|
|
Bathing Scene
Bathing Scenes, while occasionally meaningful to plot or character development, are generally excuses for fan service. |
|
|
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. |
|
|
Brother and Sister
A male and a female member of a family that share the same parents. |
|
|
Corrupt Leaders
Power corrupts. Bureaucratic power (especially tied to other powers) is no exception. |
|
|
Crazy
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. |
|
|
Drunk
Someone who loves to consume alcohol, and typically overdoes it. |
|
|
Enemy Love Interest
The protagonist's love interest is either a member of the enemy faction or the main antagonist of the series. |
|
|
Explosion
Explosions are featured in a wide array of anime/manga, created from various weapons/attacks. |
|
|
Flashback
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. |
|
|
Mech
Generally refers to a large, usually humanoid weapon-type robot, usually piloted from within. |
|
|
Military
The force of defense and offense of a nation. Are mostly equiped with the best weapons that the nation can provide. |
|
|
Orphan
A child without parents. |
|
|
Phobia
An irrational fear of something that can be concrete or abstract. |
|
|
Pregnancy
A state of a female carrying a fertilized egg in her womb until gestation and a child is born. This entire process takes roughly nine months, and is broken into three-month periods known as trimesters. |
|
|
Principality of Zeon
The Principality of Zeon was the name adopted by the residents of Side 3 after Degwin Zabi took control of the Republic of Zeon. They were known for their cause in the "One Year War" when they declared war against the Earth Federation. |
|
|
Real Robot
Opposite of super robots, real robots are tools of war and usually well armed, but fragile. Require a lot of pilot skills to be used effectively. |
|
|
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. |
|
|
Sniper
A sniper is an individual who supports the front from distance. They use ranged weapons to shoot from very long distances with great accuracy. The snipers are famous for their precision and to attack from unexpected directions. |
|
Universal Century
The Universal Century (U.C.) timeline is a setting shared by numerous series in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. |
|
|
|
Unrequited love
A passion or romance for a person where these feelings are not returned by the object of affection. A one-sided love. |
|
|
War
The massive battle of death between 2 factions or nations. Can either be because of religion, need for power or wealth, hatred of the other faction/nation etc. |