Another difference is that in colored media blushing lines are always drawn red, while kote-sen is often drawn as black lines. Such black lines drawn on cheeks feel old style-wise, as they are typical of older anime and aren't used as much in modern times.
Character: Minashiro Soushi 皆城総士
Anime: Soukyuu no Fafner, 蒼穹のファフナー (Episode 1)
Anime: Soukyuu no Fafner, 蒼穹のファフナー (Episode 1)
Terminology
The term kote-sen コテ線 means "kote lines." The kote part comes from kotekote コテコテJAPAN, the name of a column in a 90's magazine focused on arcade games, Geemu Hisshou Gaido ゲーム必勝ガイド, literally "Game Certain-Victory Guide."Examples
For reference, some examples of kote-sen コテ線:
Left: Oosaka Naru 大阪なる
Right: Tsukino Usagi 月野うさぎ
Anime: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, 美少女戦士セーラームーン (Episode 1)
Right: Tsukino Usagi 月野うさぎ
Anime: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, 美少女戦士セーラームーン (Episode 1)
A well-known example:
Anime: Pokémon, ポケットモンスター (Episode 1)
- Of course, if you don't know the term kote-sen, you'll just call these:
- hige
ヒゲ
Whiskers. As well as other types of facial hair: mustache, beard, etc.
An example of kote-sen drawn as red lines:
Left: Yuno ゆの
Right: Miyako 宮子
Anime: Hidamari Sketch, ひだまりスケッチ (Episode 1)
Right: Miyako 宮子
Anime: Hidamari Sketch, ひだまりスケッチ (Episode 1)
- In Hidamari Sketch, most characters have red lines permanently drawn on their cheeks.
References
- コテ線 - dic.nicovideo.jp, accessed 2020-04-07.
- ゲーム必勝ガイド - ja.wikipedia.org, accessed 2020-04-07.
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