History DeconstructedTrope / AnimeAndManga

* {{Twincest}} is deconstructed in ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' through Hikaru and Kaoru. They play up the {{Twincest}} as much as possible for their clients but there is an element of truth behind it as that they are dangerously co-dependent with each other. The manga shows when they both developed feelings for Haruhi, it eventually sparks a feud between them and it alarms and frightens them. Part of their CharacterDevelopment is learning how to become individual people.

* ''ParanoiaAgent''. Oh, ''ParanoiaAgent''. Firstly, it deconstructs Japan's love of [[{{Kawaisa}} cute things and youthfulness]] by showing how crazy people can get over an adorable mascot [[spoiler: that's potentially an adorable EldritchAbomination]]. And then it seems to deconstruct a Characterization Trope with every episode. To wit:

** And of course, ''why'' the hell do they have ''teenagers'' piloting war machines as the last hope for humanity? The justification involves NightmareFuel and what could be yet another deconstruction of the entire idea of HumongousMecha.

** Second, since Menma ''was'' that super adorable and her death [[LovingaShadow got her stuck like that]] [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDeath in everyone's memories]]... [[BreakTheCutie it had an absolutely devastating emotional effect on her friends:]] Yukiatsu and Jintan are in love with her [[TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest even after five years]] (with Jintan growing into a bitter {{Hikikomori}} and Yukiatsu [[MadLove becoming]] [[BrokenAce rather]] [[CreepyCrossdresser unstable]] due to it), Anaru and Tsuruko remember her very fondly but thy feel that [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter they can't live up to the really high standards set with her death]] and think the guys won't ever come to love them the way they love Menma, and Poppo [[AloneInACrowd can't connect with the others as he did before]] [[spoiler: because he ''witnessed Menma's death directly [[FailureKnight and couldn't save her]]'', which is the reason why he goes WalkingTheEarth]]. '''None''' of these things are exactly seen in a good light.

* ''BlackLagoon'' deconstructs ImprobableAge, YakuzaPrincess ''and'' YamatoNadeshiko at the same time, through the terrible tale of [[spoiler: Yukio Washimine]].

* Black from ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'' is a deconstruction of a typical shonen hero by combining two common typical shonen tropes: ToBeAMaster and TheChosenOne. Black has a one track mind when it comes to beating the Pokemon League, which means he SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining and has NoSocialSkills, leading to situations where he doesn't notice when he causes trouble for other people. He is ''so'' single-minded that when he's apparently chosen to awaken Reshiram, he becomes pissed that his new status (which involves ''saving Unova'') interferes with his goals. His conflicting priorities messing with his head, which is unused to such turmoil, lead to the point where [[spoiler: Reshiram refuses to appear before him just yet and his Munna leaves him as it can no longer feed on his dreams]].

** Not to mention, there's quite the deconstruction of how a {{Yandere}} would be seen by others. Every time a {{Yandere}} is the case's murderer, they will claim it's [[LoveMakesyouEvil for the sake of the person]] who was badly hurt and often killed/DrivenToSuicide by the culprit. 90% of times, Shinichi/Conan will tell them something similar to "[[QuitYourWhining No. You're lying.]] You did it '''[[[ItsAllAboutMe for your own sake and pride]]'''. They wouldn't be happy with this, and you have also harmed other people. '''Shut up'''." And more often than not, he turns out to be right.

** BastardBoyfriend - HotGuysAreBastards: Souma's sexualised abuse of Masataka comes from him believing that [[spoiler: it's only through sex that he can aftually express his feelings towards the first person who has NEVER taken advantage of him. ''By force'', if it's needed]]. When he realises that this is NOT how to treat someone you're in love with... Souma simply '''splinters''' [[spoiler: and tries to commit suicide in his utter despair]]. Not to mention, his extremely hot looks [[spoiler: are the reason he was badly abused in his past as well]] -- which shaped his horrifyingly fucked up view of love and sexuality in the first place.

