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*** Just as an example, the Amaki branch head, Shuuzan, is a scheming, insidious [[TheStarscream Starscream]], hellbent on rising to the top[[note]]even though he's technically not qualified to do so — he's only partnered with a 3rd generation Royal Tree, while Azusa's partner was 1st generation[[/note]] and not above manipulating [[IllGirl his own daughter]] to get Azusa disqualified from being elected the new Emperor. He also was TheMole for the SpacePirates, marrying into the royal family to feed them information, though it's not clear whether he still was at the point of the story he appears.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is... [[EveryoneIsRelated complicated]]. [[spoiler:[[EvilTwin Father is a clone]] of Hohenheim and [[AnthropomorphicPersonification the homunculi]] are [[CloneDegeneration clones of Father]]. The relationship between Father and Hohenheim can be liked to a combination of [[EvilTwin sibling]] and [[LukeIAmYourFather father]]-[[LukeYouAreMyFather son]], while the relationship Ed and Al have with the seven Homunculi can be likened to that of [[LongLostRelative siblings, cousins]], ''and'' [[IncestIsRelative mutual nephews/nieces]].]]

** Aeka Masaki Jurai, the said sister, was [[IncestIsRelative so madly in love with Yosho]] that she spent 700 years mostly in suspended animation looking for him, dragging together her little sister Sasami, but once she found Yosho to be an old man already (though not really), she immediately moved on and began to love his IdenticalGrandson Tenchi (though she'd already shown to have affections for him.)

* The royal family of Pheliosta in ''Manga/VampireGame''. {{Incest|IsRelative}} is the law of the land, power struggles abound, people everyone thinks are related aren't, surprise relatives show up at the drop of a hat; half the family's evil and the other half's just plain nuts.

* ''Manga/{{Mars}}'': The amount of screwy in Rei Kashino's family borderlines melodramatic parody. [[spoiler: His mother Shoko was in a long-term affair with Akihiko, [[AFamilyAffair the younger brother of her husband Takayuki]]. Rei and his twin brother Sei are actually the children from that relationship, making Rei and Sei's father [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo actually their biological uncle]]. After Akihiko tragically dies in a motorbike accident, Shoko's already tenuous hold on her sanity snaps and she slowly morphs into a {{Yandere}} version of MyBelovedSmother. She tries to kill both Sei and Rei in a misguided attempt of protecting them from the outside world and is institutionalized for a while when she fails. Upon release, she [[HangingAround hangs herself]] and her body is found by the twins. Years later, Sei realizes he too has some {{Yandere}} tendencies and is likely TheSociopath and manipulates Rei into becoming a KnightTemplarBigBrother for him. Once he feels betrayed by Rei, he [[SpitefulSuicide kills himself in front of Rei as punishment]], with the hope that Rei would be driven into such despair he'd kill himself too]]. All of this makes Rei grow up into a [[MoodSwinger mood swinging]], [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]], DeathSeeker with sociopathic tendencies who is estranged from his only living relative, Takayuki.

* The Sohma clan in ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' has many instances of DomesticAbuse, some perpetrated by the head of the family, Akito Sohma, and some by various AbusiveParents [[spoiler: (With Akito as one of the victims, which is his... er, ''her'' FreudianExcuse)]]. It has a deep dark secret -- 13 of its members are cursed to turn into animals if hugged by members of the opposite sex, which has been protected by memory manipulation. Family tradition states that the one cursed as 'the cat' must be [[spoiler: imprisoned in an isolated room for life]]. Also, plenty of KissingCousins here, although in Japan, this is not considered incestuous.

* ''Manga/{{Mars}}'': The amount of screwy in Rei Kashino's family borderlines melodramatic parody. [[spoiler: His mother Shoko was in a long-term [[AFamilyAffair affair with Akihiko, the younger brother of her husband Takayuki]]. He and his twin brother Sei are actually the children from that relationship, making Rei and Sei's father [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo actually their biological uncle]]. After Akihiko tragically dies in a motorbike accident, Shoko's already tenuous hold on her sanity snaps and she slowly morphs into a {{Yandere}} version of MyBelovedSmother. She tries to kill both Sei and Rei in a misguided attempt of protecting them from the outside world and is institutionalized for a while when she fails. Upon release, she [[HangingAround hangs herself]] and her body is found by the twins. Years later, Sei realizes he too has some {{Yandere}} tendencies and is likely TheSociopath and manipulates Rei into becoming a KnightTemplarBigBrother for him. Once he feels betrayed by Rei, he [[SpitefulSuicide kills himself in front of Rei as punishment]], with the hope that Rei would be driven into such despair he'd kill himself too]]. All of this makes Rei grow up into a [[MoodSwinger mood swinging]], [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]], DeathSeeker with sociopathic tendencies who is estranged from his only living relative, Takayuki.

* ''Manga/{{Mars}}'': The amount of screwy in Rei Kashino's family borderlines melodramatic parody. [[spoiler: His mother Shoko was in a long-term [[AFamilyAffair affair with Akihiko, the younger brother of her husband Takayuki]]. He and his twin brother Sei are actually the children from that relationship, making Rei and Sei's father [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo actually their biological uncle]]. After Akihiko tragically dies in a motorbike accident, Shoko's already tenuous hold on her sanity snaps and she slowly morphs into a {{Yandere}} version of MyBelovedSmother. She tries to kill both Sei and Rei in a misguided attempt of protecting them from the outside world and is institutionalized for a while when she fails. Upon release, she [[HangingAround hangs herself]] and her body is found by the twins. Years later, Sei realizes he too has some {{Yandere}} tendencies and is likely TheSociopath and manipulates Rei into becoming a KnightTemplarBigBrother for him. Once he feels betrayed by Rei, he [[SpitefulSuicide kills himself in front of Rei as punishment]], with the hope that Rei would be driven into such despair he'd kill himself too]]]]. All of this maks Rei grow up into a [[MoodSwinger mood swinging]], [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]], DeathSeeker with sociopathic tendencies who is estranged from his only living relative, Takayuki.

* ''Manga/{{Mars}}: The amount of screwy in Rei Kashino's family borderlines melodrama parody. [[spoiler: His mother Shoko was in a long-term [[AFamilyAffair affair with Akihiko, the younger brother of her husband Takayuki]]. He and his twin brother Sei are actually the children from that relationship, making Rei and Sei's father actually their biological uncle. After Akihiko tragically dies in a motorbike accident, Shoko's already tenuous hold on her sanity snaps and she slowly morphs into a {{Yandere}} version of MyBelovedSmother. She tries to kill both Sei and Rei in a misguided attempt of protecting them from the outside world and is institutionalized for a while when she fails. Upon release, she [[HangingAround hangs herself]] and her body is found by the twins. Years later, Sei realizes he too has some {{Yandere}} tendencies and is likely TheSociopath and manipulates Rei into becoming a KnightTemplarBigBrother for him. Once he feels betrayed by Rei, he [[SpitefulSuicide kills himself in front of Rei as punishment]], with the hope that Rei would be driven into such despair he'd kill himself too]]]]. All of this maks Rei grow up into a [[MoodSwinger mood swinging]], [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]], DeathSeeker with sociopathic tendencies who is estranged from his only living relative, his father.

