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{{trope}}
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Also known as ''[[Ofuda]]''. These paper tags are used in [[
Taoists also use a version of the tags called ''[[Fu]]''. In [[
In [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] they can do anything, even [[Made of Explodium|explode]].
The western equivalent would be a conspicuously-placed Rosary or Crucifix.
Closely related to [[Paper Master]], and a form of [[Functional Magic]]. Compare [[Geometric Magic]]
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
* ''[[
▲== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* ''[[
▲* ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi (Manga)|Ai Yori Aoshi]]'' - Taeko the [[Nightmare Fetishist]] papers the entire house with both types of wards when rumors of a ghost pop up.
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
▲* ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'' - Rei, a [[Miko]] as well as a [[Magical Girl]], uses these to complement her magic.
▲* ''[[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (Manga)|Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'' - Kafuka overdoes it (in above picture) when she doesn't want the [[Hikikomori]] to leave her house.
** Also Kafuka [http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1325/szsflvsnapshot030820101.jpg uses the tags] during the [[Magical Girl]] spoof as a shoutout to [[Sailor Moon|Rei]].
* ''[[Negima]]'' - Setsuna is known to use ''[[Ofuda]]'', once used them protect the hotel from [[Onmyodo]] Shikigami <ref>
** [[Cold Sniper|Mana]] also uses a [[Teleportation]] ''[[Sutra]]'' vs [[Ninja|Kaede]] during the [[School Festival|Festival]] [[Arc]], apparently they cost 800,000 yen each ([[It Only Works Once|Single Use]]).
*** Kaede herself uses these in one of her stronger attacks. She throws [[Fuuma Shuriken]] (smaller than ''that'' one, though) to wrap chains around her opponent. Chains with ofuda dangling from the links. If you've seen the series below, you know what comes next...
* ''[[Naruto]]'' - Exploding paper tags can be used as mines, time bombs, or even grenades (if tied to a kunai and thrown). One infamous ninja even attaches them to his ''sword'', and the resident [[Paper Master]] uses them to great effect. Additionally, binding talismans show up every now and again, such as those worn by Ao and the First Hokage's wife, Mito, as well as the seals used to take control of the people [[Unwanted Revival|summoned]] with Impure World Resurrection (Edo Tensei in the Japanese).
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** Ironically, in the games, the Spell Tag item strengthens the power of Ghost-type moves.
*** However, there is another item, the Cleanse Tag, that decreases the wild Pokemon encounter rate if the lead Pokemon in the party is holding it.
** The ''[[Pokémon]]'' Jirachi (who is said to have the power to fulfill wishes) has three paper tags attached to it.
* ''[[
* Marron in ''[[Sorcerer Hunters]]'' uses these to case his spells.
* Several mages/priest in ''[[CLAMP]]'s [[X 1999]]'', most notably Subaru and Seishiro.
* ''[[Dennou Coil]]'' uses these as "metatags", to modify virtual objects.
* ''[[Inuyasha]]''. Buddhist monk Miroku often uses sutras as weapons against demons.
* They pop up from time to time in ''[[
* These have a particularly funny use in the first ''[[Chinese Ghost Story]]'' movie. The unlucky protagonist, having gotten his clothes soaked, accidentally backs into a stall selling these, ending up with six of them stuck to his back (and the inscriptions remaining after the angry shopkeeper peels them off, resulting in another dunking later).
* Jun Tao uses Chinese jufu talismans to control her guardian zombie, Lee Bailong, in ''[[Shaman King]]''.
* In ''[[Rental Magica]]'', [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[Death Dealer]]. Because [[Onmyodo]] adepts can be ''that'' [[Badass]] too.
* ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka
* In ''[[Black Cat (
* The medicine peddler in ''[[Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales]]'' and ''[[Mononoke]]'' throws out an absurd amount from his [[Hyperspace Arsenal|defensive arsenal]] against demons.
* In ''[[Digimon Tamers]],'' Taomon has a ([[Forgotten Phlebotinum|once-used]]) attack that fires a thousand of the things (the explody variety) at her opponent.
* These are used occasionally in ''[[Ranma
* Yamigumo Nami, the resident Miko of ''[[
* Syaoran uses these in ''[[
* In ''[[
* Yui Lee from [[Vampire Princess Miyu]]
* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', the bandages that cover Mukuro's face have ofudas all over them.
* These keep vampires away in ''[[Shiki]]''. At one point they're all over Natsuno's room.
==
* [[Deadpool]]'s enemy T-Ray used pieces of paper with Japanese-looking writing on them to achieve various magical effects. They may have been Ofuda.
==[[ Film]] ==
* The heroine of ''[[Dragon Wars]]'' covers the inside of her house with these after she discovers that her birthmark cum tattoo is glowing. It doesn't actually make that much more sense in context.
* The morticians in the [[Chinese Vampire]] movie [[Mr Vampire]] can paralyze the ''jiangshi'' when they attach these to the creatures' foreheads.
== [[Live
* In ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]],'' Kamdor uses these to turn objects (always blue like his armor) into the [[Monster of the Week]], and to invoke [[Make My Monster Grow]]. For extra anime ninja-ness, he controls them via [[Hand Seals]].
** In ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]],'' Princess Shayla once sealed a [[Monster of the Week]] in this manner in a [[Flash Back]] (said monster was [[Sealed Evil in
== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons
** Oriental magic items included four Charms of Protection (from disease, fire, spirits and theft). They were made of yellow or red paper with inked inscriptions involving supplications or threats toward various deities. They protected any building they were attached to.
* Several Charms of the [[Exalted|Sidereal Exalted]] require the preparation of Prayer Strips, which are then used up by the activation of the Charm.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' - Zuo Ci a Taoist uses 6 tags as his weapon which he swings in a line or dance around him.
** Starting in [[Samurai Warriors]] 2, Kanetsugu Naoe's weapon is a sword and a handful of spell-tags, which he mostly seem to use to shoot [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]...
* These are a major gameplay mechanic in ''[[Izuna
* Reimu and Sanae, the resident [[Miko
** Several characters have ofudas as parts of their outfits: Mokou has them attached to her pants (possibly to make the pants [[Magic Pants|fireproof]]), [[Our Zombies Are Different|Yoshika]] has one on her hat (as a magically-raised zombie/ChineseVampire), and [[Cute Ghost Girl|Tojiko]] has her dress adorned with them (for no apparent reason).
* ''[[
* Show up in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'', in the Arbiter's Grounds miniboss room. You enter to see a huge-ass sword tied down with a bunch of ropes with papers hanging on them. [[Genre Savvy|Every single gamer, viewer and troper instinct]] screams at you not to remove the seals, [[Stupidity Is the Only Option|but of course...]]
* The ''[[Fatal Frame]]'' series uses these to keep certain doors sealed until you find and photograph a specific item to remove the ofuda (in the third game, they're shaped like people), effectively similar to finally finding the proper "key" to "unlock" its door in order to make progress.
* Nu-13 and Mu-12 from ''[[
* They appear in ''[[Corpse Party]]'' on a few doors to prevent you from going in until you find a way to break them.
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