![]() ![]() Much like his bangs, they emphasise his desire to shut the world out. Ishigami from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War wears large bulky headphones for playing video games (in contrast to everyone else in the series, who use earbuds).Using headphones and holding a book in front of him are two ways he does that. Since he doesn't have an eye-related power like the rest of the students, he tries to avoid standing out as much as possible to avoid bullying. Toru of Iris Zero deliberately invokes this trope as part of his "low exposure" policy.The manga Hikikomori Headphone Girl (forerunner of 7 Billion Needles) is Exactly What It Says on the Tin. ![]() Rika Nonaka/Makino Ruki from Digimon Tamers is often seen wearing headphones, especially in earlier episodes.Spike: How much is this? (fires party popper in robber's face, then kicks gun out of his hand) Robber: Hey, what the hell you think you're doing? YOU! Are you deaf or what?! ( Goes over to him) Yo, Headphone Boy! Take em off! In the Batman Cold Open of Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Spike walks into a store robbery wearing headphones to make it look like he's not paying attention to the three guys robbing it.Mao from Code Geass does this to block out the influx of thoughts from his telepathy.His powers already enabled him to block out all sounds around him however, something he still does on a regular basis. Because he got the injury during his Heel–Face Turn, he also started socializing a bit more. The earphones he wears are part of psychic life support, hooking him up with about 10.000 middle school girls. Accelerator from A Certain Magical Index inverts this after he gets a bullet in his head.She later hid them with her hair when she couldn't use the 'phones anymore. Although, she actually used them to hide her pierced ears, which would let others know she wasn't a high schooler anymore (Japanese schools are very strict about dress codes and often prohibit the use of earrings). Natsuki wore huge earphones in the beginning, which confused the others and made them think she didn't want to speak too much to them. Invoked in the Detectives' Koshien arc in Case Closed.He serves Afro food and tea when he arrives at their lair and is the only one to survive, as he knew they'd fail and wanted no part of it. Number Three of the Empty Seven in Afro Samurai wears headphones throughout the entire series, and sits with his back to the rest of the group when they're all shown together.Kurumi from The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You constantly wears headphones in an attempt to block out as much food-related talk as possible, in order to stop herself from feeling hungry.Contrast Bonding Through Shared Earbuds, which is the complete opposite headphones, specifically earbuds, being used to facilitate companionship with others. but can be used this way in fiction for the Rule of Funny.Ĭompare Ignoring by Singing (the character deliberately makes noise and/or covers his ears to avoid listening) and Fake Static (the character pretends to be unable to hear or understand a transmission). Wearing headphones doesn't tune everything out in real life - smells, the floor rumbling, etc. Meanwhile people who are easily overwhelmed by ambient noise may wear ear defenders, or use noise-cancelling headphones. However, some works may deliberately invoke this trope by having a character choose large headphones over earbuds precisely for this reason. Possibly moving towards Discredited Trope territory, now that traditional bulky headphones are being replaced with much smaller earbuds (although in the late 2010s, large headphones appear to be making a comeback, especially wireless ones). This is especially true of those who use them while exercising, such as joggers. On the negative side, using them can also put you at risk of being mugged or worse, due to the music drowning out the sound of the approach of an opportunistic criminal. It's also possible to use this impression to gather information: If people assume you can't hear or aren't paying attention, they might talk freely behind your back, and if you don't actually have the headphones playing any sound, you should be able to hear them with just a little muffling. The Scary Shiny Glasses can often do this too, in a creepier fashion. This trope is either used symbolically, where the headphones are a side effect of their isolation or deliberately when the character does this on purpose. It is an easy way to show that a character is trying to drown out reality and other people. Either you won't be able to hear other people, or they will assume that you can't hear them. One of the easiest ways to let people know that you want to be left alone is to wear a pair of headphones. ![]()
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