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[[folder: Bleach]]
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
** Shinji's introduction to Ichigo's classroom where he writes his name backwards and admits he's good at it. His first appearance is walking upside down in the sky drinking water as if he was right side up. [[spoiler: More than 200 chapters later, we learn his zanpakuto's ability allows him to flip the perception of its targetsso all directions are reversed.]]
** It's not Bleach's ''ONLY'' Foreshadowing. Tite Kubo is good at this. Remember, back at the end of the Soul Society Arc, Jushiro Ukitake quietly gave Ichigo a badge meant to represent Substitute Soul Reapers? Remember how The Mook guarding Kurakara Town never recognised it? This is because, in a ChekhovsGun lasting ''FOUR YEARS'' (just for english readers, going by the official translation - In Japan the gun lasted longer) it is revealed why: [[spoiler: Ichigo is the only one to receive one besides the new arc's BigBad, Ginjo Kugo, the only other Substitute Soul Reaper in the history of the 13 Guard Companies.]]
** Bleach manages to sneak foreshadowing into its ''filler'' of all places. During the Zanpakuto Spirits arc, Chojiro Sasakibe's zanpakuto, Goryomaru, has some lightning-based powers - which Sasakibe had never once demonstrated. [[spoiler: Much later, during the Thousand Year Blood War arc, we learn that his Bankai gave him the power to control the weather - particularly lightning!]] After all, Kubo was the man who designed the Zanpakuto spirits for the arc and in the manga, the zanpakutou's name used a kanji combination that came from an old-fashioned word for 'lightning', so it's a case of having been there all along even in the manga.
** Kubo has put various moments of foreshadowing into his story, and many of them are only beginning to play out in the Blood War arc that Kubo himself stated all the other stories were building up towards. It would take a while to list them all.
** TheReveal that [[spoiler: Ichigo's mother is a Quincy thus Ichigo has Quincy powers]] at first seemed out of nowhere but then, taking into consideration that [[spoiler: Ichigo]]'s Bankai allowed him to [[spoiler: compress his powers around him rather than expand them]], unlike normal shinigami. What makes [[spoiler: Quincies and shinigami]] different from each other? The fact that [[spoiler: Quincies draw in power from around them, which was what made Ichigo unique]]!
** There had been people (Rukia and Ukitake) who noticed the resemblance between Ichigo and Kaien Shiba. [[spoiler: We find out that Isshin, Ichigo's father, was actually the head of the Shiba clan before taking his wife's surname. Ichigo is in fact related to Kaien, hence the resemblance.]]
** In the beginning of the manga, one of Ichigo's early cases dealt with Orihime and her hollowfied big brother. Ichigo reveals his belief that [[BigBrotherInstinct a big brother is born first to protect the younger siblings that follow]]. This would foreshadow the climactic battle between him and Byakuya and their debate over why Byakuya wasn't protecting his sister Rukia.
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[[folder: Dragonball]]
* ''DragonballZ'' pretty much foreshadows Goku's first transformation to Super Saiyan all throughout Namek.
** There are many, many examples in DragonBall. Including:
*** From Goku's first transformation into an Oozaru and him turning to normal after his tail is removed, Oolong asks if "he's some kind of space alien". Turns out he's a member of the Saiyan race.
*** In the beginning of ''Z'', Raditz when he arrives on Earth makes reference to the Galactic Market which he's a mercenary for. The good guys then have to face off against [[BigBad the head of the organization]], Freeza.
*** The first time the "Super Saiyan" is mentioned, it's between a conversation between then-introduced characters, Vegeta and Nappa as they head off to Earth for the Dragon Balls to grant them immortality. It's mentioned again once more sarcastically by Vegeta describing Gohan's resilience in the same saga, and in the Namek saga, the Great Elder asks Krillin if a Super Saiyan was the one killed Kami, before learning his actual nature. The term is used far more frequently as a plot-point after Vegeta suspects Goku became one after curb-stomping Recoome, by Vegeta, Ginyu and Freeza, until Goku finally achieves it facing Freeza.
*** Piccolo becoming less evil, and allowing the people he killed (Raditz) to pass on. While it shows he is changing into a NobleDemon, it also ominously notes that his life may end soon.
*** King Kai noting that if Vegeta was at Krillin's mercy and was killed, it wouldn't "[destroy] the roots [of evil]". He was likely referring to Freeza.
*** Nail noting Piccolo as a one of two beings (Kami), and remarked if they united again, he'd be more powerful than Freeza. He did this later and was strong enough to go toe-to-toe with Imperfect Cell.
*** Freeza tells Zarbon that he may need to call the Ginyu Force to Namek. When Zarbon ask why, Freeza mentions that he had a "premonition" that a single Saiyan may come to challenge his power, and even has the possibility of defeating him. Interestingly, he ''wasn't'' talking about Vegeta. It's likely it foreshadowed Goku (or alternatively, Trunks).
*** Ignoring Future Trunks' message, [[HilariousInHindsight looking back on it]], it can even be implied that Bulma and Vegeta may get together, when she offered him a place to stay alongside the Nameks in her home, although at first sight it would be simply her [[HumansAreSpecial being a decent person as an Earthling would be]]. She even described a dream she to her then-''boyfriend'' Yamcha about Vegeta being a decent guy to her. Of course this is just a few episodes just before Trunks appears.
