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![Nisemonogatari episode 10](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ijTdS.gif) ![Midori no
Hibi episode 4](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XrlFY.jpg) ![Is the Order a Rabbit?
episode 10](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GTync.jpg) ![Mawaru-Penguindrum episode
12](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FFchj.jpg)

**From left to right, top to bottom: _Nisemonogatari_ , _Midori no Hibi_ , _Is
the Order a Rabbit?_ and _Mawaru-Penguindrum_.**

In the case of _Midori no Hibi_ , why is Midori calling Seiji "governor"? Is
this a reference to something?


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culture meme
What is spinning a girl in yukata like a top a reference to?


The name of this meme is [**Obi
spin**](https://danbooru.donmai.us/wiki_pages/9992), from the Japanese term
帯回し _obi-mawashi_.

> An old jidaigeki-related meme wherein someone (usually a middle-aged man)
> pulls on the obi of a young woman wearing a kimono, causing her to spin
> around as it unravels. Usually accompanied by the tugger saying "It's fine,
> isn't it? (よいではないか、よいではないか)" in a sexually suggestive tone, while the young
> woman says "ohhh myyyy~! (あ～れ～)" as she spins.
>
> This is, of course, an inherently voluntary game the two are playing, as
> simply putting her arms down would stop the young woman's obi from
> unraveling.

In the samurai movies and TV shows, the tugger is usually an 悪代官 _aku-daikan_
, an evil governor, hence Midori's addressing Seiji as "governor". There is
even a whole series of video games based on the premise, conveniently named
[Akudaikan](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%82%AA%E4%BB%A3%E5%AE%98_%28%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%29).

[TVTropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Radar/AnimeAndManga) has more
to say (and more examples) about this meme:

> A little-known gesture of implied rape in Japanese culture involves the
> Shogun grabbing the waistband of his consort and ripping it off so hard that
> she spins several circles and falls on the bed with her clothes splayed
> open.

In some rare cases, the obi spinning is done to a male.

![Nisekoi](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qlpyb.jpg)

While [this guy](http://www.brickmcburly.com/mcburlymonogatari8) calls the obi
spin an " _ozashiki-asobi_ technique", I am not too sure if he meant it as a
satire or a deformation of a [Geisha
entertainment](http://mitene.or.jp/%7Ehoukan/2002/e02.html) activity. Obi spin
is even featured in shows by the famous comedian [Ken
Shimura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Shimura).

![Shimura Ken](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dLpuj.jpg)


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