Harsh Word Impact: Difference between revisions

== Anime And Manga ==

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' uses this when Chisame, pleading for the existence of at least a couple of [[Ordinary High School Student|Ordinary High School Students]] left in the class, is bluntly told {{spoiler|that Yuuna's father and [[Missing Mom]] are mages}}.

** In ''[[Negima Second Season]]'', Makie gets hit in the head by huge characters for 'Crushed' every time Ayaka yells at her (which is a lot).

* As seen above when [[Bamboo Blade|Miya-Miya]] makes a convincing argument for Satori joining the kendo club -- ignore her horrible grades and get into college by kendo scholarship.

* Happens a lot in ''[[Perfect Girl Evolution]]''. Sunako, in particular, has a tendency to reel back whenever the word 'ugly' gets bandied about. In one particular episode, when this is combined with guilt, she ends up walking around with a lot of 'arrows' stuck in her... until Takenaga delivers a particularly pointed barb that demonstrates that her thoughtlessness was very similar to the same comment that, years back, crushed her self-confidence and turned her into a withdrawn, horror-obsessed loner... at which point a giant arrow descends from space, obliterating the entire mansion. REALLY painful realization, apparently.

* In ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' this happens to Tamaki when he first meets Renge and she calls him "stupid, narcissist, incompetent, commoner, [and] disgusting".

** In another episode, he gets hit with a speech bubble when Haruhi cracks open a crab leg.

** This also happens to Tamaki in the first episode of the live-action adaptation, when Haruhi calls him "annoying".

* In the manga version of ''[[Disney Fairies|Vidia and the Fairy Crown]]'', Vidia shouts directly in the ear of another character, causing the (jagged) speech balloon to go straight [[In One Ear, Out the Other|through his ear canals and come out the other side]].

* Takamizawa gets this treatment in ''[[Midori Days]]'', when Seiji says he doesn't remember him.

* Done a few times in ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', such as an early chapter where Tamama wonders why the Keron invasion was suddenly canceled, and Keroro looks awkward as a caption reading "[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|His Fault]]" appears, with a pointing arrow poking him in the back of the head.

* Happens in the manga version of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', when Botan informs Yusuke that the boy he died saving from a car accident would have been miraculously unharmed if Yusuke hadn't intervened. Yusuke is hit by falling kana as Botan remarks on how pointless his death was, and how stupid he must feel.

* Variation in ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma 1/2]]''. When a scheming guest leaves Soun with a ton of bills to pay, whenever a new debt is mentioned it manifests in the form of an arrow striking him in the back. Eventually, Soun has over a dozen arrows in his back, leaving him paralyzed and twitching on the floor.

* In [[Kung Fu Chaos]], Shao Ting's special move is to scream criticisms down his megaphone as people, which turns the words into a massive laser beam.

* A comedic ''[[Code Geass]]'' manga has Lelouch react this way whenever people talk about his [[Non-Action Guy|lack of physical fitness]]. [[Hot Scientist|Rakshata]]'s out-and-out insulting and [[The General|Tohdoh]]'s attempt to be polite both affect him like a punch to the face, while Suzaku's unintentionally [[Brutal Honesty]] results in actual arrows striking him in the chest and knocking him down.

* ''[[Silver Spoon]]'''s Hachiken becomes Vice-President of the Equestrian Club. Later, they adopt a dog... and name it Vice-President. When the girl Hachiken likes scolded the dog, he reacted like her words were physical blows. With blood splatter and, eventually, explosions.

== Video Games ==

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== Western Animation ==

* ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'': the word "Love" affects the Blue Meanies--especially the Glove--in this manner.