**** Except the dream was dub-only so it doesn't really count.
*** Kami being reluctant to fuse with Piccolo to observe if the {{Artificial Human}}s are really as evil as Trunks claimed they were, and observing a new evil developing (Cell). Turns out he was correct. Not only were they ''not'' as evil, Cell ''was and then some''.
*** Goku noting that Majin Buu is more of a ManChild than an evil monster, after their fight. He is redeemed after the EnemyWithout was destroyed by Goku, and decides to spare his life.
*** Also with regards to Buu there is a possibility in one of Fat Buu's comments to Babidi. While dancing around in mockery of Babidi's injuries, he chants "Never normal, never normal, can't go back, can't go back!" In later episodes, Buu goes back to "normal".
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[[folder: Full Metal Alchemist]]
* Madame Christmas of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' seems like a strange name when you remember that Christmas or Christianity are not in the manga version of FMA. Of course it makes perfect sense when it's just a nickname based off her real name of Chris Mustang, who is Roy's foster mother. That explains how he became such an amazing flirt.
** ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' does this quite often, usually with things said in passing by the homonculi. "Human Sacrifices" indeed...
** In episode 11 of ''Brotherhood'', a wanted poster with Greed on it appears near the end. Guess who appears two episodes later.
** There's a particularly chilling example in the most recent arc. In Chapter 94, Hawkeye gets a minor scratch on her neck during a fight with Envy. Then in Chapter 100 [[spoiler: she is mortally injured in the same place.]]
** Remember Lust's curse to Mustang as he killed her? [[spoiler: I long for the day your eyes are twisted in agony.]] Well... [[spoiler: Mustang ends up blinded.]]
** In his fight with Lan Fan, Ed uses a decoy (in the form of his detached right arm) to defeat her and references getting the idea from animals who are trapped sacrificing a limb. [[spoiler: Later on, Lan Fan is hunted by Wrath and forced to [[LifeOrLimbDecision chop off her arm.]]]]
** Ling and Greed are the only two characters to go around without shirts. Minor foreshadowing? Maybe.
*** A better example of foreshadowing for Ling's fate occurs soon after his introduction: Ling is seeking immortality and is interested in Al's soul being attached to armor. Guess who else shared these same traits and was killed off in the chapter right before.
*** There's also the part where both of them hate people fucking with their henchmen. Really, they were tailor made for one another.
** When Ling sees Ed perform alchemy without a circle, it looks to him as though Ed is praying to God. [[spoiler: Later, we find out that Amestrian alchemy is powered by a {{Satan}}-like Homunculus who actually absorbs God, only to eventually lose control at the apex of his power and receives a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown sans alchemy courtesy of, um…]]
** Some people, really, such [[http://beta.onemanga.com/Full_Metal_Alchemist/53/19/ audacious]] [[http://beta.onemanga.com/Full_Metal_Alchemist/53/20/ thoughts]]... [[spoiler:Guess what Father is planning to do.]]
** The first anime had major foreshadowing for the manga. . Example 1: Mustang's [[spoiler:defeat of Pride in the final episode has a lot in common with his defeat of Lust in the manga (both homunculi impale him with their respective weapons during the battle, and both are ultimately killed by Mustang burning them with his bare hands until their regenerative abilities are exhausted.]] Example 2: [[spoiler:At the end of the anime, Mustang loses an eye. Guess what? In the manga he goes completely BLIND.]] Example 3: [[spoiler: Riza Hawkeye emotionally shoots Archer to death after thinking Roy is dead. She does the same in the manga to Lust but it doesn't work in the latter case.]] Heck, even tiny things as Ed's Conqueror of Shamballa hairstyle looking eerily similar to his hairstyle in the manga's final arc and the stealth crowd appearance by Ling foreshadow the manga's events in various ways.
** Greed's first words. Really...
--> Ooh, cool! He really is empty!... Nice to meet ya, kid. I'm Greed. [[IJustWantToHaveFriends Wanna be friends]]?
** Go watch any ,or all, of the openings to FMA Brotherhood. One would notice that they all have a close up of [[spoiler: either Roy's face and eyes. In some he looks directly at us.]] [[SarcasmMode That coudn't mean anything right?]]
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[[folder: Mahou Sensei Negima]]
* Say, remember how in the early chapters of ''MahouSenseiNegima'', there was that [[spoiler:[[WarriorPrince Negi is a prince]]]] rumour that spread in Negi's class? Guess what's been revealed more than ''two hundred chapters'' later?
** Not to mention [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v02/c015/6.html this statue]], which also appears in that chapter, is quite closely related to [[spoiler: Negi's royal lineage. The mage just so happens to be Negi's direct ancestor, and the first Queen of Ostia.]]
** There's more. When Asakura first witnesses Negi's magic, she [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v04/c034/11.html briefly wonders]] if he might be on a (genderflipped) version of a MagicalGirlQueenlinessTest, or that he may be a hero of justice or an alien. Negi was actually sent to Mahora as some sort of test, and [[spoiler:as the above spoiler shows, he's technically a royalty, so the MagicalGirlQueenlinessTest thing was partially correct. And then there's Negi's quest to become a hero like his father, fitting the hero of justice one. Lastly, his mother was born on Mars, so he's also technically an alien.]]
