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Aburame Clan
The Aburame are a bloodline of ninjas in the Hidden Leaf Village. Their notable feature is that they allow thousands of chakra devouring insects to live in their body and in exchange, the insects do their bidding. |
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Akatsuki
Group of S-class criminal shinobi! |
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Akimichi Clan
The Akimichi clan is a bloodline of Hidden Leaf ninjas that are able to rapidly expand parts of their body by turning excess calories in their body into chakra. Because of this, they tend to be obese people. |
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Ambiguous Gender
A common theme in anime and manga is for a character to be a man that looks feminine or a woman that looks masculine, often leading the viewers to believe them to be of the opposite gender. |
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Amputee
A character that has had one or more of his/her limbs completely severed. |
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ANBU
The ANBU is a special squad of ninja specifically created for assassinations, stealth missions and dealing with exceptionally dangerous threats too dangerous for regular ninja |
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Angel
Angels are beings that reside in Heaven. They are often portrayed with wings, halos, or both. |
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Anime Laws of Physics
Originally compiled by Darrin Bright and Ryan Shellito at the California Polytechnical Institute, they explain much of the abnormal physics phenomena we see in most anime. |
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Anime/Manga within Anime/Manga
This is for any anime/manga that has created another series within itself that is referenced quite often. |
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Antagonist
The main opposing force of a story. Normally the antagonist is a villain but other forms of fiction may have them as heroes or indifferent characters. |
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Anti-Hero
A kind of Hero who has rather questionable methods and motives. He may have good goals but does evil things for it or being totally selfish but saves the day somehow. |
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Assassin
A person who was paid to preform the extermination of a specific person. |
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Baby
A Baby is a newborn child. Babies need constant care and supervisions since they are unable to care for them self at all or talk. |
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Back to life
Also known as resurrection. This is when a previously dead character is restored back to life. |
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Bad Ass Fight Scene
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. |
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Bad Turned Good
Also known as redemption. This is when someone who was previously wicked decided to become good. |
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Bath Scene
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. |
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Best Friends
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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 Bad
Usually the main villain of the season/show. Most difficult to kill.There are even bigger bads |
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Big Boobs
What is anime without the over-sexualization of women's breasts? |
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Breaking the 4th Wall
The act of Breaking the 4th Wall is when a character seem to show knowledge that they are in a fictional series. Normally by talking directly to the audience. |
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Brother and Sister
A male and a female member of a family that share the same parents. |
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Brothers
Male characters that share the same parents. |
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Bully
A person who actively tries to start fights with others who are weaker and pose little threat. |
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Byakugan
The original Doujutsu that evolved into the Sharingan, still prominently used by Konoha's Hyuuga Clan. |
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Cat
Feline animal with four legs and says "meow." Many are found hanging around animes and mangas. |
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Catch Phrase
A line or word that is used repeatedly by a character until it becomes a line that they are known for and helps make them memorable. |
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Chakra
In the Naruto universe chakra is a form of energy through which ninjutsu moves can be accomplished. There are five different types of elemental chakras. |
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Chibi
Chibi means to be small in stature. In anime/manga the term is used for a character that is small in appearance and exaggerated features. |
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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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Chunin
High level Ninja who have completed the Chunin exam, but are not Jounin |
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Chunin Exam
The Chunin Exams are an event held in the Hidden Leaf where Genin from the Hidden Leaf and other villages go through a series of tests and practical examinations in order to be considered for advancement to the Chunin rank. |
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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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Clothing Damage
When a character's clothes become torn from an attack, such as an explosion or energy blast. |
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Collateral Damage
Collateral Damage is a military term describing a situation where soldiers destroy property or kill civilians by accident or on purpose. Example:Dragon Ball Z, there is a lot of property damages and lives lost when Majin Buu blows up the whole city. |
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Comedy
Nearly every anime has a comedic moment here or there. Everyone likes to laugh. |
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Convenient Censorship
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". |
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Cooking
Someone or something to do with cooking. |
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Cool character
Someone who remains calm in most of the situations. Even in the middle of battle. |
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Corrupt Leaders
Power corrupts. Bureaucratic power (especially tied to other powers) is no exception. |
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Costume Change
Normally in anime and manga a character will wear the same outfit throughout the series. But there are many characters who are known for changing into elaborate costumes, costumes they'd never wear normally, either for comedic relief, to gain power, or for their own mysterious reasons. |
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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. |
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Crazy Anime Hair
Huge spikes, multiple colors, gravity-defying ponytails... and it's probably all natural somehow too. |
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Crude Humor
A style of comedy that takes a crass and politically incorrect approach to topics considered to be taboo, indecent, or impolite such as sex, violence, bodily functions, pedophilia, race, death, gender, sexual orientation and things that would generally be considered offensive if made light of. |
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Crying
What someone does when upset/sad. Sometimes people can also cry from sheer joy. |
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Curse
A long-lasting spell that causes negative results to the cursed one and sometimes those around him/her. |
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Cyborg
A fictional being that is part organic and part machine. |
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Danzo's Juinjutsu
Danzō's Juinjutsu is a cursed seal place on all members of Danzo's personal ANBU group called Root. It prevents the person from speaking of anything incriminating about Danzō. |
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Dark Past
One or more past events that negatively affected one or more people. It's very common in an anime for at least one person to have such a past. |