10 problematic tropes, even well -written anime, suffer from

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Even the most well written anime can suffer from several problems that does more damage to history than if they had been excluded in the first place. Tropes exist for writers to use to help tell their story while being an easy way for the public to identify certain conspiracy or characters. In short, the tropes are a bit like plans or notes cards for authors and viewers to understand easily.

However, not all tropes are created equal. Some tropes become so popular that they have now overwhelmed anime series while other tropes have not aged very well because the public has refined their tastes and standards over time. The anime specifically uses a wide range of tropes that have become emblematic in the medium, but not all deserve such use. Even the inclusion of some problematic tropes can otherwise damage or ruin an anime 10/10.

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The anime fans service constantly diverts fans

The fans service rarely justified and too often overused

The exaggerated fan service that feels forced is too common through the anime world, especially in the genres Shonen and Harem. Although all well -written anime do not understand scandalous fans’ scandalous bodies from time to time. Although the fans service is available in many varieties, female characters are most often at the center of the object. For example, the Strength of fire The anime began to focus on a single framework and a food system, but finally suffered from the overuse of the fans service.

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Forcing the fans service for views also covers the risk of underestimating the importance of a character if his presence is reduced to a cheap gap operated several times by the story. It is difficult to take a particular character seriously if he is constantly used for the good of comedy and fans service. Not only does the fans service often reduce the scope of the character, but it also weakens the indirect in weakens the public, even indirectly.

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Too much humor minimizes the emotional impact of a story

The badly timed comic relief undermines the dramatic scenes

Luffy and Chopper submerged with joy
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Comedy and tragedy are the two sides of the same narrative play. It has always been true, but it is up to the author to find a balance between the two. A comedy can have tragic elements and vice versa. However, when particularly important moments are interrupted for comedy, that hurts more than good in the plot.

It is important to find a balance, but choosing to include comic elements always covers the risk of minimizing dramatic scenes. Shonen Anime is a notable culprit as a genre known to weave comedy in the often serious nature of the story to create moments of respite. In certain circumstances, he succeeds, but comedy is not always the best choice if it minimizes serious moments or weakens the global story.

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The animated characters who buy back

Horrible villains are unleashed too often

Obito Uchiha's eyes are shaded as he dies after taking a blow for Naruto Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden.
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The redemption trope is common at all levels in fiction, but it is incredibly important in the Anime Shonen. This trope generally appears in the anime in the form of irremediable villains who find good in themselves with the help of the hero. Shonen Anime often uses this trope to buy the bad guys just before dying to attach a beautiful bow on the arc of their character and allow the hero to present himself as understanding and friendly. However, not all the bad guys deserve redemption, and those who almost never reach him without dying.

It is much easier to buy a character by death than to really have to write a realistic and slow redemption which seems natural. Take, for example, Obito Uchiha de Naruto. Obito literally ruins the life of Naruto Uzumaki and commits indescribable violence in the name of world peace. In any other anime, Obito’s actions would be completely unforgivable, but Naruto forgives Obito at the end after the former villain has chosen to redeem himself with a sacrifice. Such a transformation is pleasant in theory but a very lazy practice.

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Love triangles are a tired anime trope

Love triangles trap the characters in a repetitive loop

Boruto in Sarada and Sumire in a love triangle in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
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Love triangles have become extremely popular in the fiction of young adults and quickly spread in the anime environment. The trophy of the love triangle has always been present in the anime, but has become more and more popular. Now, the trope exists mainly to assert the conflict of choice of a romantic partner on the main character. In most cases, love triangles are hardly more than teasing a relationship that has no chance of happening.

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These characters are third literal wheels which only withdraw the main romantic interest in artificial drama and conflicts. The trope is particularly aggravating when the secondary interest is as interesting or more than the head. Overall, the Triangle Love Trope is a cheap way for the authors to create moments perceived of jealousy or false issues that act only as a filling of the main romance.

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The protagonist’s childhood friend never seems to win

The characters of childhood friends cannot take a break

Kosaki onodera blushes with a sparkling background
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Like Love Triangles, the childhood friend is almost always a third wheel in a trio of characters. Obviously, according to the anime, the childhood friend can be the main interest in love. Most often, however, they serve as a minor rival for the interest of love that will rush into the main character and eventually be shot. Although such cases can be realistic and have depth, the anime is so on the trophy that it is practically a snapshot.

The childhood friend is either the interest of the main love, or it is intended to lose – there is no intermediary. These characters feed the Triangle Love fiascos and do little more than the real romance between the tracks. For this reason, the childhood friend generally obtains a second place or goes to another support character to judge himself for artificial romance. This is not always the case because there are exceptions to each trope, but any romantic anime which uses this trope must be cautious.

