Horizontal Shadow Lines

In manga and anime, sometimes parallel horizontal lines, typically blue lines, are drawn coming out of a character to look like they're casting a shadow.

This is used when the character feels alienated, dejected, sulking in a corner, or dumbfounded, speechless, or burned out.

Left: Fujioka Haruhi 藤岡ハルヒ
Right: Suou Tamaki 須王環
Anime: Ouran High School Host Club, Ouran Koukou Hosuto-Bu 桜蘭高校ホスト部 (Episode 1)

• Examples

Examples

For reference, some examples.

Character: Dino ディーノ
Anime: Blend S, ブレンド・S (Episode 5)

• A soul coming out of the mouth of a burned out character.

Anime: Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? ダンベル何キロ持てる？ (Episode 5)

• A sweat drop is another symbol of astonishment.

Character: Usa Kazunari 宇佐和成
Anime: Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou 僕らはみんな河合荘 (Episode 1)