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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': Nothing screams "personal" like [[ThatWomanIsDead erasing your former identity]] and [[BestServedCold dedicating two years of your life to planning]] the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath torture and deaths]] of the GangOfBullies responsible for [[YouKilledMyFather the death of your only son]]. Because for [[KnightTemplarParent Maria Akeboshi]], "mere revenge" is ''too soft''.
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** [[spoiler:Naoya]] holds such a massive grudge against Maki that he comes back from death as a cursed spirit solely so that he can kill her.
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* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': [[TheAce Yuta Okkotsu]] enters the main plot after the Shibuya Incident, during which Sukuna severed Inumaki's arm while [[DomainHolder expanding his domain]] against [[GodzillaThreshold Mahoraga]], and vows to kill Yuji, whom he holds responsible. [[spoiler:[[ExactWords He vows]] ''[[ExactWords only]]'' [[ExactWords to kill him]], however; he never said anything about making sure he ''stayed'' dead. Once he cajoles [[SpannerInTheWorks Naoya]] into serving as a witness to Yuji's death on behalf of Jujutsu HQ and the two are left alone, Yuta uses [[HealingHands Reverse Cursed Technique]] to revive Yuji before his soul passes on completely and [[SubvertedTrope clarifies]] that [[FakingTheDead he's been trying to fake his death the whole time in order to hide him from the higher-ups]], before revealing that they're on the same side as students of Gojo.]]
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** Yuji and Mahito have it out for each other since their first meeting: Yuji for Mahito's callous slaughter of countless humans (and especially for [[KickTheDog killing Junpei]]), and Mahito because Yuji, [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan being Sukuna's vessel]], is both immune to his [[SoulPower Idle Transfiguration]] technique and [[ManOfKryptonite capable of hurting him]].
** [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Choso is out for Yuji's blood once he realizes that he killed his brothers Eso and Kechizu]], and tries to murder him ''[[HateAtFirstSight the second]]'' their eyes meet in Shibuya. [[spoiler:He later transfers his grudge to [[GreaterScopeVillain Kenjaku]] after learning that [[ExtraParentConception Yuji is technically his younger brother]] and that Kenjaku tricked Choso and his brothers into trying to kill him for his own ends.]]
** [[TheAce Yuta Okkotsu]] enters the main plot after the Shibuya Incident, during which Sukuna severed Inumaki's arm while [[DomainHolder expanding his domain]] against [[GodzillaThreshold Mahoraga]], and vows to kill Yuji, whom he holds responsible. [[spoiler:[[ExactWords He vows]] ''[[ExactWords only]]'' [[ExactWords to kill him]], however; he never said anything about making sure he ''stayed'' dead. Once he cajoles [[SpannerInTheWorks Naoya]] into serving as a witness to Yuji's death on behalf of Jujutsu HQ and the two are left alone, Yuta uses [[HealingHands Reverse Cursed Technique]] to revive Yuji before his soul passes on completely and [[SubvertedTrope clarifies]] that [[FakingTheDead he's been trying to fake his death the whole time in order to hide him from the higher-ups]], before revealing that they're on the same side as students of Gojo.]]
** Yuji and Mahito have it out for each other since their first meeting: Yuji for Mahito's callous slaughter of countless humans (and especially for [[KickTheDog killing Junpei]]), and Mahito because Yuji, [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan being Sukuna's vessel]], is both immune to his [[SoulPower Idle Transfiguration]] technique and [[ManOfKryptonite capable of hurting him]].
** [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Choso is out for Yuji's blood once he realizes that he killed his brothers Eso and Kechizu]], and tries to murder him ''[[HateAtFirstSight the second]]'' their eyes meet in Shibuya. [[spoiler:He later transfers his grudge to [[GreaterScopeVillain Kenjaku]] after learning that [[ExtraParentConception Yuji is technically his younger brother]] and that Kenjaku tricked Choso and his brothers into trying to kill him for his own ends.]]
** [[TheAce Yuta Okkotsu]] enters the main plot after the Shibuya Incident, during which Sukuna severed Inumaki's arm while [[DomainHolder expanding his domain]] against [[GodzillaThreshold Mahoraga]], and vows to kill Yuji, whom he holds responsible. [[spoiler:[[ExactWords He vows]] ''[[ExactWords only]]'' [[ExactWords to kill him]], however; he never said anything about making sure he ''stayed'' dead. Once he cajoles [[SpannerInTheWorks Naoya]] into serving as a witness to Yuji's death on behalf of Jujutsu HQ and the two are left alone, Yuta uses [[HealingHands Reverse Cursed Technique]] to revive Yuji before his soul passes on completely and [[SubvertedTrope clarifies]] that [[FakingTheDead he's been trying to fake his death the whole time in order to hide him from the higher-ups]], before revealing that they're on the same side as students of Gojo.]]
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* ''Anime/Pokemon3'': Ash and his friends arriving at Greenfield transformed into a crystal world was a surprise and a curiosity as they'd known about the town in the past, and had connections to a famed research family who lived there. But then due to a misunderstanding of Molly's wish, her Entei kidnaps Deria Ketchum to serve as Molly's mama. And that made everything much more personal for Ash and Professor Oak.
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* This is the reason the title character fails the First-Class Mage Examination in ''Manga/FrierenBeyondJourneysEnd''. Serie, who is administering the exam, has held a grudge against her student, Flamme, and her student's student, the eponymous Frieren, for a thousand of years due to their philosophy of magic pursuit contrasting hers.
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* In ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', during the individual tournament, Momo makes it her goal to defeat the eponymous main character, since Saki faced Momo's [[PseudoRomanticFriendship friend]] and [[SenpaiKohai senpai]] Yumi in her match, defeating her and eliminating Momo and Yumi's school from the tournament; Momo notices that in spite of Yumi [[GracefulLoser taking her loss gracefully]], she was still quite disappointed. Momo doesn't succeed, though.
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* ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'':
** In the later part of the series, it’s constantly personal for Midoriya due to the series’ main villain going after him to steal his Quirk and Midoriya’s Quirk being passed down via the eight previous holders specifically in hopes of destroying said villain.
** It gets personal for Endeavor when he realizes one of the secondary villains in the final arcs is his oldest son, who wants revenge for Endeavor being an AbusiveParent.
** In the later part of the series, it’s constantly personal for Midoriya due to the series’ main villain going after him to steal his Quirk and Midoriya’s Quirk being passed down via the eight previous holders specifically in hopes of destroying said villain.
** It gets personal for Endeavor when he realizes one of the secondary villains in the final arcs is his oldest son, who wants revenge for Endeavor being an AbusiveParent.
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* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', the Infinity Castle Arc is chock full of these, setting itself back from even long before the start of this series. This includes:
** [[spoiler: Zenitsu vs Kaigaku. When Kaigaku, Zenitsu's senior and student of the same Thunder Breathing Master, Jigoro, ''deliberately'' becomes a demon, Jigoro commits seppuku to atone -- but without a second, he ends up dying a slow and agonizing death. When the news reaches Zenitsu, he drops all signs of his cowardice and lack of self-esteem, filled with the sole purpose of killing his traitorous senior. It definitely doesn't help that Kaigaku keeps insulting Jigoro's death as a senile old fart, thus pissing Zenitsu off.]]
** [[spoiler: Tanjiro vs Akaza. For Akaza, its because of getting humiliated by Tanjiro when the latter threw his nichirin blade as Akaza fled from the rising as Tanjiro yelled on that this was Rengoku's victory, angering him. Not to mention that this was highlighted by Muzan himself for leaving the other demon slayers alive, speaking on how the performance of Upper Rank 3 has declined. And for Tanjiro, it is for killing off a respectable man like Rengoku.]]
** [[spoiler: Douma vs Shinobu, Kanao and Inosuke. Oh boy, this one is a doozy. To start, Shinobu's older sister was killed by Douma long ago, thus with Shinobu completely dropping her calm demeanor into pure anger upon learning that he was the one that killed Kanae. For Kanao, as she arrived to help her master, she arrived just in time to see Upper Rank 2 kill her. Kanao had mentioned that for the first time in her life, she felt so angry that her body might tear itself apart and hated Douma so much it makes her sick. Finally for Inosuke, Douma had killed his mother a long time ago when Inosuke was but an infant. The Upper Rank had then proceeded to mock the demon slayer's mother for being such a stupid woman with a pitiful existence, despite how much she loved her son. Inosuke had claimed that it was indeed a miracle to meet the killer of his mother and his friend and declared that he would give Douma true utter Hell.]]
** [[spoiler: Kokushibo vs Muichiro, Genya, Sanemi, and Himejima. Unlike the other examples, this battle didn't start out with personal stakes. Kokushibo's opponents arrived one after another, simply doing their job to take him down as Upper Rank 1, the second most powerful demon. Near the conclusion of the battle, he executes an attack that slices Genya's upper body in half vertically. His older brother Sanemi witnesses this, his last living relative bleeding out on the ground with a fatal injury. Shedding BerserkerTears, Sanemi becomes even ''more'' motivated to kill Kokushibo for harming his younger brother, who he always wanted to keep safe.]]
** [[spoiler: And finally, Muzan. The demon slayers all have some extreme beef with Muzan as he is the progenitor of all of their misery and their friends and families killed by the demons he created. Tanjiro, who have always seen most of the demons he fought to be pitiful and sad, looks at Muzan with absolute hatred for personally killing his family. Tamayo also vowed to kill him for turning her into a demon and from there, her killing her husband and children and many others, with a grudge lasting 400 years ago. Yushiro as well, after Muzan killed Tamayo, has sworn to end Muzan.]]
