History Determinator / AnimeAndManga

** Lillie was inspired by Ash to not give up on herself as he got her to find answers to her past in any relation to her fear of touching Pokémon and befriending them all over again. Also, in ''Chasing Memories, Creating Dreams!'', Lillie strong desire to see her long lost father again and the advice Ash gave her inspired her to not give up on her Z-Moves as she not only became in sync with Snowy but also perfected it as well.

** Mallow would't give up on making a signature dish for her families restaurant. However, in ''A Recipe for Success!'', Mallow went through some self doubts when was helping at Oranguru's place but regained her determination when her Pokémon friends gave her the encouragement to not give up on helping the customers and herself. Although, in ''Battling Besties!'', during her battle with Lana at the Pokémon League, Mallow thought about forfeiting as she knew she could't win and was concern about Tsareena. However, seeing that her partner refuses to back down and hearing Lana's words of encouragement, Mallow not only decided to not give up until the battle was finished but also perfect her Z-Moves.

''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' anime:
** Ash at full throttle absolutely refuses to go down so easily, no matter how outclassed he knows he is as he doesn't give up on his goal on becoming a Pokémon Mater.

** Ash at full throttle absolutely refuses to go down so easily, no matter how outclassed he knows he is as he doesn't give up on helping those in need, especially his Pokémon, friends and family, Pokémon battles and things in life. Also, Ash hasn't given up on his goal on becoming a Pokémon Mater.
*** In the first movie, Ash confronted [[PhysicalGod Mewtwo]] as he disabled all the other Pokémon's abilities and forcing them to battle the [[SendInTheClones clones of themselves]], eliminating all the normal attack options? He charges Mewtwo and throws a punch at his face. When he hits a psychic barrier instead and gets knocked on the ground? Ash ''gets up and does it again''.

** Misty doesn't give up on becoming a great Water-type Trainer as she gives everything she has in a Pokémon battle or helping her favorite type in need, especially her own, but does help other type at times.

** Iris refuses to back down in helping a Dragon Type and is determined to prove herself to those around her, which paid off when she became the Champion of Unova.

** Clemont grew to a strong determined Gym Leader as he uses Ash as his inspiration and was able to use that in order to help his Luxray, as Luxio, when he fell victim to Team Rocket's control in ''The Future is now, Thanks to Determination!'' as he was able to save him by [[CoolDownHug embracing]] then encourages him.
** Bonnie can be determined to help Pokémon in need and would't back down in order to help them, which was shown in ''The Right Hero for the Right Job!'' when she insists on helping Squishy, Zygarde, even when it was under Team Flare's control.
** Serena grew into this through Ash's motto and encouragement as she hasn't given up on her goal in becoming a great performer one day. Also, in ''Seeing the Forest for the Trees!'', Serena [[HeroicBSOD even though]] she was angry and hurt at Ash when [[WhatTheHellHero he lashed out at her]] refused to leave him in the state he was in as she [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness not only reminded him of who he is]] but also [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan knock some sense into him]], which helped as she got a thank you from for not giving up on him.
** Lana doesn't give up on helping Pokémon as she was determined to protect a wild Eevee in ''We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!'' from Team Skull but her determination to keep it safe inspired it to battle alongside her and join her team, which she nicknamed it Sandy. Also, Lana has grown to not go down in a Pokémon until its over.
** Kiawe doesn't usally go down in a Pokémon battle as he'll hang in their until the end.
** Lillie was inspired by Ash to not give up on herself as he got her to find answers to her past in any relation to her fear of touching Pokémon and befriending them all over again. Also, in ''Family Determination!'' to ''10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!'', Lillie with sheer determination went through great lengths to get her mother back when she was kidnapped by an Ultra Beast and put under its control as she was able to call out to her, which manage to get through to her. In addition, in ''Chasing Memories, Creating Dreams!'', Lillie strong desire to see her long lost father again and the advice Ash gave her inspired her to not give up on her Z-Moves as she not only became in sync with Snowy but also perfected it as well.
** Sophocles would't give up on any contest he participants in as it paid off when he wins. Although, in ''A Fiery Training Camp Trick!'', Sophocles at first thought about giving up when he was training his Z-Moves but seeing how determined his Vikavolt was shook those doubts off and decided to not quit on perfecting it and himself. With Kiawe's help and everything he been through with Vikavolt, Sophocles determinedly perfect his Z-Moves and gave his confidences a boast.

