Girls Bravo Concepts

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

What is anime without the over-sexualization of women's breasts?

Typical "beautiful girl" in anime and manga

A male and a female member of a family that share the same parents.

Male characters that share the same parents.

The Bunny Girl is a fetish outfit made popular by the Playboy company though the meaning is different in Japan. A popular outfit in cosplay.

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.

Convenient Censorship such as steam, hair and beams of light are often used in anime and manga to show naked characters while obscuring their "naughty bits".

Someone or something to do with cooking.

Someone who remains calm in most of the situations. Even in the middle of battle.

The practice of dressing like characters from anime, manga, video games, and even novels, TV shows, celebrities, etc.

Huge spikes, multiple colors, gravity-defying ponytails... and it's probably all natural somehow too.

Dark Magical Girls are female characters that practice the dark form of magical arts.

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.

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.

A battle that features excessive fanservice.

A dislike of the opposite sex which usually manifests itself as crippling nervousness/panic attacks, hatred, and/or kneejerk violent reactions.

The character knows well how to defend him or herself.

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.

Ganguro is a fashion trend where young girls have deep tans, bleached out hair, and heavy make up.

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.

The term "harem" is frequently used to describe manga and anime series that feature one man surrounded by a variety of female romantic candidates.

Hives are a skin condition characterized by itching welts and caused by an allergic or internal reaction, infection, or a nervous condition.

Characters who exercise their strong libidinous desires in unwholesome ways, such as peeping on the objects of their desire, making inappropriate comments, stealing underwear etc. Though typically middle-aged or elderly men with a penchant for young girls, there are probably a few dirty old women out there.

A list of lesbians that appear in anime and manga.

Whether in a state of mere arousal or pure orgasmic bliss, many female characters in modern hentai have a difficult time keeping their saliva under control.

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

A fantasy sub-genre that features girls who magically transform into super-heroines and combat evil.

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

A towel usually worn after bathing or showering to cover up. Sometimes used as censorship even during bathing.

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

A character with an arrogant, bossy attitude, often rich and with some princess-like heritage.

Gratuitous exposure of a character's panties, possibly the biggest fan service concept in anime and manga.

Parody is a style of work that closely resembles or mocks preexisting material or genres for comedic effect.

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.

Product Placement is a practice done in shows where a company will pay for a real world product to be displayed prominently, or have a character using.

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.

Romantic Drama is a concept used in series to create tensions of highs and lows in order to leave the audience in suspense over an outcome in a romance based series.

Assertive, confident females who take the initiative with sex and don't take "NO!" for an answer.

Literally means "boy" in Japanese, but is also used to refer to Japan's biggest manga demographic: pre-teen and teenage boys.

When one character has trouble expressing themselves and is very reserved. Usually used in Anime as an endearing quality.

Female members of a family that share the same parents.

A Student is one who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university. A popular theme among many manga and animes.

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".

"Tsundere" is a portmanteau of two Japanese phrases: "tsuntsun" and "deredere" and refers to characters who act hostile to the object of their affections, but secretly (or not-so-secretly) harbor feelings for them.

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.

Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated across much of the world on February 14th. The practice of the holiday is much different in Japan then in the Western parts of the world.