** [[spoiler: Zenitsu vs Kaigaku. When Kaigaku, Zenitsu's senior and student of the same Thunder Breathing Master, Jigoro, ''deliberately'' becomes a demon, Jigoro commits seppuku to atone -- but without a second, he ends up dying a slow and agonizing death. When the news reaches Zenitsu, he drops all signs of his cowardice and lack of self-esteem, filled with the sole purpose of killing his traitorous senior. It definitely doesn't help that Kaigaku keeps insulting Jigoro's death as a senile old fart, thus pissing Zenitsu off.]]
** [[spoiler: Tanjiro vs Akaza. For Akaza, its because of getting humiliated by Tanjiro when the latter threw his nichirin blade as Akaza fled from the rising as Tanjiro yelled on that this was Rengoku's victory, angering him. Not to mention that this was highlighted by Muzan himself for leaving the other demon slayers alive, speaking on how the performance of Upper Rank 3 has declined. And for Tanjiro, it is for killing off a respectable man like Rengoku.]]
** [[spoiler: Douma vs Shinobu, Kanao and Inosuke. Oh boy, this one is a doozy. To start, Shinobu's older sister was killed by Douma long ago, thus with Shinobu completely dropping her calm demeanor into pure anger upon learning that he was the one that killed Kanae. For Kanao, as she arrived to help her master, she arrived just in time to see Upper Rank 2 kill her. Kanao had mentioned that for the first time in her life, she felt so angry that her body might tear itself apart and hated Douma so much it makes her sick. Finally for Inosuke, Douma had killed his mother a long time ago when Inosuke was but an infant. The Upper Rank had then proceeded to mock the demon slayer's mother for being such a stupid woman with a pitiful existence, despite how much she loved her son. Inosuke had claimed that it was indeed a miracle to meet the killer of his mother and his friend and declared that he would give Douma true utter Hell.]]
** [[spoiler: Kokushibo vs Muichiro, Genya, Sanemi, and Himejima. Unlike the other examples, this battle didn't start out with personal stakes. Kokushibo's opponents arrived one after another, simply doing their job to take him down as Upper Rank 1, the second most powerful demon. Near the conclusion of the battle, he executes an attack that slices Genya's upper body in half vertically. His older brother Sanemi witnesses this, his last living relative bleeding out on the ground with a fatal injury. Shedding BerserkerTears, Sanemi becomes even ''more'' motivated to kill Kokushibo for harming his younger brother, who he always wanted to keep safe.]]
** [[spoiler: And finally, Muzan. The demon slayers all have some extreme beef with Muzan as he is the progenitor of all of their misery and their friends and families killed by the demons he created. Tanjiro, who have always seen most of the demons he fought to be pitiful and sad, looks at Muzan with absolute hatred for personally killing his family. Tamayo also vowed to kill him for turning her into a demon and from there, her killing her husband and children and many others, with a grudge lasting 400 years ago. Yushiro as well, after Muzan killed Tamayo, has sworn to end Muzan.]]
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** Though outclassed in depravity by villains such as Szayel-Aporro and Aizen, the Grand Fisher happens to be one of Ichigo's most personal roles for killing his mother and of course for attacking his two sisters so that he could consume their souls as well. Ultimately, it is Isshin Kurosaki who cuts him down.
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** Though outclassed in depravity by villains such as Szayel-Aporro Szayelaporro and Aizen, the Grand Fisher happens to be one of Ichigo's most personal roles for killing his mother and of course for attacking his two sisters so that he could consume their souls as well. Ultimately, it is Isshin Kurosaki who cuts him down.
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** [[ArchEnemy Shizuo Heiwajima and Izaya Orihara]] [[HateAtFirstSight hated each other the moment they first met]] -- Shizuo was able to tell [[{{Jerkass}} what]] [[{{Troll}} kind of]] [[ManipulativeBastard person]] Izaya was while Izaya hated the fact that Shizuo's TooDumbToFool status and aggression made him unable to manipulate him, and therefore a potential SpannerInTheWorks for his plans. The intervening years of numerous {{Noodle Incident}}s is what made that hatred ''personal''. By the time the series starts, Shizuo's flies into a homicidal rage just by seeing him, while Izaya, [[LoveYouAndEverybody who espouses that he loves all humans]], admits that Shizuo is the one person in the world he actually hates and goes to great lengths to kill him, including harming those close to Shizuo.
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** [[ArchEnemy Shizuo Heiwajima and Izaya Orihara]] [[HateAtFirstSight hated each other the moment they first met]] -- Shizuo was able to tell [[{{Jerkass}} what]] [[{{Troll}} kind of]] [[ManipulativeBastard person]] Izaya was while Izaya hated the fact that Shizuo's TooDumbToFool status and aggression made him unable to manipulate him, and therefore a potential SpannerInTheWorks for his plans. The intervening years of numerous {{Noodle Incident}}s is what made that hatred ''personal''. By the time the series starts, Shizuo's flies into a homicidal rage just by seeing him, while Izaya, [[LoveYouAndEverybody [[AllLovingHero who espouses that he loves all humans]], admits that Shizuo is the one person in the world he actually hates and goes to great lengths to kill him, including harming those close to Shizuo.
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* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': "Stiyl, I'm gonna go punch Fiamma. While I'm gone, you take care of Index."
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* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', it's revealed that Gauron and Sousuke initially had nothing against each other. And then Gauron decided to attack the Guerilla village Sousuke had been living in, mass slaughtering all the citizens while Sousuke and Kalinin were out. Not to mention how, after that, he decided to accept a job from the KGB to go after Sousuke and Kalinin and kill them. After all ''that''... it became personal.
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* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'', it's revealed that Gauron and Sousuke initially had nothing against each other. And then Gauron decided to attack the Guerilla village Sousuke had been living in, mass slaughtering all the citizens while Sousuke and Kalinin were out. Not to mention how, after that, he decided to accept a job from the KGB to go after Sousuke and Kalinin and kill them. After all ''that''... it became personal.
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* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'': Billy spends ''The Valley of Fellows'' arc chasing after the man who destroyed his hometown of Fort Sumner and killed his best friend.
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* In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', Faraday kidnapping [[spoiler:Lucy]] as well as his plans [[spoiler:to bring her back to Arasaka]] strike a nerve for David. So much so that he goes on [[RoaringRampageofRevenge an all-out rampage against Arasaka, Militech, and MaxTac]] [[spoiler:to rescue Lucy]], and he later screams in rage when Trauma Team tries to help Faraday escape.
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** Eren's feelings towards the Colossal and Armored Titans who destroyed his hometown. It's the same as his feelings towards all Titans, but turned [[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]].
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** Aizen made it very personal for Hitsugaya after brutally stabbing Momo Hinamori, Aizen's previous lieutenant and Hitsugaya's [[LikeBrotherAndSister friend]], when the former defected from the Soul Society. [[spoiler:Then Aizen tricked Hitsugaya into ''impaling Hinamori'' in Chapter 392 and suddenly this trope was cranked UpToEleven.]]
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** Aizen made it very personal for Hitsugaya after brutally stabbing Momo Hinamori, Aizen's previous lieutenant and Hitsugaya's [[LikeBrotherAndSister friend]], when the former defected from the Soul Society. [[spoiler:Then Aizen tricked Hitsugaya into ''impaling Hinamori'' in Chapter 392 and suddenly this trope was cranked UpToEleven.up to eleven.]]
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** Despite already hunting him for the nine-tailed fox, Pain happened to make things very personal for Naruto when he killed Jiraiya, forced Kakashi into a HeroicSacrifice, and destroyed the Leaf Village. After injuring and potentially killing Naruto's toad allies, his [[MoralEventHorizon stabbing]] [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Hinata]] after [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove she told Naruto she loved him]] [[BerserkButton is enough to force]] Naruto into his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide six-tailed]], and then [[UpToEleven his eight-tailed]], [[UnstoppableRage states]].
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** Despite already hunting him for the nine-tailed fox, Pain happened to make things very personal for Naruto when he killed Jiraiya, forced Kakashi into a HeroicSacrifice, and destroyed the Leaf Village. After injuring and potentially killing Naruto's toad allies, his [[MoralEventHorizon stabbing]] [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Hinata]] after [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove she told Naruto she loved him]] [[BerserkButton is enough to force]] Naruto into his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide six-tailed]], and then [[UpToEleven his eight-tailed]], eight-tailed, [[UnstoppableRage states]].
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* In ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', during the individual tournament, Momo makes it her goal to defeat the eponymous main character, since Saki faced Momo's [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship friend]] and [[SenpaiKohai senpai]] Yumi in her match, defeating her and eliminating Momo and Yumi's school from the tournament; Momo notices that in spite of Yumi [[GracefulLoser taking her loss gracefully]], she was still quite disappointed. Momo doesn't succeed, though.
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* ''Anime/BagiTheMonsterOfMightyNature'': Ryo in the FramingDevice has a personal vendetta against Bagi — she killed his mother when she promised not to. He didn't know she was set free, however.
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** Aizen made it very personal for Hitsugaya after brutally stabbing Momo Hinamori, Aizen's previous lieutenant and Hitsugaya's [[LikeBrotherAndSister friend]], when the former defected from the Soul Society. [[spoiler:Then Aizen tricked Hitsugaya into ''impaling Hinamori'' in chapter 392 and suddenly this trope was cranked UpToEleven.]]
