Arakawa Under the Bridge Concepts

One of the most common forms of fanservice in all anime. Bath scenes can show bonding between characters, but are more often used as just an excuse to exploit a female character.

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.

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

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

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

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

The first date of a (potential) couple.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.