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Justifiable lies Anime
A lie that was made but for good and justifiable reasons and/or necessity.
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki: Two gender-separated classes of shinobi are taught that the opposite gender is considered dangerous and interacting with them is forbidden. This was a lie made to prevent the extinction of the shinobi lifestyle after too many of them began coupling off and abandoned their training.
Is there a trope like this?
Edited by Henshin4Life
Anime Body Language Anime
Recently played the Final Fantasy VII remake, and I was struck in particular by Tifa's body language (things like framing her face with a hand after making a statement, making an "L" shape—a "finger-gun"—with a raised hand to emphasize something, adopting a "hands on hips" pose, etc). Possibly it only stood out to me because it's absent from the comparatively limited animation of the original game. However, it also struck me that female anime characters in particular—usually bouncy energetic ones— often make such gestures and have similar body language across the board. Is there a trope for this? For female anime characters in particular or for the unique body language of anime characters in general?
Real accident in middle of test Anime
An inversion of Training "Accident".
The characters are taking a test and assumes any accident and incident is just part of the test and responds accordingly. However, the truth is, it really was an accident. How the test-takers respond will really gain the testers' attention. Usually by impressing them by, again, dealing with the accident accordingly.
Trope where villain think "if only... (anything relevant) i would walk a better path" Anime
Done mostly by villains but not always.
This usually done by anti-villain, where they aren't really evil but forced to walk that path because of circumstances.
Once they beaten by the Hero, they'll wonder if they will ever be one if only they didn't take one wrong step, or if the hero have true companion, they will think their live would be better if only there's only one person who accompanied them
This trope usually play along with Freudian excuse, a sub trope of for want of a nail.
Biggest example that i could think is one from Dr.STONE, when Tsukasa about to kill senku, he state they could be friend if only they meet before, this accompanied with an imagine spot where Tsukasa is there with Senku, Taiju, and Yuzuriha.
Ugly best friends? Anime
Not just in anime but tv and books in general simply put, it’s when the main romantic interest or main character is the far more conventionally attractive member of their friend group. If the friend group is a female-oriented one, which it usually is, unappealing traits would generally be obesity or a weird facial structure
Body Color Change Anime
So there’s a bit in Interstella 5555 where the villain changes the blue skinned-aliens to have skin colors native to earth. Is there a trope for that? Here is the scene: https://youtu.be/gAjR4_CbPpQ
The Lesser Hammer aka Power A is Semi-Effective in Situation B Anime
Looking for a trope where Power A is used to handle Situation B and is semi-effective because it's not really ideally suited (EDIT: either because it's poorly optimized but not useless or because it takes way more work than using the exact right tool for the job) but it's what you've got.
An example would be Metamor City where Brian Sommers uses lightning bolts against vampires when what he really needs is fire or Buffy the Vampire Slayer where regular bullets are used to shoot vampires ("Yeah, it won't kill you but it'll hurt like hell.")
Non-vampire examples include stuff like Nezuko kicking the head off a demon with sheer brute force instead of using a proper Nichirin blade or Anasurimbur Kellhus breaks a magical geas on someone's mind by using mundane hypnosis to speak to the magically created alternate personality enforcing said geas.
EDIT: see also, Ranma fic ''The Clan" where where he fights demons that regenerate everything except self-inflicted wounds — by Deadly Dodging them into traps they can only escape through self mutilation. Meanwhile the "right" way to kill them is by inducing suicide with vampire mind control eyes.
Basically Wrong context powers forced to work well enough, round-hole enemies defeated by square-peg abilities, inefficient but effective.
Edited by RazorSmile
Vague math talk tutoring Anime
One common trope in manga and anime is that a student, usually a high school student, is getting tutoring for tests.
One person, usually a fellow student, will sit with the tutee and say something like "So here, you replace X with 3..." or "So if the angle is acute, the result will be..." Basically super vague stuff and no clear math problem.
Intro Inmate Anime
A character who appears in the Intro, but not the main series. Example, the mysterious lass from the pokemon intro.
Strategy duel Anime
In this story, the characters win not by being stronger, but rather by outsmarting their opponents. Basically the fights are very mental.
Giant looming in the sky Anime
https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/720597-kill-la-kill#comments
Okay this imagery in the link above. The giant people looming over everything. What would a good trope for that be? I’d use Evil Overlooker but I think that mostly applies to posters.
Edited by BigBadShadow22
Voice actors in one work by a certain author return for another work by the same author Anime
Japanese voice actresses Mao Ichimichi, Konomi Kohara, and Madoka Asahina play roles in an anime adaptation of Teasing Master Takagi-san, written by Soichiro Yamamoto. Starting April 9th, the three of them will also star in In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki, also by the same author.
I'm not sure if You Might Remember Me from... works here, but if it doesn't, is there a trope that fits this scenario?
Edited by Henshin4Life
Reverse scapegoat Anime
This is where someone throws their accolades on somebody else, so they can stay out of the limelight. They just saved the day but make it look like someone else did. Like the main character in 'The Daily Life of The immortal King'
Hero with enemy's powers Anime
Very common shounen trope. The protagonist is able to fight the stronger-than-human enemy because he has/gains that inhuman power. Almost always surprises(or even alarms) everyone. What's also common is that a bunch of friends with similar powers enter the show later on. Seen with Eren's titan transformation in Attack on Titan, Goku being a saiyan in Dragon Ball, Asta's demon powers in Black Clover, Ichigo's shinigami form in Bleach, and many, many other shounen series.
Bad at disguise but not because the disguise itself Anime
Is there a trope about a character being bad at disguising, but rather because how they act is easy to see-through? Like, A disguise to be B perfectly appearance-wise. only to act nothing like B.
Or just Paper-Thin Disguise is enough?
Edited by XVIIKNIGHT
Character presented as possessing a certain skill, but we never see it Anime
A character is presented with a certain talent (i.e archery). Promotional material show them wielding a bow and arrow, their outfit matches gear that real-life archers would wear, but we never actually see them perform these skills.
Is there a trope for this?
Without my friends around me, I don't need to hold back! Anime
A person who can't properly control their immense power can go ham on the enemy because no civilians or friends are around in case of collateral damage or friendly fire.
Face trope Anime
Is there a trope for an anime character's eyes getting covered with a black shadow to show that they are in a serious mood?
Trope contrasting "The Millstone" Anime
Sinc the description of The Millstone is: "A useless member of The Team that actually makes things worse than if they weren't there." I'm looking for the exact opposite: "A useful member of The Team whose departure makes things worse." Since it's been appearing in several manga adapted from Light Novels (like Banished from the Hero's Party and Beast Tamer and the Cat Girl), I think we have this trope somehow.
Edited by VelvetPierrot