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title: 'Top 10 Clichés in Romance Anime'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMl8neaFWa8'
video_id: 'ZMl8neaFWa8'
date: 2026-06-14
duration_sec: 746
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# Top 10 Clichés in Romance Anime

> Source: [Top 10 Clichés in Romance Anime](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMl8neaFWa8)

## Summary

The video presents a top 10 list of clichés in romance anime, as compiled by a self-proclaimed superfan of the genre. The host acknowledges his love for romance anime while critiquing the repetitive motifs that have become staples over the years.

### Key Points

- **Beach or Pool Episodes** [01:10] — Obligatory fan service episodes where characters visit a beach or pool, often disconnected from the main story.
- **Average Nice Guy Male Lead** [01:41] — The male lead is typically a nice, geeky, socially awkward, and oblivious character, as seen in animes like Amagami SS and Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions.
- **Misunderstandings** [02:38] — Characters often get caught in predicaments leading to misunderstandings that cause drama and overreactions.
- **Trip Plus Fall Equals Overreaction** [02:57] — Accidental tripping or walking in on changing girls leads to exaggerated reactions, a technique used heavily by Ken Akamatsu.
- **Harems** [04:00] — Romantic comedies often feature harems, with multiple girls interested in the male lead, as seen in works by Ken Akamatsu and Key.
- **Every Girl Wants the Male Lead** [04:33] — In harem animes, all female characters are infatuated with the main guy, ignoring other potential love interests.
- **Love Triangles** [06:02] — Harem animes inevitably include love triangles, often forced and melodramatic rather than interesting or comedic.
- **Flat Chest vs. Big Bust** [07:14] — A common trope where the male lead must choose between a flat-chested tsundere and a big-busted character, exemplified in Baka and Test.
- **Tsundere Characters** [08:13] — Almost every romance anime includes a tsundere, and often the male lead ends up with her, which the host finds cliché.
- **Melodramatic Endings** [10:02] — The worst cliché: romance animes, especially romantic comedies, often end on a dark, somber, melodramatic note, ruining the fun tone.

### Conclusion

The host concludes that while he loves romance anime, the genre is full of clichés, with melodramatic endings being the most annoying. He invites viewers to share their own least favorite clichés.

