taresen たれ線

In manga and anime, taresen タレ線, "dripping lines," or tate-sen 縦線, "vertical lines," refers to parallel vertical lines drawn on the background or on a character's face when the character feels down, feels sad, feels disgusted, among other negative feelings.

It's also spelled taresen 垂れ線, because it "drips," tareru 垂れる.

Manga: Yotsuba to! よつばと！ (Chapter 8, よつばとおえかき)

• zuun
  ずーん
  (sound effect used when a character suddenly feels down.)

In anime, these are often rendered blue, but blue lines can also be used in a number of other ways. See the article on Blue Lines for a complete list of meanings.

• Examples

Examples

For reference, some examples:

Characte: Tenma Gabriel White 天真=ガヴリール=ホワイト
Manga: Gabriel DropOut, ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 8)

• orz.

Character: Kawamoto Akari 川本あかり
Anime: Sangatsu no Lion, ３月のライオン (Episode 4)

• gaan
  がーん
  *shock.* *disbelief.* (mimetic word.)

Left: Furuhashi Fumino 古橋文乃
Right: Ogata Rizu 緒方理珠,
Anime: Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai ぼくたちは勉強ができない (Episode 1)

Character: Sakura Chiyo 佐倉千代
Anime: Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun 月刊少女野崎くん (Episode 2)

Left: Kijima Saki 貴嶋サキ
Right: Ayasaki Hayate 綾崎ハヤテ
Anime: Hayate no Gotoku! ハヤテのごとく！ (Episode 7)

References

• タレ線 - tonbi.jp, accessed 2020-03-28.