Annoying High-Pitched Anime Girl Voices
59sMany viewers agree that this is a cringey and overused trope, sparking debate.
▶ Play ClipThis video lists and criticizes several common anime tropes that the creator finds annoying, including high-pitched female voices, protagonists fighting through severe injuries, fake-out deaths, the dead parent curse, obvious death flags, and unlikable characters designed to make viewers hate them.
The creator finds the high-pitched, childlike voice used for female characters unnatural and cringey, even when the character is an adult.
Shonen protagonists often continue fighting after severe injuries like broken legs, sometimes even getting stronger, which the creator finds unrealistic and numbing.
Characters survive clearly fatal injuries through unexplained abilities that are never mentioned again, like transferring consciousness to another body after being beheaded.
Most shonen protagonists are orphans or lose their parents early, and their deaths rarely affect the character beyond one episode. Fruits Basket is cited as a rare exception.
Characters who are overly nice, selfless, or have heroic goals are obviously going to die, making their deaths predictable and less impactful.
Characters are made intentionally hateful so viewers keep watching to see them get what they deserve, like Gabby from Attack on Titan.
The creator shares personal opinions on these tropes, inviting viewers to agree or disagree in the comments and suggesting that liking these tropes might indicate 'very bad taste.'
"The title accurately reflects the content: the video lists and complains about specific anime tropes that the creator finds annoying."
What is the 'dead parent curse' in anime?
Most shonen protagonists are orphans or lose their parents early, and their deaths rarely affect the character beyond one episode.
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What are 'death flags' in anime?
Signs that a character is going to die, such as being overly nice, selfless, or having heroic goals.
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What are 'life flags' according to the creator?
Characters made intentionally unlikable so viewers keep watching to see them get what they deserve.
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Which anime is cited as handling parent loss well?
Fruits Basket
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What example is given for a 'life flag' character?
Gabby from Attack on Titan, who killed a beloved character and made viewers wish for her death.
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High-pitched voices are unnatural
The creator argues that using childlike voices for adult female characters is a cheap attempt at cuteness that feels weird and cringey.
Broken bones don't stop shonen protagonists
The trope of characters fighting through severe injuries without consequence numbs viewers to stakes and makes injuries meaningless.
1:02Fake-out deaths undermine tension
Characters surviving clearly fatal injuries through unexplained abilities that are never used again breaks suspension of disbelief.
2:15Dead parents are overused and underutilized
The creator points out that orphan protagonists are common, but their parents' deaths rarely have lasting emotional impact.
3:13Death flags make deaths predictable
Overly nice side characters with heroic goals are obviously going to die, reducing the emotional impact of their sacrifice.
4:48Life flags create hate-watching
Intentionally unlikable characters keep viewers engaged by making them want to see the character get what they deserve.
6:06[00:00] you know when you're watching anime that
[00:01] you're really enjoying and it's
[00:03] generally pretty good but then out of
[00:06] nowhere some stupid annoying anime Trope
[00:09] comes in and ruins it all well here's a
[00:12] list of some of the most annoying tropes
[00:14] in anime that just makes my blood boil
[00:17] whenever I see it and to start off
[00:19] nothing ruins my good mood like the good
[00:21] old high pitched all in the Chipmunk
[00:24] anime girl
[00:26] voice seriously who the hell talks like
[00:29] that those anime girls could be well in
[00:31] their 18 years of age and still talk
[00:34] like a newborn baby I don't understand
[00:37] it pisses me off every single time I see
[00:40] it it's a cheap attempt at making them
[00:42] seem cute and childlike which is kind of
[00:45] weird let's be honest I think you could
[00:48] still make anime girls talk like a
[00:50] normal functioning human being and still
[00:52] make them cute without them sounding
[00:54] like a toddler I just think it's
[00:55] unnatural and cringy and I can't I can't
[00:59] bear to hear anymore Shon and MC's that
[01:02] fight with 60 broken bones well I love a
[01:05] good fight in anime one that makes you
[01:07] stay at the edge of your seat just
[01:08] waiting anxiously for what's going to
[01:10] happen next you know the MC is fighting
[01:12] bravely but suddenly got their leg
[01:14] broken they shouldn't be able to fight
[01:16] anymore right what are they going to do
[01:18] jump around with one leg well don't
[01:20] worry cuz have you ever heard of lack of
[01:23] good writing well with lack of good
[01:25] writing that character who just got
[01:27] their leg broken will just scream a bit
[01:29] because it probably hurts and then
[01:31] continue to fight like nothing happened
[01:34] in fact sometimes after those major
[01:36] injuries they sometimes even manage to
[01:39] get even stronger make it make sense and
[01:41] then that same get injured scream goes
[01:44] back to fight like nothing happened gets
[01:46] stronger cycle goes on and on until
[01:48] somebody finally dies look I get the
[01:51] adrenaline rush and all with people
[01:53] feeling literally nothing after losing
[01:55] limbs but I'm so numbed out by these
[01:57] shows that now and I've been watching
[01:59] Demon Slayer and I don't know tundo gets
[02:02] stabbed in the jaw I'm just like yeah
[02:04] suck it up that's nothing protagonists
[02:07] should fight with 60 broken bones only
[02:10] crybabies stop fighting after getting
[02:12] stabbed once fatal injury excuses you