** Her husband, the Kamiki clan head [[FourStarBadass and Supreme Commander Utsutsumi]], was only [[FantasticRacism a bit racist]] towards his {{Childhood Friend|s}} and Emperor's new wife Funaho, even as he had a [[FreudianExcuse somewhat understandable reason]] to be peeved, because he already planned his daughter Misaki [[ArrangedMarriage to be wed to his friend]]. He got better after ([[DrunkenMaster roaringly drunk]]) [[LadyOfWar Funaho]] [[DefeatMeansFriendship has beaten him black and blue in a duel on staves]] though. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking He also has]] a [[BadassMustache truly wondrous facial hair]].

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'':
** The Hatamoto, Yabuchi and Nagato families. [[spoiler:In each case, a member of the family (''two'', in the case of the Hatamotos) is ''very'' messily murdered... by another. (Though the Yabuchis also subvert the last part: the killer was ''[[DeadPersonImpersonation impersonating]]'' a family member had already died years ago, and as much he was a family friend due to his long-standing friendship with the dead family member.)]]
** The Takedas don't fare much better. [[spoiler: The eldest son was infertile and this broke his wife's heart so badly that she secretly begged her then-unmarried younger brother-in-law to impregnate her, which he did out of a misguided desire to help. The eldest son found out years later and [[AbusiveParents became psychologically abusive to his "daughter/niece"]] and his wife. The girl ultimately [[KillTheCutie killed herself]] for this [[HeroicSelfDeprecation and]] [[GoodScarsEvilScars several]] [[RescueRomance other]] [[NotGoodWithRejection reasons]], her mother soon followed, the second son (who was now more-or-less HappilyMarried) [[MyGreatestFailure was completely heartbroken]], and the family's matriarch, [[SecretKeeper who knows the truth behind everything]], has all but totally freaked out. And this is not counting what [[TheLostLenore the girl's]] [[CrusadingWidower boyfriend]] [[SerialKiller did]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy for her sake]]...]]

** The Vessalius dukedom, as we eventually learned. It all started with an ancestor Vessalius, who [[spoiler:got a prostitute pregnant with his child, promised he would come back for her because she was in love with him, and proceeded to abandon her forever]]. This caused the prostitute to [[SanitySlippage lose her mind]], [[spoiler:abusing her son Jack more and more as he got older because she realized his father was never coming back and he began to remind her of his father]]. [[spoiler:Jack]] is...well, he's a genius and a [[spoiler:sociopath]] who is the [[spoiler:reason for practically everything that went wrong in the entire manga]]. In the present time, Xai is an absolutely brutal emotionally abusive father who made his son adopted son Oz into a [[spoiler:suicidal StepfordSmiler who believes he isn't worthy of love]]. Xai's younger brother Oscar [[spoiler:had a stillborn son and constantly begrudgingly wonders why Oz lived rather than his own son, even though he simultaneously loves Oz like he ''is'' his son]].

** The Nightray dukedom, which was the most glaring example at the beginning of the manga and only became more prominent as more was revealed. Duke Nightray is an [[spoiler:[[AbusiveParents Abusive Father]] who uses his children to obtain whatever he wants]], Duchess Nightray participated in [[spoiler:ParentalNeglect, eventually abandoning her family once her SanitySlippage made her join an Abyss-worshiping cult]], and their blood children are at least one of the following: [[spoiler:sadistic, depressed, sociopathic, or cruelly manipulative]]. Even their adoptive children are screwed up, as Gilbert is [[spoiler:depressed, angry, and cynical]], while Vincent is [[spoiler:a psychopath who mutilates animals, cuts up dolls and furniture, enjoys torturing people, and ends up murdering several members of his family simply because they were a ''potential'' threat to Gilbert, the only person he cares about]].
** The Vessalius dukedom, as we eventually learned. It all started with an ancestor Vessalius, who [[spoiler:got a prostitute pregnant with his child, promised he would come back for her because she was in love with him, and proceeded to abandon her forever]]. This caused the prostitute to [[SanitySlippage lose her mind]], [[spoiler:abusing her son Jack more and more as he got older because she realized his father was never coming back and he began to remind her of his father]]. [[spoiler:Jack]] is...well, he's a genius and a [[spoiler:sociopath]] who is the [[spoiler:reason for practically everything that went wrong in the entire manga]]. In the present time, Xai is an absolutely brutal emotionally abusive father who made his son Oz into a [[spoiler:suicidal StepfordSmiler who believes he isn't worthy of love]]. Xai's younger brother Oscar [[spoiler:had a stillborn son and constantly begrudgingly wonders why Oz lived rather than his own son, even though he simultaneously loves Oz like he ''is'' his son]].

* The Britannian royal family in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' [[RoyallyScrewedUp are certainly the embodiment of this trope]]. To wit, Lelouch is basically the poster child for a MagnificentBastard, Cornellia is a racist warmonger who criticizes her younger sister for treating the "Elevens" as equals, and Schneizel is a ManipulativeBastard [[spoiler:with delusions of godhood]]. Pretty much the only members of the royal family who are in any way sane are Euphemia, [[spoiler:which ends up costing her her life]] and Nunnally [[spoiler: who still ends up in charge of a unleashing ''nuclear weapons'' on enemies at her own request.]].

* The Britannian royal family in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' [[RoyallyScrewedUp are certainly the embodiment of this trope]]. In particular their actions can only be explained by nearly the entire family being insane. To wit, Lelouch is basically the poster child for a MagnificentBastard, Cornellia is a racist warmonger who criticizes her younger sister for treating the "Elevens" as equals, and Schneizel is a ManipulativeBastard [[spoiler:with delusions of godhood]]. Pretty much the only members of the royal family who are in any way sane are Euphemia, [[spoiler:which ends up costing her her life]] and Nunnally [[spoiler: who still ends up in charge of a unleashing ''nuclear weapons'' on enemies at her own request.]].

* The Britannian royal family in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' [[RoyallyScrewedUp are certainly the embodiment of this trope]]. In particular their actions can only be explained by nearly the entire family being insane. To wit, Lelouch is basically the poster child for a MagnificentBastard, Clovis is an iron-fisted despot, Cornellia is a bloodthirsty, brutal warmonger who heavily criticizes her younger sister for ''daring'' to treat the "Elevens" as equals, and Schneizel is a ManipulativeBastard [[spoiler:with delusions of godhood]]. Pretty much the only members of the royal family who are in any way sane are Euphemia, [[spoiler:which ends up costing her her life]] and Nunnally [[spoiler: who still ends up in charge of a unleashing ''nuclear weapons'' on enemies at her own request.]].

* Pretty much the entire Shuzen family in ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'', sans Akasha, has some issues. To make things clearer, among the four children of the family, [[BloodKnight Moka]] is the most stable among them, followed by [[AxCrazy Kokoa]].

