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Antagonist
The main opposing force of a story. Normally the antagonist is a villain but other forms of fiction may have them as heroes or indifferent characters. |
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Doctors
A Doctor is a medical professional that works to the goal of curing illness in others. |
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Maids & Butlers
Maids and Butlers are highly popular within anime and manga. They can simply be a job, or they can be a lifestyle for loyal servants to a master or mistress. Identified by a particular uniform. Also popular in cosplay. |
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Protagonist
The main character of a story or plot. Most forms of fiction have the protagonist as a hero but there are rare occasions with an evil or not-so-noble protagonist. |
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Red Moon
The full moon is often given a shade of red in horror genres, especially in times of murder or general misfortune. |
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Scientists
People who through a great pursuit of knowledge tends to make the impossible possible. |
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Shikigami
A kind of spirit summoned to serve a practitioner of onmyōdō. |
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Shinigami
Shinigami are death gods, a recurring concept in multiple anime, notably in Bleach and Death Note |
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Shoujo
Literally "girl," this term is used to refer to manga aimed at young to teenage girls. |
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Singer
A person who sings as a profession. |
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Smoker
A person who smokes tobacco. |
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Suicide
Suicide is the act of taking ones own life through various means. |
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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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Vampires
Blood sucking creatures of the night, although not always evil necessarily. They are a staple of countless anime and manga series. |
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Zombies
Zombies are an undead rotting corpse that is alive yet dead and have voracious appetites for living flesh. |