** Lillie was inspired by Ash to not give up on herself as he got her to find the answer to her past and befriend Pokémon all over again. Also, in ''Family Determination!'' to ''10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!'', Lillie with sheer determination went through great lengths to get her mother back when she was kidnapped by an Ultra Beast and put under its control as she was able to call out to her, which manage to get through to her. In addition, in ''Chasing Memories, Creating Dreams!'', Lillie strong desire to see her long lost father again and the advice Ash gave her inspired her to not give up on her Z-Moves as she not only became in sync with Snowy but also perfected it as well.

** Ash at full throttle absolutely refuses to go down so easily, no matter how outclassed he knows he is as he doesn't give up on his Pokémon, friends, family, Pokémon battles and things in life. Also, whenever his Pokémon or the ones he befriended fell victim to mind control or lose control of themselves, Ash never gives up on getting through to them no matter what. Ash would stop at nothing to bring those who mistreats Pokémon or tries to take over the world to justice or pushed towards his limits as he doesn't give up on doing what's right.

*** In ''A Towering Takeover!'' and ''Coming Apart at the Dreams!'', Ash even though he was upset with Alain at first when he found out his ties with Team Flare but refused to give up on him, especially when he finds out that he was tricked by Team Flare and that his intention were to help a friend. Also, Ash not only told Alain that he didn't care about what he had done but also that he had faith in him, which helped him see the error of his ways and that he's always gonna be there for him no matter what. After Alain came to his aid, Ash was given thanks for helping him regain his senses.
*** During ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'' and the beginning of Ultra Adventures, Ash was Lillie's biggest cheerleader as he gave her the strength and encouragement to not give up on herself as he helped her befriend Pokémon all over again, due to her being afraid of touching Pokémon at the time. After Lillie let go of her fear of touching Pokémon for good, Ash got a big thank you from her for not only helping her remember her past but also for not giving up on her.

*** Ash's Pikachu didn't give up on getting through to Ash when he was controlled by the spirit of Pokélantis and when he was attempted to by Lysandre as he was able to get through to him by calling out to him both times, which got him to [[HeroicWillpower fight back]].
** Ash's Companions and their Pokémon have shown this many times as well whenever they were pushed to their limits or doing what rights and saving their own Pokémon or the ones they befriended.
*** Dawn and Iris didn't give up on their disobedient Pokémon as they work hard to get them to trust them.
*** In ''The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!'', Clemont was inspired by Ash to help his Luxray, as Luxio, when he fell victim to Team Rocket's control as he was able to save him by [[CoolDownHug embracing]] and encouragement him.
*** In ''Seeing the Forest for the Trees!'', Serena [[HeroicBSOD even though]] she was angry and hurt at Ash when [[WhatTheHellHero he lashed out at her]] refused to leave him in the state he was in as she [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness not only reminded him of who he is]] but also [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan knock some sense into him]]. However, Serena was given an apology from Ash, who realize that she was more right [[RightForTheWrongReasons than he was]] and [[WastooHardonHim felt bad for being so hard on her]], and was thanked for not giving up on him.
*** In ''The Right Hero for the Right Job!'', Bonnie with determination didn't give up on Squishy, Zygarde, as she knew her friend [[IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight was in there somewhere]] when it was put under Team Flare's control as she sang the song she made for it and worked as it heard her voice.
*** In ''Getting to Know You!'', Snowy, Vulpix, was determined to keep Lillie safe from Team Rocket. However, when it was endanger, Lillie without a second thought protected her partner and best friend.
*** In ''Family Determination!'' to ''10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!'', Lillie with sheer determination went through great lengths to get her mother back when she was kidnapped by an Ultra Beast and put under its control as she was able to call out to her, which manage to get through to her.
*** In ''We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!'', Lana and Primarina, as Popplio, were determined to protect Eevee from Team Skull but their determination to keep it safe inspired it to not only battle alongside them but also to join them as part of their team, which she nicknamed it Sandy.
*** In ''The One That Didn't Get Away!'', Lana's Primarina, as Brionne, went through great lengths to save Lana from drowning when she got dragged by a Kyogre as it evolved into its final evolution to get her out of harms way.
*** In ''A Recipe for Success!'', Mallow decided to help at Oranguru's place when she sees Pokémon customers in addition to humans. However, Mallow had some self doubts but her Pokémon friends gave her the encouragement to not give up on helping the Pokémon customers and herself.
*** In ''A Fiery Training Camp Trick!'', Sophocles at first thought about giving up when he was training his Z-Moves but seeing how determined his Vikavolt was shook those doubts off and decided to not quit on perfecting it and himself. With Kiawe's help and everything he been through with Vikavolt, Sophocles determinedly perfect his Z-Moves and gave his confidences a boast.
*** In ''Chasing Memories, Creating Dreams!'', Lillie strong desire to see her long lost father again and the advice Ash gave her inspired her to not give up on her Z-Moves as she not only became in sync with Snowy but also perfected it as well.
*** In ''Battling Besties!'', during her battle with Lana at the Pokémon League, Mallow thought about forfeiting as she was concern about Tsareena but her partner refuse to give up. Seeing this along with remembering everything she went through with her Pokémon partner and Lana's words of encouragement, Mallow not only decided to not give up the battle but also perfect her Z-Moves.

* ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'': Kazuma, and possibly Ryuhou as well.

* In ''LightNovel/SeikenTsukaiNoWorldBreak'', Moroha, despite getting knocked back or down repeatedly by Isurugi, refuses to quit, and keeps getting back up for more.

''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime:

*** During the Sun & Moon season and the beginning of Ultra Adventures, Ash was Lillie biggest encourager as he gave her the strength and encouragement to not give up on herself as he helped her befriend Pokémon all over again, due to her being afraid of touching Pokémon at the time. After Lillie let go of her fear of touching Pokémon for good, Ash got a big thank you from her for not only helping her remember her past but also for not giving up on her.

** It's even invoked right on the first volume when Moritaka talks to his dad on the phone: he reminds him of Ryoma Sakamoto of ''[[Creator/IkkiKajiwara Kyojin no Hoshi / Star of the Giants]]'' ("If a man should fall, he must fall forward, even if face-first into the mud") and [[Manga/AshitaNoJoe Joe Yabuki]] (who protagonizes Moritaka's own favorite series).

* ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'': Guts is a pure example of this trope. No matter how hellish his life is, no matter how many soldiers he faces, no matter how large and invincible the demons he fights are, no matter how seemingly impossible his goals are, he will simply not give up! It probably helps that he knows what will happen to him if he dies, and that he needs to complete his revenge against Griffith before he gets taken out.

* ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'' has Chiaki Nanami. [[spoiler:Her execution involves her powering through a dungeon from hell, avoiding or straight-up tanking death trap after death trap fueled by nothing but the desire to see her friends again. Even when blood loss finally does her in, she goes out stubbornly clinging to life to her last breath.]]

** Ditto Masaru from ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' for being the first human in the history of the franchise to punch a digimon and do real damage. He does this several times, in fact [[spoiler: he broke through a shield made by the god of the digital world (even if it had been weakened) with a ''punch'' using his determination]]

* In ''Anime/Durarara!!'' Izaya will continue with his schemes and attempts at taking down Shizuo no matter how many times he gets stabbed, beaten, betrayed or humiliated. Shizuo even calls him a zombie for it. [[spoiler: In the final fight with Shizuo, he keeps running and trying to fight even after he was thrown into a glass building with a beam, had his arms broken and was stabbed in his side. The guy truly loves his humans.]]

* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'': [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. In one early match against the Oujou White Knights, Hiruma stops playing because he realizes Deimon's chances for victory have reached 0%, although he is willing to keep playing in any other match as long as his team's chances for winning are even marginally greater than nil. In recent chapters, he's gone from being a subversion to almost an embodiment of sheer determinatorism: [[spoiler: He plays half a game with a broken arm and apparently heals it in less than a month by willpower alone. Well, willpower and his oxygen tank/segway. Hahahaha.]]

* Being about sports, ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}} puts a lot of emphasis on not giving up until the game is over, meaning that many characters qualify during individual matches or situations. However, some examples are especially prominent and are exhibited outside of actual games:

* Haruka in the anime incarnations of ''Anime/MyHime'' and ''Anime/MaiOtome'' is the resident determinator. Whether kicking a tank as a normal human, head-butting someone while literally dissolving into green sparkles or blowing the head off a monster after getting hit by its petrification ray, Haruka does not know the meaning of the word "quit".

* ''{{Anime/Noein}}'': Karasu is the series' Determinator. If you threaten Haruka, he will smack you down. It is that simple. In the last episodes he took this to the extreme, by taking on an entire universe just to get to her.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV''

* In ''Anime/Durarara!!'' Izaya will continue with his schemes and attempts at taking down Shizuo no matter how many times he gets stabbed, beaten, betrayed or humiliated. [[spoiler: In the final fight with Shizuo, he keeps runnning and trying to fight even after he was thrown into a glass building with a beam, had his arms broken and was stabbed in his side. The guy truly loves his humans.]]

** In the Great Mazinger tai Getter movie, [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere the monster]] [[{{Robeast}} Gilgilgan]] ate Great Mazinger's left fist, shrugged a [[ChestBlaster Breast Burn]] attack off, reflected a Thunder Break, blew Great Mazinger's right fist up and endured a Navel Missile, melted Great Mazinger's right leg... What did Tetsuya do? He tried to headbutt it. He tried his last weapon -Great Typhoon- and although it had no effect either, he YET refused leaving.

* ''Manga/MutekiKanbanMusume'' is a GenreDeconstruction of the FightingSeries, and ''Determinator'' is also deconstructed with Nishiyama Kankuro, the UnknownRival who constantly defies Miki to a duel because she bullied him when Kankuro was a teenager (and Mike a child four years younger than him). Kankuro's hope of defeating Miki in a fair fight exists only in his head, as his refusal to give up is fairly foolish. In fact, he can easily defeat Miki working as a Poster Boy for the Ramen Restaurant, but he is so obsessed with the fair play that he never realizes it.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Pretty much every character. Hell, Rumiko Takahashi is FAMOUS for making characters like this. It'd be quicker to list the ones that AREN'T [[{{Determinator}} determinators]].

* Haruka in the anime incarnations of ''Anime/MaiHime'' and ''Anime/MaiOtome'' is the resident determinator. Whether kicking a tank as a normal human, head-butting someone while literally dissolving into green sparkles or blowing the head off a monster after getting hit by its petrification ray, Haruka does not know the meaning of the word "quit".

* Yukino Miyazawa, the protagonist of ''Manga/KareKano'', is an AttentionWhore who wants above all to be praised by others. What makes her a determinator is the lenghts she goes in order to do that, always trying to be the most helpful, beautiful and the best in school and sports.
* ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'': Hibari Kyouya. Even when half of bones in his body are broken [[spoiler: by Mukuro]], he continues fighting so hard that he was said to be moving too fast to be seen. And don't forget about the time he was been poisoned by the Cervello during the Varia arc and is supposed to take the Cloud Ring that was held up above him twenty feet high. The poison is said to stop a rampaging elephant into a standstill, but not for Hibari!

