(#1) Inuyasha & Kagome - 'Inuyasha'
Kagome is a human being, while her eventual lover Inuyasha is a hybrid of human and dog demon. The demon side of Inuyasha's heritage lends him some incredible powers, including regeneration abilities, enhanced speed and strength, and more. Not only are the two of them different species, but they also come from different time periods. Kagome is from modern-day Japan, while Inuyasha is from the Sengoku period. To see each other, they must travel through time using a portal.
(#2) Chise Hatori & Elias Ainsworth - 'The Ancient Magus' Bride'
No one is quite sure exactly what Elias Ainsworth is, but one thing is clear - he's not human. His typical form is a large, gangly black body with a cow skull for a head, though he's able to take on a humanlike appearance when he needs to blend in. Elias meets Chise Hatori, a human girl with incredible magical power, when he finds her for sale at a slave auction. He buys her, not with the intention of actually enslaving her, but with the intention of giving her the choice to learn magic from him - and, he hopes, eventually become his wife if she so chooses.
Though their actual relationship is slow to develop thanks to the trauma Chise endured before meeting Elias, the two eventually do develop a real relationship. While Elias provides Chise with physical safety, magical instruction, and a sense of belonging, she teaches him how to understand the human heart.
(#3) Kraft Lawrence & Holo - 'Spice & Wolf'
Kraft Lawrence is a merchant who spends all of his time traveling from village to village trying to sell his wares and make money. Meanwhile, Holo is a harvest goddess with wolflike features who feels unappreciated by a village that no longer needs her blessings. She joins Lawrence on his travels by hopping into his cart. Though he sees her as an annoyance at first, the two eventually form a strong bond over the course of their travels. By the end of the light novels that the anime is based on, the two are married with children.
(#4) Haku & Chihiro - 'Spirited Away'
When Chihiro is separated from her parents and whisked away to a magical world, she's forced to endure hard work in a bathhouse frequented by spirits. Exhausted and ill-equipped for the job, all Chihiro wants is to go home. She finds solace in Haku, a boy her age who she thinks is a fellow human, but who turns out to be the spirit of the Haku river whose natural form is a dragon. Despite their differences, the two still forge a beautiful bond that they'll always carry with them, even after Chihiro returns to her own world.
(#5) Hana & The Wolfman - 'Wolf Children'
Though Wolf Children primarily focuses on a single human mother named Hana struggling to raise her human/wolf hybrid children, the relationship that led to their births is also an important part of the story. Her former lover, the unnamed Wolf Man, had both a human and a wolf form. While in his human form, he attended the same university as Hana. The two fall in love, and begin building their family - but early in the children's lives, the Wolf Man passes away from unknown causes, leading Hana to manage the children on her own.
(#6) Bulma & Vegeta - 'Dragon Ball Z'
Bulma and Vegeta might appear to be the same species, but they aren't even from the same planet. Bulma is an exceptionally intelligent but basically ordinary human being, while her husband Vegeta is one of the few remaining Saiyans from the planet bearing his name. Their differences lay primarily in their approach to life - Bulma is a lot more practical and emotionally savvy than her husband, who is focused on training at the exclusion of other things. Bulma helps Vegeta successfully engage with the human world, while he inspires her to put all of her efforts into her goals.
(#7) Nishiki Nishio & Kimi Nishino - 'Tokyo Ghoul'
Nishiki Nishio and Kimi Nishino aren't just in an interspecies relationship - they're in a predator/prey relationship. Nishiki is a ghoul, a species that physically resemble humans, but which actually feeds on them to survive. Meanwhile, Kimi is a human. While this might seem like a terrifying situation, Nishiki is quite capable of not eating Kimi, and in fact, has dedicated himself to protecting her from other ghouls.
Why? Because while Nishiki was trying to blend into human society, he kept his identity as a ghoul a secret from everyone, including Kimi. When she ultimately found out, she accepted him and continued loving him, instead of turning him into the authorities as he feared. Their relationship seems almost impossible, but the two stay dedicated to each other despite the odds.
