Origami

Origami
First reference:	The Crane
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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.

About

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.

Graphic Novel:Walls, Part 1

Future Hiro sets a trail of origami cranes outside the Moab Federal Penitentiary. He tells the prisoners inside to follow the trail over the hill to safety.

Graphic Novel:Walls, Part 2

Later in the night, after having freed the prisoners, Future Hiro collects his origamis so that he can find his way and leave no trace.

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.
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  In Utah, Future Hiro uses a crane to mark a path...
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  ...so that he can find his way in the night.
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  The cover of Saving Charlie features origami cranes.

External Links

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