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  2. Glossary of anime and manga - Wikipedia

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    An ordinary girl surrounded by guys is a reverse harem. [45] isekai (異世界, "different world"): A subgenre of manga and anime in which characters are transported or reincarnated into an alternate world, often with a high fantasy setting. [46] [47]

  3. Bishōjo - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese popular culture, a bishōjo (美少女, lit. "beautiful girl"), also romanized as bishojo or bishoujo, is a cute girl character. Bishōjo characters appear ubiquitously in media including manga, anime, and computerized games (especially in the bishojo game genre), and also appear in advertising and as mascots, such as for maid cafés.

  4. Gyaru - Wikipedia

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    The comedy anime Mr. Osomatsu has a gyaru character named Jyushiko Matsuno. The series Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san has also had gyaru-influenced characters: two gyaru and one gyaru-o are customers. The first gyaru is a customer as well as a Fujoshi. She appeared in the second chapter of the manga, titled Yaoi Girls from Overseas. She also ...

  5. Anime - Wikipedia

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    The body proportions of human anime characters tend to accurately reflect the proportions of the human body in reality. The height of the head is considered by the artist as the base unit of proportion. Head to height ratios vary drastically by art style, with most anime characters falling between 5 and 8 heads tall.

  6. Futanari - Wikipedia

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    Originally, the Japanese language referred to any character or real person that possessed masculine and feminine traits as futanari. [citation needed] This changed in the 1990s, as drawn futanari characters became more popular in anime and manga. Today, the term commonly refers to fictional hermaphroditic female characters.

  7. Kawaii - Wikipedia

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    Kawaii culture is an off-shoot of Japanese girls’ culture, which flourished with the creation of girl secondary schools after 1899. This postponement of marriage and children allowed for the rise of a girl youth culture in shōjo magazines and shōjo manga directed at girls in the pre-war period. [5]

  8. Moe (slang) - Wikipedia

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    Moe used in slang refers to feelings of affection, adoration, devotion, and excitement felt towards characters that appear in manga, anime, video games, and other media (usually Japanese). Characters that elicit feelings of moe are called "moe characters". [1] [2] The word has also evolved to be used regarding all kinds of topics.

  9. Yuri (genre) - Wikipedia

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    A white lily, the de facto symbol of the yuri genre. The word yuri (百合) translates literally to "lily", and is a relatively common Japanese feminine name. [1] White lilies have been used since the Romantic era of Japanese literature to symbolize beauty and purity in women, and are a de facto symbol of the yuri genre.