Is there a trope that never works for you?

[ichigomilk]

I wouldn't say never but one trope that rarely works for me is the childhood friend trope. I usually find the childhood friend LI annoying and way too overprotective when MC gets near other guys. If both of those qualities were toned down a bit I probably wouldn't find them as annoying lol. Another trope I don't like as when the LI sees the MC as a replacement. I don't like how a majority of the route is spent on both the MC and LI figuring out if he likes her for who she is or she's just as a replacement.

 

[enren]

I don't like playboys.
Even when they die to protect MC.

 

[chardonnay]

and i'd like to add another one - the whole "you'd be better without me" stuff. come on dude who tf u are to decide what's better for MC? you're not them, don't make a descision for another person when no one ask

 

[muragaki]

and i'd like to add another one - the whole "you'd be better without me" stuff. come on dude who tf u are to decide what's better for MC? you're not them, don't make a descision for another person when no one ask

GOD that's so bad. I hate it, and I hate even more how common this trope is.

Producers, let the MC be unhinged, please. They don't need to be so coddled, much less when they're capable and can think by themselves.

 

[Megha]

Oh man. Looking at the replies, I have more tropes that i don't like that i would've thought lmao

ntr, carrot and stick love interests, step siblings, miscommunication..... i wouldn't necessarily outright stop playing a game if a route does have one of these, but i get seriously irritated lmao

So true, lol

 

[haru-kana]

As for the protagonist, they're the type who refuses to listen to anyone around them, goes off the rails, and ends up causing their own downfall (like getting captured by the enemy) (^-^;
It gets pretty frustrating to play as them.

As for the love interest, he's someone who is overly protective to the point where he won't tell you anything, and he takes self-sacrifice to the extreme.

I suppose that's sometimes unavoidable depending on the story, though.

Also—and this is probably true for a lot of people—there's the issue of the age gap (an adult with a minor). The wider the gap, the more... (;'∀')