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anti-cliche thread
>tournament
>protagonist has to fight the strongest fighter before the final round
>he loses because the opponent was simply too strong for him
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>>121411148
>things that never happen in anime/manga
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>>121411205
pokemon
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>>121411148
>character gets sick
>continues on while only sounding a little stuffed up for a few episodes
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>>121411292
>character catches a cold
>survives
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>mc on the verge of death fighting some unimportant enemy
>dies
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>>121411148
>anti-cliche thread
Madoka is basically the anti-cliche anime, especially Rebellion.
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Characters have emotion
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>>121411148
>MC fails to protect nakama
>Nakama dies before they can deliver an entire speech about how brave and kind MC is
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>I'll have to use 'it'
>But, MC-kun, if you use it, then you'll...
>Oh, yeah, right. Nevermind.
>We never find out what 'it' was.
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>group of girls bulling MC's friend
>they steal friend's skirt in order to ridiculize her
>MC flips his shit and straight up punches their faces in instead of going "Hurr i'd never hurt a girl"
>"Bullying is still bullying no matter what's inbetween your legs, now YOU, give me your skirt. Now."
>Hands skirt to female friend

I can't even remember the manhwa's name, all I know is it was Korean and the MC ends up fucking the teacher or something. Based.
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>>121411148
>Bumps into girl
>Fall into breasts
>kyaaaa.webm
>corrections facility
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>The main character does not bitch and moan every time he fails. Doesn't need his NAKAMA to pull him back up

God damn it fucking eyeshield is the worst offender of this. Pull your fucking shit together Sena
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>>121412046
Gon got back together by himself.

Killua said jack shit.
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>>121411725
I love Madoka but it's still got plenty of cliches.
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>the good guy who seemed like an evil guy was actually good
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>>121411205
literally Pokemon
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> Protagonist stops an attempted suicide
>calls the guy a faggot and tells him to not do it again
>the faggot tries again
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>>121412077
>Gon got back together by himself.
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>Enemy uses full power right from the start
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>>121411876
I was going to post the name but then I realised I'd rather not.
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>>121411148
>fighting powerful enemy
>use move
>it works
>use move a second time
>it works again
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>>121411876
Unbalance x Unbalance one of my favorite scenes in a manhwa. Thought the last volume or two could've been way better since they kind of blew. At least best girl won and it was a good enough read overall.
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>manga by seo
>nobody dies
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>>121412201
Well now you got me interested.
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>Protagonist is lazy as shit and spends most of his free time watching anime and reading manga
>His wasted time compounds like interest, until he reaches a point where he can't muster any kind of comeback
>No magical girls or random acts of kindness from beautiful strangers
>No inner power or hidden potential
>He wastes his time until time wastes him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9D71pQaTnc
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>Protag uses an attack
>it doesn't work
>Protag uses the attack again
>doesn't work
>Protag uses slightly altered version of the attack
>"Don't you know that won't work me?"
>It still doesn't

I just want to see it once
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> The supposed big bad turns out to be a great guy with a good cause and instead of the MC talking him into siding with him, the MC strikes a deal and joins forces with the big bad and his evil group

Shana III

The Snake God was a fucking bro.
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>>121412299
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>the kid in That Seat isn't the protagonist
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>>121411205
iirc goku lost the tournament a few times in dragon ball
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>>121412354
>Every student in the class has bright-colored hair
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>"I can't die here"
>dies here
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>girl wants the D
>she gets the D
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>>121412410

>'Japanese beauty' is blonde with big breasts and blue eyes
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>MC's friend is the one with the harem
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>>121412299
>He dies young due to cardiovascular issues
>His family mourns him deeply and wonders where the young and promising boy they loved so much went
>They'll never understand that his life essence was given willingly to an online image board
>They'll never know that he lives on in every post that is made there
>They'll never know that their little boy sacrificed his humanity to kindle the bonfire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N7J802QzP4
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>MC has no girls interested in him
>MC's best friend has a harem
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> The MC's best friend gets the respect he deserves from the MC's shitty harem and ends up stealing a couple when they find out he's a better man
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>>121412299
>no matter what path he takes, the protagonist knows that the outcome is fixed
>the game is rigged
>he dies content knowing he never took the bait
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>milf never says 'ara ara'
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>>121412551
Watamote
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>MC gets rejected by the popular girl for being a creep, then the girl falls in love with an older guy
It's okay though because she gets hit by a truck and the guy gets shot.
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>>121412634
>milf never says 'ara ara'
I think OP meant GOOD anti-cliches
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>outgoing girl who was nice to MC since they first met wins over shy/tsundere/cold girl

