History Main / NoRomanticResolution

* ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'' didn't provide any definite answers either, although if you want to ignore the YaoiGuys aspect of it and just view it as a parody, that hardly matters. However, in this instance, Yuri's lack of a definite decision may be more to avoid the wrath of the {{fangirl}}s than to avoid upsetting his harem...

* In the first season of ''Anime/RinneNoLagrange'', there are numerous hints that Lan gradually triumphs over Muginami when it comes to winning Madoka's affections. In the second season this appears to be reset though, and Madoka seems to like both girls equally. Despite lots of {{subtext}} (which even involves ''kissing''), it never becomes quite clear whether the girls are merely friends or [[TriangRelations perhaps more]].

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' is currently in a Type 1 situation. All the girls explicitly and canonically want Kyon (though circumstances [[AndZoidberg and Haruhi]] are keeping all the sexual tension unresolved for now), while Itsuki ''claims'' to be solely playing up the HoYay to keep Haruhi from warping him into ''actually'' being gay for Kyon ([[UnreliableNarrator emphasis on "claims"]]). Also, there's a couple of yuri-laden sidebars in the harem (Haruhi/Mikuru and Yuki/Mikuru), just to complicate matters more. [[JustifiedTrope (Haruhi likes it complicated.)]]

* In ''Series/StargateSG1'', Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter have a mutual romantic attraction through most of the run of the series that they admit to in "Divide and Conquer" but never act on due to the fact that [[InappropriatelyCloseComrades he's her commanding officer and it isn't allowed]]. WordOfGod is that they did get together after season 8's "Threads" (after which Jack leaves the SGC to work at the Pentagon), but it's never solidly confirmed on-screen.* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' ended this way with neither Dean or Sam officially getting together with anyone. The final season heavily [[ShipTease ship-teased]] Dean/Castiel and Sam/Eileen but these potential relationships were ultimately left up in the air: [[spoiler:Castiel confesses his love to Dean but he makes no further on-screen appearances after his ensuing HeroicSacrifice and it's never confirmed if Dean loved him back or not, and Eileen also doesn't appear during the finale and Sam ends up marrying a woman whose identity is left extremely vague]].

* In ''Manga/PenguinBrothers'', Hina becomes the object of desire of two guys: Koshiba and Isshiki. The former is her first friend in her new school, while the latter is a childhood friend whom she made a ChildhoodMarriagePromise with in kindergarten. Hina herself seems to have a stronger ShipTease with the latter (she mostly considers the former as a very good friend, but little else), but the series throws a spanner to the protagonist's romantic developments by having Hina confess that she's in love with her uncle, Kyo (whom she still have a crush on despite knowing that she can never get together with him), and the manga ends with her moving away from the school to accompany him to France

* In ''Anime/WaitingInTheSummer'', while Kaito and Ichika are implied to be together at the end (as evidenced by her in the student film wearing a jacket his sister brought back with her on her trip), Mio and Tetsuro haven't seem to officially hook up yet. However, neither one of them seems to mind the [[StatusQuoIsGod status quo]], and at the very least they're still hanging around with each other.

* In the ''Anime/TokyoMewMew'' anime, Retasu's fate is left open-ended; while the guy that liked her went back to his home planet and the guy she likes is still around, there's no definitive love confession.

* ''VisualNovel/{{To Heart 2}}'': The Unwanted Harem is unresolved after thirteen episodes and four OVA episodes. Well, when you do have twelve women in your harem...

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' is currently in a Type 1 situation. All the girls explicitly and canonically want Kyon (though circumstances [[AndZoidberg and Haruhi]] are keeping all the sexual tension unresolved for now), while Itsuki ''claims'' to be solely playing up the HoYay to keep Haruhi from warping him into ''actually'' being gay for Kyon ([[UnreliableNarrator emphasis on "claims"]]). Also, there's a couple of yuri-laden sidebars in the harem (Haruhi/Mikuru and Yuki/Mikuru), just to complicate matters more. [[JustifiedTrope (Haruhi likes it complicated.)]]