* DetectiveConan, as one of the LongRunners, features more than one deconstructed trope in its cases. A good example is what Gosho Aoyama did with RescueRomance, when [[spoiler: a guy who hopelessly crushes on Ran, Sonoko and Shinichi's sempai Asami drugs her when they go karaoke singing and then secretly sets the karaoke parlor in fire, hoping she'd finally fall for him when he rescued her. In the end, not only Ran is the one who really rescues Asami, but Conan (through Sonoko in the manga, and Kogoro in the anime) reveals his gambit to everyone, harshly calling him out on his selfishness.]]

** First, Menma ''truly'' was [[TheCutie that cute and happy]] as a little girl, and having died when she was ten, [[ChildrenAreInnocent said childish mentality]] [[NotAllowedToGrowUp simply... stuck]], stunting her growth in almost all senses and [[ComingOfAgeStory robbing her of the chance to have the mental/emotional developments that her friends had]], [[GrowingUpSucks whether for good or worse.]]
** Second, since Menma ''was'' that super adorable and her death [[LovingaShadow got her stuck like that in everyone's memories]]... [[BreakTheCutie it had an absolutely devastating emotional effect on her friends:]] Yukiatsu and Jintan are in love with her [[TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest even after five years]] (with Jintan growing into a bitter {{Hikikomori}} and Yukiatsu [[MadLove becoming]] [[BrokenAce rather]] [[CreepyCrossdresser unstable]] due to it), Anaru and Tsuruko remember her fondly but feel that [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter they can't live up to the really high standards set with her death]] and think the guys won't ever come to love them the way they love Menma, and Poppo [[AloneInACrowd can't connect with the others as he did before]] [[spoiler: because he ''witnessed Menma's death directly [[FailureKnight and couldn't save her]]'', which is the reason why he goes WalkingTheEarth]]. '''None''' of these things are exactly seen in a good light.
** And third... [[spoiler: There's how Menma's ''mother'' Irene took her death, [[{{Hikikomori}} closing herself off the world]], [[TheUnfavorite somewhat neglecting]] her remaining child Satoshi and [[TheResenter being angry and hurt]] that her friends managed to somewhat move on.]] Her reaction is among the several possible ones that [[spoiler: a father/mother can have upon losing their child]] ''in RealLife''.

* The 3rd OVA to ''FushigiYuugi'' is a deconstruction of the tropes IJustWantToBeSpecial and IJustWantToBeLoved. So many [[{{Fangirl}} fangirls]] were expressing their desires to be sucked into the Universe of the Four Gods and get a fairy-tale ending with one of the {{Bishounen}} that the creator decided to deconstruct such a girl into a JerkSue that's meant to symbolize [[HumansAreBastards human weakness]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy in matters of the heart.]]

* Sayaka Miki from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' deconstructs ThePowerOfLove, LoveMartyr, and/or other tropes connected to the idea that love must be completely selfless and dedicated to others. She thinks that it's okay to [[spoiler: use her wish in benefit of the injured and despaired Kamijou]], but when she says it out loud, Mami asks her if she's actually doing [[spoiler: to have Kamijou owe her]] rather than [[spoiler: for his completely selfless sake]]. Later [[spoiler: she uses her wish anyway for him, but while he DOES heal, he doesn't run into her arms for comfort and moves on so fast that he doesn't even tell her he's leaving the hospital.]] That gets her mocked by Kyouko, who even says [[spoiler: she should've broken his limbs to force him to rely on her.]] And as time passes, she learns that being "selfless" in regards to those she loves simply doesn't work: love ''does'' involve at least a part of selfishness. Her friend Hitomi proves it right: she's selfless when she [[spoiler:gives Sayaka the first shot at confessing to Kamijou ''and'' by actually telling her about said plans instead of doing so behind her back]]... but being selfish in regards to [[spoiler:actually ''confessing'' when Sayaka doesn't take the chance is what works, and she becomes Kamijou's girlfriend instead]]. This causes Sayaka to progressively break down, which shows via her: [[spoiler: going AxCrazy on Elsamaria out of frustration, refusing to use Grief Seeds because "it's what others do", snapping on the {{Jerk Ass}}es that show her exactly what they think of fully selfless persons (that they're {{extreme doormat}}s to be used and thrown away - and specially if they're women), and finally becoming a witch. Her last words before she definitely crosses the DespairEventHorizon and has her FaceHeelTurn are "I'm such an idiot", acknowledging how wrong she was before she definitely loses it. It takes Madoka '''completely''' re-writing the Magical Girl System via her wish (and reconstructing the trope, in a sense) to "purify" Sayaka from her despair and let her pass on in peace.]]

