r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Uma-apreciator • Sep 08 '26

Personality The character unexpectedly transitions to a goofy art style.

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Oguri Cap (Uma Musume Cinderella Gray)

Nijika Ijichi (Bocchi the Rock)

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u/Remixman87 Sep 08 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/2vWAcpyDd7T5S
Surprisingly no one has yet to mention the star staple to the trope Umaru.

Umaruun~

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u/Fl_Funky_Jam Sep 08 '26

Turns into a goblin so hard she's literally unrecognizable.

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u/BlatantConservative Sep 09 '26

Very relatable. My actual sister did the exact same shit when we were in high school.

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u/Beledagnir Sep 09 '26

My 30-year-old sister-in-law can do it to this day.

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u/zenoob Sep 08 '26

For anyone willing to read, there's a sweet yet heartbkrealing story behind Umaru. I'm not a fan so I might've understood things wrong tho. Anyway :

Umaru is based on the author's real life younger sister. Unfortunately, said real life sister passed away during the publication of the manga and the author powered through it all and only revealed everything years later.

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u/Russell-Sprouts3 Sep 08 '26

The one line where the creator describes Umaru as proof that his sister lived and that by remembering her you remember his sister is burned into my brain, it’s so tragically beautiful.

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u/BlatantConservative Sep 09 '26

Umaru always reminded me of my actual sister (put together outside, slob at home, very demanding) so that story made me sob for sure.

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u/pistolpete76x Sep 08 '26

This is true

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u/Sleeper-- Sep 09 '26

I was enjoying the show when I went online to find if it's over or will it have more seasons, only to find out Abt this, after that I couldn't bring myself to watch this show for a while, just imagining what the author went through... I am happy that his sister will now live through the memories of Umaru we have....

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u/Confedehrehtheh Sep 08 '26

Gonna be honest, I thought that was just her animation. My only exposure to Umaru has been her in gremlin mode apparently

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u/oofty_goofty_ Sep 09 '26

It's a fun anime. It's worth watching, as someone who doesn't even watch a lot of anime

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u/Confedehrehtheh Sep 09 '26

I didn't watch much of anything since like 2010 until the beginning of this year. I've been catching up on stuff I just never saw from that time. Might have to add it to the list

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u/alkmaar91 Sep 08 '26

The gremlin herself

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u/ToplessHarpist Sep 09 '26

I'm surprised I had to scrool so far to find Umaru.

Umaruuun~

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u/Monitoring2Time Sep 09 '26

My only exposure to this character was from Socksfor1's friend Blaza

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u/Mrfish31 Sep 09 '26

Gonna be honest, having only seen some images of the show online, I legitimately did not know she had a "normal" form and thought the entire show was animated like that

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u/Vast_Scratch_6670 Sep 09 '26

Legit came to.post.this . She was at the BOTTOM

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u/Daiwon Sep 09 '26

Well the trope is "unexpectedly" and umaru is a gremlin from the very start.