But wait, isn’t anime also the medium in which super-agile heroes can leap, spin, and contort however necessary to dodge the attacks of the series’ bad guys?
So why can’t they dodge those hammer attacks, like the one shown here?
One of the trope’s pioneers explains why the star of his hit anime can go toe-to-toe with criminals, but gets smacked around by his female partner.
Answer: It’s not that he ‘can’t’ dodge it, it’s that he doesn’t dodge it.