** Second, since Menma ''was'' that super adorable and her death [[LovingaShadow got her stuck like that in everyone's memories]]... [[BreakTheCutie it had an absolutely devastating emotional effect on her friends:]] Yukiatsu and Jintan are in love with her [[TheFirstCutisTheDeepest even after five years]] (with Jintan growing into a bitter {{Hikikomori}} and [[spoiler: Yukiatsu [[MadLove becoming]] [[BrokenAce rather]] [[CreepyCrossdresser unstable]] ]] due to it), Anaru and Tsuruko remember her fondly but feel that [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter they can't live up to the really high standards set with her death]] [[spoiler: and think the guys won't ever come to love them the way they love Menma]], and Poppo [[AloneInaCrowd can't connect with the others as he did before]] [[spoiler: because he ''witnessed Menma's death directly [[FailureKnight and couldn't save her]]'', which is the reason why he goes WalkingTheEarth]]. '''None''' of these things are exactly seen in a good light.

* In ''MiraiNikki'', [[{{Yandere}} Yuno Gasai]] deconstructs the ShallowLoveInterest by showing exactly what kind of obsessive person someone needs to be in order for them to base ''every action'' they do around one person (not to mention the other effects of such obsession, such as taking ClingyJealousGirl to MurderTheHypotenuse levels). This is because, if anyone threatens to take him away from her, Yuno equates it to her entire future being taken away: after the abuse that she went through [[spoiler: and how Yukiteru [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe once was kind to her]] right after she killed her AbusiveParents]], Yuno's life literally depends on having Yukiteru for emotional support. He truly '''is''' her future, and she'd rather kill and die than risk losing him. [[spoiler: And ultimately, she does ''both''.]]

* ''TokyoBabylon'' deconstructs the idea of [[RedStringOfFate soul mates]]. Every character in the Creator/{{CLAMP}} multiverse has their "special person" despite things like time, distance, and [[HoYay gen]][[LesYay der]]. Subaru Sumeragi's soulmate is Seishiro Sakurazuka, which is no surprise to the audience. The surprise in this case is that [[spoiler:Seishiro is an assassin, an AffablyEvil MagnificentBastard sociopath who intentionally causes Subaru as much pain as possible to try seeing [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove if that could change his own stance in love and life]], including [[AngstySurvivingTwin killing his twin sister]]. [[FridgeHorror And Subaru can't help loving and obsessing over him anyway]]]].

* Karina/Blue Rose from TigerAndBunny deconstructs MsFanservice. She's marketed as a mix of FauxActionGirl (she does have [[AnIcePerson decent ice powers]], but her [[{{Stripperiffic}} fanservicy outfit]] puts serious hampers on her fighting and she doesn't have hand-to-hand skills) and {{Romanticized Abuse}}r (people think she's a hot {{dominatrix}}, but she's ''as much'' a {{tsundere}})... and she hates it, due to how far her public image is from her real personality. Not to mention she doesn't even have much of a choice: her sponsors are the ones who choose the skimpy outfit, to start.

