https://owaraidesignpattern.info/en/tags/noritsukkomi/Recent content in Noritsukkomi 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/noritsukkomi/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0900odp@owaraidesignpattern.info (Japanese Comedy Design Patterns)https://owaraidesignpattern.info/en/article/patterns/noritsukkomi/<h2 id="what-it-is">What it is</h2> <p>Two words first, because everything here is built out of them. In Japanese comedy the <strong>boke</strong> is the one who says the wrong thing, and the <strong>tsukkomi</strong> is the one who corrects it — the word covers both the person and the act. In a two-person routine those are conventionally separate jobs, held by different people — acts that blur the two, or swap them mid-routine, do exist.</p>