Top 10 Clichés in Romance Anime

[00:00] hey guys the black CR guy and welcome to

[00:02] the first video for romance month I'm so

[00:05] freaking excited to get this month

[00:07] started and what better way to Kickstart

[00:09] romance month than by doing a top 10

[00:11] list that many of you have requested me

[00:13] to do and that is a list of the top 10

[00:16] cliches in romance anime now before we

[00:19] begin this list I want to share with you

[00:20] guys a little background information

[00:22] about myself especially if you're new to

[00:24] my channel and that's the fact that I'm

[00:25] a huge huge super mega Uber fan of the

[00:30] romance genre of anime particularly

[00:32] romantic comedy animes I eat that [ __ ]

[00:36] up guys and I enjoy it more than any

[00:38] other genre of anime so as I'm doing

[00:41] this list I want you to keep in mind

[00:43] that this is coming from somebody that

[00:44] considers himself a devout fan of this

[00:47] genre because I'm not going to deny that

[00:49] as much as I love this genre it is just

[00:51] chalk full of so many similar motifs

[00:55] similar characters similar setups

[00:57] similar situations that you see

[00:59] repeatedly over the course of many years

[01:01] that we have come to consider cliches

[01:04] and now I get to count the top 10 that I

[01:06] have noticed over the years when

[01:08] watching romance animes kickstarting our

[01:10] list in a very sexy way at number 10 is

[01:13] Beach or pool episodes in almost any

[01:16] given romance anime the main characters

[01:19] always partake in an obligatory trip to

[01:21] either a beach or a pool and most of the

[01:24] time it doesn't really connect to the

[01:25] main story its main purpose is to serve

[01:27] as fan service for the audience the show

[01:30] Girls and skimpy outfits splashing each

[01:32] other and messing around with the main

[01:34] characters and all and them just having

[01:36] fun mostly being the center of attention

[01:38] at number nine is the average nice kind

[01:41] of geeky and completely oblivious male

[01:44] leads in almost every single romance

[01:47] anime that I have seen the male lead

[01:50] always turns out to be this really nice

[01:52] guy who doesn't really have anything

[01:54] special going on with him he's a bit

[01:56] geeky or a little socially awkward and

[01:58] completely obl oblivious to the female

[02:01] lead's feelings about him or any other

[02:03] female for that matter now I can name a

[02:06] bunch of romance animes that fall prey

[02:08] to this cliche but to name a few you got

[02:11] amagami SS dust man of Amnesia Love

[02:14] chibio and Other delusions F A Tale of

[02:17] Memories and finally one we friends and

[02:20] honestly although this is a major cliche

[02:22] in romance anime again I don't really

[02:25] have much of a problem with this I like

[02:27] nice guys in animes and I'm happy when

[02:29] they actually get to get with the girl

[02:31] so you know as much as it's a cliche

[02:34] still really enjoy the cliche no it's

[02:36] not what it looks like at number eight

[02:38] misunderstandings there comes a point in

[02:40] many romance animes where the main

[02:42] character gets caught in a predicament

[02:44] that leads to a misunderstanding that

[02:46] causes this whole drama to spy out of

[02:49] control and people are either mad or

[02:51] they overreact to the situation and

[02:53] coincidentally my number eight cliche

[02:55] ties in with my number seven cliche and

[02:57] that is trip plus fall falling down

[03:00] equals

[03:01] overreaction now you could use many

[03:03] different variables in this equation but

[03:05] the end result is always the same the

[03:08] main male character does something by

[03:11] accident ends up tripping or ends up

[03:13] doing something that pisses off the main

[03:15] female character thus she then

[03:17] overreacts to the situation kakam matu

[03:20] the creator of Love Hena and neima is a

[03:23] master at this technique utilizing it

[03:25] prevalently in his mangas and adaptation

[03:28] of his mangas where the the main male

[03:30] character just happens to trip and go w

[03:32] w and he lands on the girl like right on

[03:36] top of her and she being assum today

[03:38] just overreacts and like beats him up

[03:40] and he sends him flying or he'll

[03:42] accidentally walk into a room while the

[03:44] girls are changing just out of

[03:46] coincidence and then they would be like

[03:48] you perfect and they overreact sometimes

