History Determinator / AnimeAndManga

* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': Koyomi Araragi, helped in no small part by his vampirically-gained HealingFactor. Notably, whilst fighting the [[spoiler: demonically-possessed Kanbaru]], he ignores [[spoiler: having several of his limbs broken, having his teeth knocked out, and having a ''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown hole punched through his abdomen]]''. He only stops fighting- presumably due to being physically incapable of it- when he is '''''swung around the room by his intestines.''''']]

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
** Kamijou Touma. Burn him with fire of about 4000ºC, cut his arm off, crush him with I-Beams, send a giant golem, call an angel or fight him using the power of God's Right Hand, ArchangelMichael and he won't step back, he will keep going on to acomplish his goals.
** On at least one occasion Stiyl has also demonstrated this. Despite being having exploded into what was described as a constellation of organs and viscera that filled an entire room, he not only remained conscious and aware but also managed to perform magical spells and reassembled his own body.

* ''LightNovel/CrestOfTheStars'': Almost every Abh embodies this trope. When her ship discovers a fleet of warships trying to launch a surprise attack, she orders Lafiel to escape with Jinto and warn their allies. Then to buy them time, she turns and fights despite being outnumbered ten to one, [[spoiler:and keeps fighting even as the ship is being destroyed sector-by-sector and finally crippled. As she's ordering her beloved crew to ram the last ship, a beam pierces the hull in slow motion and the scene [[FadeToWhite fades to white]].]]

* In ''LightNovel/{{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.]]

* Kariya Matou from ''LightNovel/FateZero'' really tried so damn much to save the daughter of the woman he's loved from FateWorseThanDeath. To that end, he willingly endured Zouken's parasitic worms for an entire year even though he had never been educated in magic.
** [[spoiler:"Sometimes, a broken machine did not simply and silently give up functioning. On rare occasions, it could surprisingly continue working. The fact that Kariya was able to crawl back to the Matō mansion in Miyama was one of these very rare examples."]]
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'': Juuza and Fudo definitely exhibit this in their respective fights against Raoh. Despite all the punishment they're put through, they absolutely refuse to surrender. At points in both fights, Raoh specifically states they should have already died from their injuries, '''yet they continue to fight on, even in death'''.
** Raoh, Souther and especially Kenshiro himself also qualify big-time.

* Sousuke of ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' is a prime example. He’s done everything in his power to overcome his [[ChildSoldier very difficult life]] in the name of [[CrazySurvivalist sheer survival]]. Let’s account the events of the final arc alone: when [[spoiler:Leonard kidnaps Kaname]], Sousuke embarks on a long journey to [[spoiler:bring her back]]. He loses all backup and watches friends die. He is hunted by a multitude of assassins and almost dies several times. He is revived just so he can fight off more assassins. He endures rigorous training, prompting the little gem below. He storms enemy bases and [[spoiler:loses Kaname again and again]]. He’s betrayed by a deeply-trusted comrade. The guy doesn’t even give up when the girl he does all this for seems to have [[spoiler:joined the enemy]] to work against him. He’s not giving up, whether the object of his search (and everyone else in the world) likes it or not.
-->'''Lieutenant Colonel Courtney:''' "He's got what it takes. Just fucking guts."\\
'''Lemon:''' "Guts?"\\
'''Courtney:''' "No, ''fucking'' guts."

** [=ChoRyuJin=] = Determinator Incarnate, even out-"never give up"-ing '''''Guy.''''' Even [[spoiler: '''''THE END OF THE''''' (prehistoric) '''''WORLD''''']] cannot and '''will''' not stop him.

* Hatou from ''Manga/MurasakiiroNoQualia''. She, or rather, [[spoiler:[[TheMultiverse all of her selves from multiple parallel worlds]]]], won't give up finding the truth behind [[spoiler:[[DroppedABridgeOnHim Yukari's Death]]]].

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'':
** This is Akira's defining strength. His VirtualSidekick Alpha moving his PoweredArmor like PeoplePuppets often results in broken bones and torn muscle, but even before he got to that point, he showed determination many who she recruited prior lacked. Akira has the SurvivalMantra of "Resolve is my responsibility", to which the rest is Alpha's as he follows her orders.
** Erio becomes determined to prove his worth, making a DeclarationOfProtection to his girlfriend Alicia after having lost a CurbStompBattle to robbers, which in addition to worrying about not being useful to Sheryl anymore due to their gang's increased status, makes Erio take risky combat stimulants and want to continue training despite a broken arm.

* After the 75th floor boss battle in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', when Kirito is fighting [[spoiler:Akihiko Kayaba]], he is actually [[spoiler:''killed'' with a sword through the chest]]. Then he stabs his opponent fatally, [[spoiler:winning the game and saving his own life]]. A few minutes later, [[spoiler:he wakes up in the real world, his body weak from two years on life support, and immediately goes looking for Asuna]].

