Rurouni Kenshin: Like Decoy Octopus, one Shinomori Aoshi's Ninja Elite Mook named Hanya more or less destroyed his own face so that he can be a Master of Disguise.In addition to it being incredibly creepy, especially coupled with her incredibly calm and relaxed posture and way of speaking, this form gives her a very rapid Healing Factor that covers her entire body-the only surefire way to kill a demon is to Go for the Eye-meaning she has no weaknesses. In The Promised Neverland, Queen Legravalima's final form has a head with no discernable face.This takes on another dimension later in the series, when the Mobile Dolls are introduced. In Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, practically every OZ Mobile Suit has a face dominated by a flat, square camera sensor.Later, on his deathbed, Alibaba finally asks the King if he ever really loved Alibaba's mother when he confirms that he did, his face is suddenly revealed. Symbolic example in Magi: Labyrinth of Magic: when Alibaba meets his father, the King of Balbadd, his face (and hands) are shown as blank darkness.There is also the Un-Mother in the episode when Sesshomaru first appears, a faceless woman who impersonates Inuyasha's mother in an attempt to steal his soul.One of Naraku's incarnations starts off this way, until he starts stealing people's faces (leaving them faceless and dead).Truth from Fullmetal Alchemist is blank all over, save when his face is contorting into a sadistic grin, or when some poor idiot is about to lose a chunk of himself to it.However, he expresses emotions well enough with gestures. Eventually, the three of them decide, screw that, they'll have the artist redraw from scratch… but alas, said artist broke his drawing arm in an accident, which Nobita and gang doesn't find out until after erasing all their faces. Nobita tried using this gadget to make himself more "handsome" to impress Shizuka (getting an artist friend of his to sketch his new face) but inevitably Gian and Suneo found out about it. Doraemon had a gadget who erases faces used in one episode, where the faces are then redrawn with a special gadget pen.A one-shot character's face was not drawn for most of the chapter in Chibisan Date.The Pict in Hetalia: Axis Powers are an entire species of faceless aliens.In certain pornographic works where the female character's physique and expressions are the focus, especially during sex scenes, the male character, apart from having no voice-over or even lines, may have no eyes whatsoever either. More often than not, the character's bangs, which normally magically stay clear from the eyes or the brows, are deliberately extended to cover the eyes when a blank face is needed. One common way to justify the blank face is to use highly contrasting shadows regardless of the lighting conditions, especially if a character has a sharp, defined brow ridge, or long bangs. The blank face could be completely blank, or still retain the nose, the mouth or the eyebrows, but mostly it lacks the eyes. Such emotions could be something like a feeling of inadequacy, a loss for words, a complete void in one's mind or heart, or an aura of uncertainty, mystique, rage, or coolness. Even though facial features, especially the eyes (compare Eyeless Face), are crucial to convey emotions, it is a common trope in manga and anime to make use of blank faces to also convey emotions.Has nothing to do with Story of the Blanks, or with Warhammer 40,000 Anti-Magic. See also Malevolent Masked Men and its extra-blank subtrope White Mask of Doom. The Nondescript might as well not have a face, given how tough theirs is to recall. Not to be confused with The Faceless, which is where a character's face is hidden from view rather than nonexistent. Presumably, The Blank is generally done for dramatic impact, while those others are sometimes simply for creator convenience. While The Noseless or No Mouth characters often have part-time facial features with Sudden Anatomy, this seems to happen less often with The Blank. How the character is able to see, breathe and talk without eyes, a nose or a mouth is not likely to be resolved - although robots, aliens and monsters might have an easier time justifying this. Or perhaps they're just that good at poker. Perhaps they were a victim of some entity that steals faces, a common form of Transformation Trauma.
Perhaps it is a disguise to unsettle opponents. The Blank is a humanoid character with no face. So there is something very disturbing about a person without a face. Humans will even see faces where there are none, such as The Man in the Moon. The human brain is hardwired to recognize faces.
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