Things in manga/anime you're sick of seeing
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Ditzy school girl characters.
Oh, and THIS
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LETS PLAY SPOT THE MAIN CHARACTERS[/hide]You know, someday I wanna see an anime where the main characters are totally normal and it's everyone else has funky hair and magical powers.
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The baselessly cryptic and needlessly smug.
Hey you! Let's party!
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I would also like to not see a perviously thought to be dead or missing family member happening to be the person helping the hero in the shadows the whole time.
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I would also like to not see a perviously thought to be dead or missing family member happening to be the person helping the hero in the shadows the whole time.
16 Characters of SABO.
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I'm sick of people "not forgiving" their opponents. Is that realy a saying in Japan ?
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@The Beast: I'll have to check out these series you described, because they sound intriguing.
-Protagonist who are "the chosen one" or "destined" to be great.
-Protagonists who are average (as average as you can get in shonen, anyway) Joes, only suddenly it turns out their parents (but more often than not, their dad) are famous/uber powerful.
-Parents of the protagonist being absent or dead.
-Stupidly powerful and overly smug villains.
-Haxx characters ("LOL, you just stabbed your childhood friend!" "I replaced all my organs with fakes before coming here!" "I'm covered from head to toe in horrible burns and my body can't regulate heat properly, but I'm still strong enough to best all who oppose me until I die due to my debilitating weakness!" "Crap! I'm up against the ropes… psych! new eye power" and so on and so forth). -
Well, yes, but a lot of these things have been occuring enough to make the industry boring…
but yes, I was talking about things that are ruining the new generation.
It seems that the newer series are following the principle "If it ain't broke, don't fix it.", but that's what is leaving the industry so stale.
There is no reason for Pajama no Kanojo or Nisekoi to exist since they merely follow the cliche's set in stone for the past decade.
It really bothers me.
ok.. just asking.. i don't really know what cliche anymore.. for me it just what i like, what i don't like, good writing and bad writing..
but when we talk about anime i really like this comment:
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The whole ''cute, precocious little sister who takes care of the house and watches over the bumbling protagonist'' thing annoys me to no end because it's so obviously pandering, and unlike most of the people this is being targetted to, I actually have a younger sister, so my life experience thoroughly disproves that notion.
They somehow managed to insert that crap into Votoms…
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"I'm covered from head to toe in horrible burns and my body can't regulate heat properly, but I'm still strong enough to best all who oppose me until I die due to my debilitating weakness!"
This one felt oddly specific.
read.
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-Stupidly powerful and overly smug villains.
-Haxx characters ("LOL, you just stabbed your childhood friend!" "I replaced all my organs with fakes before coming here!" "I'm covered from head to toe in horrible burns and my body can't regulate heat properly, but I'm still strong enough to best all who oppose me until I die due to my debilitating weakness!" "Crap! I'm up against the ropes… psych! new eye power" and so on and so forth).That's half of what's fun about shounen, though. It's all in the execution.
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@The Beast: I'll have to check out these series you described, because they sound intriguing.
-Protagonist who are "the chosen one" or "destined" to be great.
-Protagonists who are average (as average as you can get in shonen, anyway) Joes, only suddenly it turns out their parents (but more often than not, their dad) are famous/uber powerful.
-Parents of the protagonist being absent or dead.
-Stupidly powerful and overly smug villains.
-Haxx characters ("LOL, you just stabbed your childhood friend!" "I replaced all my organs with fakes before coming here!" "I'm covered from head to toe in horrible burns and my body can't regulate heat properly, but I'm still strong enough to best all who oppose me until I die due to my debilitating weakness!" "Crap! I'm up against the ropes… psych! new eye power" and so on and so forth).I know its not your intention but its easier just to post "I hate shounen plot points and characters".
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I would like them to stop having the following.
Cutesy chibi girl that's true form is an overly busty sadistic sex machine.
Young looking boy who is actually ancient and has pervy tendencies.
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Oh, I'm sick of villains who'se sole goal is to destroy everything just "for the lulz". Zero from FT is hilarious in that regard because he goes on and on and on about how he wants to destroy things until there's nothing left, and then just leaves the main characters alive after saying how he's gonna kill all of them.
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Oh, I'm sick of villains who'se sole goal is to destroy everything just "for the lulz".
I know a protagonist who's like that.Let's just say he is "Most Dangerous".
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Some things in this thread are very specific.
Its reminds me of the people who hated timeskips just because of Naruto
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Two things dragonball z did that tons of people do now that annoys me
"I'm faster then you" ends up behind said character "psych I'm faster then you" the constant back forth attacks from the back annoy the crap out of me and it gets so cliche, Bleach excels at this crappy fighting style
then Huge lazer beams that are supposed to defeat opponents but just make a cloud of smoke where there completely unharmed, or barley
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what I'm catching up on currently: Gintama, lone wolf & cub, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and lost in poem (by our very own AP member GEPPETTOSMONSTER)
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Animal parts on characters, the most glaring example would be cat ears and furry tails on otherwise human-looking characters.