* ''Manga/CountCain'': The Cain Saga/Godchild. There's incest of all types, [[AbusiveParents child abuse]], pedophilia thrown in there (and thrown in remarkably casually), poisons, angst [[DysfunctionJunction (Jesus there's a lot of angst)]], FoeYay, HoYay, IncestSubtext, [[ImAHumanitarian Cannibalism Yay]], and some fucking gorgeous art. Also, many ''many'' TearJerker scenes. Plus a ton of death in general.

** And with [[spoiler: the homunculi]], that's only the beginning. The eldest son ([[spoiler: Pride]]) tends to be a tad [[AloofBigBrother aloof]] and distanced from his siblings, and has [[ImAHumanitarian a fairly impactful of a way of showing it]]. The second daughter (Lust) is somewhat [[CombatSadomasochist sensation-oriented]] and often [[LivingEmotionalCrutch forms unhealthy attachments]] to her siblings. The third child (Greed) is a [[DefectorFromDecadence runaway]] and [[DefiantToTheEnd doesn't quite respect his father the way he ought to]]. The fourth child (Envy) is [[AxCrazy a little]] [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex unstable]], and deals with it [[DrivenToSuicide rather poorly]]. The fifth (Sloth) is [[UpToEleven not really]] [[LazyBum what one could call a hard worker]]. The sixth (Gluttony) is somewhat [[PsychopathicManchild immature]] and [[DumbMuscle less-than-intelligent]], [[ExtremeOmnivore has a quite an appetite]] ''and'' [[MoralityPet latches so much]] on his older sister [[spoiler: that he LOSES it when she's killed]]. The seventh ([[spoiler: Wrath]]) [[BloodKnight enjoys fighting]] [[TheBerserker perhaps a bit more than is]] [[GeneralRipper strictly healthy]], and [[HeroKiller doesn't really leave much of a positive impact on the plot]]. The Father has a bit of a [[GodhoodSeeker superiority]] complex, and his [[CruelAndUnusualDeath punishments]] [[OffingTheOffspring to his disobedient children]] may be considered [[OmnicidalManiac an overreaction at times]]. As a whole (with the possible exception of [[NobleDemon the]] [[AntiVillain third]] [[AntiHero son]]), they all tend to [[LackOfEmpathy shut off]] [[TheSociopath their emotions]], [[EvilerThanThou even for each other]]. Yeah.

** The Todoroki family is this, [[spoiler:or at least was until Endeavor pulled a HeelFaceTurn. Before, Endeavor only formed the family in order to create a perfect successor. The mother was sent to a nursing home after suffering from a mental breakdown, the eldest son is apparently dead, and the remaining children mostly despise their father for the treatment they received growing up. They would then "upgrade" to a DysfunctionalFamily once Endeavor started his atonement, since his children haven't let him off the hook yet... and his eldest son is revealed to be alive, psychotic, and determined to kill Endeavor while also burning Hero Society to hell with them.]]

** And with [[spoiler: the homunculi]], that's only the beginning. The eldest son ([[spoiler: Pride]]) tends to be a tad [[AloofBigBrother aloof]] and distanced from his siblings, and has [[ImAHumanitarian a fairly impactful of a way of showing it]]. The second daughter (Lust) is somewhat [[CombatSadomasochist sensation-oriented]] and often [[LivingEmotionalCrutch forms unhealthy attachments]] to her siblings. The third child (Greed) is a [[DefectorFromDecadence runaway]] and [[DefiantToTheEnd doesn't quite respect his father the way he ought to]]. The fourth child (Envy) is [[AxCrazy a little]] [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex unstable]], and deals with it [[DrivenToSuicide rather poorly]]. The fifth (Sloth) is [[UpToEleven not really]] [[LazyBum what one could call a hard worker]]. The sixth (Gluttony) is somewhat [[PsychopathicManchild immature]] and [[DumbMuscle less-than-intelligent]], [[ExtremeOmnivore has a quite an appetite]] ''and'' [[MoralityPet latches so much]] on his older sister [[spoiler: that he LOSES it when she's killed]]. The seventh ([[spoiler: Wrath]]) [[BloodKnight enjoys fighting]] [[TheBerserker perhaps a bit more than is]] [[GeneralRipper strictly healthy]], and [[HeroKiller doesn't really leave much of a positive impact on the plot]]. The father has a bit of a [[AGodAmI superiority]] complex, and his [[CruelAndUnusualDeath punishments]] [[OffingTheOffspring to his disobedient children]] may be considered [[OmnicidalManiac an overreaction at times]]. As a whole (with the possible exception of [[NobleDemon the]] [[AntiVillain third]] [[AntiHero son]]), they all tend to [[LackOfEmpathy shut off]] [[TheSociopath their emotions]], [[EvilerThanThou even for each other]]. Yeah.

* ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'': The [[RoyallyScrewedUp Kou Royal Family]] is such a soap opera, a ''deranged'' soap opera. There are some exceptions, such as [[WhiteSheep Hakuei]], her brother [[TheWisePrince Hakuryuu]] and their cousin [[spoiler:[[IJustWantToHaveFriends Kougyouku]]]] post development... Sadly it doesn't mean that they are free of the ''consequences'' of [[DeadlyDecadentCourt where]] [[DefectorFromDecadence they]] [[TheEmpire live]].

** The father of the above and the aforementioned Emperor, Azusa Masaki Jurai, is still largely the same sad little boy [[TheSpartanWay torn off from his parents' care at the very young age]], suffered the bullying and ridicule at the DeadlyDecadentCourt and a TrainingFromHell at Seto's hands, was ''almost'' betrayed by his {{Childhood Friend|s}}, and is a MarriedToTheJob HenpeckedHusband who largely ignores his own daughters to boot. In short, about the only time he ''did not'' suffer [[TheChainsOfCommanding the pressure if his position]], was when he recovered at the Earth in Funaho's care. It's no surprise he combines the OverprotectiveDad and [[ParentalNeglect Neglectful Parent]] at the same time.
** All this considered, [[AllThereInTheManual the supplemental materials]] imply that the other, largely unmentioned branches, Amaki and Tatsuki, are ''even worse'', and all the scheming around make this a DeadlyDecadentCourt, especially given that Amaki clan [[TheRival is a bitter rival of Masakis]], and has once almost succeeded to ostracize their head Funaho (the other Empress) [[FantasticRacism for being an Earthling]].

** The Todoroki family is this, [[spoiler:or at least was until Endeavor pulled a HeelFaceTurn. Before, Endeavor only formed the family in order to create a perfect successor. The mother was sent to a nursing home after suffering from a mental breakdown, the eldest son is apparently dead, and the remaining children mostly despise their father for the treatment they received growing up. They would then "upgrade" to a DysfunctionalFamily once Endeavor started his atonement, since his children haven't let him off the hook yet.]]

** The Vinsmoke clan, supposed to be allies to Big Mom, aren't much better. Their patriarch, Judge, is the leader of the Germa Kingdom and its military. He's also an EmperorScientist who [[spoiler:creates lots of soulless {{mooks}} for his army]] and experiments on [[spoiler:his own children ''when still in their mom's womb'' [[TykeBomb so they can become inhumane super soldiers]].]] As a consequence, his sons Ichiji, Niji and Yonji are [[WarriorPrince genetically good fighters]] but act like {{royal brat}}s, his WhiteSheep son [[spoiler:Sanji]] was incredibly damaged [[spoiler:and ran away]], and his ActionGirl daughter Reiju feels powerless and trapped in her role. (For the record, the [[WomenAreWiser kindly]] matriarch Sora [[spoiler:pretty much killed herself in a desperate gambit to reverse the modifications on the unborn boys, but only managed to save Sanji]].)

