Red String of Fate: Difference between revisions

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[[File:~~redstring6_8448~~.jpg|link=School Days|frame|Now available in a [[Love Triangle|three way version]], for when one destined love interest just isn't enough.]]

[[File:redstring6 8448.jpg|link=School Days|frame|Now available in a [[Love Triangle|three way version]], for when one destined love interest just isn't enough.]]

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** [[Spiritual Successor]] OVA ''[[Puni Puni Poemi]]'' parodies this with Poemi, who's attached to her friend Futaba. At that moment, Futaba and her sisters are being taken hostage by [[Mars Needs Women|incredibly horny aliens]], and as they get dragged away in a net, Poemi is forcibly dragged to them herself.

* Appears in a flashback of Juri's recollections of her time spent with Shiori and an unnamed male character in ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''.

* In an episode of ''[[Chou Kuse ni Narisou]]'', a gay teacher who mistakenly develops a crush on Nagisa suggests to her that there's a [[Red String of Fate]] connecting them. Nagisa can actually ''see'' the string, and yells at the teacher to cut it out....

* In an episode of ''[[Chou Kuse ni Narisou]]'', a gay teacher who mistakenly develops a crush on Nagisa suggests to her that there's a Red String of Fate connecting them. Nagisa can actually ''see'' the string, and yells at the teacher to cut it out....

* Poemi follows the red string tied to her finger to find her friend Futaba after she is captured in ''[[Puni Puni Poemi]]''.

* Used as an unseen force in ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'' that binds Aoi and Kaoru together. It was part of the premise that their relationship is so unshakable that neither Kaoru's [[Harem]] nor Aoi's old fashioned and powerful family can pull them apart. It was featured in the opening sequence and referred to as Enishi (The bonds that tie) in a conversation between Aoi and Kaoru in the second season.

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** The final shot in the first ED sequence for ''[[Inuyasha]]: The Final Act'' shows a literal red string tied to Inuyasha and Kagome's fingers.

* While not actually shown in the anime, one of the DVD covers for ''[[Happy Lesson]]'' has each one of the male lead's fingers tied with a red string and all the strings being connected to all his mothers' pinkies. He is not amused.

* The red string of fate has a much darker purpose in ''[[Hell Girl]]'', where each client of Enma Ai seals the contract with her by ''untying'' a red string. This sends the object of their vengeance to ~~hell -- and~~ damns the client to go there too, after death. So it's still a destiny bond, but a very different kind...

* The red string of fate has a much darker purpose in ''[[Hell Girl]]'', where each client of Enma Ai seals the contract with her by ''untying'' a red string. This sends the object of their vengeance to hell—and damns the client to go there too, after death. So it's still a destiny bond, but a very different kind...

* The end theme of ''Tsuyokiss'' shows each of the girls naked (it's a [[Fan Service]] show) with a red string tied to one finger.

* Parodied in ''[[Yuria 100 Shiki]]''. The titular [[Sex Bot]] fantasizes about one of these on her finger . . . connecting to Shunsuke's crotch. (The narration remarks that all of her fantasies end up there eventually.)

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* In ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'', Index speculates that the reason why nearly any girl who meets Touma falls in love with him is that his [[Anti-Magic]] right hand, Imagine Breaker, negates the Red String of Fate for other people.

* [[Twincest|Risa and Riku]] of ''[[D.N.Angel]]'' are shown this way in one illustration.

* ''[[Wedding Peach]]'': Played with. Momoko knits a muffler as a present to Yanagiba and [[Imagine Spot~~|Imagine Spots~~]] them wearing it together. In the next frame a thread leads offscreen, and reveals that Yosuke somehow invaded the [[Imagine Spot]] and is also wearing it, [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|much to her displeasure]]

* ''[[Wedding Peach]]'': Played with. Momoko knits a muffler as a present to Yanagiba and [[Imagine Spot]]s them wearing it together. In the next frame a thread leads offscreen, and reveals that Yosuke somehow invaded the [[Imagine Spot]] and is also wearing it, [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|much to her displeasure]]

* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]],'' Madoka giving her red hair ribbons to {{spoiler|Homura}} before {{spoiler|being [[Ret-Gone|Ret Gonned]]}} can be considered a reference to this trope. After {{spoiler|Madoka's disappearance,}} her hair ribbons are {{spoiler|[[Tragic Keepsake|the only thing Homura has left of her]] and the only trace that she ever existed.}}

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== [[Music Videos]] ==

* A rather interesting usage of the [[Red String of Fate]] can be found in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgdc7-ityPs the video] for "Brilliant Star" by [[Nana Mizuki]].

* A rather interesting usage of the Red String of Fate can be found in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgdc7-ityPs the video] for "Brilliant Star" by [[Nana Mizuki]].

* The flash PV of [[IOSYS]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viPZZYYTSIY Make Us Your Brides] plays with the imagery by tying [[Les Yay|Marisa and Reimu to Suika]].

* In the song "Adolescence" by the Vocaloids Kagamine Rin and Len, a mention is made about how it seems Rin and Len's hands are tied together with a thread.

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== [[Web Original]] ==

* ''[[Ilivais X]]'' has a somewhat literal example, with the string being a [[Blood Oath]] signified by shared scars on Mille and Iriana's opposite pinkies. This results in their [[Intertwined Fingers]] moments always accented by their pinkies pressed together instead of intertwined.

* [http://shiveress.deviantart.com/art/Forevermore-142099586 This] lovely piece of art here. Perhaps not a traditional example, but it's there, and it's most likely romantic.