@Narf Fair, but I'd say that's basically within the 99% error margin.
Babies CAN be cute...when they're not being annoying pieces of shit crying all the time. (Puppies and kittens are always better, ofc). It's just, manga takes away the part where they're annoying.
Same with tsunderes, I'd say. I CAN see why some people would think a girl who just can't quite be honest with her feelings is "cute" (I'm pesonally more a fan of the honest approach, but hey). But, again, in manga they 99% of the time go for the physically violent or at least verbally abusive type. Very rarely is it the "moderate" sort.
So...yeah. 99% of what's displayed in it as "cute" is really not irl.
I mean, my biggest childhood disappointment was watching Heidi and similar animes and thinking "man, rolling around in the mountain, so nice". Yeah... Except bugs. And grass stains. And animal shit camouflaged in the grass.