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* The Sohma clan in ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' has many instances of DomesticAbuse, some perpetrated by the head of the family, Akito Sohma, and some by various AbusiveParents [[spoiler: (With Akito as one of the victims, which is his... er, ''her'' FreudianExcuse)]]. It has a deep dark secret -- 13 of its members are cursed to turn into animals if hugged by members of the opposite sex, which has been protected by memory manipulation. Family tradition states that the one cursed as 'the cat' must be [[spoiler: imprisoned in an isolated room for life]]. Also, plenty of KissingCousins here, although in Japan, this is not considered incestuous.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
** The Ishtar family, judging by what we see in flashbacks. Most of this can be blamed on their father, whose abuse gave Marik a SuperpoweredEvilSide whose first act was to become a SelfMadeOrphan.
** The Kaibas. Each member is an egomaniac and megalomaniac except for Mokuba, who was neglected by the father and ironically this is why he is the only normal one in the family aside from a sadistic streak in the manga.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': The Akabas, who continue this tradition, are this mixed with TangledFamilyTree. We start with a basic family of Reiji, Himika, Leo and Reira. [[spoiler:With Reiji and Himika being [[WellIntentionedExtremist a bit extreme in their desire to protect their home]], Leo [[TheAtoner obsessed with fixing his mistakes]] and Reira [[TraumaCongaLine having a mess of a life.]] And this isn't even mentioning [[BigGood Ray.]]]]
* ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'': The [[RoyallyScrewedUp Kou Royal Family]] is such a soap opera, a ''deranged'' soap opera. There are some exceptions, such as [[WhiteSheep Hakuei]], her brother [[TheWisePrince Hakuryuu]] and their cousin [[spoiler:[[IJustWantToHaveFriends Kougyouku]]]] post development... Sadly it doesn't mean that they are free of the ''consequences'' of [[DeadlyDecadentCourt where]] [[DefectorFromDecadence they]] [[TheEmpire live]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'':
** Nothing is ever seen in the series proper, but WordOfGod stated that [[IdiotHero Gourry Gabriev]] the swordsman has one. Owning a ForgottenSuperweapon from another world, the Sword of Light, that can kill nearly anything mundane and even inflict damage to the equivalent of Satan in the show/novel's universe has more or less caused the entire family to go bonkers over who would own it, hence, [[KillEmAll a multitude of family civil wars]] occurred through the Gabriev family's generations. The author of the novels stated that Gourry's only family left are a grandmother and a dead older brother. Gourry himself finally decided to steal the Sword of Light and leave the family once and for all.
** [[GenkiGirl Princess Amelia Saillune's]] uncles and cousin tried to kill her father many times via questionable methods, her mother was murdered, and her older sister [[spoiler: was [[BreakTheCutie so traumatised]] after witnessing their mom's murder (and how [[BloodyMurder she killed]] [[RazorFloss the assassin]]) that she ran off to become a manic sorceress. Said sorceress, Naga the Serpent, journeyed with Lina for some time]]. Since Saillune is a rather prosperous kingdom, constant murder scares are not uncommon.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** The Hyuugas, where the main family rules the branch family through [[AppliedPhlebotinum a cursed forehead seal]] that causes agonizing pain. Amazingly, they look downright well-adjusted next to...
** The Uchihas, whose very brains are wired to [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity go crazy and make them more powerful]] when they lose someone... which many times led to some of them purposefully killing some others to get that power. They met their end by [[GenocideFromTheInside complete slaughter carried by two members of the clan itself]], one of which had gone crazy enough to think that it was the only way to prevent war. The other had already gone crazy long ago and was probably doing it for fun, and then went on to trigger the war the other one wanted to prevent, anyway. The only survivor [[ShadowDictator tried to take over the world]] after dealing with every other Uchiha (or Uchiha ancestor) villain.
** The [[OnlyOneName Sand Siblings]] family was like this, with their father trying to assassinate the youngest sibling, mother dying giving birth to [[spoiler: and cursing the birth of]] the youngest sibling, and an uncle dying after trying to kill the youngest sibling. Oh yeah, and the sand demon possessed the youngest sibling. After an encounter with the titular character, the siblings themselves get better, moving safely into plain old DysfunctionalFamily territory. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that the mother did not curse Gaara, but the father had ordered the uncle to tell him she did in order to test him. But in fact both the mother and uncle had loved Gaara. And Gaara himself magnificently [[CallingTheOldManout called his dad out on his bullshit]]. And the old man [[WhatHaveIDone realized how he had fucked up and took the call out]].]]

