Sentence examples for no climax from inspiring English sources

Yaoi is a self-derogating acronym derived from the Japanese phrase "yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi" ("no climax, no point, no meaning"), which was coined in the nineteen-eighties to identify sentimental stories about beautiful adolescent boys.

It's a process with no climax.

There is no climax, no great revelation.

The movie has no climax, no payoff that matters.

The piece builds and then ebbs away, with no climax.

"Slacker" has no plot, no climax and no Hollywood three-act structure — yet it will suck you in completely.

The singer gives us no climaxes, almost no cadences — that is, no built-in drama.

(He does like to play, too, as is evident in the joyful, goofy, almost-no-action climax that comes complete with disguises, running engines and slashed car tires).

Cue, surely, a hell-hath-no-fury climax that will put to shame Carrie, Kill List, Medea, Enough, Lipstick, She-Devil and I Spit on Your Grave.

There is no big climax to the story, no payoff, no satisfying "story arc" in the approved screenplay sense.

Perhaps in yet another example of 'franchise building,' the film has no real climax for our protagonist and no arc of any kind for any of its characters.