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The concepts of ''sempai'' ("senior" or "upperclassman"; pronounced "sempai") and ''kouhai'' ("junior" or "underclassman") permeate Japanese society. They're most usually encountered in [[Anime]] in situations set in school, but the system also applies after graduation in the workplace. Older students (or workers with greater seniority) are known as ''sempai'', and junior students/workers (or ''kouhai'') are required to defer to them, and address them with the [[Japanese Honorifics|honorific]] -''sempai''. In return, the ''sempai'' is obligated to look out for, and protect, the ''kouhai''.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'', Hikaru calls Roy (who was a more senior pilot in Hikaru's family airshow) ''sempai''.
** In ''[[Robotech]]'', this is changed to Rick calling him "Big Brother," which is not quite the same.
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* Much to Kyon's delight in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Kanae addresses him as Sempai. Haruhi lampshades this extremely quickly. Kyon is also very protective of her, and treats her like his little sister.
** As of Chapter 32, Kanae also refers to {{spoiler|Haruhi as 'Suzumiya-sempai'}}, which seems to provoke an interesting reaction...
* In ''[[Drunkard's Walk]] VIII'', main character Doug Sangnoir compares the self-organizing social structure of [[Harry Potter|Hufflepuff House]] to multiple levels of sempai-kohai relationships, with almost everyone ion the house having both a mentor and someone whom they mentor.
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