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Next to Themes - setting the backdrop for the protagonists in anime - there are the more detailed plot '''Elements''' that centre on character interactions: "What do characters do to each other or what is done to them?". Is it violent Action, an awe-inspiring Adventure in a foreign place, the gripping life of a Detective, a slapstick Comedy, an Ecchi Harem anime, a SciFi epic, or some Fantasy travelling adventure?

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'''Action''' anime usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. It often contains a lot of shooting, explosions and fighting.

:''Examples: {{a|4189|Chiisana Penguin Lolo no Bouken}}, {{a|820|Ihatov Gensou: Kenji no Haru}}, {{a|26|Juuni Kokuki}}, {{a|150|Oruchuban Ebichu}}

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Anime whose central struggle causes hilarious results. These stories are build upon funny characters, situations and events. A '''comedy''' anime is laced with humour and sets out to provoke laughter from the audience.

:''Examples: {{a|4563|Death Note}}, {{a|266|Detective Conan}}, {{a|642|Tantei Gakuen Q}}''

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'''Ecchi''' is derived from a Japanese word meaning "lewd", "sexy", "lascivious", or "naughty" when used as an adjective, and can refer to sexual intercourse when used as a verb or noun. In English, the term ecchi is applied to anime or manga that has vague sexual content (such as skimpy clothing, partial or full nudity), but does not show sexual intercourse. It's also nearly equivalent to the term fanservice, which is used to refer to elements in a story that are unnecessary to a storyline, but designed to amuse or sexually excite the audience. Ecchi anime most often goes hand in hand with comedy, but not necessarily so. But do not add ecchi to hentai animations where nudity or sexual exposure is to be expected.

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'''Fantasy''' is a form of speculative fiction in which physical laws differ from our own through a reason for which no scientific explanation is offered, or which take place a world wholly different from our own.

:''Examples: {{a|35|Love Hina}}, {{a|2844|Shuffle!}}, {{a|3067|Ichigo 100%}}''

{{eyecatch|Note|Explanation of the 18 subcategories are available here: [[Categories:Elements:Hentai]]}}

:''Examples: {{a|102|Card Captor Sakura}}, {{a|235|Sailor Moon}}, {{a|127|Magic Knight Rayearth}}, {{a|1075|Pretty Sammy}}, {{a|1413|Futari wa Pretty Cure}}''

'''Romance''' describes a story that deals with love between two or more characters typically also having an optimistic ending.

:''Examples: {{a|895|PlanetES}}, {{a|2835|Hachimitsu to Clover}}, {{a|516|Princess Tutu}}''

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'''Science fiction''' stories usually focus on how situations could be different in the future when we are more technologically advanced; due to either our own achievements or having met with other civilizations whom we have learned from.