** Even earlier, there was [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v01/c004/19.html this]], which is the first time Negi's father is shown. The foreshadowing part is what ''appears'' to be the shadow on the right side of his face, which shows up again [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v08/c066/10.html here]], and eventually revealed to be [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c265/13.html blood]] (spoilers). It's subtle, but that hint of blood is the earliest hint of the GenreShift that the series would eventually undergo.
*** The same page shows Nekane on the ground behind Negi, which becomes more significant in Volume 8 when we find out that [[spoiler:she was petrified and her legs were shattered in Wilhelm's attack]].
** Chapter 29 has a scene where Negi and Chao have the exact same expression and mannerisms when listening to Yue's explanation. In chapter 82, Chao claims that Negi is her ancestor.
** Chapter 74, when Mana and Setsuna are tasked to capture a ghost(Note: Sayo), Mana exclaims that [[http://www.otakuworks.com/view/2515/mahou-sensei-negima/chp-072-080/read/54 "she cannot escape her demon eye!".]] Guess what is revealed [[http://www.otakuworks.com/view/81314/mahou-sensei-negima/chp-299/read/15 225 chapters later?]].
** When Yue and Nodoka ask Negi if [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v07/c062/5.html they could become mages]], there's an imagine spot showing what they think it will look like. Some 140 chapters later, it turns out that their imaginations were [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v24/c218/9.html spot]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v23/c213/ on.]]
*** And that image spot continues to foreshadow "more than two hundred chapters later" (seems to be a theme for Negima) as it may look a bit different, but we finally get to see Nodoka [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome confident]] and [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v31/c280/4.html wielding a magical staff.]]]]
** Back in the "School Festival" Arc, Negi questions Chao about why she has an insane technique that drains the body and soul for unbelievable power. Cue the next major story arc where he learns an insane technique that drains body and soul for unbelievable power.
** From the [[http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3818/9780099504177.jpg cover of Volume 3]], look at the logo on Negi's shirt. [[spoiler: It's the Ala Alba symbol]].
** Chapters 164 and 165 seem like just a humorous interlude, and perhaps the silliest moment is when Makie goes into the confessional only to complain that she can't think of any worries to get off her chest. 133 chapters later, [[spoiler:Makie is one of the only ones unaffected by a LotusEaterMachine, because she's so satisfied with her current life that the real world ''is'' her ideal world. Unexpectedly, Chisame is also unaffected, and suffers a HeroicBSOD at the thought of being just like Makie in that aspect.]]
** Ku Fei makes a joke about the number of Fate existed back in the day and shudders to think that there may be more. [[spoiler: In Chapter 311, guess ''how many'' showed up.]]
** At one point, Negi, Nodoka and Yue head into Library Island looking for Nagi. They are stopped in their search by a dragon, who ends up drooling on Nodoka and Yue, prompting Yue to state will will one day get her revenge on the dragon. Different dragon, but many chapters later, Yue proves her worth during her LaserGuidedAmnesia by her role in taking down a dragon.
* One of the earliest ones was smack in the beginning of the [[http://mangafox.me/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v01/c001/10.html first chapter]]. The small space between Negi and Asuna clearly shows [[spoiler: Zazie with long, sharp claws. More than two hundred chapters later we learn she is actually a demon.]]
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[[folder: Naruto]]
* A minor one in ''{{Naruto}}''. In chapter 91, Gaara casually mentions Shukaku is more blood thirsty during the full moon. Over 350 chapters later, it is revealed [[spoiler: the body of the creature the Shukaku was born from is sealed in the moon.]]
** [[http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/24/02/ On the title page of chapter 24]], Sasuke is standing in a badass pose with snakes surrounding him. Guess who he ends up working for later on?
** [[http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/1/03-04/]] I Take Your Snakes And Raise You A Bird.
** A really realllyyy long-in-the-coming, when Itachi confronts Sasuke after the Uchiha Massacare he tells him to read the tablet below the naka shrine in the Uchiha household. Sasuke does as told, but his eyes are always blackened out when he does so. Some 300 chapters later we find out [[spoiler: that the tablet was created by the Sage of The Six Paths himself and can only be read (partially) by the Sharingan and more fully by the Mangekyou Sharingan and Rinnegan. The foreshadowing? Sasuke actually unlocked his Sharingan for the first time during the aftermentioend confrontation with Itachi, but he also saw Itachi cry shortly after that and could not cope or understand that, and so he repressed the memory along with his knowledge of activating the Sharingan.]]
** During Kakashi's bell test early in the series, Kakashi places a kunai on Sasuke's neck and tells Sakura, "Kill Naruto or else Sasuke is going to die". Hundreds of chapters later the same scenario is played out again in the back story of a major villian (except that this time it was for real).
** Itachi's parting words to Sasuke: "When you have the same eyes as I, come to me." Originally he was talking about Sasuke acquiring the Mangekyou Sharingan eye power, but now Sasuke has Itachi's eyes transplanted on him and [[spoiler: he runs into a resurrected Itachi.]]
