A love triangle is a set of interconnected romantic relationships between three people.

These anime focus on the trials and tribulations of characters who may at first be in love, uninterested, or completely oblivious, as they untangle their feelings, make their choices, and try to win the heart of their beloved.

More complex sets of relationships involving more than three people, sometimes called love polygons, may also be included.

Let's take a look at the top 10 best love triangle anime and what makes them so interesting.

10. Golden Time - Kouko Kaga, Banri Tada and Nana Hayashida

Banri Tada and Kouko Kada fall for each other and start a relationship, but what will happen when Banri's past catches up to him and his long forgotten friend and childhood love interest reappears? Have the forgotten feelings disappeared or or just been buried deep down?

9. Chihayafuru - Arata Wataya, Chihaya Ayase and Taichi Mashima

Ayase had no goals in life other than to support her sister in her aspirations to become a model. That was until she met, Arata, a social awkward child who transferred into their elementary school class.

He teaches her to play Karuta (a memorization game using the 100 poets) and she falls in love with the game. They also bring along her friend Taichi and the three aspire to become Master and Queen Karuta players.

8. ef: A Tale of Memories - Kei Shindou, Hiro Hirono and Miyako Miyamura

What makes the love story between Hiro, Miyako, and Kei a very engaging tale is the fact that it is so relatable.

Everyone of us has had an experience with a crush or the like that is very much like the dilemma faced by Hiro in the anime.

7. Nana - Nobuo Terashima, Nana Komatsu and Takumi Ichinose

This is not the only love triangle in Nana, but probably the most famous one.

Nana Komatsu has always been known as someone who easily falls in love, but her infatuation for both Nobu and Takumi seems to become harder to comprehend over time.

6. Akatsuki no Yona (Yona of the Dawn) - Hak Son, Yona and Su-won

Hak Son has been Yona's bodyguard ever since they were children and he has obviously always loved her. Yona on the other hand has always liked Su-won who ends up betraying her.

Will Hak heal her broken heart so she can forget about Su-won who betrayed her in the worst way possible?

5. Skip Beat!! - Ren Tsuruga, Kyouko Mogami and Shoutarou Fuwa

Keeping in mind that Kyouko's boyfriend betrayed her and admitted to being with her only so he can use her, her obvious choice should be the new and hot guy who is the complete opposite from her ex, right?

However, it seems that forgetting your childhood love isn't so simple, and the more the characters mature, the more complicated this love triangle seems to get.

4. InuYasha - InuYasha, Kagome Higurashi and Kikyo

The tale of InuYasha is first and foremost, an epic of love. Its love story is very much relatable to viewers too, as most of us have faced a somewhat similar dilemma as InuYasha in our past.

There are, after all, people who just stay with you, even long after they are gone. These people, like ghosts, forever haunt us, to the point when they make moving forward extremely difficult.

3. Honey and Clover - Hagumi Hanamoto, Yuuta Takemoto and Shinobu Morita

Honey and Clover has become quite a staple when one talks about love triangle anime. The love story between the gifted Hagu and the two flatmates is something that is takes straight out of real life.

In the anime, Hagu represents the ideal female, one who is essentially a blank slate when it comes to relationships. Her two choices, on the other hand, are very symbolic of the types of persons we end up going for.

2. Vampire Knight - Zero Kiryuu, Yuuki Cross and Kaname Kuran

Yuuki, one of the guardians of the Cross Academy, becomes entangled with the powerful vampire Kaname. However, she also feels affection towards her childhood friend Zero Kiryuu.

1. Super Dimensional Fortress Macross - Hikaru Ichijyo, Misa Hayase and Lynn Minmay

The story of the young pilot, Hikaru, the beautiful, headstrong Misa, and the attractive, talented Minmay has gone down in anime history as one of the industry's most notable love triangle.

What makes this love triangle so engaging is the fact that the characters are so fleshed out, viewers will end up empathizing with both Misa and Minmay.

Love triangles are all about choices and giving up one to get another. This anime portrays this perfectly.

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