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War sucks.
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You CAN have too
many women.
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Smart people wear
glasses.
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Music foreshadows
plot.
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The less you care about sex, the more opportunities you'll
get.
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(Inversely, the
harder you try, the less you'll get.)
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When you die, make a
long speech, and don't finish the last sentence.
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Snow means
love.
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The best teams come
in fives.
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In space, you can
hear everything.
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There's always room
for flashbacks!
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When in China,
listen to your tour guide.
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The good guy always
has the BLUE glow.
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Speak quietly, pilot a big mech.
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Believe in
goddesses.
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Teachers have excellent aim with small objects.
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Vengeance with a
mallet is the sweetest revenge of all.
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Honor is sexy; villainy is irresistible.
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Women are attracted to losers; men are attracted to
ANYTHING.
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The coolest weapon
is still the sword.
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The hero is never really mad until they hurt his
girlfriend.
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Female androids are sexy; male androids are....male
androids.
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The green-haired
alien girl will always betray her people for the man she
loves.
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School uniforms are cool only when the collar is open.
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A show without sexual tension isn't worth watching.
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Love knows no race, species, or logic.
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If it's homemade but tastes bad, grin and bury it
(discreetly).
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Never trust a huge corporation.
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Romance never comes simpler than in a triangle.
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Never fall for the girl who names her mech with a French
name.
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Never fall in love with a psychic.
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You can never have too much hair.
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Sweating is a sure sign of stress.
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Daydreaming leads to accidents.
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Everyone wants to conquer Japan.
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The cute, fuzzy creature isn't what it seems.
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Cherry blossoms mean nostalgia.
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Always take gravity into account.
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Settings and faces are self-generating.
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Losing your temper can be therapeutic.
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There's nothing sexier than high heels on a mech.
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You can never have too many subplots.
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If she sings, she's doomed.
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You always remember the sad endings.
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Double suicide is romantic.
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Outrageous vehicles only make the hero cooler.
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Nothing delays romance like unruly neighbors.
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Fancy ice cream is for girls only.
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The most virtuous character will die.
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Hot water has innumerable benefits.
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No matter how much blood is lost, no one can die by a
nosebleed.
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(The same theory above applies to vomiting.)
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The girl with the curly hair is always the seductress.
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If a sister falls in love with her brother, somewhere down the
line you will discover that they're not blood related.
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The guy in the baseball cap is always more powerful than he
seems.
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All demons/monsters have enormous genitalia.
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All young children can pilot mecha, you just need to give them a
few days.
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It is possible to incorporate martial arts into any aspect of
life.
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All high school kids in Japan have parents that are away on
extended business trips.
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The oldest sister is the nice one, the youngest sister is the
brash one.
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You can do anything to the human body as long as you hit the
right pressure point.
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Consuming enormous amounts of alcohol daily will never have ill
effects.
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All major villains either want to take over the world or blow it
up.
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When someone paints up their face, they mean business.
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Everyone in Japan
has excellent singing voices.
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No matter how many
times you rebuild, Tokyo keeps getting destroyed in a massive
fireball.
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The martial arts
expert is always defenseless against a slap from the girl who loves
him.
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TAKAHASHI'S LAW 1: Food is a powerful motivator.
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When women are sent
out to fight the bad guys, there's always a hunk busily watching
over them, often in secret.
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The longer it takes
to say what your punch is called, the less effective it
is.
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"Baka" does not mean a student going for his baccalaureate
degree.
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The more possessive a woman gets, the less likely she will end
up with the man of her dreams.
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TAKAHASHI'S LAW 2: The two-foot-tall old geezer is someone to be
feared.
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No matter how big
the mech/labor/mobile suit is, if it runs around the corner, the
guy chasing it loses the trail.
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Extraterrestrial,
demons, time travelers, etc. all want to alter the course of
history by letting Oda Nobunaga win.
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The fate of the
planet rests in the hands of the seemingly normal high school
student.
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The heroine must
shred her clothes while transforming into something to fight the
bad guys.
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True evil can never be destroyed, only banished to some nether
realm where it awakes after a few hundred years.
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TAKAHASHI'S LAW 3: When being hit on the head, it's the most
natural thing in the world to tuck your third and fourth fingers in
while keeping the others extended.
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Even the bravest souls can be made weak and helpless by the
sight of a cute little puppy or kitten.
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Never love a Gundam
pilot : you're just destined for disappointment (or a
funeral).
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All persons under
the age of 50 can do a ten foot vertical jump from a standing
position.
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Never trust a guy with shiny teeth
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ESP causes more trouble than it solves
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The vampire isn't _always_ the bad guy
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Nice things can come
out of video stores that appear from nowhere
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Idiot captains win
battles against impossible odds
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Order takeout at
every opportunity--you might get lucky with a wrong
number.
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The police are never anywhere there is a large amount of
property damage.
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All high school principals in Japan are clinically
insane.
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All people with
esper powers give off multicolored auras.
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Just about any outer
space villain has his sights set on destroying the Earth.
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(in conjunction with
#92) No other planet in the universe will be able to stop said
villain except the Earth.
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Any character can make a leap of 300 ft or more if given a good
running start.
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A samurai sword can cut through anything.
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All characters over the age of 60 shrink in height in direct
proportion to their age.
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When uncovering a fabulous treasure, the thing will be large
enough to completely destroy any surrounding structures.
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TAKAHASHI'S LAW #4: An anti-climax is a good climax.
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Anime villians have the best deaths.
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Any love interest will always be possesed by a demon.
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Mallets can be stored anywhere on anybody.
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If the anime has the word "idol" in the title, then you know
that it has to be good.
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Takada Yumi really does sing that bad, and people still buy her
CDs.
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If you make enough porno movies, eventually you can get famous
enough to star in commercials. "Iijima Ai desu! 'Manga manga no
mori mori!!'"
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There is no such
thing as a public anime showing without heckling.
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You can spot how popular a show is by looking at the number of H
doujinshi it has.
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The smartest people
on r.a.a. never post, which is why the conference's overall IQ is
so low.
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If the lyrics to the OP song are printed on the screen, then
you're watching a show that's not for your age group.
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The sexiest girls
are drawn by artists whose last names start with "U".
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The English words in Jpop songs are put there only because they
sound good, since they don't make any sense with the rest of the
lyrics.
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If you post on the MLs more than Hitoshi does, then you probably
post too much.
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The hero always loses the first fight with a new enemy.
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The guys with two earrings are from the Negaverse.
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Don't trust the guys with two earrings.
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Any truly evil
person who changes sides for the woman he loves will die in that
episode.
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You CAN do it, but
only when it's funny or REALLY important.
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You can never have too many carrots.
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Hair comes in every shade of the rainbow - and we do mean pink,
purple, blue, green....
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The song "Cry Me a
River" takes on a whole new
meaning.