(#8) Eureka & Renton - 'Eureka 7'
Renton and Eureka's relationship shows how discrimination can impact a developing love story. Coralians, also known as scub corals, have taken over Earth and forced humanity to relocate. Now, the Coralians are coming after humans again. Humans have responded to these attacks with hatred toward the Coralian race. Eureka is living amongst humans in an assumed human form, and while working with Renton the two fall in love.
When Eureka reveals her true form, Renton accepts her for who she is - but the rest of the world isn't on board. Will the two ever be able to live together in peace - or could their love inspire others to do the same? You'll have to watch Eureka 7 to find out.
(#9) Miss Kobayashi & Tohru - 'Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid'
Miss Kobayashi is a human computer programmer who spends most of her time either working or getting drunk with her nerdy co-worker and yelling about her fascination with maids. Her daily life changes dramatically when she ends up befriending a dragon named Tohru, who decides to become Kobayashi's live-in maid. From the start, Tohru's feelings for Kobayashi go far beyond what one might expect from an employer-employee relationship - she's madly in love with her.
It takes Kobayashi a while to reciprocate and feel comfortable with Tohru's boisterous displays of affection, but by the end of the show they're holding hands and visiting each other's families.
(#10) Kiba & Cheza - 'Wolf's Rain'
Most interspecies relationships occur between one human and one non-human, but Cheza and Kiba are different. Cheza was artificially created from the Lunar Flower, a mythical object that holds the key to saving the world from destruction. Kiba is a wolf who can assume human form but often chooses not to.
After Lord Darcia III kidnaps Cheza with the intention of using her body to heal his wife's illness, she's rescued and ends up traveling with Kiba and his pack of wolves. The two develop a powerful bond, one in which they protect each other and are happiest by each other's side. Sadly, Cheza eventually passes away after a battle and disintegrates into seeds that sprout new Lunar Flowers.
(#11) Belldandy & Keiichi Morisato - 'Ah! My Goddess'
When Keiichi Morisato calls the Goddess Relief Office by mistake, he jokingly asks for the goddess on the line to stay with him forever - and she does. His ordinary life as a college student changes forever after that. At first, the change is negative - he can't live in his all-male dormitory anymore, and Belldandy's goddess friends cause him a lot of trouble. Meanwhile, while Belldandy is dedicated to performing her duty as a goddess, she's taken on quite a lot by agreeing to Keiichi's request. Despite the challenges, the two develop a romantic bond as the series progresses, and by the end of the manga, they're married.
(#12) Hideki Motosuwa & Chi - 'Chobits'
Chi is a Persecom, a lifelike robot who is supposed to function as a computer. But Chi is different from the average Persecom in two crucial ways. She can't download software like an ordinary Persecom would, which means that she has to learn about the world the way a human would - by learning from experience. What's more, Chi can feel human emotions, and even feel love, something that can't be said for most Persecoms. Those feelings are directed at the human being who got her up and running, Hideki Motosuwa. Their relationship is at the heart of Chobits, a show that interrogates whether or not it's truly possible for human beings and robots to form a genuine, mutual connection.
(#13) Ahiru & Fakir - 'Princess Tutu'
Though both were initially more focused on finding and restoring Prince Mythos' shattered heart, Fakir and Ahiru end Princess Tutu in a romantic relationship of sorts. What would have been an unqualified happy ending is complicated by the fact that Ahiru now lives in the body of the animal that she was born as - a duck - and can no longer take on her preferred human form. Even though this means that the two of them can never have a normal physical relationship, they can still communicate, so Fakir decides to stay with her.
(#14) King Bradley & Mrs. Bradley - 'Fullmetal Alchemist'
King Bradley may look human, but he's actually a homunculus - Pride in the 2003 version of Fullmetal Alchemist, and Wrath in the 2009 version. He has a human wife. Not much is known about Mrs. Bradley, except that she's a kind, supportive person who King Bradley actually loves.