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':
** Parodied when Negi is accidentally turned into one of these after Nodoka asks him for a kiss, unaware that the nearby TheWorldTree forces him to accept. He's going to kiss somebody, dang it, or die trying. He eventually kisses Asuna so intensely that she does an incredibly suggestive EyeTake just before the scene is jokingly censored.
** Right after Negi and crew arrive in the magic world, [[spoiler:Fate]] attacks Negi, putting a stone spear through his chest. When he moves to attack the students, Negi pulls the spear out and beats [[spoiler:Fate]] in the head with it.
** Negi gets attacked by a shadow mage. During the course of the fight [[spoiler:his right arm gets cut off. His response? "''I still have my left!''", before attempting a finishing blow. Unfortunately, Jack Rakan stops the fight before we find out if it would have worked or not. And don't worry, he gets the arm back.]]
** The finals between Negi [[spoiler:and Rakan]]. Good Lord. Negi's got TearsOfBlood, a gaping chest wound and is puking up blood... and he still gets up to fight on. Even [[spoiler:Rakan]] is surprised by his tenacity.
** Negi's tendencies along this line showed as early as vol. 7. When he first asked Evangeline to train him she refused unless he could use the kung fu he started learning from Ku Fei ''a couple of days earlier'' to land a hit on expert fighter [[RobotGirl Chachamaru]]. At the appointed hour he came, got sent sprawling halfway across the courtyard, and was told to go away. He simply picked himself up and pointed out to Eva that no time limit was set. The resulting [[CurbStompBattle beating]] lasted for over an hour before Chachamaru got distracted and Negi landed a feeble blow before collapsing.
** Then there's Rakan, who takes this to absurd levels. Nothing short of [[spoiler: ''[[RealityWarper erasing him from existence]]'' will stop him, and even then, he puts up one ''hell'' of a fight.]] Even after that, he [[spoiler: ''willed himself back'' just to give his student one important information that he must absolutely must know, and also gives some parting words to everyone. ''Twice.'' It appears that Rakan uses a type of magic that's fueled by willpower, which is perfect for somebody like him with seemingly infinite determination to win.]]
** Ayaka shows that being a {{Determinator}} doesn't require combat when she [[spoiler: lived to the age of 115 through sheer willpower, [[IWillWaitForYou just so she could see Asuna when she woke up from her 100 year long sleep]]. [[TearJerker Sadly, this was as long as she could hold on, and Asuna overslept by 30 years]].]]

--->[[spoiler:'''Sea King #1:''']] "Boy, what a human!"
--->[[spoiler:'''Sea King #2:''']] "He is a very strong one, isn't he?"

--> '''Lieutenant Colonel Courtney:''' "He's got what it takes. Just fucking guts."
--> '''Lemon:''' "Guts?"
--> '''Courtney:''' "No, ''fucking'' guts."

-->'''All-Might's internal dialogue''': ''' ''I WILL NOT DIE!!!'' '''

---> '''Starscream:''' "[[ShutUpHannibal Spare me your lectures!]] You know nothing of power."
---> '''[[spoiler: Galvatron]]:''' "Oh?"
---> '''Starscream:''' "Do you know what real power is?"
---> '''[[spoiler: Galvatron]]:''' "Get to the point."
---> '''Starscream:''' "''True'' power is simple ''determination'', making the impossible possible through sheer force of will. I have risked everything in pursuit of this power! I have given myself over to it, body and spark! Now witness...the power of one who has sacrificed everything!" ''(BattleAura flares up)''

*** But perhaps Goku's biggest example in Super comes in the Tournament of Power when [[spoiler: Jiren pushes back his own spirit bomb with ease despite his use of SSBKKx20 and seemingly killing Goku. The Saiyan emerges from the rubble bathed in angelic light, as it turns out that Goku's stubbornness to survive and refusal to give up pushed him to a new level of power and skill entirely, the legendary Ultra Instinct technique.]]
** Vegeta is a bit of Determinator himself. Perhaps even more than Goku, part of why he's such a badass is the insane amount of punishment it takes to bring him down. Seriously, he gets his ARM SNAPPED IN HALF, but when Trunks tries to jump in and help he's all like "NO STAY BACK I GOT THIS."
*** His saga as a villain proves this beyond a shadow of a doubt. No matter what any of the Z-Fighters throw at him, he simply refuses to stay down. He gets knocked around by Goku's Kaio-ken, knocked into the sky with the Kamehameha -- overwhelming his own attack -- and the most powerful move in the anime, the Spirit Bomb. He had his tail cut off, reverting himself from his Oozaru form after expending the energy needed to create the power ball letting him turn into it. And then he fought Gohan in HIS Oozaru form and ''beat it''. No matter what happened, he just kept going. Even when he was finally defeated, he didn't stop moving. He crawled to his spaceship to flee so he could heal up and fight another day.

