In manga and anime, a segmented arc crossed by perpendicular lines drawn over a character's head means they're having fun, laughing, or just being cheerful and lively in general.
In Japanese, these are called niko-sen ニコ線, "smile lines."(tonbi.jp:ニコ線)
Character: Hiraga Saito 平賀才人
Anime: The Familiar of Zero, Zero no Tsukaima ゼロの使い魔 (Episode 3)
Anime: The Familiar of Zero, Zero no Tsukaima ゼロの使い魔 (Episode 3)
Examples
For reference, some examples:
Manga: Yotsuba to! よつばと! (Chapter 8, よつばとおえかき)
- Context: Yotsuba よつば has fun drawing.
- tanoshii
楽しい
Entertaining. Fun.
Character: Yoshida Yuuko 吉田優子, Shamiko シャミ子
Anime: Machikado Mazoku まちカドまぞく (Episode 1)
Anime: Machikado Mazoku まちカドまぞく (Episode 1)
Left: Henry Maaka, ヘンリー・マーカー
Middle: Carrera Maaka, カレラ・マーカー
Right: Maaka Ren 真紅煉
Anime: Karin かりん (Episode 7)
Middle: Carrera Maaka, カレラ・マーカー
Right: Maaka Ren 真紅煉
Anime: Karin かりん (Episode 7)
Left: Excel エクセル
Right: Pedro ペドロ
Anime: Excel♥Saga, エクセル♥サーガ (Episode 1)
Right: Pedro ペドロ
Anime: Excel♥Saga, エクセル♥サーガ (Episode 1)
- gayagaya
ガヤガヤ
For a group of people to be noisy by talking loudly. For example, for a classroom to be noisy because the students are talking to each other loudly.
- urusai
煩い
Loud. Noisy. Annoying.
- urusai
- geragera
ゲラゲラ
Laughing heartily.
References
- ニコ線 - tonbi.jp, accessed 2020-03-28.
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