What's great about this couple is that their relationship shows a side of King Bradley that no other part of the series does. He may be a cruel despot who loves violence, but he's also capable of feelings that are more tender. The fact that he is capable of love doesn't excuse his villainous behavior, but it does deepen and complicate his character.
(#15) Raphtalia & Naofumi - 'The Rising Of The Shield Hero'
Raphtalia, a mixed race of Raccoon and Tanuki, is initially scared of Naofumi as her past masters treated her terribly. But after seeing how Naofumi always treats her with respect and kindness, Raphtalia falls in love with him. Although her feelings are unrequited at first, Naofumi comes to love her romantically by the end of the season.
(#16) Ban & Elaine - 'The Seven Deadly Sins'
Ban and Elaine's relationship has never been the most smooth sailing. As a Fairy, Elaine is initially distrustful of humans until she meets Ban. Both of them fall in love after their time together in the Fairy King's Forest. But after Elaine's death, Ban becomes severely depressed for the next four years. He loves her so much that he is willing to kill his best friend, Meliodas, in order to revive her. Luckily, they reunite after Escanor defeats Galand and Melascula.
(#17) Nanami & Tomoe - 'Kamisama Kiss'
Nanami is a down-on-her-luck girl who's been kicked out of her apartment because of her absentee father's overwhelming debt. After visiting a run-down shrine, she meets a fox yokai (spirit) named Tomoe. One thing leads to another and Nanami suddenly becomes Tomoe's master. Although he is extremely reluctant to serve a human, Tomoe eventually falls in love with Nanami. While being a fox yokai proves to be difficult for their relationship, this couple proves that nothing can get in the way of their relationship.
(#18) Yasaburo Shimogamo & Benten - 'The Eccentric Family'
Though their relationship ultimately falls apart before it truly gets started, the romantic tension between Benten and Yasaburo carries the show. Benten is a human being who was kidnapped by tengu, a birdlike mythological creature. The tengu taught her to fly, and also instilled in her a sense of superiority toward other species - including tanuki. Yasaburo is a tanuki, a raccoonlike being that can transform into any creature or object he chooses, but who typically takes on a human form.
Yasaburo is fascinated with Benten - he's captivated by her beauty, intrigued by the mystery that surrounds her, and willing to do nearly anything she wants. He feels this way even though she participated in cooking and eating Yasaburo's father and frequently laments the "fact" that she may one day have to eat Yasaburo too. Their relationship reveals Yasaburo's willingness to court danger in order to lead an interesting life, and Benten's intense loneliness. Though unhealthy, it's utterly fascinating.
(#19) Hotaru & Gin - 'Hotarubi no Mori e'
In this moving film, Hotaru meets a forest spirit named Gin near her uncle's house. Gin warns her that she's not allowed to touch him as a human's touch would make him disappear forever. Despite the danger she poses to him, Gin becomes friends with Hotaru and she comes to visit him every summer throughout the years. During their time together, they both fall in love. But Gin can't even do simple things such as holding her hand. As a spirit who cannot survive a human's touch, their relationship is complicated. But their relationship proves that their love goes deeper than that.
(#20) Legosi & Haru - 'Beastars'
In Beastar's society of anthropomorphic animals, breeding between two different species is looked down upon. And for Legosi and Haru's case, their relationship is even more forbidden given that Legosi is a carnivorous wolf while Haru, a white dwarf rabbit, is the prey. But that doesn't stop them from falling in love. Even though outside forces threaten their relationship, we can't help but root for this couple.
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Interspecific relationships are relationships formed by interactions between populations of different species. The interactions between the two populations may be indirect or direct, and the effects may be harmful or beneficial. 1 neutral, that is, there is no interaction between populations. In fact, there is a general association between living things and living things, and no interaction is relative. According to the degree of interaction, positive interactions can be divided into three categories: partial symbiosis, primitive cooperation and mutualism. 3 negative interactions, including competition, predation, parasitism and prejudice.
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