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Birthday
A anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it). |
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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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Butt Punch
A concept where a female character literally uses there Butt to punch someone or something. |
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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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Concert
A live performance or show were musicians perform before a live audience. |
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Cooking
Someone or something to do with cooking. |
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Cosplay
The practice of dressing like characters from anime, manga, video games, and even novels, TV shows, celebrities, etc. |
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Crossover
A concept where several characters from different, separate stories and series meet up. |
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Dark Magical Girl
Dark Magical Girls are female characters that practice the dark form of magical arts. |
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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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DELETE
DELETE ME |
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Dojikko
In anime, a cute, clumsy girl. Her klutziness usually hurts other people more than herself. |
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Doppelgänger
A double or look-alike of another person. |
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Dreams and Nightmares
The imaginary events that goes on in your head when you are asleep. In some anime's they can bring important messages or to haunt a person. |
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Eclipse
An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. |
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Exaggerated Emotional Iconography
Common visual conventions seen in manga and anime to convey emotions, often for comical effect. |
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Fantasy And Fairy Tales
A type of story often containing talking creatures and magical enchantments. |
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Father
Fatherhood as a concept. A man who has conceived or raised a child. |
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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. |
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Friendship
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Good Turned Bad
Also known as corruption, this is when someone previously goodhearted becomes sinister. |
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Halloween
Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31st that was originally based upon a Celtic festival. It's more commonly celebrated in the United States by dressing up in costumes and Trick-or-Treating, but is also observed in other parts of the world. |
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Henshin
The Japanese word for "transformation," literally meaning, to change or transform the body. Generally used in tokusatsu and magical girl series. |
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Japanese Fashion
Visual kei, tsuyome joshi, gothic lolita, you name it-- it's Japanese fashion. |
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Kendo
Kendo translates to "Way of the Sword". It is a sword competition using bamboo swords called a shinai. It is a popular martial arts practice in Japan. |
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Magical Girl
A fantasy sub-genre that features girls who magically transform into super-heroines and combat evil. |
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Manga Artist
A Manga Artist is known in Japan as a manga-ka. Sometimes they work solo to create mangas, but they are also commonly known to have a staff who assist the lead artist. |
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Martial Arts
Seen in just about every form of anime at least at one point. The key component that makes Shounen popular among boys. As well as Ancient art in itself |
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Monster of the Day
A concept seen in Magical Girl and Tokatsu series where a hero or heroine faces a different monster sent after them each day. |
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Mother
A woman who has given birth to or raised a child. |
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Negatone
The monsters of Suite Precure that can be transformed from the scattered notes. |
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Parents
Someone or something that both has and raises children/offspring. |
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Rivals
Rivals are competitor to someone. Unlike an enemy, rivals could have similar goals but disagree on the process. |
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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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Sisters
Female members of a family that share the same parents. |
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Soccer
Commonly known as football. Soccer is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is one the world's most popular sport. Inazuma Eleven is a great example. |
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Sports
A common theme in many mangas and animes. |
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Teacher
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". |
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Transformation
The Idea of a character transforming into a animal, monster, creature, demon, or other types of creatures. |
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Tropes And Transformations
A stylistic device used in several animes. |