Basic Trope: A character consistently keeps their eyes closed.
- Straight: Ayaka perpetually maintains closed eyes, never revealing them.
- Exaggerated: Ayaka's eyes remain perpetually closed, yet miraculously, she navigates her world without any hindrance.
- Downplayed:
- While Ayaka often closes her eyes, she does open them when something shocking happens.
- Ayaka has perpetual Dreary Half-Lidded Eyes.
- Ayaka has a Clint Squint all the time.
- Justified:
- Ayaka is blind and she doesn't want people to find that out.
- Insecurity compels Ayaka to hide her mismatched pink and green irises.
- Ayaka is a kitsune, so she closes her eyes to hide them.
- Employed by an enigmatic agency, Ayaka maintains closed eyes as a mandatory protocol.
- Inverted: Ayaka's eyes remain ceaselessly open; she never closes them.
- Subverted: Miko persistently insists that Ayaka's eyes are forever shut, but this assertion later unravels as a falsehood.
- Double Subverted: Unbeknownst to Miko and Takuya, Ayaka's eyes are indeed always closed; she orchestrated the deception and Miko was in on the prank.
- Parodied: Ayaka's constant closed eyes lead to comedic mishaps like bumping into walls due to her inability to see.
- Zig-Zagged: Ayaka's eye state alternates between being consistently closed and unexpectedly open.
- Averted: Ayaka's eyes are never persistently shut; there are moments when they are seen open.
- Enforced: "Let Ayaka open her eyes only during significant Beware the Nice Ones moments."
- Lampshaded:Ayaka: Watch me hit a bullseye!
Miko: Good luck with your eyes forever shut!
- Invoked: Inspired by a character from a show with perpetually closed eyes, Ayaka decides to emulate this unique trait she finds cool.
- Exploited: Ayaka's friends ingeniously leverage her constantly closed eyes during games, often letting her go first in hide-and-seek because of her limited vision.
- Defied:
- Ayaka: Oh no. There's no way my eyes are staying shut forever!
- Takuya: Ayaka, your eyes will open whether you like it or not!
- Discussed:Takuya: Hey Miko, have you noticed that Ayaka's eyes are always closed?
Miko: It's unsettling. - Conversed: Ever noticed how cartoons and anime characters often feature individuals with perpetually closed eyes?"
- Deconstructed:
- Ayaka is seen as weird due to her closed eyes.
- As Ayaka is unable to see anything due to her always closing her eyes shut, she ends up walking off a cliff while trying to get to her car.
- Reconstructed:
- Eventually, people get used to it and start emulating Ayaka's closed-eye style.
- Ayaka manages to grab on to a hanging branch to slow down her fall and survives.
- Played for Laughs: Ayaka constantly cracks jokes about her closed eyes.
- Played for Drama:
- Ayaka is cursed, compelled to keep her eyes closed, as opening them results in uncontrollable laser beams emanating from her eyes.
- Ayaka becomes a target of bullying due to her closed eyes.
- Played for Horror: Ayaka, a demon girl, keeps her eyes closed because opening them releases two rampaging monsters that can wreak havoc upon the city.
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