Single X Eye

In manga and anime, sometimes a character's eyes are drawn simplified as a single large X. This happens when the character's eyes are closed.

That is, this is a variation of >__<.

And it has nothing to do with X__X, which is when both eyes are drawn as x's.

Left: Olivia オリヴィア
Right: Honda Hanako 本田華子
Anime: Asobi Asobase あそびあそばせ (Episode 5)

• Examples

Examples

For reference, some examples of eyes drawn as a single X in anime:

Anime: FLCL, "Fooly Cooly," Furi Kuri フリクリ (Episode 5)

Anime: Hayate no Gotoku! ハヤテのごとく！ (Episode 10)

Left: Todoroki Shouto 轟焦凍
Right: Todoroki Fuyumi 轟冬美
Anime: Boku no Hero Academia, 僕のヒーローアカデミア (Season 5, 2021) (Episode 2)

• Context: Fuyumi closes her eyes next to her heterochromatic-eyed brother.