* ''Manga/{{Gunnm}}'':
** Niz holds "persistence" as his core tenet, and manages to impress the local badass, Sechs, enough to learn what she can from his philosophy. Considering that Sechs had much more combat experience, was more physically capable, was kicking his ass for most of the fight, and on top of that was notorious for ignoring anything apart from a straight-on berserker assault, the mere fact that Niz made such an impression on her was pretty amazing. Then again, remaining standing and not crying or grimacing in pain after your arm, artificial heart, and half of your chest is blown away would probably have an impact on whoever you were fighting.
** And let's not forget Gally/Alita. She's quite the dogged survivor and determined fighter -she has even survived [[spoiler: war on Mars, being sentenced to dying in outer space two hundred years before the events of ''Gunnm'', nearly getting mashed and thrown to the garbage on Chief Bigot's order, being blown apart by Desty Nova, and, depending on whether you're reading ''Last Order'' or the ending of the first ''Gunnm'', fusing with the Ladder or being entirely destroyed at the nano-level while looking for the fata morgana]]. On top of all the more 'regular' fighting and danger, which include the destruction of several of her cyborg bodies. And let's not forget that *just* achieving the Panzer Kunst and the whole training around it is a feat in itself.

* [Anime/{{Aggretsuko}} Retsuko]] (at least in the TBS version) thanks to her love of death metal: No matter how bad a day at work she's had or how many annoyances she's had to put up with, she can just sing about what annoyed her and come back to work the next day with renewed resolve.

*** Indeed, Goku's spirit and unwillingness to quit and push himself to new heights is what Vegeta himself cites at the end of the Buu Saga as part of why he's number one he will find a way to overcome whatever obstacle is in his path and push himself beyond. Along with his BloodKnight nature, Goku simply will not give up when it comes to pushing himself to new heights and that trait inspires those around him to do so as well. Whether Tien, Yamcha, Krillin, Vegeta, Piccolo or Hit and Jiren those who meet Goku and his drive find themselves pushing new personal levels in response to his presence and many come to respect him as a result.

*** His saga as a villain proves this beyond a shadow of a doubt. No matter what any of the Z-Fighters throw at him, he simply refuses to stay down. He gets knocked around by Goku's Kaio-ken, knocked into the sky with the Kamehameha-- overwhelming his own attack-- and the most powerful move in the anime, the Spirit Bomb. He had his tail cut off, reverting himself from his Oozaru form after expending the energy needed to create the power ball letting him turn into it. And then he fought Gohan in HIS Oozaru form and ''beat it''. No matter what happened, he just kept going. Even when he was finally defeated, he didn't stop moving. He crawled to his spaceship to flee so he could heal up and fight another day.

** Son Gohan inherited the Determinator trait from his father - most famously, defeating Cell with only one good arm.

** Freeza pretty much exemplifies this trope. Let's see, he engaged in a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown with Goku after he went and [[BerserkButton killed his best friend,]] prompting Goku to turn [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge SSJ]], and then he was in a losing battle with Goku, so he decided to [[PlanetKiller blow up the planet they were on]] to win. At this point, he's out of energy and [[BloodFromTheMouth badly injured]]. So, he decides to play a deadly version of double-kienzan Frisbee with his opponent...which [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfired spectacularly.]] On the verge of death from being vivisected, he finally breaks down & starts begging. Goku of course gives him his own energy out of [[strike:spite]] mercy. Guess what he does with it? ''Promptly tries to shoot Goku in the back''. This finally provokes Goku to blast him into oblivion...or so we're led to think. About a year later in canon, we not only find that he's managed to survive planet Namek EXPLODING, ''he got stronger'', and he's come back for more. Understandably, everyone was quite shocked that he had survived, considering that about two thirds of his organic body was destroyed, even some parts of his ''head''. The anime also shows that he was still talking in space, despite being unconscious and near death, before he was found by his father.
** Tenshinhan deserves special mention for ''coming out of freaking nowhere'' with a long string of Kikohos - just to keep Cell on the ground temporarily. (The Kikoho saps huge amounts of energy, to the point that it's quite possible to die from exhaustion when using it - Tenshinhan keeps it up for several minutes before he passes out.)
** Krillin has shades of this, too - the little guy gets flattened on a regular basis, but is just as regularly seen dragging his bleeding self off the ground to keep fighting, even when he knows that the best he can do is buy time.

