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Arrogant
The character is head over heels of him -or herself. He/she might be the best(or not) , but usually the laziest to act and always underestimates the enemies. Rather popular concept for villains and rivals. |
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Bad Ass Fight Scene
A fight scene or epic battle that stands above the norm of what the series offers and goes down in history as one of the best combat encounters in the series. The perfect combination of epicness and animation. |
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Beauty Mark
A Beauty Mark or a Beauty Spot is an attractive feature on a human face. |
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Birthday
A anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it). |
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Bitch Slap
A slap with a flat open hand against someone's cheek (most common). This is sometimes performed during an argument. |
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Brothers
Male characters that share the same parents. |
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Cats
Feline animal with four legs and says "meow." Many are found hanging around animes and mangas. |
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Childhood Friend
The character has known the protagonist for a long time, typically all his/her life. If he/she's from the opposite gender there's a high chance he/she has a crush on the main character. |
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Cooking
Someone or something to do with cooking. |
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Crying
What someone does when upset/sad. Sometimes people can also cry from sheer joy. |
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Demons
Are powerful creatures that live in the pits of Hell. That are many classes and levels for these monsters but no matter the rank they are deadly beasts. |
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Dreams & Nightmares
The imaginary events that goes on in your head when you are asleep. In some anime's they can bring important messages or to haunt a person. |
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Exorcists
Group of people who uses the power of Innocence to battle the akuma and the Noahs. It can also describe people who are skilled in getting rid of evil spirits and demons. |
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Eyecatch
Eyecatches are short scenes or illustrations used to begin and end a commercial break in anime. |
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Familiar
A animal or even a person that is basically a slave to another person. Familiars typically are tame, obediant and magical, though not always. |
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Fan Service
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. |
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Father
Fatherhood as a concept. A man who has conceived or raised a child. |
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Filler
Something that isn't from the manga. Could be characters, episodes, and so forth. |
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Flashback
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. |
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Genocide
The act of killing all or most of a race or religion, genocide is murder at a far more vast and heinous level. |
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Ghosts
A ghost is a dead persons spirit that roams the earth usually attached to where they died or refusing to go to the after life until there are finished on earth. |
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Giant Monster
An enormous creature generally the size of a building or larger. Giant Monster is also a popular theme in Japanese anime and horror, with Godzilla as it's most iconic example. |
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Grandmother
The mother of one's mother or father. |
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Humans
Just your average person! |
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Japanese Honorifics
Japanese Honorifics are best described as a sign of respect and endearment. Politeness is an important part of Japanese culture and language. |
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Loner
A loner is a person who avoids or does not actively seek human interaction. There are many reasons for solitude, intentional or otherwise. ... |
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Manga Iconography
Common visual conventions seen in manga and anime to convey emotions, often for comical effect. |
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Monk
A religious person who lives either alone or in a holy place sutch as a temple or a church. Most of them tries to avoid worldy pleasures and to bring good to the world. |
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Mother
A woman who has given birth to or raised a child. |
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Possession
The act of controling an individual, making him preform actions at your will. |
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Potential Love Interest
The character has a chance of ending up with the protagonist. It means either the protagonist or the heroine(or maybe both) have feelings for the other. |
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Pregnancy
A state of a female carrying a fertilized egg in her womb until gestation and a child is born. This entire process takes roughly nine months, and is broken into three-month periods known as trimesters. |
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Priest
The character is working as a priest, a guide and teacher of God. Often leads holy rituals such as marriage and burials. |
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Promise
A Promise is a frequent theme in anime, manga, and real life. |
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Revealing Attire
A concept where characters wear revealing or risque clothing. |
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Revenge
When someone returns an cruel favor to another after what has been done to them or an loved one. |
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Rivals
Rivals are competitor to someone. Unlike an enemy, rivals could have similar goals but disagree on the process. |
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Simulcast
The term generally used when anime is broadcast--usually online--in countries outside of Japan around the same time as it airs in Japan, usually within one week or even within 24 hours. |
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Skinship Grope
In anime and manga, girls sometimes admire each other's assets, to the point of groping either with or without permission. This concept applies to any part of the body and either gender, but it's usually all about boobs. |
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Students
A Student is one who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university. A popular theme among many manga and animes. |
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Summon
The character is summoned from some place else and generally it means he/she/it became someone's familiar. |
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Tattoos
Tattoos are permanent forms of body art that are created by injecting an ink or dye into the skin with a needle. |
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Teachers
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". |
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Training
Specialized strategies and methods of exercise used in various anime and manga series to develop characters and prepare them for performing in events. |
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Unreal Hair/Eye Color
A popular design choice for characters in anime is to give them natural hair and/or eye colors that do not occur in real nature. |
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Vatican
The place where the Catholics Crunch is held and the true home of Catholicism |
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Yin and Yang
It is a concept that shows the balance of one's light and dark sides. Yin stands for light and Yang stands for darkness, so these halves make up a whole. |