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 * 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.}}
 ** Also note that Lelouch's sigil when he uses his geass has a flying crane shape and his goal of creating a peaceful world for Nunally. This is reinforced by the later metaphor of geass = wishes.
-* In an episode of ''[[Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex]] Second Gig'', Major Kusanagi hears a curious story. The boy {{spoiler|later known as Hideo Kuze}} was injured in a plane crash and mostly paralyzed except for his left hand, which he would use to endlessly fold paper cranes in hopes that the girl next to him would recover from her injuries, but she took a turn for the worse and was taken away. He was later visited by a girl with a cyber-body who suggested that he should have his own body replaced. He said he'd do it if she could prove to him that such a body could fold paper cranes just as well as he could now. No matter how she tried she just couldn't. In spite of this, he did later get a mechanical body. The Major seems to find the story familiar, and at the end we see that she has folded a paper crane with one hand...
+* In an episode of ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]] Second Gig'', Major Kusanagi hears a curious story. The boy {{spoiler|later known as Hideo Kuze}} was injured in a plane crash and mostly paralyzed except for his left hand, which he would use to endlessly fold paper cranes in hopes that the girl next to him would recover from her injuries, but she took a turn for the worse and was taken away. He was later visited by a girl with a cyber-body who suggested that he should have his own body replaced. He said he'd do it if she could prove to him that such a body could fold paper cranes just as well as he could now. No matter how she tried she just couldn't. In spite of this, he did later get a mechanical body. The Major seems to find the story familiar, and at the end we see that she has folded a paper crane with one hand...
-* A touching variation in ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'': The girls are taking their college entrance exams, and Osaka, [[Cloudcuckoolander|being Osaka]], suggests they try to perfectly break apart a pair of chopsticks for good luck. Chiyo--who doesn't have to worry about exams herself because she's going to the US--later buys several hundred chopsticks and splits them one by one while the others take their exams in order to wish them luck.
+* A touching variation in ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'': The girls are taking their college entrance exams, and Osaka, [[Cloudcuckoolander|being Osaka]], suggests they try to perfectly break apart a pair of chopsticks for good luck. Chiyo--who doesn't have to worry about exams herself because she's going to the US--later buys several hundred chopsticks and splits them one by one while the others take their exams in order to wish them luck.
-* In ''[[Flame of Recca (Manga)|Flame of Recca]]'', Saicho, who has [[Paper Master|the ability to control paper]], is given a thousand paper cranes that he uses for his ultimate attack against Recca.
+* In ''[[Flame of Recca]]'', Saicho, who has [[Paper Master|the ability to control paper]], is given a thousand paper cranes that he uses for his ultimate attack against Recca.
-* After [[Deus Angst Machina|the latest in a long line of traumatic experiences]], ''[[Narutaru (Manga)|Narutaru]]'''s [[Shrinking Violet]] Akira Sakura cut school for weeks and holed herself up in her room. When her friend Shiina (and... acquaintance Sudo) came to see her, they find she's (apparently) been spending her time trying to make a thousand paper cranes, one for each of the soldiers Satomi previously killed.
+* After [[Deus Angst Machina|the latest in a long line of traumatic experiences]], ''[[Narutaru]]'''s [[Shrinking Violet]] Akira Sakura cut school for weeks and holed herself up in her room. When her friend Shiina (and... acquaintance Sudo) came to see her, they find she's (apparently) been spending her time trying to make a thousand paper cranes, one for each of the soldiers Satomi previously killed.
-* In ''[[Ookiku Furikabutte (Manga)|Ookiku Furikabutte]]'', the cheer team for the protagonist's teams opponents in the baseball tournament made them 1000 Origami cranes to wish them good luck in the tournament. {{spoiler|After they lose, they give the cranes to the Nishiura team}}.
+* In ''[[Ookiku Furikabutte]]'', the cheer team for the protagonist's teams opponents in the baseball tournament made them 1000 Origami cranes to wish them good luck in the tournament. {{spoiler|After they lose, they give the cranes to the Nishiura team}}.
-* Folding paper cranes shows up as a somewhat fitting renumeration in the second season of ''[[Darker Than Black (Anime)|Darker Than Black]]''.
+* Folding paper cranes shows up as a somewhat fitting renumeration in the second season of ''[[Darker Than Black]]''.
