History TheUnreveal / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': The identity of the "[[BigBad true enemy]]". Later, [[spoiler:Ymir]] almost reveals a possible answer before being stopped, and refuses to answer when asked a second time.

* ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'', with its premise of [[spoiler:killing all of the "chosen" pilots as part of a gigantic, winner-takes-all tournament that would determine the last universe remaining]], seemed to have been heading towards an ending finally explaining how and why all the events in the manga happened with its last chapter, titled [[spoiler: Dung Beetle]]. Instead, said character offers one theory for why everything has happened, before [[spoiler:proceeding with its NoEnding.]]

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** We never find out [[spoiler:what Scar's real name is]]! He seems to have come to see Scar as being the only identity he has, [[ThatManIsDead his previous self having died a long time ago]].
** Edward always covers the text balloon whenever someone mentions his exact height.

* ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'': We never find out where the Parasites really come from (aside from outer space), why they have such an innate killing intent for their host species, or what purpose they serve considering that they can't reproduce to spread their numbers. Some individual Parasites do start to ponder these things, but most don't really care since it doesn't matter to them either way.

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** This is played with in the infamous HotSpringsEpisode where Kamina and the rest of the guys are waiting with bated breath to see what the girls look like under their towels. Turns out they're wearing bathing suits underneath.
** Played straight with [[spoiler:the alien Spiral races. We never see what any of them aside from the Anti-Spirals (post-transformation) look like, only their mechas]].

* Due to ''Manga/{{X1999}}'''s hiatus since 2003, we may never know what Kamui's true wish is and according to Fuuma, [[spoiler:it's not returning him back to his original self]], which Kamui intended to be.

-->'''Gendo:''' Ritsuko Akagi, the truth is... ''(mimes something)''\\

** What made Griffith’s tortured state so disturbing is we never see what his face looks like under his helmet. Given Guts and Judeau (two hardened mercenaries) have a look of horror on their faces when they take a peek and order Casca and the princess not to come any closer, we can assume Griffith drastically lost his {{Bishonen}} looks at least. ''[[Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc The Golden Age Arc]]'' movies spoil this, as the concept art clearly shows Griffith lost layers skin around his eyes during the torture which while gruesome takes away the effective Un-Reveal of the manga.
** During the same bit in the manga (the Tower of Rebirth) we learn about Emperor Gaiseric and a priest who summoned five angels to rescue him, possibly alluding to Skull Knight and Void but at that point we never get any confirmation about it [[spoiler: until Chapter 362 which reveals there’s been more than one incarnation of the God Hand]]. It’s is shown people were branded in the tower [[spoiler: {{Foreshadowing}} what will happen to the heroes later in the Eclipse]].

** The manga-omake "The Real True Face…!!", released after the end of the series, is about another past attempt by Team 7 to unmask Kakashi. Once again, they completely fail. [[spoiler:However, the audience finally gets to see Kakashi unmasked once he's by himself, and the ramen store people's reactions from the previous one-off seem to have been pretty warranted]].

** During the same bit in the manga (the Tower of Rebirth) we learn about Emperor Gaiseric and a priest who summoned five angels to rescue him, possibly alluding to Skull Knight and Void but at that point we never get any confirmation about it [[spoiler: Chapter 362 reveals there’s been more than one incarnation of the God Hand]]. It’s is shown people were branded in the tower [[spoiler: {{Foreshadowing}} what will happen to the heroes later in the Eclipse]].

** In Robin's OriginStory flashback, her mentor Professor Clover is shot right before he can give the name of the ancient kingdom from the Void Century. Despite surviving the gunshot wound, he never finishes his previous sentence (and then dies in the bombardment of the Buster Call, meaning nobody can go back and ask him later).

* ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'' never reveals the titular character's face. He takes off his helmet to show other characters his face at the end of the first light novel/final episode of the anime, but it's still concealed from the audience. The other characters' reactions do imply that he's handsome, though.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':

** What made Griffith’s tortured state so disturbing is we never see what his face looks like under his helmet. Given Guts and Judeau (two hardened mercenaries) have a look of horror on their faces when they take a peek and order Casca and the princess not to come any closer, we can assume Griffith drastically lost his {{Bishonen}} looks at least. [[Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc The Golden Age Arc]] movies spoil this, as the concept art clearly shows Griffith lost layers skin around his eyes during the torture which while gruesome takes away the effective Un-Reveal of the manga.
** During the same bit in the manga (the Tower of Rebirth) we learn about Emperor Gaiseric and a priest who summoned five angels to rescue him, possibly alluding to Skull Knight and Void but we never get any confirmation. It’s is shown people were branded in the tower [[spoiler: {{Foreshadowing}} what will happen to the heroes later in the Eclipse]].