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"I'm faster then you" ends up behind said character "psych I'm faster then you" the constant back forth attacks from the back annoy the crap out of me and it gets so cliche, Bleach excels at this crappy fighting style
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This one felt oddly specific.
They all were, though, it's just that that particular example was the lengthiest.
Cutesy chibi girl whose true form is an overly busty sadistic sex machine.
This! I don't hate shonen, but I guess a lot of my posts have been centered on shonen tropes and archetypes. I'll switch it up…
-The sleazy guy in slice of life series who plays dirty in order to try to woo the female protagonist.
-The bitchy in-laws who the protagonist (usually female) puts up with in silence, despite you wanting to drive their noses into their heads.
-The female side-character who falls in love with the protagonist, only they're too shy to say it outright, so they put up their trusty tsundere shield and opt for overcomplicated plans to attract their crush's attention.
-Harem series where the main girl in the protagonist's life is obviously pointed out in the first few chapters.
-Annoying/nosy best friends who give crappy/lecherous advice. -
They all were, though, it's just that that particular example was the lengthiest.
May I ask what instance it was?
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"Your stand is like your asshole. You can't go around showing it off to other people."
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DM: The way you described Shishio reminds me of this.
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May I ask what instance it was?
Shishio Makoto from Rurouni Kenshin.
Shishio went to the top and stayed there, like Cyndi Lauper!
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-One on one fights that last more than 4 chapters without any show of what's going on anywhere else inside of the manga. Usually done with other characters just standing around like retards watching the fight, and and not really helping for fuckknowswho's "manly honer" sakes. Fuck that. If I'm in a team and we are in the process of getting rid of something that threatens our lives, we'd rush that threat all at once.
-A manga that relies on a narratively insignificant gimmick to keep fans wanting more. Bleach for example. Getting hype boners over seeing a new Bankia? I don't know. Maybe it's just me, but I don't really hype seeing a new power for a character or anything aside from growth. But then again, the only shonen I actively read and like is One Piece. Maybe it's the the genre itself that's off-putting.
-Weak male lead who is a complete and utter loser UNTIL he suddenly sees a girl(or a harem of girls) that eventually puts a missing piece(or peices) of a puzzle into his pathetic miserable shit of a life.
-Cocktease romance that drag on for hundreds of chapters. I love shojo, especially when it's done well or handled in a mature/heartfelt fashion. I just don't like my leg being pulled and going through pointless drama for one expected ending. Heck, I usually skip to the ending to see if the manga isn't a complete waste of time. The only two anime/manga where I liked the romance enough to stay with from begining to end was Lovely Complex and The Lucifer and The Biscuit Hammer(not shojo, but nice romance story).
-The only reason I don't watch alot of anime is tired old padding techniques used to stretch an episode. There's a whole long list of methods that are constantly used and repeated to the point where I don't even bother. I don't even want to bother typing the list. So screw it! NEXT
-Depressing angsts.
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@The Beast: I'll have to check out these series you described, because they sound intriguing.
-Protagonist who are "the chosen one" or "destined" to be great.
-Protagonists who are average (as average as you can get in shonen, anyway) Joes, only suddenly it turns out their parents (but more often than not, their dad) are famous/uber powerful.
-Parents of the protagonist being absent or dead.
-Stupidly powerful and overly smug villains.
-Haxx characters ("LOL, you just stabbed your childhood friend!" "I replaced all my organs with fakes before coming here!" "I'm covered from head to toe in horrible burns and my body can't regulate heat properly, but I'm still strong enough to best all who oppose me until I die due to my debilitating weakness!" "Crap! I'm up against the ropes… psych! new eye power" and so on and so forth).One does not simply diss Kurotsuchi Mayuri.
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I'm sick of seeing the anime industry taking a 'moe' laser to historical events. I almost started weeping when I saw that Three Kingdoms adaptation that had all the historical figures as busty young girls in brightly colored, skimpy clothing. I know, 'moe' is a big thing in some anime circles, but leave actual historical events alone damn it. Either treat them with the respect they deserve, or come up with your own story.
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Shh! That's just the germs he infected you with during your last encounter talking.
What last encounter? :ninja:
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@No:
que Chopper and Luffy losing the will to live :ninja:
Sorry Chopper and Luffy, but it's true
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@Hiroy: So, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer is good? I've heard some good things about it lately, so if it's worth the read, I'd love to check it out…
Good? No
Great? Heck noA complete satisfying experience? HECK YES!
It's only a few volumes long, but it's one of the most exiting tales I've ever encountered in the medium. There's just one moment where it itroduces a whole bunch of characters at once, but as it continued I could not help but love every single one of them. It's… wow. It's hard to describe. Read it and you will never regret it.
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I think it says alot out the members here, that this thread is kinda taking off lmao. We sure do love to grouse lol.
That reminds me. I'm so tired of the my best friend has turned on me for the bad guys because of very flawed reasoning.
