History UnusuallyUninterestingSight / AnimeAndManga

** Most characters don't really think much of Ash's Lycanroc or Poipole; in spite of the former being [[SingleSpecimenSpecies one-of-a-kind]] and the latter being an [[AdorableAbomination Ultra Beast]] from another dimension.

* Averted hilariously in ''Manga/BusouRenkin'', in which various characters including man-eating monsters attempt to take advantage of this trope, only to find that people do not turn a blind eye to weirdness happening in their vicinity.

** Justified by the fact that the Elric boys live in a VERY militaristic state and people assume he is a tall guy that just likes to use an impressive armor, and they immediately freak out when they notice the armor is empty. Though nobody seems to question why this apparently huge muscular giant has a child’s voice.

** When Envy reveals their OneWingedAngel EldritchAbomination form to Ed and Ling, they’re of course shocked and appalled. Then Envy decides to stay in that form for the next few chapters/episodes and...Scar and May seem completely apathetic about the enormous screaming monster abomination in the room. Justified since Scar is TheStoic and has [[ThePurge definitely seen worse]] and May was more disturbed by Father who invoked UncannyValley, but it’s still amusing how Envy doesn’t even get respect looking like that.

** Justified by the fact that the Elric boys live in a VERY militaristic state and people assume he is a tall guy that just likes to use an impressive armor, and they immediately freak out when they notice the armor is empty.

** Most people realize that Oga is always carrying a baby on his shoulders, and some even ask why the baby isn't wearing any clothes, but apparently no one ever found strange that the baby can produce electric shocks when he's annoyed.

** Early in the series, when all of the action still happened on Earth, gigantic undead monsters were routinely tearing gashes into buildings in downtown Tokyo. The HandWave is that said giant monsters are InvisibleToNormals and they use memory manipulating magic to provide rational explanation for the damages, which FridgeLogic suggests is unlikely to satisfy the forensics teams or the insurance assessors.

** A good example would be that nobody really seems to care about Sajin Komamura being a humanoid wolf (characters mistake him for a dog but aren't bothered by - in fact, ''Komamura'' is the most bothered of all). A few characters mentioned noticing it, some villains taunt him for it, and the omakes pinpoint him as being an animal lover partially because of it... but not one person ever asks him what exactly he ''is.'' One of the databooks states that despite giving up his helmet which hid his face, "no one seems to care or notice".

** No to mention the fact that the average digimon looks nothing like any animal of any kind. When their kid marched in with an odd mutant-looking crab-type thing under their arm and said 'it's a cuddly toy', most parents would probably demand to know what the hell it was supposed to be. Not so in the series, where owning a toy that looks like a very large puppet with flowers attached is perfectly unremarkable. Also, Digimon seem to be able to look exactly like people if they put on a large coat and a hat. Yes, it may be three feet tall with claws, wings and horns, but nobody notices as long as it's got it's hood up.

** Zigzag when Goku was a child. Some people did freakout when they realized Goku had a monkey tail. Most of the time, however, people didn't seem to care or just note it as an unusual quirk.
** People are pretty shocked to discover that Piccolo, a man with green skin and antennae, is an alien. Piccolo himself is shocked to discover this. The same thing happens when they find out that Goku (who used to have a tail and would transform into a giant ape in the full moon) is an alien. Granted, given the [[FunnyAnimal kinds of things walking around]] on Earth in this series that are native to the planet and clearly not human, Goku and Piccolo don't stand out all that much. Also, Piccolo was widely believed to be a type of demon, which is somewhat common in the Dragon World. His father even called himself the Demon King. With Goku, his friends are not particularly shock that he's an alien. They are shock that he was a vicious alien sent to kill everyone.

* ''Anime/FairyMusketeers'' brings us a girl wearing an odd costume, another girl with UnusualEars, and the above-mentioned blue wolf, which is apparently easily mistaken for a dog. The dog/wolf confusion seems especially common given Japanese wolves have been extinct for a while. The point remains, however. Blue. Armor. ''Talks.'' However, the one time he DID talk in public (i.e. to a bunch of {{Muggle}}s), he got a TV appearance. The rest of the time they seem to be mistaken for Cosplayers, judging by the one time they won a competition unknowningly.

