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* '''Exploited''': Places where people come to commit suicide, in a culture that encourages shoe removal but [[{{Seppuku}} accepts suicide]], leave special racks where people can leave their shoes before they do the deed...or not.

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Places where people come to commit suicide, in a culture that encourages shoe removal but [[{{Seppuku}} accepts suicide]], leave special racks where people can leave their shoes before they do the deed...or not.

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* '''Averted''': Sakura does not kill herself.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Sakura does not kill herself.


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** Sakura leaves her shoes on when she jumps off.
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** Sakura was murdered, but her killer takes the shoes from her corpse and leaves them on the ledge she was pushed from to make it look like a suicide.
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** Sakura jumps off the rooftop barefoot, only for her to soon [[HenshinHero henshin]] into a [[Franchise/{{Ultraman}} giant extraterrestrial humanoid warrior]] and battle a rampaging {{Kaiju}}. As it turns out, she just wanted her coming transformation to be more comfortable for her than it would otherwise be if she still had her shoes on during it.

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** Sakura jumps off the rooftop barefoot, only for her to soon [[HenshinHero henshin]] into a [[Franchise/{{Ultraman}} [[Franchise/UltraSeries giant extraterrestrial humanoid warrior]] and battle a rampaging {{Kaiju}}. As it turns out, she just wanted her coming transformation to be more comfortable for her than it would otherwise be if she still had her shoes on during it.
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* '''Subverted''': Although Sakura was barefoot when she jumped off the building, she did not remove her shoes; she was barefoot the whole time.

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Although Sakura was barefoot when she jumped off the building, she did not remove her shoes; she was barefoot the whole time.time.
** Sakura jumps off the rooftop barefoot, only for her to soon [[HenshinHero henshin]] into a [[Franchise/{{Ultraman}} giant extraterrestrial humanoid warrior]] and battle a rampaging {{Kaiju}}. As it turns out, she just wanted her coming transformation to be more comfortable for her than it would otherwise be if she still had her shoes on during it.
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** Sakura wants her corpse to remind her friends and family of one of her [[EarthyBarefootCharacter most notable personality traits]], so she deliberately dies barefoot.

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* '''Inverted''': Before jumping off the building, Sakura, who was barefoot, puts her shoes on.
** Sakura removes all her clothes before jumping...except for her shoes.

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Before jumping off the building, Sakura, who was barefoot, puts her shoes on.
** Sakura removes all her clothes strips naked before jumping...except for her shoes.



** Sakura scales the building naked but for a pair of shoes.



* '''Defied''': Sakura decides not to kill herself.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Sakura decides not to kill herself.

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** Sakura removes ''all'' her clothes before jumping off the building.

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** Sakura removes ''all'' her clothes strips completely naked before jumping off the building.



* '''Justified''': Sakura's culture believes that just as one should remove their shoes before entering a house, one should remove their shoes before entering the afterlife.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Sakura's culture believes that just as one should remove their shoes before entering a house, one should remove their shoes before entering the afterlife.afterlife.
** Sakura plans to posthumously gift the shoes to a dear friend or family member.



* '''Implied''': Sakura is seen as a StringyHairedGhostGirl, with [[JacobMarleyApparel no shoes and a noose around her neck]].

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Sakura is seen as a StringyHairedGhostGirl, with [[JacobMarleyApparel no shoes and a noose around her neck]].neck]].
** Empty shoes are seen at the edge of a building as car alarms and police sirens are heard in the distance.

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* '''Inverted''':
** Before jumping off the building, Sakura, who was barefoot, puts her shoes on.
** Sakura removes all her clothes before jumping ... except for her shoes.

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* '''Inverted''':
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'''Inverted''': Before jumping off the building, Sakura, who was barefoot, puts her shoes on.
** Sakura removes all her clothes before jumping ... jumping...except for her shoes.



* '''Averted''':
** Sakura does not kill herself.

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* '''Averted''':
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'''Averted''': Sakura does not kill herself.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Well, this is it. ... I guess I should take my shoes off first, huh?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Well, this is it. ... it...I guess I should take my shoes off first, huh?"



* '''Exploited''':
** Places where people come to commit suicide, in a culture that encourages shoe removal but [[{{Seppuku}} accepts suicide]], leave special racks where people can leave their shoes before they do the deed...or not.

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* '''Exploited''':
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'''Exploited''': Places where people come to commit suicide, in a culture that encourages shoe removal but [[{{Seppuku}} accepts suicide]], leave special racks where people can leave their shoes before they do the deed...or not.



* '''Defied''':
** Sakura decides not to kill herself.

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* '''Defied''':
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'''Defied''': Sakura decides not to kill herself.


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** Just as Sakura jumps off of the building's rooftop, her younger brother, Hiroshi, suddenly [[InterruptedSuicide interrupts]] her suicide attempt by grabbing onto the back of her shirt and pulling her back over the rooftop's edge in a desperate attempt to avoid needlessly losing the life of one of the ''only'' people in his life that's ever genuinely given at the very least one single flying coprolite about literally ''anything'' having to do with his general well-being.

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* '''Exploited''': Places where people come to commit suicide, in a culture that encourages shoe removal but [[{{Seppuku}} accepts suicide]], leave special racks where people can leave their shoes before they do the deed...or not.

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Places where people come to commit suicide, in a culture that encourages shoe removal but [[{{Seppuku}} accepts suicide]], leave special racks where people can leave their shoes before they do the deed...or not.not.
** Sakura's friend Ayano pours glue into Sakura's shoes so she has more time to talk her down.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
Sakura attends a discussion about people who have taken their lives after removing their shoes first.
* '''Conversed''': ???Sakura and her sister talk about why you should remove your shoes before committing suicide.
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'''Basic Trope''': Characters take off their shoes before killing themselves

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'''Basic Trope''': Characters take off their shoes before killing themselvesthemselves.