*** [[spoiler: Think he's done? Afterwards, Madara overpowers him, and rips out his eye. And then Black Zetsu, his only source of life support, abandons him, and possesses Madara to revive Kaguya. Then, after almost gettting plunged into a river of lava and surviving some dimensional shifts, he is revived by Naruto's Healing Hands. At which point he retrieves a separated Sasuke so he and Naruto can defeat Kaguya and finally become killed by the ninja goddess herself, with an instant-kill technique, no less. Think he's finally done? He then proceeds to TELEPORT OUT THE AFTERLIFE temporarily and passes his chakra to Kakashi to give him a limited time's worth of his Mangekyo eyes, to which the latter unlocks Susanoo. This man is quite possibly THE most unkillable manga character in history.]]

** Usopp; not only is he the weakest member of the Straw Hats (and according to WordOfGod, will always be the weakest, no matter what), he is completely normal. No [[AppliedPhlebotinum Devil Fruit]]. No [[KiManipulation Haki]] [[spoiler: until Dressrosa where he discovers unconscious observation haki]]. No CharlesAtlasSuperPower. Completely. Effing. Normal. He survived a ''4-ton bat to the face'', multiple ''explosions'', having almost every bone in his body ''shattered'', and got up to continue the fight, winning through cleverness and sheer determination. This after traveling through the desert for several days (admittedly, so had the others).

** Trafalgar Law. H devised a plan over 13 years to take revenge on Doflamingo for the death of [[ParentalSubstitute late father-figure Corazon]]. When the plan failed, he met Doflamingo in a battle that leads to having his arm severed but still wanting to finish off Doflamingo personally in a failed attack. [[TrueCompanions When Luffy took over the fight]], Law remained at the site, determined to observe the outcome and meet the consequences of victory or death.

** This trait of Luffy's is eventually [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in the Impel Down/Whitebeard War arc. His determination to save Ace is so great that he travels to [[TheAlcatraz Impel Down]] where he is curb stomped by the warden, goes through a procedure that shaves off some of his life span, recieves a temporary adrenaline superboost, has to claw his way out of the prison after missing Ace, then travels to Marineford, where an armada awaits. He has to fight through the Marines, including [[AntiVillain The Three Admirals]], the [[PsychoForHire Seven Warlords of the Sea]] and his own grandfather. And despite all the obsticles he has to push through, [[spoiler: He '''still''' didn't save Ace!]]

*** And then it gets reconstructed, because Luffy's ultimate response to the whole situation is simple: Get stronger. And he does. [[TookALevelInBadass Now he really does have the power to back up his words.]]
** One of Luffy's greatest feats of determination was during the [[spoiler:climax of the Fishman Island arc. After defeating [[BigBad Hody Jones]], [[RaceAgainstTheClock Luffy took on the task of destroying Noah,]] [[ColonyDrop a ship that was sinking towards Fishman Island,]] [[RaceAgainstTheClock which was surrounded by a giant bubble. If said bubble pops, the entire island and the people on it would be completely wiped out.]] Anyway, Luffy uses Gear Third with [[UpToEleven both fists infused with Haki]] to try to smash Noah into pieces, all while [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank blood gushes out of a shark bite wound]] he received from his fight with Hody. He manages to destroy ''half'' of Noah. To put this in perspective, Noah isn't your average sized ship. It's so huge ''that it was designed to be pulled by several [[SeaMonster Sea Kings]] at once!'' Thanks to Princess Shirahoshi, [[PowerIncontinence she unknowingly summoned a couple of Sea Kings]] that stopped the ship from sinking, saving Luffy's life. Even if they didn't show up, ''[[HeroicWillpower Luffy would have continued his giant ship smashing barrage, despite his severe blood loss and fatigue.]]'' 2 of the Sea Kings [[SapientAllAlong put it best]] after all was said and done:]]

