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Akujo
Female characters in anime and manga who are, were, and always will be wicked and evil. |
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Aliens
Beings from another planet. |
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Amnesia
Mental condition of when someone forgets almost all of his or her past, including his/her identity. Some anime characters have such an allingment. |
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Androids
A type of robot or synthetic organism designed to look and act like a human. |
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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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Bathing Scene
Bathing Scenes, while occasionally meaningful to plot or character development, are generally excuses for fan service. |
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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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Blood Bath
A massacre |
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Bounty
A Bounty is a price put on the life of someone who is wanted by either the authorities, government, or private organization. |
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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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Crying
What someone does when upset/sad. Sometimes people can also cry from sheer joy. |
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Cyborgs
A fictional being that is part organic and part machine. |
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Damsel In Distress
A maiden is in peril and only her one true hero can save her. |
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Decapitation
AKA beheading |
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Deceased Characters
These characters had died by the end of the manga, anime or movie. Permanently. |
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Doctors
A Doctor is a medical professional that works to the goal of curing illness in others. |
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Duel
Prearranged fight with two people. It is used in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor. |
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Espionage
This is the act of secretly watching a person or group to gather information, often for political purposes. Spies typically disguise themselves so that they might sneak around. Espionage is also frequently tied to assassination plots. |
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Evil
The philosophical idea of the opposition of good. Some believe it is the opposite of good while others consider it a misguided attempt of good. |
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Execution
The act or an instance of putting to death or being put to death as a lawful penalty. |
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Explosion
Explosions are featured in a wide array of anime/manga, created from various weapons/attacks. |
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Fighting Dirty
Sometimes its the only way to win a fight, and sometimes characters just have no honor. Either way these characters don't like to play fair. |
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Gambler
Someone who plays games of chance on a regular basis in hopes of getting rich quick. |
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Genie
Genie are typically entities that can grant wishes. Some dwell in lamps. |
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Ghosts
A ghost is a dead persons spirit that roams the earth usually attached to where they died or refusing to go to the after life until there are finished on earth. |
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Guild
A Guild is a group of people working together and learning from each other |
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Kidnapping
Capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment . |
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Leader
The character is in higher rank. in hiearchy. Either he/she's an officer or simply marked as a leader of the group. He/she's the one making the important decisions ragarding the group or organisation he/she's leading. |
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Magic
Magic is an often used term in fiction. It is the concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods and breaking the physical laws. |
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Modesty Towel
A towel usually worn after bathing or showering to cover up. Sometimes used as censorship even during bathing. |
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Murder
The act of taking another person's life. |
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Pirates
A Pirate is one who steal at sea or and plunders at land. It can also be a term used for adventurers who don't follow the laws of the land. |
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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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Possession
The act of controling an individual, making him preform actions at your will. |
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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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Rage
Often when a character needs to grow stronger in battle, they find this strength through anger. A character being overwhelmed with rage can give them great power or even let them grow to a new level. |
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Revenge
When someone returns an cruel favor to another after what has been done to them or an loved one. |
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Robot
An electro-mechanical machine which is guided by computer or electronic programming, and is thus able to do tasks on its own. |
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Sadist
A Sadist is a type of person who attains gratification out of witnessing the suffering of others, either physical or emotional pain. |
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Sisters
Female members of a family that share the same parents. |
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Slavery
A concept where one person is treated like the property of another, sometimes legally recognized as such in the eyes of the government as well. This concept applies to both those who have been enslaved and those who have "owned" a slave. In most cases the slave is a protagonist who rebels. |
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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. |
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Snow Guerrillas
The Snow Guerrillas are a group of all-female pirates in the manga series "Cobra" and anime series "Space Adventure Cobra". |
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Sports
A common theme in many mangas and animes. |
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Super Weapon
Any object or even character that is considered a weapon of great power that usually can change the world. Super weapons are usually created to be the ultimate weapon though sometimes they are only considered as such after demonstrating some form of great power. |
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Sword Versus Gun Fight
A battle commonly seen in anime where one character using a gun battles another character using a sword... Oddly the character with the sword almost always wins. |
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Tattoos
Tattoos are permanent forms of body art that are created by injecting an ink or dye into the skin with a needle. |
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Time Travel
The ability to travel from one era to another, forward and/or backward. |
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Torture
Torture is the act of inflicting pain to gain something from a victim. There are no restrictions on what can be gained, but generally it is done to receive a confession, information, or pleasure from harming others. |
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Transformation
The Idea of a character transforming into a animal, monster, creature, demon, or other types of creatures. |