[03:51] when used properly it is very funny but

[03:54] most of the time it just comes off as

[03:56] really forced comedy number six Harms

[04:00] just wouldn't be a romantic comedy

[04:02] without them am I right animes that fall

[04:04] under the harm cliche once again can

[04:07] alamu delivers as most of his animes are

[04:10] centered around a herum is this a zombie

[04:12] this poster behind me also deals with a

[04:15] herum in fact even key is responsible

[04:17] for some of the most famous Herms in

[04:20] anime from Clan ad to shuffle they have

[04:22] Herms in them and honestly that's the

[04:24] most straightforward cliche on this list

[04:26] there's not much more to add most

[04:28] romantic comedy have Herms in it but

[04:31] tying in with my number six cliche we

[04:33] got my number five cliche and that's the

[04:36] fact that every girl wants the male lead

[04:39] in almost every romantic comedy that is

[04:42] centered around a herum every single

[04:45] member of the herum just has a thing for

[04:49] the main character and doesn't go for

[04:51] any other guys whatsoever this bothered

[04:53] me in the fact that you know there are

[04:55] other guys out there that are

[04:57] interesting you know if they actually

[04:59] spend spend the time to go outside or

[05:01] even develop another male character I

[05:03] don't like it when a romance anime

[05:06] focuses solely on one guy trying to get

[05:09] with all the girls I would actually like

[05:10] to see the girls have romances with

[05:13] other guys you know their own romance

[05:15] why it have to be with the main guy it

[05:17] just was so bothersome and extremely

[05:19] cliche they always go for the main guy

[05:23] I'm sure Japan has more guys than this

[05:26] Average Joe that's really nice I'm sure

[05:29] there's like a bad boy somewhere a

[05:31] really intellectual man a really

[05:33] sophisticated person come on ladies

[05:35] don't don't just go for the closest

[05:37] thing near you go go Spread Your Horizon

[05:40] go meet other people either that these

[05:42] girls are just horny as [ __ ] and we'll

[05:43] jump at any guy near them which kind of

[05:46] makes sense because most Herms take

[05:48] place in high school when you know

[05:50] you're dealing with all these new

[05:51] hormones and all that stuff so it makes

[05:54] sense but we can just do with less of

[05:57] them from time to time diversity that's

[05:59] what gets you ahead and once again tying

[06:02] into my number six and my number five

[06:04] cliche we got my number four cliche

[06:06] which is love triangles where there is a

[06:10] Herm anime and where there is an anime

[06:13] where most of the girls are infatuated

[06:15] with the main male lead there is going

[06:18] to be a plethora of love triangles

[06:22] guaranteed and honestly and I sound like

[06:24] a broken record here I don't really have

[06:26] a major problem with love triangles as

[06:28] long as they handled in a very

[06:30] interesting or very comedic way but in

[06:33] most romance animes the love triangle

[06:36] just comes off as this really forc

[06:38] melodrama that's thrown into the anime

[06:40] because we got to add more attention oh

[06:42] my God who's he going to choose oh

[06:44] they're fighting over him oh my God it's

[06:46] crazy stop that [ __ ] either make it

[06:49] interesting or make it funny otherwise

[06:51] don't bother putting a love triangle in

[06:53] the anime because it's just going to

[06:55] come off as really pointless and stupid

[06:57] and once again sounding very very

[06:59] repetitive like the cliches on this list

[07:02] my number four cliche also ties in with

[07:04] my number three cliche in fact my number

[07:06] three choice is the most unique cliche

[07:09] on this list but that doesn't change the

[07:11] fact that it's used so abundantly now

[07:14] that it's gotten to the point where it's

[07:15] just dull generic and really annoying to

[07:18] see and that is the whole flat chest

[07:22] versus big bust in almost every romantic

[07:26] comedy anime and sometimes in some

[07:28] Romance animes the main male character

[07:31] has to choose between the adultlike big

[07:34] breasted chick or the childlike

[07:37] flatchested chick who always turns out

[07:40] to be the Sund of the anime the biggest

[07:43] offender of this cliche that comes to

[07:45] mind is without a doubt Baka and Tess

[07:48] where it's shown prevalently throughout

[07:51] the entire Series where our main

