[quote]Whilst this is a thread of opinion, I can't help but to feel your post equates to "ew, anime." Overlapping of tropes happens, regardless if you find it worthy of eye-rolling or not. I've seen standard western tropes in anime/manga just as well as you've seen eastern tropes in your tales and stories.[/quote]
This would happen to be a thread about things that are "overdone, cliche, and popular genres", [@Sola], and the stated issues I take with it tie in with that quite well. By any metric, genres that do not belong in other genres and are full of stereotypical, overused, stock elements in roleplaying likely goes handedly to the anime category at this time. There is nothing with possible comparison in sheer volume and pervasiveness in this manner. As such, I will continue to find it worthy of eye-rolling where it does not belong.