** When Hannyabal is faced with Luffy and his [[BadassCrew group of extremely powerful prison escapees]], he takes several attacks from Luffy's Gear 2 form (including Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling, the attack that beat [[spoiler: [[WorthyOpponent Rob Lucci]]]]) and keeps going, refusing to let Luffy leave despite [[BadassNormal having no Devil Fruit abilities]].
** Usopp; not only is he the weakest member of the Straw Hats (And according to WordOfGod, will always be the weakest, no matter what), he is completely normal. No [[AppliedPhlebotinum Devil Fruit]]. No [[KiManipulation Haki]] [[spoiler: until Dressrosa where he discovers unconscious observation haki]]. No CharlesAtlasSuperPower. Completely. Effing. Normal. He survived a ''4-ton bat to the face'', multiple ''explosions'', having almost every bone in his body ''shattered'', and got up to continue the fight, winning through cleverness and sheer determination. This after traveling through the desert for several days (admittedly, so had the others).
*** He is a CharlesAtlasSuperPower after his 2 years training for the new world, he's just still the weakest member of the crew.
** No one who's travelled the Grand Line for this long can be considered normal, though. Usopp and Nami are at least BadassNormal from sheer experience alone.

** Sakazuki is a great villanous example of this trope. After being handed a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by the WorldsStrongestMan, he was presumed dead by many both in-universe and out. Cue shocked faces when he gets up, bleeding from the mouth, and starts wrecking shit with his MagmaMan abilities again.

** [[CoolBoat The Going Merry]]. Water 7's dreaded Aqua Laguna and a violent rainstorm didn't stop her from coming to her crew's rescue in Enies Lobby despite her physical form being barely held together by Iceburg's temporary fixes. The Buster Call fleet comprised of the Marines' most immense and armed-to-the-teeth battleships didn't even make her flinch (not that they managed to hit her in the first place). The only thing that did stop her was her keel (the ship equivalent of the human body's spine) finally giving in to all the damage it sustained over the past several arcs, causing the ship to essentially break ''in half''. Even then, said damage didn't appear to have any effect on Merry until after the Straw Hats had another ship to carry them back to land, suggesting Merry was keeping herself seaworthy through nothing but sheer force of will.

*** Ash's Pikachu didn't give up on getting through to Ash when he was controlled by the spirt of Pokélantis and when he was attempted to by Lysandre as he was able to get through to him by calling out to him both times, which got him to [[HeroicWillpower fight back]].

* ''Manga/BlackClover'''s Asta ''thrives'' on determination. No matter how many times he gets knocked down, or put down by the elite, he refuses to give up and will keep on fighting. According to him, even with no magical prowess, and instead having anti-magic, his "magic" is ''never giving up''.
* In ''Manga/SangatsuNoLion'', Nikaido plays shogi with this mindset.

* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'' not only [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] this behavior in its protagonist Kazuki, it uses it as a major plot point. [[spoiler:The kakugane serving as Kazuki's heart is a highly dangerous, modified version, which has given Kazuki energy-draining abilities and is slowly turning him into a monster.]]

* ''Anime/{{Durarara!!}}'' Izaya will continue with his schemes and attempts at taking down Shizuo no matter how many times he gets stabbed, beaten, betrayed or humiliated. [[spoiler: In the final fight with Shizuo, he keeps runnning and trying to fight even after he was thrown into a glass building with a beam, had his arms broken and was stabbed in his side. The guy truly loves his humans.]]

* ''Anime/Durarara!!'' Izaya will continue with his schemes and attempts at taking down Shizuo no matter how many times he gets stabbed, beaten, betrayed or humiliated. [[spoiler: In the final fight with Shizuo, he keeps runnning and trying to fight even after he was thrown into a glass building with a beam, had his arms broken and was stabbed in his side. The guy truly loves his humans.]]