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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2018-02-15 06:30 pm

[ SECRET POST #4061 ]


⌈ Secret Post #4061 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2018-02-17 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
The chibi style is very common in anime and manga. It has nothing to do with fetishizing children. It's about showing adult characters with their adult characteristics but with a child's proportions (larger head in relation to body, shorter arms, larger eyes) as a visual shorthand to show that either this character is being made to feel small (like, say, their boss is yelling at them and it makes them feel like a child being called to the principal's office), or that this adult is displaying childlike enthusiasm or naivete.

Think of it like the Western visual shorthand of having a light bulb appear over someone's head to show they had an idea, or steam coming out of their ears to show they're losing their temper.