Breaking the fourth wall
I was talking with someone about different movies, shows, etc, that break the Fourth wall earlier today and I became curious about how often the concept might be used in manga.
I think Hayate no Gotuku does this on occasion, but I couldn't think of any others that do, so I just thought I'd ask out of curiosity if anyone knows of any others.
17 years ago
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I know for sure that Dragonball does it somewhere in the early volumes. And there are references to the writer in Cross Game, like that one of the characters reads Cross Game at some point. Other then that I can't think of one atm...

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I think Sket Dance may have done that at one point. Maybe Gintama as well, though I'm not totally sure.

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Yureka or Id_Entity does every now and then when borromid bitches about page time.

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H2 does quite a bit
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Cool, thanks. I figured there had to be at least few out there. I think it's most often used for comedic effect. It can be pretty funny when used sparingly.

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I believe that Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei does as well.
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17 years ago
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I think Foolie Coolie does a lot.
Riches take to themselves wings and fly
Power can depart suddenly from the powerful
Pride goes before a fall
It's an ill wind that blows nobody good
There is no fool like an old fool
Insolence attracts the thunderbolt of the gods
In other words, don't get rich, powerful, proud, old, or insolent, or else you'll lose everything, be struck by lightning, and blown off a cliff (by a proud, diseased wind!).

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Gintama doesn't just break the fourth wall, it blows it up, pushes the rubble into the see, then salts the earth.
Violinist of Hameln also does it.

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All of Adachi's work seems to do it. With the mangaka making frequent appearances, and the characters joking about not knowing each others names since they look like his other characters.http://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=85 You can pretty much just point and click and you will find them. H2, Katsu, and Cross Game have it a bit more often, I believe, than some of his other works.
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Quote from tbl
Gintama doesn't just break the fourth wall, it blows it up, pushes the rubble into the see, then salts the earth.
haha i totally agree with u

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Quote from muz1k m4st3r
I think Foolie Coolie does a lot.
i know the anime does, doesnt remember about the manga though
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Lucky Star anime does it a couple of times
| One Punch Man | Noblesse | Nanatsu no Taizai | Gun x Clover |

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does the times when the characters admit to being in a manga count?
(stuff like them saying 'but this is a manga')
an example is in pheromomania syndrome. where they keep wandering if the stuff in there should be featured in a shoujo manga...(yuu watase also does that in alice 19th though not as frequently as in pheromomania though...)
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. My desk is called a work station...