* The Britannian royal family in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' [[RoyallyScrewedUp are certainly the embodiment of this trope]]. In particular their actions can only be explained by nearly the entire family being insane. To wit, Lelouch is basically the poster child for a MagnificentBastard, Clovis is an iron fisted despot, Cornellia is a bloodthirsty, brutal warmonger who heavily criticizes her younger sister for ''daring'' to treat the "Elevens" as equals, and Schneizel is a ManipulativeBastard [[spoiler:with delusions of godhood]]. Pretty much the only members of the royal family who are in any way sane are Euphemia, [[spoiler:which ends up costing her her life]] and Nunnally [[spoiler: who still ends up in charge of a unleashing ''nuclear weapons'' on enemies at her own request.]].
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' has the Zabis. Patriarch Degwin is a WellIntentionedExtremist who sought to bring his political philosophy to Earth, but has since been [[PuppetKing cut off from all power]] by his [[EvilChancellor eldest son's]] scheming. Youngest son Garma is a WellDoneSonGuy who [[spoiler:proved too optimistic for the [[CrapsackWorld Universal Century]]]]; third son [[TheBrute Dozle]] has [[OnlySaneMan his head screwed on for the most part]] (and clearly loves [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his wife and baby daughter]] and [[AFatherToHisMen treats his subordinates decently]]), but becomes an AxCrazy [[TheBerserker berserker]] and OneManArmy whenever he's turned loose on the enemy. Kycilia, [[DaddysLittleVillain his only daughter]], [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes loves her father]], but is otherwise a cold-blooded, ManipulativeBitch and LadyOfWar who firmly believes that WeHaveReserves. Then there's the elder son and "biggest prize", [[EvilPrince Gihren]]: he's a manipulative, ruthless, scheming bastard who isolates his father so he can [[TheStarscream usurp his position]], feels no sorrow when his [[spoiler:brother dies]] and eventually commits [[spoiler: {{patricide}} when the old man is about to ask for an armistice]]. He and Kycilia ''[[CainAndAbel hate]]'' each other, [[spoiler: and she ends up ''shooting him dead'' after the patricide incident]]. The fact that the least maligned scion of the family, Degwin's [[PosthumousCharacter second oldest son, Sasro]], who was assassinated early in the story by ''someone'' of his siblings,[[note]]The jury is out as both Gihren and Kycilia had the equally plausible motive and means, and the authors only give a ShrugOfGod[[/note]] was "just" a SleazyPolitician is quite telling.
** According to ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin'' the Deikun family, whom the Zabis deposed, were in some ways even worse. Former leader Zeon Zum Deikun, far from the sage NewAgeRetroHippie intent on helping humanity realize its "true potential" that Char and other supporters nostalgically remember him as, was a twisted, angry neurotic who wanted a war with Earth at least as badly as the Zabi family and whose death probably saved the colonies from getting completely crushed in a battle they were not at all prepared for at that point; his wife, Roselucia apparently supported his extreme political beliefs and also resented his mistress, Astraia, because she got to bear his children instead of her and imprisoned her in a tower after Zeon was dead; then of course there's Char, ([[AdaptationalVillainy who's even more of a violent sociopath]] in ''Origin'' than he was in the anime) he of the [[MemeticMolester suspicious relationships with underage girls]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack ill-conceived attempt to blow up the Earth in a fit of oedipal angst]]. The only one who came out relatively well adjusted is Sayla. ''Relatively'' being the operative word.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' adds the Vist family, who are apparently as dysfunctional as the Zabis: there's their Suzerain [[SoleSurvivor Syam]] who apparently found Laplace's Box during his time as a right-wing terrorist, hid the same, and is now regretting the actions he committed back then; his grandson [[TheAtoner and fellow atoner]] Cardeas, who shares his desire to rewrite the Universal Century back to how it should have been before the Laplace Station incident, even if it meant breaking the family's ties with the Earth Federation; his granddaughter [[TheBaroness Martha]], who still resents her grandfather for killing her father, and is willing to take Laplace's Box for her own interests by any means necessary; and his great-grandson [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Alberto]], who is willing to follow her Aunt Martha's orders, even committing patricide on Cardeas (although later episodes show that even [[EvenEvilHasStandards he's not at all supportive of some of his aunt's methods]]). The odd one out on this family is Cardeas's illegitimate son, [[MartialPacifist Banagher]] [[HeroicBastard Links]].
* The Kuhoin family in ''LightNovel/{{Kurenai}}'' is seriously messed up, as they lock away their daughters [[spoiler:to give birth to the children of their ''brothers'']].
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': The Joestars would subvert this tropes due to Jotaro (Kujo) and Josuke (Higashikata)...until you count [[BigBad Dio]] into the family. [[spoiler:Dio cranks up this trope by placing his [[OffWithHisHead decapitated head onto a Joestar -- Jonathan Joestar.]]]] Downplayed with Josuke, who was fathered by Joseph Joestar. This makes Jotaro his nephew (Jotaro being about twice Josuke's age) and Jotaro's mother Holly his older sister. This once again gets even weirder when you factor in the fact that Dio, [[spoiler: was fathering children in the 1980's as a century-old vampire fused to Jonathan's body. For example, Giorno is technically Joseph's uncle, even though Joseph is older by ''65 years''.]] The family gets along well for the most part, though.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has the Ikari family, with [[ButtMonkey Shinji Ikari]], [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory Yui Ikari]], and [[AbusiveParents Gendo]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil Ika]][[ManipulativeBastard ri]], [[DrivenToSuicide The Soryu Family]], [[RedemptionEqualsDeath The Katsuragis]], [[BetaTestBaddie The]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil Akagis]]... and ''all that'' is just the tip of a far more messed-up iceberg. Which has mass added to as the series goes by. [[DysfunctionJunction One simply does not know where to start.]]
* The Kunōs from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. They make the [[DysfunctionalFamily Saotome/Tendō household]] look positively normal.
* The Vongola family in ''Manga/Reborn2004'' is the biggest Mafia family in the story and has its share of CainAndAbel killings and freakish traditions. This is initially played for laughs but following the manga's GenreShift, it means that the UnexpectedSuccessor Tsuna receives daily death threats [[spoiler:to the point that he claims he'll destroy the family if he has to carry on its bloody legacy]].

* The Nanjous from ''[[Manga/{{Zetsuai 1989}} Zetsuai]]'' and ''Bronze.'' Between the old man, his wives/mistresses, the three brothers (Hirose, Akihito and Kouji) and the sister (Nadeshiko)... hard to see who is the most fucked up.
* The Itoshiki family of ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' is apparently a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaibatsu zaibatsu]], and are quite wealthy, and the paterfamilias is a member of parliament, but they are really messed up. They essentially control the entire area on which their estate is, and one of their traditions is to have a ceremony where they force people to marry whoever they first make eye contact with. All of the members of the family seen in the show are nice enough, but they are either eccentric (Rin and Matoko) or downright crazy (Nozomu, the protagonist, is the most neurotic person imaginable, and his brother Kei is an insane artist married to a stain on the wall). Majiru is a fairly normal young boy, but he was abandoned by his apparently disinherited father Enishi and gets ''Nozomu'' of all people as his caretaker. Finally, all of the Itoshikis have embarrassing names formed by reading their names horizontally, and "Itoshiki family" itself can be read as "dying family".
** Even their butler [[spoiler: and true heir]] Tokita fits the bill: [[spoiler: turns out the Itoshikis we see are descendants of ''impostors'' the Itoshiki family hired to pose as them while they went into hiding, and eventually [[BecomingTheMask became the mask]], and Tokita is the descendant of the ''real'' Itoshiki family. When this is revealed, he promptly orders everyone to go back to the status quo cause he'd rather be the butler]]. And before you ask, yes, the unfortunate naming applies to him too.

