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resolved During an action scene, everything freezes, and the screen goes blurry Anime
See above. Though I’ve put this as an anime trope, I noticed it in an episode of The Nutshack (yes, I know…) which was heavily inspired by Voltron. For whatever reason, I’m having difficulty finding the right page.
resolved Something seemingly non-diegetic is happening in-universe Anime
Apologies if the title is confusing, but I was just thinking of the scene in Episode 4 of Attack On Titan, where eren is having his inner monologue of feeling ready to fight the titans, and at first the colossal titan appearing behind eren just looks like a cool visual to finish the episode on, before the next shot shows that the titan is actually there, and people start reacting.
Is there a name for that idea in general? The closest other examples I can think of this are the variations on the "Idea represented by lightbulb above head" gag where the lightbulb falls on the person's head or they look up and notice it, etc.
resolved Respectful Read Anime
Is there a trope where the protagonist truly respects their opponents skill so that their response/counter relies on their opponent doing well (or even overcoming their limitations?) instead of what the protagonist group does.
Examples:
1. Kuroko no Basket, Blue Lock: where the protagonist positions themselves by assuming that their team's defenses will fail to stop an opponent (typically for opponents that were once their close friend and thus there's an element of faith that they will overcome their plan)
2. Frieren: Frieren tells her apprentice that a proctor (who is somewhat her bitter peer) will pass her because that proctor's intuition has never been wrong. Which means instead of finding a way to outsmart the proctor, Frieren just believes that although they don't like each other, she trusts that her peer will choose the right thing to do.
Edited by ArtificialDreamresolved Air/Reality breaks like glass? Anime
Re-reading One Piece and just got to the part where Whitebeard demonstrates his devil fruit powers by punching the air and causing it to break as if he had just punched glass. I can think of a few other examples of this (a few cards from Magic: The Gathering have characters do this to display their magic) but I feel like it's Too Rare To Trope, or might be redundant.
resolvedAPP Adorable mispronunciation Anime
If I'm watching an anime, it's usually dubbed, so maybe this is only a thing with dubs, but I'm curious anyway.
You've got a child or childlike character with happy, bubbly and fun outlook who is meant to be adored. This character will have adorable traits and quirks. One of these quirks is the repeated mispronunciation of certain words.
Examples:
- Four Knights of the Apocalypse — Percy always says "Cameemot" instead of "Camelot"
- SPY×FAMILY — Anya always says "oohting" instead of "outing"
I get the impression that the repetition promotes endearment for the character.
What's the trope for that?
Edited by ginsengaddictresolved The last pure whore Anime
A hero rescues a bunch of women from prostitution but only accepts the one virgin into his "party" or the love interest is saved from a life of prostitution generally just before selling her first time.
I'm sure it happens in other media but it feels very popular in anime. In Danmachi Haruhime, the fox girl fits this trope. She was a prostitute but never actually served a customer and was subsequently welcomed into Hestia's famila. By contrast, Aisha is a powerful fighter but isn't welcomed into Hestia's familia and did sex work as her secondary profession.
In Fena: Pirate Princess, Fena escapes on the very night she was supposed to sell her virginity, there by keeping her purity intact.
I can't think of any more specific examples at the moment but its seems to happen often that female characters will be sold, or raised, or kidnapped, or coerced into sexual slavery only to be saved before they can do any actual sex work. Bonus points if all their friends get abused right before their eyes. All the angst but still kept "pure" so the male lead gets a virgin for his harem.
I guess Maomao from Apothecary Diaries also counts. I don't doubt Jinshi would still like her if she had sold her body at some point but its notable that she was raised and educated in a whorehouse but managed to never lose her chastity.
Oh and that blond girl in Btoom.
resolved Index for Isekai/Portal Fantasy Anime
Is there an index for the Isekai/Portal Fantasy subgenre?
resolved Inverse of TheGhost Anime
What's the inverse of The Ghost, where a character was depicted once and then never again, causing their appearance to be lost to time due to Technology Marches On Out Of Universe?
