

In many anime, a student council president or senior member uses essentially a
paper 'fan' to discipline others. Kind of looks like a paper that has been
folded up.

Is it really a fan of some sort or something different? Does it has a specific
name (in Japanese)?


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What is this paper fan used by some student council president/senior member called?


That'd be a Harisen, a paper fan used extensively in manzai comedy by the
_tsukkomi_ to smack the _bokke_ 's funny antics. I guess it just bleeded into
anime for its comedic factor.


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