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** This is the core of Kurapika's motivation for almost everything he does: He is the LastOfHisKind among the Kurta Clan, which the Phantom Troupe had wiped out many years ago--Kurta eyes glow red when under distress, and sell for very high prices on the black market. From that point on, Kurapika has dedicated his life to seeking out and killing off every member of the Phantom Troupe.
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** This is the core of Kurapika's motivation for almost everything he does: He is the LastOfHisKind among the Kurta Clan, which the Phantom Troupe had wiped out many years ago--Kurta ago -- Kurta eyes glow red when under distress, and sell for very high prices on the black market. From that point on, Kurapika has dedicated his life to seeking out and killing off every member of the Phantom Troupe.
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** In ''Anime/OnePieceFilmZ'', this was the Straw Hats' main motivation for going after Z. He attacked them after they went out of their way to heal him, had one of his subordinates [[spoiler: rejuvenate Nami, Robin, Chopper, and Brook by twelve years]] and finally, [[spoiler: taking Luffy's hat.]]
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** In ''Anime/OnePieceFilmZ'', this was the Straw Hats' main motivation for going after Z. He attacked them after they went out of their way to heal him, had one of his subordinates [[spoiler: rejuvenate Nami, Robin, Chopper, and Brook by twelve years]] years]], and finally, [[spoiler: taking Luffy's hat.]]
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* In ''Anime/SonicX'', seeing his friends attacked, injured and imprisoned by the Metarex in the episode ''Testing Time'' gives us [[https://youtu.be/PFQNjwIubDo?t=2m49s Dark Sonic]]. And also show's us a side of Sonic that we've really never seen in full swing before - namely the part of him that you do not, under any circumstances, piss off.
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* In ''Anime/SonicX'', seeing his friends attacked, injured and imprisoned by the Metarex in the episode ''Testing Time'' gives us [[https://youtu.be/PFQNjwIubDo?t=2m49s Dark Sonic]]. And also show's us a side of Sonic that we've really never seen in full swing before - -- namely the part of him that you do not, under any circumstances, piss off.
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* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Toguro capitalizes on this trope in order to get Yusuke to fight him at his full strength. He does this by first killing [[spoiler:Genkai]] before the finals, and then during his fight with Yusuke, seemingly kills [[spoiler:Kuwabara]], [[spoiler: but he had only pretended to]]. Ironically, [[spoiler:50 years ago, a demon named Kairen had killed all his students and forced him to come to the Dark Tournament, which precipitated his StartOfDarkness.]]
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* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Toguro capitalizes on this trope in order to get Yusuke to fight him at his full strength. He does this by first killing [[spoiler:Genkai]] before the finals, and then during his fight with Yusuke, seemingly kills [[spoiler:Kuwabara]], [[spoiler: but he had only pretended to]]. Ironically, [[spoiler:50 years ago, a demon named Kairen had killed all his students and forced him to come to the Dark Tournament, which precipitated his StartOfDarkness.]]]]
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* ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
** In one episode, the murder takes place at a reunion of Kogoro's old high school Judo club, with both the victim and killer being members (and therefore [[TrueCompanions longtime friends]]). Kogoro's anger over the situation and resolve to see it through to the end convinces Conan to [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself let him have this one]], though he does help out by subtly nudging Kogoro in the right direction.
** Also, did the killer of the week target Ran? Conan will take that ''very'', '''very''' personally.
** Really, as a general rule, if you have any plans at all of getting away with your murder/other crime, you should definitely not run afoul of this trope with Kogoro. [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass The bumbling drunk routine will go out the window]], he will find you and he will make sure you face justice, probably with some expert-level Judo moves thrown in.
** In one episode, the murder takes place at a reunion of Kogoro's old high school Judo club, with both the victim and killer being members (and therefore [[TrueCompanions longtime friends]]). Kogoro's anger over the situation and resolve to see it through to the end convinces Conan to [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself let him have this one]], though he does help out by subtly nudging Kogoro in the right direction.
** Also, did the killer of the week target Ran? Conan will take that ''very'', '''very''' personally.
** Really, as a general rule, if you have any plans at all of getting away with your murder/other crime, you should definitely not run afoul of this trope with Kogoro. [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass The bumbling drunk routine will go out the window]], he will find you and he will make sure you face justice, probably with some expert-level Judo moves thrown in.
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* In one episode of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', the murder takes place at a reunion of Kogoro's old high school Judo club, with both the victim and killer being members (and therefore [[TrueCompanions longtime friends]]). Kogoro's anger over the situation and resolve to see it through to the end convinces Conan to [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself let him have this one]], though he does help out by subtly nudging Kogoro in the right direction.
** Also, did the killer of the week target Ran? Conan will take that ''very'', '''very''' personally.
** Really, as a general rule, if you have any plans at all of getting away with your murder/other crime, you should definitely not run afoul of this trope with Kogoro. [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass The bumbling drunk routine will go out the window]], he will find you and he will make sure you face justice, probably with some expert-level Judo moves thrown in.
** Also, did the killer of the week target Ran? Conan will take that ''very'', '''very''' personally.
** Really, as a general rule, if you have any plans at all of getting away with your murder/other crime, you should definitely not run afoul of this trope with Kogoro. [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass The bumbling drunk routine will go out the window]], he will find you and he will make sure you face justice, probably with some expert-level Judo moves thrown in.
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* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', Eren [[spoiler:when he sees the abnormal Titan who ate Thomas while in Titan form. He suddenly gains the strength to overpower the numerous Titans pinning him and charges the abnormal one uncaring of the fact that his arms are being torn off in the process. He then proceeds to bite the Titan's weakspot and throws him at the other Titans while simultaneously decapitating the one he was biting.]]
** Eren's feelings towards the Colossal and Armored Titans who destroyed his hometown. It's the same as his feelings towards all Titans, but turned [[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]].
---> '''Eren:''' I'll do everything in my power to make your deaths as excruciating as possible.
* ''Anime/BagiTheMonsterOfMightyNature'': Ryo in the FramingDevice has a personal vendetta against Bagi — she killed his mother when she promised not to. He didn't know she was set free, however.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Though outclassed in depravity by villains such as Szayel-Aporro and Aizen, the Grand Fisher happens to be one of Ichigo's most personal roles for killing his mother and of course for attacking his two sisters so that he could consume their souls as well. Ultimately, it is Isshin Kurosaki who cuts him down.
** Zommari Rureaux, on the verge of defeat against Byakuya, rants about Soul Reapers persecuting Hollows and declaring that they have no right to judge them merely for eating humans. Byakuya then cuts him down, replying that his actions had nothing to do with Soul Reaper duties, but for Zommari's trying to kill his sister Rukia.
** Aizen made it very personal for Hitsugaya after brutally stabbing Momo Hinamori, Aizen's previous lieutenant and Hitsugaya's [[LikeBrotherAndSister friend]], when the former defected from the Soul Society. [[spoiler:Then Aizen tricked Hitsugaya into ''impaling Hinamori'' in chapter 392 and suddenly this trope was cranked UpToEleven.]]
** Aizen thinks Ichigo needs this trope to win a fight. He's wrong.
** The Visoreds had a personal grudge against Aizen for forcing hollowfication on them. [[spoiler: Then Gin sliced Hiyori in half, and cranked this trope up for Shinji, who directed his ire at Aizen, not Gin: Gin was just the subordinate doing Aizen's dirty work, so Aizen was the real threat.]]
** Ishida's battle with Mayuri is one of the most epic cases of this trope in the series, second only to...
** ...Yamamoto's truly incredible [[BerserkButton explosion]] of [[UnstoppableRage rage]] in Chapters 503-505.
* Bon from ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' is someone who takes this trope too far as a character flaw. He tends to take everything personally, from Rin hiding that he's the son of Satan, to [[spoiler:Shima serving as a DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent between the Order and the Illuminati]]. He feels betrayed that Rin wouldn't confide in him his true heritage, even though he never stopped talking about how much he hates everything Satan related (and indeed, he and everyone else started ignoring Rin after the truth came out for a while) and can't understand that the latter example has nothing to do with him. It's not until Shima calls him out for acting like a spoiled brat who thinks the world revolves around him that Bon starts to get over this behavior.
* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': "Stiyl, I'm gonna go punch Fiamma. While I'm gone, you take care of Index."
* The very first episode of ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' has Saten trying to be BadassNormal by stopping an escaping bank robber. Unfortunately for her, she's just a teenage girl while her target is an adult man. Mikoto witnesses the bad guy kicking into Saten. Cue Mikoto showing [[WaveMotionGun why]] is her nickname "the Railgun" despite the fact that as a BadassBystander, she has no real reason to join the fray.
* In one episode of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', the murder takes place at a reunion of Kogoro's old high school Judo club, with both the victim and killer being members (and therefore [[TrueCompanions longtime friends]]). Kogoro's anger over the situation and resolve to see it through to the end convinces Conan to [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself let him have this one]], though he does help out by subtly nudging Kogoro in the right direction.
** Also, did the killer of the week target Ran? Conan will take that ''very'', '''very''' personally.
** Really, as a general rule, if you have any plans at all of getting away with your murder/other crime, you should definitely not run afoul of this trope with Kogoro. [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass The bumbling drunk routine will go out the window]], he will find you and he will make sure you face justice, probably with some expert-level Judo moves thrown in.
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
** Vegeta's deep hatred for Frieza is almost unparalleled in a series full of personal conflicts. And that's BEFORE he finds out Frieza was the one who blew up Planet Vegeta and wiped out most of the Saiyan race.
