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(chiefly Japanese fiction) An exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue hanging out, intended to depict a person having an orgasm.
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(fandom slang, usually in the context of Japanese-style art) An exaggerated cowlick (lock of hair). It adds cuteness to a character and is usually indicative of character traits like airheadedness.
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Animation (animated cartoon created in the United States, or by extension North America, in the style of Japanese animation (anime).
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Comics created in the United States, or by extension North America, in the style of Japanese comics (manga).
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(uncountable) Japanese comics (manga) and Japanese cartoons (anime) taken collectively.
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(uncountable) An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.
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(of a non-japanese animated cartoon) resembling or characteristic of anime.
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(Internet slang, sometimes derogatory) Anime.
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(fandom slang) An adult female anti-fan of the animated television series, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic.
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A fictional hero and the main protagonist of DC Comics, noted for his intellect and stealth, who uses a bat-themed costume and equipment (including a belt with an array of utilities) and is assisted by his sidekick Robin.
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Initialism of big eyes, small mouth, describing the odd proportions with which much Japanese manga is drawn
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(slang) A bishonen character.
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An Asian aesthetic of young men whose beauty (and sex appeal) transcends the boundary of gender or sexual orientation, found in manga, etc.
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A genre of anime and manga depicting cute young girls.
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Alternative spelling of bishonen [An Asian aesthetic of young men whose beauty (and sex appeal) transcends the boundary of gender or sexual orientation, found in manga, etc.]
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(Internet) A form of imageboard where images are categorized with tags.
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a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters; yaoi
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(fandom slang) Slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between friends.
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(uncountable, anime, manga) A style of cartooning in which the characters are drawn to be very small and cute.
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(uncountable) The often edgy or pretentious behavior of early adolescents who want to stand out and who have convinced themselves they have hidden knowledge or secret powers, characterized as a sickness.
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Alternative spelling of chuunibyou [(uncountable) The often edgy or pretentious behavior of early adolescents who want to stand out and who have convinced themselves they have hidden knowledge or secret powers, characterized as a sickness.]
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(fandom slang) A genre of anime and manga involving attractive young women in fun situations.
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(chiefly Japanese fiction) A character archetype who stays silent, not expressing their feelings.
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A moniker for Batman, the fictional superhero.
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Alternative spelling of doujinshi [(anime, manga, video games) A fan-produced work, especially a manga, anime, or video game.]
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A product produced and sold independently of corporations (in Japan); an indie work.
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(uncountable) A genre, especially of anime and manga, featuring playful, tongue-in-cheek usage of sexualized imagery and situations such as double entendre or flirtation, while remaining non-pornographic. Often used to differentiate from hentai which features overt sexual themes.
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Alternative spelling of ecchi [(of Japanese animation) Erotic, lascivious, lewd, naughty, sexy, suggestive.]
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Comics created in Europe in the style of Japanese comics (manga).
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Subtitles translated by amateurs.
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An otherkin who believes themselves to be a reincarnation or parallel incarnation of a fictional character.
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(slang, often derogatory) A non-American person who is obsessed with the United States and American culture.
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(fandom slang) A female fan of yaoi.
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(fandom slang, vulgar, derogatory) A fujoshi.
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(slang) Clipping of futanari. [(anime, manga, uncountable) A genre of Japanese anime or manga featuring hermaphrodite characters, generally with female bodies plus a penis.]
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(anime, manga, uncountable) A genre of Japanese anime or manga featuring hermaphrodite characters, generally with female bodies plus a penis.
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A 19th-century religious movement, incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems, according to which performing a dance would reunite the living with spirits of the dead and bring prosperity and unity to native peoples.
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Alternative letter-case form of Ghu [(dated, fandom slang, humorous) A mock deity of early science fiction fandom; a fannish ghod.]
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Alternative form of Ghu [(dated, fandom slang, humorous) A mock deity of early science fiction fandom; a fannish ghod.]
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Characteristic of the literary style called Gongorism.
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A subgenre of manga and anime focusing on gore and mutilation.
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(chiefly Japanese fiction) A fictional illness in which a person bearing an unrequited love coughs up flower petals until they die or their feelings are reciprocated. The disease can also be cured by a surgical procedure that removes the flowers, but this will result in them losing their feelings of affection and all memories of the person they loved.
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(uncountable) A genre of anime and manga in which a man is the love interest of three or more women.