** Other Itachi's words, this time to Naruto: "If now that you are powerful you start to forget about others, to be arrogant and to be attached to your ego... One day you will become just like Tobi." Which implies that Tobi was just like Naruto in his early days before turning evil. Which is later confirmed to be true, once it's revealed that Tobi is actually [[spoiler:Obito Uchiha]].
** Another one regarding Tobi's identity: At one point Kakashi attempts to use Kamui against Tobi, only for him dismissing it by saying "Don't bother Kakashi, that technique doesn't work on me." Several chapters later we learn [[spoiler: that the technique Kamui and Tobi's powers are connected, because Tobi is Obito Uchiha from whom Kakashi's Sharingan comes from.]]
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[[folder: One Piece]]
* ''OnePiece'' is the king of this trope. Author Oda often drops thing that foreshadow events years and/or hundreds of chapters in advance.
** Luffy stating that even though it is shortening his lifespan, he wants to use 2nd Gear to protect 'what is in front of him now'. It's a noble sentiment, but it wound up foreshadowing the WhamEpisode when [[spoiler:he uses it, but still fails to protect his TrueCompanions from getting poofed by Kuma]].
** Usopp's lies often turn out to be foreshadowing as well.
** During the Alabasta arc, Sanji makes frequent references to and jokes about 'okama' (Japanese equivalent of 'drag queen'). [[spoiler: Later, he ends up on an island of gay men. [[IronicHell Who all really, really like him.]]]]
** The Amazon Lily arc seems to be a payoff to earlier foreshadowing. Between them, Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold use via Ambition (or Haki, if you prefer) abilities remarkably similar to Skypeia's Mantra, [=CP9's=] Life Return, Garp's ability to physically harm Luffy despite his rubber body, suggesting all of these are forms of Ambition which the previously seen users may or may not have known about.
** In the Jaya arc, Buggy the Clown's crew contemplate taking an ideal chance to kill Portgas D. Ace when he falls asleep on their ship. Buggy warns them against it because the '''one thing''' Ace's captain [[PapaWolf Whitebeard]] will not tolerate is the death of his crew. The Impel Down and Marineford arcs center on [[spoiler: the Marines preparing to publicly execute Ace, even though it will certainly mean war with Whitebeard]].
** In 2006, there was an anime special, where the Straw Hats were mythical animals. Luffy was a dragon. [[spoiler: Guess who turned out to be his father? The revolutionary Dragon, the world's most wanted man]].
** Related to that revelation, way, way back in Chapter 5, Zoro asks Luffy if he's the offspring of the devil. Four hundred and twenty-seven(!) chapters later, [[spoiler: we find out that Luffy is the son of Dragon, who the World Government considers to be the "The Worst Criminal in the World."]]
** When Nami first joined the crew in the Buggy Arc, she said that she'd only join for the time being, and that she would eventually leave the crew. I doubt anyone remembered this when she actually did leave the crew at the end of the Baratie Arc.
** That pirate in Shank's and Buggy's flashback in the first few chapters from when they were cabin boys? It turns out that he's [[spoiler: Silvers Rayleigh, the former first mate of Gold Roger]].
*** Oda reportedly insisted that he not be named captain when the flashback was animated, only revealing the reason why almost a decade after the fact.
** In the Impel Down Arc, Blackbeard alludes that he's soon going to "make a show that will shake the world to it's core", [[spoiler: he means this both literally and figuratively as he somehow steals (something that is noted to be usually impossible) the Gura Gura no Mi at Marineford]].
** [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1280789842452_9647.png That ocean was "Paradise"]]...
** Back in Loguetown when Luffy was about to be executed by Buggy, a lightning bolt strikes the platform, frying Buggy and leaving Luffy miraculously unscathed. In the Skypiea arc, we find out that Luffy, as a rubber man, has immunity towards lightning and specifically towards Enel's powers.
** At the end of the Enies Lobby arc, Kokoro mentions to get to Fishman Island the Straw Hats will have to pass through a sketch of sea that is haunted where there were reports of haunted ships. Luffy immediately asks if they will get to see skeletons that move. Which does come true when the crew meets future crewmate Brook, a living skeleton.
*** Even before then, Luffy has been adamant for getting a musician as a crewmate and repeats this desire several times. It comes true when Brook joins.
** Earlier on, Nami is shown to have an exceptional weather sense and when comes her Alabasta fight, the weapon that she asked Usopp to make for her has to do with weather control.
** Before arriving to Water 7, Luffy [[http://images.wikia.com/onepiece/images/f/f9/Shipwright.png draws what he wants his future shipwright]] to look like. It happens to resemble Franky, from the blue hair to his big arms to his rather tall height.
** In the first chapter of ''One Piece'', Shanks scares away a sea monster with just a glare and later on, he knocked out several crew members of Whitebeard's crew. In Skypiea, Satori and Aisa were also shown to have an ability to sense other people's presence and even predict their moves. When fighting Duval, Luffy manages to stop Duval's bull, much to his and everyone else's confusion. This ability would be revealed to Haki, which wasn't expanded upon until Luffy arrived on Amazon Lily and later [[spoiler: trained with Silvers Rayleigh.]]