** Goku had a lot of friends die throughout the series, but it was Frieza's cold-blooded murder of his best friend Krillin that triggers his ascension to [[SuperMode Super Saiyan]].
** Before then, it was King Piccolo who killed Krillin and Master Roshi. By the final fight Goku isn't interested in the state of the world so much as making Piccolo pay for taking those dear to him.
** And even before then, Goku had only antagonized the Red Ribbon Army because they were out to find the Dragon Balls. Hadn't they sent Tao Pai Pai after him, he wouldn't have killed Goku's friend Bora in front of his son, as this single act triggered a RoaringRampageOfRevenge of Goku to get the Dragon Balls from them, so as to wish him back to life.
** The entire Android/Cell Saga could be seen as a big 'It's Personal' towards Goku since Dr. Gero built the androids specifically to kill Goku as vengeance for destroying the Red Ribbon Army. Yes, [[DisproportionateRetribution at least two futures were completely ruined and another almost blown apart because of one man's personal vendetta]].
** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Goku Black ends up generating personal vendettas against him from Future Trunks, Vegeta, and eventually, ''[[BewareOfTheNiceOnes Goku himself]]''. Future Trunks despises him for completely devastating his world which had already experienced so much destruction from the Androids, with [[spoiler: his ''[[HeroKiller mom]]'']] being one of the recent victims. Going off that, Vegeta also hates him for killing [[spoiler: Future Bulma]] and making Future Trunks's life miserable. And Goku [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge explodes with absolute rage]] when he learns that Black [[spoiler:stole his body in another timeline, murdered him with it in front of Chi-Chi and Goten, and then went after them, too]]. Having three major characters out for his blood to this extent is probably a record for Dragonball villains and really says something about how horrible he is.
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'':
** [[ArchEnemy Shizuo Heiwajima and Izaya Orihara]] [[HateAtFirstSight hated each other the moment they first met]] -- Shizuo was able to tell [[{{Jerkass}} what]] [[{{Troll}} kind of]] [[ManipulativeBastard person]] Izaya was while Izaya hated the fact that Shizuo's TooDumbToFool status and aggression made him unable to manipulate him, and therefore a potential SpannerInTheWorks for his plans. The intervening years of numerous {{Noodle Incident}}s is what made that hatred ''personal''. By the time the series starts, Shizuo's flies into a homicidal rage just by seeing him, while Izaya, [[LoveYouAndEverybody who espouses that he loves all humans]], admits that Shizuo is the one person in the world he actually hates and goes to great lengths to kill him, including harming those close to Shizuo.
** [[spoiler:[[PoisonousFriend Izaya]] isn't all that fond of [[ThisIsUnforgivable Nakura]] or [[BigBad Yodogiri]] either.]]
* AntiVillain example: In ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', [[spoiler: Ray and Charles Beams]] fight against Gekkostate not merely because the military pays them to (though that is a factor), but also because of a grudge against Eureka, whom they believe is to blame for [[spoiler: Ray's infertility.]]
* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** This is the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Tartarus]] guild member [[AnIcePerson Silver's]] history with Gray, as he makes no secret that he absolutely '''''loathes''''' him. [[spoiler:Which actually makes sense, when you realize he's actually Deliora, the demon who destroyed Gray's hometown and forced his beloved mentor and surrogate mother to sacrifice her life to stop. He never forgave her or any of her students. For those same reasons, and considering he's also currently using Gray's father, Silver's, corpse [[DemonicPossession as a vessel]],]] this trope is in full swing by Gray to him as well. Subverted when it turns out that he isn't really Deliora, he's actually [[spoiler:the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent reanimated body]] of Silver Fullbuster, and he was just saying all that to Grey to make him angry enough to kill him [[TakeUpMySword so as to avenge him and defeat Tartarus]].]]
** Zeref's desire to die is so great that he deliberately tries to invoke this with protagonist Natsu Dragneel, [[spoiler:who, as both his younger brother and the demon E.N.D., is the only being capable of killing him]]. He hopes that if Natsu is driven by rage, it'll empower him enough to kill Zeref.
* ''Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram'' has a minor plotline about two HumongousMecha pilots going AWOL to avenge the deaths of their comrades. When command orders them to retreat, the older one cuts off the radio saying that this is personal.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Once Ed realizes that Scar is responsible for Nina's death, he begins to take his conflict with the man more seriously. But once he learns he also killed Winry's parents, he begins pursuing the man with even more rage.
** Scar and Kimblee end up having this dynamic with one another upon meeting each other face-to-face on a train to Briggs. They recognize each other from the Ishvalan Civil War when Kimblee personally attacked Scar's hometown and slaughtered his family. While for Scar, it's personal because Kimblee killed his family, it's personal for Kimblee because the idea that he failed to kill someone in front of him in the midst of a battle irritates him.
* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', it's revealed that Gauron and Sousuke initially had nothing against each other. And then Gauron decided to attack the Guerilla village Sousuke had been living in, mass slaughtering all the citizens while Sousuke and Kalinin were out. Not to mention how, after that, he decided to accept a job from the KGB to go after Sousuke and Kalinin and kill them. After all ''that''... it became personal.
* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'':
** It was personal from before the beginning of the series, after EI-01 slammed into the shuttle Guy was piloting, nearly killed him, and did kill his girlfriend's family.
** Forty-eight episodes later, after the force behind the Zonders has been destroyed... Mikoto is forced to become the next evolution of Zonder-esque machine life-form.
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'': Amuro Ray and Char Aznable become mortal enemies after the tragic death of Lalah, who has been so dear to both of them.
** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' has Domon Kasshu, who is ''really'' pissed at his brother Kyoji for getting their mother killed and father imprisoned. [[spoiler:Which turns out to be a frame-up by the Japanese government; when he learns the truth, Domon switches targets accordingly]]. He's also out to get Master Asia after learning he's in cahoots with the Devil Gundam. On a smaller scale, there's Andrew Graham of Neo-Canada who is totally uninterested in fighting anyone but Argo Gulskii, as he blames Argo for his wife's death.
** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', [[VillainProtagonist Shinn Asuka]] wants [[HeroAntagonist Kira Yamato]] dead after Kira kills Shinn's love, Stella, only to save the mass from further tragedies she is causing.
*** Kira himself meanwhile opposes Zaft after they supposedly send assassins after Lacus (and further attempts on their life prove him correct) despite them looking like the good guys in the war at first. At the end of the series he personally goes to confront the chairman at gunpoint over this and his attempts to destroy Orb. He also starts viewing Shinn as a serious threat after his first defeat of him, although he doesn't hold a grudge when the war is over.
** This seems to run a lot in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''. DarkActionGirl in training [[spoiler: Louise Halevy]] wants a piece of the Celestial Being for what she thought to be [[spoiler: massacring her whole family and crippling her.]] Meanwhile, many people want a piece of [[BloodKnight Ali Al-Saachez]] for several reasons:
*** Setsuna F. Seiei wants him dead for manipulating him to [[SelfMadeOrphan kill his own parents]] and becoming a purposeless [[Main/TykeBomb child]] [[ChildSoldiers soldier]].
*** Lockon Stratos wants him dead for [[spoiler:being responsible for the death of his entire family save his twin brother. He fails, unfortunatley, which sets the motivation for the next guy.]]
*** Tieria Erde wants him dead for [[spoiler:killing Lockon, his partner and first love.]]
*** Nena Trinity wants him dead for killing her brothers. [[spoiler:Ironically, she's the one who actually killed Louise's family.]]
*** And Ali's eventual killer? [[spoiler:Lyle Dylandy, the twin brother of the original Lockon Stratos who now took his name. In an aversion of this trope, he didn't exactly kill Ali because he killed his brother. In fact, he offered him one last chance at redemption, which Ali promptly refused.]]
** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE Gundam AGE]]'', one of Grodek Ainoa's reasons for hijacking the battleship Diva is to avenge the death of his wife and daughter, who have been murdered by the AxCrazy Unknown Enemies.
*** Flit has it in for Decil thanks to [[spoiler:Yurin's death]] at the end of the first generation, and Decil towards Flit for [[SoreLoser beating him]]. Interestingly, Flit is rather a CombatPragmatist who's perfectly willing to gang up on Decil or fight him with the ''Diva'' itself rather than insisting on a duel... which makes Decil flip out even worse.
*** There's also Asemu and Zeheart, but in Asemu's case it's less about vengeance or anger and more about proving he can fight him equally despite not having psychic powers. He also starts hating on Desil (everyone hates this guy). [[spoiler: When he kills Woolf. But unlike Flit who clashed with Desil for years, Asemu promptly killed him almost immediately, meaning it was personal for about 5 minutes.]]
** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans Iron Blooded Orphans]]'', after [[spoiler: Biscuit's death]], Mikazuki Augus declared whoever blocks his way is his enemy and he will crush every last one of them. When he finally get to meet Carta Issue, [[spoiler: the one who killed Biscuit, he prompted to go for a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and immediately shredded every last one of them within a minute without even bothering to speak. Unlike most examples, it remained ambiguous whether Mika took Biscuit's death very personally, or he just ''[[SociopathicHero doesn't want to waste any time on his enemies]] and simply kill them [[TheStoic in his everyday "whatever" mood]]''.]]
*** Gaelio is a much more stricter and tamer example compared to Mika, he has a legitimate grudge against Tekkadan for them being responsible to his friends' maim and deaths, especially [[spoiler: Mika brutally killing Carta [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge in the most undignified way as possible]].]]
