| Well well let's see: |
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| In K-On! Yui's younger sister "Ui" acts like Yui's mother because their parents are never around. |
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zombie_pegasus said: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConvenientlyAnOrphan |
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| Are Japanese parents too boring to be in anime? |
yomachi said: what country has the most interesting parents i wonderAre Japanese parents too boring to be in anime? |
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| They'd get in the way of harem antics. |
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| Less characters to draw, less voice actor/esses to hire, more excuses for their friends to come over. |
| I think it's the fact that it increases tension when the protagonist has nobody to rely on |
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| Parents get in the damn way of these fine heroes *tries to save the world* Ur curfew was three hours ago mister |
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| Wait Anime parents that are irrelevant to the plot ACTUALLY EXIST????? |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| Because story. |
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| The targeted audience are people who may receive little or negative attention from their parents or authority figures. It presents a fantasy where you can achieve without the aforementioned people. |
| Because drama and/or you can have a young protagonist have the freedom of an adult, because there's no parents in the way. It's weird, I actually sort of enjoy this cliche. |
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| Yusuke's mom was there, she was just a drunk(and probably abusive). Anyways, I think it's just easier for a series aimed at s younger audience to have a largely same aged cast. Plus, from a storytelling perspective parents get in the way of kids going adventuring and what not due to the danger. |
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| They would get in the way. |
| Honestly? EarWax said: They would get in the way. |
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OneTrueEmiya said: They'd get in the way of harem antics. Not in DxD, they support the harem! |
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| Easy way to make a dramatic backstory if needed. |
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| Convenience for the MC to invite girls over. |
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| Because the story is not about them, at least not in nerd oriented anime. It's not just anime, Batman is a famous example as well. |
| They get in the way. Beside anime is also a form of escapism and parents are annoying. |
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OneTrueEmiya said: They'd get in the way of harem antics. Tenshi_Shura said: Convenience for the MC to invite girls over. EarWax said: They would get in the way. You guys were saying? |
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| The parents in Kiss x Sis are the best anime parents. |
 It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether! It's an entirely different kind of flying. |
| To induce teenage angst like this guy  or this guy  |
| Twitter and it's consequences had been a disaster for the human race |
| because anime |
| If they're not dead, chances are they're not shown because they're irrelevant. In sports anime they hardly ever show up (Onoda's mother is the exception, and she's solely there for comedy). Shit, in Kurobas the only parents that ever get a mention are Akashi's and that's only to give some kind of explanation as to why he's the way he is. Sometimes they'll be there in the beginning to push the protagonist off into a new world/adventure and then no longer do anything. |
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| becuase parents in law suck |
| Btw, is Hinata from Haikyuu an orphan? The series shows that he has a sister, but his parents hasn't appeared. |
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Illyricus said: Btw, is Hinata from Haikyuu an orphan? The series shows that he has a sister, but his parents hasn't appeared. I'm sure I've seen his mother in things. Maybe just a doujin though. But sometimes the mangaka will mention the family members of certain characters in fanbooks or whatever. I know everyone in Kurobas has had theirs noted (Takao and Midorima both have little sisters, for example) if they haven't made cameos in the series itself (Izuki's two sisters, Koganei's sister, Mitobe's siblings, etc). |
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| lazy writing tactic for constructing edgy drama and/or excuse to not have to write them into the script. |
| Now you're wondering if there's white text in any of my other posts. Over there, I'm everywhere. I know that. |
Comic_Sans said: Wait Anime parents that are irrelevant to the plot ACTUALLY EXIST????? |
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| they are absent for victimazing the protagonist making he look like poor orphan you should cheer for |
| One of the examples you gave is Remi (although the female version). Considering Ie Naki Ko Remi is based on the novel Sans Famille we can also wonder why many classical children's books have orphan protagonists or protagonists looking for their families. Some examples of those and that were adapted to anime: Remi Heidi Marco Perrine Sara (...) list goes on |
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| Because they're lazy to create two or more characters. Simple. |
| "Talent is something you make bloom, instinct is something you polish." |
Comic_Sans said: Wait Anime parents that are irrelevant to the plot ACTUALLY EXIST????? Actually, there ARE a lot of shows with anime parents that are unimportant, I can't deny that. |
| "Talent is something you make bloom, instinct is something you polish." |
| It's not like anime is the only media that use this nonexistent parent setting, and there's no deep reason behind it, it's just the way the story is. If they gonna point it out as a plot point then fine but if they just gonna act as if nothing happened it's also fine. |
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| It helps give foundation for loner MC's. |
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| Cuz you'll have to explain why the protagonist can do all that he does even though he has them |
| Wohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo |
mayukachan said: Less characters to draw, less voice actor/esses to hire, more excuses for their friends to come over. This, also it's an easy way to add drama if they're dead. |
| I think if Kiritsugu didn't die from the grail's curse, Shirou would of eventually killed him. |
| More room for character development+ MC looks more mature. |
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| Because Pico needs a step father |
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| The parents can get in the way of the plot and stuff (e.g. no parent is going to tell their kid go be hokage or pirate king...) plus some parents death give a MC a motive. |
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