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#The players take turns coming up with words beginning with the final syllable of the previous word;

 

This game is also played in many other countries, usually replacing the "syllable rule" with a "letter rule" (i.e.: the next word has to begin with the last letter of the previous word), since most languages use letters instead of syllables for writing, and eliminating the "N rule". A common English variant is "Alphabet," where they think up words in alphabetical order (i.e.: "Apple," "board," "cart," etc until Z).

 

* The first episode's Post Episode Trailer for ''[[Sola]]'', where Yorito keeps coming up with names of clouds.

* Happens in an episode of ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'', when the group are sitting around watching Miyako's apartment leak.

* This happens in ''[[Kanon]]'' (both the game and the anime), with Yuuichi and Mai. Since Mai keeps adding "[[Honorifics|-san]]" to animal names, she always loses.

* In the final episode of ''[[Planetes]]'', {{spoiler|Hachimaki proposes to Tanabe ("Kekkon shiou")}} during a Shiritori game. {{spoiler|She accepts ("Un!"), losing the game in the process.}}

** Shiritori <small>[[Recycled in Space|WITH GUNDAM]]</small>!

* In ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', Keroro, Tamama, and Giroro play this in the episode where they visit Grandma Hinata at her house in the country.

* The game shows up a few times in ''[[Go Go Sentai Boukenger]]'', the first and most notable instance being when four of the five team members are trapped in a snowfall in their mecha. They were so confident Satoru was going to rescue them that they figured they may as well pass the time with a game.

* In ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'', Nagisa and Mepple end up playing ''shiritori'' while hiding from the goon squad on a subway station after the villains manage to separate them from Honoka. Due to Mepple's [[Verbal Tic]] ("mepo") Nagisa has to come up with words that start with "po", until Mepple tells her that "ho" is okay too. Of course, the only word Nagisa can think of is [[Tear Jerker|"Honoka"]]... which leads to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|major ass-kicking]].

* Kane, Millie and Canal play this in the ''[[Lost Universe]]'' episode ''The Bathroom Disappears''. After a while, they reach a point where any word Canal suggests causes the other two to come up with a word that reminds them of the fact that the bathroom has disappeared.

* In ''[[Nichijou]]'', Yuuko is particularly bad at shiritori, often falling afoul of the N rule. In a drawing-based variant while passing notes to Mio during class, she draws [[Superman]] and notices that she will lose since it ends with N. She tries to correct this by changing it to Superman''s'', but Mio doesn't buy it and crosses out the "s" and the extra Supermen she drew in a hurry.

** A few episodes later, while the girls are trapped inside an elevator, they start playing shiritori to pass the time, Yuuko's first word is ''Mika'''n'''''(Orange).

 

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