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Jul 17, 2017 8:44 PM
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I was wondering if there is anything that bugs you in a storyline when you watch anime.

Me it would have to be watching harem where all the girls act clueless when they're blaming the male lead character for doing something stupid, but it never really affected them to begin with.
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Jul 17, 2017 8:47 PM
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I agree, the whole "assaulting the MC for supposedly being a pervert/weirdo" trope MIGHT have been somewhat funny the first time I ever saw it, but at this point, it just annoys the shit out of me anymore. Every time some main character accidentally walks in on some girl changing and gets his ass kicked for it, I find myself counting the seconds of how long the fucking scene lasts so I know exactly how much time the show is wasting rehashing the most tired trope ever.
Jul 17, 2017 9:02 PM
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>mis"fucking"understood taking soo fucking seriously for more than 1 episode when it can resolved simply by talking...

>3rdwheel character simply for developing main cast and abandoned soon after...

>those "rape-y" like plot convinience...
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Jul 17, 2017 9:03 PM
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Tsundere girl beating the MC just because she loves her.

/thread
Jul 17, 2017 9:04 PM
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>Every Cliche Tropes 101

Like all of them actually -_-




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Jul 17, 2017 9:13 PM
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sasalx said:
Tsundere girl beating the MC just because she loves her.

/thread


I'm in the process of watching three animes that are like that. For someone, it's hasn't bothered me as much as it should. As long as the plot line makes sense, I'll be fine.
Jul 17, 2017 9:27 PM
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Misunderstandings are ALWAYS the worst, they slow down the plot/development of potential relationship and you just now that they're gonna be cleared up sooner or later, but it'll be a boring filler for at least a few chapters... God I hate them, especially in romance shoujo series >_<
Jul 17, 2017 9:54 PM
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The guy/girl falls on a girl and gropes her by accident or just falls into her boobs. This is rarely entertaining to watch. Pantyshots, ugh. Guy randomly walks in room where a girl is getting undressing, changing or whatever. Unlike others, I honestly don't care if guy gets his ass kick. I'm more annoy of watching male MC randomly bursting into rooms without paying attention just so we have an excuse to see barely dress girl(s).


All this accidental/unintentional 'pervert' crap is rarely entertaining or sexy to watch. Ethier make male an intentional pervert they tend to be more enjoyable to watch in my opinion. Or just have scenes where a female character wants to show off her lingerie for the MC or have a mixed hot spring or beach episode to show off sex appeal of characters.


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Romances that uses love triangles/Love rivals to cause conflict in a relationship. Most of time these rivals aren't actual rivals for love of the MC. They just end up being an annoying third wheel who never had a chance in the first place and rarely causes any actual conflict in the MC romantic relationship.

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MC with Dead Parents. You can have a tragic backstory without the parents having to die.
Jul 17, 2017 9:56 PM
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Bouncing breasts.

I didn't like it much when I was younger, but now, I will sometimes avoid an Anime entirely if it contains any bouncing breasts at all.

Jul 17, 2017 10:00 PM

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When some things that are so obvious are completely misunderstood is one of the most annoying things. Just need to ask one question to figure out the truth but they just roll with their incorrect assumptions.
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Jul 17, 2017 10:05 PM

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Useless female characters that do nothing but pointlessly call out the MCs name every 5mins.
Jul 17, 2017 10:09 PM
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Having a harem is good no matter which girl wins in the end tbh. Pretty sure anyone would agree.
Jul 17, 2017 10:12 PM

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the cutting the female character's hair to symbolise a inner change or finally getting past something
Jul 17, 2017 10:17 PM

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- Villains that spend way too long explaining their shit

- Harem Protagonists that "just happens" to enter a girl changing clothes

- Guy getting beat up by the girls for practically no reason
Jul 17, 2017 10:27 PM

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> What is the worst trope to see when you're watching anime?

NTR and victim falls for rapist (which is kind of NTR even if the victim isn't in relationship).

If you exclude hentai, evil authority figures getting away with abusing their authority. For example, the ending of Rakudai.


