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Lecher
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. |
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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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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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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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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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Mother
A woman who has given birth to or raised a child. |
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Muscular Females
Strong women and girls who have a level of muscle mass that is notably above average. |
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Musical
Someone or something heavily involved with music. |
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Nurses
A Nurse is a regular hospital worker and Doctor's assistant. Assisting in the day to day care of patients, they can be male or female. |
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Parents
Someone or something that both has and raises children/offspring. |
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Pet Owner
Usagi Tsukino is the caretaker of her cat Luna & Minako Aino owns her cat, Artemis. |
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Petrified
The concept where someone is turned to stone by magical or scientific means. |
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Pets
Something that serves as a pet or behaves in the manner of one. |
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Police
The Police are a form of law enforcement officers that work on the local levels. Uniforms are normally in either blue or black. |
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Pop Idol
Pop Idols in Japan are classically females in their teens to early twenties. Not only are they singers, but they can also be models and general media personalities. |
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Possession
The act of controling an individual, making him preform actions at your will. |
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Premonition
A presentiment of the future or warning of things yet to come. |
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Priest
The character is working as a priest, a guide and teacher of God. Often leads holy rituals such as marriage and burials. |
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Princess
A female heir to a royal throne. |
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Rain
In addition to being just weather, the rain can symbolize many things. It can represent life, foreshadowing, sadness, and many things. |
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Rats
A very common species of rodent. |
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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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Screaming
A loud and often annoying vocal expression used to convey fear or excitement. Mostly done by female characters. |
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Shoujo
Literally "girl," this term is used to refer to manga aimed at young to teenage girls. |
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Shrine Maiden
A Shrine Maiden is a female caretaker of the Shinto shrines of Japan, and they are connected to the oracles from kami. Considered to be a medium/prophet between earth and the spirit realm. Traditionally wearing a white kimono and red hakama. |
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Sisters
Female members of a family that share the same parents. |
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Slime
A popular monster in Japanese RPG and Video Games that is Amorphous creatures that range from mindless eating machines to tricksy shapeshifters. |
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Stalker
A anonymous follower and tab-keeper of another person or persons. |
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Teachers
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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Thieves and Con Artists
Thieves and con artists are people who take objects of value from others by theft or trickery. |
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Time Travel
The ability to travel from one era to another, forward and/or backward. |
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Tournament
A battle between participants to see who is the strongest. It usually involves brackets and moving up the line, but it can also be in other formats such as a "survival of the fittest" format. |
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Transfer Student
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. |
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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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Unrequited love
A passion or romance for a person where these feelings are not returned by the object of affection. A one-sided love. |
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Volleyball
A Olympic team sport played on a beach or indoor court in which two teams of six players are separated by a net and each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court. |
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Witches 5
A group of five female scientists that serve Professor Tomoe (Pharaoh 90). There mission is to collect Heart Crystals so they can revive Mistress 9. |
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Wrestling
Known as Puroresu in Japan which is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance. |
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Yuri
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. |