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Anime Trope Deconstruction Medley, anyone?

Ah, but there's also plenty of Shonen tropes that aren't mentioned in that article.

Defeat is friendship - If an antagonist is defeated by the protagonist, it is highly likely that the defeated character will join forces with the protagonist in a later arc.

First girl wins - In a love triangle, the first girl introduced is the one that will win out in the end.

"Stages" and "Modes" - new levels of power are reached not simply by getting stronger, but by taking on new forms. This goes hand-in-hand with transformation sequences and hidden techniques, which are often transformations of some kind.

Flashback Armor - a villain will not be defeated unless his past has been elaborated on or explained, at least in part.

Flashback De-armor - Once a character's past has been fully explained or resolved, he will fall to relative unimportance.

Philosophy Motif - Characters will be deeply ingrained in a philosophy that fits with the theme of their combat strategy.

And, if a girl is sitting/standing on a elevated platform of some kind, at night, singing, then she is in some way inhuman.

Knights of Galvarok: The Forbidden Gate

learning through the pain and loss of our comrades. Only when we understand such principles will we ever truly find peace in the world.

This bit reminds me of Pein from Naruto. Hopefully the wisdom bit will help him temper his attitudes and not turn him into a homicidal sociopath.

Anime Trope Deconstruction Medley, anyone?

Well, this sounds interesting. What did you plan on doing with the deconstructions? What kind of genre were you hoping for?

Rise of the Abberants

Revans Exile said
If you are immune to a disease you can't be infected ever, it is a physical impossibility.

But you can be immune to one strain, yet not another. In this case, the disease may need to undergo a mutation to become airborne. The abberants can be immune to this airborne strain while still being susceptible to a strain that lives in solution. So the scenario is quite plausible.

Knights of Galvarok: The Forbidden Gate

Just my two cents about the issue before this thing spirals out of control. I think Gisk did what he did because he felt that your actions were not an adequate solution to the problem and that the outcome was unrealistic; I don't think he was simply trying to undermine your characters actions. With that said, I'm no falconer (and neither is Minato according to his profile), but I think it would be awfully difficult to instantly tame a trained bird that has been sent with the explicit purpose to cause destruction. So I would think that even if Minato momentarily calmed it, it would go back to its mayhem the second he released it. So, I think you should try to understand where Gist is coming from, and perhaps in the future Gist can drop a comment in the OOC and ask you to edit the post instead of taking things entirely in his own hands.

Now just a fun fact: unless your wearing protective gear, a hawk will claw the shit out of your arm regardless of whether it's angry or not. Hell even an owl will. Raptors are just badass like that.

Knights of Galvarok: The Forbidden Gate

Koren was always among the first knights to arise, finding necessary to make his days as productive as possible, so by the time the bird began unleashing bedlam in the citadel, the young knight was already midway through his morning routine. Even so, he was startled by the sudden appearance of the rabid bird, but found the reaction of his fellow knights even more so. They were just as chaotic as the bird, hurling objects and spells around with reckless abandon, likely causing even more damage than the bird would have been able to do on its own. Koren remained calm, however, for he could see that this problem had a very simple solution, one that required nothing to be thrown at the bird.

Koren stood stoically as the other knights scrambled about like madmen, his ramient in one hand, and an empty pillow case in the other. Once the bird decided it was time to wreak havoc around Koren's neatly organized area, the knight struck the ground with his halberd, and not long after the bird tumbled to the ground. Birds were only capable of flight because they were so light and efficiently designed; simply doubling gravity was enough to clip their wings. The hawk flapped its wings in vain to raise itself off the ground, but before the beast realized its futility, the pillow case fell over its head. Victory assured, Koren calmly tucked the raptor's fluttering wings in so he could continue putting it in his makeshift sack without hurting the creature, and then finally engulfed the bird entirely. The bird would be uncomfortable, but so long as Koren handled the pillow case gently, it would be unharmed.

The young knight looked at the destruction the bird had wrought and shook his head. This could hardly be considered a victory. Perhaps if they had some semblance of organization they could have saved themselves a grueling morning cleanup. Writhing pillow case in hand, Koren said to his companions, "Shall I let it go, or shall we prepare a cage and wait for its master to come for it? These birds do not behave thus..." he motioned to the clearly deliberate vandalism about the room ..."unless they have been trained to do so."

Kayou and the Cursed Swords

I'm certain that no mishaps will happen just because the sword that can cut through anything belongs to the guy who has no idea how to swing a sword.

Kayou and the Cursed Swords

"Pon!" Akio took the discarded six of words to complete his triplet while his reckless opponent grimaced. Akio had concealed the suit he was going for the whole game thus far, but now it no longer mattered; The lack of discarded word tiles meant that the probability of him drawing one was fairly high. Just as he though. A few more rounds passed by and there was the eight he needed. "Mahjong!" Akio revealed his full flush, took 3000 points from each player, and won the game. His opponents were surprised by how quickly he had won, but Akio simply replied, "I guess I just got lucky today," and humbly took his winnings.

He hadn't planned on making a detour for a Mahjong game, but he had arrived at the capitol well ahead of schedule and needed to kill some time. He might as well make some money while he waited rather than spending it. Of course he had remembered to bring that wooden sword, Hasaki, with him. It was inside a secure wooden box, wrapped in cloth, and strapped to his back. Anybody who saw him would think he was just another merchant trying to stake is claim in the capitol with a few paltry goods. Such discretion was definitely a better choice seeing as he had no way of fending off a thief if somebody tried to steal the one thing that the Shogun requested. He wasn't sure how many people knew about these special swords, but if there were rumors about them floating about, he could easily imagine someone trying to steal one for a ransom.

As Akio finally approached the castle, he took a deep breath. He had never seen such an extravagant building before, and he certainly didn't belong in one. He had tried reading up on the proper etiquette, but there were so many different officials to address, and even if he remembered how to address them, there was know way he'd be able to recognize who was who. And, even though he had donned his finest set of clothes for this occasion, they were still just filthy rags compared to the splendor that resided within Takaga castle. Perhaps if he just bowed to everybody he could avoid offending anybody. Sure, he would be seen as an ignorant peasant, but that was pretty much what he was. In any case, he hoped his nerves didn't get the better of him and make him speak out of turn.

Knights of Galvarok: The Forbidden Gate

Well, maybe I am a princess. It's the internet; ya never know.

Knights of Galvarok: The Forbidden Gate

If Minato can get Koren to admit that he's a poet.