** When Luffy's reunion with his brother Ace finally ends in Alabasta, and he leaves, he says he'll meet Luffy again "at the summit" (meaning when he's a top-level pirate, he'll see him again). When Luffy next sees Ace, it takes place at the "Paramount War" in Marineford with the Whitebeard Pirates and their allies fighting the Marines and the Seven Warlords of the Sea to save Ace's life.
** Shanks meets up with Whitebeard to warn him of the potential threat of "Blackbeard" Marshall D. Teach and asks him to call Portgas D. Ace back, saying he isn't ready to face him. Whitebeard's refusal not only leads into the greatest war the world had experienced in recent history [[spoiler: but led to his and Ace's deaths, and Teach even taking over his old territories and "Four Emperor" status]].
** One word: ''Laboon''.
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[[folder: Suzumiya Haruhi]]
* The opening narration to ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' foreshadows a lot of the upcoming plot, and one fact that is so spoilery that it can't even be mentioned on this page.
** Additionally, both Yuki and Mikuru give Kyon cryptic warnings that, after the fact, seem incredibly obvious.
** In the first (chronological...chronological discounting TimeTravel) episode, we get some foreshadowing for the second season. Impressive considering they weren't sure there would be a second season at the time.
-->'''Haruhi:''' Have I met you somewhere before? Like, maybe in the past?
-->'''Kyon:''' Not that I know of.
*** [[spoiler:A few months into Kyon's subjective future, he time travels to the past, where he helps [[FanNickname Loli Haruhi]] draw a giant symbol on the school quad at night. She didn't get a good look at him, but obviously this hasn't happened for him yet]].
** Also in the same episode:
-->'''Taniguchi:''' She drew this weird giant symbol on the school quad! Snuck in at night to do it!
-->'''Kunikida:''' Oh yeah, I heard about that. It looked like one of those Nazca drawings.
-->'''Kyon:''' And she did all this herself?
-->'''Taniguchi:''' No doubt!
*** [[spoiler:Same as the above--Kyon was the one who drew the symbol, under Haruhi's directions. She didn't actually help at all]].
** Yuki is reading ''Literature/{{Hyperion}}'' when Kyon first walks in. A major plot point of the first two books in that series is a [[spoiler: computer intelligence that has started creating ArtificialHumans one of which is murderously violent and another that is very helpful and honest]] and in the second half of the ''Hyperion Cantos'' [[spoiler: God (okay, Jesus) turns out to be a GenkiGirl that drags a helpless boy along on her adventures that potentially threaten the entire world]].
** Koizumi makes a few off-hand references to the student council before they become a plot point. In ''Live Alive'', he mentions that he heard about Haruhi's "big activity" from them, and during ''Day of Sagittarius'', when Kyon assumes the student council has finally come to shut down the club, Koizumi mutters "You're right, that hasn't happened yet..." We eventually find out [[spoiler:he engineered the election of a new student council president, one who would be able to act like the enemy Haruhi was expecting]].
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[[folder: Other Anime]]
* ''InuYasha'':
** [[BigBad Naraku]] gives [[BrokenBird Sango]] a choice: steal Inuyasha's InfinityPlusOneSword for him or he'll kill her [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brother]]. He then tries to kill her with it, something he shouldn't be able do since it's protected by an anti-{{youkai}} barrier. Later, we find out that Naraku isn't a {{youkai}}. He's a [[HalfHumanhybrid hanyou]], [[{{Foil}} just like Inuyasha]]: hanyou aren't repelled by the barrier which is why Inuyasha can use it.
** As a result of the same scene, Sango warns Inuyasha's group that if Naraku ever gives her the same choice again, she'll make the same decision again (betray friends to try and save the life of a loved one). In the FinalBattle Naraku gives her the same choice (kill [[HeartwarmingOrphan Rin]] to save [[BlessedWithSuck Miroku's]] life) and, true to her earlier warning, she does indeed make the same choice again (fortunately, [[ArcherArchetype Kagome]] saves Rin's life just in time).
** Another throwaway comment, this time by Toutousai. When Inuyasha first masters the Kaze no Kizu while fighting Sesshoumaru and it's revealed at the same time that Tenseiga has chosen Sesshoumaru as its true master, Toutousai mutters to himself "Whether Tenseiga lives or dies will depend on Sesshoumaru's heart". It takes hindsight to show us just how significant that statement proved to be.
* In the fourth episode of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', Shinji watches a BMovie about some sort of FreakLabAccident, with the characters lamenting how bad science has gone. And, well...
** He's actually watching a fictionalization of the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Second Impact]], and the characters are lamenting science's inability to detect the deadly meteor before it struck. [[spoiler:The irony being that there was no meteor to detect, Second Impact was a man-made event.]]
** Let's not forget Ritsuko's lamenting on the Hedgehogs Dilemma. Some fans connect this with [[spoiler:Shinji's choice regarding [[AssimilationPlot Instrumentality]]]].
** In the opening sequence, we see many images of characters and plot important words. After showing a picture of Kaworu and Rei, the word 'Angels' appears.
*** Not to mention a shot of Yui Ikari in profile, followed immediately by a shot of a helmetless EVA-01 in profile. The credits, like the rest of the show, like to mess with your head.