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I hate when a love confession is interrupted, especially if the pacing of the romance is already slow to begin with.

god damn fireworks/train/airplane/cellphone u cockblockers are really annoying
Jul 17, 2017 10:34 PM

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Honestly, if you can call it a trope. Fanservice in non-fanservice shows. And of course, I mean like this. It might be one of my favorite shows, but honestly, it could have done without the stupid fanservice.

Jul 17, 2017 10:37 PM
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I do not have any particular trope that I hate the most, but I definitely enjoy anime without/incorporate only a few tropes. So I guess I generally do not like tropes in any way.


Deknijff said:
the cutting the female character's hair to symbolise a inner change or finally getting past something

Oh, man. That trope is pretty cringeworthy for me.
Jul 17, 2017 10:44 PM

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Deknijff said:
the cutting the female character's hair to symbolise a inner change or finally getting past something

Personally I don't mind it, probably because it's quite common for women to do it in real life as well (maybe not with kunais or knives but still) :> And it's not that common from what I've seen, which also might be why it never bothered me that much.
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sasalx said:
Tsundere girl beating the MC just because she loves her.

/thread
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Jul 17, 2017 11:09 PM

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>"I don't like you or anything b-baka! *slap*"....then falls in love with the MC in that exact moment.
>Boys seeing the girl's pantsu then *slap*
>Harems, in general. Just....everything about them.
>Flat oppai girl gropes large oppai girl in a fit of jealousy
>That one excessively rich, prodigy character incapable of basic human interaction their whole life until MC comes along.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

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Tsundere - alright maybe the first times, but gets so repetitive

edgy characters - they not even cool and ruins the show

incest - this gets me so mad. Especially if it's a harem like scenario where the MC could go for any other girl. I understand if you like your sister as a sibling, but as a member of the opposite sex??? wtf??
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Jul 17, 2017 11:52 PM

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The few I can think of are:
Incest as previously mentioned, whimpy main characters (not always bad, but sometimes things would work better with a character with more of a spine, Tokyo Ghoul is an example), unnecessary pervert/akward moments (Evangelion movies (1.11 and 2.22)), female side characters entering battle half naked for no reason. I'll add more if I think of them.

There are tropes however which don't tire me as well, at least for now.

Calal-Chan said:
Honestly, if you can call it a trope. Fanservice in non-fanservice shows. And of course, I mean like this. It might be one of my favorite shows, but honestly, it could have done without the stupid fanservice.



lol, I can still remember the cringe I had with that.

Still loved grimgar though, I wish they'd make a second season.
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Deknijff said:
the cutting the female character's hair to symbolise a inner change or finally getting past something


My favourite video game, Final Fantasy IX, is guilty of that. It's so beautifully done though and put in at just the right moment.
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Personally, for me, it has to be tsundere being all insanely violent and/or unreasonably whiny, especially when they're the ones who get together with the main protagonist.

Sometimes pain is funny, I mean most humor comes from a place of some discomfort or pain. But when it's shown constantly in such a light that it makes it seem like abuse in a relationship is okay and desirable? It pisses me off. I know a lot of tsundere guys are much more passive than the girls, but just because you are a girl does not mean you can hit your partner. *cough*zeronotsukaima*cough**cough*toradora*cough*

I truly wish to someday find an anime/manga where the protagonist calls the tsundere out on this, which would cause some sort of change/growth within the characters.

Weirdly enough some violent/whiny tsunderes I kinda enjoy reading/watching but that's because they are motivated/have some understandable/interesting reason to be like that towards people. An example of these characters that I kinda like are, Asuka from Evangelion and Tatsumi from Koisuru Boukun(Yaoi). When anime/manga puts tsundere characters just to fill some kind of niche or role, most of the time it feels so fucking forced and manufactured.

I have more... But this is just the one that pisses me off the most and plus I've ranted enough....

These are just me rambling about why I kinda like these characters....