** Kamina inspires the BadassCrew to fight even when they have ''no'' chance of winning. Being blasted apart by the pure awesome he radiates isn't worth missing the show for when he starts to fight. His line early in the series, "A real man never dies even if he's killed!", sums up this trope as perfectly as a single sentence can. [[spoiler:Considering the posthumous influence his attitude and ideals enjoyed, both in the series and in real life, it seems he was right.]] Simon also becomes just as much a Determinator as time goes on.
** And if you do think about the first one to three episodes, even Kamina's massive determination was inspired from his [[spoiler: dead]] father.
*** More or less how it was spread: Kamina's father=>Kamina=>Simon=>everyone and anyone else.
** Of course, due to the way Spiral Energy works, sheer willpower and fighting spirit can make the impossible happen. Hell, Lagann uses it as fuel.
** All of Kamina's {{catchphrase}}s are pure Determinator stuff: "Kick the reason to the curb and do the impossible!", "Who the hell do you think I am!?", "Don't believe in yourself, believe in me who believes in you!" The whole anime is about human determination to overcome the obstacles. Every episode, the characters confront a seemingly impossible obstacle, then Kamina/Simon refuse to surrender and somehow end up overcoming it performing impossible feats it by sheer determination, only to discover a new obstacle that dwarfs the previous one, then they perform and EVEN MORE IMPOSSIBLE FEAT, and so on, in a continous escalation. Even the two recurring themes of Spirals and Drills purposedly remind the concepts of ''escalation'' and ''destroy obstacles'', all driven by determination.
** Hell, when they talk about the heroes on the Deteminator main page they say "For heroes, "hit the villain until he drops" is a virtue that will be rewarded in a Heroic Second Wind moment, especially if they're the Badass Normal with a Screw Destiny attitude." This describes Kamina's last Battle to a T. [[spoiler:Willing himself back to life with the Heroic Second Wind and owning the Big Bad General who has been unharmed so far with one attack. Not to mention that despite how awesome he is, his spiral power is average, qualifying for Badass Normal. As for the ScrewDestiny part... Do I really have to say it?]]
*** He does admit in-series that a great deal of his hot-bloodedness is faith in his allies and exceptional bluffing skill more than actual confidence in himself. WordOfGod in one of the supplementary art books comparing characters' relative Spiral Energy levels actually pointed out his is quite low compared to most of the rest of the cast, due to his hidden lack of confidence in himself. It's his ability to inspire others that makes him a great leader and team player.
** Simon's talk with Possessed Nia when she tells him there's a less than .01% chance of his success. "Maybe, but it ''isn't'' zero. And for me, that makes it the same as a 100% chance!!!" Distilled trope, thy name is Simon.
*** And later, they succeed at something even when the chance of success ''was'' zero. "It seems that theoretical calculations are pointless with you."
* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'''s Kotetsu/Wild Tiger will fulfill his duties to protect the people in all circumstances and at all cost. [[spoiler:This is the case even when his powers start to decline. Rather than find new work, he decides he may as well become Sternbild's first NonPoweredCostumedHero.]] Barnaby also proves to have a mile-streak of stubbornness, albeit a far more self destructive one. Most of his life was spent on a single-minded, twenty-year quest to find his parent's killer at the expense of [[SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining anything resembling a well-adjusted life.]]

* ''LightNovel/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'':
** Deconstructed with Brad: He is so bent on proving himself that he serves as a LeeroyJenkins getting himself knocked out despite being a SquishyMage, something Leon really hates him for. Brad has an inferiority complex from his culture valuing physical strength over scholarly magic.
** The BlackKnight is a villainous ImplacableMan bent on revenge due to the FamilyExtermination he faced at the hands of the Kingdom. Even willing to put on a CastFromLifespan suit of BioArmor.

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

** Shimada in episodes 8-9 dropped out of high school and got a full-time job, devoting himself to taking care of his little sister after their parents died. After his sister gets assaulted, he makes it his goal to kill the people who her, finding one and getting into a fight that ended up getting him fatally stabbed. He killed her rapist and managed to survive long enough to [[spoiler: kill his "accomplice," Tatsumi, who was now his opponent in the game]]. He proves to remain this way even after death, [[spoiler: torturing Tatsumi in a blind rage and giving a creepy laugh as he declares to protect his sister "this time"]].

** Misaki in episode 4 was so desperate to see her kids again she had no qualms smashing her partner's face into a glass and attempting to assault [[{{Psychopomp}} the man who was there to decide her fate]], later [[AintToProudToBeg begging him to bring her back]].

** The Team Rocket trio. Hell, they friggin' follow Ash EVERYWHERE, from the Kanto region to Sinnoh and appear in EVERY SINGLE EPISODE except the first, 99% of the time ending in them getting their asses handed to them and flying off into space AND THEY STILL COME BACK FOR MORE. [[spoiler: Not even Ash '''[[Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries becoming the #1 trainer in the world after beating Leon]]''' has deterred them in the slightest - in fact, it just makes them ''that much more adamant'' on on capturing his Pokemon.]]