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@Hiroy: So, it's an amazing story and it's complete? Well, I'm sold. I'll make sure to start reading it ASAP…
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one thing i hate is those little girls that have to say that everything is kawai and cute all the time
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@D_Mugen: Awesome! Tell me about how you like it if you ever finish it. Or revive the thread for it. More people need to get into that drug.
Another thing to add.
-I find patting on a girl's head like a cat or dog very weird. Is this a custom in Japan or something?
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lolis .
There's a great lighthearted vibe around here, because no matter how serious we might get, we're all together because of some magical pirate.
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@D_Mugen: Awesome! Tell me about how you like it if you ever finish it. Or revive the thread for it. More people need to get into that drug.
Another thing to add.
-I find patting on a girl's head like a cat or dog very weird. Is this a custom in Japan or something?
Will do.
Also, at least they don't all sprout dog ears as you're doing it, like Manami from OreImo (I think it was only in the manga, though).
I've got another one to add.
-Overly cute little girls (with eye-diabetes inducing faces, HUGE eyes and high-pitched voices, often accompanied by a speech impediment).
In this instance, I'm referring specifically to Hina from Papa no Iukoto Kikinasai! (who's the most recent example I can think of). I'm all for cute girls in the vein of Yotsuba and One Piece's Aisa, Chimney, etc. but at some point, too much cuteness seems forced and can get on your nerves (in my opinion, anyway). Then again, part of my problem with Hina probably stemmed from the "subtle" lolicon fanservice that revolved around her…
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I was always confused by both the excitement and the joyful exclaims "UMI DA!", that people seem to fall into once they see the sea or a beach. You are on a goddman Island…sure, it's a big one, but you shouldn't be THAt suprised about it. Do you know of an Englishmen who nearly breaks down crying once he sees the North Sea?
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Excited utterances are weird to me in general. I guess that part of it is needed in writing cause you may not see who just showed up on panel. But I seriously hate when characters just randomly shout out a name and then don't say anything. Reborn does this all the time, Tsuna is always surprised when people walk into a room. "Reborn! Gokudera! Lambo!" Stop being so shocked lol.
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"The sea!"
Or "What a nice wind!"Every single character that says these things while tucking an errant strand of hair behind her ear, eyes full of virginal purity and promise
should be crushed by a tidal wave, then carried off by a tornado and smashed into a cliff face
Because they are officially about as fake as you can get
And I can't give no fucks about characters too fake to relate to.There's a great lighthearted vibe around here, because no matter how serious we might get, we're all together because of some magical pirate.
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@Cyclone_Baroness: "Lambo?" Is that in reference to a Lamborghini or the Engrish version of Rambo? Perhaps Engrish Rambo riding in a Lambo?
Another goodie is characters shouting "Who's there?!" at an unseen enemy, only for this eloquently enigmatic person to reply with "It's me." Now, obviously the character knows who it is because of the voice, but the audience is left to rampantly speculate for a week (or more) regarding the mysterious character's identity. Sure, cliffhangers are good, but this method is wearing out its welcome…
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-One on one fights that last more than 4 chapters without any show of what's going on anywhere else inside of the manga. Usually done with other characters just standing around like retards watching the fight, and and not really helping for fuckknowswho's "manly honer" sakes. Fuck that. If I'm in a team and we are in the process of getting rid of something that threatens our lives, we'd rush that threat all at once.
Reminds me of that old Boondocks ep. Where thugnificent explains that the whole point of being in a crew is that you'll never have to worry about handling anything like a man
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Reminds me of that old Boondocks ep. Where thugnificent explains that the whole point of being in a crew is that you'll never have to worry about handling anything like a man
And then Flownominal takes a baseball bat to the knee, courtesy of an abnormally large 12 (I think) year old…
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@Cyclone_Baroness: "Lambo?" Is that in reference to a Lamborghini or the Engrish version of Rambo? Perhaps Engrish Rambo riding in a Lambo?
Actually, alot of people may not know this or I could be completely wrong on this… but there's a god of lightning/thunder in some folk tale or mythology called "Shango". He's represented by a ram(with an axe I think), and is usually visually interpreted as a horned sheep/lamb with wool that acts like thunderclouds(like Lambo and Sheep Man from Megaman 10).
But some people say it's a pun, so I don't know.
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Reminds me of that old Boondocks ep. Where thugnificent explains that the whole point of being in a crew is that you'll never have to worry about handling anything like a man
Exactly. He knows what's up.
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@Hiroy: Sounds like Kalifa's soap sheep form, only with Eneru's powers…
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"The sea!"
Or "What a nice wind!"Every single character that says these things while tucking an errant strand of hair behind her ear, eyes full of virginal purity and promise
I actually saw all that in my mind's eye just by reading those marvelous lines of dialogue.
Impressive./EDIT: Oh yeah, I remembered something.
Is it a Japenese language thing that people keep addressing each other by name? Instead of saying "Hi!" or "Could you please give me that", they always go out of their way to include the character's names somehow. It's really strange; I once tried to do that and talked like that for a day. Just … awkward.
