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Old 2012-04-26, 08:35   Link #221
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Why hasn't anyone came up and say "I hate men that hits women" or just simply "I hate people who hits people"? Seriously, is it the hitting or the gender roles that bothers people? Adding "for no reason" to it can make up a good enough reason to hate the act, but apparently there's also some who don't care if the one hitting had reasons or not.
Most of these clichés are originating from double standards... they are the reason, why the males never seem to hit back, or better said "forbidden to ever hit a girl, even if it's accidently", like a physical law, that makes sure of this.

The origin specificially for this case is the double standard that "women are weaker than men". Ironicly in most of these shows, the women are like 100x stronger than everyone of the male cast.
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But of course it mostly is "played for laughts". Yes... just that it does NOT seem funny to me in any way.
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Old 2012-04-26, 08:50   Link #222
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I'm going to counter with this statement: I don't mind the slapstick itself. I've seen sitcoms, both animated and live-action, where I liked it. What I don't like is when the slapstick is not funny, and Japan doesn't seem to realize what made it funny in Ken Akamatsu's works.
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Old 2012-04-26, 09:05   Link #223
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I can nitpick and say that you think oppressed women shouldn't strike back at their oppressors. Also, the wording could also subtly come off as "women have no right to hit men". You might not intend to, but it could come off the wrong way. Wording is important.
Actually, thats precisely how I meant it. If a guy cant hit a woman, then I dont see why she has the right to, just because she is physically weaker and he is being a douchebag.

There will always be people who deserve a good slap in the face, but a civilised person (please note the lack of gender) will not lower him/herself to that level. If a guy opresses a woman and even beats her, then there is a simple solution to it. The woman is free to leave him and not hit back.

Besides, this is totally missing the point, as most tsunderes dont beat the guys because he did something outrages. As a matter of fact, in the majority of the cases I completely fail to see why the poor guy gets beaten to a pulp in the first place.

Is that supposed to be funny? I can only speak for myself of course, but I would say: I dont think so....
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Old 2012-04-26, 09:18   Link #224
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What makes more sense to the "tsundere girl hits idiotic guy for obvious reasons" scene is when it's played for dramatic moments (like tsundere girl violently slaps the douchebag when the latter says something stupid and retarded).
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Old 2012-04-26, 09:26   Link #225
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I'm not Chiibi, but almost anything she said could have very well come from me. (A notable exception is that I've no experience dating a good friend whatsoever.)

I've watched True Tears, and it's one of my favourite romance anime out there. The childhood-friend angle is played pretty traditionally (including the sandle-fix; if your femal childhood friend falls in love with you - requitted or unrequitted - you probably fixed a sandal for her at some point), but it works beautifully because (a) it's very in character for both childhoodfriends, (b) there are reasons other than utter shyness why they didn't talk, and (c) the respective decisions are very intricately mirrored in other decisions the characters make. At no point is the outcome obvious, but in retrospect you'll get the tematic connections. And - most importantly - the show places no value judgement on whether or not the decision was the right one.
Yes, I'd agree with all of that.


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I watched about 16/17 episodes of Kimi ni Todoke, IIRC. I initially liked it a lot... until its main romance just became way too slow and drawn out to me. In fairness, this was simply my own issue with KnT's pacing, not with its predictability or lack thereof.


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Afaik girls in real life (particularly of the now) does have a reputation for being wishy washy and not straight about how they truly feels. It's really not that rare for a girl to act all sullen and cold to a male they actually love. One could even argue it's the "standard" personality of most girls. Of course, them being Real Girls, their personalities can't be simplified just like that.
This is why I usually don't have an issue with Type B Tsunderes (i.e. ones who express their irritation through words, not through slapstick comedy violence). Type A Tsunderes are much more hit-and-miss with me (pun intended ).


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Why hasn't anyone came up and say "I hate men that hits women" or just simply "I hate people who hits people"?
Um, because those aren't anime cliches? This thread is about criticizing disliked or hated anime cliches. Female Type A Tsunderes hitting guys is a very well-known anime cliche.


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Seriously, is it the hitting or the gender roles that bothers people? Adding "for no reason" to it can make up a good enough reason to hate the act, but apparently there's also some who don't care if the one hitting had reasons or not.
Well, what I think is important to state here is that Type A tsunderes beating up a guy is usually (though not always) a case of slapstick comedy. IOW, I don't think it's meant to be taken all that seriously. But as with any joke, not everybody finds it funny.
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Old 2012-04-26, 09:52   Link #226
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Why hasn't anyone came up and say "I hate men that hits women" or just simply "I hate people who hits people"? Seriously, is it the hitting or the gender roles that bothers people? Adding "for no reason" to it can make up a good enough reason to hate the act, but apparently there's also some who don't care if the one hitting had reasons or not.
But that's what my position mostly is. If Mahiru was a guy and Souta was a girl and the situation was played exactly the same, I'd be just as full of rage as I am with how their genders actually are.

And yes, there are examples of unjustified violence from men against women in Japanese entertainment. I'm playing Muv-Luv Extra right now and I get ticked off most of the times Takeru hits Sumika, usually just for her saying silly things. Most of the time when she punches him into the sky, it's her revenge against his deliberate physical abuse, thus I don't mind it quite as much. It's a mutually abusive relationship, but Takeru is more often than not the aggressor.

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Old 2012-04-26, 09:52   Link #227
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Um, because those aren't anime cliches? This thread is about criticizing disliked or hated anime cliches. Female Type A Tsunderes hitting guys is a very well-known anime cliche.

