The Familiar of Zero Concepts

An alternate reality is a universe that is different from the main world of a series. This world can be different in just small ways and it will still resemble the main reality, or it can be completely different and not be similar at all to the universe the protagonist had known.

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

What is anime without the over-sexualization of women's breasts?

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Commonly seen in anime and manga, less-developed girls are often envious of those with larger breasts.

In anime and real life, people barge in and see a person and another person in a compromising position, intentionally or accidentally.

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.

When a character's clothes become torn from an attack, such as an explosion or energy blast.

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".

What someone does when upset/sad. Sometimes people can also cry from sheer joy.

A legendary creature that is typically reptilian, that can fly and can breathe fire and sometimes ice.

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Elves are a race found in a lot of fantasy media. They are recognizable by their elongated ears and often have longer lifespans than humans.

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

Explosions are featured in a wide array of anime/manga, created from various weapons/attacks.

Eyecatches are short scenes or illustrations used to begin and end a commercial break in anime.

When a character has had their face put in the middle of a girls breasts. Though most of the time it may be on accident. Other times it shows sexual relationship between a man and a woman.

A animal or even a person that is basically a slave to another person. Familiars typically are tame, obediant and magical, though not always.

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.

The act of someone giving or receiving their first kiss, or a particular couple kissing for the first time.

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 "Gainax Bounce" refers to breasts bouncing around gratuitously in anime, often in ways that seem to defy physics.

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.

Characters with two different eye colors.

Just your average person!

Hybrid characters are often a mixture of different background that are normally thought to be in opposition. These are mostly seen as a mixture of humans with either aliens, spirits, or demons.

Capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment .

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.

The character is officially a knight. He/She usually values honor above everything else and fights for justice. There are perhaps exceptions...

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.

Magic is an often used term in fiction. It is the concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods and breaking the physical laws.

A fantasy sub-genre that features girls who magically transform into super-heroines and combat evil.

The Maid is a highly popular theme in anime/manga. They can simply be a job, or they can be a lifestyle for loyal servants to a master or mistress. Identified by a particular uniform. Also popular in cosplay.

Death of a major character.

A towel usually worn after bathing or showering to cover up. Sometimes used as censorship even during bathing.

A "Pettanko" character is a female who is flat-chested or has small breasts and is either concerned by it or proud of it.

Someone part of a royal family.

In anime and manga, girls sometimes admire each other's assets, to the point of groping either with or without permission. This concept applies to any part of the body and either gender, but it's usually all about boobs.

The character is adept at casting magic. In addition using spells is an integral part of his/her fighting style

A Student is one who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university. A popular theme among many manga and animes.

The character is summoned from some place else and generally it means he/she/it became someone's familiar.

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".

A guy may have the best of intentions, but sometimes he may accidentally grab a boob. These things happen.

The Idea of a character transforming into a animal, monster, creature, demon, or other types of creatures.

"Tsundere" is a portmanteau of two Japanese phrases: "tsuntsun" and "deredere" and refers to characters who act hostile to the object of their affections, but secretly (or not-so-secretly) harbor feelings for them.

A popular design choice for characters in anime is to give them natural hair and/or eye colors that do not occur in real nature.

Those moments when clothing slips or falls off, revealing a little too much. During fights, this is usually considered "clothing damage" rather than a wardrobe malfunction.

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.

Literally meaning "Absolute Territory", zettai ryouiki is the area of uncovered thigh between the skirt and the knee sock.