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Anime nosebleeds are usually not based on any injury at all. Besides, nosebleeds in anime are unrealistic to real life. Consider this: In a real life nosebleed, blood trickles out of the nose. Now, compare that to anime, where blood flows out of the nose like a high pressure hose
Overall, the nosebleed trope in manga and anime is a perfect way to express the pent-up hormones of teenagers and lecherous men (and sometimes women), even if it has no basis in science.
From the perspective of the human body, the amount of blood lost from a real life nosebleed is quite small. However, the amount of blood lost in an anime nosebleed is probably enough to cause hemorrhagic shock, and bleeding out
It's a long-standing Japanese folk belief that a nosebleed may signify sexual thoughts or arousal. The belief may have come into being in part because nosebleeds are reportedly more common in men than in women, although of late there are jokes of female characters suffering nosebleeds for the same reason as well.
Kouichirou Kanaya, who is an ear, nose and throat specialist, says in a NicoNico News interview that while high blood pressure and an increase in heart rate are definitely caused by sex, nosebleeds are something that have no connection to it. In short, an average person cannot get a nosebleed from having sex.
If a guy gets aroused, the increased blood flow supposedly causes the veins in your nose to burst, resulting in a nose bleed.
Apparently, the Band-Aid's only purpose is as an accessory to make his character design more visually interesting, or to make him look cool. Often shows up in animation, and is rarely commented on by the characters.
Headaches, sometimes triggered by stress, can result in or be accompanied by a nosebleed. If you tend to pick your nose or blow your nose frequently when you feel stressed or anxious, that could also trigger a nosebleed.
One Piece 's Sanji is another example of a lecherous man getting them frequently. Another example of the anime nosebleed, albeit an extreme case, is Karin Maaka from Chibi Vampire. While not necessarily stemming from arousal, she has some of the heaviest nosebleeds in anime history.
From Master Roshi to Sanji, nosebleeds when aroused are a familiar trope to anime fans. But are they possible in real life? A staple of many comedy anime, a character getting a nosebleed when they see an attractive person is almost as old as the genre itself.
The trope comes from an old wives' tale that when a teenager filled to the brim with hormones sees something arousing, their blood pressure rises to the point that it causes a nosebleed. Mangaka Yasuji Tanioka 's humorous comics from the '60s are thought to be the trope's earliest inclusion in manga.
Yuru Yuri 's Chitose is notorious for getting them whenever she fantasizes about her friends getting together , mainly Kyouko and Ayano.
Ever since Dragon Ball was first released, he has been used as a prime example of the nosebleed trope. His first bloody nose was caused by Bulma flashing him. Since then, he's usually the character that comes to mind when someone thinks about anime and nosebleeds.
While they are usually depicted as a normal red color, sometimes instead white steam is shown. Usually, these are shown in shows for smaller kids. It is used to express general excitement rather than arousal. Pokemon 's Brock is a good example of this alternate version.
That doesn't mean we can't laugh when it happens to a character because they got too excited because they saw a pair of panties, though , or when a vampire produces a waterfall of blood instead of consuming it. KEEP READING: Uma Musume, the Horse Girl Show, Is Anime's Most Nonsensical Franchise.