*** Ein Dalton makes the other two look ''tame'' in comparison, ever since the death of Lieutenant Crank, one of the only two Gjallarhorn officers who even cared about him in his entire life, he has been plotting to exact his revenge to the "[[WouldHurtAChild sinful children]]" who killed Crank. When he got the chance to exact his revenge, he [[RevengeBeforeReason blamed everyone in Tekkadan for Crank's death]], [[WouldHitAGirl brutalized both Azee and Lafter]], and even going after ''[[RevengeByProxy Kudelia]]'', a politician who has nothing to do with Crank's death.
* ''Anime/HiSpeedJecy'': Erin's crusade against Major Sabatini is in part because her brother got the business end of the very corruption he was investigating.
* ''Manga/{{Holyland}}'': Masaki originally did not want to lead the rest of the street fighters against King, but when [[spoiler: Yagi tried to kidnap Mai]], he changed his mind.
* In ''Manga/HunterXHunter'':
** This is the core of Kurapika's motivation for almost everything he does: He is the LastOfHisKind among the Kurta Clan, which the Phantom Troupe had wiped out many years ago--Kurta eyes glow red when under distress, and sell for very high prices on the black market. From that point on, Kurapika has dedicated his life to seeking out and killing off every member of the Phantom Troupe.
** The Phantom Troupe itself, meanwhile, plays with this trope. Uvogin has no personal stake in anyone he kills, and in fact is so remorseless that he feels nothing when killing people. However, he is absolutely ''thrilled'' [[HeroKiller to kill people who have developed personal grudges against him]], and goes from indifference to elation when Kurapika fights him one-on-one and Uvogin learns Kurapika's motivations. [[spoiler:When Kurapika actually manages to kill off Uvogin, this kicks off this trope in Nobunaga, as Uvogin and Nobunaga were friends, and [[CycleOfRevenge Nobunaga swears revenge on Kurapika]].]] Meanwhile, Nobunaga attempts to nominate IdiotHero Gon into the Phantom Troupe, and while it fails, for some reason, this enrages Troupe member Feitan so much that he makes it a personal goal of his to kill Gon, though it's a low priority and he doesn't actively seek Gon out.
* ''A lot'' of major characters in ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' have it in for BigBad [[ManipulativeBastard Naraku]], who has a ''huge'' list of wrongdoings including, but not limited to: tricking Inuyasha and Kikyo into thinking they had betrayed one another after he kills Kikyo; cursing Miroku's family; murdering Sango's family and destroying her village (and framing Inuyasha for it) and brainwashing her younger brother; using Sesshomaru several times to kill Inuyasha before trying to absorb him and kidnapping Rin (but it's [[spoiler: Kagura's death]] that was the last straw and he starts going after Naraku in order to avenge her); and killing Koga's pack (which he once again frames Inuyasha for).
* ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor'': Admiral Donan after being "outwitted" by the Soyokaze early in the show attempts to track Tylor down for revenge. He leads his entire fleet to orbit around a star then fires on the Soyokaze. The star's gravity well changes the course of the shots, hitting the star and causing it to flare up and destroy his own fleet. His ship crippled, Donan asks Dom if he managed to take out the Soyokaze as well and Dom confirms his success.
* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', Rohan Kishibe's motivation to join the hunt for Yoshikage Kira is this trope. [[spoiler: Kira's first victim was Rohan's CoolBigSis Reimi, and she died [[HeroicSacrifice protecting him]].]]
* In ''Anime/{{K}}'' Tatara Totsuka from the Red Clan, HOMRA, is killed before the start of the anime. This causes the rest of the Clan to try to hunt down and kill the killer. It is stated they have bonds that run thicker than blood, so doing the same to any other member would prompt the same response. [[spoiler: Reisi Munakata kills Mikoto Suoh, the Red King. However, HOMRA doesn't go after him. Though Anna can't forgive him, she knows Mikoto wouldn't want Reisi killed for it. It also helps that Reisi genuinely feels sorry for killing him.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Knights}}'', Mist is especially driven to stop the CorruptChurch and their [[BurnTheWitch witch-hunts]] after seeing his own mother burned at the stake, [[spoiler:and at his father's hands.]]
* This was Tubby's attitude in Episode 6 of the ''Anime/LittleLulu'' anime, after Lulu had gotten him into trouble, leading to him to invoke this line in the English version;
-->'''Tubby:''' Lulu's played her last dirty trick on me! This time, I'm just really fed up! This time, [[LargeHam the worm is gonna turn!]]
* Terrorist group in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' that threatens the safety of TheMultiverse? Pretty bad, but saving worlds and stopping such threats are part of [[HeroesRUs Nanoha's job description]]. Terrorist group that kidnapped and tortured the MysteriousWaif that Nanoha had taken in as her daughter? Okay, [[MamaBear now it's personal]].
** Subverted in ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs A's]]''. Chrono does request that he be put in charge of the Book of Darkness Case since it was responsible for his father's death, but he doesn't view it differently than any other dangerous Lost Logia and he never shows [[AntiVillain the Wolkenritter]] any personal animosity.
* In ''Anime/MazingerZ'', [[BigBad Dr. Hell]] got [[TheHero Kouji's grandfather]] assassinated. After his grandfather died, Kouji swore he WOULD find those responsible and WOULD make them pay. That is one of his motivations to piloting Mazinger-Z and fighting Hell. Moreover he has stated he does not want nobody else loses his/her families cause the ambition of Hell.
** In the sequel, ''Anime/GreatMazinger'', fighting the Mykene became personal to Tetsuya after [[spoiler:Professor Kabuto, his adoptive father [[HeroicSacrifice died to save him]].]]. And in the Gosaku Ota manga version, he wanted Marquiss Yanus dead after she [[spoiler:tore Misato in half to his face]].
** And in the OTHER sequel, ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', the version manga of Duke Fleed hated Commander Barendos after he [[spoiler:dropped his little siblings from a height from three kilometers]] in front of him. The sole sight or mention of him press HARD Duke's BerserkButton.
* ''Anime/Megazone23 Part II'': B.D. framed Shogo for Tomomi's murder.
* In ''Manga/{{Monster}}'', Eva is only linked to Johan by her connection to Tenma. But when [[spoiler: Martin dies, Eva decides she's going to go after him herself.]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Orochimaru seems to make it his life's work to earn the hatred of a significant portion of the cast, from Anko Mitarashi and Hiruzen Sarutobi, to Jiraiya and Tsunade, and is probably this to the Leaf as a whole given his goal is to wipe it from the face of the Earth and that he topped its Most Wanted List. Naruto probably feels this way about him too, since even though Oro hasn't done that much to him personally, he doesn't forgive him for murdering the Third or corrupting Sasuke.
** Naruto has this for Kabuto Yakushi after learning that he was a spy for Orochimaru.
** Despite already hunting him for the nine-tailed fox, Pain happened to make things very personal for Naruto when he killed Jiraiya, forced Kakashi into a HeroicSacrifice, and destroyed the Leaf Village. After injuring and potentially killing Naruto's toad allies, his [[MoralEventHorizon stabbing]] [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Hinata]] after [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove she told Naruto she loved him]] [[BerserkButton is enough to force]] Naruto into his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide six-tailed]], and then [[UpToEleven his eight-tailed]], [[UnstoppableRage states]].
*** Earlier on, there's also Naruto's fight against Neji in the Chunin Exams finals. Neji tries to talk Naruto into giving up by telling him that he has NothingPersonal against him, to which Naruto answers that he ''does'' have a lot against Neji, particularly for how [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown he nearly killed Hinata in the preliminaries]].
** The reason Sasuke JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. Itachi killed the Uchiha clan and traumatized him with [[MindRape Tsukuyomi]]. Then after [[spoiler:killing Itachi]] he turned his attention to [[spoiler:Konoha because they ordered Itachi to massacre the clan and that led to his RevengeBeforeReason mindset.]]
** Averted by [[spoiler:Tobi/Obito Uchiha. While Rin's death was Obito's StartOfDarkness, and Obito (knowing Kakashi feels guilty about being unable to protect her) plays with Kakashi's feelings for a bit ("Because you let Rin die"), he is well-aware that Kakashi was forced into that situation and admits that it's not Kakashi's fault that he became what he did, but rather the [[CrapsackWorld world's]] fault.]]
*** [[spoiler:Obito is the mastermind of the Nine-Tails attack, the murderer of Naruto Uzumaki's parents, and is the reason Naruto became a jinchūriki shunned by most of Konoha (save for a very few number of people [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe who were always nice to him]]). Obito and his Akatsuki subordinates, including the aforementioned Pain, have relentlessly hunted for Naruto and killed many of his allies. Naruto and Hinata consider it ''very'' personal when Obito kills Neji, [[HeroicSacrifice who died protecting the two of them]]]].
** Madara never forgot about how Tobirama killed his brother[[spoiler: and when they're both revived in the Fourth Shinobi War, he gets to act on his grudge]].
* The Demon Arc in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' turned out to be very personal indeed for Negi when [[BigBad Wilhelm]] revealed to him that [[spoiler:he was the demon that [[TakenForGranite petrified]] [[DoomedHometown his hometown]]]]. Cue Negi blindly charging, and having to be pulled out of the line of fire by Kotaro.
** Also, Fate Averruncus. Initially, to Negi, it was just a really powerful evil guy that had to go down, but it was personal for Fate [[MinorInjuryOverreaction because Negi managed to hit him]]. Subsequent encounters made it personal for Negi as well.
