Origami

Origami
First reference:	The Crane
"Origami" on Wikipedia

Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. Legend has it that if a person folds 1,000 paper cranes, they are granted a wish. Hiro Nakamura appears skilled in the practice of origami.

References In Heroes

Graphic Novel:The Crane

As a tribute to his deceased grandfather, Hiro folds a paper crane out of Issue #1 of his valuable Superman comic book. When he arrives at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, he finds that the location is covered with paper cranes, as is customary at the monument.

Six Months Ago

Hiro Nakamura is trying to find a way to convince Charlie Andrews that he has traveled back in time to see her. First, he brings a newspaper to the diner and shows Charlie Japanese baseball results, where the "Swallows slay the Dragons". Hiro attempts to explain the Japanese tradition of origami and Charlie responds she read about it. She comments that if someone folds a thousand cranes that they'll be granted one wish. Hiro concentrates, and in an instant, Charlie is surrounded by hundreds of paper cranes hanging from the ceiling.

Gallery

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  Hiro dismantles a comic book to fold a crane.
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  Hiro leaves his crane at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial shrine.
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  Hiro stops time and folds a thousand origami cranes for Charlie.

External Links

• Legend of the thousand origami cranes on Wikipedia
• Paper Crane, How to Fold Instructions