Four More Annoying Anime Cliches

Last year I wrote an article about Anime cliches that annoy me. After watching some more recent Anime and old school Anime. I found four more cliches that really annoy me. Keep in mind that no idea is original, and plots, themes, settings will get reused, but for the love of Otakus do it a little differently. This list is not in any particular order. If you want to see my first five annoying Anime cliches click here  /www.otakusandgeeks.com/akusandgeeks.com/2011/08/five-annoying-anime-cliches.html

1. I Can't Say "I Love You" Till The Very End - Many Otakus will probably disagree with me on this one, but this is really overused and annoying in Anime. How many times will I watch an Anime, where the guy or the girl doesn't confess they love till the end? When your whole series is based on this confession, and the character is too shy to admit it, it gets very stale quickly. What makes this cliche worst is that usually the series is over once  the characters get together. You already showed us 13 to 26 episodes of them trying to get together, show me the relationship, the up's and downs of them as a couple. Mainly in romantic Anime this is the main plot line, how about an Anime where the relationship is establish already and showing how hard it is to keep a stable relationship, show me something else besides I'm too shy to talk to him or her. 26 episodes for this one key moment is not really going to keep interest, this plot line needs to be a six part OVA, nice short, sweet and to the point. 

2. The Pure Character - Depending on what genre of Anime you watch, you will most likely see this same character. This cliche is really annoying, the pure character or the character that can't do no wrong. This is usually seen in Mech, Fighting, Action and even Romantic Animes. The problem with this overused cliche is that it's not even realistic. A pure character that is not even tempted by evil, or some type of darkness is boring. We want heroes to have struggles, that is why some Anime characters are loved more than others. For example I love Vegeta more than Goku (see here /www.otakusandgeeks.com/akusandgeeks.com/2010/07/why-i-think-vegeta-is-better-than-goku.html). Vegeta has inner conflict, Goku is pure and when it comes down to it who will you relate too more? The guy who is pure or the guy who is more human? The pure characters are annoying because it takes away any type of realism. I know it's Anime and realism is out the window, but last time I check these characters are human and humans have inner conflict. 

3. I Have No Place To Go - I never realized this but there are a lot of homeless Anime characters *laughs*. This is seen a lot usually in the boy meets alien Anime's, or the Anime's with a little more drama. Sometimes you will find a Anime character that has no place to go back too, they have no home, or just don't want to go back home. This isn't a huge annoyance for me, but it's a cliche that is used to get the characters to interact in more awkward situations. For example the girl might be changing, and the boy opens the door by accident and he is viewed as a pervert. How many times have you seen that set up? Anime characters are the most generous people, they'll let anybody in their homes.

4. Cliffhanger Endings - This really annoys me! I hate cliffhanger endings in Anime, especially when the series is over. Depending on the series I would let it slide, but some of these endings needed an ending, to have an open ending, just frustrates the watcher, it does provide great debate and provocative thought but it is kind of lazy not to give a proper ending. See how many times Neon Genesis is fixing the ending.