By James Zheng
We all know that the elements in anime are essentially different from real life. I am going to list the three most unrealistic elements common to anime. Even if you do not watch anime, you’ll see these are really interesting elements.
No. 1 The Teenager Warrior or The Super Teenager motif
It’s a pretty well-known plot device among the realm of anime. Most of the time when there is a catastrophe or other disasters on Earth, and we don’t have Superman or any other superheros, we find we only need a few teenagers to handle it. In anime, a surprising majority of teenagers already has the force of an army to resist alien invaders, vampires, and demons. Normally, the Teenage Warrior is recognized to be extremely strong. Once they release their full power, they can destroy everything easily just like Thanos snapping his finger. And, those characters are always only about sixteen or seventeen years old. Does that sound really stupid? If you put it into reality or you don’t like characters being so invincible, you will think that way.
Representative Teenage Warrior characters in anime include Uzumaki Naruto, from “Naruto” and Kusuo Saiki from ”The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.”
No. 2 The weirdly colorful hairs of anime characters
Whenever we see those figures who have strange hair color like purple, green, red, it is either making us so uncomfortable or the color fits perfectly with that character. And the point is that some characters are actually beautiful or handsome with these gorgeous hairs. The most popular one is the silver white. However, if you have that kind of hair in reality, everybody’s attention will be on you and they will all think it’s very bizarre. Even if there are people who do cosplay (to dress up as an anime character that you like), it’s still thought to be unusual.
You find anime characters with weird hair color in Kuroko’s Basketball.
No. 3 How many times the world has been devastated
When you are watching animes, some stories are based on a situation after Earth has been destroyed. This motif is hackneyed. It’s been overused. Characters move to other planets, shelter beneath the earth or in the heavens. They all do whatever is necessary to survive. Again and again and again.
A representative anime where the world ends is WorldEnd.
Editor: Leo Milmet