>>3698382I don't really think so.
When I see these short vertical lines, usually on adolescent males, they are permanent feature; not coming and going with the character's emotions.
They must represent either an actual real life facial feature, or a fixed personality trait.
Perhaps they're emphasized lower eyelashes in the former case, or cheekiness in the latter.
Take this lad for example,
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/42/7c/01/427c019eb0a0d89451d1cf05c56b8477.jpgIncidentally, does anyone know any good place to discuss anime symbolic tropes and visual design elements? The people on /a/ are just braindead.
