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Oct 25, 2022 11:52 AM
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Filler is one, i never see other series that have full filler arcs (Padding does exist in other mediums, but i've never seen a non-anime where the whole plot is derailed for random filler arc). I've also only ever seen the "Fall into a girl's breasts" trope happen in anime.
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Oct 25, 2022 11:58 AM
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There's also the trademark "fall face first into crotch and suffocate"

There's also poison cooking that the guy must eat because waifu put in the effort and poking and unconscious or roughed up dude with a twig like an insect.
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Oct 25, 2022 11:59 AM
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"I can't eat anymore" is one of the classic anime tropes.
Oct 25, 2022 12:05 PM
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Fanservice in general.
Any form of sexualized women will cause "those people" to have a conniption.

Oct 25, 2022 12:08 PM
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Probably Lap pillow or having someone else clean your ears for you.
Oct 25, 2022 12:22 PM
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Boy accidentally falls on girl's boobs, she gets embarrassed and slaps him.
Oct 25, 2022 12:30 PM
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Piromysl said:
Fanservice in general.
Any form of sexualized women will cause "those people" to have a conniption.


If you ever discover the pop industry you're gonna have your mind blown!
Oct 25, 2022 12:33 PM
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Mirai said:
Piromysl said:
Fanservice in general.
Any form of sexualized women will cause "those people" to have a conniption.


If you ever discover the pop industry you're gonna have your mind blown!

The main difference is that ugly woman twerking is supposed to be "empowering" or some shit. Nobody considers this appealing other than "Yas slay queen" idiots.

On the other hand fanservice in anime is supposed to appeal to the target audience, or "male gaze" as they call it.

Remember Gamer Gate? Yea, exactly. Two different things.

Oct 25, 2022 12:35 PM
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Piromysl said:
Fanservice in general.
Any form of sexualized women will cause "those people" to have a conniption.


Fanservice happens in games a lot too.
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Oct 25, 2022 12:37 PM

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TheBlockernator said:
Piromysl said:
Fanservice in general.
Any form of sexualized women will cause "those people" to have a conniption.


Fanservice happens in games a lot too.

If you are talking about Asian games, then yes, but I lump them together with anime because they give similar vibes and I don't care.

Oct 25, 2022 12:41 PM
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i have yet to see truck literally send someone isekai'd to another world to attack and dethrone god lol.

Oct 25, 2022 12:44 PM

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Basically all good things.
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Oct 25, 2022 12:48 PM
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incest. would be hella weird irl, still kinda weird in anime but i think its kinda tolerable
Oct 25, 2022 1:46 PM

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Piromysl said:
Mirai said:


If you ever discover the pop industry you're gonna have your mind blown!

The main difference is that ugly woman twerking is supposed to be "empowering" or some shit. Nobody considers this appealing other than "Yas slay queen" idiots.

On the other hand fanservice in anime is supposed to appeal to the target audience, or "male gaze" as they call it.

Remember Gamer Gate? Yea, exactly. Two different things.


Is that so? Why don't you go ask your male friends what they think of Megan Fox, Scarlett Johansson and Rihanna.
Oct 25, 2022 1:47 PM

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Mirai said:
Piromysl said:

The main difference is that ugly woman twerking is supposed to be "empowering" or some shit. Nobody considers this appealing other than "Yas slay queen" idiots.

On the other hand fanservice in anime is supposed to appeal to the target audience, or "male gaze" as they call it.

Remember Gamer Gate? Yea, exactly. Two different things.


Is that so? Why don't you go ask your male friends what they think of Megan Fox, Scarlett Johansson and Rihanna.

They were beautiful once. Not anymore.

Oct 25, 2022 1:54 PM

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TheBlockernator said:
Filler is one, i never see other series that have full filler arcs

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Filler look under tv or other non anime categories.
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Oct 25, 2022 1:55 PM

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Piromysl said:
Mirai said:


If you ever discover the pop industry you're gonna have your mind blown!

The main difference is that ugly woman twerking is supposed to be "empowering" or some shit. Nobody considers this appealing other than "Yas slay queen" idiots.

On the other hand fanservice in anime is supposed to appeal to the target audience, or "male gaze" as they call it.

Remember Gamer Gate? Yea, exactly. Two different things.

I couldn't agree more with this reply XD
Oct 25, 2022 2:13 PM
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The iconography in general. Some other things may have started adapting it, but things like the vein pop are distinctly "anime".