** Happened again with Negi to Governor General Kurt Godell after learning Godell was one of many responsible for the destruction of his [[DoomedHometown hometown]]. It gets pretty intense after Negi literally turns into a demon. Even got to the point that ShrinkingViolet Nodoka couldn't use her mind reading book to tell what was going on inside Negi's head save for three sentences "Make them atone. Don't Forgive. Kill them all."
** In Chapter 301, Dynamis [[NotSoStoic breaks out of his Stoic facade]]. He laments the fall of the organization's power from boasting an army of thousands to relying on a few relatively weak little girls and that they were forced to play dead to survive. Dynamis blames this VillainDecay on Takamichi and Godel, and really ''really'' '''''really''''' wants to make them pay.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** This is Crocodile's main motivation throughout the Whitebeard War, [[spoiler:agreeing to join Luffy in breaking out of Impel Down so he can go after Whitebeard and kill him]].
** This is usually the main reason the Straw Hats choose to get involved conflicts. They typically don't care about the politics of the islands they visit and don't go out of their way to try to be heroes, but if you mess with a member of the crew (or someone they've befriended), it's ON. Arlong Park? Nami was crying. Alabasta war? Princess Vivi befriended them. Declaring war on the World Government? Robin tried to pull a HeroicSacrifice for them. Luffy breaking into [[TheAlcatraz Impel Down]] and then the Marines' HQ? They were trying to kill his brother.
** Let's just say that Smoker didn't take [[spoiler:Vergo's]] betrayal of the Marines very well and leave it at that. Then [[spoiler:Vergo]] went and attacked his subordinates. Ultimately, Smoker realizes that he can't beat [[spoiler:Vergo]], so he steals the handicap that was preventing the nearby [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law]], who had an even bigger instance of this trope towards him, from winning. The end result is [[spoiler:Vergo]] being chopped to pieces and blown up. That's right: a ''One Piece'' villain, in ''canon,'' was KilledOffForReal.
** In ''Anime/OnePieceFilmZ'', this was the Straw Hats' main motivation for going after Z. He attacked them after they went out of their way to heal him, had one of his subordinates [[spoiler: rejuvenate Nami, Robin, Chopper, and Brook by twelve years]] and finally, [[spoiler: taking Luffy's hat.]]
** Law's plan and alliance with the Straw Hats was not to go after Kaido, as he initially claimed. In truth, it was to screw over Donquixote Doflamingo for [[spoiler:murdering his father-figure Corazon thirteen years ago]]. Law himself is prepared to fight Doflamingo one-on-one and, even if he dies in the ensuing battle, the destruction of the [=SMILEs=] factory on Punk Hazard he orchestrated will ensure that Doflamingo will die anyway at the hands of Kaido. Since Law intentionally pissed off Doflamingo with the entire plan and [[spoiler:the killing of two loyal subordinates]], the conflict is personal on both ends.
** By the end of the Whole Cake Island arc, Luffy has gained the personal ire of two of the Four Emperors, Big Mom and Kaido. Kaido's grudge comes from Luffy's role in the destruction of the [=SMILE=] factory and his defeat of Doflamingo, effectively [[spoiler:halting his plans to create an army of Devil Fruit users]]. As for Big Mom, what began as Luffy infiltrating her territory to get one of his crew back from her ended in massive collateral damage to her kingdom, the defeat of ''two'' of her top soldiers, who are also her sons, and the papers playing up the entire thing as ''Luffy's'' victory despite the fact they barely escaped. Chapter 907 opens with [[spoiler:Big Mom and Kaido arguing with one another over an open, unencrypted line about which of them will claim Luffy's head and threatening the other against it]].
* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'': Kurumu promptly develops this mindset against [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil Security]] [[DirtyCop Committee]] member [[FemaleMisogynist Keito]] calls her a "[[SlutShaming dumb, slutty airhead]]" to her face.
* The final arc of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' has Kenshin fighting Enishi Yukishiro, his brother-in-law because Kenshin accidentally killed [[spoiler:Tomoe Yukishiro, Enishi's sister, and Kenshin's first wife.]] Enishi makes it clear that this is personal, by sending Kenshin into a "living hell" by defeating him and killing Kenshin's lover [[spoiler:Kaoru, though he actually only kidnaps her.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', during the individual tournament, Momo makes it her goal to defeat the eponymous main character, since Saki faced Momo's [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship friend]] and [[SenpaiKohai senpai]] Yumi in her match, defeating her and eliminating Momo and Yumi's school from the tournament; Momo notices that in spite of Yumi [[GracefulLoser taking her loss gracefully]], she was still quite disappointed. Momo doesn't succeed, though.
* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': Unlike his teammates, Joe "The Condor" Asakura has a very personal reason to fight the Galactor organization, since they took his parents' lives and almost took his.
* In ''Anime/SonicX'', seeing his friends attacked, injured and imprisoned by the Metarex in the episode ''Testing Time'' gives us [[https://youtu.be/PFQNjwIubDo?t=2m49s Dark Sonic]]. And also show's us a side of Sonic that we've really never seen in full swing before - namely the part of him that you do not, under any circumstances, piss off.
* ''Anime/StrainStrategicArmoredInfantry''; as if her beloved older brother [[EverybodysDeadDave killing her whole school]] didn't already give Sara Werec this complex, [[spoiler:he goes and offs Carris too, just after exposing her true identity.]] True, he ''did'' have a bit of a suicide wish...
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Do NOT mess with Yugi (or Tea, for that matter). Yami WILL kill you. For that matter, don't screw with Mokuba. it's a great way to get Kaiba pissed off.
* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Toguro capitalizes on this trope in order to get Yusuke to fight him at his full strength. He does this by first killing [[spoiler:Genkai]] before the finals, and then during his fight with Yusuke, seemingly kills [[spoiler:Kuwabara]], [[spoiler: but he had only pretended to]]. Ironically, [[spoiler:50 years ago, a demon named Kairen had killed all his students and forced him to come to the Dark Tournament, which precipitated his StartOfDarkness.]]
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* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', Eren [[spoiler:when he sees the abnormal Titan who ate Thomas while in Titan form. He suddenly gains the strength to overpower the numerous Titans pinning him and charges the abnormal one uncaring of the fact that his arms are being torn off in the process. He then proceeds to bite the Titan's weakspot and throws him at the other Titans while simultaneously decapitating the one he was biting.]]
** Eren's feelings towards the Colossal and Armored Titans who destroyed his hometown. It's the same as his feelings towards all Titans, but turned [[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]].
---> '''Eren:''' I'll do everything in my power to make your deaths as excruciating as possible.
* ''Anime/BagiTheMonsterOfMightyNature'': Ryo in the FramingDevice has a personal vendetta against Bagi — she killed his mother when she promised not to. He didn't know she was set free, however.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Though outclassed in depravity by villains such as Szayel-Aporro and Aizen, the Grand Fisher happens to be one of Ichigo's most personal roles for killing his mother and of course for attacking his two sisters so that he could consume their souls as well. Ultimately, it is Isshin Kurosaki who cuts him down.
** Zommari Rureaux, on the verge of defeat against Byakuya, rants about Soul Reapers persecuting Hollows and declaring that they have no right to judge them merely for eating humans. Byakuya then cuts him down, replying that his actions had nothing to do with Soul Reaper duties, but for Zommari's trying to kill his sister Rukia.
** Aizen made it very personal for Hitsugaya after brutally stabbing Momo Hinamori, Aizen's previous lieutenant and Hitsugaya's [[LikeBrotherAndSister friend]], when the former defected from the Soul Society. [[spoiler:Then Aizen tricked Hitsugaya into ''impaling Hinamori'' in chapter 392 and suddenly this trope was cranked UpToEleven.]]
** Aizen thinks Ichigo needs this trope to win a fight. He's wrong.
** The Visoreds had a personal grudge against Aizen for forcing hollowfication on them. [[spoiler: Then Gin sliced Hiyori in half, and cranked this trope up for Shinji, who directed his ire at Aizen, not Gin: Gin was just the subordinate doing Aizen's dirty work, so Aizen was the real threat.]]
** Ishida's battle with Mayuri is one of the most epic cases of this trope in the series, second only to...
** ...Yamamoto's truly incredible [[BerserkButton explosion]] of [[UnstoppableRage rage]] in Chapters 503-505.
* Bon from ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' is someone who takes this trope too far as a character flaw. He tends to take everything personally, from Rin hiding that he's the son of Satan, to [[spoiler:Shima serving as a DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent between the Order and the Illuminati]]. He feels betrayed that Rin wouldn't confide in him his true heritage, even though he never stopped talking about how much he hates everything Satan related (and indeed, he and everyone else started ignoring Rin after the truth came out for a while) and can't understand that the latter example has nothing to do with him. It's not until Shima calls him out for acting like a spoiled brat who thinks the world revolves around him that Bon starts to get over this behavior.
* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': "Stiyl, I'm gonna go punch Fiamma. While I'm gone, you take care of Index."
* The very first episode of ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' has Saten trying to be BadassNormal by stopping an escaping bank robber. Unfortunately for her, she's just a teenage girl while her target is an adult man. Mikoto witnesses the bad guy kicking into Saten. Cue Mikoto showing [[WaveMotionGun why]] is her nickname "the Railgun" despite the fact that as a BadassBystander, she has no real reason to join the fray.
* In one episode of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', the murder takes place at a reunion of Kogoro's old high school Judo club, with both the victim and killer being members (and therefore [[TrueCompanions longtime friends]]). Kogoro's anger over the situation and resolve to see it through to the end convinces Conan to [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself let him have this one]], though he does help out by subtly nudging Kogoro in the right direction.
