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openAngry character has eyes in shadow... Anime
...but we see a twinkle where one eye would be. I've seen it many times in manga and anime.
openWeird sodas Anime
Is there a trope for weird soda or fruit juice flavors that a character likes to make them a little quirky?
Edited by LyendithopenEvil, bright, eyes Anime
Is there a trope where villains sometimes display shiny or bright eyes? Like so bright you can't even see their eyeball.
openOld cartoon, was aired in the 200's Anime
I can't remember the name but does anyone know what a cartoon was called that featured a school where kids battled on different fields or arenas, and who they were and what weapons they had were based on their cards. If I remember correctly the cards we're red on the back, it wasn't yugi yo, and I think it aired on the same channel a show called spider riders aired on.
openTrying to look for this trope Anime
Wondering if there's a trope where the protagonist, or one of the main characters, is the same (non-human) race as the main enemy of the series. Not sure if this counts as a spoiler, but an example is Yūma Kuga from World Trigger.
openAction lines? Anime
Whats the name of the trope for those lines in Manga that denote movement in a panel or gravity of the situation?
openCompletely inappropriate use of the word "Genocide" Anime
I've noticed that there are a lot of complete misuse of the word "genocide" in Japanese media, i.e. R-Gun's Genocider Mode from Super Robot Wars, the scrapped Genocide City Zone from Sonic 2, Genocidron from Dancougar Nova, Genos from One-Punch Man (he wore a "genocide" t-shirt in the manga). Is there a trope for this?
openA drop in water representing a mental, magical, or psychic disturbance Anime
Seen in Pokemon Generations and Cardcaptor Sakura amongst other anime. The character's head fades out to be replaced by an image of the surface of a body of water. A drop of water falls into it with a "plink" sound, causing ripples. This isn't quite My Significant Sense Is Tingling, as that trope concerns itself with situations where the character somehow knows the who, what, where, why, and how of the event. This is just "something important just happened, but I'm not sure what."
openCharacters stand still hyperventilating in fear at sight of the enemy/hero/important object Anime
This trope occurs in most anime, especially long-running shonen manga like Dragon Ball Z .Like, when Frieza first appears after Gohan, Krillin, and Vegeta have used up the dragon balls and they just stare in utter fear like "n-no way-y! I-it c-c-c-cant be!" It also happened the same way when Goku first went Super Saiyan.
Or when Majin Buu first appears. Shin was utterly paralyzed, knowing the universe was doomed, while Gohan was just confused as to why. Then Dabura decided enough is enough then fought Buu, Dabura himself was paralyzed in fear when he realized his strongest attacks had no effect.
Edited by CaptainJJCopenA manga series that looks out of place in its Anthology Comic. Anime
During a Is It An Example? discussion, Memers opined:
- I do know we have a trope for that one misplaced manga in an Anthology Comic but for the life of me I can not think of it. To Love Ru running in Shonen Jump is anothernote The original question is on Blend-S in Manga Time Kirara one of those.
Does anyone have an idea what trope is he referring to?
Edited by SamCurtopenStore Owner's Pet Anime
Pops out frequently when the characters come to a store. The pet would likely bark/meow/quack/anything-that-still-animal-sound towards the character, either giving a sign of hostility or hospitality. It almost always the first greeting the customers before the store owner realize there's a customer.
It usually shows up in school-life comedy anime, involving the pet being missing or attacking the characters.
openSuper Dreadnought Girl 4946: Giantess swallows ordinary human for power boost Anime
In Super Dreadnought Girl 4946, it's discovered that the female lead Mana — who is the Giant Woman referenced in the manga's title — can boost her power greatly by swallowing whole the male lead Tobita; once the power is no longer needed, she would then vomit Tobita out (ostensibly to avoid killing him, but it's quickly revealed to us readers through another character that Tobita was bluffing the whole "I'll survive if it's only three minutes" thing he told Mana to trick her into thinking doing this is fine (i.e. he was trying to pull a Heroic Sacrifice) and he should've died instantly, so the implied time limit may very well be non-applicable and she could indefinitely hold him inside her stomach (or wherever he ends up; apparently he loses consciousness once he goes past her throat)).
This is obviously not Fusion Dance, because the two characters remain physically separate throughout the whole process. So... what trope applies to this kind of power-boosting?
Edited by MarqFJAopenUselessly huge Anime
So this trope is about an amount of "something" (generally a size, or amount of money, or power level...) being marked as gigantic... just to fall short before actually getting to show off, generally just to show how awesome that new element is.
something like "hahahaha! I have absorbed the energy of an entire star!!" —Episode end— —Next episode— "OMG, that new guy just beat the power of an entire star with one punch!"
(something close to "did you just punch out cthulhu" but more targeting the "cthulhu" part
openDo we have this? Anime
I've seen multiple anime series wherein a Playing with Fire character has some kind of markings on their face that form the character for fire that looks like an asterisk. (Not sure if it's a kanji or what.) Is there a trope for this already, and if not, is it tropeworthy? The examples I'm thinking of are Kaze No Stigma, My Hero Academia, and another I can't remember the name of.
Edited by PastykakeopenAbsorption of a character by a biomechanical mecha Anime
In Neon Genesis Evangelion, if the pilot of one of the eponymous biomechanical mechas ever reaches "400% synchronization ratio" with said Evangelion, the pilot's body will dissolve into LCL (a liquid that apparently comprises the "primordial soup of life", among other things) and their soul will be absorbed into the Evangelion's Core. The pilot can be returned to corporeal form, but as far as anyone can tell this cannot be forced by other people from the outside; essentially, the Evangelion has to be "willing" to release the pilot back, so to speak.
What tropes apply here?
Edited by MarqFJAopenawesome and ridiculous nickname Anime
So this guy presents himself as "the right-hand man of the demon king" Which is cool as hell but at the same time sounds completely ridiculous in a normal world it's not really an atrocious alias since it sounds cool but it's not really an embarassing nickname since he's not embarassed, the ones around him are
openShine Lines Of Death Anime
it used to be quite common in Anime from the 80's/90's that if a character was dead, they would have a photo that conveniently hat shine lines obscuring the face from the audience view. (or if the character wasn't actually dead the memorial photo would show their full face) turning them into The Faceless. Can't find the proper trope though.
openSchool student mark rankings posted in the hallway Anime
Is there a trope for when the school (usually in anime/manga) posts the rankings of student for an exam or whatever in the hallway? This practice seems commonplace in Japanese schools but not necessarily in other countries, so I was looking for some sort of reference on this sort of thing. Perhaps on Wikipedia or elsewhere if this is too People Sit on Chairs-sy.
For example, this appears at the end of Kaguya-sama Wants to be Confessed To chapter 31, "Miyuki Shirogane Can't Lose": The school posts an notice saying "These are the names of the students with the top 50 scores in the end-of-year exams", and lists students by rank and their score.
This also appears in Tomo-chan is a Girl 313 and 314, where they're comparing each other's rankings.
Edited by ahiijny
This might be a really hard one I am looking for this anime-style series which I can’t seem to find anywhere. I can’t remember a lot since it has been quite some time since I last saw it (about 8 years)
The anime-style series was about a girl who lived in a large mansion in the country(green grass everywhere) I think she lived with her uncle and some others. I believe her parents died. She was obsessed with flying and tried to create machines which was able to fly.
She had a brother which left her a long time ago. He was also obsessed with flying and had his old blueprints (I think?)And she goes on a journey to try and find him. A lot of things happen on the journey. She ends up finding the brother and he has managed to create the flying machines. I think he had lost his memory, and ends up dying.
If someone finds the series I wil be extremely grateful x)