History EyesAlwaysShut / AnimeAndManga

* Falin from ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' is always depicted with her eyes closed, highlighting her relaxed nature, though they do occasionally open when she gets intense. The accompanying [[AllThereInTheManual Adventurer's Bible]] book states that it's because she's nearsighted and constantly squinting to compensate (and apparently she never considered getting glasses). [[spoiler:When she's turned into a chimera, she gains her dragon half's superior eyesight and loses this character trait.]]

** There's also Fuhrer King Bradley, who keeps his eyes (though one is hidden behind an eye patch) closed the vast majority of the time.
*** When Bradley opens his visible eye [[spoiler:it means he has dropped his friendly persona and let his true, aggressive, vicious self shine through. And if you can see his ''[[RedRightHand other]]'' eye, start running. ''Fast.'' Not that it will help, since the {{Magical Eye|s}} makes him a nearly invincible/unstoppable fighter]].
*** Also Creator/FritzLang, Bradley's AlternateUniverse Double from ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa''.

* Falin from ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' is always depicted with her eyes closed, highlighting her relaxed nature. They open when she gets intense. The accompanying [[AllThereInTheManual Adventurer's Bible]] book states that it's because she's nearsighted and constantly squinting to compensate (and apparently she never considered getting glasses). [[spoiler:When she's turned into a chimera, she gains her dragon half's superior eyesight and loses this character trait.]]

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Nunnally Lamperouge/vi Britannia has her eyes permanently closed. Her blindness is said to be psychosomatic, and it's believed it comes from the trauma of witnessing (and being caught in the crossfire of) her mother's bloody assassination, which also left her confined to a wheelchair. [[spoiler:Telling truths, the specific cause of Nunners's blindness is a [[MindRape Geass-induced trauma]], given to her by her father. She eventually regains her sight just in time for her climactic confrontation with [[{{Irony}} Lelouch]].]]

* Falin from ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'', highlighting her relaxed nature. They open when she gets intense. The accompanying [[AllThereInTheManual Adventurer's Bible]] book states that it's because she's nearsighted and constantly squinting to compensate (and apparently never considered getting glasses). [[spoiler:When she's turned into a chimera, she gains her dragon half's superior eyesight and loses this character trait.]]

* ''[[Anime/{{Patlabor}} Patlabor: The Mobile Police]]'': Richard Wong's habit of keeping his eyes closed is lampshaded when Kumagami gives his description to Detective Matsui, after [[spoiler: she's been shot by one of Wong's subordinates]]. She warns Matsui that while it makes Wong appear to be happy-go-lucky, he's actually [[AffablyEvil ruthlessly cunning.]]

* ''Anime/DigimonFroniter'''s Neemon frequently has his eyes closed. The Japanese card game suggests that he is lazy or frequently sleepy, but in the show he is perfectly energetic. [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Previous seasons]] had Gennai for the wise variation.

* Saku, the drummer in ''Manga/{{BECK}}'' always has his eyes shut to the point where they are even joked about in the dub (a life guard refers to him as the one with the "squinty eyes").

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'''s Neemon frequently has his eyes closed. The Japanese card game suggests that he is lazy or frequently sleepy, but in the show he is perfectly energetic. Previous seasons had Gennai for the wise variation.

%%** Wasn't his hair white when he had red eyes? His eyes could've been another color when he had black hair. However, we might have to go to the HairTropes for another story.
** His oddly-colored hair and eyes likely all had something to do with the disease (or curse, maybe) that was killing him (which eventually did).

* Professor Go in ''Manga/GiantRobo''. He only opens his eyes when learning something that horrifies him.

%%* Koma from ''Manga/{{Hyakko}}''--not surprising, since she can be seen as an {{expy}} of Tamami.

* The art club president and Juju in ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}''. Both of the nice and wise variety since the president is the OnlySaneMan and Juju is a reliable [[SenpaiKohai senpai]] and overall less excentric than the rest of the cast. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when the club goes to see fireworks, they all decide to squint at the fireworks and see what it looks like. No one can tell if these two are squinting or not.

* Shouka from ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku''. His perpetually closed eyes seem to indicate his wise and easygoing personality. [[spoiler: On the rare occasions he's seen with his eyes open, it typically means very bad things for ''someone,'' sinc

* Maiza from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': Maiza is such an extreme example, that his eyes remained closed even while ''being shot''.

* Walker Yumasaki from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' keeps his eyes closed constantly. He does open them very briefly in episode 18 though.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': Koizumi Itsuki (although he opens his eyes much more frequently than most Eyes Always Shut characters), and in a few cases the narrator Kyon.

* ''LightNovel/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes'': Luke Stokkart, second in command of Milk's squad, seems to be nice, but when one of the most dangerous characters in the show starts threatening his captain, he [[AlmightyJanitor shows what he is made of.]]

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': Kai's eyes are almost always closed into slits.

* ''LightNovel/AnObservationLogOfMyFianceeWhoCallsHerselfAVillainess'': Joana only opens her eyes when she's geniunely upset.

* Nekoyashiki in ''LightNovel/RentalMagica'' very rarely open his eyes. This is one thing that makes him appear more mysterious.

* In the original series of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', Rezo the blind priest. However, that's not because he's a trickster so much as [[spoiler:because if he opens his blinded eyes, he'll release the fragment of the supreme demon god, Shabranigdo, imprisoned within, a fact he remains unaware of until he heals his eyesight and does so]]. Another example is the appropriately-named Inspector Wizer.

* Shiraori of ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'' keeps her eyes shut because even she's grossed out by each one containing [[EyesDoNotBelongThere four smaller eyes]]. It doesn't inconvenience her one bit since she [[XRayVision can see through her own eyelids]]. She does open them when [[MagicEye using her Evil Eyes techniques]], or even [[ExploitedTrope exploiting them for intimidation]] or [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness to show that she's dead serious.]]

* Shouka from ''LightNovel/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku''. His perpetually closed eyes seem to indicate his wise and easygoing personality. [[spoiler: On the rare occasions he's seen with his eyes open, it typically means very bad things for ''someone,'' sinc

* Brother Matthew from ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood''. He only opens his eyes once or twice when he is being exceptionally evil.

%%* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': Loki's eyes are almost always shut, with a few rare instances she opens them.

* The art club president and Juju in ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}''. Both of the nice and wise variety since the president is the OnlySaneMan and Juju is a reliable [[SenpaiKouhai senpai]] and overall less excentric than the rest of the cast. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when the club goes to see fireworks, they all decide to squint at the fireworks and see what it looks like. No one can tell if these two are squinting or not.

* Falin from ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'', highlighting her relaxed nature. They open when she gets intense.

*** Also Creator/FritzLang, Bradley's AlternateUniverse Double from TheMovie of [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime version]].