** The Team Rocket trio. Hell, they friggin' follow Ash EVERYWHERE, from the Kanto region to Sinnoh and appear in EVERY SINGLE EPISODE except the first, 99% of the time ending in them getting their asses handed to them and flying off into space AND THEY STILL COME BACK FOR MORE.

* ''Anime/PumpkinScissors'': Alice L. Malvin can't stand injustice or inequality - so much so that she will literally jump into any fight and won't back down, no matter what the odds are. This usually means her troops have to end up dragging her out of situations. There is an upside to this though - she's definitely not just the IdiotHero when she gets serious.

*** Why does [[BigBad Adam]] care about him [[SympathyForTheDevil so much]]?!

* ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'': Clare is a positively epic Determinator. She can get filled with holes, lose her limbs, knocked down over and over again, and it [[BloodKnight just.]] [[UnstoppableRage Doesn't. Matter.]] While considered a GeckoEnding, her climactic battle with [[BerserkButton Pris]][[GodModeSue cilla]] in the anime is the best example of this.

** One of Luffy's greatest feats of determination was during the [[spoiler:climax of the Fish-Man Island arc. After defeating [[BigBad Hody Jones]], [[RaceAgainstTheClock Luffy took on the task of destroying Noah,]] [[ColonyDrop a ship that was sinking towards Fish-Man 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.]]'' Two of the Sea Kings [[SapientAllAlong put it best]] after all was said and done:]]

* ''Manga/{{Airmaster}}'': Sakamoto Julietta In one fight he gets his both legs and right arm broken, and yet he still stands up and attacks his opponent with his left arm... [[UpToEleven and then a kick]]. The referee decides that the match ends in a draw (as both are unable to move at the end) though some spectators disagreed as he has fallen a bit latter.

** Nizuma, too. Whenever it looks like Shujin and Saiko will FINALLY take the commanding lead, that's when he REALLY starts getting interested, and cranks the awesome meter UpToEleven. The worse the situation, the more determined he is to retain his position.

** Heero Yuy of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]''. Shoot him, blow him up, he's gonna complete his mission even if it kills him. Though that's pretty unlikely, even he can't manage to kill himself. He screams "I WILL SURVIVE!" [[spoiler:as Wing Gundam Zero literally dissolves around him, re-entering the Earth's atmosphere unshielded and backwards, in the series finale]]. TurnedUpToEleven in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'' where the only way to fire the two cannons at the same time is by that method.

*** [[ImplacableMan Radamanthys of Wyvern]], who takes this to [[UpToEleven ridiculous levels.]] Relying on his UndyingLoyalty to Hades (and Hades alone), he lives through: all the attacks of [[ToThePain Scarlet Needle]], being burned alive from the inside, ripping his own heart out, all the strength of [[spoiler: Leo Regulus]], Regulus' [[spoiler:[[CombinationAttack Athena Exclamation]]]], Regulus' [[spoiler:''Zodiac Clamation'', which has the power of all TWELVE GOLD SAINTS]], and Regulus [[spoiler:[[TorsoWithAView punching a hole through his chest]]]]. What finally kills him is[[spoiler: [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe being split in half]] by Alone]]... But not before he [[spoiler: destroys Athena's picture, restoring her power and turning the tide of the Holy War.]] If this wasn't enough to earn him his {{Determinator}} status, the fact that, after doing all that, he still was [[spoiler:alive enough to save Pandora from Alone's attack and teleport her away from the Lost Canvas probably does it.]]

