History HeroicSacrifice / AnimeAndManga

** [[spoiler: Hinata]] pulls a HeroicSacrifice of sorts when she attempts to protect [[spoiler: Naruto]] from Pein by buying him time, via an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. Pein tries to [[StuffedIntoTheFridge fridge her]], but [[spoiler: [[IGotBetter fortunately, she gets better.]]]]

** [[spoiler: Hinata]] pulls a HeroicSacrifice of sorts when she attempts to protect [[spoiler: Naruto]] from Pein by buying him time, via an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. Pein tries to [[StuffedIntoTheFridge fridge her]], but [[spoiler: [[IGotBetter fortunately, she got better.]]]]

** [[spoiler: Hinata]] does this when she attempts to protect [[spoiler: Naruto]] from him by buying him time, via an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. Pein tries to [[StuffedIntoTheFridge fridge her]], but [[spoiler: [[IGotBetter fortunately, she got better.]]]]

** During Pein's attack on Konoha, [[spoiler: PapaWolf Chouza Akimichi and Kakashi Hatake both do this to save Chouji. The former [[TakingTheBullet took a hit]] from Pain in order to save his son, while the latter sacrificed himself by using his Mangekyo Sharingan to prevent a missile from hitting Chouji, using the last of his chakra in the process, so that Chouji could deliver vital information to Tsunade. Like Hinata, Chouza survived. Kakashi wasn't so lucky...until he [[IGotBetter got better]].]]

** [[spoiler: Hinata]] does this, with one of the most touching confessions ever, just to give [[spoiler: Naruto]] a few more seconds of sweet, sweet life, with the knowledge that him being him, he'll get out of this somehow. [[spoiler: after quite a bit of anxious waiting, we find out eventually that [[IGotBetter she got better]]]]

** And let's not forget [[spoiler: Chouza Akimichi and Kakashi Hatake, both of whom do this to save Chouji. The former [[TakingTheBullet took a hit]] from Pain in order to save his son, while the latter sacrificed himself by using his Mangekyo Sharingan to prevent a missile from hitting Chouji, using the last of his chakra in the process, so that Chouji could deliver vital information to Tsunade. Chouza survived. Kakashi wasn't so lucky...until he [[IGotBetter got better]].]]

** Also, [[Everything'sBetterWithPrincesses Sakura Li]], who pulls off a human shield act when [[spoiler: the two Syaorans are just about to slice each other to pieces]].
** And before this she gets a self sacrificial quest when she goes out into the wasteland of Acid Tokyo to retrieve a [[MacGuffin magical egg]], which serves as Yuuko's payment for saving Fai's life. May I mention that this involves fighting off giant bloodthirsty worms with nothing but a pistol?

** Also, [[Everrthing'sBetterWithPrincesses Sakura Li]], who pulls off a human shield act when [[spoiler: the two Syaorans are just about to slice each other to pieces]].
** And before this she gets a self sacrificial quest when she goes out into the wasteland of Acid Tokyo to retrieve a [[MacGuffin magical egg]], which serves as Yuuko's payment for saving Fai's life. May I mention that this involves fighting off giant bloodthirsty worms with nothing but a pistol?

*** And seen the whole bloody time in SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas, two notable examples being Capricorn El Cid finally killing the four Dream Gods and saving Athena and the protagonists at the cost of his own life, and with Sagittarius Sisyphus' [[UnleadedNightmareFuel quite frankly terrifying]] HeroicSacrifice, in which he ripped out his own heart. Nice.

* [[spoiler: Madoka]] in ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.

* At the end of ''CharsCounterattack'', [[spoiler:Amuro Ray sacrifices his own life in his desperate push against the Axis drop which is about to destroy Earth.]]

