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{{trope}}
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Also known as ''Mimikaki'', ear cleaning is a mostly Asian practice, as generally Asian peoples' ear wax is harder and more lumpy than westerners'. It uses an [
It's a pleasant experience akin to having one's back scratched, and the sight of someone cleaning out another's ears is almost always an indication of a close, warm relationship.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* As shown in the image above, Kagami does this to her sister Tsukasa in ''[[
** One of the character sketches in the manga shows the twins' mother Miki holding an ear pick while asking her husband to come closer.
* In ''[[Ranma ½
* Similarly, in [[Rumiko Takahashi]]'s earlier series ''[[
* ''[[Darker
* The ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena
* Chie-sensei in the first episode of ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* [[Meido|Tomomi]] does this off for Kouichi in ''[[
* Bes and Karala pull this off towards the end of ''[[
* Elda does the for her son in ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* Done by Vanilla for Kokomo in one ''[[Galaxy Angel (
* Rather unusually done for Manji by Rin in ''[[
* One of the (very many) outlandish schemes to conquer Earth in ''[[
* There was a scene in a much earlier anime, where a maker of traditional wooden earpicks is almost phased out by a newfangled invention, the Mimikaki Machine. Resembling a sewing machine with a woman's folded legs at its base and a mounted earpick over it, the horrific implications became clear as the machine was turned on, and subsequently started bucking and jabbing up and down like an unbalanced washing machine.
* Occurs in ''[[
* Source of a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] in the manga ''[[Manga/Osuteki Darling|Osuteki Darling]]''. Protagonist Seri's brother-in-law wants to clean his wife's ears. She refuses, then says with a blush "The inside of my ears... are for Seri only." He then slowly turns to Seri and declares "You're my enemy!"
* In ''[[
* One ending stinger panel of ''[[Detective Conan
* ''[[
* Sana from ''[[
* In a sweet subversion of ''[[Futari Ecchi
* In the second season of ''[[Ah!
* Atsushi's fiancee does this to him in a chapter of ''[[Higanjima]]''
* ''[[
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'''Ren''': (thinking to herself) [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|... Foreplay?]] }}
* Otae does this to her future grandfather-in-law in ''[[Gintama]]'' in a show of how perfect a wife she would eventually be for the Yagyuu heir. And then she pulls out a really large blob of...stuff from the old man's ear. Horrified, and with some effort, she shoves it back in.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* You must do this to have sex (or [[Shout
* During Lisianthus' path in ''[[
* In Miki's route in ''[[
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[[Category:Cleanliness Tropes]]
[[Category:Ear Cleaning]]
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