Fate/Stay Night Concepts

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.

A person who was paid to preform the extermination of a specific person.

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.

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.

Typical "beautiful girl" in anime and manga

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.

Nearly every anime has a comedic moment here or there. Everyone likes to laugh.

Someone or something to do with cooking.

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.

A animal or even a person that is basically a slave to another person. Familiars typically are tame, obediant and magical, though not always.

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.

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.

Featured in both FullMetal Alchemist manga and FullMetal alchemist anime, even featured in the FMA film Conquorer of Shambala. In both manga,and anime Homunculi are near immortal and are the enemies of Ed and Al.

Due to censorships, anime has a funny way of implying a scene where the characters may have sexual intercourse. It happens in manga, too.

Kendo translates to "Way of the Sword". It is a sword competition using bamboo swords called a shinai. It is a popular martial arts practice in Japan.

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 character is officially a knight. He/She usually values honor above everything else and fights for justice. There are perhaps exceptions...

Magic is an often used term in fiction. It is the concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods and breaking the physical laws.

Seen in just about every form of anime at least at one point. The key component that makes Shounen popular among boys. As well as Ancient art in itself

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

The act of taking another person's life.

The character is working as a priest, a guide and teacher of God. Often leads holy rituals such as marriage and burials.

Someone part of a royal family.

Samurais were warriors of feudal japan

Warriors summoned for the Holy Grail War in Fate/ Stay Night. Legendary heroes of the past, now Half-spiritual beings with extreme power.

One of the most common forms of Fanservice, and a classic anime cliche.

Female members of a family that share the same parents.

The character is adept at casting magic. In addition using spells is an integral part of his/her fighting style

Anime has long been known for having many strong male protagonist and depicting women as being weaker and in need of protection, but there are many female characters out there fighting this stereotype. These are women who possess strength not just physically but mentally and emotionally as well and are often the heroes of a series.

The character is summoned from some place else and generally it means he/she/it became someone's familiar.

An intense battle between two or more characters using swords.

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.

The villain of the story.

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

A genre of anime/manga featuring girl-on-girl relationships. Although the genre originated in female-targeted works, today it is featured in many male-targeted works as well.

Literally meaning "Absolute Territory", zettai ryouiki is the area of uncovered thigh between the skirt and the knee sock.