@dormant000 One of the rare times I prefer how the anime did it. Jonouchi was being sunk by an anchor, it's slightly more believable that a small girl swimming could rescue him than a tiny key falling exactly where he needs it to and also he's conscious. Also emotional payoffs and junk.
@dormant000 It's easy to call Yugi a static damsel but he has grown. Even in OG Yugioh, he shares a secret he's terrified will alienate his friends, but by the ending DDM game, he trusts the origin of that secret. And this is at least time #3 where he steps in to help that trusted entity.
@CorenLaVolpe Intrafemale competition, every time. Get women to discard their femininity so she can get higher status with male providers without improving her actual value.
Don't award her the framing either. She cherry picked five examples with no control variable.
@SoulKrimson The first one isn't a trope, it's a separate problem in the creative process.
The other three are just problems you had with specific animes.
Tropes are only bad when done poorly or used without narrative purpose.
@Mediocre_Chuch_ On the one hand, as I play a fan translation of Luminous Arc 3 to complete the trilogy, I definitely understand the fading of nostalgia.
On the other, Xenoblade 2 is one of countless products botched by localization. There may be greater depth to the OG.
@thedragonstea But did the gaslighting work?
Funny story on the concept, I was watching Korra season 2, and at a certain point I tried rewiring my brain to enjoy terrible writing. Then it ended with a breakup that actually made sense for the characters involved. I broke.
@ZekeFreek@TGirlie101 IMO the core problem wasn't Takumi being the butt of jokes. It's the lack of meaningful payoff or transformation. A concept that might be funny, then it's repeated. There's no unexpected punch. Everyone has a fish head? Okay, and?
@LoganoPiano I disagree. The atmosphere and gameplay work best as a shooter for the story being told here.
Actually, I should clarify that you mean turn based, as this game is japanese and Komaru is the role being played in this game.
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@HirukoHints I mostly remember this for the head dismember/remember scene.
Also, response to your below comment, DR3 showed that toxic yaoi literally destroyed the world. (Thanks Juzo.)