Drawings Featuring Nosebleeds - A Smear of Red

Nosebleeds can be rather inconvenient and a cause for alarm, especially when you’re wearing a white shirt! In manga and anime, however, they can be a great way to show how flustered a character is or heighten a tense and pivotal scene. Seeing them wipe away droplets of blood on their sleeve and flash a grin can make them seem all the more serious or menacing, depending on the situation, and dare we say, even… sexy?

Check out this series of illustrations showcasing various types of nosebleeds—you may never view them the same way again!