* ''Manga/CountCain'': The Cain Saga/Godchild. There's incest of all types, [[AbusiveParents child abuse]], pedophilia thrown in there (and thrown in remarkably casually), poisons, angst [[DysfunctionJunction (Jesus there's a lot of angst)]], FoeYay, HoYay, IncestSubtext, [[ImAHumanitarian Cannibalism Yay]], and some fucking gorgeous art. Also, many ''many'' TearJerker scenes. Plus a ton of death in general.
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': The Kido Family. Saori Kido turns out to be the Goddess Athena and used to be a massive SpoiledBrat who [[OlderAndWiser only wised up]] after her grandfather's death, and yet she's also a borderline MartyrWithoutACause who places herself regularly [[BarrierMaiden in next-to-no-win situations]] to save the world. As for said grandfather, Mitsumasa Kido... he's not an ''evil'' person, but he takes ''seriously'' screwed-up decisions [[WellIntentionedExtremist while trying to help keep the world safe]]: in the manga [[spoiler:has 100 kids and then sends them to go become Saints]], which is so bad that [[{{Bowdlerise}} the anime softens it up]] by [[spoiler:making them orphans taken into the Kido clan (sometimes forcibly, like in Seiya's case) and ''then'' sent off to train]]. Also Hyoga and his OedipusComplex with his dead mother.
* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'':
** The Hatamoto, Yabuchi and Nagato families. [[spoiler:In each case, a member of the family (''two'', in the case of the Hatamotos) is ''very'' messily murdered... by another. (Though the Yabuchis also subvert the last part: the killer was ''[[DeadPersonImpersonation impersonating]]'' a family member had already died years ago, and as much he was a family friend due to his long-standing friendship with the dead family member.)]]
** The Takedas don't fare much better. [[spoiler: The eldest son was infertile and this broke his wife's heart so badly that she secretly begged her then-unmarried younger brother-in-law to impregnate her, which he did out of a misguided desire to help. The eldest son found out years later and [[AbusiveParents became psychologically abusive to his "daughter/niece"]] and his wife. The girl ultimately [[KillTheCutie killed herself]] for this [[HeroicSelfDeprecation and]] [[GoodScarsEvilScars several]] [[RescueRomance other]] [[NotGoodWithRejection reasons]], her mother soon followed, the second son (who was now more-or-less HappilyMarried) [[MyGreatestFailure was completely heartbroken]], and the family's matriarch, [[SecretKeeper who knows the truth behind everything]], has all but totally freaked out. And this is not counting what [[TheLostLenore the girl's]] [[CrusadingWidower boyfriend]] [[SerialKiller did]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy for her sake]]...]]
* The Lightsphere family of ''Manhwa/CielTheLastAutumnStory''. They're a notorious evil line of aristocrats, and their political connection to the royal family allows them to get away with committing many heinous crimes, usually against one another. The head of the family actually raised two of his own children apart, just so they could be [[BrotherSisterIncest married off when they became adults]], and hopefully produce a child with a very specific magic power. Then the siblings died, and when it was made clear that their son, January, was going to one day lead the family and inherit the title of duke, every relative instantly turned on him and started [[OffingTheOffspring making attempts on his life]]. There have been a few examples of decent people, but with the exception of [[IronWoobie January]] and his cousin [[{{Tsundere}} Socie]], they've all ended up dead.
* Pretty much the entire Shuzen family in ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'', sans Akasha, has some issues. To make things clearer, among the four children of the family, [[BloodKnight Moka]] is the most stable among them, followed by [[AxCrazy Kokoa]].
* The royal family of Pheliosta in ''Manga/VampireGame''. {{Incest|IsRelative}} is the law of the land, power struggles abound, people everyone thinks are related aren't, surprise relatives show up at the drop of a hat; half the family's evil and the other half's just plain nuts.

* The Arima family from ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'' suffered from [[LoveHurts a continuing cycle of abuse and heartache.]] Reiichirou, Souichiro's grandfather and Eiko/Soji/Reiji's father, [[spoiler: was horribly physically abused by his own father because his father couldn't stand how beautiful he was]]. Reiichirou, as a result, was disconnected emotionally and abused his own children emotionally: Eiko became a bitter and angry person who couldn't get over her broken dreams, but Soji managed to rise above it and ultimately become a better man. Reiichirou [[spoiler: later connected with another woman, where Reiji was conceived]], but [[spoiler: harassment from the Arima family caused the woman to attempt murder-suicide with Reiji, destroying the boy emotionally]]. Finally, [[spoiler: Reiji's son Souichiro was emotionally stunted because of physical and emotional abuse he suffered from his biological mother Ryoko, and from the isolation he felt from the Arima family, who hated him because of Reiji and openly wondered [[SinsOfOurFathers if he'd become a bad person because of him]]]].
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': The entire Quincy Clan is ultimately descended from [[BigBad Yhwach]], their progenitor-king. While the Ishidas [[spoiler:and Kurosakis]] come from a WhiteSheep non-genocidal faction, they're still mired in conflict with the evil majority and their immediate family relationships are still a hot mess. Since his grandfather Souken was murdered, Uryuu has been so deeply estranged from his father Ryuuken that he refers him by his first name, refuses to live under his roof, and honestly believed at one point that Ryuuken was attempting to kill him instead of fulfilling a bargain they had struck (although Ryuuken actually was keeping his word). Ryuuken works hard to give his son the impression that he regards him as a disappointment although he seems to be deeply concerned for the boy's well-being [[BeneathTheMask underneath it all]]. Ryuuken was in turn badly enough estranged from Souken (for reasons that are still somewhat hazy but probably have to do with the murder of Uryuu's mother [[spoiler:Kanae Katagiri]]) that he forbade Uryuu to visit him. Which Uryuu still did until Souken's murder. [[spoiler:The dysfunction is revealed to go back even further in the "Everything but the Rain" flashback arc: Souken's frequent absences caused tension with his [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] wife, who took out her frustrations on Ryuuken and ''especially'' on Ryuuken's ArrangedMarriage fiancee (and [[KissingCousins first cousin]]), Masaki Kurosaki. Oh and did we mention that the engagement was somewhat coercive, since poor [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan Masaki]] had no other family to turn to?]]
* ''Anime/KillLaKill'' has the Kiryuuin family. Every single member of the family has tried to kill at ''least'' one other member of the family, the mother Ragyo is an abusive incestuous molester, the father Souichiro [[spoiler: started a nudism-based terrorist organization to fight said mother, for which she killed him]], the elder daughter Satsuki is a totalitarian dictator [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil student council president]] [[spoiler: with an extremely understandable Elektra complex]], and the younger daughter [[spoiler: Ryuko]] was dropped down a garbage chute as an infant[[spoiler:, lived, was found by her runaway dad who raised her under secret identities, and grew up to be a juvenile delinquent]]. It gets even worse if you count [[spoiler:the ArtificialHuman created by the mother as her "daughter", since said...''creature''...is more or less a psychopathic, murderous Looney Toon, known as Nui Harime]]. Similarly one could also count [[spoiler: Senketsu among the family, being the second human Life Fiber hybrid created by Soichirou. Ryuko's "brother" is her armor. The cast never quite draws this conclusion though as, unlike Ryuko and Nui, Senketsu's form is that of clothing]].
* The Washuu Clan from ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', in spite of their honorable facade. While everyone is aware of the tension between Chief Yoshitoki and his son, Matsuri.....it's only the tip of the iceberg. [[spoiler: TheClan has been involved with a BreedingCult for generations, engaging in slavery and incest to produce both {{Breeding Slave}}s and ChildSoldiers to serve them. Clan patriarch Tsuneyoshi has numerous bastard children, including not only BigBad Nimura Furuta, but [[TheAce Kishou Arima]] and [[FemmeFatale Rize Kamishiro]]. Both of his illegitimate sons were plotting against him, while it's revealed that Rize was being raised for the purpose of bearing children to Tsuneyoshi and his legitimate heirs.]]