** Sakura removes ''all'' of her clothes before jumping off the building.
** Rather than jumping off a building or cliff, Sakura drinks poison or shoots herself. She still removes her shoes.
* '''Downplayed''': Sakura removes her regular shoes, but replaces them with her house slippers.
* '''Justified''': Sakura's culture believes that just as one should remove their shoes before entering a house, one should remove their shoes before entering the afterlife.

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** Sakura removes ''all'' of her clothes before jumping off the building.
building.
** Rather than jumping off a building or cliff, Sakura drinks poison or shoots herself. She still removes her shoes.
shoes.
* '''Downplayed''': Sakura removes her regular shoes, but replaces them with her house slippers.
slippers.
* '''Justified''': Sakura's culture believes that just as one should remove their shoes before entering a house, one should remove their shoes before entering the afterlife.



** Sakura removes all of her clothes before jumping... except for her shoes.

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** Sakura removes all of her clothes before jumping...jumping ... except for her shoes.



* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some characters remove their shoes before committing suicide, others don't.

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* '''Parodied''': ???
Sakura jumps off the building and dies, and then her spirit notices her body is still wearing shoes, so she comes BackFromTheDead long enough to commit a Barefoot Suicide.
* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Some characters remove their shoes before committing suicide, others don't. don't.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Well, this is it...I guess I should take my shoes off first, huh?"
* '''Invoked''': Sakura is DrivenToSuicide in a culture where removing one's shoes before entering a house is a major etiquette rule.
* '''Exploited''': Places where people come to commit suicide, in a culture that encourages shoe removal but [[{{Seppuku}} accepts suicide]], leave special racks where people can leave their shoes before they do the deed...or not.

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Well, this is it...it. ... I guess I should take my shoes off first, huh?"
* '''Invoked''': Sakura is DrivenToSuicide in a culture where removing one's shoes before entering a house is a major etiquette rule.
rule.
* '''Exploited''': Places where people come to commit suicide, in a culture that encourages shoe removal but [[{{Seppuku}} accepts suicide]], leave special racks where people can leave their shoes before they do the deed...or not.



* '''Implied''': Sakura is seen as a StringyHairedGhostGirl, with [[JacobMarleyApparel no shoes, and a noose around her neck]].

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* '''Implied''': Sakura is seen as a StringyHairedGhostGirl, with [[JacobMarleyApparel no shoes, shoes and a noose around her neck]]. neck]].
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* '''Basic Trope''': Characters take off their shoes before killing themselves

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* '''Basic Trope''': Characters take off their shoes before killing themselves



* '''Inverted''': Before jumping off the building, Sakura, who was barefoot, puts her shoes on.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Before jumping off the building, Sakura, who was barefoot, puts her shoes on.



* '''Averted''': Sakura does not kill herself.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Sakura does not kill herself.



* '''Defied''': Sakura decides not to kill herself.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Sakura decides not to kill herself.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ??????
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* '''Implied''': Sakura is seen as a StringyHairedGhostGirl, with [[JacobMarleyApparel no shoes, and a noose around her neck]].
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** Sakura's culture has no hard-and-fast rules about shoes at the entryway, or etiquette around dying.


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** [[HollywoodAtheist Sakura]] does not believe in an afterlife, only CessationOfExistence or TheNothingAfterDeath. Since she's not "entering" any place (as far as she's concerned), there's no reason to take off her shoes before "entry."
** Sakura is too distraught to even ''consider'' taking a minute to remove her shoes; she just throws herself off the building.

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* Sakura removes ''all'' of her clothes before jumping off the building.

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* ** Sakura removes ''all'' of her clothes before jumping off the building.


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** Sakura scales the building barefoot to reach the pair of shoes she left on top of it.
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** Sakura removes all of her clothes before jumping... except for her shoes.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Sakura removes ''all'' of her clothes before jumping off the building.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Sakura removes ''all'' of her clothes before jumping off the building.
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*'''Basic Trope''': Characters take off their shoes before killing themselves
*'''Straight''': Sakura is DrivenToSuicide, and plans to do it by throwing herself off a building. Before she does so, she removes her shoes.
*'''Exaggerated''': Sakura removes ''all'' of her clothes before jumping off the building.
** Rather than jumping off a building or cliff, Sakura drinks poison or shoots herself. She still removes her shoes.
*'''Downplayed''': Sakura removes her regular shoes, but replaces them with her house slippers.
*'''Justified''': Sakura's culture believes that just as one should remove their shoes before entering a house, one should remove their shoes before entering the afterlife.
*'''Inverted''': Before jumping off the building, Sakura, who was barefoot, puts her shoes on.
*'''Subverted''': Although Sakura was barefoot when she jumped off the building, she did not remove her shoes; she was barefoot the whole time.
*'''Double Subverted''': Her family memorializes her by leaving a pair of her finest or most favorite shoes at the spot where she jumped from.
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': Some characters remove their shoes before committing suicide, others don't.
*'''Averted''': Sakura does not kill herself.
*'''Enforced''': Cultural beliefs about shoes, entryways, and the afterlife.
*'''Lampshaded''': "Well, this is it...I guess I should take my shoes off first, huh?"
*'''Invoked''': Sakura is DrivenToSuicide in a culture where removing one's shoes before entering a house is a major etiquette rule.
*'''Exploited''': Places where people come to commit suicide, in a culture that encourages shoe removal but [[{{Seppuku}} accepts suicide]], leave special racks where people can leave their shoes before they do the deed...or not.
*'''Defied''': Sakura decides not to kill herself.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???

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