** A bit of musical foreshadowing occurs during fight scenes. Note one of the Angel themes is titled "The Beast"; compare with whenever [[spoiler:EVA-01 goes berserk, the theme is titled "The Beast II", referencing how Evangelions are living beings.]]
*** Although only noticeable in the english translation [[spoiler:the Mechas are all called EVA which can be read as Eve who is infamous among the Abrahamic Religions. This hints to the fact that they're all actually the Pilot's Mother in Giant Robot Form.]]
* Happening very early in the anime adaptation of ''SeireiNoMoribito'', some kids are singing "The Nahji Song/Song of the Nahji", which represents events that happened in the past, and those to come.
* Misuzu's fate in ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' gets foreshadowed a lot by Yukito's remarks. The viewer then gets fed false hope when things ''seem'' to be alright after the "last dream", but it all ends pretty much as predicted.
* ''PrincessMononoke'': After San is temporarily incapacitated during a fight, Lady Eboshi warns her men that she's still dangerous with the words, "If you cut off a wolf's head, it can still bite." Now try to guess what rips Eboshi's arm clean off late in the movie.
** Also, while fighting Ashitaka, Eboshi declares, "Why don't I just cut the damn thing off?" in regards to his cursed arm.
* In episode eight of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', the group stays at an abandoned mansion. While there, TK notices a picture of an angel, and explains to Patamon that it's a benevolent guardian, comparing it to the digimon themselves. At the end of that story arc, Patamon digivolves into Angemon and gives his life to protect TK.
* You'd surely never see it coming: at the beginning of ''Anime/ReadOrDie'' the OAV, Yomiko wakes up and hums [[LudwigVanBeethoven Beethoven's]] "Ode to Joy"; later on, it's revealed that the true threat is Clone Beethoven and his Suicide Symphony.
** Also, when Joker first fills Yomiko in on the robbery of the DNA of famous people, a list of the individuals whose DNA was stolen is shown behind him. The name on the bottom of the list? [[spoiler: Mata Hari]].
* ''GundamSEED'' does this with incredible subtlety. It's pretty much seen in the first ending sequence, which is essentially a wide shot of all the important characters, namely the crew of the Archangel, the 4 ZAFT pilots, and Lacus Clyne. However, there is ONE important character missing. Mwu La Flaga. Lt. Raimus happens to be staring at a soldier's helmet and a dog tag on a cross. The kicker? The ruins of the Strike Gundam in the background. And that's THE FIRST ENDING! This was planned quite well.
** Rau Le Creuset is missing too.
* In the manga ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing: Battlefield of Pacifists'', Heero teased that Duo came along with him on a mission, because he got into a fight with Hilde. [[spoiler:Fastfoward to the ''Frozen Teardrop'' novel, Duo and Hilde are divorced.]]
* ''FiveCentimetersPerSecond'' : You know the tune of the background music in the scene where Takaki and Akari part ways when they're 13 after meeting for the first time in years? Sure is pretty, ain't it? It's actually taken from a pop song, which supposedly pretty much everyone in Japan has heard about. It's about a man who persistently longs for his doomed love. If you know what the song is about beforehand, then you probably had a pretty good idea of where the plot of the movie was going.
* There's quite a few moments of foreshadowing in the original ''ChronoCrusade'' manga that made it into the anime, only to never have the payoff work out thanks to the GeckoEnding. This includes Chrono's UnstoppableRage tendencies becoming a major plot point, to Rosette's watch causing her to appear as a ghost to people in the Order later being a key to [[spoiler:raising her from the dead]].
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' has foreshadowing ''all over'' the series, to the point where it'd be pointless to list them all here. They include [[ChekhovsGunman background characters becoming important later]], several details about the fictional fairytale ''The Prince and the Raven'' and Fakir's fear of crows/death.
* ''RahXephon'' owing to it's JigSawPuzzlePlot has tons of moments like this, Megumi casually mentioning Haruka's old boyfriend is one.
* In the ''SailorMoon'' manga, Chibi-Usa creates a clay replica of the Holy Grail two chapters before the real thing is introduced. The clay Grail subplot also exists in the anime, but the search for the Holy Grail is made the entire focal plot point of that arc in the anime, so it loses some of its foreshadowing properties. Ironically, Chibi-Usa's decision to give her clay Grail to Hotaru in the manga foreshadows Sailor Moon's decision to give the real grail to Hotaru in the anime.
* In ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'', half of the major plot points for the show are foreshadowed by the ShowWithinAShow Gekiganger 3, such as [[spoiler:Gai Daigoji's death and even predicting the end episode being pretty lackluster]].
* ''KannazukiNoMiko'' has lots of foreshadowing, such as quick, very short flash-backs of the priestess ritual seen a few times. The whole first part of [[WhamEpisode Episode 8]] heavily hints that [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn Chikane's ''up to something'']]]], and watching the show several times will induce cringing during some seemingly perfectly innocent moments, such as Chikane commenting that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic she likes the color of Himeko's robes better than her own]] or even just [[CatGirl Nekoko]] saying she doesn't like to get [[PlayingWithSyringes injections]]... There's also the fact that on the painting-thing of the Orochi, seen in the very first episode, the eighth head is quite obviously separated from the others and won't be seen at first glance.
