Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', on the last page of Chapter 597 {{spoiler|Luffy}} says "{{spoiler|The pirate 'Straw Hat Luffy'}} is going on a holiday for a bit", then at the bottom of the page it is announced that the manga is going on a four week break, its longest so far. We get it, [[Eiichiro Oda|Oda]].

** In chapter 627 after a seven chapter long flashback (one of the longest flashback arcs seen so far), {{spoiler|Jinbe}} apologizes to everyone saying it took so long to tell the story. Almost as if Oda was apologizing to the audience for taking so long by having {{spoiler|Jinbe}} say it.

* [[Osamu Tezuka]] is famous for this, at least in his less-serious stories. In the ''[[Black Jack]]'' story "Baby Blues", a teenaged girl brings Jack an abandoned baby, and he asks, "Whose baby is it? Is it yours?" The girl slaps him—but instead of Jack she's slapping Tezuka himself, with the caption ''standing in for the slap''. Tezuka is of course gone by the next panel and the story continues.

* In the ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generations]]'' anime, a direct translation from the game leads to a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-FfN65U1OIM#t=145s hilarious fourth wall breaking moment.]

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