Arakawa Under the Bridge Concepts

Baseball is a field sport played between two teams. The sport is very popular in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere throughout the world. It has also been a popular theme in anime and manga for more than 50 years.

Bathing Scenes, while occasionally meaningful to plot or character development, are generally excuses for fan service.

Big Business can be applied to an organization or individual that uses a corporation and/or business tactics to enact their brand of evil/greed, which may or may not actually be illegal.

Characters with serious long mental unstabilities. They're sometimes simply weird but recently they're portrayed as downright homicidiacs. Not to be confused with the Mentally Unstable where the character fights against it and usually wins.

The act of wearing clothes commonly associated with the opposite gender.

What someone does when upset/sad. Sometimes people can also cry from sheer joy.

In anime, a cute, clumsy girl. Her klutziness usually hurts other people more than herself.

Explosions are featured in a wide array of anime/manga, created from various weapons/attacks.

The act of putting your hand on your head in order to show disapproval/dissapointment/anger/irritation.

Fan Service is often a sexually provocative moment or pose that takes place in manga and anime. It usually has no real purpose to a story, and serves as a lurid visual.

Fatherhood as a concept. A man who has conceived or raised a child.

The first date of a (potential) couple.

The act of catching fish, usually with a rod and reel. Is often seen in any anime that takes place outdoors or in settings in the past where fishing was a valuable skill needed to gather food.

Used frequently in Anime to either recap past events or provide a back story for a character, either their origin story or their off-screen training of new attack. Sometime and entire episode/chapter would be a entire flashback.

To influence or control someone using hypnosis.

Japanese Festivals are referred to in Japan as 'Matsuri'. Festivals can be local affairs or even nationwide holidays. In many ways similar to Fairs in the US.

Kissing is the act of pressing your lips to the body of another person. This can be on the cheeks, head, hand, but more commonly to another person's lips.

A Manga Artist is known in Japan as a manga-ka. Sometimes they work solo to create mangas, but they are also commonly known to have a staff who assist the lead artist.

Common visual conventions seen in manga and anime to convey emotions, often for comical effect.

A couple who have made an official vow to stay together.

The kind of character always gets into trouble by his or her bad luck, silliness, and/or cluelessness. A common source of comedy.

Strong women and girls who have a level of muscle mass that is notably above average.

A musician is a person who creates and/or plays music.

Someone being completely oblivious about people liking him/her.

The Police are a form of law enforcement officers that work on the local levels. Uniforms are normally in either blue or black.

Pwnage isn't just losing a fight. These are situations where one opponent significantly outclasses the other to the point of embarrassment.

A theme in some animes.

Rivals are competitor to someone. Unlike an enemy, rivals could have similar goals but disagree on the process.

A Sadist is a type of person who attains gratification out of witnessing the suffering of others, either physical or emotional pain.

A anonymous follower and tab-keeper of another person or persons.

A Teacher is a type of person who is in charge of educating others in some form of higher learning or skill. The Japanese title is "Sensei".

The Idea of a character transforming into a animal, monster, creature, demon, or other types of creatures.

A passion or romance for a person where these feelings are not returned by the object of affection. A one-sided love.

The Yakuza are crime syndicates of Japan. Members are often marked with elaborate tattoos.

She'll do anything for love, and she'll kill you if you think otherwise.