Highschool setting.
Cute mascot character that makes perverted jokes about the underage characters.
The super intelligent and capable rival character that is Machiavellian and treats the other characters like garbage but is still treated with respect and awe by the other characters because they're so smart and capable.
The characters are constantly repeating themselves and stating the obvious.
The deaths are so twisted like the Joker.
Transphobia.
"Women just don't understand male friendship!"
I don't like the artstyle. There's something "2010s ahegao hoodie" about it.
Anyway, this rant is 16 years late but I just wanted an excuse to talk about anime tropes that I hate.
I learned Japanese and I hate anime. My biggest gripe about anime is the absolute awful way women are treated in most of them. Like yeah tons of fanservice in western stuff but I hate the male gazey way they go about it. There are ways of doing fan service without just having constant groping and tit or figure shots. In most anime the women characters barley have a personality or any skills, even if they do they are often shunted to the side to make way for all the men characters in spite of their proficiency. Its like im watching a show made from 50's America posters. "Back to the kitchen woman" type shit. holy fucking shit its so bad and so constant. Anime in the early 90's/late 80's and modern anime are better at it SOMETIMES.
An anime thats really good about it is 薬屋のひとりごと (Apothecary diaries). Women are the main characters of that show and them being pushed off or ignored is part of the hardships that they face. Women are allowed to be beautiful and cute and attractive without it being the entirety of their character and each introduction of them just close up shots of their tits in a new revealing outfit.
Anime is an immensely hard watch for me and i've taken to literally RESEARCHING FEMINIST ARTICLES IN JAPANESE to find ones that treat women halfway decent. Even then they can be pretty bad because of how serious the feminist movement in japan is seen. Women trying to fight for the right to keep their name in marriage being seen as a ridiculous demand by EVEN WOMEN IN POLITICS bghgbgbhg.
少女革命ウテナ (Revolutionary girl Utena) is another good one that treats its women with respect while breaking expectations placed on them. カウボーイビバップ (Cowboy beepop) is mostly good at its portrayals, even having a character with a complicated relationship with her gender.
I've watched so many anime because of my friends being weebs and also because of my Japanese studies. I promise if you have a favorite anime you think is exempt chances are you're forgetting all the sucky moments. One of my friends tried to show me 3 anime they thought were clear only for them not to be, and one to be the worst I'd seen in AWHILE..
Tl;DR Anime generally treats women horribly and its extremely hard to watch or enjoy