But as with any joke, not everybody finds it funny.
Ah right, sorry. This quite nicely sums it all up, yes. Thank you.
There goes me again assuming the worst of people.
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Old 2012-04-26, 10:33   Link #228
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Panty shot first meeting! Let's abolish all the cliche's!

Meeting with your girl while skipping class to go eat lunch at the rooftop!

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Ugh I hate the panty shot first meeting cliche too and I also hate groping at the first meeting as well.
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Old 2012-04-26, 10:45   Link #229
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Ugh I hate the panty shot first meeting cliche too and I also hate groping at the first meeting as well.
These clichés didn't really happen in real life, so I assume that these kinds of clichés are very irrealistic and discriminatory, especially when the male lead (who is a lolicon) does something sexual towards the unnamed girl at the first meeting.
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Old 2012-04-26, 11:09   Link #230
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Is that supposed to be funny? I can only speak for myself of course, but I would say: I dont think so....
Louise, Naru Narusagawa and Akan Tendo are the biggest culprits, if not the most iconic, in my book. The retribution, in Akane's case, is mostly disproportionate, espcially in the anime, where that trait of hers is milked out for all its (lack of, let's be honest here) worth. I hate that kind of female char. I prefer a witty snarky reply or an elaborate form of trolling over the kind of shit tsundere type A do any day.
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Old 2012-04-26, 11:24   Link #231
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I personally liked it when Naru did it because Keitaro was one of those characters that was funny to beat up because he was such a loser (it wasn't funny when Sara did it, but that's a different story).
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Old 2012-04-26, 11:49   Link #232
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I'm so etching to bash Kagome right now.........
The only tsundere that I could ever tolerate was Aria - 'cause she looked way too cute when she was angry
And no, I'm NOT a lolicon(just thought I should add that)
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Old 2012-04-26, 15:13   Link #233
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In case your are arguing about Medaka, she actually had plenty of flaws like her superiority complex and of course animals hate her.
Yea, I wouldn't say Medaka is a bitch anyways, she just comes off as an overactor. Like I said before, she's not the problem with the series.

Though the whole animal being afraid of her isn't really a flaw; apparently the show dictates she's so awesome that animals orz in front of her aura or something. Really, the greatest problem with how her character is expressed and why people might think she's too perfect is that a lot of things about her seem to be written like Chuck Norris facts.
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Old 2012-04-26, 20:47   Link #234
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There will always be people who deserve a good slap in the face, but a civilised person (please note the lack of gender) will not lower him/herself to that level.
I take offense to that. I am a very civilized person and I had a co-worker (mind you, he was a teenaged boy) who announced that women were "worthless trash" and continued to bash women for several minutes until I couldn't take it anymore and slapped him right across the face.

I did not feel bad about it at all, nor did I regret it because he f*cking deserved it and nothing else would shut him up.


I did not hurt him. The only thing I hurt was his pride, probably because it was in front of everyone else who worked there.

And I also agree with all anime girls on this universal cliche/rule : a man who gropes you or looks up your clothes is instantly deserving of a slap as well.

Even if the man wasn't doing it on purpose, girls don't realize this right away and their automatic reaction is to slap (or punch or kick) to get the man to stop doing what he's doing as soon as possible. I would definitely react the same way if it happened to me!

I'm not defending this cliche. I'm not saying it's "not overused" because it certainly is and I'm tired of seeing it. But I am saying that the girl should not be criticized for being violent in this situation because it's a very realistic reaction.
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Old 2012-04-27, 12:42   Link #235
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It's not really about the persons themselves doing what they do... what i dislike is that some authors intentionally force the "accidents" all the time into the story. It can be "played for laughts" maybe for the first 5 times, but if it happens 200 chapters long in exactly the same way, where the MC suddenly "trips" and "accidently" always grabs the boobs of some female near him, it just becomes boring and stupid... and at some point it even becomes annoying and can make someone drop the series once and for all.
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Old 2012-04-27, 20:05   Link #236
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^ It also doesn't help that in a lot of anime I see those forced slapstick scenes in, the scenes look like they're edited horribly. I remember one anime where the hand was going right to the face, but then the next scene showed the hand going much lower.
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Old 2012-04-27, 20:13   Link #237
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The thing about slapstick is that males are always on the receiving end. So when someone said "I am against violence excepted for slapstick purpose.", I rolled my eyes over that blatant double standard. This why Daily Lives Of Highschool Boys was so refreshing, it may have used this trope too, but it made sure that everyone get it.
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Old 2012-04-28, 16:08   Link #238
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The thing about slapstick is that males are always on the receiving end. So when someone said "I am against violence excepted for slapstick purpose.", I rolled my eyes over that blatant double standard. This why Daily Lives Of Highschool Boys was so refreshing, it may have used this trope too, but it made sure that everyone get it.
Of course...you can't say this is exactly limited to anime. Most media has this trope in some form...
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Old 2013-01-13, 01:00   Link #239
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Anime Cliches

Hello! I have seen lots of anime and have noticed lots of cliches, the good and the bad, and what i wish was in anime.
at least for my self, i hate it when the pro and antagonist run at each other slice and stand there for about a minute then on of them fall down and die. I still love the dying with a smile. I really want to see more mangas that focus on the storyline a lot and several characters, not so much of just one or two.

I'd love to hear more opinions!
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Old 2013-01-13, 01:05   Link #240
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I think they stop being cliché when it's been going on for several decades. These are just aspects of anime that suck.
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