* The anime version of ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish'' ends with an open ending for the SiblingTriangle.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' concludes without ever resolving Feldt's unrequited feeling for Setsuna. Which is especially odd considering how strongly the movie seemed to focus on it. The director claims he was trying to make yet another point about the difficulties of communication with that, basically that Setsuna still had big-time intimacy issues, and did not know how to properly convey his feelings (whatever they were) for Feldt. Even his accepting a hug from her prior to the final battle was a ''massive'' step forward for him.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' ends up this way for the protagonist, with the last chapter ending with nothing for him but ShipTease and sunken ships for the three most popular contenders: Asuna, Nodoka and Yue. It's implied lightly that he hasn't settled down with anyone as of yet judging by the behavior of Makie and some of the other girls. The ending does confirm that he has feelings for someone. It just doesn't say ''who''. Although Asuna, and following the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, Misora, who previously posed as the priest during Negi's time in the church confessional, was very surprised to hear who it was...
** Sequel series ''Manga/UQHolder'' would later confirm that the girl in question was [[spoiler:Chisame]], who turned him down at first due to his age, but seems to have married him some years down the line.
* ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor'': The titular captain is a bumbling ChickMagnet with an array of love interests, with the most prominent being the [[spoiler:android-spy]] Harumi and the young empress Azalyn. Nothing happens, however.
** The last few episodes hint at possible romance between Tylor and Yuriko, though, and in the follow-up [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVAs]] they officially begin a relationship. In later, unfilmed stories they're engaged.
* The series was originally made as being [[NoHuggingNoKissing anti-romance]], but the anime adaptation (and later manga adaptations for that matter) of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' bring out romance anyway. What was thought to have been a romantic ending [[spoiler:came about at the end of the second anime season: Gourry and Lina kiss in another dimension where the former saves her from the [[GuardianOfTheMultiverse Lord of Nightmares]], but when they return to the world below, they don't remember it.]] The final light novel also teases at the idea of romance when Gourry asks to [[WillTheyOrWontThey accompany Lina to her homeland]], but it's still ambiguous. There's also the ShipTease between Zelgadis and Amelia, which was mostly left hanging when the [[UnCancelled new anime seasons were released]].
* None of the girls in ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos'' get to hook up with Ichika at the end of the anime, although Houki comes close twice, once at the end of episode 12 (which is ruined by the other 4 [[ClingyJealousGirl pissed off]] girls), and once again in the second half of the OVA (she confesses, but its muted out by some fireworks that go off at the same time, so he doesn't hear it, and is distracted by them). This, however, is a result of Infinite Stratos being an ongoing light novel, which the anime only showed a portion of. The second anime series was similarly inconclusive.
* ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' has a particularly painful example-- despite increasingly heavy hints towards Batou and the Major having feelings for one another by the end of Solid State Society, no real conclusion is ever reached. The theatrical movies fare no better, with even more romantic subtext but no chance whatsoever of things ever ending happily for them.
* In the first season of ''Anime/RinneNoLagrange'', there are numerous hints that Lan gradually triumphs over Muginami when it comes to winning Madoka's affections. In the second season this appears to be reset though, and Madoka seems to like both girls equally. Despite lots of {{subtext}} (which even involves ''kissing''), it never becomes quite clear whether the girls are merely friends or [[TriangRelations perhaps more]].
* ''Manga/FoodWars'':
** Even with several moments of ShipTease between characters, the only romantic plot who seemed to be important was about Joichirou's chef advice for Souma to find a woman to cook for, it was even introduced in the first chapter (and said woman was hinted to be Erina, since she appears right in the next page that Joichirou talks about this), after this the manga didn't touch the subject anymore until the last arc, with a supposedly [[LoveTriangle romantic rival]] appearing for Souma, in the end however we don't see Souma hooking up with Erina, actually it takes them a ''7 years'' TimeSkip to at least accept their feelings for each other in [[InnerMonologue internal monologues]] (and their wording is a bit ambiguous), with Souma deciding that the woman for whom he would cook for is Erina, but there's no further development after this and the manga ends with a MaybeEverAfter vibe.
** In the anime Erina is more straightforward with her words (also happening in InnerMonologue mode), leaving no doubts that what she feels for him is romantic, it also doesn't have the TimeSkip part (implying that they would hook up sooner than in the manga), but the [[TitleDrop No Romantic Resolution]] part is still there.
* Ultimately, the ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' manga ends without confirming which girl won over Hayate. In the final chapter, it's implied [[spoiler:Hinagiku]] confessed to Hayate, but it never shows his response, and while he does reunite with [[spoiler:Nagi and wants to continue protecting her]], it doesn't confirm whether or not his feelings towards her are still platonic.
* ''Manga/ShugoChara'' ended without a definite answer to the Ikuto/Amu/Tadase love triangle. [[spoiler: Though there seemed to be a very noticeable lean towards Ikuto, especially in later chapters.]]
* Edward has at least one love interest in ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' but nothing ever comes from it as [[spoiler:he gets stuck in a parallel universe]]. Likewise Roy and Riza seem pretty romantic at the end but come ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa'' and they're back to square one, with Riza barely being a character in the film and [[spoiler:Roy being sent far away and spending his time depressed over Ed being gone]]. Meanwhile, in the [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist manga version]] of the story, [[spoiler: Edward]] is the ''only'' major character who gets his romantic resolution with [[spoiler:Winry]]. [[spoiler:Alphonse/Mei Chang, Roy/Riza, and Ling/Lan Fan]] are all inconclusive, though one of the [[WordOfGod author's comments]] in an artbook at least indicated [[spoiler:Roy and Riza]] would have married each other if they weren't in the military and thus not subject to anti-fraternization rules.
* ''Anime/{{Macross}}'':
** ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' ends with no resolution to the central love triangle between Alto, Sheryl, and Ranka. The movies avert this, ending by having Alto [[spoiler:clearly spell out that he's in love with Sheryl, not Ranka]].
** ''Anime/Macross7'' is even worse about the triangle between Mylene, Basara, and Gamlin, since they ''don't'' get a movie to resolve their romantic loose ends. Further complicating the issue is the fact that Basara simply doesn't seem to ''care'' about romance at all, while Mylene is just 14 years old and doesn't feel ready for a committed relationship anyway.

* ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'' ends with no one ending up with anyone despite the LoveDodecahedron. It has two {{Maybe Ever After}}s with [[spoiler:Marika and Satoshi]] and [[spoiler:Ryousuke and his childhood ex-girlfriend Hacchi]], however the main trio seems to be on platonic terms by the DistantFinale.
* ''Anime/{{Canaan}}'' has heavy romantic subtext between Maria and Canaan however nothing ever comes of it as [[spoiler:they go their separate ways]].
* The ''Manga/WanderingSon'' anime ends on an ambiguous note. The love triangle between Nitori, Takatsuki, and Saori is still present but they're on much more neutral terms than before, to the point where they're all friends again. Nitori and her girlfriend Anna have broken up as well. The manga averts this as it continues to the end of high school. Nitori and Anna get back together again and the love triangle ends in none of the couples. Takatsuki stays single (though [[spoiler:he has unrequited feelings for Nitori]]) and Saori dates [[spoiler:Fumiya.]]
* ''Manga/FairyTail'': While most of the pairings end up on MaybeEverAfter (Erza x Jellal, Gray x Juvia) or all-but-confirmed (Gajeel x Levy), ironically it's Natsu x Lucy that's ends up closest to this point since Natsu is as oblivious to Lucy's feelings as ever.

* ''Manga/Reborn2004'': The series ends with Tsuna not being able to choose between his LoveInterest Kyoko and SelfProclaimedLoveInterest Haru. Granted, one of the last chapters has him try to confess his feelings to Kyoko again, but she took it as a joke and still thinks of him as a friend. Then he stops that confession in order to save Haru from getting hurt. Haru then proclaims her love for him, which Tsuna [[AllLoveIsUnrequited automatically shots down]]. So in the end, StatusQuoIsGod.