* At one point in the ''Spiral'' manga, Hiyono starts spouting out Kanone's "data" ; he stops her when she's about to say his father's name. Said name is revealed about three books later, said father is central to the plot. [[spoiler:... And the reason Hiyono knows that name is more than the fact she's got insane info-collecting skills.]] As all Hiyono manages to say is "Ya" before Kanone angrily interrupts her, though, it seems like some random pained cry the first time you read it. (And that's how it got "translated" in the English publication.)
* Oburi is hit by a basketball thrown by a little girl near the beginning of ''Anime/{{Kite}}'', in the process splashing water on the back of his coat. At the end of the series, he walks past the same little girl as she innocently bounces a basketball off of the wall... right before she nonchalantly pulls out a gun and shoots him in ''almost exactly the same spot''.
* There's about a million examples in ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', but one in particular happens during the FreakyFridayFlip episode. Utena makes an off-hand remark about how she feels like she's gotten caught up in a bizarre ritual, and that she hopes she can get out before someone is [[HumanSacrifice sacrificed]]. Since it's [[CaptainObvious on this page]], [[spoiler: it turns out that's ''exactly'' what Akio has been using Anthy for, and he's trying to build Utena up to replace her.]]
* When Haruko first hits Naota with her guitar in {{FLCL}}, she yells "lunch time!" and in the final episode what does she do to Naota? [[spoiler: She yells lunch time and feeds him to the terminal core.]] Doubles as a CallBack.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Daitoukuji makes mention of Juudai's true power sleeping in season one. Then, Kagemaru insists that he must duel Juudai to gain his power over Duel Spirits and attain eternal youth. It's not just Juudai's power to communicate with them (Manjoume is there as well, after all) but as we find out later, [[spoiler: Juudai is the incarnate force that created the universe itself!]]
* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has a bit pretty early, and about halfway through: The first major time is when Kamina says "Simon, without you, I'll die." Guess what happens in episode 7 and 8 where they have separate objectives (Kamina and the rest of the Gurren-dan were to distract the enemy, so Simon could use Lagann to take over the Dai-Gunzan). The second time is in episode 15, when Simon has just killed the Spiral King, Lordgenome. Lordgenome then warns Simon about what will happen when the population reaches a million. Guess what happens in episode 17 (albeit 7 years had passed between episode 15 and 17, so people had forgotten the warning).
* ''Manga/DeathNote'' takes this to the next level. In the first episode, Ryuk tells Light "When you die, I'll be the one writing your name in a Death Note". In the last episode, Light [[spoiler: survives several gunshots, only to be killed by Ryuk writing his name in the Death Note. ]]
* In the ''ShamanKing'' anime, in the first episodes Manta tells Yoh he's seen a boy like him, meaning he saw someone who's a Shaman like him. Yoh then says [[spoiler: that he doesn't have a twin, joking. Turns out he does have a [[EvilTwin twin]] [[BigBad brother]], as we find out several episodes later]]. Not sure if this is foreshadowing though, since his words were more like an accidental guess.
* Absolutely ''everywhere'' in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. Why are characters (especially Kyouko) often depicted eating something? What does cooking eggs have to do with the worth of a woman? When you rewatch the episodes after [[spoiler:you watch episode 10]], you're going to cringe at the Foreshadowing.
** [[Manga/DeathNote I'll take this apple...]] [[MemeticMutation AND EAT IT!]]
** During the girls' first (shown) conversation at Mami's apartment [[spoiler: there's an interesting shot where the reflection of Mami's head on the glass table is shown superimposed over her legs, as if it were lying in her lap.]] Come episode 3.... Later in that same conversation [[spoiler: there's another shot where Mami's entire torso is bisected by the glass, letting us know *exactly* how Charlotte eats her meals...]]
* In ''TigerAndBunny'', there's a curious tendency throughout the series for Barnaby's {{Troubled Backstory Flashback}}s to be a bit inconsistent with each other -- such as the same event taking place in different settings, or a person's clothing/appearance changing ever-so-slightly from one flashback to the next. This is one of the first hints that [[spoiler:someone's been [[FakeMemories messing around with his memory.]]]]
* In ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'', Tsukiyo's doll narrates an omake. HilarityEnsues until [[spoiler: you realize that the doll was controlled by Vulcan all along.]]
** On [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TWGoK8.jpg a playing card]] for Tsukiyo, [[spoiler: Luna the doll is already standing and holding onto the sofa without any assistance.]] And on [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v13/c123/15.html this page]], the telescope smacks Keima's head but Tsukiyo and Keima's hands aren't anywhere near it.
* Two from ''Anime/DigimonSavers''. When Touma is formally introduced to Masaru's mother and little sister, he's briefly saddened, but develops a sort of crush on them almost at first sight, and approaches spending a day out with them the way some men might plan a marriage proposal. While the episode includes a brief flashback to his own mother, confirming he has issues with her, it's a good twenty episodes before we find out that he ''also'' has an IllGirl little sister that he dotes on. A subtler one is from episode 8: When he reveals that he planted a listening device on Yoshino, assuming that she'd ignore orders to back down from a target she was too close to, Touma adds that "To deceive your enemies, you first have to deceive your friends." Halfway through the series, Touma pretends to betray the group in order to get close to and betray Kurata, who's holding his sister hostage.
