Y'all keep calling every shonen a 'battle anime' and it's driving me nuts

I was in a thread about Fruits Basket last night and someone called it a battle anime because Tohru fights her emotions. That's not what the term means. The battle genre is for stuff like Dragon Ball or One Piece where physical fights drive the story, not internal conflicts. Has anyone else noticed people throwing around genre labels wrong or am I just being too picky?

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parker_bell2mo ago

Tohru fights her emotions is a metaphor, not a genre.

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jakewhite2mo ago

People are calling everything battle anime now and it makes NO sense.

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