I've recently run into this with some Tabletop War Gaming characters, who had a model once twenty years ago, even as the wargame continues to this day, and were never depicted again. Just finding depictions of this character was so difficult I legitimately thought they were The Ghost, but it turns out they were depicted...twice. Ever
And the only remaining depictions are on out-of-date webstores that list the model from 2006, and ONE FUCKING BLOG, which has an official art depiction (it's a painting)
Edited by dbsamurairesolved "What do you think of me as a man?" Anime
In chapter 114 of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Shirogane asks Iino about what she thinks of him as a man. Iino, thinking the president is confessing to her, texts to Osaragi that he is confessing to her. When Fujiwara enters, Shirogane then asks her what she thinks of him as a man. Iino, thinking that Shirogane is two-timing her, angrily texts to Osaragi that Shirogane is a manwhore.
resolved But… I trusted you/Frog meet Scorpion Anime
Two characters who have been in conflict finally reach a detente or an accord and then one (either the ‘bad one’ or plot twist the good one) does something f*cked up to remind viewers/readers that they’re still problematic and/or life is complicated.
Not really Wild Card in that it’s not intentional— the perpetrator isn’t announcing they’re doing something bad— but rather the reaction of the person being freshly wronged like ‘BUT I THOUGHT WE WERE OKAY WHY IS THIS HAPPENING’ but at the same time the reader knows that this was a foregone conclusion because one of the characters is kinda messed up, if that makes sense?
Currently seeing that in RaiseWaTaninGaIi when the leads arrive at a level of trust that goes to hell when the ML basically assaults the FL while the ML is in a feverish state (like he’s not aware it’s happening). Can dredge up other examples, probably. Maybe this already exists as something else in which case please let me know. Finding things in here is a fun challenge sometimes if you don’t know the wording.
Edited by Snallysipperresolved Worst Possible Answer for True Love Anime
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War: Chika Fujiwara runs into Kaguya Shinomiya discussing true love with Nagisa Kashiwagi. When Nagisa lies to Chika that she is asking Kaguya what is the meaning of true love, Chika says that true love is like a Beauty and the Beast, where you look past a person's appearance. She then says that if somebody's love were to waver due to physical appearance, "IT SUCKS! IT'S FAKE! The end." Kashiwagi then internally remarks that it is the worst possible answer.
Edited by GoSweetTodayresolved Parents telling their kids not to look when a character does some weird stuff Anime
A scene would sort of go like this:
Random Kid: Mommy what are they doing?
Random Kid's Mom: Sweetie don't look!
resolved Weapons with special powers trope Anime
What is the trope for weapons that give special powers to their user? Examples include Zanpakuto from Bleach, Sacred Gears from High School D×D, and ÄRMs from MÄR.
Edited by nightlightieresolved English Dub Poisoning Syndrome Anime
So I was dreaming of TV Tropes, right? And in my dream, I encountered a YMMV trope called "English Dub Poisoning Syndrome", the description of which was basically "a bad dub can spoil the series". Naturally, in the waking world, I'm taking to this forum to see if we have something like that.
resolved Neutralizing the strongest asset of the enemy Anime
Is there a trope matching the tactic of going after the strongest element of an enemy to disable them for good ?
As explained in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Main Characters under Chess Motif for Athrun Zala, this is his main role since receiving his Infinite Justice. He usually goes against those strong elements to occupy and neutralise them, leaving Kira free to do the damage, his Gundam is even specialized to force duels with his close-combat arsenal.
resolved Magical Girl Companion Animal Anime
Exactly what it says on the tin. Most magical girl teams feature a creature that tags along and is usually responsible for giving the team their powers.
resolved Chocobo Travel Anime
Is there a trope listed that essentially covers the replacement of horses in a setting with large terrestrial birds like the Chocobo? I know that Shield Hero also does this, but I'm curious about other series (even outside of anime) that follow this trope.
resolved Differing Cities (?) Anime
What is the trope where there is a futuristic city while the primary setting the protagonists have is a reminiscent of a city from either 20th or 21st Century? Rich/poor division is not the focus here, so it will not be Urban Segregation.
Context from Twilight Star Sui and Neri:
resolved Is this a case of Shared Family Quirks? Anime
Rumiko Takahashi wrote a short manga story called "Excuse Me For Being A Dog!!", in which the main character comes from a family cursed so its menfolk turn into dogs temporarily if they get too excited or suffer a nosebleed. Since he's tied to this cursed family through his father, there's several scenes where both of them turn into dogs. Does this count as an example of the trope Shared Family Quirks?

any trope thats not Combat Clairvoyance or The Chessmaster that involves a character being able to predict someone's next move? or they can "see right through them" in a figure of speech