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12	[[caption-width-right:330: Her will, [[SilkHidingSteel like iron]]. Her braids, like steel.]]
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14	A character who strengthens mind and body by sitting under a waterfall.
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16	TruthInTelevision: It's a well-known Asian ascetic practice (known in UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}} as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogi misogi]]), at least for those ascetics who live around waterfalls.
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18	Compare WatchingTheSunset, contrast WaterfallShower.
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25	* ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' has Gengoro do this in a standing variety, as a way to strengthen his will and prepare himself to [[spoiler:killing Tango, the tiger he raised since kittenhood]] during the Final Test.
26	* In the second opening of ''Anime/AceAttorney2016'', which covers all but the first case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'', Maya is shown doing this meditation, with her cousin Pearl watching.
27	* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle''
28	** Matsuri stands under a waterfall to concentrate and [[KiManipulation manipulate spiritual energy]]. He used to [[ShirtlessScene strip down to his]] {{fundoshi}}, but after [[GenderBender turning into a girl]] he wears a robe--[[SexySoakedShirt not that it's hiding anything]]. At one point, he gets overexcited at Suzu hugging him, and [[ThinkUnsexyThoughts basically uses the waterfall as a cold shower]].
29	** Suzu once joins Matsuri's training, but is overwhelmed by the cold water even in ([[ChainmailBikini bikini-form]]) protective gear. [[EatingTheEyeCandy When she notices the clothes clinging to Matsuri's body]], she realizes she can use LifeEnergy to warm herself up, [[FertileFeet which also wakes small, dormant spirits in the river]]. Shirogane points out the irony of withstanding ascetic training with ThePowerOfLust.
30	--->'''Shirogane''': That girl... she's trying to overcome waterfall training with worldly desires.
31	* The Bái Hǔ Zú in ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'', who fit AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu, occasionally do this in ''G-Revolution''. In the [[Manga/BakutenShootBeyblade manga]], the samurai Kennosuke also meditates under a waterfall as part of his training.
32	* The second ending sequence in ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' has Soften and Heppokomaru doing this, but Heppokomaru can't manage it.
33	* Nabeshin, Pedro, and Pedro's son from ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' do this during their TrainingMontage before they set out to rescue Pedro's wife from That Man.
34	* ''Manga/FairyTail'': During the Key of the Starry Sky {{Filler}} arc, Gajeel does this for training before he's called up by Levy to help with the main plot...while also taking lightning bolts from the storm clouds overhead because he wants to toughen up for a possible showdown with [[ShockAndAwe Laxus]] after watching Natsu [[CurbStompBattle get creamed by him]] earlier.
35	* Kenshiro from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' does this as part of his childhood training, leading to an incident where he is saved by Toki from a falling log. Koryu; also does this after giving up the successorship of Hokuto Shinken to Ryuken.
36	* Despite not really happening, Tohru Honda from ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' [[ImagineSpot thought]] that it was part of Kyo's TrainingFromHell that happened before the series start.
37	* The page image is Princess Fala from ''Anime/GoLion''. After her kingdom was left in ruins by [[PlanetBaron Emperor Daibazaal]] and [[ConqueringAlienPrince Prince Sincline]], she became a warrior so that she could help the pilots of [[=GoLion=]] defeat him and put an end to the Galra's tyranny for good. As she prepares to become a pilot for the Blue Lion, she trains herself in martial arts, which includes meditating. Fala being a WarriorPrincess is something that would be carried on to her [[WesternAnimation/VoltronForce future]] [[WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender incarnations]] as well.
38	* In ''Anime/Gundam00'', Mr. Bushido expresses his desire to engage Setsuna in combat while doing so in the second season.
39	* ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam'' episode 14. Konoe Tsurugi and Taro stand under a waterfall and concentrate while she's training him.
40	* Parodied in ''Manga/HappyMania'': Shigeta is pictured meditating under a waterfall... about men as usual.
41	* In ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'', Tomoki and Astraea attempt to do this, but eventually Astraea says the water is too cold and passes out.
42	* Happens in ''Manga/InuYasha'', when Miroku visits the family shrine after his curse is wounded and threatens his life.
43	* From ''Franchise/LupinIII'', we have the ever-training Goemon Ishikawa XIII. He meditates in waterfalls, as well as cloudy mountain peaks, hot springs, and secluded canyons. Sometimes he does more than one at the same time! In ''Anime/GoemonIshikawasSprayOfBlood'' he not only contemplates his loss under an especially large and powerful waterfall, but fights hard against the battering it gives him to help strengthen him.