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nose1234 said:
unnecessary pervert/akward moments (Evangelion movies (1.11 and 2.22))


When they do that, I feel like it messes with the original intent/purpose of the character, which makes them just a shallow shell of the original.
Jul 18, 2017 12:45 AM

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- A perfectly good female character, suddenly act tsundere the moment she fall for MC (Yui - Muv Luv Alternative, Tsukuyo - Gintama)

- Accidentally walk in into girls changing room/ accidentally doing ecchi thing. This s*** gets old so fast

- That one perverted side character

- Shallow tsundere, act tsundere for no reasonn other than being a tsundere. I actually don't mind an in depth, well written tsunderes

- Out of place fan-service. I want my non-ecchi anime free of ecchi scenes and fan service. I don't mind a little fan service, but if it done poorly, out of place, it can ruin the mood.
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When the MC is at certain death then plot armor happened.
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Deknijff said:
the cutting the female character's hair to symbolise a inner change or finally getting past something

It's not just female characters, this happens with male characters too, it's just less likely that they will have long hair. in fact one of the male characters from Avatar cuts his hair with a sword.
And I don't really mind it as a trope.


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Bobby2Hands said:
Deknijff said:
the cutting the female character's hair to symbolise a inner change or finally getting past something
It's not just female characters, this happens with male characters too, it's just less likely that they will have long hair. in fact one of the male characters from Avatar cuts his hair with a sword.
And I don't really mind it as a trope.

if I remember correctly he did that because they had to go into hiding though. But I'm kind of fine with Zuko doing that since he let down his hair finally covering that awful bald spot
Jul 18, 2017 1:11 AM

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Literally every cliche trope ever.
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> tsunderes (they make me want to puke , disgusting creatures )
> sisters who are obsessed with their oni chan (fucking annoying)
> beta mc without a personality
> revive dead characters

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Having a harem is good no matter which girl wins in the end tbh. Pretty sure anyone would agree.

i disagree
best girl must win or a harem ending where everyone win
other than that is 0/10

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tragedydesu said:
AntwanMantilla said:
Having a harem is good no matter which girl wins in the end tbh. Pretty sure anyone would agree.
i disagree
best girl must win or a harem ending where everyone win
other than that is 0/10
I think agreeable good candidate winning is acceptable though Desu. Marika was best girl for me for example


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Deknijff said:
tragedydesu said:
i disagree
best girl must win or a harem ending where everyone win
other than that is 0/10
I think agreeable good candidate winning is acceptable though Desu. Marika was best girl for me for example

but if Onodera had won I wouldn't have complained

even that i like Marika , she didn't have enough screen time so i couldn't root for her
so even if she wins Nisekoi is still a 0/10

as someone who loves nice girls so much , Onodera is just <3


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tragedydesu said:
Deknijff said:
I think agreeable good candidate winning is acceptable though Desu. Marika was best girl for me for example
even that i like Marika , she didn't have enough screen time so i couldn't root for her
so even if she wins Nisekoi is still a 0/10
for someone who claims to like nice girls and caring for their happiness you saying that makes me question you honestly Desu

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@Deknijff
in the end only one girl will wins ....


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Most likely when some MC 'stumbles' and falls and ends 'incidentally' lands face first into the tits or crotch of some cumdump. It is the worst kind of fanservice, and the worst kind of comedy combined. Even worse when the girl gets extremely aggressive about it and insults and hits MC as if it wasn't a (shitty) accident. Literally all the cringe. I've dropped shows just because this trope showed up multiple times during the first episode (Rail Wars).
I probably regret this post by now.
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tragedydesu said:
@Deknijff
in the end only one girl will win....
Im aware she had no chance


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Deknijff said:
tragedydesu said:
@Deknijff
in the end only one girl will win....
Im aware she had no chance



in the end Nisekoi is just a disgusting piece of shit who did the romance part wrong

im currently playing a vn called swan song
is not even a romance and still did the romance part good


creating side female characters just for the sake of baiting makes me sick
give them a partner or don't even create them

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The very first ep starts off with "hello i'm anon anonberg and i like this grill", like holy shit i'm not a moron, do not spoon feed me
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Seiya said "Bouncing breasts."
Attack on Gainax XD (at any occasion).