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(slang, US, derogatory, ethnic slur) Jewish, or of relating to negative Jewish stereotypes
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(fandom slang) A fictional male character from non-live-action visual media (typically an anime, manga, or video game) to whom one is attracted and/or whom one considers their significant other.
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The realm or sphere of indie music, films, video games, etc.
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(Japanese fiction) A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to alternate fantasy or virtual worlds.
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(usually derogatory) A fan of the author Jane Austen, especially one without a background in literary criticism.
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(uncountable) A Japanese genre of film and television set in pre-Meiji Restoration Japan
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(fandom slang) Alternative spelling of Jonerys. [(fandom slang) The ship of characters Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen from the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.]
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A class of manga written for an older female audience.
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(Japanese folklore) The protagonist of 赫映姫の物語 (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, “The Tale of Princess Kaguya”), a mysterious girl from the moon, discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.
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(chiefly Japanese fiction) A prideful, haughty character, usually a girl, who considers themselves a deity and tends to be a love interest.
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A traditional Japanese form of storytelling using picture scrolls, revived in the twentieth century by travelling showmen.
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A text-based Japanese emoticon, distinct from a Western emoticon in that it is meant to be written and read horizontally, and often includes a larger variety of characters (originally from Shift JIS, now including Unicode).
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A type of Japanese noh play that features a female main character
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(chiefly Japanese fiction) A humanoid fictional character who possesses animal ears and/or tails.
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(fandom slang, in the form (character name) kin) Someone who relates deeply to a certain fictional character.
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(fandom slang, sometimes derogatory) Someone who relates deeply to a certain fictional character.
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(attributive) Japanese manga or anime specifically made for children
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(anime and manga, fandom slang) An underclassman or younger student.
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Alternative letter-case form of Koreaboo [(slang, often derogatory) A non-Korean person who is obsessed with Korean culture (especially K-pop or K-dramas).]
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(chiefly Japanese fiction) A calm, aloof, reserved fictional character (usually a girl) who has a hidden soft side, especially for a love interest.
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An artistic movement centred on comics created in France and Belgium (bande dessinée), or by extension Europe, in the style of Japanese comics (manga).
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A Japanese novel primarily targeting young adults, typically illustrated (in an anime/manga style) and containing not more than 50,000 words.
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(informal, chiefly anime and manga) A childlike female character, particularly in the lolicon genre.
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Alternative spelling of lolicon [(uncountable, anime and manga) Attraction (often erotic) to young or young-looking girl characters.]
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Alternative spelling of lolicon [(uncountable, anime and manga) Attraction (often erotic) to young or young-looking girl characters.]
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(uncountable, anime and manga) Erotic or suggestive artwork depicting young or young-looking girls.
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Alternative spelling of lolicon [(uncountable, anime and manga) Attraction (often erotic) to young or young-looking girl characters.]
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(fandom slang) Any of the fictional characters in the television drama Lost who become stranded on a mysterious island.
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(uncountable) An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
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The world or sphere of manga (Japanese comics).
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(fandom slang, usually derogatory) A fictional character, usually female, whose implausible talents and likeability weaken the story.
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(fandom slang) Characteristic of a Mary Sue character.
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(slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
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(Japanese fiction, fandom slang) A moe character with a generic design and no defining personality traits.
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Alternative spelling of moe [(slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.]
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(chiefly Japanese fiction) (by metonymy, coming from meronymy) A fictional character who has cat ears on an otherwise human body, and possibly other feline characteristics such as a tail.
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(Japanese, usually fiction) A rich girl.
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(dated, Internet, sometimes capitalized) A person who claims or believes that their soul is a reincarnation or parallel incarnation of a fictional character (especially, from anime, manga, or video games).
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A story-based video game in which the player attempts to establish a romantic relationship between the female player character and one of several other characters, usually males.
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(slang, often derogatory) A non-French person who is obsessed with France and French culture.
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(chiefly Japanese fiction) A bridal carry.
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An animated work that has many typical characteristics of Japanese animation but is not from Japan.
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Abbreviation of Rule 34. [(Internet slang, fandom slang, informal) The proposition that there are pornographic depictions of anything and everything, especially as fan art on the Internet.]
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A situation in anime and manga in which a woman is the love interest of three or more men.
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Alternative spelling of lolicon [(uncountable, anime and manga) Attraction (often erotic) to young or young-looking girl characters.]
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Alternative spelling of lolicon [(uncountable, anime and manga) Attraction (often erotic) to young or young-looking girl characters.]