* In ''Anime/TenchiMuyo: Ryo-Oh-Ki'' we only see the [[RoyallyScrewedUp Jurai clan]] through the sanest and well-adjusted Masaki and Kamiki branches of the family, and even they are ''quite'' [[CloudCuckooLander eccentric]] and not always in a nice sort of way:
** Seto Kamiki Jurai is a {{manipulative|Bastard}} JerkAss of a [[TheManBehindTheMan woman behind the man]] who openly manipulates her son-in-law TheEmperor ever since the latter was just a boy, enjoys [[TheMatchmaker messing with the people's love]] [[ItAmusedMe lives for the lulz]] and would've qualify as an EvilMatriarch if she hadn't been a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold fundamentally good person at heart]], just… a bit inconsiderate. It's a little surprise that her ''official'' nickname is ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Devil Princess of Jurai]]''.
** Her husband, the Kamiki clan head [[FourStarBadass and Supreme Commander Utsutsumi]], was only [[FantasticRacism a bit racist]] towards his {{Childhood Friend|s}} and Emperor's new wife Funaho, even as he had a [[FreudianExcuse somewhat understandable reason]] to be peeved, because he already planned his daughter Misaki [[ArrangedMarriage to be wed to his friend]]. He got better after ([[DrunkenMaster roaringly drunk]]) [[LadyOfWar Funaho]] [[DefeatMeansFriendship has beaten him black and blue in a duel on staves]] though. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking He also has]] a [[BadassMustache truly wondrous facial hair]].
** Their daughter and afterwards [[MarryThemAll one of the ruling Empresses]], Misaki Kamiki Jurai, is a CloudCuckooLander of the such caliber that she has difficulties distinguishing her stepson from her husband and a notorious {{Space Pirate|s}} ''from her own daughter'', but is at the same time a [[OneManArmy One-Woman Army]] and a PersonOfMassDestruction who commands [[ActionGirlfriend the elite cadre of Emperor's bodyguards]].
** Said stepson, Yosho Masaki Jurai, is a RebelPrince who couldn't handle the pressures of the court, and after being forced into an ArrangedMarriage (with his younger half-sister, no less) to quell disagreements over a half-human heir to the throne, finally snapped and [[DefectorFromDecadence ran away to Earth]]
** Aeka Masaki Jurai, the said sister, was [[IncestIsRelative so madly in love with Yosho]] that she spent 700 years mostly in suspended animation looking for him, dragging together her little sister Sasami, but once she found Yosho to be an old man already (though not really), she immediately moved on and began to love his IdenticalGrandson Tenchi (though she'd already shown to have affections for him.)
** The father of the above and the aforementioned Emperor, Azusa Masaki Jurai, is still largely the same sad little boy [[TheSpartanWay torn off from his parents' care at the very young age]], suffered the bullying and ridicule at the DeadlyDecadentCourt and a TrainingFromHell at Seto's hands, was ''almost'' betrayed by his {{Childhood Friend|s}}, and is a MarriedToTheJob HenpeckedHusband who largely ignores his own daughters to boot. In short, about the only time he ''did not'' suffer [[TheChainsOfCommanding the pressure if his position]], was when he recovered at the Earth in Funaho's care. It's no surprise he combines the OverprotectiveDad and [[ParentalNeglect Neglectful Parent]] at the same time.
** All this considered, [[AllThereInTheManual the supplemental materials]] imply that the other, largely unmentioned branches, Amaki and Tatsuki, are ''even worse'', and all the scheming around make this a DeadlyDecadentCourt, especially given that Amaki clan [[TheRival is a bitter rival of Masakis]], and has once almost succeeded to ostracize their head Funaho (the other Empress) [[FantasticRacism for being an Earthling]].
*** Just as an example, the Amaki branch head, Shuuzan, is a scheming, insidious [[TheStarscream Starscream]], hellbent on rising to the top[[note]]even though he's technically not qualified to do so — he's only partnered with a 3rd generation Royal Tree, while Azusa's partner was 1st generation[[/note]] and not above manipulating [[IllGirl his own daughter]] to get Azusa disqualified from being elected the new Emperor. He also was TheMole for the SpacePirates, marrying into the royal family to feed them information, though it's not clear whether he still was at the point of the story he appears.

* At a glance, the Wang Pu family in ''Manhua/GoddessCreationSystem'' seems very tightly knit. However, AppleOfDiscord Xiaxi completely destabilizes things by making both sons fall in love with her. As a result of fighting over her, Mingluan's longstanding resentment of being treated as inferior to his brother for being illegitimate comes to the surface, Mingyi is enraged at the illegitimate brother disrespecting him, their father is pissed at both of them for fighting over a maid and their younger sister Yixin is horrified at how her family seems to be breaking apart. They seem to patch things up later, only for it to grow more complicated: [[spoiler:Their father hates his wife for being complicit in the assassination of Mingluan's mother and banishes her while Yixin kind of snaps out of hatred for Xiaxi and begins plotting to murder her.]]
* The entire Roland/Butler family in ''Manga/ACruelGodReigns'' is this, mainly thanks to Greg, who sexually and physically abuses his stepson, Jeremy, emotionally abuses his second son, Matt, and blackmails his sister-in-law Natasha into ignoring said abuse of Jeremy by threatening to abuse Ian and Matt if she says anything about it. Jeremy's mother and Greg's second wife, Sandra, is an emotionally fragile person who has tried to kill herself many times and basically used her son as a LivingEmotionalCrutch for years. She is also implied to have found out about the abuse and chose to ignore it. Greg's elder son, Ian, once ran off as a teenager and had an affair with an older woman that almost got him killed and at first refuses to believe Jeremy is being abused, though he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes his mistake quickly enough]]. Jeremy, after suffering abuse for so long, sabotages Greg's car to kill him but accidentally kills Sandra as well, driving him to emotional wreck and the abuse he suffered at Greg's hands [[RapeAndSwitch warps his sexuality]] and spends months as a prostitute in Boston. Greg's younger son, Matt is a BrattyHalfPint who is emotionally stunted by his father's abuse, only recovering after his father died.
** Adding deceased members of the family, there is also Lilya, Greg's first wife and the mother of his sons, who may or may not have cheated on Greg and Stella, Sandra's mother, who left Sandra with her mother as a baby to pursue her dreams of being an actress and eventually died of a drug overdose.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
** The Todoroki family is this, [[spoiler:or at least was until Endeavor pulled a HeelFaceTurn. Before, Endeavor only formed the family in order to create a perfect successor. The mother was sent to a nursing home after suffering from a mental breakdown, the eldest son is apparently dead, and the remaining children mostly despise their father for the treatment they received growing up. They would then "upgrade" to a DysfunctionalFamily once Endeavor started his atonement, since his children haven't let him off the hook yet.]]
** Tomura Shigaraki's family. [[spoiler:All the conflict originated from a rule that the father (Kotaro) forced everyone to follow: no hero talk. Tomura as a child did have interest in becoming a hero someday, resulting in him getting constantly abused by his father, [[FreudianExcuse who was abandoned as a kid by Nana Shimura due to her duties as a hero]]. The other family members were generally too afraid of Kotaro to speak up against him, causing Tomura to resent them all for their inaction. Everything ends with Tomura killing them all after manifesting his TouchOfDeath.]]
* The Shinomiya family from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' raise their children to be self-centered manipulators from a young age, and exiled all the sensible ones several decades back (who went on to form the Shijo family). It says a lot that Kaguya was the WhiteSheep even before [[DefrostingIceQueen she fully defrosted]].

