The following is a list of pet peeves/issues I have that constantly seem to be showing up in/relating to Japanese cartoons/comics that have begun to irritate me:

-The overused indirect kiss line.

-Subtitle vs dubbed wars, there is no such thing as every dub being bad or every sub being bad, same can be said of vice versa, not all dubs are good, not all subs are good.

-Ridiculously over hyped series such as Naruto, haruhi, gurren lagann , bleach, one piece.

-The overly conservative censorship of some Japanese childrens series by 4kids, DIC, nelvana.

-The parasitic level/sheer number of low budget comedy series which recycle the same unfunny jokes , are minimally animated, feature weak, archetypical , pedo-bait female characters, characters who look 4 years younger than they actually are/cross dress to create the idea of that. These series nearly always have a whiny , selfish, domineering female characters who acts violently towards others despite deep down finding them attractive. Such shows also feature useless male leads which recieve no development whatsoever, are popular despite having no redeeming features/looking extremely plain.
The only harem series' out there that seem to take the clichees and do things right are the adaptation of keys works and maybe magikano, in the priors case the characters are presented in a way where they are developed/human and are more than just bots/dolls, reverse harem does this too. In Magikano and girls bravo , ouran I would consider in the safe zone as they feel more like parodies of the genre.

-People who have only scene/read a few popular series and claim to be experts/die hard fans/elitists.


-Anime/manga that goes on and on infinetely , nearly every shounen anime/manga. Other shows that are actually not shallow instead get shafted.

-Series that are almost completely comprised of filler/go no where

-Most visual/light novel adaptations other than fate stay and the works by key.

-The fact 99.99 percent of comics/anime/cartoons/manga are badly drawn/written/horribly animated. I dislike a considerable amount more than I enjoy but the gems out there I do love though small in number are some are the best series I have ever experienced.

-Making a character who is clearly made to look younger, 17 or 18 years old in age only to try and use it as an excuse to avoid pedophilic connotations.

-The fact every female character must be thin, a doormat, appealing to a particular fetish and if they actually are depicted as independent/strong/battle axes it is always artificial/fake.

-series which whore out/over promote/self promote/over-advertise within the story. I want to watch/read something not be bombarded with the equivalent of a sales pitcher.

-How every single gay (male/female) relationship is treated as no more than a means to be perverse , hollow, awkward , false, non existent, only implied. I want something genuinely romantic not just another shounen-rom-com route.

-Smut series that take things far far too far to the point where they are actually worse than the worst pornography. These pander to the worst of perverts who are not satisfied with the absurdest erotica end of things and need to quench their lust with things that are designed to be as realistic as possible. I despise loveless(looking back) , aigan shounen, aigan shounen , forbidden secret garden .

-The fact seinen action stories are always shafted in favour of shounen ones.

-The girl chasing male best friend character (exceptions are sunohara and fukuyama )

-Unfinished anime that adapts only half or even less than the source material.

-The lack of complex, psychological , suspenseful, dramatic, emotionally involving, mature stories.

-There are almost no anime/manga based thrillers.

-Overpowered characters.

-Obsessive Fanbases/the stereotypical comic fan (ie the full regalia of: obese, thick glasses, neckbeard, headband, no connections to friends, family or a partner, just masturbates all day), pedophilic fans, fans who simply cannot deal with the opinions of others.

-Most stereotypical villains who want to take over the world/destroy it for no reason.