Quote Originally Posted by Absimiliard View Post
The poster I replied to specifically cited real world examples. Hence why it was mentioned. You could clearly see this in the post already.

In any case, my point is this: it's overdone. The power of friendship is in all manner of anime, it has found its way into western media with increasing frequency, and it's all over many video games too. There are other tropes out there they could be putting to use.
With increasing frequency? My man, have you ever READ comic books? Even the original comics had it in spades.