Examples of this trope in Anime and Manga[]
- Ranma ½: At one point, Genma talks about him and Nodoka being like this. Ranma doesn't believe it though.
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- In a parody of this trope and Sickeningly Sweethearts, Ranma and Akane pretend to have been secretly married for a long time in order to get Ukyo out of the Tendo home.
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- Akio and Sanae, Clannad, as well as Tomoya and Nagisa in After Story. Then It Got Worse for the latter couple. And better.
- Sachiko and Soichirou Yagami of Death Note are portrayed as having a very stable and loving relationship. Kind of surprising, considering that everyone lives in the Dysfunction Junction.
- Shirou and Momoko, Nanoha's parents in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. Nanoha comments that they still very much act like newlyweds.
- Shintarou and Sakura, Ichigo's parents in Tokyo Mew Mew, are an overdramatic pair that acts exactly like newlyweds. One is an Overprotective Dad and the other approves of anyone Ichigo brings home, but otherwise, they agree on absolutely everything. Ichigo even mentions that they're her "ideal couple".
- The "hive mind" parents in Marmalade Boy.
- Ikuko and Kenji Tsukino of Sailor Moon, in many respects, the anime equivalent to Ward and June Cleaver, And how.
- And Haruka and Michiru...except that they aren't technically married. They still live together and act like they are, so they count.
- In the beginning of D.N.Angel, it appears as though Daisuke's father is either dead or deadbeat, since he isn't around and is never mentioned. Soon, however, Kosuke comes back home from researching something related to the Niwa family history, and it turns out he and Emiko are very much in love and a shining example of this trope.
- Miu's parents from Piano bicker somewhat from time to time--especially about him drinking--but their marriage is usually very harmonic.
- Though we don't see much of them, Umi's parents from Magic Knight Rayearth in the second season. Umi refers to their marriage as 'the eternal honeymoon'. One that Tastes Like Diabetes.
- Izumi and Sig Curtis from Fullmetal Alchemist.
- Also Maes and Gracia Hughes. Even after Maes' tragic death, Gracia clearly still loves him, even if he is no longer with them.
- Hohenheim and Trisha also count, despite the fact that they weren't married.
- Ed and Winry in the end.
- King Bradley and Mrs. Bradley. Although it was all an act, King Bradley implies that he did genuinely like her.
- Tatsuya and Kazuya's parents, Haruko and Shingo, in Touch. So much, Tatsuya is embarrassed as fuck.
- Sayuri and Suguru in Digimon Savers.
- Also, Yamato/Sora and Ken/Miyako in Digimon Adventure 02. But don't tell that to the fans.
- Subverted in the dub of Digimon Tamers with Jijimon and Babamon (whose voices and personalities heavily resemble Miracle Max and his wife Valerie respectively), when Jijimon states that they've been "Happily Married for forty years...and not so happy for ten years after that".
- Yui's parents in K-On!, who love to go on romantic trips.
- Laura's parents in Hamtarou, after they stop practicing Belligerent Sexual Tension .
- The parents of Yukino Miyazawa and of Soichiro Arima in Kare Kano are all happily married, despite Hiroyuki Miyazawa (Yukino's father) not getting on with his father-in-law, and despite the problems with Soichiro's real parents (he's living with adoptive parents, who are the happily married ones). By the end, Yukino and Soichiro themselves.
- From Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, there's Dayakka and Kiyoh. Very happily - he knows how lucky he is. "MY-WIFE-IS-THE-BEST-IN-THE-UNIVERSE SWING!" Yeah.
- At the end, Simon and Nia, however briefly.
- Togusa and his wife (and their children) in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, though we only get the occasional glimpse of his family in the show; Solid State Society uses them a bit more, eventually leading to arguably the most painfully suspenseful moment in the movie where Togusa is forced to choose between letting the Puppeteer force him into giving up his daughter for brainwashing while cyberhacking him, or killing himself to let her go free. He chose suicide and, if it wasn't for the Major, would have gone ahead with it.
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni has Eva and Hideyoshi. Rudolf and Kyrie also count (despite some of Rudolf's issues staying with one woman). Krauss and Natsuhi have some...issues (it's implied that they have separate bedrooms), but they do love each other.
- And after EP6 Battler and Beato too. In spite of all they went through, I'd say they're one of the most stable - and adorable - couples in the VN, at this point.
- Actually caused problems in the backstory of Mahou Sensei Negima. Negi's father, Nagi, was Happily Married to Negi's mother Arika when he met Evangeline- and, naturally, he wouldn't respond to her advances because he was perfectly satisfied with his wife. In the end, he had to seal Eva in a boarding school just to get her off his back.
- He could have gotten her to go away much easier if he actually told her he was married. As it is, she didn't find out until ten years later or so, from one of his friends giving her backstory. Of course, being an idiot is part of his character, and Eva was a Stalker with a Crush anyway, so even that might not have helped.
- Kenichi's parents in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. They probably have the only normal relationship in the series.
- Azumanga Daioh has Kimura and his wife, of all people. There's No Accounting for Taste.
- About half of Itazura na Kiss is based off this and it overlaps with Babies Ever After.
- Although not actually married (kinda-sorta), Issac and Miria from Baccano! fit this trope to a T. So much so that they're even still together seven decades later.
- And in that vein: Claire and Chane.
- As well as Firo and Ennis.