[[folder:Dragon Ball]]
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** Son Goku. Before the Cell Saga, he didn't know the meaning of the word surrender! And even when he did then, it was because he knew what he was doing. However, the greatest example was fighting [[OmnicidalManiac Kid Buu]] at Super Saiyan 3, which consumes a hell of a lot of energy. As intense as the fight was, Goku was losing energy...and fast. He finally collapses from exhaustion, leaving [[TheRival Vegeta]], to take his place in the fight instead. It was for five minutes, or less and Vegeta found himself nearly killed only for Goku to save him and transform into Super Saiyan 3 again, and battle him.
*** Another good example would be his fight against Piccolo - he's not going to let something simple like having a hole blasted through his shoulder and losing the use of all of his limbs prevent him from winning. And without help either, because [[HonorBeforeReason that would be against the tournament rules]]!
*** Goku's {{Determinator}} nature actually got him in trouble when he was fighting Android 19. Despite knowing he was getting sick, he kept trying to fight and push through the pain he was in. Not only was he knocked down and nearly died from having his energy sucked, he put his friends in danger when they rush to try to save him. It would have been better for Goku to either step aside or ask for help.
*** This is of course shown in the movies, but especially Dragon Ball Z Movie 8, the first movie with Broly where the latter loves to pummel Goku. Goku keeps going on, standing up and trying to fight while his friends and son are down for the count, until he receives his friends' energy to defeat Broly.
*** 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.
*** Whether fighting King Piccolo and his son while near-crippled and bleeding or finding new levels of power and skill, Goku will never give up. When fighting Beerus and after his SSG powers seemingly faded Goku found the strength to go on and pushed himself to keep fighting to protect his world, gaining the godly strength once more in doing so. The Future Trunks arc aptly shows this, [[spoiler: Fused Zamasu got a taste of this himself, when Goku by himself in Super Saiyan Blue succeeded when Vegeta and Trunks failed and pushed himself so hard in a beam struggle against the kai that not only did he piece his attack and melt the god's face, but Goku even broke his own arms doing so.]] Then what he did afterwards takes the cake, [[spoiler: despite his arms being useless he immediately and without hesitation still keeps fighting the furious God with only his legs, breaking his halo and arm in the process.]]
*** 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 SSB Kaio-ken x20 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 series, the Spirit Bomb. He had his tail cut off, reverting himself from his Oozaru form, while also exhausted from creating a miniature moon that triggered said form. Despite this, he had enough energy to launch a huge ki blast around him. And then he fought Gohan in HIS Oozaru form and ''defeated him'', but what finally did Vegeta in was getting crushed by Gohan's unconscious body. Even after all that, he had just enough stamina in him to crawl back to his space pod to flee so he could heal up and fight another day.
*** Vegeta then one-ups this in the next saga by wasting all his energy in an attack on Freeza, taking a subsequent [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown beating from Freeza]], and then after coming within an inch of his life, mocking Freeza after Goku's arrival, which prompts Freeza to blow a hole directly through his heart, and then wills himself to live long enough to explain to Goku about what Freeza did to their home planet, prompting Freeza to [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] the fact that he's still talking even though he's been blasted through the heart in both the dub and original, and making everyone realize that he isn't ''quite'' the monstrous bastard they originally thought he was after crying and begging Goku to finish off Freeza so that he will never turn anyone else into someone like himself.
*** Vegeta outdoes himself again in the final saga (twice), fighting Fat Buu by himself. Buu does not kill him. Instead it took Vegeta '''[[HeroicSacrifice HIMSELF]]''' to kill him. He fights Kid Buu later on, this time only to buy time for Goku to "charge up." Cue the most brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown in the entire series. But Vegeta just kept getting back up, taunting Buu as he did so.
*** And then Vegeta outdoes himself again in the Tournament of Power in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', when he takes on [[spoiler:God of Destruction Toppo]] by using the same attack that literally turned him to dust against Fat Buu... And not only this time he wins, he ''survives'' and goes on fighting [[WorldsStrongestMan Jiren]].
** Son Gohan inherited the Determinator trait from his father -- most famously, defeating Cell with only one good arm.
** Every last Z-Fighter during the [[KameHameHadoken Kamehameha]] [[BeamOWar struggle]] between Gohan and Cell, in the anime. By this point, even Piccolo is completely outclassed in terms of power, but he and the by-this-point-barely-relevant human warriors just keep blasting Cell from the sidelines, not caring what happens to them if they can do something to help Gohan.
--->'''Cell:''' Why can't you people ''JUST STAY DOWN?!''
** Let's not forgot Fat Buu once he made his HeelFaceTurn. He gets beaten into pudding by his evil half Kid Buu, but he just kept going despite being so badly outmatched. When Vegeta was being held down by Kid Buu, Fat Buu used his remaining strength to tackle him so Mr. Satan could save Vegeta, allowing Goku to throw his Spirit Bomb.
** 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.
** Videl. When she wants to do something, she does not give up. Ever. Even when it's clear that she has no chance of accomplishing the task at hand. Her fight with Spopovich at the World Martial Arts Tournament is the best example of this one could give. After it became clear that she wasn't going to win, people kept telling her to give up. It took Spopovich's partner telling him to stop torturing her because they had more important things to do, to finally end the match by him kicking her out of the ring. After a certain point, he was just torturing her and she wasn't moving on her own anymore, but, given the opportunity to stand up again, she would've surely continued attacking the guy.
** Gloriously subverted with Android 19. He seems like this at first, but...
** Cell will stop at ''nothing'' to achieve his goal of absorbing Androids 17 and 18. Even the fact that they were destroyed in his timeline is just a minor speedbump to him.