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGoRush'': Third ArcVillain and [[Anime/YugiohSEVENS Luke]] {{Expy}} The☆Luge is someone [[TheHero Yudias]] says sounds familiar to him from the moment he gets introduced. However, it turns out that's because The☆Luge is the author of the manga [[ShowWithinAShow Mr. Universe]] which despite its popularity in-universe isn't all that relevant to the audience outside of being connected to the gimmick of a minor character who only appeared in one episode.

* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', what made Griffith’s tortured state so disturbing is we never see what his face looks like under his helmet. Given Guts and Judeau (two hardened mercenaries) have a look of horror on their faces when they take a peek and order Casca and the princess not to come any closer, we can assume Griffith drastically lost his {{Bishonen}} looks at least. [[Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc The Golden Age Arc]] movies spoil this, as the concept art clearly shows Griffith lost layers skin around his eyes during the torture which while gruesome takes away the effective Un-Reveal of the manga.

* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': The most noteworthy is the season 6 episode explaining Giroro's scar. [[spoiler: It turns out the explanation given was a fake one devised for an infomercial]].
** And a season 7 episode about Dororo's mask [[spoiler: in the end we don't see his mouth but the characters do, from their reaction it can't be that strange looking]].
*** [[spoiler: Actually, they're distracted by Keroro spilling some water or something and don't get to see it before Dororo puts his mask back on. It's probably nothing unusual though, since Dororo agrees to show them in the first place. (He does blush and... giggle... afterwards, but wearing a mask all the time probably makes taking it off feel like getting naked.)]]

* A ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode features a mad bomber who is continuously thwarted in his attempts to get the word out on why he is setting off teddy bear bombs to blow up public buildings. His motives were (mostly) revealed at the end. [[spoiler:He was blowing up tall buildings in protest of humanity's excesses.]]

* Happens twice in ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'', when, in ''Side:Future'' Episode 5 [[spoiler: Tengan tells Munakata who the attacker is]], only the audio is muted so that we only see the latter's [[GoMadFromTheRevelation reaction]]. The scene is then shown unmuted in Episode 10 to be a purposely vague answer, with the end of the episode of having the characters learning the truth for real...only the episode cuts out before we get anything more than the characters reactions.

** [[spoiler:Oden's FlashBack in Chapter 968 does this with the '''[[MacGuffinTitle One Piece!]]''' itself, as we see Gol D. Roger and his crew's reaction to the "treasure"... ''they laugh their heads off''. Despite learning just about everything else, the titular One Piece still remains a mystery to the reader]].

* In ''Manga/SuperGals'', Towa reveals Ran's secret to Kasumi. But whatever it was, it isn't actually interesting.

* In '' Manga/{{Berserk}} '' what made Griffith’s tortured state so disturbing is we never see what his face looks like under his helmet. Given Guts and Judeau (two hardened mercenaries) have a look of horror on their faces when they take a peek and order Casca and the princess not to come any closer, we can assume Griffith drastically lost his {{Bishonen}} looks at least. [[Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc The Golden Age Arc]] movies spoil this, as the concept art clearly shows Griffith lost layers skin around his eyes during the torture which while gruesome takes away the effective Un-Reveal of the manga.

* In ''Anime/BlackButler'' hardly anything about Sebastian is ever revealed. When Grell views his cinematic record all he allows her to see is his daily life of the past couple years, when Ciel orders his other servants to take a photo of him using a camera that shows an image of whoever the subject of the photograph loves most he has the family Hellhound burn the pic while it's being developed, [[spoiler:and when he assumes his true form all that's seen of him is scattered black feathers and black stiletto heels.]]

* The anime of ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}'' uses this in Season 2 when mysterious Space-Medafighter X's golden mask is split to reveal... the equally-mysterious Phantom Renegade's white mask. (And then Phantom Renegade's tuxedeo-and-tophat costume suddenly appears over Space-Medafighter X's.)

*** He tried to let Sasuke see his face, but after he'd only shown one corner he was interrupted by [[spoiler:the Amaterasu ability Itachi put in Sasuke's eye activating, setting Madara on fire.]] After that he stumbles back out of view and when he comes back the mask is on and he keeps it on.

** Played straight with Domflamingo and Vergo’s eyes as they ''always'' keep their SinisterShades on at all times. We see at least one of Doffy’s eyes in a FlashBack though.
** [[spoiler: Chapter 968 Oden's FlashBack does this with the '''[[MacGuffinTitle One Piece!]]''' Itself, as we see Gold D. Roger and his crew's reaction to the "treasure"... ''they laugh their heads off''. Despite learning just about everything else, the titular One Piece still remains a mystery to the reader]].

** More dramatically this has happened at least three times with another masked character, [[spoiler:Tobi]]. It's because of this that [[FanNickname some people]] referred to him as the Mask before [[spoiler:his face and true identity were finally revealed]]: