I was actually pretty glad that I’d seen media (notably, shounen anime, but more specifically JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure ) that let me draw some parallels in terms of the in-the-world narrative. That whole “solving problems through punching things/physical confrontation” is totally shounen anime.

You see it in a lot of superhero stories as well, if that helps. Slamming the bad guy through a brick wall doesn’t really make sense in a normal context, but in an old-school superhero story, that’s just how it works. You fight it out to resolve your issue.

Actually, that’s kinda like Greek epics, too, most particularly the Iliad.