** Played hilariously straight in an episode of ''Brotherhood'', while running from the military, Ed transmutes a car because they have its description...into an armored car that looks like a chinese new years dragon...''it works'', granted, they were looking for that car in particular, but the fact they didn't even think that's odd is just mind-blowing. Unless they didn't even recognize it as a car.

* Damn near everything Sousuke Sagara does in public barely elicits any reaction from civilians or authorities in ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic''. From frequently talking about past military experiences, to [[GunsInChurch carrying around loaded guns that he once pulled on a guy bothering Kaname in a crowded subway station]], to interrogating that same guy with a toilet after someone posts a bunch of notes around school bad-mouthing Kaname. Oh and did I mentioned he ''[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment pulled on a gun on guy in a crowded subway station]]''!? In a country where it would [[AlternateHistory probably]] be very difficult to even '''OWN''' a gun legally even if he weren't a minor!?

* In ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', nobody ever comments on how bizarre Katsura's friend Elizabeth looks; it resembling to be a cross between a BedsheetGhost and a penguin, plus it also seems to just be a costume, as its legs appear to be those of a man's on the odd occasion where they're visible. It's possibly justified by the fact that the world is filled with all the manner of aliens, but even by their standards, it's still extremely weird-looking. [[spoiler: It turns out that it's actually a member of an entire race of HumanAliens who don the same costume, just with the addition of accessories so they can actually distinguish one another. Or not. That was actually just its substitute that fills in for it on Mondays.]]

* In ''Manga/InterviewsWithMonsterGirls'', Machi can't hide [[LosingYourHead her condition]] unlike the other girls, and she's also supposed to be one of the only three dullahans in the entire world. While this series sets in a post-FantasticRacism world, it's curious that nobody seems to react at the sight of a person holding her own head with a jet of green flame coming out of her neck.

* In ''Manga/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', the woman running the ice-cream shop in Twilight Town takes no notice that three of her regular customers are wearing black coats and come from a CultOfEvil. When Riku later appears in her shop, she doesn't react to his blindfold, either.

* ''Anime/MagicalPokaan'' has a girl with [[UnusualEars ''wolf ears'']] ''and a ''tail,'' dressed in what could be described as a leather bikini top, daisy dukes, and baggy knee high leggings. ''No one ever notices.''

** Asuna's completely heterochromia is never commented on. Ever. The only time it's even indirectly referred to is when it turns out [[spoiler:queen Arika, her 'sister,']] also has mismatched eyes. Which, again, are not commented on, nor is the connection actually noted. They both just share the trait.
** While most of the weirdness in is under the surface, few of the girls in Negi's class ever seem to notice or comment upon Chachamaru's very obvious robotic construction, at least at first. One of the students, Chisame Hasegawa, is one of the few to notice all the oddities around here and gets angry because she doesn't understand how anybody can not notice all the weirdness, especially things like Chachamaru obviously being a robot. The two eventually become best friends but it still frustrates her to no end.

** When Mana is seen shooting around 10 people with special knock out rounds to prevent people from abusing the world tree's magic, people started to notice, which she waves them off saying that they were shooting a movie. And later in the Magic World people HandWave an epic fight going on around them as "are they shooting a movie?" and just continue walking. It should be noted that on the fringes of Magic World civilization, the typical response is usually "Oh, just another fight."

** In the last story arc, which takes place during Japan's modernization period his appearance is commented on by one of the characters, and he responds that a person who sells folk remedies has to look exotic to get customers. Not that it explains his inhuman body features, but a WeirdnessCensor may be in effect there. His deceptively small sword sometimes draws comments in the Feudal period as well, since as a merchant he shouldn't have the right to carry one.
* In ''Manga/MurderPrincess'' no one seemed to notice that the princess suddenly started hanging around with a purple Frankenstein and Skeleton man.
* ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid''. Things like a submarine smashing through the floor of a gymnasium, a KillSat blowing up a section of the school, or the school being turned into a war zone over a rivalry usually elicit mind surprise at best. Given the [[GagSeries nature of the series]], one would think this is normal... except that [[TheMasquerade hiding the existence of mermaids]] is the idea that drives the whole plot. Even though the mermaids would be one of the less weird things that occurs.

