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{{trope}}
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In Japan, the ''[
In anime, a character's tolerance of seiza immediately separates those who possess charm and grace from those who merely want to show that they do. Any character who lacks sufficient natural dignity must then undergo a heroic battle not to squirm, fidget, or otherwise show any sign of the agony that she is in.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' had an episode that played on this: neither Usagi nor Chibiusa was able to last through a tea ceremony, while their slapstick attempts to remain dignified highlighted the [[Victim of the Week]]'s "pure heart."
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** Said teacher was also only [[Improbable Age|ten years old]].
*** ''Said teacher'' also used improperly-created magical copies of himself to hold down the fort while he went out on some magical errand. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* ''[[Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]'': Yasuna and Hazumu can sit in ''seiza''; Tomari and Asuta can't.
* In the ''[[Ranma
* In ''[[
* Yuuki in ''Mugen Densetsu Takamagahara Dream Saga'' uses seiza as a punishment.
* Happened in the animated version of ''[[Yoake Mae Yori
* Happens as a punishment to Lavi and Allen in ''[[D
* In ''The Sighs of [[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' light novel, when the cast films in [[Big Fancy House|Tsuruya's house]], Kyon tries to imitate Yuki, who is sitting in what's described as seiza. He can't take it for more than a couple of minutes.
* ''[[Asagiri no Miko]]'', episode 17. The two junior members of the cast fidget and squirm in the seiza, while the rest hold their position with grace.
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* When the title character of ''[[Hikaru no Go]]'' takes the exam to become an insei, his mother is convinced that he will fail, seeing that the boy "can't sit seiza for five minutes". Had seiza been a criteria for Go ability, she would have been right.
** Amusingly, he DOES wind up maintaining seiza for the duration of his exam - solely because he becomes so absorbed in the game that he forgets about the discomfort. Immediately after the game is over, he collapses from leg-cramps.
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* The protagonist of ''[[Skip Beat
* We get shown a short scene in ''[[
* In the first half-season's opening credits of ''[[
* Pictured above: Erika in episode 7 of ''[[Heartcatch Pretty Cure]]''.
** Also, we have a brief moment like this in episode 5 of ''[[Smile Pretty Cure]]''.
* In ''[[Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual]]'', the [[PMC|Earth Defense Force]]'s inexplicable Traditional Japanese Obaa-Sama at one point drags most of the main cast into some Flower Arrangement training on the reasoning that 'During times of war, it is doubly important to maintain a high level of culture'. The training includes sitting in Seiza, and while all the girls manage just fine, [[Ordinary High School Student]] Kazuki almost instantly collapses as his feet fall asleep. Followed seconds later by [[Mad Scientist]] Ken Sanada. How [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|Ken's daughter]], Mitsuki, wound up being so comfortable with Seiza is somewhat of a mystery. The other two girls, however, are easily explained, since one of them is from an old Japanese family, and the other is an [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Alien Bioroid]] [[Energy Being]] [[Cloudcuckoolander]], who most likely can't [[Feel No Pain|feel pain]] anyway.
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* Extremely averted in ''[[Undocumented Features]]'', where anyone who has need to get into seiza will do so without squirming or any other problems. In another Eyrie work, ''[[Neon Exodus Evangelion]]'', the main characters can even get into seiza in the
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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