18-97-14-80.crawl.commoncrawl.org | ToothyWiki | RecentChanges | Login How most of the heroines in anime act towards the ones they love, though they are certainly not the only ones guilty of this.
SlapSlapKiss consists of verbal abuse (ocassionally punctuated with a MalletFromNowhere?), used to mask the heroine's feelings of true love. Additional verbal abuse or AffectionateInsults? after the confession of love is entirely optional.
Done right, it's rather sweet character development. Done wrong, and you want to call SocialServices?, which rather ruins SuspensionOfDisbelief.
Also, what Tohko in ElvenRelations does to Tayuka, and what I think JoanneKathleenRowling? was going for (and IMHO botched badly between RonWeasley? and HermioneGranger?.)