vorticity Wrote:Hey, does anyone know what the trope is for a flower border appearing around a character? I'm thinking of Utena, various shoujo manga, this Gunnerkrigg strip.I'm sure there's a name for it - the Japanese have a one-word name for practically everything else, after all - but I don't know what that name is. I'll ask around.
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It looks like this is as close as we come, at the moment:
Flower Motifs Wrote:The system of ''hanakotoba'' is the Japanese system of flower symbolism -and it makes the occasional appearance in anime, especially in the form of [[Cherry Blossoms], [[Girls Love|white lilies], and [[Sunny Sunflower Disposition|sunflowers]. More generally, [[Shoujo] manga and anime (and [[Boys Love|related genres]) will have the background break out in unexplained flowers to emphasize a character's beauty, goodness, or emotional state.
Still looking for a name for the trope...
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