* In the ''Manga/BlackButler'' manga (the anime didn't reach that part), [[spoiler: Elizabeth Middleford]] deconstructs DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel. Unlike most girls that fit this trope, she does this [[spoiler: for the sake of her beloved]], and not because she simply likes being rescued or wants to look more hepless for her own benefit. It also shows that [[spoiler: Lizzie]] actually had to sacrifice a few things in order to [[spoiler: maintain Ciel's pride]]; i.e., [[spoiler: keeping her badassery at bay caused her ''emotional pain'' since she was deeply scared [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon of being rejected by Ciel if it ever came out]] ]], and not to mention there's the ValuesDissonance coming from the VictorianBritain times (women who didn't act like [[ProperLady proper ladies]] would face scorn and discrimination).

* ''DigimonAdventure02'' Deconstructs IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim late in the season when evil Digimon are released into Tokyo. The Chosen Children attempt to simply send them back to the Digital World, and Miyako and Iori are (pretty understandably) horrified when their Digimon are forced to kill two of them. However it's quickly pointed out that the trope is suicidal naivety and that the evil Digimon would have taken advantage of that had they been allowed to live: they had no problems about killing innocent people and would have killed Miyako and Iori and likely many more had their Digimon not stopped them.

** [[spoiler:Lyle Dylandy]] could be seen as a deconstruction of [[spoiler:the BackupTwin]] concept in general. [[spoiler:The first thing he makes known to his teammates in Celestial Being is he's not his older twin Neil's ReplacementGoldfish, even preferring to put on a JerkAssFacade than leading Feldt, a girl who's in love with his deceased brother, on. He also prefers to use [[TheGunslinger a different]] [[GunKata style of gun fighting]] to contrast Neil's sniping method, although he also uses it frequently. ]]
** KioAsuno of ''GundamAge'' can be seen as a deconstruction of protagonists like Kira Yamato and Setsuna F Seiei and the TechnicalPacifist nature they pursue later on. Shortly after meeting Luu and befriending his first Veigan. He fights in her memory by trying to bring Understanding to the other Veigans, not only does it fail to convince any of the Veigans but it gets a lot of his own friends killed in his half hearted attempts at creating mutual Understanding.

** Very possibly, Kenshin himself is a deconstruction of a couple of tropes, most particularly TheAtoner. Following the moment in his past where he [[spoiler:accidentally killed his own wife]], he took up his [[ThouShaltNotKill non-killing vow]] after the war of the Bakumatsu, and then spent the next decade [[WalkingTheEarth wandering Japan]] while doing good deeds. However, while he's a powerful fighter who's more than capable of defending himself and others, his guilt at his past sins causes him to [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies abandon his friends to shield them from harm]], which hardly works effectively anyway, and the guilt doesn't begin to subside until he learns to come to terms with his past [[spoiler:and even then, it only happens after Tomoe's spirit encourages him to move on]].

** YamatoNadeshiko is deconstructed with Kallen's Japanese birth mother, who cannot cope with the suffering she goes through and ends up as a drug addict since she wants to relive her happy times, and causes Kallen to be disappointed as she mistakes her devotion to her for devotion to her JerkAss Britannian father. [[spoiler: Fortunately, she gets better in the GrandFinale.]]

