History HeroicSacrifice / AnimeAndManga

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', TheScrappy [[spoiler:Rolo Lamperouge]] redeems himself by [[spoiler:overloading his MagicalEye to carry Lelouch to safety, fully aware that the strain from using it for so long with so much range would be too much for his heart to endure]].

** Also, [[spoiler:Gilbert G.P. Guilford]] believed he was sacrificing his life to save [[spoiler:his princess, Cornelia]], but he was actually saving [[spoiler:Zero, his mortal enemy, who had hypnotized Guilford into thinking Zero was Cornelia.]]
*** Later, [[spoiler: it turns out he's NotQuiteDead.]]
** [[spoiler: Lelouch himself, combined with a ZeroApprovalGambit.]]

** End of part 6 have [[spoiler: three attempted sacrifices in the row]] -- first, [[spoiler:Annasui sends his stand into Jotaro and absorbs a cut to the neck]] that would've killed him otherwise, and then attempts to use the same trick [[spoiler:to protect everyone, [[SubvertedTrope but gets killed before he manages to do so]]]]. Then,[[spoiler: Jotaro decides to protect Jolyne from [[FlechetteStorm knives thrown by Pucci]] instead of attacking him, and loses the chance to kill him ([[BatmanGambit just as he anticipated]])]]. And after that, [[spoiler:Jolyne uses her string to tie Emporio to the dolphin in order to give him a chance to escape, but refuses to go with him, knowing that Pucci will be able to track her down through his connection with the Joestar bloodline and resorts to a last desperate attempt to kill him]]. At first it looks like a string of [[SenselessSacrifice senseless sacrifices]], but later[[spoiler: Emporio manages to defeat Pucci]].

* ZigZagged in the final episode of ''Anime/GuiltyCrown''. (Since this is a DeathTrope, spoilers will not be hidden in this entry.) At first it seems that Shu is going to sacrifice himself to absorb the Apocalypse Virus and finally free the world from it's horrific take on BodyToJewel, only to find that Inori, whose consciousness was originally thought to have been destroyed when victimized by a case GrandTheftMe, is still alive. It looks like Shu and Inori are going to be TogetherInDeath, but Inori completely gives herself up to the virus and mysteriously vanishes. [[LoadBearingBoss Then the fortress they're in begins to collapse.]] Shu's fate is left ambiguous, but the post-credit epilogue displays that he is alive and healthy, but blind, yet still living happily.

* This happens a few times in the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' series, though it frequently ends up as a SenselessSacrifice.

* '''Manga/DontMeddleWithMyDaughter'': This is how Athena's husband and Clara's father, the masked hero B.M. the Shooter, died - he blew up an airship he was on to prevent it from crashing into a city of millions, and Athena wasn't able to reach him in time to save him.

* ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'' has one of these with Sherice, whose ability involves [[spoiler:sacrificing her life for someone else's]]. This is also an extreme example of IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy considering that [[spoiler: Ryuho is in love with someone else.]]

** PlayedWith in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'': In order for the Autobots to leave Gigantion and return to their home universe, Vector Prime reveals one more trick up his sleeve: to reverse time to when the warp gate they entered through was still open, thus allowing them to travel through it. However, Jolt is the only one against such a plan, revealing that reversing time that much would cost Vector Prime his life. Despite the objections from the other Autobots, he was adamant that this was the only option. When the time came to enact his plan, the strain became too much for the old bot, and once the Autobots returned to their home universe, Vector Prime's corporeal form began to dissolve, ending his life.[[note]]That is, in the conventional sense. Because Vector Prime had spent most of his lifetime beyond the flow of time, he will continue to exist in spirit as long as time itself continues to exist. However, he will never be able to return physically again.[[/note]]

** ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'': In order for the Autobots to leave Gigantion and return to their home universe, Vector Prime decides to reverse time to when the warp gate they entered through was still open, thus allowing them to travel through it. While the plan initially is met with approval, Jolt immediately refuses such an action, revealing to everyone that reversing time this much will kill him. Adamant that this is the only way, Vector Prime manages to return the Autobots back home, though as Jolt said, at the cost of his own life.

** ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
*** Surprisingly, Galvatron at the end of ''Anime/TransformersArmada''. After a heated FinalBattle with Optimus Prime, the two find themselves hanging on for dear life as they are being pulled towards [[BigBad Unicron]]'s maw. In spite of Optimus trying to save him, Galvatron allows himself to fall and be destroyed by Unicron, his demise dispelling the hatred between the two eternal rivals that allowed Unicron to exist and causing the planet-devouring Transformer to disappear.
*** ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'': In order for the Autobots to leave Gigantion and return to their home universe, Vector Prime decides to reverse time to when the warp gate they entered through was still open, thus allowing them to travel through it. While the plan initially is met with approval, Jolt immediately refuses such an action, revealing to everyone that reversing time this much will kill him. Adamant that this is the only way, Vector Prime manages to return the Autobots back home, though as Jolt said, at the cost of his own life.

** ''Franchise/{{Transformers}'':

* Surprisingly, Galvatron at the end of ''Anime/TransformersArmada''. After a heated FinalBattle with Optimus Prime, the two find themselves hanging on for dear life as they are being pulled towards [[BigBad Unicron]]'s maw. In spite of Optimus trying to save him, Galvatron allows himself to fall and be destroyed by Unicron, his demise dispelling the hatred between the two eternal rivals that allowed Unicron to exist and causing the planet-devouring Transformer to disappear.