BlueAmaranth

I haven't read through the whole thread so I don't know if it's been brought up yet, but Sunakawa Makoto from Ore Monogatari ("My Love Story") strikes me as intentionally aro-coded. He's established early on as having a history of rejecting every girl who's asked him out, he's vague and evasive when pressed on whether he wants a relationship, and there are a couple of episodes that focus on him dealing with conflicts that many aros can relate to (wanting his best friend to prioritize him over his (the friend's) girlfriend while he (Suna) is going through a difficult time, but believing he's wrong to want that; trying to date someone he likes and respects, but finding that he's still not able to reciprocate her romantic feelings). Even though he isn't explicitly stated to be aromantic, I really like him as aro representation because of his compassion and loyalty, and how his friends refuse to make him a lesser priority even when he thinks they should. He's reserved and undemonstrative, but he isn't depicted as unfeeling like aromantic characters sometimes are, and the narrative validates that he is deserving of love and support in his platonic relationships. The show does center a romance, so it might not be a good fit for people who are romance-repulsed or just find that kind of thing intolerably boring. It's a low-drama and generally sweet/fluffy romance, so for me it was worth sitting through those parts to get to the aro content.