Anime About Boy With All Seeing Eyes

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"Life, which is hard plenty as information technology is, is even harder here. Even more then for a small timer like me, whose but redeeming characteristic is that I'm normal."

– Leonardo Watch, Blood Blockade Battlefront, episode ane

Both viewers of anime and in-universe characters akin often yearn to be exceptional. The traditional special teen narrative focuses on plucking protagonists from their humdrum lives and plopping them elsewhere, bestowing upon them universe-breaking powers. Blood Blockade Battlefront's Leonardo Scout is no exception, only he never wished for the omniscient eyes of god. They were given to him unwillingly, equally his sister Michella was able to human action more quickly in a high pressure situation, offer her eyes every bit part of a sacrifice.

As a result, his ordinary looks become his greatest asset, hiding his 1 of a kind power.

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While we, as an audition, can hands identify with being normal, possessing the eyes of god is something completely unrelatable. It becomes the task of Blood Blockade Battlefront to convince u.s. just how powerful Leonardo'due south optics are through visual representation.

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This begins with an overall focus on characters' eyes, or lack thereof. Leonardo now stands out from others, even with his ordinary character design, equally his eyes are nearly always shut or covered by tinted goggles. The only times that they are non shut, are when he is actively using his ability, or is forced to open up his eyes by others.

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Activating the optics of god is accompanied past an auditory cue and the presentation of the scene through our eyes – what a normal person would meet – and a haze, earlier the true image that Leonardo sees is revealed.

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Pictured in a higher place is an case where Leonardo accidentally sees through the facade of an hugger-mugger human trafficking scheme. This is contrasted with Leonardo seeing the character of White for the first time. While the opening of his eyes is noticeably not accompanied by the audio indicating the activation of his powers, the eyes of god are visible just White appears as a normal girl.

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This continued focus on eyes, specifically within the context of what the average person sees in comparison to what Leonardo sees sets the scene for Blood Blockade Battlefront'due south fourth episode, where vampires are thrown into the eclectic mix of in-universe creatures.

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Bringing things full circle to Leonardo's beingness, his survival relies on the fact that he appears unassuming. Like the facades that he can see through with his god eyes, his outward appearance hides the truth of what is present. Similarly, the vampires of Blood Blockade Battlefront have full control over how visible they are to others, and what form they take. Most of the fourth dimension, they cannot exist seen at all, although when they allow information technology, they appear as normal humans.

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Cerise optics denote the Blood Blockade Battlefront vampire; however, this is solely for our benefit. We, different Leonardo, practice not possess the eyes of god, and therefore crave visual aid from the serial itself.

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Through the character of a mysterious blond boy, we larn that vampires don't always accept to have red eyes, and tin seemingly cull to display them at their, or our, convenience. Pictured above speaking to Leonardo on the railroad train, the boy has aquamarine eyes. Later, when speaking to White, he reveals that his eyes are red.

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Nearly notably, this boy has been present since Blood Blockade Battlefront's first episode, and was shown observing Leonardo at his favorite diner.

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Like Leonardo, the boy's eyes remain hidden until it's necessary to reveal them to the audience, often shrouded by his spectacles. In addition to the visual cue of carmine optics, he cements his identity by telling Leonardo that he knows his name, presumably from the piece of newspaper that Leonardo was able to read earlier in the series' fourth episode.

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It is this listing of names Leonardo can see with his god eyes that precipitates Klaus Von Reinhertz'southward power to seal one of the vampires away. While Leonardo relies on his ordinary outward appearance for cocky preservation, the vampires in his story rely on their lack of identity. All of this is reiterated beautifully within the visual direction of the series.