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Show me a legendary samurai! (note Kenshin doesn't qualify for this one - still love him though)

I can remember groups of tough guys would accost me in grade school and ask me to say something like "sky." If I said it the proper Midwestern way, with a clear dipthong (skah-ee), then they'd let me go. But if I said it in the flat Southern way (skaa-aa), then I had to fight. Not to the death, but you were expected to put up your fists and get yourself knocked down like a proper immigrant from West Virginia should. (Actually I was from East Virginia, but among tough guys in my grade school, the distinction was academic.)And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,” 6 they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan.
I was hoping for an image of a long standing, entrenched “anime” belief, like nose bleeds over sex, sweat drops over embarrassment, sneezing while being talked about, etc. I think the “tsundere-punch” fits well.jcaliff wrote:Having just googled the term, I'm still not sure what sort of image would qualify as a shibboleth.