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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.
Technically they're not underage, which I only bring up because it's an extremely silly twist that they're all actually multiple years older than they think they are. Somehow these teenagers haven't noticed years of growth
Oh right, I forgot.
This is the first anime defense that starts with "Technically they're not underage" but doesn't end in the obvious way. How novel. ๐