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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. |
* 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. |
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** 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. |
** 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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* ''[[20th Century Boys]]'': Shouhei Chouno is kneeling in front of the portrait of his legendary grandfather. He's been trying to follow in the grandfather's footsteps and has so far been a failure. He vows to keep trying, and starts to stand up to stride off dramatically, only to find that his legs have gone to sleep. |
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* The protagonist of ''[[Skip Beat]]'' breaks her ankle shortly before one of these. All in all, she does pretty well, right up until she faints from the pain. |
* The protagonist of ''[[Skip Beat!]]'' breaks her ankle shortly before one of these. All in all, she does pretty well, right up until she faints from the pain. |
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* We get shown a short scene in ''[[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun]]'' during the Midsummer Festival, where Mikoto, Uiharu and Saten are all participating in a tea ceremony with Saten sweating and squirming in her seat. The other two don't look to have any problems. |
* We get shown a short scene in ''[[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun]]'' during the Midsummer Festival, where Mikoto, Uiharu and Saten are all participating in a tea ceremony with Saten sweating and squirming in her seat. The other two don't look to have any problems. |
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* In the first half-season's opening credits of ''[[Hanasaku Iroha]]'', there is a scene where Ohana and Nako, dressed in kimonos, are getting up from the seiza position and, while Nako gets up normally, the much less experienced Ohana crumbles down with a painful face expression. |
* In the first half-season's opening credits of ''[[Hanasaku Iroha]]'', there is a scene where Ohana and Nako, dressed in kimonos, are getting up from the seiza position and, while Nako gets up normally, the much less experienced Ohana crumbles down with a painful face expression. |
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