Anime Meta-Review

       
                 
                 
       

Glossary Entry : nose-bleed

       
                 
                 
 

Index's
Home
Alphabetic
Quality
Genre
People
Recent
By Date

Support
Titles
Sources
History
Glossary
Notes
Misc.

Sites
Australia
Russia

    Abstract:   A visual symbol for attraction and lust, generally by a male.

In anime females blush prettily when they are romantically touched by the situation. What do males do? Well, one answer is that they become so aroused that they bleed from the nose. This may range from a drop to a literal gout, which certainly looks weird the first time you see it. Note that unlike blushing this symbol carries suggestions of a males inability to control his sexual lusts and thus is far less innocent. Needless to say this symbol is exclusively male (although I have vague memories of seeing one anime with a female nose-bleed).

       
                 
                 
       

Words by Andrew Shelton, Web by Ticti, Last Compile: Wed Aug 5 12:39:50 WST 2009