Also older anime used to have very over the top reactions like facefall which I consider pretty distinctive

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Oct 25, 2022 2:20 PM
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Truck kun........... Student Council powers >>>>>>>>>> , Beach episodes, etc
Oct 25, 2022 2:36 PM

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lelouch4britanni said:
Truck kun........... Student Council powers >>>>>>>>>> , Beach episodes, etc

People get run over all the time in tv shows. There are also plenty of school shit with super powers. They also go to the beach.


What
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Oct 25, 2022 3:00 PM

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Tsunderes beating the absolute shit out of the people they like.
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Karate chop to the head to show disapproval
Oct 25, 2022 3:55 PM

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causticforms said:
Tsunderes beating the absolute shit out of the people they like.

Anissa literally beats the main guy from Invincible (capeshit western comic) and then proceeds to rape him.
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Oct 25, 2022 4:17 PM

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You usually don’t see scenes where a character is on the toilet and wiping their ass. Only seen that in anime before.
Oct 25, 2022 4:49 PM

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TheBlockernator said:
Filler is one, i never see other series that have full filler arcs (Padding does exist in other mediums, but i've never seen a non-anime where the whole plot is derailed for random filler arc).

Pretty much everything that is based on books has fillers. Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings etc have tons of fillers.
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LoveScope said:
lelouch4britanni said:
Truck kun........... Student Council powers >>>>>>>>>> , Beach episodes, etc

People get run over all the time in tv shows. There are also plenty of school shit with super powers. They also go to the beach.


What
besides anime there's a truck that isekais people to other worlds?

Mandatory beach episodes in shows?

Student councils more powerful than the president


I'd like to know such non anime shows
Oct 25, 2022 9:28 PM

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Closed up shots of characters clenching their fists.
Oct 25, 2022 9:39 PM

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It's really telling how some people here have only seen anime.
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Oct 25, 2022 10:03 PM

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that_one_weeb_o7 said:
incest. would be hella weird irl, still kinda weird in anime but i think its kinda tolerable


Someone hasn't seen Game of Thrones or House of The Dragon xD
Oct 25, 2022 10:03 PM

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Thing happens on screen, everyone gasps around them and this is an unironic reaction that is happening.

Weird bets where the mc accepts a bet with something ridiculous over whether they can win a fight or not without even stopping to consider it

Anime/manga specific art tropes- ie. Glass mask shocked face, Dezaki Frames

Dubbing after mouth flaps are drawn

Openings and endings with lyrics and full versions each that occasionally hit the charts, it is something weird to my family every single time I show them an anime. Sure, a lot of modern English shows and old ones have openings but not ones that are 1:30 and fully sung each

Snot bubbles when sleeping

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Oct 25, 2022 10:21 PM

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traed said:
You usually don’t see scenes where a character is on the toilet and wiping their ass. Only seen that in anime before.


There's a taiwanese game called bridge curse or something that has a poop wiping scene.

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Kabedon scenes. I believe I only saw them in anime and manga.


There's a lot of kabedon in Thailand gay series

that_one_weeb_o7 said:
incest. would be hella weird irl, still kinda weird in anime but i think its kinda tolerable


GoT franchise is all about incest
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Oct 25, 2022 10:40 PM

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I would say character songs, but I heard a few in a Reader Rabbit game I grew up with.
https://youtu.be/byonJUogvAc
That 1st singer is seriously talented!

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i've never seen a non-anime where the whole plot is derailed for random filler arc

It happens in the Princess Knight remake. This is for some reason the only version of the manga with an English translation.

traed said:
You usually don’t see scenes where a character is on the toilet and wiping their ass. Only seen that in anime before.

I haven't even seen that in anime.
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Oct 25, 2022 11:00 PM

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that_one_weeb_o7 said:
incest. would be hella weird irl, still kinda weird in anime but i think its kinda tolerable

Nah, I've definitely seen incest somewhere else.

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Oct 25, 2022 11:10 PM

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Oct 25, 2022 11:17 PM

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Mostly cultural stuff. The concept of indirect kissing, replacing boners with bloody noses and so on. The other stuff can be found in other media even if it's just to a lesser extent. Though I haven't seen many non Japanese series and movies with panty shots in them.
Oct 25, 2022 11:22 PM

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Having nosebleed while getting sexually excited.

"If you stare at me, I will get pregnant "stuffs.

A girl with short hair always losing in romance battle.

Getting isekaid always after getting hit by truck-kun.

Tripping method of Ecchi animes.

Plot not being realistic but still more enjoyable than realistic.
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