In Japanese , the tidings urawaza means “ secret tricks , ” like knowing that Superman is vulnerable to kryptonite or that certain moves will conduct you to the song at the end of the secret plan Portal . Now io9 ’s Lisa Katayama has a whole book of Nipponese deception to deform your mundane life into skill fable , just like in William Gibson novels . The Koran is call Urawaza , and by from some practical stuff like how to keep your elbow clear , it also contains obscure Nipponese wisdom on a few superpowers .
For example , if you buy this book , you ’ll learn things like how to pass faster and how to keep wounds from reopening ( look , is Wolverine reading this ? ) . And you ’ll get secret tip on even stranger things , such as how to make a tiny art object of soap freehanded again and how to resuscitate a dying ballpoint penitentiary . I think somebody on Heroes actually had that soap power .
Every chapter is arranged into a series of dilemmas , accompanied by the urawaza result . Want to cure your fluid olfactory organ ? Lisa has the result :
Simply cut the top front line off two green onions , stick the stay slurred white root sections into your nostril , and let your new nose plugs do their thing . Your sinuses will magically sack up up — plus , you do n’t have to deal with mushy boogers .
Now I really do feel superpowered .
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