Why is anime so reliant on tropes?
>>287621714That's every media ever
>>287621819>All media have tropesBrilliant observation, not what I asked
Japanese people like repetition
>>287621714Seriously read Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics and Making Comics.
>>287621890>Scott McCloud>not Database Animals by Hiroki Azumawhat did he mean by this
>>287621852because they are well known and thus lots of people can easily "digest" the story.
>>287621852It is, you're just too retarded to parse that statement imbecile-kun.
>>287622214This is above your pay grade, go back to the WSJ thread Paco
>>287621714Those tropes are what people like.Western media is almost as dependent on its own tropes.
>>287621919> Otaku: Japan's Database Animals is a 2001 book by Japanese cultural critic Hiroki Azuma that analyzes otaku (obsessive fans of anime, manga, etc.) culture through the lens of postmodernism, arguing that fans engage with media as "database animals" who collect and recombine specific elements (like character traits) rather than engaging with grand narrativesThis immediately made me think of the Dere Types Wiki.
>>287621714Tell us what wouldn't be a trope.
>>287622256It describes the behavior which gives rise to everything from wikis to boorus and databases like vndb. I don't know who was the first proper ojou character but once she entered the database that shit has been replicated ever since
>>287621714I miss the Touhou threads on /v/
>>287621714>Thing is known to be appreciated>Do itThat's all there is to it. It's like asking why people create touhou arranges or open a pizza restaurant : you borrow from a well established concept that you probably enjoy yourself to increase your chances of success. Anime is no different
>>287621714Why are you so obsessed with tropes? They aren't important.