[[folder:Naruto]]
-->''You'd better give up... [-THINKING I'M GOING TO GIVE UP-]!''
* In ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'', trying to list all of his examples could fill a separate page:
** The title character's "Way of the Ninja" basically consists of this trope.
** [[{{Deuteragonist}} Sasuke Uchiha]] is as a part of his role as Naruto's {{Foil}}. While it's not as overstated as his rival's, Sasuke takes an insane amount of punishment in many of his battles and just keeps going. Making it even more impressive is that he doesn't have a bijuu sealed inside of him to augment his stamina. The best example of this is probably when he fights through four kages, kills Danzo, and then, while near-blind due to Mangekyo overuse, fights Kakashi to a standstill, and then still has enough energy left to clash with Naruto one last time before he leaves the battlefield. [[spoiler:Later, during the battle against Madara, even after he is run through on his own sword, he keeps trying to get up, despite the fact that he's dying.]]
** [[CuteBruiser Sakura Haruno]], in her fight against [[MarionetteMaster Sasori]], gets out of a cloud of poison gas by detonating a ''bomb'' against herself to blow away the gas. This entire battle is Determinator moment after Determinator moment for her, including a scene near the end where she stays standing and continues healing herself while a poisoned sword is completely impaling her, and even tries to insist that Chiyo use the last antidote on herself instead of helping her.
*** Just to remind you, ''you don't die on her watch''. She will [[spoiler: cut open your chest and give you a heart massage to keep you alive if she's out of chakra to do it the ninja way, dammit.]]
** [[FanofUnderdog Hinata Hyuuga]] is one of the first people to adopt Naruto's ninja way. Knowing that he's watching, she refuses to give up against Neji despite severe injuries, even standing up one last time after the referee ends the match to keep her from getting ''killed''.
*** [[AdaptationExpansion In the anime]] she got to do it ''again'' and even ''more'' impressively when she fought [[TheDragon Pain]]! Unlike in the manga where she gets effectively [[OneHitKill One Hit Killed]] (though she actually survives), in the anime she keeps getting up... [[PluckyGirl and getting up]]... ''[[TearJerker and getting up]]...''
** [[BruceLeeClone Rock Lee]] sometimes out-Narutos even Naruto, once assuming a fighting stance even though nearly all the major muscle groups in his body were torn and his left forearm and leg had been completely shattered. While ''unconscious'', presumably from the pain. In his next battle, he breaks out of the hospital immediately after massive reconstructive surgery to [[BigDamnHeroes save]] [[IdiotHero Naruto]] from getting into a HopelessBossFight with [[BadWithTheBone Kimimaro]].
*** During his match against Gaara, his mentor was shown telling him in a flashback that his perseverance is what makes him a genius. This is echoed by Kakashi when he sees Lee pull off a DangerousForbiddenTechnique through sheer effort alone.
** [[BunnyEarsLawyer Might Guy]] gets major points during the War when he repeatedly activates the Gates despite [[HeroicRROD not having recovered/healed fully from the prior activations]], leaving him practically paralyzed in some instances. Then when even that is proven ineffective, he goes ahead and pulls out the [[DeadlyUpgrade Eighth Gate]].
** Taken to extremes in the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, where no less than ''five'' characters pull a Naruto. Even BrilliantButLazy Shikamaru breaks his own finger to dispel an illusion.
*** And in the same arc, Kimimaro [[WhyWontYouDie Just Won't Die]]. First, he somehow survives being crushed inside a ton-sized ball of sand (which splatters almost everyone it hits like a bug on a windshield) and keeps fighting. Then after being crushed a second time under a ''desert's worth'' of sand, he wills himself to life long enough to almost kill his opponents with one last attack. Oh, and he did all of this while suffering from a [[IncurableCoughOfDeath disease]] that was on the verge of killing him. Note that it was even stated that he was literally moving on willpower alone.
** [[BigGood Jiraiya]] believes that the most important thing for a ninja to have is the willingness never to give up. And in his last fight before he dies he brings himself back to life by ''willpower alone'' long enough to give Naruto one last clue to defeating Pain.
** Ironically, "GIVE UP TRYING TO MAKE ME GIVE UP!" was [[FallenHero Nagato]] aka [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Pain's]] original line. And it probably inspired this line in the book Naruto got it from.
