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Sometimes I wonder if this is just a faulty mindset, from our copyright-obsessed (and thus, money-obsessed culture). It's the same reason everyone is so obsessed with only having "original" ideas. Even though every coincidental similar idea is a sign of our shared, "universal", human experience. There's a reason disparate cultures have so many similar mythologies.

One of the biggest things I noticed from anime, was how so many people can repeat the same idea, and yet every inflection can still be unique. The same premise can be repeated so much, by so many authors/artists, that it creates a new subgenre. "Reincarnated as the villainess in an otome game". "Magical girl team with transformation sequences, fighting monsters every week". "Milquetoast boy gets romantically pursued by a group of girls which often include a tsundere, deredere, dandere, kuudere, oneesama, ojousama, and a childhood friend". "High school girl gets thrown into another world, full of fantastical adventures, while confronting parallels of her inner demons". Every one of those subgenres have been done to death, and yet, each one has several revered "classics" among them.

Don't forget that "Bleach" by Tite Kubo was originally rejected from publication, for being "too similar" to Yu Yu Hakusho. Don't forget that Sailormoon took blatant inspiration from Super Sentai.

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