* Orihime Inoue from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' becomes a deconstruction of DistressedDamsel in the Hueco Mundo arc. The narrative constantly eggs on how taking a SadisticChoice that [[spoiler: made her the willing prisoner of Aizen in exchange for her people's safety]] can fuck you up ''[[BreakTheCutie really]]'' [[BreakTheCutie painfully]] and, once you crack and almost cross the DespairEventHorizon, get you ''even more broken'' [[spoiler: once your KnightInShiningArmor gets killed and returns as pretty much an uber powerful zombie that will kill anybody ''just to keep protecting you''.]] '''OUCH.''' [[spoiler: She only gets better once she's completely out of such an environment ''and'' more than a year has passed.]]
** Her relationship with Ulquiorra may be a deconstruction of SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl, as he is not only savvy but almost ''heartless'' and openly seeks to break her emotionally. [[spoiler: Not to mention he ''is'' the one who kills Ichigo, and he does it ''to prove a point to both Orihime and Ishida''.]]
** The last arc is a deconstruction of TrueCompanions, as [[spoiler: Ichigo's friends and family have been mindwiped by Tsukishima and either believe him to be crazy or are fighting him. And they don't do it out of hate, either, but because Tsuki has made them believe that their beloved Ichigo has gone mad, and they want him to stop and reconsider what he's doing.]] The whole deal has a ''[[DespairEventHorizon terrifying]]'' effect on [[BigBrotherInstinct Ichigo's]] mind as well, considering how [[spoiler: his main instinct is to protect his friends... who later fall completely in the hands of Tsukishima, and he can't do anything to break their brainwashing. It takes a MASSIVE gambit from Soul Society as a whole to fix him.]].
** [[spoiler: Yukio Hans Voralberna]] is a deconstruction of CompleteMonster. He was a massive CutePsycho with touches of SmugSnake and had a definitve KickTheDog moment when he [[spoiler: mocked Jackie and tried to kill her and Renji]]. For worse, he then tells [[spoiler: Hitsugaya]] with glee that he's proud of [[spoiler: driving his parents to suicide.]] However, with some prodding and flashbacks, the CutePsycho masks shows us a ''much'' uglier truth: [[spoiler: he was totally deprived of moral guidance as a child for having been a CuteMute, he wanted his parents to aknowledge him as an equal since their abandonment (as he thought and still thinks that adults see children as inferior beings), and the deal about enjoying his parents's deaths was actually a lie.]] In short: the kid did really nasty shit, but his StartOfDarkness didn't come from inherent evil, and it looks like he's still not beyond the point of no return. [[spoiler: And ultimately, he wasn't.]]

** HitmanWithAHeart is also deconstructed through Mr. Chang, a former policeman who became a Triad leader.
** Also with Rotton the Wizard, who turns out to be one of the few decent people in Roanpur, but not at all the hitman he was trying to be.

** Eika is also used to deconstruct GreatDetective - she is obsessed with little details and control, to the point that she is stalks her lovers and comes off as a control freak. Not to mention the fact that murders apparently occur everywhere she goes, just because she is a detective...

* Just like in the case of [[HeyArnold Helga Pataki]] (mentioned below), Taiga Aisaka from ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'' takes the {{Tsundere}} trope and shows a more down-to-Earth origin to it. It's really, '''really''' not pretty, since [[spoiler: Taiga's father is a JerkAss who abandoned the family after going bankrupt (which actually ''does'' happen in Japan, due to ValuesDissonance) and only appears to mess up with Taiga's emotional stability, and for worse she can't emotionally connect with her mother's second family (stepfather, baby half-brother).]] Hence, her mood swings and violent behavior don't come just from childishness towards romance, but from serious emotional and familial imbalance.
** Taiga not only deconstructs {{Tsundere}}, but also ShanaClone. Several of the tropes that make [[ShakuganNoShana Shana]] [[LightNovel/ZeroNoTsukaima and]] [[LightNovel/{{MM}} other]] [[LightNovel/{{Gosick}} chara]][[HidanNoAria cters]] like her [[{{Moe}} "adorable"]] in the eyes of the viewers (not just the Tsundereness but also the short height, flat chest, HotBlooded nature, etc.) are ''torn to shreds'' here, as they make Taiga's life quite hard: being tiny makes her [[TheNapoleon very aggressive to compensate]], the flat chest [[ACupangst screws with her self esteem]], the HotBlooded nature makes her competitive to the point of utter {{Jerk Ass}}ery sometimes, etc.

** It also [[DiscussedTrope discusses]] and lightly deconstructs BattleCouple. Goh and Anna are married as well as partners, but it doesn't mean their relationship is all wine and roses: there's the 12 years age gap, the fact that Go was in love with his dead partner Milla, the stress of battles, etc. And then we get the other team-ups...

