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Amnesia
Mental condition of when someone forgets almost all of his or her past, including his/her identity. Some anime characters have such an allingment. |
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Anti Bodies
Anti Bodies are the GHQ epidemic control unit and are commanded by Keido Shuichiro |
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Apocalypse Virus
In the Guilty Crown Franchise, the Apocalypse Virus is a mysterious virus which broke out in Japan. |
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Bathing Scene
Bathing Scenes, while occasionally meaningful to plot or character development, are generally excuses for fan service. |
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Betrayal
Betrayal is the act of treachery or a violation of a trust or allegiance. This can be to one's friends, country, or God. |
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Big Boobs
What is anime without the over-sexualization of women's breasts? |
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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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Blood Bath
A massacre |
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Broken Friendship
A Broken Friendship is a dead relationship between two people or more. |
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Brothers
Male characters that share the same parents. |
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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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Childhood Promise
When I was 5 years old, I promised the neighbor's girl I'd marry her and become King of Japan. 10 years later, she wonders why I haven't done both of those things yet. |
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Class President
A Class President is the elected leader of a student council in most academies. They are in charge of most student events and serve as representative of the student body to the faculty. |
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Clone
A Clone is a biological copy of any organic creature. A Clone is mostly created through science and is sometimes abused to an extent. |
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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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Dances And Balls
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Dark Side
Not to be confused with "Evil Twin" which is a completely different person who is an evil version of a character, the Dark Side is an internal evil persona of a character. It is often seen as a figure that must be defeated to gain control over one's own body and gain extra powers. |
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Disability
The lack of a sense or physical ability. Blindness, Paralysis, or the loss of a limb are examples. Though in many cases these cease being shortcomings over time, and are not just overcome, but often the character becomes stronger. |
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Drama
Drama is a concept used in story telling to invoke an emotional reaction from the audience by using serious themes; such as tragedy, suspense, and death. |
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Drug Dealer
Someone who sells illegal drugs for profit |
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End of the World
The extinction of all life on Earth or the destruction of Earth itself. Also known as; Armageddon, Ragnarok, and the Apocalypse. |
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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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Face Between Breasts
When a character has had their face put in the middle of a girls breasts. Though most of the time it may be on accident. Other times it shows sexual relationship between a man and a woman. |
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Gainax Bounce
The "Gainax Bounce" refers to breasts bouncing around gratuitously in anime, often in ways that seem to defy physics. |
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GHQ
An international government association in the Guilty Crown franchise that has taken over Japan, known as GHQ |
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Hand Shake
A hand shake symbolizes a start of a new friendship, or respect for another creature/human. |
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Heroic Sacrifice
An act when someone gives up something of great importance for a greater good. |
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Hug
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Implied Sex Scene
Due to censorships, anime has a funny way of implying a scene where the characters may have sexual intercourse. It happens in manga, too. |
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Incest
Sexual intimacy between family members. |
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Kissing
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. |
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Loss of Innocence
Like real life, anime and manga characters lose their innocence through war, trauma, rape, torture, and many agonizing scenarios. |
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Lost Christmas
In the Guilty Crown Franchise, "Lost Christmas" was an incident that occurred in Japan and the outbreak of the Apocalypse Virus took place. |
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Love Confession
Telling someone you love them. It usually takes a lot of courage to say it. |
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Love Triangle
Someone > Someone > Someone |
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Madness
In Soul Eater "Madness" is the power that Kishin and evil spirits use to corrupt others and drive them crazy, often resulting in them turning evil. After the release of Asura, Madness begins to build up around the world uncontrollably. |
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Mad With Power
Some people just can't handle being put in charge.... Or being given a massive power boost, or being turned into a god, or coming into possession of a powerful object and so on and so on... These characters are usually villains, but many a hero has been guilty of this... |
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Major death
Death of a major character. |
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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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Marriage
A couple who have made an official vow to stay together. |
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Masochist
A Masochist is a type of person who attains gratification out of physical or emotional pain. Abuse/Humiliation. |
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Moronic character
The kind of character always gets into trouble by his or her bad luck, silliness, and/or cluelessness. A common source of comedy. |
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Murder
The act of taking another person's life. |
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Partners
A group of at least two people who always work together and often make each other stronger by doing so. |
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Post-Apocalypse
The world after the Big One (nuclear war, intergalactic invasion, super disease). Life sucks after the Apocalypse. |
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Revealing Attire
A concept where characters wear revealing or risque clothing. |
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Rock Hard Abs
Men who train and sculpt their bodies have "Rock Hard Abs." Their abs can come in different packs: six pack and eight pack. Women love to feel men's polished abs. |
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School Festival
A tradition seen in Japan every year in their school system. The students set up booths for activities or food stands. |
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Science!
Sometimes the pursuit of scientific knowledge goes far beyond what is accepted in polite society. When normal Science can't get the job done, we turn to "Science!" and the perverse minds that practice it. |