https://owaraidesignpattern.info/en/tags/gap/Recent content in Gap on Japanese Comedy Design PatternsHugoenodp@owaraidesignpattern.info (Japanese Comedy Design Patterns)odp@owaraidesignpattern.info (Japanese Comedy Design Patterns)© 2022 Japanese Comedy Design PatternsThu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0900https://owaraidesignpattern.info/en/article/patterns/gap/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0900odp@owaraidesignpattern.info (Japanese Comedy Design Patterns)https://owaraidesignpattern.info/en/article/patterns/gap/<h2 id="what-it-is">What it is</h2> <p><em>Gap</em> is the pattern where an impression that already exists — built by appearance, by rank, or by how someone usually behaves — is contradicted at exactly one point.</p> <p>The department head with the hard face, the one everybody quietly assumes writes in clipped functional sentences. Then his message arrives and it is wall-to-wall emoji.</p>