** In the anime, Team Rocket's Meowth is one of the very few Pokemon to be able to talk. A few people find it strange, but most don't. Averted heavily in the [=XY=] episode "A Fork In The Road! A Parting Of The Ways!" where a Pokemon hunter captures him to try and make a fortune of of him due to his odd ability to speak.

* In ''Anime/ReCreators'' not only everyone (including the Japanese government) seems to get used remarkably quickly to a few fictional characters suddenly becoming real, nobody seems to ever care about stuff like the ObviouslyEvil Magane (people probably think she's a cosplayer or something) or a FantasticNuke going off in the middle of a city, either. And this is a work that is supposed to be more "realistic".
* A week after starting school, many of Hibiki's classmates in ''Manga/ReKan'' are already used to seeing her talk to ghosts. Unfortunately they can't see the ghosts, so to them it looks like she's talking to thin air. Narumi however, refuses to believe it, and is quite vocal in her opposition to Hibiki's claims of seeing ghosts.

** Minako's antics rarely get questioned by her friends, and their reaction to her [[InASingleBound jumping from the road to Usagi's room]] and [[PluckyGirl remaining conscious and then outrun a car after having her Pure Heart Crystal extracted (something that had knocked out everyone else) right after she has given blood]] was DullSurprise. Those who aren't used to her, on the other hand, are instead frozen in shock.

* Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma: Isshiki is a completely shameless nudist, who never wears anything more concealing than a {{Fundoshi}} or a NakedApron if he can get away with it (in fact [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness one of the big signs that things are about to get hairy is that Isshiki puts on clothes]]). Guests to the dorm respond with outrage, chock or [[EatingTheEyeCandy staring]]. His dorm-mates' reaction is basically "Meh. It's Isshiki. Just roll with it."

** This is even funnier because in later seasons, the cast heads off to lands where magic is uncommon. Most of the manga spinoffs and the novel series averts this, as shown in his [[ADayInTheLimelight novel special story.]] The aversion in the novels can be a bit odd, though, because there are far more chimeras present there than in the anime or manga.

* In ''Anime/SoulEater'', both the main character Soul and minor villain Giriko have sharp pointed teeth, but this is never addressed or commented upon. However, the world of Soul Eater is meant to be quite strange as it is, what with a sentient moon and sun, so perhaps having sharp teeth is not that weird in the scheme of things.

** WordOfGod says that Yugi's appearance doesn't actually change, the difference in art represents how the Pharaoh has more presence than Yugi. The only person who ever thought they different people was blindfolded at the time, and only heard their voices. Oddly enough, the Paradox Brothers ''do'' react to Yugi's transformation, but never say anything other than gasping and wondering what he was doing, and in the first episode of the anime Kaiba looks shocked. Comments about the hair are rare, and only tend to turn up in the English dub, which sometimes lampshades the odd hair and height difference. It makes sense no-one would mention the hair, since most Yu-Gi-Oh! characters [[AnimeHair don't have room to talk.]]

** Played hilariously straight in an episode of ''Brotherhood'', while running from the military, Ed transmutes a car because they have its description...into an armored car that looks like a chinese new years dragon...''it works'', granted, they were looking for that car in particular, but the fact they didn't even think that's odd is just mind-blowing.

** Zafira doesn't go to the hospital very often, but the first time the Wolkenritter are there, while Ishida notes how they're strangely dressed (Hayate notes that they're from an unspecified far off country and are dressed in costume), she doesn't notice his ears or tail. At the end of A's, Zafira starts learning how to turn into a puppy.
** In ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaReflection Reflection]]'', none of the protagonists ever comment on the fact that the Materials appear as {{Palette Swap}}s of Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate.

** People are pretty shocked to discover that Piccolo, a man with green skin and antennae, is an alien. Piccolo himself is shocked to discover this. The same thing happens when they find out that Goku (who used to have a tail and would transform into a giant ape in the full moon) is an alien. Granted, given the [[PettingZooPeople kinds of things walking around]] on Earth in this series that are native to the planet and clearly not human, Goku and Piccolo don't stand out all that much. Also, Piccolo was widely believed to be a type of demon, which is somewhat common in the Dragon World. His father even called himself the Demon King. With Goku, his friends are not particularly shock that he's an alien. They are shock that he was a vicious alien sent to kill everyone.

** During the Akuma High arc the Ishiyama students believe the invading demons to be students from a rival school, apparently not realizing that they all have gills for ears.

