Ladies vs Butlers Concepts

A type of censorship used in non-pornographic anime and manga. Instead of pixelating or covering nipples or genitals, they're simply not drawn.

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.

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

A Butler is a male servant. Similar to a Maid. These people often tend to those of high social status.

Feline animal with four legs and says "meow." Many are found hanging around animes and mangas.

In anime and real life, people barge in and see a person and another person in a compromising position, intentionally or accidentally.

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.

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".

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

In anime, a cute, clumsy girl. Her klutziness usually hurts other people more than herself.

This is the act of secretly watching a person or group to gather information, often for political purposes. Spies typically disguise themselves so that they might sneak around. Espionage is also frequently tied to assassination plots.

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

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.

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.

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.

The "Gainax Bounce" refers to breasts bouncing around gratuitously in anime, often in ways that seem to defy physics.

Just your average person!

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.

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.

The Maid is a highly popular theme in anime/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.

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

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

Rivals are competitor to someone. Unlike an enemy, rivals could have similar goals but disagree on the process.

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

A guy may have the best of intentions, but sometimes he may accidentally grab a boob. These things happen.

A new student who comes from another school, they typically come from a mysterious background or they arrive to spark some changes in the story.

Coined by Tom Pinchuk, tricky refers to content that sexualizes minors or characters with the appearance of minors. Generally, these characters have a physical appearance that puts them noticeably under the legal age of consent (17) in the United States.

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.

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.