44	* The Jewelpets' training in episode 28a of ''Anime/JewelpetMagicalChange'' involves meditating under a waterfall. Airi hates the water falling on her head, and Luea shampoos her fur while she's at it.
45	* ''Manga/LoveHina'':
46	** Motoko Aoyama does this, but one time, she gets bothered by [[PaintingTheMedium some arrow graphics with her name on them]] and [[CameraAbuse slices the fourth wall]], transitioning into the next scene.
47	** Keitaro also does this later in the manga although [[ButtMonkey he gets hit by a falling log.]]
48	* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' when Tohru and Kanna do this to learn how to bend spoons. A log falls on Tohru, [[NighInvulnerable but being a dragon]], it just bounces off her head.
49	* The [[AccidentalPervert kendo]] [[KendoTeamCaptain captain]] in ''Anime/MyHime'' does the entire "sitting under waterfall" thing to [[ThinkUnsexyThoughts "cleanse his spirit of lustful thoughts"]].
50	* Tsurezure of ''Manga/{{Ojojojo}}'' does this in chapter 23 in an attempt to [[spoiler: become a person worthy of being Haru's boyfriend.]]
51	* Parodied in ''Manga/OnePiece'' when Luffy and Usopp stand under a bath's fountain to mimic this. Zoro is also seen doing it in a filler episode.
52	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
53	** Ash and Pikachu are shown doing this in the seventh opening for the anime.
54	** Otoshi and his Marowak apparently do this too. Mind you, Marowak is a Ground-type and therefore [[ElementalRockPaperScissors weak]] [[JustForFun/MadeOfWin to water.]]
55	*** That, of course, being the point, as it was training to increase Marowak's resistance to water. Otoshi was doing it too because he'd pledged to put himself through all the same training he was putting Marowak through as a sign of their commitment and solidarity.
56	** Blackbelt Kiyo is meditating under a waterfall when an abandoned Tyrogue floats by.
57	* Ryoma in the ''Anime/PowerStone'' anime. While telling his fortune, Rouge assumes this means he has a fascination with laundry.
58	* Seiji Date from ''Anime/RoninWarriors'' does this twice--and his [[AnimeHair hair]] doesn't move an inch. There would have been a 3rd, but meditating in a cave ''[[CaveBehindTheFalls behind]]'' the waterfall doesn't count.
59	* In an episode of ''Anime/SailorMoon S'', Makoto goes to train in a Buddhist temple led by a famous BareFistedMonk named Kakuzuin. At some point she catches him training like this and attempts to imitate him, but she can barely withstand few seconds under the icy water. Then Kakuzuin gets out... and sneezes, as he only managed to do it due to being ''very'' focused.
60	* During his training to become a Bronze Saint, ''Manga/SaintSeiya'''s Shiryu didn't just ''meditate'' under the waterfall --he learned to kick it hard enough to ''reverse the water's flow''.
61	** In the first season of ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'', Shiryu, after losing all his senses, spent all of his time meditating under the waterfall, while training his son Ryuhou through Cosmo. Ryuhou himself is briefly shown doing it at the end of the second season's third episode.
62	* Subverted, lampshaded ''and'' used straight in ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''. Mugen is doing a TrainingMontage before facing a fearsome swordsman, and towards the end, he approaches the waterfall, commenting, "Meditating under a waterfall..."; then, after staring at it for a few seconds, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he just goes "Screw that" and walks away.]] Later, however, while Mugen is in the fight, the Buddhist priest (who was once a swordsman, and who trained the guy Mugen is fighting, before he fell to a darker path), is seen meditating under that same waterfall, running his Prayer Beads as he prays for Mugen's victory.
63	* One chapter of ''Manga/SgtFrog'' opens with Koyuki and Dororo leaving to do this. The meditation causes Dororo to {{Flashback}} briefly to [[spoiler: a revealing conversation with his teacher, Jirara]].
64	* The [[TrainingMontage "training" sequence]] to prepare for the School Prom in Episode 17 of ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' features waterfall meditation as a joke.
65	* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': Anya does this during her TrainingMontage in Mission 10. Until it's revealed that she's actually just thinking of this trope while in the shower.
66	* ''Manga/SquidGirl'': Sanae tries this so she can change her behavior and eventually be around Ika without trying to [[TheGlomp glomp]] her and such, and not be knocked away.
67	* On ''Manga/SteelAngelKurumi'' both Nakahito and his brother do this.
68	* Referenced in episode 25b of ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'', where Flowertchi, under the effects of a mariland flower, becomes extremely talkative to Gozarutchi and mentions that she knows a waterfall is considered the best place to meditate by ninja masters. She then launches into some info she has about a waterfall she knows about that's far away, but very pretty.
