megaton Punch|hitting]] and [[Accidental Pervert|screaming]] giving way to understanding. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of 26-episode anime and [[Character Exaggeration]], their TV equivalents never made it that far, and fall squarely into this trope. (They did progress somewhat farther, with Naru [[Anguished Declaration of Love|admitting her love]], through the course of the subsequent two movies and [[OVA]] miniseries, and they did eventually marry in the manga).
* Yubel in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' sees this as the only true expression of love; it cannot distinguish between joy/pleasure and pain/sorrow, and [[Love Martyr|convinces itself]] that every single bit of suffering it causes its obsession Judai - and every bit reciprocated from him in kind - are simply their way of sharing each other's love.
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** Dax manages to hold her own with Worf in that episode (both come in to sickbay, supporting each other, with various bruises and fractures at the end); apparently she was used to it enough as Curzon to manage.
** Cardassians have a similar custom of snapping at each other during their courtship period. A female Cardassian engineer argued the toss extensively with O'Brien, only to reveal later that she found him attractive, bluntly declaring, "I assure you that I am quite fertile." She took the news that O'Brien was already married surprisingly well, saying at the end that Keiko was a lucky woman.
* ''[[ICarlyiCarly]]'' and it's Sam/Freddie pairing can be seen as this. Once they get together, the next episode is about them ''constantly'' fighting, to the point where Carly tells them they need to sort out their problems or they should break up. The next episode says they only fought ''three times'' that day, and that Sam still [[Domestic Abuse|hits Freddie]], just [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male|not in the face.]] They then get into a massive almost break up moment when Sam is revealed to have sabotaged an admission paper that could have helped him get into any college he wanted. They still stay together through both episodes.
 
* [[Friends with Benefits|Ricky and Adrian]] in ''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]''. They mostly ethier just argued and or had sex. They never went on dates and Ricky never wanted to be seen in public with her. Their relationship consisted mostly of them cheating on each other and claiming eqach sexual conquest as retailiation. When asked about what she liked about Ricky , beside looks, by her father, Adrian couldn't answer. They mostly seemed to show genuine affection through jealousy towards those they viewed as threats to their relationship. {{spoiler|Their relationship later ended when Adrian had sex with their mutual friend, Ben.}}
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