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* In ''[[Ranma ½]]'', an old man named Harumaki has a foot in the grave already, and he can leave his agonizing body temporarily to go and annoy female-Ranma. He takes advantage of his ghostly form (and wispy, snake-like lower "body") by floating everywhere and trailing spirals around her.
* Another [[Rumiko Takahashi]] story, the one-shot ''1 Or W'', shows the protagonist's girlfriend watching him mourn over her body after a nasty accident caused by his kendo team captain. Just as she's about to reenter her body and come back to life, ''the spirit of the kendo team captain'' outraces her and [[Grand Theft Me|possesses her body]], leaving her to [[Wall Glower|fume angrily as a ghost for the rest of the story]]—unless the protagonist can defeat the captain in a match.
* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in ''[[Zatch Bell]]'': {{spoiler|Kiyomaro}} ''[[Back
* Erza in [[Fairy Tail]], after she attempts to sacrifice herself to stop the Etherion from killing Natsu.
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* [[Geist: The Sin Eaters|Sin-Eaters]] who bear one of the [[Elemental Powers|Elemental Keys]] and the Oracle Manifestation get a fun variant of this—they're able to undergo an out-of-body experience and travel wherever they wish. Thing is, to do so, they must take damage in one form or another. Depending on the Key in question, this may involve being buried alive, setting yourself on fire, getting strangled, or drowning yourself in the bathtub. Mind you, if you successfully pull it off, you're healed of all damage once you "snap back."
* Similarly, ''[[Orpheus]]'' split the "Laments" between actual ghosts and living people who were able to project their soul out of their body. Skimmers could do it through meditation, but Sleepers required cryogenic tanks to bring their body to a state of "death" that would allow them to "vacate the premises." In fact, that's how Orpheus got into the "post-life management" business—they were doing extensive research into cryogenics, and discovered an interesting side effect...
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