Posted by Nausicaa_Cat on 11.15.2013, 12:06 PM: Anime/Manga Tropes Hey guys, so I was thinking earlier about those classic tropes which appear over and over again in anime - especially that of the high school genre. Things like, for example, beach/festival/fireworks episodes, step-sibling love, misadventures in love hotels, half-European characters (particularly blonde, blue-eyed), amusement park dates etc.
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Posted by Saddletank on 11.15.2013, 03:28 PM: Good idea for a thread. Yes the catching a cold because you are cold and wet idea is really weird, considering that colds are caused by an infection from bacteria and the weather has nothing to do with it.
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Posted by Orphic Okapi on 11.16.2013, 05:36 AM: I don't know how familiar I am with these tropes, since none of the anime I watch seem to be set in high school. But I can try to shed a little light on some of the things you've brought up.
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Posted by arren18 on 11.16.2013, 09:05 AM: I was going to say the same as Orphic regarding catching colds. The idea that you get them just from getting wet and cold is popular the world over.
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Posted by Saddletank on 11.16.2013, 10:16 AM: I can see how so many people think rain and or cold can cause you to catch a cold, but it actually doesn't. I think what NC was saying was why, in anime, does it often seem to and put the student in hospital or in bed at home for a day?
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Posted by arren18 on 11.16.2013, 12:59 PM: Not sure about the clubs honestly. I think the small numbers is just a matter of making it so that we can get to know all the characters in the club. And being in danger of getting shut down sets up plot points I suppose, even if that is therefore very generic.
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Posted by Mush on 11.16.2013, 01:13 PM: Not to be political in this thread, but visiting the hospital "four times as often as the average American" says very little about Japan. Americans visit the hospital anomalously infrequently, having among the world's highest healthcare costs and no universal coverage. A comparison with the average American will make anyone else in the developed world seem like a hypochondriac.
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Posted by Saddletank on 11.16.2013, 01:42 PM: Yes, its my understanding that student councils in schools have a good deal of influence and even establish rules, have powers over which clubs can be formed, manage the budgets for clubs and so on.
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Posted by Orphic Okapi on 11.16.2013, 07:25 PM:
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Posted by Saddletank on 11.16.2013, 10:07 PM: Student Councils are fairly common in high school anime, if their functioning and deliberations are not specifically shown, they are frequently mentioned and the figure of the Council President is also commonly featured.
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Posted by arren18 on 11.16.2013, 10:58 PM: Clubs are pretty intense at university too. There are two different kinds of student groups - clubs and circles. Circles are relatively easy-going, though even that varies, and clubs are things you absolutely must attend because they take it completely seriously. I don't know much about the crazy-powerful student councils in anime/manga - another trope that comes up a lot as a joke by this point - but considering how hardcore clubs can be, I guess I can see how the student council in a school would be a big deal.
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