- Even though Toriyama himself said he sucked at writing a decent romance, most couples in Dragon Ball are this.
- Goku and Chichi are an example. Sure, despite the fact that Goku is an Idiot Hero/lover of fights and Chi-Chi's a hardcore Education Mama, they prove, time and time again, that they truly love each other. Hell, when Goku dies, Chi-Chi doesn't even bother remarrying.
- It began as a brief fling coming from the time she took care of him after he was wounded, and then they didn't give a crap about each other for awhile, but Vegeta and Bulma eventually became this in the latter parts of DBZ. Super delves more in their shared life and confirms them as playing this trope near completely straight (despite both of them being textbook Tsunderes to each other), and woe betide anyone who even looks at Vegeta's dear wife wrong.
- Krillin and Android 18 are like this, too.
- Gohan and Videl become this after the end of DBZ and during Dragon Ball GT. Again, Super confirms them as this.
- Austria and Hungary from Axis Powers Hetalia probably fit this, despite them being technically divorced (it's complicated).
- Greece and Japan tend to be portrayed as this in fan-works.
- Fanon takes Sweden and Finland this way, too, but seeing as they're so canon it's painful, it's only natural.
- Karin's parents, As well as Karin and Kenta in the epilogue.
- Surprisingly, Legend of Galactic Heroes has a few of these. Most obviously Wolfgang and Evangelin Mittermeier, but also Alex and Hortense Caselnes... and both couples play Beta Couple to their respective superiors: Reinhard and Hildegard and Yang and Frederica.
- Kyoko and Katsuya Honda from Fruits Basket were this trope for the brief time they were both alive at the same time. Also, Kyo and Tohru Sohma and most likey every other Official Couple.
- As common and expected for a group of adventurers, Parn is sometimes oblivious to Deedlit's affections (he eventually returns them after coming to terms with his past), and there's no happy ending for Shiris and Orson in Record of Lodoss War. However, when Lailia is freed from being possessed by an evil spirit, she and Slayn marry, they have a daughter, and their relationship continues without any problems.
- In Hayate the Combat Butler the parents are either missing (and it's usually hinted that they're just happily married behind the scenes), unseen or Happily Married. There seems to be no middle ground between these three. Even Hayate's parents are portrayed as Happily Married.
- Though we haven't actually seen Mr. Katsura, between Hinagiku's happy life as their adopted daughter and Mrs. Katsura's outlook, they are probably the happiest.
- Wilhelm and Dorothea Malders from Victorian Romance Emma, one of few noble marriages shown to be happy and without much problems.
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water: In the Distant Finale, the title character and Jean were shown married and with a child. The same applies for Samson and Marie as well as Eiko, the Nautilus navigator and Ikolina, the nurse.
- This is implied about Byakuya and his deceased wife Hisana who was Rukia's older sister in Bleach. The few times he shows his softer side was when he was looking at Hisana's picture before going to Rukia's execution and when he was talking to Rukia about her.
- At the very end of the story, Rukia herself is happily married to her childhood friend Renji (and a whole light novel is about their Wedding Day, while Ichigo and Orihime are quite happy as well.
- Damn near every married couple in Naruto, of which there are many. Ties in with the themes of family and bonds, but also makes up for the fact that half the cast are orphans and those same happily married couples quite often ended up dead.
- Majority of the One Piece couples are these, even if one of the spouses (usually the mother) is deceased. One example is Queen Otohime and King Nepture. He is a strong supporter in her determination to bring humans and mermen together. In a subtle but very sweet scene, Queen Otohime before going with the World Noble to negotiate reassures King Nepture to trust in her as his wife. It's perhaps the series' first unambiguously romantic scene.
- Ouran High School Host Club's author tells us about the Hosts and a few of the other characters' futures at the end of the final volume. Haruhi and Tamaki end up married at the end and it's said they are the first to have children. Honey and the manga-only Strange Girl Reiko Kannazuki also end up married, and we're told Mori is married with children somewhere down the line.
- Black Butler has Ciel's now deceased, parents, Vicent and Rachel. In life it appeared that they were happy together and Good Parents. At least, it did in the anime, and in the manga from Ciel's point of view. Vincent's conversations in the Baron Kelvin flashback chapters beg to differ.
- Kimi wa Petto has Sumire and Momo happily married in the distant finale.
- Kudo in Japan Inc. Contrast this to his Foil Tsugawa: His wife's a Bottle Fairy, and he has barely time for his kids.
- At the end of Spice and Wolf, Lawrence and Holo open a shop together and are expecting a child.
- Windaria Alan is so happily married that thoughts of his wife can repel evil spirits.
- Pod and Homily in The Borrower Arrietty.
- In Zero no Tsukaima Saito and Louise get married at the end of the final season... and then the newlywed couple opens a portal to spend their honeymoon on Earth, and introduce Louise to Saito's parents.
- Even when Akiko and Mitsuru Hanagata from Shin Kyojin no Hoshi aren't all over each other and they have separate twin beds in their bedroom, they do support and love one another deeply. Their quiet relationship is simply not the center of the story; her younger brother/his brother-in-law Hyuuma's struggles with his career and personal life are, and one of Mitsuru's biggest motivations to help his brother-in-law out is Akiko's own sake.. At the very end of the anime, they become parents
- Something similar goes to Housaku and his wife Kyouko.
- Back to Happily Married