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molokai198
Since: Oct, 2012
9th Feb, 2023 04:44:22 PM
This example would also be Slap-on-the-Wrist Nuke
An action's metaphor is portrayed almost literally when the character does an action.
For example: Alice and Bob are top players fighting in a badminton tournament. Alice does her special move "Meteor Smash" where IRL she's just smashing the shuttlecock really well but it shows a literal meteor coming down and creating an explosion, with the audience blocking the light, impact, smoke, etc. with their arms. Of course, everyone is actually fine right afterwards and nothing actually happened, but the audience's shock was still real in that sense.
Most common in sports anime.
Edited by NestlingOwlet