** Seto Kamiki Jurai is a {{manipulative|Bastard}}, [[JerkAss jerk-assish]] [[TheManBehindTheMan woman behind the man]] who openly manipulates her son-in-law TheEmperor ever since the latter was just a boy, enjoys [[TheMatchmaker messing with the people's love]] [[ItAmusedMe lives for the lulz]] and would've qualify as an EvilMatriarch if she hadn't been a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold fundamentally good person at heart]], just… a bit inconsiderate. It's a little surprise that her ''official'' nickname is ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Devil Princess of Jurai]]''.

** Charlotte Linlin aka "Big Mom" is one Hell of an EvilMatriarch, plus one of the Four Emperors aka the four most powerful pirates in the whole world. She has literally dozens of children, ranging from adults to little kids, with several of them [[BadassFamily doubling as members of her also VERY powerful crews]] and others in {{arranged marriage}}s to Big Mom's allies. And she sees nothing wrong with [[AbusiveParents treating her children like shit]] if they defy her ([[spoiler:Lola]]), mess up/remind her of a mess up ([[spoiler:Lola's twin sister Chiffon]]), try to stop her in one of her psychotic hunger fits ([[spoiler:Moscato]]), etc.; as a result, many of her kids live in absolute fear of her. Not even her [[ParentalFavoritism favorite child]], [[spoiler:Pudding]], is immune: not only [[spoiler:is she one hell of a BitchInSheepsClothing]], but she's aware that [[DotingParent Big Mom's spoiling of her]] comes solely from [[spoiler:her ThirdEye, supposed to unlock a completely game-breaking skill she has]].
** The Vinsmoke clan, supposed to be allies to Big Mom, aren't much better. The father, Judge, is the leader of the Germa Kingdom and its military, plus an EmperorScientist who [[spoiler:creates lots of soulless {{mooks}} for his army]] and experiments on [[spoiler:his own children ''when still in their mom's womb'' [[TykeBomb so they'll be inhumane killing machines]].]] As a consequence his sons Ichiji, Niji and Yonji are [[WarriorPrince genetically good fighters]] but act like {{royal brat}}s, his WhiteSheep son [[spoiler: Sanji]] was incredibly damaged [[spoiler:and ran away]], and his ActionGirl daughter Reiju feels powerless and trapped in her role. (For the record, the [[WomenAreWiser kindly]] matriarch Sora [[spoiler:pretty much killed herself in a desperate gambit to reverse the modifications on the unborn boys, but only managed to save Sanji]].)

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has two examples. Where to begin with them...?
** Charlotte Linlin aka "Big Mom" is one Hell of an EvilMatriarch, plus one of the Four Emperors aka the four most powerful pirates in the whole world. She has literally dozens of children, ranging from adults to little kids, with several of them [[BadassFamily doubling as members of her also VERY powerful crews]] and others in {{arranged marriage}}s to Big Mom's allies. And she sees nothing wrong with [[AbusiveParents treating her children like shit]] if they defy her ([[spoiler: Lola]]), mess up/remind her of a mess up ([[spoiler: Lola's twin sister Chiffon]]), try to stop her in one of her psychotic hunger fits [[spoiler: Moscato]], etc.; as a result, many of her kids live in absolute fear of her. Not even her [[ParentalFavoritism favorite child]], [[spoiler: Pudding]], is immune: not only [[spoiler: she's one Hell of a BitchInSheepsClothing]], but she's aware that [[DotingParent Big Mom's spoiling of her]] comes solely from [[spoiler: her ThirdEye, supposed to unlock a completely game-breaking skill she has]].
** The Vinsmoke clan, supposed to be allies to Big Mom, aren't much better. The father, Judge, is the leader of the Germa Kingdom and its military, plus an EmperorScientist who [[spoiler: creates lots of soul-less mooks for his army]] and experiments on [[spoiler: his own children ''when still in their mom's womb'' [[TykeBomb so they'll be inhumane killing machines]].]] As a consequence his sons Ichiji, Niji and Yonji are [[WarriorPrince genetically good fighters]] but act like {{royal brat}}s, his WhiteSheep son [[spoiler: Sanji]] was incredibly damaged [[spoiler: and ran away]], and his ActionGirl daughter Reiju feels powerless and trapped in her role. (For the record, the [[WomenAreWiser kindly]] matriarch Sora [[spoiler: pretty much killed herself in a desperate gambit to reverse the modifications on the unborn boys, but only managed to save Sanji.]])

* Nothing is ever seen in the series proper, but WordOfGod stated that [[IdiotHero Gourry Gabriev]] the swordsman of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' has one. Owning a ForgottenSuperweapon from another world, the Sword of Light, that can kill nearly anything mundane and even inflict damage to the equivalent of Satan in the show/novel's universe has more or less caused the entire family to go bonkers over who would own it, hence, [[KillEmAll a multitude of family civil wars]] occurred through the Gabriev family's generations. The author of the novels stated that Gourry's only family left are a grandmother and a dead older brother. Gourry himself finally decided to steal the Sword of Light and leave the family once and for all.

* The Vongola family in ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' is the biggest Mafia family in the story and has its share of CainAndAbel [[https://kissmanga.com/Manga/Kateikyoushi-Hitman-Reborn/Target-001?id=277254#32 killings]] and freakish [[https://kissmanga.com/Manga/Kateikyoushi-Hitman-Reborn/Target-031?id=277317#7 traditions]]. This is initially played for laughs but following the manga's GenreShift, it means that the UnexpectedSuccessor Tsuna receives daily death threats [[spoiler:to the point that he claims he'll destroy the family if he has to carry on its bloody legacy]].
* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia:'' tends to get this trope PlayedForLaughs:

* The Arima family from ''Manga/KareKano'' suffered from [[LoveHurts a continuing cycle of abuse and heartache.]] Reiichirou, Souichiro's grandfather and Eiko/Soji/Reiji's father, [[spoiler: was horribly physically abused by his own father because his father couldn't stand how beautiful he was]]. Reiichirou, as a result, was disconnected emotionally and abused his own children emotionally: Eiko became a bitter and angry person who couldn't get over her broken dreams, but Soji managed to rise above it and ultimately become a better man. Reiichirou [[spoiler: later connected with another woman, where Reiji was conceived]], but [[spoiler: harassment from the Arima family caused the woman to attempt murder-suicide with Reiji, destroying the boy emotionally]]. Finally, [[spoiler: Reiji's son Souichiro was emotionally stunted because of physical and emotional abuse he suffered from his biological mother Ryoko, and from the isolation he felt from the Arima family, who hated him because of Reiji and openly wondered [[SinsOfOurFathers if he'd become a bad person because of him]]]].

* The Britannia royal family in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' [[RoyallyScrewedUp are certainly the embodiment of this trope]]. In particular their actions can only be explained by nearly the entire family being insane. To wit, Lelouch is basically the poster child for a MagnificentBastard, Clovis is an iron fisted despot, Cornellia is a bloodthirsty, brutal warmonger who heavily criticizes her younger sister for ''daring'' to treat the "Elevens" as equals, and Schneizel is a ManipulativeBastard [[spoiler:with delusions of godhood]]. Pretty much the only Britannias who are in any way sane is Euphemia, [[spoiler:which ends up costing her her life]] and Nunnally [[spoiler: who still ends up in charge of a unleashing ''nuclear weapons'' on enemies at her own request.]].