## Transcript

hey guys the black CR guy and welcome to
the first video for romance month I'm so
freaking excited to get this month
started and what better way to Kickstart
romance month than by doing a top 10
list that many of you have requested me
to do and that is a list of the top 10
cliches in romance anime now before we
begin this list I want to share with you
guys a little background information
about myself especially if you're new to
my channel and that's the fact that I'm
a huge huge super mega Uber fan of the
romance genre of anime particularly
romantic comedy animes I eat that [ __ ]
up guys and I enjoy it more than any
other genre of anime so as I'm doing
this list I want you to keep in mind
that this is coming from somebody that
considers himself a devout fan of this
genre because I'm not going to deny that
as much as I love this genre it is just
chalk full of so many similar motifs
similar characters similar setups
similar situations that you see
repeatedly over the course of many years
that we have come to consider cliches
and now I get to count the top 10 that I
have noticed over the years when
watching romance animes kickstarting our
list in a very sexy way at number 10 is
Beach or pool episodes in almost any
given romance anime the main characters
always partake in an obligatory trip to
either a beach or a pool and most of the
time it doesn't really connect to the
main story its main purpose is to serve
as fan service for the audience the show
Girls and skimpy outfits splashing each
other and messing around with the main
characters and all and them just having
fun mostly being the center of attention
at number nine is the average nice kind
of geeky and completely oblivious male
leads in almost every single romance
anime that I have seen the male lead
always turns out to be this really nice
guy who doesn't really have anything
special going on with him he's a bit
geeky or a little socially awkward and
completely obl oblivious to the female
lead's feelings about him or any other
female for that matter now I can name a
bunch of romance animes that fall prey
to this cliche but to name a few you got
amagami SS dust man of Amnesia Love
chibio and Other delusions F A Tale of
Memories and finally one we friends and
honestly although this is a major cliche
in romance anime again I don't really
have much of a problem with this I like
nice guys in animes and I'm happy when
they actually get to get with the girl
so you know as much as it's a cliche
still really enjoy the cliche no it's
not what it looks like at number eight
misunderstandings there comes a point in
many romance animes where the main
character gets caught in a predicament
that leads to a misunderstanding that
causes this whole drama to spy out of
control and people are either mad or
they overreact to the situation and
coincidentally my number eight cliche
ties in with my number seven cliche and
that is trip plus fall falling down
equals
overreaction now you could use many
different variables in this equation but
the end result is always the same the
main male character does something by
accident ends up tripping or ends up
doing something that pisses off the main
female character thus she then
overreacts to the situation kakam matu
the creator of Love Hena and neima is a
master at this technique utilizing it
prevalently in his mangas and adaptation
of his mangas where the the main male
character just happens to trip and go w
w and he lands on the girl like right on
top of her and she being assum today
just overreacts and like beats him up
and he sends him flying or he'll
accidentally walk into a room while the
girls are changing just out of
coincidence and then they would be like
you perfect and they overreact sometimes
when used properly it is very funny but
most of the time it just comes off as
really forced comedy number six Harms
just wouldn't be a romantic comedy
without them am I right animes that fall
under the harm cliche once again can
alamu delivers as most of his animes are
centered around a herum is this a zombie
this poster behind me also deals with a
herum in fact even key is responsible
for some of the most famous Herms in
anime from Clan ad to shuffle they have
Herms in them and honestly that's the
most straightforward cliche on this list
there's not much more to add most
romantic comedy have Herms in it but
tying in with my number six cliche we
got my number five cliche and that's the
fact that every girl wants the male lead
in almost every romantic comedy that is
centered around a herum every single
member of the herum just has a thing for
the main character and doesn't go for
any other guys whatsoever this bothered
me in the fact that you know there are
other guys out there that are
interesting you know if they actually
spend spend the time to go outside or
even develop another male character I
don't like it when a romance anime
focuses solely on one guy trying to get
with all the girls I would actually like
to see the girls have romances with
other guys you know their own romance
why it have to be with the main guy it
just was so bothersome and extremely
cliche they always go for the main guy
I'm sure Japan has more guys than this
Average Joe that's really nice I'm sure
there's like a bad boy somewhere a
really intellectual man a really
sophisticated person come on ladies
don't don't just go for the closest
thing near you go go Spread Your Horizon
go meet other people either that these
girls are just horny as [ __ ] and we'll
jump at any guy near them which kind of
makes sense because most Herms take
place in high school when you know
you're dealing with all these new
hormones and all that stuff so it makes
sense but we can just do with less of
them from time to time diversity that's
what gets you ahead and once again tying
into my number six and my number five
cliche we got my number four cliche
which is love triangles where there is a
Herm anime and where there is an anime
where most of the girls are infatuated
with the main male lead there is going
to be a plethora of love triangles
guaranteed and honestly and I sound like
a broken record here I don't really have
a major problem with love triangles as
long as they handled in a very
interesting or very comedic way but in
most romance animes the love triangle
just comes off as this really forc
melodrama that's thrown into the anime
because we got to add more attention oh
my God who's he going to choose oh
they're fighting over him oh my God it's
crazy stop that [ __ ] either make it
interesting or make it funny otherwise
don't bother putting a love triangle in
the anime because it's just going to
come off as really pointless and stupid
and once again sounding very very
repetitive like the cliches on this list
my number four cliche also ties in with
my number three cliche in fact my number
three choice is the most unique cliche
on this list but that doesn't change the
fact that it's used so abundantly now
that it's gotten to the point where it's
just dull generic and really annoying to
see and that is the whole flat chest
versus big bust in almost every romantic
comedy anime and sometimes in some
Romance animes the main male character
has to choose between the adultlike big
breasted chick or the childlike
flatchested chick who always turns out
to be the Sund of the anime the biggest
offender of this cliche that comes to
mind is without a doubt Baka and Tess
where it's shown prevalently throughout
the entire Series where our main
character akaha Yoshi will point out how
heii has these big women likee breasts
and and that Mami has these really small
little girl type breast and it was funny
now and again but it just got really
really really repetitive afterwards and
speaking of breast sizes we got my
number two cliche and I think you all
know what it is by me referring to
breast sizes and that is of course Sund
days almost every romance anime that I
have seen has had a Sund day in it I I
can't even right at this moment I can't
even think of a romance anime that I
have seen that doesn't have a suay
character and even if they didn't one
character will display Sunday like
characteristics or has a sun day like
personality but might not be considered
a full suer day but they are just
prevalent especially in romantic comedy
animes and to name all of the sun days
that I know I mean will be be here
forever forever there are just too many
to name not only that I hate that in
most romantic comedy animes and
sometimes even in most romance animes
the main character ends up with the
sunnd day I mean almost like seven times
out of 10 he will end up with the soon
today character of the anime and I'm
like why there's that girl and that girl
she's more interesting than her why
would you go with the suer day such a
cop out that in itself is a cliche hell
you can make a whole another top 10 list
on cliches with soon today characters
that's how cliché sunnd days are in
Romance animes but I bet a lot of you
are shocked not to see sunnd days at the
number one spot and that's because there
is another cliche in Romance animes that
not only are just really annoying but I
[ __ ] hate them these are the worst
cliches to have in a romance animes I
cannot stand this cliche and that is
melodramatic
endings every romance anime except for
one there was one that didn't have it it
was all my goddess it actually ended on
a really comedic note and I loved it it
bucked the trend because almost every
romance anime at that point and from
beyond that point too always ended on a
melodramatic note like something just
over the top happens or characters
become really sad and I hate it when
it's like romantic comedy animes that
have been relatively funny and enjoyable
and Lively automatically just turn
really dark and somber and sad it really
kills the mood of the anime you're like
man I was having so much fun then that
happened I don't really want to watch
this anymore it is the only cliche on
this list that I absolutely cannot stand
I want it gone I don't want to see it
any anymore in Romance animes especially
my romantic comedies keep that [ __ ] out
of the romantic comedies and on a much
lighter note why does it have to end in
such a melodramatic
fashion that was a tiate if ever there
was one and that's why melodramatic
endings are the number one cliches in
Romance animes and that ladies and
gentlemen was my list of the top 10
cliches in Romance anime and I would
like to know what you guys thought about
my list did you agree with it did you
disagree with it did you feel like I
left any cliches out cuz I'm pretty sure
that I did and let me know what is a
cliche that you see a lot in romance
anime that you just cannot stand anymore
and you want it to just go away forever
comment below and let me know and
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