[ SECRET POST #2990 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2990 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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(Transformers Prime)


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(Transformers Prime)


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[Wish / Clamp / Manga in this artstyle in general]


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09.
[Terry Pratchett]


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[STRAIN: Strategic Armored Infantry]


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[CSI Cyber]


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[POTC & One Piece]


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[Marvel Comics' Black Widow]


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[James Corden, new host of the LATE LATE SHOW (and for DOCTOR WHO)]


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[Harry Potter]


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[Fallen London]









Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 017 secrets from Secret Submission Post #427.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Yeah, that's true - especially regarding sports. Friendship, rivalry, etc.

Although non-sports shounen is more on a case by case basis from the ones I've seen.

Some don't put development into the male/male friendships. They're just there, or "oh we met and fought and are now allies" and occasionally talk and the MC has a crush on a girl that is the central part of it.

And then ones like Bakuman (friendship build up- partnership central plot) seem more rare.

Do you have non-sports recs (all over them already) where the shounen is centrally about male/male relationships (doesn't have to be best friendship) if you don't mind? :D (I already plan on watching Hunter x Hunter)

[(Anonymous)]

Haha Hunter x Hunter is one of the ones I was going to recommend, actually! I tend towards the sports stuff too but off the top of my head:

Saiyuki - the definitive male/male relationship series in my mind. The relationships between the main four guys are the driving force of the story with the road trip/main plot being more of a background element.

Rave Master - this one has a bunch of different male/male relationship types to choose from (best friends, father/son, rivals) and I love them all. It has some cases of "we fought and you defeated me so now we're allies" but a lot of them have actual development and backstory behind them.

Pandora Hearts - the relationships in this one are incredibly well developed and play major roles in the plot as a whole. They're not just best friendships, either - there's a relationship between brothers and one between an uncle and nephew that are also important.

Yu-Gi-Oh - again, lots of solid male/male relationships of varying types that have plot importance. I would recommend starting with the first series or reading the manga, as that's where a lot of the friendship development happens between Yuugi and Jonouchi and Honda.

These next ones aren't specifically shonen but they've still got good relationships between guys:

Tiger & Bunny - this one is pretty much all about the relationship between Kotetsu and Barnaby and how it affects and changes each of them.

Wolf's Rain - another one with four main male characters where their relationships with each other are important to the plot.

Le Chevalier D'Eon - an older series but one that's got some solid male friendships in it. The four main characters even dub themselves "The Four Musketeers."

I'm sure I could come up with more if I really sat down and thought about it but these are just the ones that are freshest in my mind right now!