Romance trope
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The obsessed hero is a romance love interest whose attention is fixed on one person so completely that it shapes everything he does. He notices what she drinks, where she sits and who stands too close. The trope works when the obsession reads as devotion, and when the story makes it cost him something rather than costing her.
Obsession is devotion with the volume turned all the way up. The obsessed hero, sometimes called the yandere hero after the anime archetype, has decided she is the centre of his world, and he is not subtle about it. Readers love him for the same reason they love the possessive hero: being wanted without hesitation, by someone who could look anywhere and looks only at you. He sits most often in dark romance and mafia romance, where his intensity is matched by danger. The line the good stories walk is the one between watching over her and watching her. In an interactive story you choose how close to let him, and the story remembers.
Obsessed Hero stories on Almost Kiss include Eyes On You. Chapter 1 of every story is free to read online with no sign-up, and a free account opens chapters 2–3 of two stories a month. In each story you make the choices, and the story remembers them.
An obsessed hero is a love interest whose feelings for the heroine dominate his thoughts and choices. He pays close attention to her, protects her fiercely and makes no secret of wanting her. The trope is common in dark and mafia romance, and it works best when his obsession shows as devotion rather than control.
Yandere is a term from anime and manga for a character whose love tips into obsession and can turn dangerous. In romance, a yandere hero is an intensely devoted, sometimes frightening love interest whose darker side is aimed at anyone who threatens the person he loves, not at her.
