death flag
English
Etymology
Calque of
Japanese
死亡フラグ
(
shibō furagu
)
.
Noun
death
flag
(
plural
death flags
)
(
fandom
slang
,
chiefly Japanese media
)
A
trope
suggesting to the
viewer
that a
character
will
die
.
Translations
trope signalling imminent character death
Japanese:
死亡フラグ
(
shibō furagu
)
Korean:
사망 플래그
(
samang peullaegeu
)