EVEN MOYASHIMON FAILS ME
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In an attempt to think of an anime opening that has none of these elements, I thought of... Honey and Clover. And only Honey and Clover. Help?
edit:// Thought of some that might be technically cheating.
Almost works until you get to the last scene where they all turn around and face the camera. I also feel like the only reason this OP isn't trope-y as hell is because they used... cutouts....
Bakemonogatari's "Stable Staple" is so close, but it's kind of cheating beacuse 1) walking person with wind, and 2) Bakemonogatari had like eight hundred different openings.
THOUGH REALLY SINCE THE CAMERA IS A CHARACTER AND YOU SEE THE CAMERA LENS... IS THAT AN EYE CLOSEUP?
lihsa points out Youjouhan:
And Kuragehime:
And on weatherfront's suggestion:
EVEN IF CROMARTIE'S OP MAY CONTAIN A TROPE OR TWO, YOUR ARGUMENT WILL ALWAYS BE INVALID, etc etc.
What shocks me is that even visually different anime (SHAFT series, Kaiba, Ghost Hound, FLCL) had hidden examples of these tropes or sometimes just completely blatant examples of these tropes. THIS REALLY IS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.