Talk:Broken Foot/@comment-27658474-20160821193602/@comment-995426-20160823030837

Anyway, I've mostly seen the third sense of the word as an internet meme&mdash;on Twitter, Tumblr, blogs, IRC, etc. That's why this episode's reference made me chuckle when I first heard about it, even if it's not necessarily intended in that sense.

The funniest thing about it is that we still don't know (in this TV series) if Karai even likes Leonardo, but we do know she's trained as a kunoichi which includes training in honeypot tactics. And a kunoichi doesn't have to be straight to be able to use them to her advantage against a male opponent.

So here comes Shinigami, who's a friend Karai's known since she lived in Japan. Karai's her "senpai," which can mean practically anything, but would be particularly funny if some common really common anime tropes were also invoked.

None of this is a given, of course, and I don't expect the show to necessarily cross genres and invoke common anime and manga tropes. But in a series that already has so many easter eggs for older viewers familiar with decades of pop culture references, this reference can at least create a humorous first impression to a memetically-conscious mind.