** [[AloofBigBrother Itachi Uchiha]] in his last fight with Sasuke. Due to disease, Itachi had taken medicine to prolong his life until the day he fought Sasuke. In their battle; Itachi had his thigh punctured with a shuriken, his right arm burned, his eyesight deteriorate into nothing, and coughed up blood numerous times. In the end, he succeeded in removing Orochimaru's curse seal and implanted Amaterasu within Sasuke before dying.
** [[LightningBruiser The Fourth Raikage]]. When confronted by Sasuke's incomplete Susano'o ultimate defense, coated by Amaterasu's unquenchable flames, the Raikage ''punches through it anyway'', sacrificing his dominant arm in order to hit Sasuke. A later move would have done the same thing to his leg, but Gaara stops him from turning himself into [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail The Black Knight]]. And losing the arm doesn't seem to have slowed him down a bit since then.
** [[KnightTemplar Danzo]]. Despite all these years, he never gave up on becoming Hokage, and he utterly refuses to let go after his defeat at Sasuke's hands. Even badly wounded and with an arm lost, he tried [[TakingYouWithMe to kill the latter and Tobi]]. One feels a bit sorry when his desperation technique doesn't even manage to hurt them.
** [[MadScientist Orochimaru]], due to his obsession with immortality. By the end of Sasuke's arc, wasn't he killed about three times? And he was significantly weaker than he used to be in his fight against Sasuke, who admits to that being the reason for his victory.
*** Sasuke's arc ended with Orochimaru killed in a definitive way by Itachi. [[spoiler:Orochimaru ''returned from that''. Granted, he needed help this time, but he still returned.]]
** Ironically, the BigBad Tobi [[spoiler:aka Obito Uchiha]] has shown to be the biggest determinator in the series. Nothing, absolutely '''nothing''' will stop him. [[spoiler:The destruction of his organization; the five great shinobi nations, the immortal zombie Hokages, AllLovingHero and his ''own'' eye battling him at the same time and beating him to an inch of his life or even Madara betraying him and robbing him of his life support. He will simply get up and keep going. Heck, the only reason he lost against Naruto in the first place is because, subconsciously, he wanted to lose]].
*** [[spoiler: Losing half of his body at age 13 only slowed him. So far he has been: struck with a fully powered Rasengan from the Fourth Hokage, poisoned with microscopic insects, set on eternal fire from Itachi, hit by 600 billion bombs from [[DarkActionGirl Konan]] blowing up at his face, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice pierced in the heart]] by a [[ShockAndAwe Raikiri enhanced kunai]] from [[BadassTeacher Kakashi]], [[VillainOverride taken over by his]] EvilMentor, [[TheDreaded Madara Uchiha]], through the plant side and cut from shoulder to waist by the revived Fourth Hokage a second later. Once he becomes the Ten-Tails's Jinchuuriki this is taken UpToEleven as he takes a dozen mountain size gate seals from the First Hokage (a.k.a. God of Shinobi) dropped at his head at supersonic velocity before blowing them up with just raw strength. Not even the might of the Ten-Tails ripping his mind apart gave him pause; he subdued it by the clinging to his love of Rin and the desire to recover his former team. Bonus points for doing with his own [[DeterMinator willpower]] what took Naruto help from his parents to subdue a weaker Bijuu. Makes it ''even more'' impressive when later even [[WorldsStrongestMan Madara Uchiha]] couldn't fight the will of the Ten-Tails despite being powerful enough to [[NoSell shrug off everything thrown at him]] before that.]]
*** [[spoiler: And even that is not enough. After his defeat against Naruto and returning to his old self after a talk with Naruto, Kakashi and Minato, [[VillainOverride Black Zetsu possesses him and forces him to revive Madara]], and then makes Obito fight against Kakashi and Minato while slowly and painfully dying, [[DarkestHour while Madara extracts the Kyuubi from Naruto, stabs Sasuke in the heart, and becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki.]] What does Obito do? He overpowers Black Zetsu and uses him as life support, then proceeds to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice shove his hand into Madara's chest]] and absorb some of the chakra. He then, along with Kakashi, uses both his Sharingan to teleport both Naruto, Sakura, and himself to the space-time dimension, where he gives Naruto the chakra and thereby effectively saves his life. This guy is, unarguably, THE Determinator of the manga.]]
*** [[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 getting 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.]]