Hoshi no samidare is the only exemple I can think of.
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>>121411148
>mc has a terrible devastating power that he hates
>he manages to control it and never uses it at all
>all problems are solved by rational negotiating and talking
>there's no friendship speeches
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>>121411205
gon vs hisoka
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>>121411205
It's going to happen in Saki

Screencap this post.
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>MC and main girl both have fatal chronic diseases
>only have short time to live
>each of them have compatible organs to save the other
>girls offers to give her organs to save MC
>MC kills himself instead to save the girl
>girl turns out to be psychopath who tricked MC into giving her his organs
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>>121412792
What? That doesn't even make sense.
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>>121411725
you got me troll, I'm mad now
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>MC ultimately realizes that he can't date his imouto and moves on
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>typical "harem" with shitload of girls
>MC keeps protecting his virginity
>the first girl introduced is a violent bitch tsundere and she has the most screentime
>all other girls are completely irrelevant
>she's pretty mush destined to win in the end
>suddenly new girl introduced in the late game
>she's the best girl and had the best chemistry with MC
>she wins
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>mc has no problem with killing bad guys
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What about cliches in Western media that you want to appear in your chinese cartoons?
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>>121412707
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>>121411148
>MC gives no shit about nakama or friendship and is a cold very patient logical psychotic gentleman.
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>>121411148
>girl falls from sky
>girl dies
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>>121412981
>neighbour walks in on MC doing something embarrassing
>slap bass music
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>female main character or group of female main characters
>they are all in a relationship
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>MC trips at the top of some stairs
>realizes he is about to crash into a girl
>audience expects him to fall into her chest
>he changes his trajectory and breaks his arm because he didn't cushion his fall
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>>121411205
That happened like several times during the Nanoha Vivid tournament considering Vivian and Einhart are both protags.
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>>121413044
>guy falls from sky
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>>121412707
Mashiro-Iro Symphony also did that. The tears were delicious.
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>male and female spend extended time together due to job or mutual goal
>they do not end up falling in love
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>that one distant guy who doesn't want to work with the group doesn't have any tragic past
>he turns out to be the villain
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>>121413044
>>121413104
>girl falls from the sky
>guy dies
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>>121412077
>WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH I COULDNT SAVE KITE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I SOLD MY LIFEFORCE JUST TO KILL THE GUY WHO KILLED KAITO WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH I BEFRIENDED SOME DUDE WHO KNEW MY DAD AND LIKE HIM LIKE A LIFELONG FRIEND WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Gon is a fucking bitch.Even Luffy isnt that nakamaautistic.
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>God is a faceless entity
>Nothing it does is to specifically lower or raise the well being of humans
>Not even God's direct creations are aware of its existence
>The ones who even suspect its existence are wiped away without ever confirming their suspicions
>The hands of God take action fully believing they are operating under their own will
>Not even the reader realizes it exists unless they really read between the lines
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>>121413096
>he changes his trajectory and doesn't cushion his fall
>anotherumbrella.jpg
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>sports anime/manga
>they follow the rules
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>>121413120
panya is muh nigga
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>>121411148
>parents complain when the character goes out of their house in seemingly absurd times
>parents exist in the main character's apartment
>guy goes to the school festival with his friends
>love interest picks the more alpha guy than the mc
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>>121413148
>girl shoots out of the ground
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>>121412833
the girl was never sick, she was just crazy and tricked the MC so she could harvest his organs.
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>>121413158
>KITE
>KAITO
No, anon, you are the autistic.
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>Realistic crying instead of obviously forcing it until someone's lines are finished
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>>121413142
>Everyone in the main cast played tons of mafia when they were little
>By the time the villain reveals himself, all of his shit has been secretly rigged with explosives.
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>There will be nothing but gore instead of shounen logic explosion brawls than dont result in missing limbs.
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>villain is an overlord of some sort and MC is the leader of rebels
>after several diplomatic meetings they establish a new political system to avoid the mutual destruction
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>>121412707
people still mad
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>subs by the cartel
>no maymays for at least two years
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>>121413212
>sports series
>physics works
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>>121413298
A game of Mafia would be a great premise for a manga. That's probably already been done twenty-fold, hasn't it?
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>>121413332
Africa: the anime
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>series by okada
>everyone likes that she was staff
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>>121413295
>ground falls out of sky
>guy shoots out of girl
>See you next week!
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>"picture perfect" society
>lots of small hypocrisies and wrong doings that are overlooked because everything is fine in retrospect
>villain simply wants to fuck it all up, no warped visions of justices or personal utopias, no perfect world view no goals
>just fuck everything up
>they are the mc(s)
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>>121413371
It would just be Liar Game.
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>>121412477
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>>121411205
>Pokemon and Yu Yu
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>>121411148
>MC decides to date his childhood friend out of everyone in his already established harem in episode 1.
>The following 12 episodes focus on the rejected girls who must come to terms with their heartbreak.
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>students get powers to change the world with
>completely misunderstand, use them for trivial bullshit, and screw everyone over
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>>121413526
>the last few episodes of clannad season 1
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>>121413418
>they have ocds about pushing buttons, turning levers and flipping on/off switches
>no matter what it does
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>>121411148
Parents of MC are not typical nice middle-class/rich people, they actually exist and revelant to story, usually argue with each other, telling their child that her/his birth was a mistake, calling him trash. Instead of giving MC pocket money they force him to find part-time work.
It's shounen battle manga..
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>Half Japanese Half European
>brown eyes, back hair
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>>121413594
Except it happens in the first episode. With the childhood friend as opposed to the other stereotypical girls who the MC meets at high school. Were you even reading?
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>MC unleashes his more powerful skill/attack to finish the big bad.
>whole place falls apart
>authorities arrive quickly
>MC has to pay for all damages
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>>121412707
I read it like outgoing girl wins over shy/tsundere/cold girl as in they get together and now I want that
>MC stays single
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>>121412486
Get out.
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>>121413734
It kind of happened in Avatar TLOK
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>mc bumps into a girl
>doesn't land on top of her with hands groping her boobs

