History InnocentlyInsensitive / AnimeAndManga

* Ayu from ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' can have shades of this. She calls people "resistant as cockroaches", but means it in the nicest way of a compliment. She decides on a group-split-up that leaves her with someone that she is implied to have a crush on and doesn't get it why people react strangely about it. It isn't until Tsunomata points out to her that her straightforward ways can be seen as hurtful that Ayu even wonders ''why'' it would seem hurtful.
* Eijun Sawamura, the protagonist of ''Manga/AceOfTheDiamond'', has a habit of judging people based only on what he knows, but he's never cruel on purpose. An example of this was as when he was paired with Chris for training, and found Chris' apparent lack of motivation and gloomy attitude annoying, even accusing him of not trying hard enough to get to Seidou's first string. Then, Sawamura learns that Chris once was Seidou's star catcher, but [[GameBreakingInjury suffered a shoulder injury that put him out for a whole year]], and since then he's been undergoing rehab while clinging to the hope of being able to play once more. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Sawamura feels horrible upon learning this]], even more when he understood that Chris' words of "Don't end up like me" meant "Don't risk yourself to suffer an injury that ruins your future career".

* ''Manga/CallOfTheNight'': While Kabura's human friends probably never meant to hurt her, their words still hurt her when they privately admitted that being friends with [[DelicateAndSickly her]] was more akin to being her nurses. [[ImStandingRightHere While she was within earshot]]. That they constantly suggested physically exerting activities while hanging out with her and constantly forgetting that these weren't things she could enjoy without collapsing did not help matters. Kabura's parents weren't any better, either: because her hospital bills put a dent in her family's wallet, Kabura was constantly told by her mother to not cause her father trouble by collapsing when she went out of the house. By the end of it Kabura was so miserable that, upon learning that her actual nurse at the hospital was a vampire, [[VampireVannabe she asked her to turn her into her offspring]], which allowed Kabura to leave [[WithFriendsLikeThese her so-called friends]] and [[AbusiveParents her family]] behind for good.

* Laios of ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' can be this sometimes. His love for everything monster-related leads him to do and say questionable things. In one chapter where everyone is stripping down out of their wet clothing, he wants [[spoiler: to see a naked Itsuzumi. Not for any sexual reasons, but to see how her fusion with an animal soul has affected her body. He is still forced to wear a blindfold by the others for the rest of the chapter.]]

** In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02TheBeginning'', it's clear Ukkomon truly does want to make Lui happy. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:Ukkomon doesn't recognize what exactly is wrong with brainwashing and controlling Lui's parents or why Lui would react horribly to that truth, leading to the string of events that end with Lui smashing the Digivice]].

*** Though it's implied that he had brain damage as a baby due to hitting his head, and not to mention he was almost totally isolated from others until he was 12.

** Little Marron, Krillin and Android 18's daughter, also qualifies. In a scene in the Great Saiyaman Saga, when Master Roshi asks if he wants to participate in the tournament, she replies with "No way, you're too old!!". For Marron, this is a JustifiedTrope, as she is only 3-years-old and she doesn't know any better.

** When Ryuuichi prepares himself to be Santa Claus for Kotarou, one of his classmates innocently remarks that should be a job for fathers. Only to be quickly called out because Ryuuichi and Kotarou recently lost their parents.

* In ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', when Ami, temporary tankery instructor for Oarai, sees Miho among the assembled students, she points out that Miho's mother (Ami's tankery instructor) has done quite a bit for her, makes a polite inquiry about how Miho's sister is doing and says the Nishizumi school has a long history. Despite having no ill intentions toward Miho, Ami ends up upsetting Miho by bringing up her family (Miho, unable to adhere to her family's SecondPlaceIsForLosers mentality, had until recently quit tankery), but Saori quickly moves to ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject.

* A really twisted example happens in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders''. The team checks into a hotel run by Enya Geil, master of the Justice Stand and actually an assassin planning to kill them all one by one. Polnareff walks in on her while she's trying to dispose of a body, and starts talking about how she seems very lonely running the place on her own, and doesn't she have a son or a family, and wouldn't it be nice to have grandkids running around, and even offers to fill the void for tonight by pretending to be her son. Thing is, Enya ''had'' a son -- J. 'Centerfold' Geil -- whom Polnareff ''killed''.[[note]] Of course, he was also an assassin, as well as a serial killer who had once killed Polnareff's sister, so he was definitely not an angel in anyone's eyes but his mother's. [[/note]]Enya is ''seething'' and fighting hard to keep from dropping the charade and just stab him there and then. And Polnareff just keeps ''smiling''.

** [[spoiler:Shirogane's mother is someone who focuses entirely on logic and never factors in other's emotions into her decisions. So while she does wonder if she's doing something wrong, it never occurs to her just how badly she hurt (and is continuing to hurt) her family with her actions.]]
* In ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'', Tombo was not trying to be malicious but his initial remarks about how Kiki only wears black and how her manners are old-fashioned does not endear him to Kiki who did not take those comments well.

