Tropes are recurring plot devices and/or archetypes we see in different works. They might make anime repetitive — but everything has tropes, and they are not necessarily bad. Here are five examples of tropes that we commonly encounter in anime — and we absolutely love them.
Opening or ending playing during a climactic scene
Anime fans love their opening and ending songs. They love them even more when they’re brought back for an especially important moment of the series: the songs exist to set the mood for the anime itself, and hearing them during the big payoff is a great reminder why we love them so much.
This might as well be the thing on this list anime fans love the most — because it’s always justified. These moments are rare enough to be carefully selected each time, but just common enough to be a trope.
Tsunderes
This one might be controversial, but there’s just something endearing about a character who acts rude and bashful on the outside, but loves the protagonist on the inside. This might be a nightmare in real life, but anime isn’t real life.
Such a character slowly opening up to their love interest often correlates with them learning to be true with their feelings — and is a sign of character development. And honestly, if you don’t like this trope, maybe you yourself are acting tsundere towards it?
Characters going beyond their limits
It might make no sense, but we love it anyway. Going above and beyond the limits of your own abilities usually signifies overcoming yourself in order to overcome a bigger obstacle. Of course anime fans would love that!
This trope often goes hand-in-hand with the idea that hard work is more important than raw talent. As such, these moments exist to show exactly how a character’s efforts might pay off — and we love them for that.
Tournament arcs
There are many reasons why we love tournament arcs. However, the core idea is simple: we get to see many characters in one arc, we see them show their strengths and weaknesses, and, if it’s an action anime (which it usually is for series with these), we see a lot of cool fights between characters we love.
Besides, tournament arcs often act as significant milestones in the series.
Power of friendship
Okay, this might be a more controversial one. Power of friendship is sometimes criticized as a lazy tool to show how the protagonists can beat a foe they were unlikely to defeat otherwise. However, there’s actually a lot of logic to this trope. Characters working together as friends — as a team — means that they support and help each other. Of course, they would defeat the antagonist(s) who don’t trust others and prefer working alone — you can’t go very far if you don’t rely on others.
We see these every time and we still love them.
Tropes are recurring plot devices and/or archetypes we see in different works. They might make anime repetitive — but everything has tropes, and they are not necessarily bad. Here are five examples of tropes that we commonly encounter in anime — and we absolutely love them.
Opening or ending playing during a climactic scene
Anime fans love their opening and ending songs. They love them even more when they’re brought back for an especially important moment of the series: the songs exist to set the mood for the anime itself, and hearing them during the big payoff is a great reminder why we love them so much.
This might as well be the thing on this list anime fans love the most — because it’s always justified. These moments are rare enough to be carefully selected each time, but just common enough to be a trope.
Tsunderes
This one might be controversial, but there’s just something endearing about a character who acts rude and bashful on the outside, but loves the protagonist on the inside. This might be a nightmare in real life, but anime isn’t real life.
Such a character slowly opening up to their love interest often correlates with them learning to be true with their feelings — and is a sign of character development. And honestly, if you don’t like this trope, maybe you yourself are acting tsundere towards it?
Characters going beyond their limits
It might make no sense, but we love it anyway. Going above and beyond the limits of your own abilities usually signifies overcoming yourself in order to overcome a bigger obstacle. Of course anime fans would love that!
This trope often goes hand-in-hand with the idea that hard work is more important than raw talent. As such, these moments exist to show exactly how a character’s efforts might pay off — and we love them for that.
Tournament arcs
There are many reasons why we love tournament arcs. However, the core idea is simple: we get to see many characters in one arc, we see them show their strengths and weaknesses, and, if it’s an action anime (which it usually is for series with these), we see a lot of cool fights between characters we love.
Besides, tournament arcs often act as significant milestones in the series.
Power of friendship
Okay, this might be a more controversial one. Power of friendship is sometimes criticized as a lazy tool to show how the protagonists can beat a foe they were unlikely to defeat otherwise. However, there’s actually a lot of logic to this trope. Characters working together as friends — as a team — means that they support and help each other. Of course, they would defeat the antagonist(s) who don’t trust others and prefer working alone — you can’t go very far if you don’t rely on others.
