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** Urahara also has a tendency to screw with people just for the hell of it. When beginning training, he gives Ichigo a helmet and claims that Ichigo needs to yell "TAKE THIS! THE POWER OF JUSTICE! JUSTICE ARMOR! JUSTICE HACHIMAKI! ATTACK!" When Ichigo does so almost instantly, Urahara mutters, "Wow! I can't believe he actually said that!"

** Possibly justified in that while Urahara certainly enjoys being a dick to Ichigo, in the first example he genuinely thought that if Ichigo died, he wouldn't be able to make it into Soul Society in the first place.

** Izumi is an odd case since she learned this method from ''her'' mentor, {{spoiler|who was merely a survivalist who misunderstood what kind of training she wanted. She adapted it to be more suitable for alchemist training herself.}}

** Oddly enough, {{spoiler|[[Jerkass God|the Truth]]}} is also this to the Elrics, especially Ed. {{spoiler|It's}} genuinely pleased when Ed finally figures it out.

** Another example, this one taken from [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Sufism/Nasrudin an affiliate of] [[The Other Wiki]]:

{{quote|Once a renown philosopher and moralist was traveling through the land and stopped in Nasrudin's village. He asked Nasrudin to recommend a place to eat, and, being hungry for intelligent company as well, invited Nasrudin to accompany him. At the restaurant, they asked the waiter what the special of the day was, and were told, "Fish -- fresh fish!" They ordered two.

When the waiter brought the fish on a great platter, however, one was noticeably larger than the other. Nasrudin, seeing this, immediately slid the larger fish onto his own plate. The philosopher, shocked, proceeded to berate Nasrudin at length for violating the precepts of every religion and moral system ever thought of.

At the end of this, Nasrudin asked, "What would you have done?"

The philosopher said, "I, as a conscientious human, would have taken the smaller fish."

Nasrudin replied, "Here you go, then", and slid the smaller fish onto the philosopher's plate. }}

* There are entire schools of Zen Buddhism and Sufi Islam dedicated to this.

'''Aylia:''' Yep. That's consistent.

'''Dron:''' Of course, I wouldn't lie to you today... or would I? }}

 

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