69	* Tenchi does this in one chapter of the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' manga.
70	* In ''Manga/TouhouIbarakasenWildAndHornedHermit'', poor Reimu is forced to meditate under a waterfall by Kasen as part of her training to become a more disciplined {{Miko}}.
71	* In a ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru'' season 2 episode, a group of swords lead by Yamabushi head out for some TrainingFromHell. One of the most remembered scenes in this episode is Juzumaru doing this in a {{fanservice}}y manner complete with SexySoakedShirt.
72	* In ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'', a competitor for the Chojin Crown does this, but is reported to have been knocked out by a lump of driftwood midway through.
73	* In ''Manga/{{Vagabond}}'', chapter 52, Musashi attempts to meditate to remove the fear of dying to someone he lost to. The instructor lampshades that ancient people have done it to remove their fears, but then subverts it when stating it won't do any good. Musashi almost drowns as a result.
74	-->"By the time you rise out of the falls... you shall become fully aware... that it's not going to do any good."
75	* Kyohei from ''Manga/TheWallflower'' tried it once when he suspected he was in love with Sunako. As it turned out, he got distracted by his hunger and ended up craving fried prawn.
76	* [[OneSteveLimit Yuri and Yuri]] do this in episode 3 of ''Anime/YuriOnIce'', while training for their competition.
77	* A number of cases in ''Manga/YuunaAndTheHauntedHotSprings'':
78	** Chapter 14 has an image spot of Sagiri doing this.
79	** The same happens with Oboro at the start of Chapter 22.
80	** Yuuna also is shown to be doing this near the start of Chapter 48 to rein in her PowerIncontinence.
81	* ''Manga/ZatchBell'': Tia uses this to power up her defensive abilities and gain access to her strongest shield spell.
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85	* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Cavewoman}}'', in which our [[{{Pun}} titular]] heroine attempted to have a moment like this... but then raptors came, stole her bikini, and she spent the rest of the glorious issue killing Velociraptors, naked.
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89	* In Chapter 25 of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', A.J and his Sandslash show this to Jeanette Fisher, explaining that they do it [[FightOffTheKryptonite to build up resistance against Water-type attacks.]]
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93	* In ''Film/BestOfTheBest'', the South Korean Taekwondo team is shown standing under a waterfall during their training.
94	* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': Mothra effectively does this- retreating under a waterfall as a larvae to pupate, then finally emerging in her adult form.
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98	* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/SoulMusic'', when Glod and Cliff have Buddy's harp fixed, they tell the cunning artificer that the harp is of such quality that the original maker spent a week under a waterfall in a buffalo hide meditating before even pickup up his tools. The artificer replies that for what they're paying him he'll have a quick sit in the shower wearing a chamois leather.
99	* In ''Literature/TheRing'', upon being attacked by the press for being a fraud, Heihachiro Ikuma, Sadako Yamamura's father, tried to unlock psychic powers by meditating under a waterfall. He ended up contracting tuberculosis, causing him to spend the rest of his life at a sanatorium.
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103	* This was part of a detour challenge in ''[[Series/TheAmazingRace The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business]]'' (Season 18).
104	* Done in ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' by K-Ryotaro -- which, given Kintaro's predisposition towards martial arts, should come off as no surprise.
105	* Anthony Bourdain does this in an episode of ''Series/NoReservations''. The behind the scenes episode showed that it was a really awkward shot.
106	* [[TheLancer Ryunosuke]] spontaneously does this under a fountain at the end of the second episode of ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'', with all the LargeHam he's famous for.
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110	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsThirdEdition'': Among the many Planar Touchstones described in the ''Planar Handbook'', there is Mimshan's Curtain, a waterfall located in the Outlands (the TrueNeutral plane). This was the meditation spot for the legendary monk Mimshan, and anyone wanting to gain the benefits of the Touchstone has to meditate under the waterfall for 24 hours.
111	* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': Mizuho in the artwork of "Asceticism of the Six Samurai". She's training to become the Hand of the Six Samurai after mourning for Shinai's death.
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115	* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': Though this doesn't happen at any point, one achievement artwork "Serenity Now" shows Ann meditating beneath a waterfall after giving enough tributes to a statue.
116	* Asura before the final battle with [[spoiler:Chakravitran]] in ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath''.
117	* ''VideoGame/CrossCode'': The monk in the Bergen South storage house has a woman commenting on him outside the house, and mentioning waterfall meditation:
118	--> '''Woman:''' Urgh, this guy is blocking the storage house again.\
119	'''Lea:''' ...?\
120	'''Woman:''' I wish he would meditate somewhere else. Under a waterfall or whatever.\
121	'''Lea:''' ...
