Naruto: During the Chunin Exams finals, Neji tells the referee that the fight has dragged on too long and, if Naruto refuses to give up, Neji won't take any responsibility for what happens to him. Made even more effective by the fact that she and the knife were both covered in stage blood (she was wearing a costume for the drama club). 
During the latter's introductory chapter in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Kaguya cheerfully holds a rubber knife to Ishigami's chest, telling him that if he ever reveals what he discovered about one of her plans, the knife won't be a toy next time. After all, says Henrietta, how could she possibly kill herself "as long as you're this wonderful, Jose." Alarmed, her handler Jose knocks the pistol out of her hand it turns out to be unloaded. Gunslinger Girl: Henrietta recreates the death of a cyborg girl who shot her own handler and then killed herself after she realised that her handler did not return her feelings. Through some Teeth-Clenched Teamwork, this can also lead to You Have Outlived Your Usefulness, if the character is working for or with the other character that they have just threatened. When you apply this trope to the death of a third party, it's Deadly Euphemism. The clearest nonverbal versions are the Dramatic Gun Cock and the Throat-Slitting Gesture. If the threat is made against the other person's family or against their property, that's Shame If Something Happened. 
On occasion, this will fly over the head of the person being threatened, particularly if that person is rather dense or the threat is especially oblique.
Often the person making the threat will avoid naming the threatened person directly. This often allows the maker of the threat to avoid being punished for making threats, since they can claim they never really threatened the target, and is often employed when neither side is allowed to take action against each other. This trope is Exactly What It Says on the Tin: A character threatens to kill another, but without actually using the words " I'll kill you." Usually involves the use of an analogy, a hypothetical question or another subtle remark that comes off as a threat in context.
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