It’s not awkwardness as much as it’s trying to convey everyone’s brain short circuiting for a moment.
Awkwardness is usually represented with sweat on the forehead/temple area.
And then you get stuff like jittering eyeballs conveying extreme stress, or long internal monologues occurring within half a second in the middle of combat.
Why does no one have eyes in the second panel?
I think it’s just a way to express awkwardness in the drawing
It’s just a trope in anime.
It’s not awkwardness as much as it’s trying to convey everyone’s brain short circuiting for a moment.
Awkwardness is usually represented with sweat on the forehead/temple area.
And then you get stuff like jittering eyeballs conveying extreme stress, or long internal monologues occurring within half a second in the middle of combat.
Anime literacy to the rescuuuuee
I appreciate it. I wouldn’t say I’m super anime literate.
In hindsight the artist could’ve used the loading headgear lol