*** The Duck Claw Squad all took a poison that gives the imbiber immense boost in strenght before killing them, in hopes of beating Crocodile. Unlike just about everyone else who's ever made a heroic sacrifice in OnePiece, they actually die. The worst part is that it was a StupidSacrifice as [[spoiler:they don't win against Crocodile. Heck, they don't even get to ''fight'' him. Crocodile just stands on a rooftop and lets the potion kill them.]]

*** The Duck Claw Squad all took a poison that gives the imbiber immense boost in strenght before killing them, in hopes of beating Crocodile. [[spoiler: Unlike just about everyone else who's ever made a heroic sacrifice in OnePiece, they actually die. The worst part is that it was a StupidSacrifice as [[spoiler:they don't win against Crocodile. Heck, they don't even get to ''fight'' him. Crocodile just stands on a rooftop and lets the potion kill them.]]

*** The Duck Claw Squad all took a poison that gives the imbiber immense boost in strenght before killing them, in hopes of beating Crocodile. [[spoiler: Unlike just about everyone else who's ever made a heroic sacrifice in OnePiece, they actually die.]]
**** Very brutally subverted in that [[spoiler: they don't win against Crocodile. Heck, they don't even get to ''fight'' him. Crocodile just stands on a rooftop and lets the potion kill them.]]

* [[spoiler: Uni and Gamma]] to revive the dead Arcobaleno in ''KatekyoHitmanReborn''.

* Spoofed in episode 8 of ''AngelBeats'' when the group decides that the best way to get past [[spoiler:clones of Angel]] is to impale themselves on the enemies' blades (since they're already dead, they eventually [[IGotBetter get better]]) and use the difference in size and weight to pin them down so that the others can move on. While the first instance is treated seriously, each successive sacrifice gets faux-dramatic music, a BondOneLiner, anguished SayMyName from the survivors, until it gets to the point where it's treated as slapstick.

* The character [[spoiler: Judeau]] from ''{{Berserk}}'' definitely earns this one. When the Eclipse goes into full swing, he grabs Casca, the newly acting Commander, and does everything he can to get her to safety--[[spoiler: including shielding her from attacks and being fatally wounded in the process.]]

* The character [[spoiler: Judeau]] from ''{{Berserk}}'' definitely earns this one. [[spoiler: When the Eclipse goes into full swing, he grabs Casca, the newly acting Commander, and does everything he can to get her to safety--including shielding her from attacks and being fatally wounded in the process.]]

** [[spoiler:Darkrai]] is seen doing this in the 10th movie, [[spoiler:although he [[DisneyDeath randomly comes back at the very end]]]].
*** [[spoiler:Not quite as "random" as you'd think; after all, Dawn ''did'' ask Palkia to restore everything that had been destroyed by the fighting between it and Dialga. One of those things was Darkrai.]]

** HeroicSacrifice almost never works in ''DragonBall''; it's usually just a SenselessSacrifice. Even played straight it's mostly meaningless anyway, since [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist the afterlife practically has a revolving door]]...

** [[spoiler: Ash]] actually dies in the first movie. He does come back, but, well...
** [[spoiler:Latios]] in ''Pokémon Heroes'', saving his town from an enormous tidal wave. [[spoiler:The first onscreen Pokemon death in the entire series.]]

** Even better is the ending of season 1 which chained [[spoiler:Lichty and Christina Sierra's moment of CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds]] as he's dying from his heroic sacrifice with [[spoiler:Chistina reporting in to the relieved survivors of the attack, before they realize something isn't right. She gives what is slowly revealed to be her last words trailing on until she is finally KilledMidSentence coughing up blood by a '''massive''' piece of shrapnel that was in her back '''the whole time'''.]]. It might just bring you to tears.

** [[spoiler: Portags D. Ace]] pulls one of these off in order [[spoiler: to save the life of his adopted younger brother, Luffy from an attack by [[MagmaMan Akainu]] which ultimately breaks Luffy down completely.]] This whole situation finally gives Luffy the heroic sacrifice of a family member that had been lacking from his previous history in relation to the other characters.