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[[File:Sayon1_3273.jpg|link=Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei-sensei|thumb|400px|Overdoing it a bit?]]
 
Also known as ''[[Ofuda]]''. These paper tags are used in [[Useful Notes/Shinto|Shinto]] and [[Onmyodo]] for purification and exorcisms or as wards. They are sometimes used with [[Shide]] <ref> the [[Zigzag Paper Tassel]] you see people hanging in [[Anime]] or carrying around</ref>, and most commonly at [[Shrines and Temples|Shinto Shrines]] or by [[Miko|Mikos]].
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== [[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.
* ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'' - Rei, a [[Miko]] as well as a [[Magical Girl]], uses these to complement her magic.
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei (Manga)-sensei|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> paper demons</ref> during the Kyoto arc.
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*** 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.
* ''[[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Darkstalkers]]'' - Lei-Lei uses the Taoist variant since she's a jiangshi.
* 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 ''[[Ghost Hunt (Manga)|Ghost Hunt]]'' - both the Miko and the Buddhist Monk of the team can make them. They're usually used to create barriers against evil spirits, or contain and redirect same.
* 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 Dede]]'''s [[Onmyodo|onmyoji]] Abe no Yasuaki and [[Expy|Abe no Yasutsugu]] use these; the effect varies from creating energy shields to exorcism to just plain stopping some [[Small Annoying Creature|annoying]] [[Sleep Mode Size]]'d [[Youkai]] from following them around.
* In ''[[Black Cat (Mangamanga)|Black Cat]]'', Shiki (ambiguously an AU Onmyoji) uses these with [[Ambiguous Gender|his/her]] Tao.
* 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 One Half]]'' most noticeably in the story arc with the Oni.
* Yamigumo Nami, the resident Miko of ''[[Silent Möbius (Manga)|Silent Möbius]]'' uses ofuda along with holy water to do magic, ranging from barriers to putting down lesser monsters.
* Syaoran uses these in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]''...both to defeat Clow Cards and (once) to set Touya's jacket on fire.
* In ''[[Bloody Cross (Manga)|Bloody Cross]]'', Hinata uses paper talismans in most of his spells.
* Yui Lee from [[Vampire Princess Miyu]]
* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', the bandages that cover Mukuro's face have ofudas all over them.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* 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 Aa Can|uncanned]] at the episode's beginning.)
 
== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
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* ''[[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 Legend of the Unemployed Ninja|Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja]]''. Talismans can be used directly to cast spells or stuck onto equipment to customize it.
* Reimu and Sanae, the resident [[Miko|Mikos]] of the ''[[Touhou]]'' series, use their ofudas as ammo against the many [[Youkai]] they fight.
** 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).
* ''[[KikiKiKi Kai KaiKaiKai]] ~ Nazo no Kuro Manto'' (a.k.a. ''Pocky and Rocky'') has player character Sayo-chan / Pocky, a [[Miko]] who uses ofuda as ranged weapons and an ō[[Zigzag Paper Tassel|nusa]] as a melee weapon.
* 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 ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' both have several red talismans hanging from their cloaks. [[Faux Symbolism|They don't seem to do anything special, though, and disappear along with the cloaks as soon as they get into their battle armor.]]
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