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The classical thing of main character stumbling in the boobs of a girl and/or being accused of being a pervert and subsequently beaten (even if it not his fault to begin with), is just not funny.

Characters who suddenly changes their characterization without any reason just to create some conflict. Even worse if that changes ruins the character to the point of no return.

Antagonists or rivals who are hyped as being the strongest of the world just to be defeated in the most stupid and derisory ways (coughcoughFairyTailcoughcough), making the hype they got pointless.

EDIT: I didn't post this in my post because I forgot about that for some reason, and maybe because this is both very personal and, as far as I know, I haven't found too much examples, but I really dislike when an insane female character whose insanity is what makes them entertaining suddenly has a total personality change and becomes "good" or sane. The most notable cases being


Such a tragedy
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One of the worst ones for me is when there's very out of place exaggerated reactions. It can totally throw off the mood of the show, and the awkward timing defeats its comedic purpose.
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Characters who suddenly changes their characterization without any reason just to create some conflict. Even worse if that changes ruins the character to the point of no return.


This is like Tomino writing 101 xD.
TBH while it always infuriates me when that happens, that is kind of a good thing because it strengtens my emotional involvement with the show. Tomino taught me that anger can be a good way of getting attached to a show :>.
Way better than boredom/cringe at least.
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I agree, the whole "assaulting the MC for supposedly being a pervert/weirdo" trope MIGHT have been somewhat funny the first time I ever saw it, but at this point, it just annoys the shit out of me anymore. Every time some main character accidentally walks in on some girl changing and gets his ass kicked for it, I find myself counting the seconds of how long the fucking scene lasts so I know exactly how much time the show is wasting rehashing the most tired trope ever.


+1 this! I agree completely. Can studios just call it a day with this shit?
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I hate when a love confession is interrupted, especially if the pacing of the romance is already slow to begin with.

god damn fireworks/train/airplane/cellphone u cockblockers are really annoying


Yes! also annoying little sisters who won't let main girl get near onii chan and those obnoxious over protective best friend girls who may or may not be lesbians physically trying to stop the guy from getting too close. Drives me nuts!
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Accidental boob grab or fan-service into gotta beat up the person who saw it to feel justified about it.

This trope has been done to death and needs to die for a long time or have something more refreshing happen with it.
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Tsundere - especially Great Plains with Pink Hair
Clumsy girl with big boobs
Beta Shy Male with Harem
Tsundere kicking someone and he is sent flying - what is this? Kindergarten?
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>mis"fucking"understood taking soo fucking seriously for more than 1 episode when it can resolved simply by talking...
>3rdwheel character simply for developing main cast and abandoned soon after...
>those "rape-y" like plot convinience...

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Calal-chan said:
onestly, if you can call it a trope. Fanservice in non-fanservice shows. And of course, I mean like this. It might be one of my favorite shows, but honestly, it could have done without the stupid fanservice.

This.
I liked Grimgar a lot but eeh. XD
Also, it's also perfect logic to crawl through scrub in hot pants. It's not like you cut yourself every damn meter on the thorns and little branches sticking out of the bushes, bit by ticks, spiders, other insects and maybe even snakes or leeches. Most women will also know how fucking uncomfortable thigh highs are and how thin the fabric is. You definitely won't crawl in hot pants and thigh highs through the scrub there. :'D

Also women with a stupid armor or shirtless men fighting like: I don't care about my well-being. No, my organs don't need protection. I'm sexy and it's important to show you that. More important than my life of course.

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Don't forget about the "dark kingdom with the dark castle and dark armor"-cliche. At least, you know your plot is going to be decent (maybe still enjoyable, but decent) and your main character will also be, because he will definitely fall in the "big damn shiny hero is a saint"-trope. ^^"

Deknijff said:
if I remember correctly he did that because they had to go into hiding though. But I'm kind of fine with Zuko doing that since he let down his hair finally covering that awful bald spot

I was so thankful... ='D
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