* ''{{ComicBook/Sabretooth}}'' and [[ComicBook/MonetStCroix Monet]]. They've been in ShipTease since the first issue of [[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2016 Uncanny X-Men]], but WordOfGod has [[https://twitter.com/cullenbunn/status/1009239337588940803 confirmed they loved each other]]. Due to series cancellation, their arc ended with them running off together. Come ''{{ComicBook/ResurrXion}}'', they were in separate books with their relationship ignored for 17 months until Monet was brought in for the final [[ComicBook/WeaponX2017 Weapon X]] arc. Greg Pak continued to pile on the ShipTease, but ended up leaving the relationship with no resolution again. Chapter 24 had a guilty Victor apologizing to Monet for leaving her during her FaceMonsterTurn but she didn't blame him. Toward the end of the convo, [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1273920/1273920_900.png a giant heart looms behind them]] as Creed wants to say something to her, but he's cut off by Omega Red. Three issues later, the series ended with a lobotomized Victor running into the Saskatchewan woods and Monet back in Aspen wondering what happened to him. That was the last seen of their relationship and it's never learned what Victor was going to tell her in issue twenty-four.

* ''Film/TheReplacementKillers'' seems to be building to this, but for whatever reason the early belligerent tension between John and Meg doesn't have any sexuality to it, and she ends up coming off as more of a NotLoveInterest than anything else, ultimately seeing him off at the airport before he leaves to join his family.
* ''Film/TheWoods'' has this, Heather and Marcy far from getting a romantic resolution, receive no relationship resolution at all; not even a hug or a verbal acknowledgement of the others' existence.

* ''Film/GreenHornet'' ends with the titular character having thoroughly alienated his potential love interest.
* ''Film/PacificRim'' towards the end, Mako and Raleigh are sitting in the ocean holding each other, for a second it seems like they'll lean in for a kiss...and then they look away to the chopper about to pick them up. They do have a HeadbuttOfLove, but that's the most the viewer gets out of it.
* ''Film/SleeplessInSeattle'' ends with Sam and Annie first meeting each other.
* ''Film/EaglesGathered'' ends without making it clear if Gold and Silver were ever lovers; if they were as of the end of the film; if either is still alive; or whether Gold ever existed at all.
* In ''Film/TheRedKimono'', Terrance travels all the way from Los Angeles to New Orleans to track down Gabrielle the reformed prostitute. He fails to find her, and winds up joining the Army as the United States enters UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. He stumbles across her by accident in the hospital where she's working as a nurse, right before he's supposed to ship out to France. Terrance asks her to marry him, but Gabrielle tells him to look her up after he gets back, explaining that she needs time to earn her happiness. TheEnd.
* ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'': This film doesn't resolve either of Finn's prospective romantic partners from the previous two films. He remains an extremely close but platonic friend to Rey in spite of having shown attraction to her, and he barely acknowledged Rose's existence after she proclaimed her love for him in the previous film. This film even adds a ''third'' prospective girlfriend, Jannah, only to end ''that'' without any resolution as well. And in spite of heavy shipping, no, Finn doesn't wind up with Poe either.
* ''Film/LittleWomen2019'''s ending leaves it open to interpretation if Jo ended up with Friedrich or not.
* ''Film/ChaosWalking2021'': It's made ''very'' clear that Todd has romantic feelings for Viola, though while she becomes fond of him it's left ambiguous if she reciprocates. At the end of the film Todd's Noise once again loudly indicates he wants Viola to kiss him; they don't kiss nor does he ask her verbally, but rather than be annoyed or embarrassed like before [[MaybeEverAfter she just smiles at him]].

* While it wasn't the end of the entire series, Goren and Eames leaving ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' is played like this. [[spoiler: The latter takes a promotion and keeps it just long enough to protect the former from going through a lengthy trial (which will lead to him being sacked in disgrace) by firing him.]] (WordOfGod says it was left open so the BrokenBase can decide for themselves whether or not they ended up together.) Even when they return later to finish out the tenth season, there seems to be an air of MaybeEverAfter to the partnership.

* ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' had the Randy/Catalina UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo never play out to a conclusion despite teasing it.

* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': An attraction was hinted at between Kira and Trent in the first half of the series, but nothing ever came of it.
** Before that was the relation between Cassie and the Phantom Ranger that started in ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' and came back up in an episode of ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''. It was made clear that there was mutual feelings between them however it was never shown if they ever saw each other again after the last time they were seen together.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor and Clara. "Hell Bent," the Series 9 finale, resolved a number of plotlines and left others hanging. Unfortunately one resolution involved the Doctor [[spoiler: erasing his memory]] of Clara. The closest the two have to a romantic resolution (such as ''Doctor Who'' is capable of) is a sequence where Clara decides to tell the Doctor something important and meaningful to her after learning he spent 4 1/2 ''billion'' years in a bespoke torture chamber and personal hell just on a desperate gambit to save her life. What she says to the Doctor is left a mystery: the camera pulls away to [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall give the two privacy at the crucial moment]].
* In ''Series/StargateSG1'', Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter have a mutual romantic attraction through most of the run of the series that they admit to in "Divide and Conquer" but never act on due to the fact that [[InappropriatelyCloseComrades he's her commanding officer and it isn't allowed]]. WordOfGod is that they did get together after season 8's "Threads" (after which Jack leaves the SGC to work at the Pentagon), but it's never solidly confirmed on-screen.
* At the end of the original run of ''Series/GilmoreGirls,'' Rory is left without a love interest, rejecting Logan's proposal and starting her career in journalism.
** In the 2016 revival, Rory has interactions with all three major ex-love interests. She shares a nice moment with Dean, where they both fondly remember their time together, but it's clear that they've both moved on. She finally breaks up with Logan for good. Jess, however, is still around, and implied to still have feelings for her. This did not go unnoticed by [[FanPreferredCouple Jess/Rory shippers]], who had been disappointed by their ending in the original run.
* This is a critical part of the conclusion of ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend''. The entire series was largely driven by Rebecca's fixation with guys and with romantic love, certain that the right man would fix her problems and make her happy. In the final season, all three of the guys she was romantically attached to try to win her love, ''and'' all three of them have gotten their lives together to where getting together would make sense. But she ultimately realizes that she can't have a healthy relationship with ''anyone'' until she's okay with herself, and turns down all three of them. The final scene takes place a year later, with her pursuing her own interests, still friends with them, and with the possibility still open, but no answer on a relationship.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' ended this way with neither Dean or Sam officially getting together with anyone. The final season heavily [[ShipTease ship-teased]] Dean/Castiel and Sam/Eileen but these potential relationships were ultimately left up in the air: [[spoiler:Castiel confesses his love to Dean but he makes no further on-screen appearances after his ensuing HeroicSacrifice and it's never confirmed if Dean loved him back or not, and Eileen also doesn't appear during the finale and Sam ends up marrying a woman whose identity is left extremely vague]].

* In one route of ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion'', the Nessiah/Garlot/Siskier/Jenon [[LoveDodecahedron love quadrangle]] winds up on hold when the issues that have been plaguing Aegina boil over and she takes center stage. (The other two routes, however, do each have some form of resolution.)

* Subverted in ''Film/TheBestYearsOfOurLives''. The romance between [[spoiler: Fred and Peggy]] brews and brews and brews for much of the entire 172-minute film (almost three whole hours), only coming to a resolution [[spoiler: with 45 SECONDS LEFT and the credits rolling...]]. Absolutely gut-wrenching to a first-time viewer.

* Film/{{Blade}} shocked WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic when in the end Eric and Karen had no romantic interest in each other.
-->I don't think you know how it works. He's a dude, You're a chick. You have to end up together, even if you have no chemistry at all. It's, like, a law!

* ''{{ComicBook/Sabretooth}}'' and [[ComicBook/MonetStCroix Monet]]. They've been in ShipTease since the first issue of [[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2015 Uncanny X-Men]], but WordOfGod has [[https://twitter.com/cullenbunn/status/1009239337588940803 confirmed they loved each other]]. Due to series cancellation, their arc ended with them running off together. Come ''{{ComicBook/ResurrXion}}'', they were in separate books with their relationship ignored for 17 months until Monet was brought in for the final [[ComicBook/WeaponX2017 Weapon X]] arc. Greg Pak continued to pile on the ShipTease, but ended up leaving the relationship with no resolution again. Chapter 24 had a guilty Victor apologizing to Monet for leaving her during her FaceMonsterTurn but she didn't blame him. Toward the end of the convo, [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1273920/1273920_900.png a giant heart looms behind them]] as Creed wants to say something to her, but he's cut off by Omega Red. Three issues later, the series ended with a lobotomized Victor running into the Saskatchewan woods and Monet back in Aspen wondering what happened to him. That was the last seen of their relationship and it's never learned what Victor was going to tell her in issue twenty-four.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'': While Gajeel and Levy have their happily-ever-after -- with the epilogue hinting that Levy is pregnant -- the others don't have the same luck:
** Natsu/Lucy: the manga ends with he being as oblivious to Lucy's feelings for him as ever.
** Gray/Juvia: despite all Juvia's effort, Gray still doesn't accept her feelings, but unlike Natsu, he ''does'' know she likes him, and the end of the manga heavily implies that he's starting to reciprocate her feelings, but that's it.
** Erza/Jellal: this one is the closest you can see as a couple in Fairy Tail's main manga (aside from the actual couples), since both Erza and Jellal like each other, but never confess it verbally, in the end we get a scene of ShipTease between them before parting ways.