122	* In ''VideoGame/FatalFury Special'', Andy takes one of these in his ending.
123	* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', during Kagero and Takumi's supports, the former suggests this to the latter as a way of improving his patience so he can hunt more effectively. Takumi's not thrilled at first, but eventually decides to undergo the training.
124	* In ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', this is the theme of Jin's Summer version, evident in the [[https://gbf.wiki/images/e/ed/Jin_%28Themed%29_A.png base art]]. His Charge Attack and Passive skill also reflect this, being named "Under Purifying Waters" and "Focus Through The Falls" respectively.
125	* Mai tells NESTS Kyo to invoke the trope in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters XIII''.
126	* The end of the FriendlyLocalChinatown section boss in ''Videogame/MadWorld'' is found MeditatingUnderAWaterfall, the AnnouncerChatter inform us it's the first time in ages he's had a shower.
127	* Parodied in ''VideoGame/MegaMan11''. According to the Gallery, [[PlayingWithFire Torch Man]] tried this to help keep his power under control. [[EpicFail It took three]] ''[[EpicFail months]]'' [[EpicFail to repair him after that.]]
128	* In ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher 2'', one of the versions of "Meditate" is this.
129	* ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'': The base artwork of Taishakuten's default 4-star spell card shows him doing this, complete with SexySoakedShirt.
130	* In ''VideoGame/PokemonHeartGoldAndSoulSilver'', the Cianwood Gym Leader, Chuck, meditates under an artificial waterfall in his Gym. In fact, he's ''so'' deep in meditation that you can't rouse him to have a battle, despite him being the ''first trainer you see'' in the Gym. You have to battle through the Gym to reach the shutoff valve for the waterfall to snap him out of his meditation.
131	* In ''VideoGame/ShirenTheWanderer'', Pekeji claims to have done this when he has reached his maximum potential.
132	* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'': Played for laughs with Kimberly, who says in World Tour mode that part of her ninja training involved meditating under a waterfall, which was an incredible experience... of learning that sitting under a waterfall is ''not fun!''
133	* In Ippatsuman's ending in ''[[VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars]]'', he realizes how strong the various street fighters are without armor or mecha, and strives to improve himself so he doesn't have to rely on them. Cut to him meditating under a waterfall as Polymar, Viewtiful Joe and Tekkaman wonder if they should be doing the same thing.
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137	* Maya Fey in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' at one point sought a waterfall for her spirit-medium training. There are no nearby waterfalls, however, so she is forced to do it in the shower. She finds that the water pressure isn't high enough, so Phoenix suggests she go to the fire department and get them to hose her down. [[SarcasmBlind She does]], but they turn her down. The basis of the plot of the last case of the third installment is Maya, Pearl and Phoenix heading to a temple so that Maya can undergo an especially cold variation. It got worse in the manga, where Marvin Grossberg suggested they drain a water tower and ended up flooding the city which got him sued for it.
138	* During Taketo's route of ''VisualNovel/ClassTripCrush'', an incident during the group's visit to a temple in Kyoto results in the guys being made to sit under a waterfall and reflect upon themselves. The protagonist feels bad about it since she was partly responsible, but Taketo and Yasuto, the jocks of the group, seem to enjoy it.
139	* In ''VisualNovel/ShallWeDateNinjaShadow'', the Himuro Shrine's grounds include a waterfall. If the heir to the Shrine and local SexyPriest Asagi is the chosen boyfriend, one of the most poignant scenes in his route has him doing this [[spoiler: and then collapsing due to his terrible mental and emotional state, much to the PlayerCharacter's worry.]]
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143	* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' has Mob do this as a part of his hardcore training montage to run for student council president.
144	* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade's'' Cardboard Tube Samurai does a bit of waterfall meditation in [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/07/15/ this strip]].
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148	* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode "The Guru", Aang takes some of his lessons from Guru Pathik in front of a waterfall.
149	* ''WesternAnimation/BlueEyeSamurai''. Mizu does this in the first episode; the scene then {{Match Cut}}s to her kneeling before the glowing forge of Swordfather, as she informs him of her intent to leave on her RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
150	* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' does it before engaging possessed-blind-demon archers. He does this to heighten mental focus on his [[SuperSenses sense of hearing]], so he could fight the blind archers on their level. He had already determined they were blind, and that this was the best method to triumph.
151	* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Garnet's Universe", Garnet, Hopper, and Hoppy do this as part of a TrainingMontage. Ringo, on the other hand, takes a WaterfallShower.
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