[07:53] character akaha Yoshi will point out how

[07:55] heii has these big women likee breasts

[07:59] and and that Mami has these really small

[08:01] little girl type breast and it was funny

[08:04] now and again but it just got really

[08:07] really really repetitive afterwards and

[08:10] speaking of breast sizes we got my

[08:13] number two cliche and I think you all

[08:16] know what it is by me referring to

[08:19] breast sizes and that is of course Sund

[08:24] days almost every romance anime that I

[08:28] have seen has had a Sund day in it I I

[08:31] can't even right at this moment I can't

[08:33] even think of a romance anime that I

[08:35] have seen that doesn't have a suay

[08:38] character and even if they didn't one

[08:41] character will display Sunday like

[08:44] characteristics or has a sun day like

[08:47] personality but might not be considered

[08:49] a full suer day but they are just

[08:52] prevalent especially in romantic comedy

[08:55] animes and to name all of the sun days

[08:58] that I know I mean will be be here

[09:00] forever forever there are just too many

[09:03] to name not only that I hate that in

[09:07] most romantic comedy animes and

[09:09] sometimes even in most romance animes

[09:11] the main character ends up with the

[09:13] sunnd day I mean almost like seven times

[09:16] out of 10 he will end up with the soon

[09:18] today character of the anime and I'm

[09:20] like why there's that girl and that girl

[09:24] she's more interesting than her why

[09:26] would you go with the suer day such a

[09:28] cop out that in itself is a cliche hell

[09:31] you can make a whole another top 10 list

[09:34] on cliches with soon today characters

[09:36] that's how cliché sunnd days are in

[09:39] Romance animes but I bet a lot of you

[09:41] are shocked not to see sunnd days at the

[09:44] number one spot and that's because there

[09:46] is another cliche in Romance animes that

[09:50] not only are just really annoying but I

[09:52] [ __ ] hate them these are the worst

[09:55] cliches to have in a romance animes I

[09:57] cannot stand this cliche and that is

[10:02] melodramatic

[10:05] endings every romance anime except for

[10:08] one there was one that didn't have it it

[10:11] was all my goddess it actually ended on

[10:13] a really comedic note and I loved it it

[10:15] bucked the trend because almost every

[10:17] romance anime at that point and from

[10:20] beyond that point too always ended on a

[10:23] melodramatic note like something just

[10:26] over the top happens or characters

[10:28] become really sad and I hate it when

[10:31] it's like romantic comedy animes that

[10:33] have been relatively funny and enjoyable

[10:35] and Lively automatically just turn

[10:38] really dark and somber and sad it really

[10:41] kills the mood of the anime you're like

[10:44] man I was having so much fun then that

[10:48] happened I don't really want to watch

[10:50] this anymore it is the only cliche on

[10:53] this list that I absolutely cannot stand

[10:56] I want it gone I don't want to see it

[10:58] any anymore in Romance animes especially

[11:01] my romantic comedies keep that [ __ ] out

[11:04] of the romantic comedies and on a much

[11:07] lighter note why does it have to end in

[11:10] such a melodramatic

[11:12] fashion that was a tiate if ever there

[11:15] was one and that's why melodramatic

[11:18] endings are the number one cliches in

[11:22] Romance animes and that ladies and

[11:25] gentlemen was my list of the top 10

[11:27] cliches in Romance anime and I would

[11:30] like to know what you guys thought about

[11:31] my list did you agree with it did you

[11:33] disagree with it did you feel like I

[11:34] left any cliches out cuz I'm pretty sure

[11:37] that I did and let me know what is a

[11:40] cliche that you see a lot in romance

[11:42] anime that you just cannot stand anymore

[11:45] and you want it to just go away forever

[11:47] comment below and let me know and

[11:50] romance month guys is off to a great

[11:53] start I'm so excited I cannot wait for

[11:55] you guys to see all the great videos

[11:57] that'll be coming your way and as always

[12:00] if you would like to see more awesome

[12:02] romance month videos and be a part of

[12:04] the black critic crew please hit that

[12:06] subscribe button below like this video

[12:08] If you really enjoyed it and I'm toy Wy

[12:10] II the master of love and also the black

[12:12] critic guy till then peace

[12:16] [Laughter]

[12:22] [Music]

[12:24] YouTube