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* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Luffy...just...LUFFY. Sure, he's the title character and thereby required to win in the end, but he's gotten his ass handed to him multiple times, and all of those times he's pulled himself out through sheer willpower. During his third fight with Crocodile, he got injected with a poison that could MELT SOLID ROCK, collapsed from it, and then got back up again after he should have been long dead. Not to mention, he took Lucci's most powerful attack at point blank range that damaged him INTERNALLY and even then, he refused to let himself even touch the ground!
---> '''Zeff''' "I've seen one or two like him before. Stubborn brats who'd rather die then turn their back on a fight once it starts...I'm glad he's on OUR side because people like that are hell to fight."
** 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, receives 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]], [[FourStarBadass the Fleet Admiral]], the [[PsychoForHire Seven Warlords of the Sea]], and his own grandfather. And despite all the obstacles he has to push through, [[spoiler: he '''still''' didn't save Ace!]]
*** Well, technically he did, but [[spoiler: Ace pulls a heroic sacrifice to save Luffy instead.]]
*** 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 Fish-Man Island arc. After defeating [[BigBad Hody Jones]], [[RaceAgainstTheClock Luffy took on the task of destroying Noah,]] [[ColonyDrop a ship that was sinking towards Fish-Man 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.]]'' Two of the Sea Kings [[SapientAllAlong put it best]] after all was said and done:]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Sea King #1:''']] "Boy, what a human!"\\
[[spoiler:'''Sea King #2:''']] "He is a very strong one, isn't he?"
** When Hannyabal is faced with Luffy and his [[BadassCrew group of extremely powerful prison escapees]], he takes several attacks from Luffy's Gear Second 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 traveled the Grand Line for this long can be considered normal, though. Usopp and Nami are at least BadassNormal from sheer experience alone.
** As of the latest chapters, we now know why [[spoiler: Whitebeard is known as the WorldsStrongestMan. Even though he's been stabbed and slashed 267 times, filled with over 560 bullets, hit by 46 cannonballs, and ''having half his damn face melted off'', he continued to mow down everything in his path, only stopping when he [[DyingMomentOfAwesome dies standing up]].]]
---> ''And in testament to his pride, upon the back of his body, throughout his entire life as a pirate, '''there was not even a single wound telling of displays of cowardice.'''''
** Most people who carry the "Will of D." would probably qualify as Determinators as well (or is it "D.terminators"?).
** [[TheDreaded Trafalgar]] [[NotAfraidToDie Law]]. He 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.
** Zoro. Good God, Zoro. This man has experienced every form of bodily trauma just short of decapitation. You name it: slashed, stabbed, burned, exploded, crushed, bludgeoned, buzz-sawed, took in a pure distillation of pain. He is the poster-child of OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank. At one point, when his leg is trapped during a fight, he decides cutting off his own leg to keep fighting is a perfectly rational thing to do. ''Nothing'' stops this man. He doesn't even have any powers, like Haki[[labelnote:Spoiler]]'''UPDATE:''' Zoro can now use Haki after the TimeSkip, so he's even ''more'' formidable now![[/labelnote]] or a Devil Fruit. He's just [[CharlesAtlasSuperPower that]] [[MadeOfIron tough]].
** Sakazuki is a great villainous 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.
--->'''Sakazuki:''' "The minute I said 'I'm not letting them get away' ...it means you need to abandon the idea that he's going to survive, shit-for-brains."
** [[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.
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* ''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 Master.
** Ash's Pokémon have taken up on his never giving up persona and would hang in there till the end.
** May didn't give up on beating Drew as her determination paid off in the Kanto Grand Festival as she used what she learn from both her journeys with her brother and friends to achieve this.
** Dawn's determination in getting to the finals of the Grand Festival paid off as she was able to make it and got her wish to battle her rival and good friend, Zoey, in it as well.
** Iris has shows to be 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 will do anything to get his Gym back no matter what it took to do so whenever it was taken from him.
** 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.
** Lana shows determination in her fishing as she refuses to back down from tougher catches, such as the Totem Wishiwashi and Kyogre. Also, Lana has grown to not give up in a Pokémon battle until its over.
** Kiawe doesn't usually go down in a Pokémon battle as he'll hang in their until the end. Also, in ''Racing to a Big Event!'', Kiawe refuses to quit the Pokémon pancake races even though his partner is too heavy for him.
** 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, although she had some help from Nebby as well, and befriending them all over again. Also, in ''Chasing Memories, Creating Dreams!'', Lillie strong desire to see her long lost father again and the advices 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 contests 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.
** 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 she 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.
** Goh spent four years of his life finding Mew in hopes of catching it as his first Pokémon. However, despite not getting what he originally wanted, Goh hasn't given up on getting Mew as he decided to catch all the other Pokémon first then work his way back to it.
** The Team Rocket trio. Hell, they friggin' follow Ash EVERYWHERE, from the Kanto region to Sinnoh and appear in EVERY SINGLE EPISODE except the first, 99% of the time ending in them getting their asses handed to them and flying off into space AND THEY STILL COME BACK FOR MORE.
*** In the ''Advanced Generation'' series this trait was {{Flanderized}} even further. Their inability to recognise any target as too big or too dangerous can be somewhat awe-inspiring. Consider their attempt to catch Kyogre, the Legendary Creator of the Sea:
---->"I hope you have a plan."\\
"Of course I do... we'll catch it in a net!"
*** However, this waters down a bit in ''Best Wishes'', where the trio leaves Ash alone in favor of getting a special mission from their boss. They still come around to bother Ash from time to time when Giovanni leaves them to their own devices, though.
** ''Lysandre''. He'll stop at nothing to achieve his vision of a perfect world. Even when taking on two Lumiose Conference finalists, eight Gym Leaders, an Elite Four member, a regional Professor, and two regional Champions all at once, he refuses to admit defeat. It takes Zygard Complete Forme to finally take him out, and [[DefiantToTheEnd even as he seemingly dies, he still won't admit he lost]].
* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'':
** Gold. Kick his ass multiple times? Doesn't matter. He'll still try to fight you.
** Pearl is one too. It helps that he's closely associated with Azelf, the Pokemon of Willpower.
* Hareta from ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure''. No matter how much you beat him, he'll come back with a grin and a renewed determination to train harder and fight better. And no matter how many threats you make against him, his friends, or any Pokémon, he'll be doubly determined to stop you.
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** Jun Misugi, [[IllBoy despite suffering of a cardiac illness]], is more than willing to put his life on the line for his team, even playing past his daily limit instead of leaving his teammates when they need him.

