Comments on: Manga convention question: golden teardrop

Question: Manga convention question: golden teardrop

Rash — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:22:44 -0800

One feature of the New Yorker's recent 'Cartoon Issue' was a two-pager by their regular, Roz, documenting her reaction to manga. So... what was that thing sticking out of her friend's head? I took the liberty of posting scans of the relevant panels from "Turning Japanese" here. The only thing I found via the search machine was this TokyoPop discussion.

By: fleacircus

fleacircus — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:26:22 -0800

sweat drop, indicating embarrassment.

By: lekvar

lekvar — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:54:37 -0800

What fleacircus said. It's a pretty common convention in manga and anime.

By: luriete

luriete — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:12:40 -0800

i saw that and was wondering the same thing. thought it was some bizarre nouveau japanese teenager hairdo but sweat drop makes much more sense.

By: Morrigan

Morrigan — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:51:12 -0800

First link kinda NSFW.

By: SenshiNeko

SenshiNeko — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:46:40 -0800

wikipedia