* ''Manga/{{Major}}'': Ryoko Kawase makes a seemingly innocent comment about Joe Gibson's dead ball being the other player's fault for not dodging it. Given that the other player was Goro's father [[spoiler:and it caused his death]], this struck a ''very'' sensitive nerve on him.
* ''Manga/MiraculousTalesOfLadybugAndCatNoir'': In Chapter 4, Chloé asks what Adrien thinks about Nathaniel's comic, but Adrien is distracted and simply tells her he doesn't care, causing Nathaniel to run out in shame and making Adrien one of his targets after Nathaniel is transformed into a supervillain. Adrien eventually manages to smooth things over with him, explaining he wasn't paying attention to what was being discussed, and assuring Evillustrator that he's actually quite a fan of comics.

** In the ''Sailor Moon S'' movie, Rei reveals that she spotted a super-happy Luna after being out all night, prompting Makoto and Chibi-Usa to believe she's found someone to fall in love with. Minako catches Artemis being heartbroken by this and tries to deflect, but their constant comments lead him to sadly walk out and Minako scolding the group for how they were talking.

* Saya of ''Manga/ServantXService'' tends to speak her mind without even considering the potential consequences. Particularly evident in Episode 6, where she unwittingly sent the normally carefree Yutaka into a CornerOfWoe by passively saying that he's beneath her, and a flashback reveals that she rejected a boy's confession by saying he should've looked at himself in a mirror and thought again (she meant she thought he could do better). Eventually Chihaya had to warn her against rejecting Mrs. Tanaka's offer of marriage to her grandson so as not to cause ''heart attacks''.
* Masao from ''Literature/{{Shiki}}'' is mostly just a JerkAss, but there's many scenes where he comes off this way too.

** Kaori also ends up falling into this, proposing that Shizuku publish her novel online, only for Shizuku to vehemently refuse. Shizuku later tells Kaori that she had published her first novel, "Girls Lovers Suicide," online, and while the reception was initially good, it turned out that her novel resembled an actual incident in which a girl committed suicide. Shizuku was then bombarded with abuse, and this, combined with her guilt over bullying Ruri in elementary school, caused her to decide to kill herself after finishing, deleting and throwing away the story; the only reason she didn't was because of Kaori.

* In ''Manga/TomodachiGame'', Shibe's EstablishingCharacterMoment demonstrates that he doesn't consider how his words come off as at times, and it remains a major flaw of his throughout the game. [[spoiler:In a series where the reader is meant to doubt the characters, Shibe can come off as a BitchInSheepsClothing or {{Jerkass}} in hiding, before it's made clear that no, Shibe's really just this trope.]]

** Iris's mother simply couldn't understand why Iris was upset that she invited a number of boys to Iris's birthday party as a means to get Iris to marry one of them and settle back home. She also didn't understand why Iris was particularly uncomfortable with a particular boy who Iris specifically asked her mother not to invite (but she did anyways). Iris later revealed to Violet she confessed to that boy who gently turned her down, which is why Iris left for the city.

** Yamada, being a CloudCuckoolander, will sometimes do or say something that annoys someone or push a BerserkButton, despite not meaning any arm.

* When Mako from ''Manga/WanderingSon'' went [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} outside as a girl]] for the first time alone, she ended up running into her schoolmate, and crush, Oka. She panicked, ran away, and almost quit school to become a {{hikikomori}}, however she decided to confront Oka later. Oka didn't even notice her and states he couldn't imagine her as a girl anyway.

** Yuuri's initial reaction to [[spoiler: shattering Victor's heart]] is [[DissonantSerenity completely apathetic]], reaching out to casually touch him while making an utterly inappropriate remark. He then proceeds to act confused and defensive when [[spoiler: Victor]] snaps at him. WordOfGod also comments that he can be "quite cold-hearted", and is "someone who doesn't really try to get into people's hearts".
** Victor's lack of experience as a coach causes him to be this, which results in him [[spoiler: making Yuri cry by telling him that he'll resign being his coach if he doesn't place on the podium, which he only said to scare Yuri out of his anxiety]]. And, in Episode 11, when [[spoiler: Yurio subtly mocks Yuri's performance by saying that Otabek will score higher than him, Victor doesn't defend Yuri or even give him some reassurance and simply expresses awe at Otabek's performance, which hurts Yuri even further. In fact, he says nothing to comfort Yuri even after seeing how he's upset with the results of his short program, though it's likely he's unaware that Yuri's mood is getting worse]].

* A climax of ''Literature/DragonarAcademy'' starts purely because [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} the airheaded maid Plum]] mutters a racist comment that [[InterspeciesRomance a dragon and a human can't get married]]. Eco, who's a hypersensitive {{Tsundere}}, launches herself out of the castle in despair and ''right into the enemy's hands''.

* An episode of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' was focused on Mimi getting into trouble after she got upset at Izzy, who ignored her in favour of working on his laptop. He had no idea why she was crying, or that he'd been ignoring her at all.
** Patamon causes a fight with TK later by not realizing how serious it was that his partner wasn't going to be able to be with Matt for a while due to their parents being divorced.