Life Lessons From Anime

[LilGherkin]

Even when you die, you have to do a lot more work after-words. I only know 3 animes that can prove this, I never watched many and don't anymore. See; Bleach, Yu-Yu-Hakishow, and Dragon Ball Z.

Also, the bad guy has had the chance to kill/finish off the main protagonist 1+ times, but the protagonist never returns the favor.

 

[RavingPenguin]

Blue-haired girls are in abundance in Japan

Spoiler: Exhibit B

I think that started because most Japanese animators didn't like working with black or dark grey hair so they used dark-blue instead, which is understandable. Of course some jackass then decided to use light/medium blue to make their character appear lighter and it spiraled from there.


No matter how powerful you are, the main villain will hand your ass to you (with a side order of humiliation) when they finally reveal themselves. You will promptly mope about being defeated for the first time before someone who is secretly in love with you tells you to be true to yourself or some crap. Then, when the final battle comes, your ass will be handed to you again, triggering a hallucination of said loved one repeating their little speach (or maybe an old man telling you to "get up, Rocky" while motivational plays in the background).

This happened in Bleach this week, the song was awesome though.

Spoiler

 

[Abedeus]

SHOUTING MAKES YOU STRONGER!!!!

When you shout, it's because you are angry.
When you are angry, you release adrenaline into your body.
Adrenaline in big doses can even give superhuman strength for few seconds.


If you are a bad guy (or a group of bad guys), as soon as you are defeated by the protagonist, you are no longer good. Beyblade, Naruto and at least few other animes showed us this in the past. The best example? Gaara. He was nigh-impossible to defeat, he almost destroyed a city in the first arc... And he was one of the first characters to lose a fight in Shippuuden.

Also, as was demonstrated by Bleach, if you are sure you will win with the next attack and even manage to hit with your best and most powerful technique... Your enemy will:

a) block your weapon
b) deflect your attack and counterattack, almost killing you
c) repel the attack and laugh about it
d) fake death for about 10 manga chapters/3-4 episodes and come back unharmed.

If you are a dog person people will not question your existence in a human society. (Dragonball)

Komamura from Bleach begs to differ. He's a captain with one of the most awesome Bankais of them all (giant metal samurai immitating his attacks) and besides the fact that he had to wear a helmet for half of the Soul Society arc... Well, people even make fun of others by telling them that Komamura likes bone-shaped dog food.

 

[Woem]

Thanks to Gunnm: that life is very precious and never to be taken for granted. The suicide booth was shocking...

 

[Aethren]

Thin girls in miniskirts are extremely skilled in using scythes.

One's pinky fingers are able to pull the triggers on guns held upside-down.

The soul of an evil person is both extremely chewy and has no flavour.

The Grim Reaper runs his own school.

A crescent moon is an extremely disturbing sight.

Suiseiseki will most likely not know to which show I am referring.



Also, the opening theme of Lucky Star should be illegal, no song should be that catchy.

 

[Rafe]

Anything is possible if you have a lengthy flashback and then shout 'I'm not giving up!'

 

[Judgedread]

There are none.

Oh wait - dropping atomic bombs on countries is bad! It makes their eccentric cultural/phsychological quirks even worse.

You're no fun.

 

[Blanks]

if you have a selection of women eager to sleep with you, the best option is to not

 

[Paragon Fury]

Also - no matter the size of the sword, it can be wielded and uses as easily as any other sword, even one-handed, by the apparently meekest of people.

 

[Zacharine]

The less clothing a girl wears, the more lethal she is.

Facial bone structure can be easily molded, depending on your emotions.

Invincibility isn't.

Unblockable attacks aren't.

It's not the people wielding huge swords that you should be afraid of: it's the ones who aren't visibly armed.

 

[CakeDragon]

Everyone can defy gravity and jump metres in the air or across buildings.
Even lesbianism is too much for Japan (think Excel Saga)
Animals wearing jewellery is perfectly acceptible.
Time scale goes completely out the window duing an episode and/or series.
Boring sub-characters will always get at least one episode to themselves.
No matter how much a girl is thrown around, jumps, is kidnapped, casts spells etc., we will always see knickers, but her boobs won't fall out of her top.
Pairs of glasses will always hide some supreme power.
Weapons can be materialised out of thin air..!
It's okay to question morals, then completely ignore them and kill everyone.
Hair will remain spiky, even when wet, slept on, or whilst wearing a hat... And will always spring back into place no matter what.

EDIT: Your face can go from normal to one of these: ¬_¬ u_u; *.* ^_^, etc.

 

[Crowser]

All is one.
One is all.

 

[Mindblow]

Any magical girl anime: Changing from a short skirt and long sleeved shirt into a short skirt and short sleeved shirt with no covering mask is as good a disguise as a complete gender change.

 

[BladeOfAkriloth]

Never give up! It doesn't matter that your mother, who you were trying to save, is executed in front of you, continue being happy and the magical ponies of the rainbow order will bring her back to life! Also, if you don't get high ratings, you will become part of the tentacle army!^_^

 

[Charli]

Giant Robots have FEELINGS.

Titties are uninteresting (take me there O' mighty parodoxical dimension shift!)

Again any hair colour is acceptable but while not wishing to be picky am still waiting for a rainbow haired kungfu fighting grandma with a talking cane.

All females are Psycho's, Loli's/helpless damsels or Romance mad.

Expect any animal to start talking without warning.

 

[scotth266]

When the music with people singing in Latin starts up, you're either about to die or kicking some serious butt.