** IWillFindYou was also deconstructed by Soma and Meena. Soma spoke of how Meena was the only person who made his loneliness in the palace better and how he deeply loved her. Having been kidnapped by an Englishman, Soma traveled all the way to England, going to great lengths to find her. When he does, it turns out Meena willingly sneaked out of India, was living happily with the Englishman and flat out told him that she ''hated'' Soma for being a spoiled brat (which he was prior to his CharacterDevelopment). So Soma saw himself as a hero who'd find the DamselInDistress when he was just a selfish kid who clung to her to not be alone and he ended up driving her away with his own actions. Meena's harsh words when he finally found her was a wake-up call that knocked him off his pedestal and made him start to become a better person.

* DetectiveConan, as one of the LongRunners, features more than one deconstructed trope in its cases. A good example is what GoshoAoyama did with RescueRomance, when [[spoiler: a guy who hopelessly crushes on Ran, Sonoko and Shinichi's sempai Asami drugs her when they go karaoke singing and then secretly sets the karaoke parlor in fire, hoping she'd finally fall for him when he rescued her. In the end, not only Ran is the one who really rescues Asami, but Conan (through Sonoko in the manga, and Kogoro in the anime) reveals his gambit to everyone, harshly calling him out on his selfishness.]]

* People accuse Meiko "Menma" Honma of AnoHana of being a PuritySue due to [[MarySueClassic having million qualities and no visible flaws.]] She's actually a deconstruction of PuritySue. First, Menma ''truly'' was [[TheCutie that cute and happy]] as a little girl, and having died when she was ten, [[ChildrenAreInnocent said childish mentality]] [[NotAllowedToGrowUp simply... stuck]], stunting her growth in almost all senses and [[ComingOfAgeStory robbing her of the chance to have the mental/emotional developments that her friends had]], [[GrowingUpSucks whether for good or worse.]] Second, since Menma ''was'' that super adorable and her death [[LovingaShadow got her stuck like that in everyone's memories]]... [[BreakTheCutie it had an absolutely devastating emotional effect on her friends:]] Yukiatsu and Jintan are in love with her [[TheFirstCutisTheDeepest even after five years]] (with Jintan growing into a bitter {{Hikikomori}} and [[spoiler: Yukiatsu [[MadLove becoming]] [[BrokenAce rather]] [[CreepyCrossdresser unstable]] ]] due to it), Anaru and Tsuruko remember her fondly but feel that [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter they can't live up to the really high standards set with her death]] [[spoiler: and think the guys won't ever come to love them the way they love Menma]], and Poppo [[AloneInaCrowd can't connect with the others as he did before]] [[spoiler: because he ''witnessed Menma's death directly [[FailureKnight and couldn't save her]]'', which is the reason why he goes WalkingTheEarth]]. '''None''' of these things are exactly seen in a good light. [[spoiler: Not to mention, there's how Menma's ''mother'' Irene took her death, [[{{Hikikomori}} closing herself off the world]] and [[TheResenter being angry and hurt]] that her friends managed to somewhat move on.]]

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' ''loved'' to do this.

** [[RebuildOfEvangelion 3.0]] also quite viscously deconstructs TheDeterminator by showing the direct consequences of Shinji triggering Third Impact to try and save Rei. A vast majority of the planet's population has been wiped out, [[spoiler: Toji and Kaji implied to be some of the casualties]], most of the remaining cast treat him as a criminal and a pariah, to the point where even Misato resorts to [[spoiler: strapping a bomb collar on him in case he goes off the rails again]], and [[spoiler: Rei herself having disappeared, making all his actions seemingly pointless]].

** Most notoriously: the CardCarryingVillain. Supernatural magical creatures who are the "masters of evil" feature a lot in kids shows and are usually rather goofy. When used realistically tough, you better brace yourself.