-* Another variation: In ''[[Barefoot Gen (Manga)|Barefoot Gen]]'', Gen and his brother Shinji decide to make "a thousand-stitches belt" and go to town to ask people to contribute stitches. The belt is meant to be a gift to their oldest brother, who's going off to fight in the war soon.
+* Another variation: In ''[[Barefoot Gen]]'', Gen and his brother Shinji decide to make "a thousand-stitches belt" and go to town to ask people to contribute stitches. The belt is meant to be a gift to their oldest brother, who's going off to fight in the war soon.
 == Literature ==
-* Folder from the [[Whateley Universe (Literature)|Whateley Universe]] has folded several sets of a thousand paper cranes (his power is folding anything). He finds it relaxing.
+* Folder from the [[Whateley Universe]] has folded several sets of a thousand paper cranes (his power is folding anything). He finds it relaxing.
 == Live Action TV ==
-* In ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'', Hiro proves to Charlie he has the power to [[Time Stands Still|freeze time]] by filling a room with 1000 Origami Cranes - and it's also a way of saying his intentions, because he's working against time to prevent her death.
+* In ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', Hiro proves to Charlie he has the power to [[Time Stands Still|freeze time]] by filling a room with 1000 Origami Cranes - and it's also a way of saying his intentions, because he's working against time to prevent her death.
 == Video Games ==
-* One level in ''[[Katamari Damacy (Video Game)|Katamari Damacy]]'' requires you to roll up a thousand cranes to help a boy whose sick friend is in the hospital.
+* One level in ''[[Katamari Damacy]]'' requires you to roll up a thousand cranes to help a boy whose sick friend is in the hospital.
-* In ''[[Mega Man Battle Network (Video Game)|Mega Man Battle Network]] 3'', there are 1000 (unseen) origami cranes in a room of the hospital. You need to take one in order to advance the plot.
+* In ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]] 3'', there are 1000 (unseen) origami cranes in a room of the hospital. You need to take one in order to advance the plot.
-* The opening of a case in ''[[LA Noire (Video Game)|LA Noire]]'' shows a man in a dark room folding origami cranes amongst many others. Later on, Phelps makes reference to this particular legend when he sees the room.
+* The opening of a case in ''[[LA Noire]]'' shows a man in a dark room folding origami cranes amongst many others. Later on, Phelps makes reference to this particular legend when he sees the room.
 == Visual Novels ==
-* The title of an episode of ''[[Lime Iro Senkitan (Visual Novel)|Lime Iro Senkitan]]''. When Sophia is in the nurse's office with her mental state regressed, Momen and the girls offer to do something for her, and come to this conclusion. Sarasa has the most trouble with it.
+* The title of an episode of ''[[Lime-iro Senkitan|Lime Iro Senkitan]]''. When Sophia is in the nurse's office with her mental state regressed, Momen and the girls offer to do something for her, and come to this conclusion. Sarasa has the most trouble with it.
 == Webcomics ==
-* In ''[[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name (Webcomic)|Hanna Is Not a Boys Name]]'', a paper crane appears before [[Fan Nickname|[...] ]] as a sort of spiritual guide. According to Hanna, the guide takes on the form of something with emotional significance for each individual, but since [...] [[Loss of Identity|doesn't remember anything about his life]] [[Our Zombies Are Different|before he died]], whatever meaning it had for him is more or less gone. Hanna decides that's too depressing, so he starts folding 1,000 cranes to grant a wish, "so it can mean something again." (Touchingly enough, fans of the series have started folding their own cranes to help out. You can find their progress on their [[Deviant ART]] [http://hinabn-1000-cranes.deviantart.com group page].)
+* In ''[[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name|Hanna Is Not a Boys Name]]'', a paper crane appears before [[Fan Nickname|[...] ]] as a sort of spiritual guide. According to Hanna, the guide takes on the form of something with emotional significance for each individual, but since [...] [[Loss of Identity|doesn't remember anything about his life]] [[Our Zombies Are Different|before he died]], whatever meaning it had for him is more or less gone. Hanna decides that's too depressing, so he starts folding 1,000 cranes to grant a wish, "so it can mean something again." (Touchingly enough, fans of the series have started folding their own cranes to help out. You can find their progress on their [[Deviant ART]] [http://hinabn-1000-cranes.deviantart.com group page].)