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In some romance anime, there are red strings around the MCs' body parts, say
hands. Why?

  * _Koi to Uso_

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sIGIX.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sIGIX.png)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VASUj.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VASUj.png)

  * _The Quintessential Quintuplets_

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nSiw7.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nSiw7.png)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/izWPg.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/izWPg.jpg)


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Why are there red strings around the MCs' body parts in some anime?


This is based on a common East Asian belief known as the "[Red Thread of
Fate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_thread_of_fate)", or "Red String of
Fate". It is said that soulmates are bound together by an invisible red
string, with one end tied around the male's finger, and the other end tied
around the female's finger; and that those soulmates are destined to meet, no
matter what.

Look closely at the second _Koi to Uso_ screenshot and you'll see that the
strings are indeed tied around their little fingers. The red strings in
_Quintessential Quintuplets_ don't appear to be tied to anyone, which likely
symbolises the fact that we know the protagonist is destined to marry one of
the quintuplets, but we don't know _which_ one.


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