* Orihime Inoue from ''{{Bleach}}'' becomes a deconstruction of DistressedDamsel in the Hueco Mundo arc. The narrative constantly eggs on how taking a SadisticChoice that [[spoiler: made her the willing prisoner of Aizen in exchange for her people's safety]] can fuck you up ''[[BreakTheCutie really]]'' [[BreakTheCutie painfully]] and, once you crack and almost cross the DespairEventHorizon, get you ''even more broken'' [[spoiler: once your KnightInShiningArmor gets killed and returns as pretty much an uber powerful zombie that will kill anybody ''just to keep protecting you''.]] '''OUCH.''' [[spoiler: She only gets better once she's completely out of such an environment ''and'' more than a year has passed.]]

* Sayaka Miki from ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' deconstructs ThePowerOfLove, LoveMartyr, and/or other tropes connected to the idea that love must be completely selfless and dedicated to others. She thinks that it's okay to [[spoiler: use her wish in benefit of the injured and despaired Kamijou]], but when she says it out loud, Mami asks her if she's actually doing [[spoiler: to have Kamijou owe her]] rather than [[spoiler: for his completely selfless sake]]. Later [[spoiler: she uses her wish anyway for him, but while he DOES heal, he doesn't run into her arms for comfort and moves on so fast that he doesn't even tell her he's leaving the hospital.]] That gets her mocked by Kyouko, who even says [[spoiler: she should've broken his limbs to force him to rely on her.]] And as time passes, she learns that being "selfless" in regards to those she loves simply doesn't work: love ''does'' involve at least a part of selfishness. Her friend Hitomi proves it right: she's selfless when she [[spoiler:gives Sayaka the first shot at confessing to Kamijou ''and'' by actually telling her about said plans instead of doing so behind her back]]... but being selfish in regards to [[spoiler:actually ''confessing'' when Sayaka doesn't take the chance is what works, and she becomes Kamijou's girlfriend instead]]. This causes Sayaka to progressively break down, which shows via her: [[spoiler: going AxCrazy on Elsamaria out of frustration, refusing to use Grief Seeds because "it's what others do", snapping on the {{Jerk Ass}}es that show her exactly what they think of fully selfless persons (that they're {{extreme doormat}}s to be used and thrown away - and specially if they're women), and finally becoming a witch. Her last words before she definitely crosses the DespairEventHorizon and has her FaceHeelTurn are "I'm such an idiot", acknowledging how wrong she was before she definitely loses it. It takes Madoka '''completely''' re-writing the Magical Girl System via her wish (and reconstructing the trope, in a sense) to "purify" Sayaka from her despair and let her pass on in peace.]]

* Black from ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'' is a deconstruction of a typical shonen hero by combining two common typical shonen troper: ToBeAMaster and TheChosenOne. Black has a one track mind when it comes to beating the PokemonLeague, which means he SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining and has NoSocialSkills. He is so single-minded that when he's apparently chosen to awaken Reshiram, he becomes pissed that his new status (which involves ''saving Unova'') interferes with his goals. His conflicting priorities messing with his head, which is unused to such turmoil, lead to the point where [[spoiler: Reshiram refuses to appear before him just yet and his Munna leaves him as it can no longer feed on his dreams]].

** Granted, one can argue this deconstruction is unnecessary given that Digimon, with very rare exceptions, are reborn. Meaning that even before the events of these battles, they wouldn't have needed to deal with this.

* ''TokyoBabylon'' deconstructs the idea of [[RedStringOfFate soul mates]]. Every character in the {{CLAMP}} multiverse has their "special person" despite things like time, distance, and [[HoYay gen]][[LesYay der]]. Subaru Sumeragi's soulmate is Seishiro Sakurazuka, which is no surprise to the audience. The surprise in this case is that [[spoiler:Seishiro is an assassin, an AffablyEvil MagnificentBastard sociopath who intentionally causes Subaru as much pain as possible to try seeing [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove if that could change his own stance in love and life]], including [[AngstySurvivingTwin killing his twin sister]]. [[FridgeHorror And Subaru can't help loving and obsessing over him anyway]]]].