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** The veil separating God from Man (see the Jewish Temple): implying the person behind it is mystical or supernaturally knowledgeable, maybe even a messenger from God.
In real life, the style is called "peek-a-boo", or more recently, "[[Emo]] bang", and was popularized by actress Veronica Lake in the 1940s (who was asked to change it when it proved impractical for women working in factories during the war).
It may only happen for one scene, or it may be a permanent feature of a character. May be a consequence of [[Slipknot Ponytail]]. If the style sticks through all sorts of action, it veers into [[Improbable Hairstyle]] territory.
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* Graham Spector from ''[[Baccano]]'', complete with his [[Improbable Hairstyle]].
* Kan'u Unchou from ''[[Ikki Tousen]]''.
* Seiji / Sage from ''[[Samurai Troopers]]'' / ''[[Ronin Warriors]]''.
* In ''[[.hack|.Hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet]]'' the [[AI Is a Crapshoot|Vagrant A.I.]] Morté has this {{spoiler|to conceal her left eye which reveals her to have [[Mismatched Eyes]] as well as facial discoloration from [[The Virus]]}}.
* Sanji from ''[[One Piece]]'' has his left eye hidden behind his hair even in his childhood flashbacks. Whether he actually has a left eye has been the subject of debate, though [[Word of God]] states that he does, in fact, have a perfectly functional eye hidden beneath his hair.
** Sanji's eye being covered has actually become a [[Running Gag]] in the series. For example, he was once held upside down, where his hair would not be able to cover his eye. [[Fandom Nod|The speech bubble covered it instead]].
*** And after a [[Time Skip]], Sanji's left eye is revealed, but now his right eye is covered.
*** Now it makes [http://i.imgur.com/jPDir.jpg a lot] of [http://i.imgur.com/SpsFb.jpg sense] why he'd cover them up.
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* Gourry, Zelgadis, and Zangulus from ''[[Slayers]]''.
* Nodoka from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' started out with [[Blinding Bangs]] during the first chapter, but eventually moved into this.
* Precia Testarossa from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. Flashbacks show that she only had this after she went [[Love Makes You Evil|evil and insane]] {{spoiler|[[Necromantic|trying to revive her daughter]]}}.
* Izumi from ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''.
* Count D and his grandfather from ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]''.
* Ryoko Takeuchi from ''[[Blue Seed]]''.
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** In the manga, Freckles {{spoiler|aka Doll}} has bangs that fall over a majority of one side of his {{spoiler|her}} face to cover {{spoiler|some sort of disfigurement or scarring and a very damaged eye.}}
* Muraki in ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]'', possibly to mask his glass eye.
* Sheer/Mihasa, the female space pirate from ''[[Dinosaur King]]'''s time travel arc, has this over her left eye.
* Washio from ''[[Busou Renkin]]'' has one. Since he is so [[Badass]], it probably functions like an [[Eyepatch of Power]].
* Mikoto Urabe in ''[[Mysterious Girlfriend X]]'' is sometimes this way, and sometimes has [[Blinding Bangs]], and is more antisocial than shy.
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* Leon Kennedy from the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series is pretty much notorious for this.
* Gannayev from ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'': Mask of the Betrayer, possibly symbolic of his deep-seated and carefully hidden fear of letting someone see who he really is.
* Lumine and Layer in [[Mega Man X|Mega Man X8]]. Layer has them over both eyes, but her eyes are visible during certain reaction shots.
* Pandora from ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' has this in some of her outfits.
* Angel Starr, Matt Engarde and young Mia Fey in ''[[Ace Attorney]]''. In Angel Starr's case, she swishes her bang over to the other eye whenever [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes|her mood changes from sweet to bitter]]. In Matt Engarde's case, with his hair down, he seems enthusiastic and innocent. {{spoiler|And then he slicks it back, revealing an [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|Evil Scar]], grins an evil grin, and pulls an [[Evil Wineglass]] of brandy out of [[Hammerspace]]. [[Obviously Evil|Eeeeevil!]]}}
** Mia Fey meanwhile flicks the hair out her eye just before making a particularly effective point in court.
* Lucia in ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Path of Radiance'' and ''Radiant Dawn''.
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* Rain, from the webcomic [[Rain]] has these.
* One of the (as far as is known) unnamed regular customers in ''[[Unshelved]]''. I believe Dewey has made a few scathing remarks about it from time to time.
* Ardam from ''[[Adventurers!]]'', as well as everyone from his hometown.
* Ash from ''[[Misfile]]''. In this case, the eye can be seen through the hair.
* Agent 32 in ''[[Cheer]]!''. When we finally see the covered eye, there's a nasty scar going over it.
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* Faith from ''[[Alone in A Crowd Comic|Alone in a Crowd]]'' wears her hair like this, although the reason for it (if any) has not yet been specified.
* Bay from ''[[Sailor Sun]]'', likely symbolizing her discomfort with [[Gender Bender|living as a girl.]]
* Lifolei of ''[[Juathuur]]'', a scary, scary woman.
* In ''[[Nerf Now]]'', Demogirl has this in place of Demoman’s eyepatch.
* This is Darren Blake's hairstyle in [[The FAN]].
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* Aaliyah. Rumor has it she had a lazy eye.
* Asagi, vocalist for the Japanese band D, always has his right eye covered.
* Ian Watkins of Welsh band Lostprophets wore a [http://www.100xr.com/100_XR/Artists/L/Lostprophets/Lostprophets.jpg particularly painful example]. Thankfully it's now short again.
* Lzzy Hale of [[Halestorm]].
* Bassist Alex James of [[Blur (band)|Blur]], sometimes.
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