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Oct 21, 2015 7:47 PM
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I'll go with girls and women who are stronger and can pump more iron than the average male body builder but doesn't gain any muscle and thus maintains her feminine physique.
If only it worked that way in real life, then I'd actually watch women's athletics.
Another one is the thin, cute moe girl who eats all the time and would be morbidly obese in real life.
And of course, every girl who goes to an all-girl school is bi, and every group of female friends has an aggressive lesbian who speaks in a seductive voice. Nosebleeds are fine with me too, as long as they stay visual gags. I think stuff like Maria-holic are less funny when nosebleeds actually happen in the show and aren't just there for the audience to see.
But my favorite cliche of all is the confused, angsty teenager who discovers a supernatural something-or-other and saves the world in a shonen, action-adventure show with an overly implied romance that goes absolutely nowhere in the end.
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Oct 21, 2015 7:50 PM
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clueless clumsy girl is surrounded by sparkly perfect boy who has no flaws whatsoever but is secretly angsty until clumsy girl enters his life
Oct 21, 2015 7:53 PM
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mayukachan said:
clueless clumsy girl is surrounded by sparkly perfect boy who has no flaws whatsoever but is secretly angsty until clumsy girl enters his life


The exact opposite of this.
Oct 21, 2015 7:59 PM
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mayukachan said:
clueless clumsy girl is surrounded by sparkly perfect boy who has no flaws whatsoever but is secretly angsty until clumsy girl enters his life


That's a good one. It's also gender neutral, since I've seen the same thing with male characters falling for the quiet, perfect girl who secretly has some sort of sad backstory
Oct 21, 2015 8:04 PM
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hoopla123 said:
mayukachan said:
clueless clumsy girl is surrounded by sparkly perfect boy who has no flaws whatsoever but is secretly angsty until clumsy girl enters his life


The exact opposite of this.

+1
Oct 21, 2015 8:05 PM
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The character who is not strong enough to kill, and says "everything is okay" and "I will protect you" but refuses to fight or kill to do that. The kid from Is it ok to pick it girls in a dungeon is exactly like that, or Shirou from Fate Stay night, or most male MC's in action/harem/ecchi animes. They're too soft.

Characters like Hei from Darker than Black are the best. Anti heroes are always the most interesting characters.
Oct 21, 2015 8:09 PM
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Zivith said:
The character who is not strong enough to kill, and says "everything is okay" and "I will protect you" but refuses to fight or kill to do that. The kid from Is it ok to pick it girls in a dungeon is exactly like that, or Shirou from Fate Stay night, or most male MC's in action/harem/ecchi animes. They're too soft.

Characters like Hei from Darker than Black are the best. Anti heroes are always the most interesting characters.


We don't need more Shiro.

We need more Shiba Tatsuya.

Oct 21, 2015 8:27 PM
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Are huge boobs a cliche?
Oct 21, 2015 8:28 PM
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Are huge boobs a cliche?
what are you talking abot??? r u suggesting that anime characters shuld have realistic looking bodys??? o_o whoa!!11
Oct 21, 2015 8:28 PM
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the main characters always sitting by the window at the back of the class
it's just tradition
Oct 21, 2015 8:29 PM

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overpowered characters <3
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Aniki always dies at episode 8
Oct 21, 2015 8:31 PM

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Expressionless character who is stupidly strong and handsome, hardly ever talks and if it does, acts like a freaking smartass.


Oct 21, 2015 8:31 PM
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Troll characters
Oct 21, 2015 8:31 PM
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Anna_Cats said:
the main characters always sitting by the window at the back of the class
it's just tradition


+1
Oct 21, 2015 8:31 PM

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MC is the real big bad guy.
Oct 21, 2015 8:34 PM

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That one girl who always acts like she's on caffeine and pretty much every other character in the same show with said girl is lifeless. Always entertaining to watch.
Oct 21, 2015 8:35 PM
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If there's one I want to die it's repeating the last phrase of what someone said after saying something deep or shocking

"You need to find true strength"
"True strength?"
"Yes, you need to search within you"
"within me?"
"Yes, then you'll find your true power"
"My true power"
*looks away and thinks to his/herself"
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The scene where the MC "accidentally" saw other girls' naked body/changing clothes

EDIt: OH I misread the title, I thought it said "cliche that dies out", ok. Then then my answer would be Every Tsundere under the sun.
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Oct 21, 2015 8:36 PM

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the dead pan snarker main character
"among monsters and humans, there are only two types.
Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice
“Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume
“Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus

Oct 21, 2015 8:57 PM

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Aniki always dies at episode 8
+1 You got a good chuckle out of me.
Oct 21, 2015 9:16 PM

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wincest
Oct 21, 2015 9:16 PM

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big boobs











Oct 21, 2015 9:18 PM

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Tsunderes. There aren't enough!
Oct 21, 2015 9:18 PM