* In ''Manga/{{BECK}}'': Strange Frankenstein dog? Oh, who cares.

* ShokugekiNoSoma: Isshiki is a completely shameless nudist, who never wears anything more concealing than a {{Fundoshi}} or a NakedApron if he can get away with it (in fact [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness one of the big signs that things are about to get hairy is that Isshiki puts on clothes]]). Guests to the dorm respond with outrage, chock or [[EatingTheEyeCandy staring]]. His dorm-mates' reaction is basically "Meh. It's Isshiki. Just roll with it."

* ShokugekiNoSoma: Isshiki is a completely shameless nudist, who never wears anything more concealing than a {{Fundoshi}} or a NakedApron if he can get away with it (in fact[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness one of the big signs that things are about to get hairy is that Isshiki puts on clothes]]). Guests to the dorm respond with outrage, chock or [[EatingTheEyeCandy staring]]. His dorm-mates' reaction is basically "Meh. It's Isshiki. Just roll with it."

** Most characters don't really think much of Ash's Lycanroc or Poipole; in spite of the former being [[SingleSpecimenSpecies one-of-a-kind]] and the latter being an [[AdorableAmbomination Ultra Beast]] from another dimension.

* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' when the Wolkenritter visit the hospital no one seems to mind the GIANT BLUE WOLF hanging out with little girls, Or that Arf's red. It's also worth mentioning that nobody seems to take note that Hayate's "family" are all obviously foreigners, while Hayate herself is Japanese.

*** Particularly {{egregious}} example in season 1: After all the trouble Taichi goes through to hide Agumon, he wakes up one day to find that the beast has ''joined his parents for breakfast''.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has (at least, in the beginning, when all of the action still happens on Earth) gigantic undead monsters routinely tearing gashes into buildings in downtown Tokyo. The HandWave is that said giant monsters are InvisibleToNormals and they use memory manipulating magic to provide rational explanation for the damages, which FridgeLogic suggests is unlikely to satisfy the forensics teams or the insurance assessors.

* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan'' parodies this relentlessly. People sometimes laconically comment about the results of her actions as if it were normal and she had nothing to do with it, but mostly they [[ObfuscatingStupidity don't even notice]]. On the other hand, they ''do'' pay attention to the minutiae of Sakura-kun's behavior the exact moment it becomes embarrassing. They'll notice Sakura fantasizing about Dokuro-chan, but they won't notice her ''[[{{Gorn}} tearing him in half]] and then resurrecting him'' right in front of them.

* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', Rei Ayanami's albinism goes unmentioned, even by Asuka. This is especially odd since the show goes for fairly normal color schemes. This can be justified, as Rei's look is arguably one of her ''least'' odd aspects. Considering her other traits, it's possible no one would pay much notice her odd appearance, though you'd still expect [[{{Jerkass}} Asuka]] to remark on it. Similar remarks apply to Kaworu, though the circumstances of his arrival mean that his pigmentation problems are the least of the characters' concerns.

** And why hasn't any character ever commented on Nnoitra's spoon getup? Every other character wears moderately normal clothes for the setting, but Nnoitra's outfit is downright bizarre.
*** Maybe they just don't want their ass handed to them. Nnoitra's not exactly the friendliest guy on the planet, mind.
** When in the Karakura Town, nobody ever questions why Ikkaku is carrying a wooden sword around. Nobody ever questions Yumichika's face feathers. Averted with Hitsugaya, nobody ever mentions his age or hair color, but other Shinigami warn him about how weird him just walking around would look.
*** When they (Toshiro, Rangiku, Ikkaku, Yumichika, Renji) go to Ichigo's school the other students do comment on Yumichika's feathers and the fact that Toshiro looks like an elementry school student.
*** Keigo did wonder why Ikkaku is carrying a sword around. In response, Ikkaku threatens him. This is probably why nobody else brought it up.
** A good example would be that nobody really seems to care about Sajin Komamura being a humanoid wolf (characters mistake him for a dog but aren't bothered by - in fact, ''Komamura'' is the most bothered of all). A few characters mentioned noticing it, some villains taunt him for it, and the omakes pinpoint him as being an animal lover partially because of it... but not one person ever asks him what exactly he ''is.''