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eyes always closed
Characters with eyes always closed, often seen in anime and manga, are a character feature and a general character trope. Similar to fully closed eyes, the character has permanent (or almost always permanent) horizontal lines where their eyes normally would be. However, unlike closed eyes, the character still looks and behaves as if their eyes are open, implying either an incredibly heavy squint with minimal strain or eyes that are almost fully closed. This trope is often used to denote wisdom or other similar character traits, often referred to as kitsune no me (キツネの目, "fox eyes" or "shifty eyes") in Japanese media.
The tag is not to be used if the character just appears with plain closed eyes as if they were blinking, sleeping, etc. The base eyes closed tag would instead apply, due to a lack of in context cues to indicate the use of said eyes. This also does not apply if the character's eyes are shown half or just slightly open, with eyes half closed or mostly closed eyes being more appropriate instead.
Not to be confused with
The following tags are aliased to this tag: shifty_eye, eye_perma_closed, eyes_always_shut, shifty_fox_eyed, fox_eye, eye_forever_shut, permanent_squinting, eye_perma_shut, kitsune_eye, eyes_perma_shut, fox_eyes, slanted_eyed, kitsune_eyes, slanted_eye, forever_squinting, eyes_permanently_closed, shifty_eyed, eye_permanently_shut, slanted_eyes, eye_forever_closed, kitsune_eyed, kitsune_no_me, fox_eyed, forever_squint, eyes_forever_shut, always_closed_eyes, slant_eyes, shifty_eyes, perma_squint, shifty_fox_eyes, permanent_squint, shifty_fox_eye, eye_permanently_closed, eyes_perma_closed, eye_always_shut, eyes_permanently_shut, slant_eye, slant_eyed, eyes_forever_closed (learn more).
This tag implicates eyes_closed (learn more).
