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[[File:KodomoNoJikan-cranes.jpg|frame|[[Tear Jerker|Rin believed that if she folded 1000 paper cranes, Aki-san's sickness would go away...]]]]

 

There's an ancient Japanese legend that states if someone folds a ''senbazuru''—an arrangement of a thousand origami cranes tied together—a crane will come to them and grant them a single wish, such as long life or recovery from serious illness or injury. They are also a popular wedding gift (symbolizing a wish for a long and happy marriage), due to the immense time involved.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Pictured above: in ''Kodomo no Jikan'', after Rin's [[Ill Girl]] mother Aki began to falter in health, Rin started making cranes day after day in an attempt to keep her alive, and Aki was covered in them when she finally died. {{spoiler|Worse still, in Chapter 70 she states that she felt that the reason Aki died is that she couldn't complete all thousand.}}

* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Nunnally gets taught Origami by Sayoko and tells Lelouch about the Thousand Origami Cranes. {{spoiler|In the [[Grand Finale]], C.C. carries an origami crane with her as she starts [[Walking the Earth]] after Zero Requiem.}}

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