* Alibaba from ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'', when he first started to use his Djinn Equip fire power, failed because he couldn't concentrate the flames into his blade enough to summon [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Amon's sword]]. When he faces up against a fighter who he absolutely cannot beat without Djinn Equip, he still can't, so he ''engulfs his entire body in fire to create enough flames to summon the sword'', an act which blackens the skin of his sword-wielding arm. He then slices the fighter in half with once slice. "Set ablaze!" indeed.

** [[ButWaitTheresMore But that's not the end.]] His ''friend'', after the fight, takes him to his daughter's (aka The Main Heroine's) apartment ([[WhatAnIdiot Said daughter is mentioned love interest.]]). Before leaving he renders him unconscious with a [[ChokeHolds choke hold]]. But the moment Sakamoto hears her voice he gets on his feet. Poor girl attacks him repeatedly (and she is a fighter herself), but he goes down only after a [[GroinAttack precise kick]].

* Akise Aru of ''Manga/FutureDiary''. [[spoiler:In Chapter 51, he is stabbed and slashed in the neck by Yuno. Knowing that he's pretty much screwed, he decides to give Yukiteru a final warning about Yuno by texting it into his cell, running up a hill, and shoving the message in his face. And so he does. AFTER BEING DECAPITATED.]]

** Kamijou Touma. Burn him with fire of about 4000ºC, cut his arm off, crush him with I-Beams, send a giant golem, call an angel or fight him using the power of God's Right Hand, ArchangelMichael and he won't step back, he will keep going on to acomplish his goals. Is it any wonder he's called [[FanNickname [=TouMAN=]]] by the fandom?

** We have [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Zenigata]]. Whenever he's chasing Lupin, ''nothing'' will stop him. Jailing him? He'll break out to continue the chase. Reassigning him to another case? He'll solve it while still chasing Lupin. Beating the crap out of him? He'll beat ''you'' up and continue chasing. A ''war'' is closing the border between the country he's in and the one Lupin is going into? We never saw what he did, but he was later seen leading the police of the second country while chasing Lupin. His body finally decides to give up the ghost? The instant someone mentions Lupin in the presence of his corpse, ''he'll drag himself back from the dead to resume the chase.''

** We have [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Zenigata]]. Whenever he's chasing Lupin, ''nothing'' will stop him. Jailing him? He'll break out to continue the chase. Reassigning him to another case? He'll solve it while still chasing Lupin. Beating the crap out of him? He'll beat ''you'' up and continue chasing. A ''war'' is closing the border between the country he's in and the one Lupin is going into? We never saw what he did, but he was later seen leading the police of the second country while chasing Lupin.

** Misty doesn't give up on becoming a great Water-type Trainer as she gives everything she has in a Pokémon battle and to prove those who underestimate her Pokémon strength wrong.
** Brock was determined to be a great breeder but towards the end of Diamond and Pearl he questioned it then changed his goal into becoming a Pokémon Doctor and hasn't given up on achieving it. Also, Brock would't back down in a Pokémon battle, due to being a former Gym Leader.
** Tracey would't back down in watching or sketching Pokémon, even if the weather is bad.

** Max observes a lot as he determined to become a great Pokémon Trainer someday just like his friends, sister and dad.

** Cilan hasn't given up on becoming a great Connoisseur someday and doesn't hold back in battle, due to being a Gym Leader.

** Bonnie has shown to be determined in taking care of Pokémon that weren't hers, especially Dedenne and Squishy, Zygarde, so can be a great Trainer someday.

** And of course let's take a moment to remember the fucking [[CrazyAwesome awesome]] Siegfried. This guy sensed his friends need him (during the middle of his training which consisted of spinning for 40 days straight at this point!) finds and pilots a plane for another ''three days straight'' and when he finds his friends, he dives out of the plane amidst missiles and gunfire, singing all the while like the fucking [[CrazyAwesome badass]] he is, lands safely and then proceeds to kick the all mighty hell out of his opponents. Only then does he collapse from the sheer exhaustion of being awake and physically straining himself for ''forty-three days''!!

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'': Tsukune is something of a deconstruction of this trope. The reason he got his [[EmergencyTransformation vampire powers]] was that he kept [[TakingTheBullet protecting his friends from enemy attacks]] despite being the weakest among them, which obviously put his life in danger. In his fight with [[BigBad Hokuto]], he kept getting up after taking numerous severe beatings. His feats in ''Season 2'' place him firmly under this trope, particularly when he agrees to endure the [[TouchedByVorlons Human Modification Technique]].

* The protagonist of ''Anime/RingingBell'' is a lamb whose mother dies early in the film. He won't stop at anything to be powerful like a wolf. He even [[spoiler:grows up into a murderer]].

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* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'': Tsukune is something of a deconstruction of this trope. The reason he got his [[EmergencyTransformation vampire powers]] was that he kept [[TakingTheBullet protecting his friends from enemy attacks]] despite being the weakest among them, which obviously put his life in danger. In his fight with [[BigBad Hokuto]], he kept getting up after taking numerous severe beatings. His feats in ''Season II'' place him firmly under this trope, particularly when he agrees to endure the [[TouchedByVorlons Human Modification Technique]].