Not familiar with Kancolle mechanics, but panel 4 seems to have a negative mood indicator. False Smiles?

Translation onegai

That's the fatigue indicator, opposite to morale (sparkling). Occurs when you sortie your fleets many times without giving them some rest between them, reducing your ship's evasion and accuracy. It's more charisma establishment than a false smile, but NuiNui colletion fits better.

As someone whose default expression is a blank face, I can vouch for the difficulty of putting on a smile on purpose.

Mincemaker said:

As someone whose default expression is a blank face, I can vouch for the difficulty of putting on a smile on purpose.

I feel your pain.

This is what I am reminded of.

Mincemaker said:

As someone whose default expression is a blank face, I can vouch for the difficulty of putting on a smile on purpose.

In my case, it's during a hard day at work when every customers seems to have turned off their reading comprehension and empathy parameters.

Like that one instance where a customer asked me, "Is that shoeshine?".
I replied, "It's written on the box indeed...".
Then he replied, "If that bother you to help me, just leave that job."
I forced myself to smile thinking, "Well, if it is so hard to read, just leave..."
Then I resumed what I have been doing: picking up fallen boxes of detergent because a customer was autistic enough to pick the one at the bottom of the box tower.

People smiling for no reason is stupid anyway, it just looks fake and or suspicious. If there is one good thing about hard labor in a warehouse job it's that you don't have to pretend to not hate your job and many nights I can average about one sentence an hour.

"Okay" When told which truck to load.
"Trucks full." When it's finished.
"Okay" When told the next one to work.

Tk3997 said:

People smiling for no reason is stupid anyway, it just looks fake and or suspicious. If there is one good thing about hard labor in a warehouse job it's that you don't have to pretend to not hate your job and many nights I can average about one sentence an hour.

"Okay" When told which truck to load.
"Trucks full." When it's finished.
"Okay" When told the next one to work.

I agreed, probably works only in cafes and fast food chains... But not some places.

That third panel... hng.

For a false smile it is pretty beautiful.