Seto no Hanayome Concepts

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.

Bathing Scenes, while occasionally meaningful to plot or character development, are generally excuses for fan service.

Typical "beautiful girl" in anime and manga

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

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.

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.

The Class Representative is the person who is appointed as the spokesperson for a classroom in certain school committees. They also enforce the rules amongst the students in class.

Nearly every anime has a comedic moment here or there. Everyone likes to laugh.

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".

Someone or something to do with cooking.

Someone who remains calm in most of the situations. Even in the middle of battle.

Going on a date with...

One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, often used to describe younger individuals such as high schoolers who cause trouble.

Drama is a concept used in story telling to invoke an emotional reaction from the audience by using serious themes; such as tragedy, suspense, and death.

Drowning is death from suffocation (asphyxia) caused by a liquid entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral hypoxia and cardiac arrest.

Perhaps the greatest past-time in Anime, eating is often done in more lighthearted moments as a source of humor or as a way of showing togetherness with characters, usually involving characters who can eat insane amounts of food and not gain an ounce.

An engagement is a promise to marriage.

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

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.

Fatherhood as a concept. A man who has conceived or raised a child.

The first date of a (potential) couple.

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 mother of one's mother or father.

The term "harem" is frequently used to describe manga and anime series that feature one man surrounded by a variety of female romantic candidates. Prototypical harems: Tenchi Muyo!, Love Hina.

Just your average person!

To influence or control someone using hypnosis.

Japanese Festivals are referred to in Japan as 'Matsuri'. Festivals can be local affairs or even nationwide holidays. In many ways similar to Fairs in the US.

The food of Japan in its many flavors, from its own traditional cuisine (such as sushi) to its adaptations of other nations' foods (be cautious eating American-style Japanese pizza).

Japanese Writing is the writing system of the Japanese language in the form of syllabaries. It consists of Kanji, hiragana, katakana, and romaji.

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.

Someone > Someone > Someone

The Lunar Faction are the militant supporters of Lunar Edomae in Isono Middle High School. Lunar encourages their rampage though she pretends otherwise.

A couple who have made an official vow to stay together.

A mythological creature that is half-human and half-fish. Are said to be related to the sirens.

A woman who has given birth to or raised a child.

Bleeding from the nose, in manga/anime it mostly used as a sight gag that happens when a character is thinking or witnessing something perverted.

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.

A character with an arrogant, bossy attitude, often rich and with some princess-like heritage.

Someone or something that both has and raises children/offspring.

Parody is a style of work that closely resembles or mocks preexisting material or genres for comedic effect.

The Police are a form of law enforcement officers that work on the local levels. Uniforms are normally in either blue or black.

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.

The world after the Big One (nuclear war, intergalactic invasion, super disease). Life sucks after the Apocalypse.

The character has a chance of ending up with the protagonist. It means either the protagonist or the heroine(or maybe both) have feelings for the other.

The main character of a story or plot. Most forms of fiction have the protagonist as a hero but there are rare occasions with an evil or not-so-noble protagonist.

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

Romantic Drama is a concept used in series to create tensions of highs and lows in order to leave the audience in suspense over an outcome in a romance based series.

Literally means "boy" in Japanese, but is also used to refer to Japan's biggest manga demographic: pre-teen and teenage boys.