Your most hated anime cliche

[Space Spoons]

In ensemble anime, as time goes on, most of the cast is eventually relegated to the sidelines as the main character becomes leaps-and-bounds more skilled than everyone else. I get that it's important to focus on the main character of the show now and then, but come on... It can't always come down to Main Dude versus Bad Dude while Injured Friends watch, can it?

Also, the "tournament arc". It's the hallmark of most action-y anime shows, and though it's entirely possible to handle it well, it usually isn't. More often than not, it smacks of giving giving the show an excuse to grind to a halt while it slogs through fight after fight after fight, sans any character development whatsoever. That is, until the first cliche I mentioned comes into effect and the main character's chance to fight arises.

Incidentally, one of my favorites is guilty of this. The problems don't really start to set in until later, but when they do, boy howdy, it hurts. I think we all know what show I'm referring to.

Remember when Master Roshi used to be able to kick Goku's tail around the block and secondary characters actually had a significant effect on the overall plot? Yeah, me neither.​

 

[YoBadMama]

Im not much of an anime person.

 

[dark-amon]

The countless Mary Sues and conversations before, during and after fights. ESPECIALLY those with a "poetic" context about friends and how they are important.

 

[Matt-the-twat]

The reasons in this thread combined contribute to me not being even slightly interested in Anime series.

 

[linkzeldi]

Hmm . . . what is my most hated anime cliche.

These are not ninjas

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These are not Death Gods. . . well okay I don't know for sure but I always imagined shinigami to be more scary looking.

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and these are not pirates

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[The Random One]

That if you can't defeat an opponent you need to either:

1) Focus REALLY HARD so you can suddenly become more powerful; or
2) Remember THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP so you can suddenly become more powerful.

This happens every single fight on every single anime that somehow involves conflict (except armed conflict, which is thankfully exempt from this somehow). It's maddening.

 

[Deadlock Radium]

Does fillers count? They never seize to make me furious.

Boobs. MASSIVE boobs.

Aaand that. Seriously.

 

[KiruTheMant]

~UGUUUUUU

OH GOD
MYEARS

 

[DazBurger]

Cat girls and humongous boobs... Its hard to imagine how they can take such good things and make them so bad.

 

[-Samurai-]

Cat girls and humongous boobs... Its hard to imagine how they can take such good things and make them so bad.

Spoiler: Aisha Clanclan of the Ctarl Ctarl.

Damn she was funny.

 

[Joshroom]

Male characters getting nosebleeds during sexual-esque situations. Seriously, whats up with that?

 

[crepesack]

My grievances:
Poor voice acting
Harems
Anime that take themselves too seriously
A villain who is a villain just because
Power creep.
Also the fact (applies to manga and anime) few slice of life genre material ends satisfyingly. ie. they just stop when they graduate high school and don't give any after story.

I know they aren't really cliche but they are just conventions that could be construed as cliche in anime.

 

[Abedeus]

Ironic considering your avatar is from Gurren Laggen.

THAT'S NOT HOW MINDMILLS WORK! I mean, that's not what irony means. It means using the words with different meaning than literal.

Also, Gurren Lagann (..spelling, man) goes over the top the right way.

 

[Snotnarok]

Little creatures/animals that help the main character in a serious anime that are really annoying. You know what I'm talking about, they say stupid things and get punched constantly and they stick around.

Where little kids help the hero...Like Sonic X. I can run Mach 10 kid go away.

 

[escapistraptor]

In extra long series like Naruto, Inuyasha, Bleach, etc. in which the Big Bad keeps getting to live despite clearly being defeated in several crucial battles. Jesus christ, just let him die and use a new villain.

 

[Andsre]

Hmm . . . what is my most hated anime cliche.

These are not ninjas

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These are not Death Gods. . . well okay I don't know for sure but I always imagined shinigami to be more scary looking.

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and these are not pirates

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Those are not cliches.

OT: My most hated cliche must be the "I'm on a different level than you! HARH HARH" -cue whoopass-

 

[Antonio Torrente]

mine is the story is set mostly in a high school setting

 

[Blind Sight]

Does 4Kids massacring anime footage count as a cliche?

 

[Serperoth]

I know it doesn't really count but...
The fangirls. The "I know 5 japanese words" and "I'm so edgy I watch fucking NARUTO" and "Oh, thought provoking anime? That's for suckers. Now shut up and let me watch pointless crap" types. There's more, but you get my point. I don't fully respect anime as an art form, since for every one Cowboy Bebop, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Neon Genesis Evangelion etc. there's about 356 Axis Powers Hetalia, Death Note, crap like that. Sorry, Japan, make moar TTGL, THEN we'll talk.

 

[fretless94]

Everything about it. The only anime I could watch now where I don't feel some shame are Cowboy Bebop, which I'm not really into, but I'd watch it if you forced me, and Bobobo-bobo-bobo, because its just so bizarre that it seems more like a parody of everything Japanese.
I hate Bleach with a fiery passion. I have no idea why its so popular. Nothing happens. Fights take 5 episodes because the entire time is spent talking about what is going on and having flashbacks. I hate the pervert jokes. I hate the boob jokes. I hate the generic high school formula. I hate the fact that most anime are the exact same thing. I hate the fucking awful fanbases. I hate anime in general.
Woo. Got that out of my system.