* In ''[[LightNovel/{{Baccano}} The Grand Punk Railroad]]'', Isaac and Miria have a conversation about [[IAmNotShazam the name of Frankenstein's monster]], with Isaac insisting that the monster's name was actually Mary Wolstonecraft Godwin Shelly. When Miria points out that Mary is a girl's name and that the monster was male, Isaac counters that [[GenderBlenderName men sometimes have feminine names]] and there's no telling what sort of name a monster would have. [[spoiler:As it turns out, the entire conversation is a nod to the true identity of the Rail Tracer (a monster slowly offing people inside the train), who is revealed to be a male assassin named Claire.]]
* In ''{{Eyeshield21}}'', Sena's test number for the Deimon test entrance exam was [[ArcNumber 21]].
** Way back in the earlier chapters, Agon predicts that Ojou would make it to the top 4 at best. Ojou got 3rd in the Kanto tournament, and ''4th overall''.
** A random member of the Dinosaurs suggested "they should just aim for 3rd", which is what Hakushuu ended up getting.
** During the game against Shinryuuji, Monta catches a ball thrown by a fan without even turning around, foreshadowing his later move "the Devilbat Backfire" which wouldn't officially appear until the game against Ojou.
* In ''Manga/BarefootGen'', on the morning of [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki Monday, August 6, 1945]], one of the Hiroshima locals comments on the weather, saying that "it'll be real hot by afternoon."
* PandoraHearts may as well be called Foreshadowing: The Manga. Examples include but are not limited to: Oz's strange and sudden attachment to Alice after having just met her ([[spoiler:[[ItMakesSenseInContext he was her stuffed rabbit doll one hundred years ago]]]]), Raven's gold eyes and black hair ([[spoiler:he's actually Gil ten years in the future]]), the state of decay undergone by the coming-of-age ceremony mansion ([[spoiler:ten years passed while Oz was trapped in the abyss]]), Gil's hardiness and fast recovery rate ([[spoiler:he's a Baskerville]]), Cheshire's single red eye [[spoiler:is actually Break's missing one]], Break's weak constitution and his tendency to cough up blood ([[spoiler:Mad Hatter is only his ''second'' chain, the first having resulted from an illegal contract]]), Jack's assertion that he's not a hero ([[spoiler:he's the villain]]), Alice's sense of foreboding on recovering certain memories ([[spoiler:they were the memories of when she killed herself to protect Oz]]), and even Oz's name ([[spoiler:he was named after Oswald-Glen by Alice one hundred years ago]]). And that's not even including the ''enormous'' amount of foreshadowing and symbolism that's prevalent in Jun's artwork (a site analyzing it can be found [[http://www.twilightvisions.com/pandora.html here]]).
* InUniverse example in ''LightNovel/SakurasouNoPetNaKanojo''; Sorata took his taking in the pure white cat (which caused him to be sent to [[DysfunctionJunction Sakura-sou]]) as one for his meeting Mashiro--as her name means "Pure White."
* ''Anime/{{K}}'' dropped a few subtle hints throughout its episodes:
** The opening song showed Yashiro falling from the sky. It's significant, [[spoiler:as he was thrown off the Silver King's blimp before the series started but has no recollection of how and why.]]
** Shiro lacks a cell phone, one thing that tells perhaps most about the owner - friends, acquaintances, personal information. [[spoiler:It's because his memories are all fake and implanted by Neko.]]
** Shiro is highly competent, such as knowing how to pilot a helicopter, deducing information like a scientist would, and knowing exactly how to work flash bombs. It turns out that [[spoiler:he is actually Adolf K. Weismann, a German war scientist during World War II...]]
** In episode 1:
*** Kukuri said that she keeps an eye on Yashiro because it feels like he would disappear if she didn't. [[spoiler:Later, she had no idea who he is, as his identity as a student was implanted in her head by Neko's memory manipulation powers.]]
*** The robot reacted by saying, "You're too kind," to a supposedly invisible Neko (Kukuri couldn't see her). Later, it turns out that she isn't actually invisible. She just fiddles with the sensory perceptions of surrounding people such that they cannot see her. It doesn't work on robots, of course.
** In episode 2, Shiro looks at a flyer with the name "Marilyn" on it and tells Kuroh that his imaginary sister is named Mari. [[spoiler:His own name, "Yashiro Isana", was made up on the spot and is based on a poster he saw as well, detailing a certain Isana Shrine (Jinja, which consists of the same kanji as "Yashiro").]]
** In episode 4:
*** The cleaning robot in Yashiro's room didn't recognise him as a student and tried to clean out the "trash". [[spoiler:He's not a student and is absent from Ashinaka High's records.]]
*** The alibi photo which Kukuri found of Shiro had Shiro with his coat zipped up. [[spoiler:He was trying to hide the bloodstains after Tatara Totsuka's death.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'', you will not be able to hear Nagisa's first line in the same way again [[spoiler: when you watch episode 16, and everything that comes after]].
-->'''Nagisa''': Do you like this school? I love it, very, very much. But nothing can stay unchanged. Fun things, happy things, all of these things will eventually change. Even then, can you still love this place?
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