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A ''sarashi'' is a long, winding strip of cloth, usually thick cotton, wrapped tightly around the midriff up to the chest. Historically worn under kimono both by [[Samurai]] (to resist injury) and by women (for more "obvious" reasons, particularly in eras when [[Suppressed Mammaries|a slim figure was considered fashionable)]], the sarashi's samurai associations have made them a near-universal symbol of toughness in Japan.
While common in anime -- [[Japanese Delinquents|delinquents]] (particularly in classic, older series) will often be seen wearing one under their coat or unbuttoned shirt as a visible cue as to their general level of bad-assery—this is a general Japanese cultural trope, often found in [[Real Life]] and applicable to women as well as to men. For female characters, however, a Sarashi may also serve as an accessory to a [[Costume Inertia|potentially boring outfit]], as an aid to [[
Of course, if it's a female samurai,<ref>"Onnabugaisha", which extends to all female warriors, is the proper term because "samurai" should only be used for males, as it was in the Sengoku Period</ref> a sarashi is pretty much a given.
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== Anime
* ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]''
** Ryuunosuke wears a ''sarashi'' not only to demonstrate her tough, combative nature but also as a substitute for the bra her father wouldn't let her wear.
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*** Unless you want to keep them sterile.
** Kurenai almost seems to wear bandages in lieu of underwear, as her arms, torso, and upper thighs are all wrapped.
* Akira Okuzaki from ''[[
* Goemon from ''[[Lupin III]]'' wears this.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''
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* In ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'', Fuu is occasionally seen wearing one.
* Sun when she crashed Nagasumi and Lunar's [[Shotgun Wedding]] in ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid
** Harry Tribeca, being the leader of a gang of [[Delinquent]]s, wears this under a long coat as part of her Barrier Jacket.
** Micaiah Chevelle also has this as part of her Barrier Jacket. In her case, she's a [[Samurai]] [[Miko]].
* Rem from ''[[Death Note]]'' wears one.
== Films -- Animation ==
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== Live Action TV ==
* Kari of the ''[[
** Careful, though. [[Nightmare Fuel|It's possible to rip your nipples off that way.]]
*** Most of us know you use a reversed (sticky side away from flesh) layer to avoid this.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* The githyanki of ''[[Dungeons
** Ember, the iconic monk, wears one as well.
* One Eldar Farseer model for ''[[Warhammer
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== Web Comics ==
* Yuuki from the webcomic ''[[Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki]]'' ''tried'' to use the [http://www.sgvy.com/archives/Edda2/Issue1/Page2.html bandage bra] version to flatten her (well, actually, ''[[Gender Bender|his]]'') heroic "assets" but had to give up because she couldn't breathe.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828165203/http://kitsune.rydia.net/comic/page.php?id=63 Kit] in ''[[Fey Winds]]''.
* [http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0186.html Karen] from ''[[Keychain of Creation]]''.
* Natani, a wolf assassin from ''[[Twokinds]]''.
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* It was the fashion in the late 80's-early 90's for Japanese "gangster girls" to wrap their chests.
* It has become common among female cosplayers to use a sarashi to conceal their chests for cosplaying male characters (or [[Viewer Gender Confusion|Sheik]]).
** Same goes for quite a few [[
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