I watched an anime called kaichou wa maid sama. There's a scene where this guy has a girl pinned down on a table and it's implied that he's about to assault her. Flash forward, hero man shows up and saves her. Before she leaves, she turns to the guy who was on top of her and says she forgives him and hopes they could be friends (or something along those lines. Haven't seen it in a while). The scene is supposed to make her look cool and badass.
I also saw another anime (can't remember the name) where a girl with red hair is kidnapped and it's implied that this Prince guy is going to assault her. Then a hot guy bursts into the room and saves her. Then one day she runs into the Prince guy again and he feels guilty and is a little afraid of her. She tells him she forgives him and hopes they can become friends.
There seems to be a theme here of not only forgiving someone who assaults you, but also not reporting it to anyone. Is this common in Japanese culture or is this a weird ass coincidence?
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