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So it was pointed out to me that gene starwind will wink for minutes at a time during episodes of outlaw star. Almost directly after that I started playing IaMP and noticed winking is also common for the characters' poses during conversations, and it's all beginning to drive me a little crazy. Is it a japanese thing that's just culturally different from the west, or a poorly thought out anime expression that ignores how awkward it is to close one eye for more than a quick bit?

also, more examples of weird winking and other gestures/expressions that don't seem to have basis in reality.

>> No.2657076

People have never winked at you before?

>> No.2657075
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This.

>> No.2657082
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Fascinating.

>> No.2657092

>>2657076
In anime and visual novels they don't so much wink as stand there with one eye closed for a long period of time.

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>>2657075
that's just on overdone quizzical eyebrow, i see people do that

>> No.2657119

Winking is popular in Western media too, but no, people don't really do it in real life.

>> No.2657135

>>2657119
examples of the kind i'm thinking of where people just talk with one eye closed?

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>>2657099
But it's really annoying; it's like someone's asking to be sucker-punched and cunt-punted at the same time.

>> No.2657150

>>2657135
I'm a weeaboo dude, I won't be able to give you any specific examples.

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>>2657146

You'll do nothing of the sort to the rock, bro.

>> No.2657163

>>2657150
only times i can think of is a quick wink for innuendo/"just trust me", something longer only if they've just woken up and are fixin' to go back to sleep or have just been struck in the head and are rubbing the wound, and all of those feel natural to me.

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>>2657155
Well that's because you don't have a cunt to be punted. ...or do you?

>> No.2657168

>>2657146
lookin' kinda stoned there...

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>>2657165

>> No.2657172

i only wink stealthily to tell someone to "play along"

>> No.2657178

I tried winking in front of the mirror. My eyelid wrinkles up. Not like on the pictures of some japanese girl in front of a webcamera winking.

>> No.2657178,1 [INTERNAL] 

>>2657065
That's just terrible animation.

>> No.2657178,2 [INTERNAL] 

>>2657065
>also, more examples of [...] other gestures/expressions that don't seem to have basis in reality.
Characters who always have both eyes closed*.

*Some of them do open their eyes on extremely rare occasions.

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