Unrealistic Depictions Common in Manga and Anime

Talking endlessly without stumbling or making mistakes even once.

Sweat on the face when flustered.

Invisible ground appears until they notice they've fallen off a cliff.

Perfectly synchronized conversations during a fight.

Knocking someone out with a karate chop to the neck.

Long flashbacks during critical moments.

There are way too many of these.

The student council has the authority to expel students.

The school rooftop is always open and only occupied by one or two people.

Wearing the same clothes every day.

Repeating the other person's situation over the phone.

A single student threatening or being the ultimate authority over teachers.

The protagonist quickly adapts to fantasy (like the social norms of magic).

Becoming an incredible beauty or handsome person after taking off glasses.

A student council president who controls the entire school.

Having perfect skin and no body hair without any skincare.

Making a flashy debut to draw attention.

Looking in the mirror and saying, "What am I doing...?"

If a manga corrected all the points mentioned in this thread, it would be a tedious and overly detailed mess.

>>53
Well, there’s no intention to criticize.

>>53
There are often things that are unnatural in reality but natural in fiction.

Never aging.

>>101
Isn't that off-topic for this thread?

>>101
Are you complaining about Sazae-san?

>>101
Looks like they never age.
There are quite a few female characters where you wonder, "Are you really a thirty-something housewife with kids?"

Old people don't say "〇〇じゃ."

>>180
Using "washi" as a first-person pronoun.
This doesn’t happen.

>>182
This does happen.

>>182
There are people like that.

Are there people who say "oira" in real life?

>>198
The only one I know is Beat Takeshi.

>>198
Hiroyuki.

>>198
That’s right.
There’s a case like that with someone who has a bit of a tarako lip.

I can’t quite accept the idea of a speed character creating afterimages.
If they’re moving so fast that the opponent’s dynamic vision can’t keep up, they should just attack directly instead of doing repetitive side-to-side movements. The opponent wouldn’t even know what hit them and would die instantly.

>>212
Repeating the same stance for each afterimage is just a waste.

>>212
That’s somewhat like saying "Tao Pai Pai didn’t need to ride a pillar."

Someone who perfectly copies notes overnight.

>>235
After L died, it was all comedy.

>>235
This is really scary.

There are quite a few phrases you hear in manga but not in everyday life.
Like "How pretentious!" or "You...!" or "Impudent."

>>317
I say them often while driving.
Others include "Namu san!" or "Damn it, whatever happens."

>>337
If I were in the passenger seat, I’d probably burst out laughing.

>>337
Time to surrender your license.

>>337
Is it a woman driving?

Elementary and middle school students having complex conversations as if it’s normal.
In reality, it’s all about poop and farts.

>>373
If you watch "Hakase-chan," you’ll see plenty of kids like that.

Starting a new club or using an empty club room as a hangout spot.

>>381
Do high schools even have such things as unofficial clubs?

>>381
At my high school, the tea ceremony club room was a hangout spot.
It had tatami mats, cushions, and a hot water pot, so it was too tempting.

No one says "Kyaooraa!"

>>399
Even in real martial arts, there are plenty of fighters who scream.

>>399
Screaming during a fight is still okay.
But starting a conversation while fighting is just weird.

Bratty girl.

>>450
They exist sometimes.

>>450
Not really.

>>450
There was a lower-grade student like that when I was in elementary school.

Are there any gals who talk to otakus?

>>512
There were.

>>512
There were.

>>512
There were plenty at my high school.

>>512
There were.
To me, they looked like goddesses.

On the contrary, there was an introverted guy who actively talked to gals.

>>546
Too scary.

>>546
Just imagining it makes me sad and cringe.

>>546
When gals talk to otakus, they either look at them like they’re seeing an alien or have a blank expression.

Femboys.
They’re usually just mistaken for girls when they’re kids.

>>557
Sometimes there are really cute ones.

A guy being the only one in a group of girls.

>>604
I experienced that during a school trip.
But, well...

>>604
There were people like that in cultural clubs.

Do schools that post test scores on bulletin boards still exist?

>>619
Nada High School still does that.

>>619
At my high school, they only posted the top 50.

>>619
They did it for surprise English vocabulary tests.

It’s probably already been mentioned, but small characters defeating giants.
Impossible.
Even with skill, if there's a significant size difference, it’s not happening.

>>704
Related to that, there are no "strong old men" in reality either.

>>704
It happens in real life too. You can find fight videos online where it happens.

>>704
In judo, smaller people have a lower center of gravity, making them effective as a pivot point.
The opponent’s weight turns into rotational momentum.

Three things that don’t exist in school settings:
Eating lunch on the rooftop, authoritarian student councils, and teacher-student romances.

>>740
The last one does happen; it gets reported sometimes.

>>740
The last one does exist.

>>740
Sometimes the rooftop is open just for lunch.

Dramatically slamming down a resignation letter.
In reality, it’s not that easy to quit.

>>838
There’s no dramatic resignation letter slam either.
And no boss tearing up the resignation letter.

I was going to write about incompetent police and corrupt officials who cover up crimes with bribes, but...
No, that’s actually happening a lot in reality. Looking at you, Kanagawa and Kagoshima.

Female characters saying, "What’s with this outfit?!" after putting on a sexy costume.

>>983
LOL

>>983
Just imagining them putting it on quietly before saying that is hilarious.