Anime has a wide variety of interesting characters with unique abilities. One particular feature that catches our attention is the eye patch. Whether they hide to conceal their past, their powers, or simply to look cool, in this article we will cover ten such iconic characters who wear an eyepatch. So, let's discover the stories behind those eyepatches.
1. Ciel Phantomhive - Black Butler
Ciel is an elegant character with blue-black hair and blue eyes; he dresses elegantly as the head of the family. He covers one eye with an eyepatch, as he made a contract with Sebastian, a demon, to gain power.
2. Kakashi Hatake - Naruto
Kakashi Hatake is best known as the Copy Ninja, who can copy anybody's jutsu, as he possesses the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan eye, which he got from Obito Uchiha, his teammate. He usually covers the eye with his headband, which is only open while using Sharingan.
3. Rikka Takanashi - Love, Chunibyo, And Other Delusions!
Rikka Takanashi wears a medical eyepatch on her right eye to hide her wicked eye and save the people around her from powering her eye hold. Rikka Takanashi, sporting an eyepatch, will capture your heart.
4. Kenpachi Zaraki - Bleach
Kenpachi is the leader of the 11th division. He wears an eyepatch to suppress his power to make his fights more interesting. He is so obsessed with battles that he considers injuries and deaths the outcome of good battles, and he refrains from delivering killing blows to those who are weak or injured.
5. Najenda - Akame Ga Kill!
Najenda leads the team called Night Raid. She exhibits a gentle yet determined approach while leading the group. She possesses high intelligence and a sharp mind. She is known as a short woman with silver hair, and she wears an eye patch due to the loss of her right eye in combat with Esdeath.
6. Ken Kaneki - Tokyo Ghoul
Ken Kaneki, the main character of the series Tokyo Ghoul, met a tragic accident and got multiple injuries doctors transplanted Gouhl's organs into him, which turned him into a half-ghoul state. He wears an eyepatch to hide his ghoul side when he is around humans.
7. Midari Ikishima - Kakegurui
Midari is a type of character who is addicted to pain. She often shows suicidal tendencies. Once, she stabbed her eye with a pen to pay the debt, and to cover that, eye she wears an eyepatch.
8. King Bradley - Fullmetal Alchemist
King Bradley, the antagonist of Fullmetal Alchemist hides his Ultimate eyes underneath an eyepatch. He can anticipate the movements of his opponents and analyse the outcomes.
9. Minene Uryuu - Future Diary
Initially, Minene didn't wear an eyepatch, but during a survival game to determine the God of Time and Space, she lost her eye. After that, she started wearing an eyepatch. However, now she has a glass eye in the place of the lost one.
10. Megumin - KonoSuba: God’s Blessing On This Wonderful World!
Megumin's eyepatch is quite mysterious. She explains that she wears an eyepatch to conceal her magical abilities. However, when asked if it serves as a seal, she admits that she wears it because she thinks it looks cool with her outfit.
