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Dec 14, 2015 12:16 AM
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I was watching the 41st episode of Soul Eater when at 15:16 of the episode, Marie made a peculiar looking face:


In the 7th episode of the anime Mononoke which I marathoned recently, the protagonist made an identical face:


What does this face/expression mean? It looks like it's frowning and inquiring at the same time. I literally googled 'のもの' (that's what it looks like to me) but I got no relevant results.

Thanks for the attention :>
Dec 14, 2015 12:19 AM
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That's pretty creepy.
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Dec 14, 2015 12:23 AM
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That's just a goofy thing Japanese people do. I don't think it really means anything across series
Dec 14, 2015 12:24 AM
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You see that face a lot in anime on these little ghost dolls

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teru_teru_b%C5%8Dzu

I guess it's just symbolism for death. Too lazy to do more research.
Dec 14, 2015 12:25 AM
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In Japan it's a half-assed way of drawing a face
Dec 14, 2015 12:32 AM
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Try henohenomohe.
Dec 14, 2015 12:36 AM
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It's just a little joke, I don't think it means anything.

IIRC I saw those face too in Doraemon and Naruto



(っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥
Dec 14, 2015 1:00 AM
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vikki7783 said:
In Japan it's a half-assed way of drawing a face

This probably.
Dec 14, 2015 2:14 AM
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Dec 14, 2015 7:06 AM

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Dec 14, 2015 7:11 AM

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Is just a face done with hiragana, it doesn't need to have a deep meaning.

Dec 14, 2015 7:15 AM
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Yep you got it - its often used as a face on scarecrows and is I presume not coincidentally the symbol on Kakashi's (japanese for scarecrow) Ninja Hound's vests.
Dec 14, 2015 7:55 AM

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In my opinion, it means he/she is an object (doll, scarecrow...). His/her facial features are painted.
Dec 14, 2015 1:15 PM

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Dec 14, 2015 1:43 PM

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Non Non Biyori Repeat has a crash course episode on this.
Dec 14, 2015 1:56 PM

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It's a bit like our french version: 0+0 = la tête à toto

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%AAte_%C3%A0_Toto
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GuusWayne said:
there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief

And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat.

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