The Manga Zone discussion
The Manga/Anime Clichés
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ditzy female lead, preferably with tough childhood friend who has a crush on her
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orphaned child who's parents died tragicly and they now live on theyre own, probably in an apartment.
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hmmmm girl who has to choose between two boy, she always picks the wrong one if you ask me.
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A boy who wears dresses just because they can.
a totally dorky boy who doesnt get that all the girls have a crush on him.
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The boy who can't understand why he has a harem of girls, and why half of them like him.
And for fun...
Underaged teachers.
You have to be 20 to be considered an adult, so child/teenage teachers is a horrid cliche.
oh i got one!!
girl getting into an all boys school and crossdressing, or vice-versa boy getting into all girls school.
girl getting into an all boys school and crossdressing, or vice-versa boy getting into all girls school.
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And this one is very rare so it is still okay: A girl that looks like a boy and ends up falling in love with a boy that looks like a girl.
lol!!
girly pansy boys, who are 'delicate' like a girl.
girly pansy boys, who are 'delicate' like a girl.
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Heres one for anime only, a filler episode without any character development, but to be just for comedy.
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How pansy guys always get the girl.
I see the cliche of a really evil father figure!
or a mother that died of illness or weak constitution years ago and the child blames themselves
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and why is there NEVER grandfather mentioned?
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Hmm...the leading male is being way to clueless to anything but his goal.
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*starts to sign the chorus to Chichi Chichi Oppai*
yeah they do become a bit unrealistic.
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Hmm...The guy who gets top marks and looks like a nerd is almost always bullied.
yep.
or the main character is a hot-head male who is totally clueless and usually has a crush on(or vice versa) a meek and/or quiet, polite girl.
or the main character is a hot-head male who is totally clueless and usually has a crush on(or vice versa) a meek and/or quiet, polite girl.
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hi hanna :)
yes!
a total nerd/girly boy is class president,
yes!
a total nerd/girly boy is class president,
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thats a good one.
tough guy is actually a super push-over and hates being rude or violence.
tough guy is actually a super push-over and hates being rude or violence.
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girl who's mother was a model/actress/bellet dancer, and the girl follows in the mothers footsteps, trying to be better.
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crazy grandparent(usually grandmother)
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childhood friends who meet again and fall in love.
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someone accidentaly entering the wrong side of the bathhouse (aka boys into the girls side, vice versa)
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an all girls school having male teachers/staff.
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lol yeah.
a girl living alone in a big apartment.
a girl living alone in a big apartment.
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Oyaji is a now a fun word, Oyagi = Middle Aged.
lol
a family who shares their house with a random stranger willingly.
a family who shares their house with a random stranger willingly.
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happens all the time....in manga.
alien sharing a house with a teenager and then falls in love with him/her.
alien sharing a house with a teenager and then falls in love with him/her.
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gilr/boy who's been fused with an animal and has the ears/tail/wings ect.
So why not list every cliché you can remember from the last few mangas you've read and last few animes you've watched.