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An Anime That I’d Love to Watch

I hate sports.

But you know what I love?

Sports anime.

I don’t know why, I just think they’re cool.

You know what else I love? (You probably don’t know)

Dance.

Specifically contemporary and modern dance. It’s the one “sport” I’ve felt like I’m actually good at and really enjoy. I’m a member of my school’s dance team (non-competitive), and we recently had a performance, and I realized something; dance teams, or at least my dance team, is like a team for a sports anime. Maybe not all dance communities (some different genres can have really toxic cultures), but at least the one I’ve always been a part of.

Which is part of why I want to see a contemporary (non-competitive) dance high school sports anime. It can work.

In my experience, everything feels like a part of a sports anime, despite not being competitive (I imagine the two have different cultures, though a competitive dance anime could have a lot of drama). There are real life tropes which I have witnessed, and room for some.

- The seniors (I’m American, ignore me) act really serious about everything and like they’re gonna die because it’s their last year;basically the same as 3rd years in sports anime

- The character growth is the same. I had a fucking character arc. I had that cool moment where I could finally do the thing, and it felt the exact fucking same

- While my dance crew tries to not take everything too seriously, we can get a bit worked up about our shows and take them seriously because we take ourselves seriously and want to show what we can do

- Nevertheless, the stakes can be a bit high

- We have had a few small darkest hour(s), nothing to big, but some stress has been caused

- There is always a big inspirational speech. You don’t even know how many motivational speeches I have heard over the years like holy shit. It’s not a show without a speech

- We scream and cheer backstage after a really good show/final show of the season

- You can have solos in dance, but a lot of them are team efforts, and if they aren’t dramatic, dance teams can be really close knit and kind of familial. We take care of each other and support each other. We are like the anime sports teams who talk about the power of friendship

- Cheering on your teammates during a moment of truth

- We’re slightly melodramatic at times

- Dance isn’t considered a sport by many, so we’re in a kind weird place as the school dance team. Kind of ignored a lot and sometimes underappreciated. The underdogs

- We’ve had training montages

- No one gives a shit about the sophmores and juniors (well, okay, juniors are taking over after the seniors graduate and they have to learn responsibility about being captains and stuff. Dance teams have captains btw)

- Probably some more stuff

While I haven’t seen these that much in real life, I don’t think anyone acts like how characters do in sports anime, but these tropes can still work in a (performative) dance setting:

- Flashbacks bitch (I think I actually had a dramatic flashback about my tragic dance backstory, because everyone has one)

- Big dramatic moments at the climax of the dance

- The world slows down dramatically

- Angst. Scream at the sky. Cry a bit. Team hugs of encouragement

- The old champ comes back to teach the team some stuff, but they’re also really sad because they can’t do dance anymore (rings true for some people actually. Like, I know girls who had to quit because their legs/ankles got really f-ed up)

- Everything has stakes and drama

- Dance prodigy bitch

- If it’s competitive, you can have all that stuff between the two teams. Dancers take shit seriously. They don’t fuck around

- We don’t panic about exams, but we definitely bitch about them. Some people come to practice looking like they’re dead inside

- Explaining dance techniques and the art itself (which I’d actually love to see, since it’s pretty complicated sometimes and technique is important)

- Half of the other tropes I need to remember

- The important thing is that dance can be just as over-the-top, dramatic, angsty, and slightly dumb as any other sport thing.

- (Not to mention how dance is a full group effort in the fact that we also have to work with the backstage crew, who should also have their own anime)

Basically, there should be a contemporary dance sports anime. I might make a second post on this subject, but this is what I have so far.

Might even make some ideas for it, mainly as examples of how many tropes my dance community shares with sports anime.

What if Dragon Ball Z was a Martial Arts Dance Anime?

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>Vegeta couldn’t be bothered to dance until they powered up

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