Glove Slap: Difference between revisions

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In a society where people, by and large, agree not to engage in random acts of violence with each other, a story can be restricted by the fact that, well, everybody's kind of agreed not to engage in random acts of violence with each other. The Glove Slap is an end-run around this. The process of slapping someone with a white, preferably lacy glove is in itself so polite and dignified that it somehow seems socially acceptable that the natural outcome of the slap is a [[Duel to the Death]].

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', Tsukuyomi challenges Setsuna to a match of swords by removing her Victorian-style glove and tossing it almost playfully at Setsuna. Setsuna merely snatches it out of the air. Later [[Class Representative|Ayaka]] uses this on Kuu Fei.