
dōjinshi ( 同人誌): A fan-made or amateurly produced work such as a parody, fan fiction or manga.


Comiket ( コミケット, Komiketto, "comics market"): One of the largest trade fairs for dōjinshi comics, held twice a year in Ariake, Tokyo.aniparo ( アニパロ): A slang term for the parodic use of anime characters by fans, a portmanteau of "anime" and "parody".shōnen ( 少年, "young man"): Anime and manga intended for the adolescent male demographic.shōjo ( 少女, "young woman"): Anime and manga intended for the adolescent female demographic.seinen ( 青年): Anime and manga intended for the adult male demographic.kodomo ( 子供) or kodomomuke ( 子供向け): Anime and manga for children.josei ( 女性, "woman"): Anime and manga intended for the adult female demographic.Yandere are usually, but not always, female characters.

Yandere characters are mentally unstable, deranged, and use violence or emotional abuse as an outlet for their emotions. The term is a portmanteau of the words yanderu ( 病んでる), meaning (mentally or emotionally) ill, and deredere ( でれでれ, "lovey dovey"), meaning to show genuinely strong romantic affection.

dojikko ( ドジっ子): A cute girl who tends to be clumsy.Several entries on this list are examples. any stock character, usually female, who is distinguished by interacting with their love interest in a certain way. -dere ( デレ): An umbrella term for all words with the suffix i.e.Their name is a portmanteau of danmari ( 黙り), meaning silence, and deredere, "lovey dovey" ( でれでれ). They are afraid to talk, fearing that what they say will get them in trouble. dandere ( ダンデレ): A stock love interest who is quiet and asocial."middle two disease"): typically used to describe early teens who have delusions of grandeur and have convinced themselves they have hidden knowledge or secret powers. In Japan, it refers to youth with such characteristics, while in Europe and the Americas, it has become a generic term for attractively androgynous males of all ages. bishōnen ( 美少年, "beautiful boy", sometimes abbreviated bishie): Japanese aesthetic concept of the ideally beautiful young man: androgynous, effeminate or gender-ambiguous.bishōjo ( 美少女, "pretty girl"): Beautiful young woman.ahoge ( アホゲ, "idiot hair"): Refers to any noticeable strand of hair which sticks in a different direction from the rest of an anime/manga character’s hair.