[02:15] know when a character suffers a clearly
[02:18] deadly fatal injury we are supposed to
[02:20] believe that it's the end for them
[02:22] they're definitely dead no coming back
[02:25] from that but then suddenly without
[02:27] mentioning that ability before they pull
[02:30] Uno reverse card and be like nope I'm
[02:33] very much alive and couldn't be better
[02:35] and then that ability is never mentioned
[02:37] or used again um excuse me what the
[02:40] actual F you lost half of your body how
[02:42] are you alive like how in Attack on
[02:45] Titan there's this famous scene where
[02:47] this character which I'm not going to
[02:49] name losty said he's dead right clearly
[02:52] no matter how you see it he's dead but
[02:55] no because in anime logic apparently
[02:58] this character managed to somehow
[03:00] transfer his Consciousness to his Jews
[03:04] and save himself even though he got
[03:07] beheaded he got beheaded what the actual
[03:11] the dead parent
[03:13] curse oh my God a parent figure of the
[03:16] main character who's nice and is
[03:18] actually alive what a miracle a blessing
[03:21] finally a Shonen protagonist who can be
[03:24] happy
[03:27] [Music]
[03:27] [Applause]
[03:29] [Music]
[03:29] [Applause]
[03:32] they ask you how you are you just have
[03:33] to say that you're fine when you're not
[03:35] really fine you just don't you just love
[03:37] to start watching a new anime and then
[03:39] it's just that same fatherless or orphan
[03:42] main protagonist over and over again and
[03:44] when the main character finally have a
[03:46] living parent or living family members
[03:49] for that matter they die in the very
[03:51] first episode seriously what is wrong
[03:53] with these authors do they all have
[03:56] daddy and mommy issues sometimes it is
[03:58] used as a way for getting sympathy
[04:00] points for the MC which I get it but it
[04:03] just doesn't have the same effect after
[04:05] the gajillion fatherless protagonist
[04:08] does it and what I hate the most about
[04:10] the dead parents Trope is how anime
[04:12] treats those dead parents their death
[04:15] doesn't affect the main character in any
[04:17] way which is absurd they're almost never
[04:20] remembered by the main protagonist even
[04:22] though they should be one of the most
[04:24] important people in their lives I just
[04:26] hope that them growing up as an orphan
[04:28] affects them in some way not just they
[04:31] get sad for one episode and then move on
[04:34] I don't think that they have to be
[04:35] depressed but they should see the world
[04:37] differently learn things differently
[04:39] anything I think Fruits Basket is one of
[04:41] the very few anime that does a pretty
[04:43] good job at handling parent loss or
[04:45] really bad parents in general characters
[04:48] we know are going to die in anime there
[04:50] are things called Death flags and just
[04:53] as the name suggest it basically means
[04:55] that just by how a character Acts or is
[04:58] introduced you just know that they're
[05:00] going to die actually a nice living
[05:02] parent figure also enters the death flag
[05:05] territory but we already talked about
[05:06] that the thing about death Flags is that
[05:09] it really annoys me when it is obvious
[05:11] that they're going to die because
[05:13] authors generally make them have the
[05:14] very same personality every single time
[05:17] because to have a memorable death and
[05:19] not just a meaningless one that you
[05:21] don't care about authors need to
[05:22] strategize to get you attached to set
[05:25] character mostly Side characters so they
[05:28] are made to be nice un likable they have
[05:30] heroic goals of helping people save
[05:33] everyone and just in general make you
[05:35] want a roote for them they may have a
[05:36] younger sibling who is sick or a loved
[05:39] one who really cares about them and
[05:41] can't wait to see them come back home
[05:43] generally it is a self-sacrifice for the
[05:46] main protagonist to continue their
[05:48] Journey but they can die in many various
[05:50] ways it's not that I don't like those
[05:52] characters I just don't like how obvious
[05:55] it is that they're going to die if they
[05:56] start talking about helping everyone and
[05:58] say they believe in the protagonist
[06:01] that's a death flag how could you be so
[06:03] nice and selfless now similarly to death
[06:06] Flags there are signs I call Life Flags
[06:09] which I haven't seen anyone talk about
[06:11] this before using these terms but have
[06:14] you ever seen those really scumbag
[06:17] stinky characters just being a little
[06:19] piece of and then wishing from the
[06:21] bottom of your heart that they will die
[06:23] in the worst possible death in rotten
[06:25] hell well those Cy characters were
[06:27] purposely made very unlike able so that
[06:30] the longer they live the more bad stuff
[06:32] they do and the greater your anger
[06:35] towards them like think about it it's a
[06:36] great strategy to make you keep watching
[06:38] to finally see those comebacks get what
[06:40] they deserve so when they finally die
[06:43] you can't help but feel that
[06:45] satisfaction like just think about Gabby
[06:47] every single week of Attack on Titan
[06:50] people would rent how much they hate
[06:51] Gabby and wish for her death and if you
[06:54] don't know Gabby is this very cute
[06:56] little girl who killed a very beloved
[07:00] character my gosh I must have wished for
[07:03] her death more times than there were
[07:05] humans on that Earth before Aaron did
[07:08] the thing yikes and one last Trope I
[07:11] hate the most it is when people watch
[07:13] the whole video and don't like And
[07:15] subscribe I'm just kidding anyways this
[07:18] list was just my opinion if you like
[07:20] those tropes good for you it's fine you
[07:23] probably have very bad taste though well
[07:25] let me know if you disagree or agree in
[07:26] the comments and if there are more
[07:28] tropes You observe when watching anime
[07:30] thank you for watching bye
[07:34] [Music]
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