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Characters that are cold
Oct 21, 2015 9:22 PM
♡( •ॢ◡-ॢ)✧˖° ♡

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Getting new power suddenly when the MC is almost defeated



(っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥
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Anna_Cats said:
the main characters always sitting by the window at the back of the class
it's just tradition

Oct 21, 2015 9:47 PM

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i like the whole MC is dumb and clueless but he's really a mothafuckin' badass.
like, the BADDEST ASS.
like, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, NOW YA KNOW

like that.

also hot spring/bath shenanigans.
with the new season of utawarerumono, it took that trope and had kuon spy on haku's bathing session. :3c
Oct 21, 2015 9:54 PM

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summer festival + fireworks episodes
Oct 21, 2015 9:55 PM

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Running with bread in mouth.

Oct 21, 2015 10:06 PM

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I hope none of the cliche dies out...
Oct 21, 2015 10:11 PM

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If there's one I want to die it's repeating the last phrase of what someone said after saying something deep or shocking

"You need to find true strength"
"True strength?"
"Yes, you need to search within you"
"within me?"
"Yes, then you'll find your true power"
"My true power"
*looks away and thinks to his/herself"


I fucking hate this


Oct 21, 2015 10:15 PM
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Eating leftover curry on the way to school.
Oct 21, 2015 10:16 PM

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Also, booby flash in the first five minutes of the show, then none all throughout until the end. (uwknowwhatthisis)

CONSISTENCY FAILURES is a cliche.
Oct 21, 2015 10:17 PM

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gissellebatista said:
obscureanimefan said:
If there's one I want to die it's repeating the last phrase of what someone said after saying something deep or shocking

"You need to find true strength"
"True strength?"
"Yes, you need to search within you"
"within me?"
"Yes, then you'll find your true power"
"My true power"
*looks away and thinks to his/herself"


I fucking hate this


Me too
add this
"MC fall and grab the heroine's boobs
Oct 21, 2015 10:20 PM
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summer festival + fireworks episodes


all following a pool/beach episode following an episode where the girls all go shopping for bikinis in order to compete over who the male harem protagonist finds the sexiest, while the girl with small boobs feels insecure, the girl with the biggest rack has the most revealing outfit, and the loli has either a frilly one peace or school swimsuit?
Oct 21, 2015 10:35 PM

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Oh my, what the hell am I watching, can't relate with most of the comments here, lol. Maybe slice-of-life goodness.
Oct 21, 2015 10:36 PM

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hoopla123 said:
mayukachan said:
clueless clumsy girl is surrounded by sparkly perfect boy who has no flaws whatsoever but is secretly angsty until clumsy girl enters his life


The exact opposite of this.


+1 If the MC of a shoujo manga I'm about to read is exactly like in the description then I will drop it without second thought despite having a no drop rule.
Oct 21, 2015 10:41 PM

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MC sits by back window-any highschool kids dream.

Tsundere's-best archetype for 90% any and all females.

Wincest-because it's wincest.

Accidental boob grab-just so I can question "how come this never happened to me?"
Big Order (TV):great anime or greatest anime?
Oct 21, 2015 11:08 PM

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Anna_Cats said:
the main characters always sitting by the window at the back of the class
it's just tradition

this should never die
"among monsters and humans, there are only two types.
Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice
“Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume
“Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus

Oct 21, 2015 11:42 PM

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danse protag. i fucking love it.
"If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on."
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Cocky antagonist: " *crazy laugh* You think you could beat me? *boasts about this and that."

Protagonist: Beats them easily.

Everyone: EEEEEHHHHHHHHHHH????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Let Justice Be Done!"

My Theme
Fight again, fight again for justice!
Oct 22, 2015 12:14 AM

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Overpowered protagonists like Alucard, love it when they fuck shit up.
Oct 22, 2015 12:18 AM

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Those holiday/off episodes that tend to happen one time in the season.
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Wind that begins to blow during very dramatic scenes.
Oct 22, 2015 12:20 AM

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Every anime has that one badass character, that should always be the case.
Oct 22, 2015 12:21 AM

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Oh and of course the obligatory beach/hot springs episode, I love that shit. Seeing serious characters in funny situations with fanservice is awesome and makes me like them even more.
Oct 22, 2015 12:24 AM

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That good anime is made at least once a year. 2015???? Nah but I haven't watched jojos from 2015 I assume that's the only good one.
Brace yourself.

Soon as LotGH 2017 comes out. The anime community is going to become so cancerous you will need to take cover and hide.
Oct 22, 2015 12:26 AM

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overpowered characters <3


ooo333 said:
wincest


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Tsunderes. There aren't enough!


An op protagonist with a tsundere imouto aand wincest
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Villains laughing like crazies. I never get tired of it.
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