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A kind of manga written for an older male audience, generally 18-30 years old.
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(anime and manga, fandom slang) An upperclassman or elder student.
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(chiefly Japanese fiction) A female fictional humanoid character featuring design elements of a ship, such as anchors, naval guns or torpedo tubes. Usually is a namesake moe anthropomorphization of a real life warship.
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(anime, manga) A style of anime and manga intended for young women.
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(anime, manga) Being in the style of shonen comics or animation.
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(uncountable, anime) hentai anime or manga, or other Japanese-inspired erotic art featuring young, usually prepubescent boys. Shortening of shotacon.
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(uncountable, anime) A sexual complex where an adult is attracted to young, typically prepubescent boys, or the fictional depictions thereof.
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Alternative form of shotacon [(uncountable, anime) A sexual complex where an adult is attracted to young, typically prepubescent boys, or the fictional depictions thereof.]
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Alternative spelling of shojo [(anime, manga) A style of anime and manga intended for young women.]
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(neologism, anime, manga) Anime and manga that explore emotional, but largely platonic, homoerotic relationships between women.
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Alternative form of shonen [(anime, manga) A style of Japanese animation and comics aimed at a younger male audience.]
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(slang, anime, manga) A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more males.
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A style of Japanese erotic art
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Alternative form of shonen [(anime, manga) A style of Japanese animation and comics aimed at a younger male audience.]
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(fiction) A type of supernatural ability from the anime and manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, named for the fact that they appear to 'stand' next to their user.
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(fandom slang, otaku culture) amazing, awesome
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(South Korean idol fandom) An older or more experienced idol, viewed as a veteran, mentor, or predecessor.
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A Japanese fashion movement whose adherents dress in pastel colours and styles resembling clothing for young girls.
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(slang, often derogatory) A non-British person who is obsessed with British culture and media; an Anglophile.
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(anime) Japanese-inspired erotic or suggestive art depicting very young children, of toddler age.
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(chiefly Japanese fiction) A cold, nitpicky character, usually a girl, who conceals (without complete success) a bashfulness in the presence of their crush.
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(fandom slang) A fan of the television series Twin Peaks.
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Alternative spelling of Twitard [(slang, derogatory) An avid fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the associated films.]
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(Japanese fiction, fandom slang) A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom.
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A Japanese literary genre that originated in the Heian period. A subgenre of tale-literature, it includes works that combine poetry (waka) with fictional prose narrative.
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(fandom slang, Internet slang) A fictional female character from non-live-action visual media (typically an anime, manga, or video game) to whom one is romantically attracted and/or whom one considers their significant other.
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(fandom slang) Involving or relating to fanwank.
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Alternative letter-case form of wapanese [(derogatory, ethnic slur, dated) Synonym of weeaboo: a person from elsewhere, particularly an unsocial white male, considered overly infatuated with Japanese culture.]
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Alternative form of weeaboo [(fandom slang, derogatory) A non-Japanese person, stereotypically an unsociable white male, who is overly infatuated with Japanese culture; a loser Japanophile.]
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(fandom slang, derogatory) A non-Japanese person, stereotypically an unsociable white male, who is overly infatuated with Japanese culture; a loser Japanophile.
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Short for weeaboo (in both senses). [(fandom slang, derogatory) A non-Japanese person, stereotypically an unsociable white male, who is overly infatuated with Japanese culture; a loser Japanophile.]
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(Internet slang, derogatory) A person who is obsessed with or romanticises the Wehrmacht, sometimes to the point of denying their historical war crimes.
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Alternative letter-case form of westaboo [(slang, derogatory) A non-Western person (especially a Japanese national) who is obsessed with Western culture and media.]
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(fandom slang) A fan of the British improvisational comedy television series Whose Line Is It Anyway? or its American remake.
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(fandom slang) A fictional character, often morally grey or a villain, subjected to constant stress and angst, so as to create pathos within the narrative and increase the reader/viewer's emotional attachment to them.
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(fandom slang) To make into a woobie.
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A member of a fictional race of tall, hairy bipeds in the universe of the Star Wars motion pictures.
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(chiefly Japanese fiction) A character, usually a girl, who has an obsessive and possessive side in regards to their crush, ready to use violent and murderous means to maintain an exclusive bond.
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(anime, manga) A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more men.
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A Japanese literature genre consisting of loosely connected essays and fragmented ideas
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