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CatSword
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Interestingly enough, the Dragon Half OVA (based on a shonen manga) uses its own unique twist on the shoujo stairs (considering the setting).
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tehyar
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What about: anyone who gets wet from rain or being splashed always falls sick with a cold. A plot device to serve the sick visit. I've seen this trope more often than I can count, possibly more than any other on this list.
Or maybe this isn't a trope and it actually happens to the Japanese?  That would be unfortunate. I enjoy the rain quite a lot.
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Key
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There's nothing actually anime-specific about that. It's just an extension of the classic warrior's battle cry, which has been an integral part of warfare throughout its history and could probably be said to have its origins in the bellows that many animals use to intimidate adversaries.
Again, that's not an anime-specific thing. It's actually a widespread belief in Japan and probably part of the reason why umbrella use is much more pronounced there than in the West. |
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XerBlade
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I've actually seen that trope lampshaded plenty of times, but never like that. ...I mean... that isn't even what it means for something to be lampshaded...... Wait a tick, come to think of it, I can actually remember one time I saw that very thing done. |
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Hiroki not Takuya
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One trope related to #6 is the rich jerk Student Club President or Class Rep (male) who is the top student at everything who will force the Best Girl to be his if not for the protagonist
Then there is the unlikely trio/quartet/etc. of friends consisting of Tsundere, Airhead, Genius, Athlete, Creep, Rowdy, etc. in one permutation or another after Azumanga Daiyo and Ouran HHC Let's not forget that most series have Christmas and Valentine's/White Day episodes whether it makes sense or not Many more tropes than these too... I also love that Heavy Object had the (sort of) villain be identified as Miss Ohoho because she did the evil "Ohoho" laugh all the time Last edited by Hiroki not Takuya on Sat Sep 09, 2017 5:37 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Gina Szanboti
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Best example of #4 ever (pretty innocuous, but maybe nsfw if your work is really strict?):
http://i67.tinypic.com/347v29k.jpg (Comical Psychosomatic Medicine #6) |
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EricJ2
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The girls' vote, usually winning out over the boys' vote for a haunted house-- The same two ideas that keep coming up first, as Azumanga Daioh parodied.
And if it's ecchi comedy, body-switching will occur. A noted hazard of group stairway falls or head concussions. |
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Northlander
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#2. "Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Wait, why are we getting so excited about something that's so incredibly common in our world?"
I read this exact joke idea in a Piraro strip some time ago, but the #2 entry here kind of reminded me of that; people inexplainably getting totally excited about something fairly commonplace. So thanks, Supes. |
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EricJ2
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Well, A) they don't shout "Umi!", they usually shout "Umiumiumiumiumi!  ", which rather suggests enthusiasm,
likely due to the fact that B ) they live in the city and don't actually GET to the ocean all that often, except for expensive train trips. (As also parodied on Azumanga, when Tomo, on their Okinawa class trip, first sees "Look, the sky, i-it's....blue!!", and understandably freaks out.)
Might have to paternity a date on Kodachi vs. Esmeraude (and which came earlier in the manga). And as Naga warns all pretenders, only the truly superior can even hope to master a true Superior Laugh to rival the experienced champions. |
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Heishi
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#4 is one of my least favorite "classic" tropes. It's not classic to me, its just annoying and unfair.
Last edited by Heishi on Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:28 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Superfield
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I'll have you know that haunted house has happened several times in Precure.
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Hiroki not Takuya
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Kadmos1
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One of the classic tropes that is especially related to the harem/fan service is what TVTropes calls a "Moment Killer". In crass language, it rhymes with mock clock.
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Top Gun
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Heh, you beat me to the punch on this one. I'm a bit over halfway through the series, but it's been refreshing seeing Diana mostly avert that trope, despite her "ohohoho" retinue. Now Nanami, on the other hand, is the living embodiment of it. 
And yes, the accidental grope needs to die in the hottest blazing inferno. I'm not convinced anyone's found it legitimately funny after 1996 or so. |
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tehyar
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Maybe. Based on what I've seen, it seems a more likely reason that umbrella usage is more pronounced is because it's rude to others to be very wet, whether putting them out at the job or on a train. |
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