Eraser Goggles

The Eraser Goggles belong to Shota Aizawa, better known as Eraser Head, and go everywhere he does. They have grown into such a defining feature that the public, hardcore hero enthusiasts included, barely recognizes him once they come off.

The exterior is yellow throughout, band and rim both, while the lens area reads black from inside. There is no glass in the frame at all, a deliberate choice on Shota's part, since shattered lenses would be a hazard to his eyes. Thin vertical bars fill the gap instead and screen his eyes from view. He puts them on only when a fight is coming; otherwise they hang at his neck, tucked out of sight beneath the Capturing Weapon. They debut in chapter 6 of the manga and episode 5 of the anime.

Everything about the design serves Erasure. The Quirk demands that Shota look directly at his target, which creates an obvious vulnerability: anyone who can track where his eyes are pointed knows exactly when the nullification is coming and who it is aimed at. The goggles see out without letting anyone see in, so opponents are left guessing which of them is about to lose their Quirk.

Shota Aizawa is the sole wearer, but the goggles originally came from Oboro Shirakumo. They were not part of the costume at first and only entered it during his second year. The catalyst was a Work-Studies failure: a robber with a Smoke Quirk escaped him because the smoke defeated Erasure from either range. Distance let it block his line of sight, and closing in only meant the fumes stung his eyes badly enough to shut the Quirk down.

Oboro, who was among the closest friends and teammates he had then, handed over his own goggles to shield Shota's eyes. The rematch went differently; Shota used his Quirk without difficulty and made the capture. He has worn goggles ever since. The pair had to be rebuilt into their present form once a villain shattered the lenses, and before he took up teaching, his set was closer to silver in color.