>mc female friends have boyfriends

>has parents
>doesn't live alone
>can't cook
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>>121413793
come on /co/, you know who won the korrabowl
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>This girl's mecha isn't pink, SD or overall cute
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>>121412526
>>MC's friend is the one with the harem

Uhh. That would be a nice story. The MC has a friend who'd usually be the MC in a harem anime. He gets fucking angry about this and tries to sabotage it on every possible turn.
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>>121413871
boku no pico, seriously
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>>121413871
>what is Evangelion
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>>121411148
Best girl wakes up on time, has a breakfast with familly and goes to school after meeting her childhood friend. But they don't go to school together, because they go to different schools.
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>>121413418

edgy
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>>121413951
Over-hyped?
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>Battle shounen MC
>Is not the prophetic child of saviourness
>Is not related to anybody OP
>Is not a complete moron, naive or autistic
>Doesn't get OP masters or OP powers by chance
>Fails, but doesn't let it get to him every time
>Doesn't gather a troupe of cliches to follow him
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>Girl from rich family
>Illegitimate child, constantly subjected to silent mental torment
>Tries to conceal herself as much as possible and acts violent towards others over minor things
>Still best girl
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>>121414140
Sounds horrible.
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>MC overthrows the evil emperor
>MC's moralfaggotry and idealism turn country into ruin
>extreme poverty and crime everywhere, previously immensely powerful empire can't even deal with bandit groups
>complete destabilization of this part of the world causes a lot of local conflicts, rebellions, other kingdoms breaching the borders
>eventually all those turn into a full-blown world war
>more people die every month of the war than during the entire reign of the previous emperor
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>>121414161
Why? Instead of somehow getting a massive boost to the top either because it was meant to be or because he finds Sensei X the former penismasteruser of the holy lances of nudity and overpowerness, the MC would have to work step by step
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>>121411148
>Tsundere loses because MC gets tired of the abuse and moves on
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>Do an anti-cliche
>People strictly note it, positively or otherwise, that it breaks away from the cliche
>The comparison, and thus the cliche, are still there, looming above the product
>You can't escape
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>>121411148
>MC is half japanese half gaijin
>The father is the gaijin
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>>121411148
>MC is put into life threatening situation in E1/E2
>magic powers don't activate
>he dies
>rest of show is the coroner, during the autopsy, deciphering and narrating the MC's life and what he would have gone on to do if his powers had surfaced at the right time
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>>121414325
>MC is sick of abuse
>Rips into tsundere telling her everything she does wrong
>She actually thinks things over
>Stops being an abusive bitch
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>>121412981
Instead of Japanese high ground students we get 40 years old overprotective fathers.
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