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Some controlled characters gain too easily

Powerful characters still need conflict

The characters of overpowered anime are all the rage at Shonen and Isekai. From the point of view of the fantasy of power, the call is obvious, but there is a reason why Superman is now considered a boring hero. It doesn’t matter if a character is the strongest of the multiverse, if it lacks weaknesses or defects, they are boring – complex. Anime likes to get around this problem by forever increasing the scale of power to allow bad guys to reach the same level as the protagonist. However, all of this is to enlarge the problem.

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A controlled character does not necessarily need participations at the end of the world to create emotionally fascinating conflicts. The best character mastered in any anime is the one who has clearly defined the weaknesses, or better still, the forces that can be played for the good of the plot. The main character is a literal god? Great, hit them where it hurts and target the mortal with whom they are in love. Or worse, make them the strongest character who is still helpless when he is the most important. After all, unless it is part of their power, no one can be everywhere at the same time.

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Deus ex Machina resolves a major conflict

The easily resolved conflict is boring

Kirito taking the hand of Titan of Sword Art Online.
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The Deus Ex Machina Troper has existed since the time of the ancient Greek theater. Literally translating into “Machine God”, Deus ex Machina originally involved a god descending from the heavens to settle a conflict. In the anime, the Trope Deus ex Machina is mainly used to conclude a conflict of nowhere to the peak of a story. Imagine it as a plot device that benefits the hero and abruptly emerges from nowhere.

For example, it is like receiving a massive increase in power for apparently no reason during a final battle. Deus ex Machina is present in a form or form in virtually all major anime. In Online sword artKirito obtains an increase in force and beats a major villain even after his level of health has reached zero. In Dragon Ball ZGoku unlocks his Super Saiyan powers at a pivotal moment during his battle against Frieza. The use of Deus ex Machina to suddenly resolve a conflict is perhaps the most lazy writing form in the anime.

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The armor of the anime intrigue removes history

The plot of the plot only works in small doses

Luffy smiles in buggy the clown is about to execute it during the loguetown arc of a room.
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The armor of the plot is notorious in the anime Shonen. Obviously, the main character cannot die, otherwise the story will end. However, the illusion of danger and consequences must exist so that the issues work and the public is captured by the conflict. This is one thing when the main character barely escapes death, but when they remain unscathed after something dramatic happens to them, the logic of the animated series is in question.

The anime is doing with an armor on the excessive intrigue by making the protagonist extremely lucky as the point of the real intrigue. Take the monkey D. Luffy One piece For example. During his adventure in Loguetown, Buggy The Clown Capture Luffy for execution. However, lighting strikes just like the buggy swings its sword. The result? The platform is destroyed, but Luffy survives without injury. An act of divine intervention was the explanation of the cannon, but the fans know that it was 100%plot.

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The deaths of false characters are completely unnecessary

The dead of false characters ruin the issues and break the confidence of fans

Hatake Kakashi is pinned by rubble while the pain kills him in Naruto: Shippuden.
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Killing a character is one of the most difficult things that an author can do. By always eliminating a character from the story and withdrawing them from the table, the authors lose the infinite number of character interactions and the narrative impact they could have had if they were still alive. Once a character dies, all these If have disappeared forever, which is why so many characters will be apparently killed for an emotional reaction from the public, to reappear later in history.

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Writers want to have their cake and eat it too, but false deaths only result in counter-deputies and broken confidence. If a character does not die until later, the public will be less invested and will not believe in future deaths, which is a huge narration problem. Of course, a false death can manage to resonate emotionally with the fans in the moment, but the moment when the character returns will undoubtedly be incredibly polarizing.

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The power of friendship is too powerful

Aliver to save a friend in Enrees Danger Fans

The power of friendship is an essential of the anime, but that does not mean that it is a good thing for the medium. In theory, the power of friendship is an emotionally resonant trope with a good lesson at the base, because friends are extremely important to have, and groups will always be more powerful than an individual. However, the anime takes this lesson to the extreme by giving the main characters an unpaid boost when their friends are in danger.

Fairy tail is the worst offender of this trope. Natsu Dragneel becomes the most mastered character of the anime for the good of his friends. No matter how tired or beaten it is; If Natsu’s friends are in danger, he will get up on occasion and defeat anyone on his way. It makes the moment powerful to be sure, but it is completely boring once it becomes a model. Overall, the anime can have the most nuanced and most written stories imaginable, but will finally suffer by including such problematic tropes.


Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia, Gray Fullbuster, Ezra Scarlet and Happy are presented on the poster of Fairy Tail.

Fairy tail

Release date

2009 – 2018

Directors

Shinji Ishihira


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