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KTera
Since: Oct, 2010
Scorpion451
(Edited uphill both ways)
2020-04-25 20:04:20
Sinister Silhouettes - generally a villain thing, but also has Mysterious Stranger-type examples where they end up being a Wild Card or even heroic.

An character appears multiple times in a work, but the viewer sees only his silhouette/shadow/small part of his body, because it's not yet the occasion for the big reveal. I'm looking for it to add to a visual novel's page, but a similar example I can think of is L by the start of Death Note. The visual novel's character in question is the villain, only his completely black sprite is shown.