* In ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', Snow White has chemistry with both [[spoiler: The Huntsman]] and [[spoiler: William, the character closest to the Prince role]] and they both kiss her at some point. [[spoiler: She does kiss William, but it turns out to be Ravenna in disguise,]] and it is not clear from the ending whether she will end up with either of them.

* ''Film/ChaoasWalking2021'': It's made ''very'' clear that Todd has romantic feelings for Viola, though while she becomes fond of him it's left ambiguous if she reciprocates. At the end of the film Todd's Noise once again loudly indicates he wants Viola to kiss him; they don't kiss nor does he ask her verbally, but rather than be annoyed or embarrassed like before [[MaybeEverAfter she just smiles at him]].

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' never tells us whether or not Phoenix and Iris end up as a couple after the Phoenix Arc, [[spoiler:though the fact that she's in jail for an unspecified amount of time probably doesn't help things...]]

** In the 2016 revival, Rory has interactions with all three major ex-love interests (Dean, Jess, and Logan). She shares a nice moment with Dean, where they both fondly remember their time together, but it clear that they've moved on. She finally breaks up with Logan for good. Jess, however, is still around, and implied to still have feelings for her. This did not go unnoticed by [[FanPreferredCouple Jess/Rory shippers]], who had been disappointed by their ending in the original run.
* This is a critical part of the conclusion of ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend''. The entire series was largely driven by her fixation with guys and with romantic love, certain that a relationship was the key to happiness. In the final season, all three of the guys she was romantically attached to try to win her love, ''and'' all three of them have gotten their lives together to where a real relationship would make sense. But she finally realizes that no relationship will ever make her happy if she isn't happy with herself first, and turns down all three of them. The final scene takes place a year later, with her pursuing her own interests, still friends with them, and with the possibility still open, but no answer on a relationship.

** In the 2016 revival, Rory has interactions with all three major ex-love interests (Dean, Jess, and Logan). She gets closure with Dean and forces closure with Logan, but Jess remains around and involved. This did not go unnoticed by [[FanPreferredCouple Jess/Rory shippers]], who had been disappointed by their ending in the original run.
* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' ends with Rebecca single in spite of multiple men still being interested in her. This fits with her CharacterDevelopment arc of learning that a romantic relationship won't fix her psychological/mental issues and isn't a good idea to get into until she's more at peace with herself.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' ends up this way for the protagonist, with the last chapter ending with nothing for him but ShipTease and sunken ships for the three most popular contenders: Asuna, Nodoka and Yue. It's implied lightly that he hasn't settled down with anyone as of yet judging by the behavior of Makie and some of the other girls. The ending does confirm that he has feelings for someone. It just doesn't say ''who''. Although Asuna, and following the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, Misora, who previously posed as the priest during Negi's time in the church confessional, was very surprised to hear who it was...

* ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma'':

* ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'': The series ends with Tsuna not being able to choose between his LoveInterest Kyoko and SelfProclaimedLoveInterest Haru. Granted, one of the last chapters has him try to confess his feelings to Kyoko again, but she took it as a joke and still thinks of him as a friend. Then he stops that confession in order to save Haru from getting hurt. Haru then proclaims her love for him, which Tsuna [[AllLoveIsUnrequited automatically shots down]]. So in the end, StatusQuoIsGod.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' ends with none of Ranma's [[BelligerentSexualTension relationship]] [[HaremSeries issues]] being resolved in the slightest (with the implication that the situation is going to persist for quite some time). This manages to occur even though the final volume's last chapter is all about Ranma and Akane's ''wedding'' because their other suitors [[WeddingSmashers gatecrash the wedding]] and force it to be postponed, leaving Ranma and Akane arguing about who's to blame the most for the mess and ''still'' not having once confirmed their feelings for each other either way.

* At the end of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'''s TV run, Buffy is left without a resolved love interest. She is a cookie that is not done baking.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' ends with none of Ranma's [[BelligerentSexualTension relationship]] [[HaremSeries issues]] being resolved in the slightest (with the implication that the situation is going to persist for quite some time). This is largely due to the author not knowing how to plausibly bring the situation to closure.

* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' ''seems'' to have this in the Refrain route, unlocked after every other route has been completed. While up until this point the story has been leaning towards primary heroine Rin and nearly makes her the canon heroine even in Refrain, at the end the situation is actually left ambiguous with Rin asking Riki which, if any, of the girls he actually likes. She doesn't get an answer. However if you go through Refrain again, the second time you get the choice to answer yes when Rin asks whether Rikis Declaration of Protection was a "proposal". This replaces the earlier mentioned scene where Rin asks Riki if there is any girl he likes, with a cute scene of them being alone talking (and making out) in the classroom. An oddly hidden option that many do not find.

** To Rei and Takuma, a character showed up in the sequel. Although the story hinted he had feelings towards Rei, he never shows up in stories set years in the future, and neither Rei nor other characters mention him. Since the sequel never got finished, it is unknown whether they got together or not.

* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' franchise:
** Throughout the entire series, ''Anime/YuGiOh'' had a subplot involving Téa's TwoPersonLoveTriangle with Yugi and Atem. At the end, Atem goes to the afterlife, and the series ends without saying whether or not Yugi and Téa wind up together. The first episode of Anime/YuGiOhGX is set ten years later, and a grown-up Yugi appears, but gives no backstory on what happened in the interim. Thenceforth, several other characters make cameos, but nobody reveals what happened to any of the characters after the first series. The manga version, however, leans them more towards MaybeEverAfter with the sequel movie Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions implying they may get together after all.
** ''Anime/YuGiOh5DS'': when Aki is just about to confess to Yusei, she stops in the middle of the confession and just says he's a great guy, he tells her the same followed by a HeldGaze moment, after that nothing happens and we're left wondering if Yusei would even accept her or not, in the last scene she goes to another town and doesn't see him again for a long time, so they probably never hooked up after all.

* ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma'': even with several moments of ShipTease between characters, the only romantic plot who seemed to be important was about Joichirou's chef advice for Souma to find a woman to cook for, it was even introduced in the first chapter (and said woman was hinted to be Erina, since she appears right in the next page that Joichirou talks about this), after this the manga didn't touch the subject anymore until the last arc, with a supposedly [[LoveTriangle romantic rival]] appearing for Souma, in the end however we don't see Souma hooking up with Erina, actually it takes them a ''7 years'' TimeSkip to at least accept their feelings for each other in [[InnerMonologue internal monologues]] (and their wording is a bit ambiguous), with Souma deciding that the woman for whom he would cook for is Erina, but there's no further development after this and the manga ends with a MaybeEverAfter vibe.

** The last few episodes hint at possible romance between Tylor and Yuriko, though, and in the follow-up OVAs they officially begin a relationship. In later, unfilmed stories they're engaged.

* Throughout the entire series, ''Anime/YuGiOh'' had a subplot involving Téa's TwoPersonLoveTriangle with Yugi and Atem. At the end, Atem goes to the afterlife, and the series ends without saying whether or not Yugi and Téa wind up together. The first episode of Anime/YuGiOhGX is set ten years later, and a grown-up Yugi appears, but gives no backstory on what happened in the interim. Thenceforth, several other characters make cameos, but nobody reveals what happened to any of the characters after the first series. The manga version, however, leans them more towards MaybeEverAfter with the sequel movie Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions implying they may get together after all.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'': While Gajeel and Levy have their happily-ever-after -- with the epilogue hinting that Levy is pregnant -- the manga ends with Natsu being as oblivious to Lucy's feelings for him as ever.