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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9066311" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>I'm comfortable positing that Rock Lee's eyes are drawn differently from other characters in <em>Naruto</em> because the creator of the series wanted to focus <em>very heavily</em> on ocular presentation. Just look at how many characters throughout the series have some sort of particular visual design to their eyes, often (though not always) because of some ocular <em>jutsu</em> that they have:</p><p></p><p>Orochimaru has slit pupils to indicate his association with snakes.</p><p></p><p>Gaara has black circles around his eyes both as a reference to Shukaku (his <em>bijuu</em>, who's a tanuki), but also as an indicator of how (when we first meet him) he doesn't ever sleep in order to avoid losing control of himself.</p><p></p><p>Killer Bee never takes off his sunglasses, which goes to his wider presentation as a rapper.</p><p></p><p>Hinata (and the rest of the Hyuuga clan) have white eyes, in keeping with their <em>byakugan.</em></p><p></p><p>Jiraiya gets horizontal-slit pupils when using Sennin Mode, since he takes on the characteristics of a frog.</p><p></p><p>Naruto himself gets vertical slit pupils when using Kurama's power, horizontal slit pupils when using Sennin Mode, and cross-shaped pupils when using both.</p><p></p><p>Don't even get me started on the various <em>sharingan</em> (<em>mangekyou</em> and otherwise) that characters have.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and the <em>rinnegan</em> too.</p><p></p><p>None of this is particularly surprising (beyond perhaps how much the series creator relied on different visual designs). In Japanese art, eye presentations such as <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TaremeEyes" target="_blank">tareme</a>, <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TsurimeEyes" target="_blank">tsurime</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanpaku" target="_blank">sanpaku</a>, among others, are fairly common ways of connoting aspects of a character's personality and presentation. In the case of Rock Lee, round eyes are a symbol of guilelessness and exuberance. He's a character who's completely forthright in everything he does and is overflowing with energy, and his eye presentation reflects that.</p><p></p><p>...ahem. Sorry for the ranting, but this hits very close to what I spent my undergraduate career working on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 9066311, member: 8461"] I'm comfortable positing that Rock Lee's eyes are drawn differently from other characters in [I]Naruto[/I] because the creator of the series wanted to focus [I]very heavily[/I] on ocular presentation. Just look at how many characters throughout the series have some sort of particular visual design to their eyes, often (though not always) because of some ocular [I]jutsu[/I] that they have: Orochimaru has slit pupils to indicate his association with snakes. Gaara has black circles around his eyes both as a reference to Shukaku (his [I]bijuu[/I], who's a tanuki), but also as an indicator of how (when we first meet him) he doesn't ever sleep in order to avoid losing control of himself. Killer Bee never takes off his sunglasses, which goes to his wider presentation as a rapper. Hinata (and the rest of the Hyuuga clan) have white eyes, in keeping with their [I]byakugan.[/I] Jiraiya gets horizontal-slit pupils when using Sennin Mode, since he takes on the characteristics of a frog. Naruto himself gets vertical slit pupils when using Kurama's power, horizontal slit pupils when using Sennin Mode, and cross-shaped pupils when using both. Don't even get me started on the various [I]sharingan[/I] ([I]mangekyou[/I] and otherwise) that characters have. Oh, and the [I]rinnegan[/I] too. None of this is particularly surprising (beyond perhaps how much the series creator relied on different visual designs). In Japanese art, eye presentations such as [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TaremeEyes']tareme[/URL], [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TsurimeEyes']tsurime[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanpaku']sanpaku[/URL], among others, are fairly common ways of connoting aspects of a character's personality and presentation. In the case of Rock Lee, round eyes are a symbol of guilelessness and exuberance. He's a character who's completely forthright in everything he does and is overflowing with energy, and his eye presentation reflects that. ...ahem. Sorry for the ranting, but this hits very close to what I spent my undergraduate career working on. [/QUOTE]
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