** Also, did the killer of the week target Ran? Conan will take that ''very'', '''very''' personally.
** Really, as a general rule, if you have any plans at all of getting away with your murder/other crime, you should definitely not run afoul of this trope with Kogoro. [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass The bumbling drunk routine will go out the window]], he will find you and he will make sure you face justice, probably with some expert-level Judo moves thrown in.
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
** Vegeta's deep hatred for Frieza is almost unparalleled in a series full of personal conflicts. And that's BEFORE he finds out Frieza was the one who blew up Planet Vegeta and wiped out most of the Saiyan race.
** Goku had a lot of friends die throughout the series, but it was Frieza's cold-blooded murder of his best friend Krillin that triggers his ascension to [[SuperMode Super Saiyan]].
** Before then, it was King Piccolo who killed Krillin and Master Roshi. By the final fight Goku isn't interested in the state of the world so much as making Piccolo pay for taking those dear to him.
** And even before then, Goku had only antagonized the Red Ribbon Army because they were out to find the Dragon Balls. Hadn't they sent Tao Pai Pai after him, he wouldn't have killed Goku's friend Bora in front of his son, as this single act triggered a RoaringRampageOfRevenge of Goku to get the Dragon Balls from them, so as to wish him back to life.
** The entire Android/Cell Saga could be seen as a big 'It's Personal' towards Goku since Dr. Gero built the androids specifically to kill Goku as vengeance for destroying the Red Ribbon Army. Yes, [[DisproportionateRetribution at least two futures were completely ruined and another almost blown apart because of one man's personal vendetta]].
** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Goku Black ends up generating personal vendettas against him from Future Trunks, Vegeta, and eventually, ''[[BewareOfTheNiceOnes Goku himself]]''. Future Trunks despises him for completely devastating his world which had already experienced so much destruction from the Androids, with [[spoiler: his ''[[HeroKiller mom]]'']] being one of the recent victims. Going off that, Vegeta also hates him for killing [[spoiler: Future Bulma]] and making Future Trunks's life miserable. And Goku [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge explodes with absolute rage]] when he learns that Black [[spoiler:stole his body in another timeline, murdered him with it in front of Chi-Chi and Goten, and then went after them, too]]. Having three major characters out for his blood to this extent is probably a record for Dragonball villains and really says something about how horrible he is.
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'':
** [[ArchEnemy Shizuo Heiwajima and Izaya Orihara]] [[HateAtFirstSight hated each other the moment they first met]] -- Shizuo was able to tell [[{{Jerkass}} what]] [[{{Troll}} kind of]] [[ManipulativeBastard person]] Izaya was while Izaya hated the fact that Shizuo's TooDumbToFool status and aggression made him unable to manipulate him, and therefore a potential SpannerInTheWorks for his plans. The intervening years of numerous {{Noodle Incident}}s is what made that hatred ''personal''. By the time the series starts, Shizuo's flies into a homicidal rage just by seeing him, while Izaya, [[LoveYouAndEverybody who espouses that he loves all humans]], admits that Shizuo is the one person in the world he actually hates and goes to great lengths to kill him, including harming those close to Shizuo.
** [[spoiler:[[PoisonousFriend Izaya]] isn't all that fond of [[ThisIsUnforgivable Nakura]] or [[BigBad Yodogiri]] either.]]
* AntiVillain example: In ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', [[spoiler: Ray and Charles Beams]] fight against Gekkostate not merely because the military pays them to (though that is a factor), but also because of a grudge against Eureka, whom they believe is to blame for [[spoiler: Ray's infertility.]]
* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** This is the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Tartarus]] guild member [[AnIcePerson Silver's]] history with Gray, as he makes no secret that he absolutely '''''loathes''''' him. [[spoiler:Which actually makes sense, when you realize he's actually Deliora, the demon who destroyed Gray's hometown and forced his beloved mentor and surrogate mother to sacrifice her life to stop. He never forgave her or any of her students. For those same reasons, and considering he's also currently using Gray's father, Silver's, corpse [[DemonicPossession as a vessel]],]] this trope is in full swing by Gray to him as well. Subverted when it turns out that he isn't really Deliora, he's actually [[spoiler:the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent reanimated body]] of Silver Fullbuster, and he was just saying all that to Grey to make him angry enough to kill him [[TakeUpMySword so as to avenge him and defeat Tartarus]].]]
** Zeref's desire to die is so great that he deliberately tries to invoke this with protagonist Natsu Dragneel, [[spoiler:who, as both his younger brother and the demon E.N.D., is the only being capable of killing him]]. He hopes that if Natsu is driven by rage, it'll empower him enough to kill Zeref.
* ''Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram'' has a minor plotline about two HumongousMecha pilots going AWOL to avenge the deaths of their comrades. When command orders them to retreat, the older one cuts off the radio saying that this is personal.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Once Ed realizes that Scar is responsible for Nina's death, he begins to take his conflict with the man more seriously. But once he learns he also killed Winry's parents, he begins pursuing the man with even more rage.
** Scar and Kimblee end up having this dynamic with one another upon meeting each other face-to-face on a train to Briggs. They recognize each other from the Ishvalan Civil War when Kimblee personally attacked Scar's hometown and slaughtered his family. While for Scar, it's personal because Kimblee killed his family, it's personal for Kimblee because the idea that he failed to kill someone in front of him in the midst of a battle irritates him.
* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', it's revealed that Gauron and Sousuke initially had nothing against each other. And then Gauron decided to attack the Guerilla village Sousuke had been living in, mass slaughtering all the citizens while Sousuke and Kalinin were out. Not to mention how, after that, he decided to accept a job from the KGB to go after Sousuke and Kalinin and kill them. After all ''that''... it became personal.
* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'':
** It was personal from before the beginning of the series, after EI-01 slammed into the shuttle Guy was piloting, nearly killed him, and did kill his girlfriend's family.
** Forty-eight episodes later, after the force behind the Zonders has been destroyed... Mikoto is forced to become the next evolution of Zonder-esque machine life-form.
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'': Amuro Ray and Char Aznable become mortal enemies after the tragic death of Lalah, who has been so dear to both of them.
** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' has Domon Kasshu, who is ''really'' pissed at his brother Kyoji for getting their mother killed and father imprisoned. [[spoiler:Which turns out to be a frame-up by the Japanese government; when he learns the truth, Domon switches targets accordingly]]. He's also out to get Master Asia after learning he's in cahoots with the Devil Gundam. On a smaller scale, there's Andrew Graham of Neo-Canada who is totally uninterested in fighting anyone but Argo Gulskii, as he blames Argo for his wife's death.
** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', [[VillainProtagonist Shinn Asuka]] wants [[HeroAntagonist Kira Yamato]] dead after Kira kills Shinn's love, Stella, only to save the mass from further tragedies she is causing.
*** Kira himself meanwhile opposes Zaft after they supposedly send assassins after Lacus (and further attempts on their life prove him correct) despite them looking like the good guys in the war at first. At the end of the series he personally goes to confront the chairman at gunpoint over this and his attempts to destroy Orb. He also starts viewing Shinn as a serious threat after his first defeat of him, although he doesn't hold a grudge when the war is over.
** This seems to run a lot in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''. DarkActionGirl in training [[spoiler: Louise Halevy]] wants a piece of the Celestial Being for what she thought to be [[spoiler: massacring her whole family and crippling her.]] Meanwhile, many people want a piece of [[BloodKnight Ali Al-Saachez]] for several reasons:
*** Setsuna F. Seiei wants him dead for manipulating him to [[SelfMadeOrphan kill his own parents]] and becoming a purposeless [[Main/TykeBomb child]] [[ChildSoldiers soldier]].
*** Lockon Stratos wants him dead for [[spoiler:being responsible for the death of his entire family save his twin brother. He fails, unfortunatley, which sets the motivation for the next guy.]]
*** Tieria Erde wants him dead for [[spoiler:killing Lockon, his partner and first love.]]
*** Nena Trinity wants him dead for killing her brothers. [[spoiler:Ironically, she's the one who actually killed Louise's family.]]
*** And Ali's eventual killer? [[spoiler:Lyle Dylandy, the twin brother of the original Lockon Stratos who now took his name. In an aversion of this trope, he didn't exactly kill Ali because he killed his brother. In fact, he offered him one last chance at redemption, which Ali promptly refused.]]
** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE Gundam AGE]]'', one of Grodek Ainoa's reasons for hijacking the battleship Diva is to avenge the death of his wife and daughter, who have been murdered by the AxCrazy Unknown Enemies.
*** Flit has it in for Decil thanks to [[spoiler:Yurin's death]] at the end of the first generation, and Decil towards Flit for [[SoreLoser beating him]]. Interestingly, Flit is rather a CombatPragmatist who's perfectly willing to gang up on Decil or fight him with the ''Diva'' itself rather than insisting on a duel... which makes Decil flip out even worse.
*** There's also Asemu and Zeheart, but in Asemu's case it's less about vengeance or anger and more about proving he can fight him equally despite not having psychic powers. He also starts hating on Desil (everyone hates this guy). [[spoiler: When he kills Woolf. But unlike Flit who clashed with Desil for years, Asemu promptly killed him almost immediately, meaning it was personal for about 5 minutes.]]
** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans Iron Blooded Orphans]]'', after [[spoiler: Biscuit's death]], Mikazuki Augus declared whoever blocks his way is his enemy and he will crush every last one of them. When he finally get to meet Carta Issue, [[spoiler: the one who killed Biscuit, he prompted to go for a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and immediately shredded every last one of them within a minute without even bothering to speak. Unlike most examples, it remained ambiguous whether Mika took Biscuit's death very personally, or he just ''[[SociopathicHero doesn't want to waste any time on his enemies]] and simply kill them [[TheStoic in his everyday "whatever" mood]]''.]]
*** Gaelio is a much more stricter and tamer example compared to Mika, he has a legitimate grudge against Tekkadan for them being responsible to his friends' maim and deaths, especially [[spoiler: Mika brutally killing Carta [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge in the most undignified way as possible]].]]
*** Ein Dalton makes the other two look ''tame'' in comparison, ever since the death of Lieutenant Crank, one of the only two Gjallarhorn officers who even cared about him in his entire life, he has been plotting to exact his revenge to the "[[WouldHurtAChild sinful children]]" who killed Crank. When he got the chance to exact his revenge, he [[RevengeBeforeReason blamed everyone in Tekkadan for Crank's death]], [[WouldHitAGirl brutalized both Azee and Lafter]], and even going after ''[[RevengeByProxy Kudelia]]'', a politician who has nothing to do with Crank's death.
* ''Anime/HiSpeedJecy'': Erin's crusade against Major Sabatini is in part because her brother got the business end of the very corruption he was investigating.
* ''Manga/{{Holyland}}'': Masaki originally did not want to lead the rest of the street fighters against King, but when [[spoiler: Yagi tried to kidnap Mai]], he changed his mind.
* In ''Manga/HunterXHunter'':
** This is the core of Kurapika's motivation for almost everything he does: He is the LastOfHisKind among the Kurta Clan, which the Phantom Troupe had wiped out many years ago--Kurta eyes glow red when under distress, and sell for very high prices on the black market. From that point on, Kurapika has dedicated his life to seeking out and killing off every member of the Phantom Troupe.
** The Phantom Troupe itself, meanwhile, plays with this trope. Uvogin has no personal stake in anyone he kills, and in fact is so remorseless that he feels nothing when killing people. However, he is absolutely ''thrilled'' [[HeroKiller to kill people who have developed personal grudges against him]], and goes from indifference to elation when Kurapika fights him one-on-one and Uvogin learns Kurapika's motivations. [[spoiler:When Kurapika actually manages to kill off Uvogin, this kicks off this trope in Nobunaga, as Uvogin and Nobunaga were friends, and [[CycleOfRevenge Nobunaga swears revenge on Kurapika]].]] Meanwhile, Nobunaga attempts to nominate IdiotHero Gon into the Phantom Troupe, and while it fails, for some reason, this enrages Troupe member Feitan so much that he makes it a personal goal of his to kill Gon, though it's a low priority and he doesn't actively seek Gon out.
* ''A lot'' of major characters in ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' have it in for BigBad [[ManipulativeBastard Naraku]], who has a ''huge'' list of wrongdoings including, but not limited to: tricking Inuyasha and Kikyo into thinking they had betrayed one another after he kills Kikyo; cursing Miroku's family; murdering Sango's family and destroying her village (and framing Inuyasha for it) and brainwashing her younger brother; using Sesshomaru several times to kill Inuyasha before trying to absorb him and kidnapping Rin (but it's [[spoiler: Kagura's death]] that was the last straw and he starts going after Naraku in order to avenge her); and killing Koga's pack (which he once again frames Inuyasha for).
* ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor'': Admiral Donan after being "outwitted" by the Soyokaze early in the show attempts to track Tylor down for revenge. He leads his entire fleet to orbit around a star then fires on the Soyokaze. The star's gravity well changes the course of the shots, hitting the star and causing it to flare up and destroy his own fleet. His ship crippled, Donan asks Dom if he managed to take out the Soyokaze as well and Dom confirms his success.
* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', Rohan Kishibe's motivation to join the hunt for Yoshikage Kira is this trope. [[spoiler: Kira's first victim was Rohan's CoolBigSis Reimi, and she died [[HeroicSacrifice protecting him]].]]
* In ''Anime/{{K}}'' Tatara Totsuka from the Red Clan, HOMRA, is killed before the start of the anime. This causes the rest of the Clan to try to hunt down and kill the killer. It is stated they have bonds that run thicker than blood, so doing the same to any other member would prompt the same response. [[spoiler: Reisi Munakata kills Mikoto Suoh, the Red King. However, HOMRA doesn't go after him. Though Anna can't forgive him, she knows Mikoto wouldn't want Reisi killed for it. It also helps that Reisi genuinely feels sorry for killing him.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Knights}}'', Mist is especially driven to stop the CorruptChurch and their [[BurnTheWitch witch-hunts]] after seeing his own mother burned at the stake, [[spoiler:and at his father's hands.]]
* This was Tubby's attitude in Episode 6 of the ''Anime/LittleLulu'' anime, after Lulu had gotten him into trouble, leading to him to invoke this line in the English version;
-->'''Tubby:''' Lulu's played her last dirty trick on me! This time, I'm just really fed up! This time, [[LargeHam the worm is gonna turn!]]
* Terrorist group in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' that threatens the safety of TheMultiverse? Pretty bad, but saving worlds and stopping such threats are part of [[HeroesRUs Nanoha's job description]]. Terrorist group that kidnapped and tortured the MysteriousWaif that Nanoha had taken in as her daughter? Okay, [[MamaBear now it's personal]].
** Subverted in ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs A's]]''. Chrono does request that he be put in charge of the Book of Darkness Case since it was responsible for his father's death, but he doesn't view it differently than any other dangerous Lost Logia and he never shows [[AntiVillain the Wolkenritter]] any personal animosity.
* In ''Anime/MazingerZ'', [[BigBad Dr. Hell]] got [[TheHero Kouji's grandfather]] assassinated. After his grandfather died, Kouji swore he WOULD find those responsible and WOULD make them pay. That is one of his motivations to piloting Mazinger-Z and fighting Hell. Moreover he has stated he does not want nobody else loses his/her families cause the ambition of Hell.
** In the sequel, ''Anime/GreatMazinger'', fighting the Mykene became personal to Tetsuya after [[spoiler:Professor Kabuto, his adoptive father [[HeroicSacrifice died to save him]].]]. And in the Gosaku Ota manga version, he wanted Marquiss Yanus dead after she [[spoiler:tore Misato in half to his face]].
** And in the OTHER sequel, ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', the version manga of Duke Fleed hated Commander Barendos after he [[spoiler:dropped his little siblings from a height from three kilometers]] in front of him. The sole sight or mention of him press HARD Duke's BerserkButton.
* ''Anime/Megazone23 Part II'': B.D. framed Shogo for Tomomi's murder.
* In ''Manga/{{Monster}}'', Eva is only linked to Johan by her connection to Tenma. But when [[spoiler: Martin dies, Eva decides she's going to go after him herself.]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Orochimaru seems to make it his life's work to earn the hatred of a significant portion of the cast, from Anko Mitarashi and Hiruzen Sarutobi, to Jiraiya and Tsunade, and is probably this to the Leaf as a whole given his goal is to wipe it from the face of the Earth and that he topped its Most Wanted List. Naruto probably feels this way about him too, since even though Oro hasn't done that much to him personally, he doesn't forgive him for murdering the Third or corrupting Sasuke.
** Naruto has this for Kabuto Yakushi after learning that he was a spy for Orochimaru.
** Despite already hunting him for the nine-tailed fox, Pain happened to make things very personal for Naruto when he killed Jiraiya, forced Kakashi into a HeroicSacrifice, and destroyed the Leaf Village. After injuring and potentially killing Naruto's toad allies, his [[MoralEventHorizon stabbing]] [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Hinata]] after [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove she told Naruto she loved him]] [[BerserkButton is enough to force]] Naruto into his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide six-tailed]], and then [[UpToEleven his eight-tailed]], [[UnstoppableRage states]].
*** Earlier on, there's also Naruto's fight against Neji in the Chunin Exams finals. Neji tries to talk Naruto into giving up by telling him that he has NothingPersonal against him, to which Naruto answers that he ''does'' have a lot against Neji, particularly for how [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown he nearly killed Hinata in the preliminaries]].
** The reason Sasuke JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. Itachi killed the Uchiha clan and traumatized him with [[MindRape Tsukuyomi]]. Then after [[spoiler:killing Itachi]] he turned his attention to [[spoiler:Konoha because they ordered Itachi to massacre the clan and that led to his RevengeBeforeReason mindset.]]
** Averted by [[spoiler:Tobi/Obito Uchiha. While Rin's death was Obito's StartOfDarkness, and Obito (knowing Kakashi feels guilty about being unable to protect her) plays with Kakashi's feelings for a bit ("Because you let Rin die"), he is well-aware that Kakashi was forced into that situation and admits that it's not Kakashi's fault that he became what he did, but rather the [[CrapsackWorld world's]] fault.]]
*** [[spoiler:Obito is the mastermind of the Nine-Tails attack, the murderer of Naruto Uzumaki's parents, and is the reason Naruto became a jinchūriki shunned by most of Konoha (save for a very few number of people [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe who were always nice to him]]). Obito and his Akatsuki subordinates, including the aforementioned Pain, have relentlessly hunted for Naruto and killed many of his allies. Naruto and Hinata consider it ''very'' personal when Obito kills Neji, [[HeroicSacrifice who died protecting the two of them]]]].
** Madara never forgot about how Tobirama killed his brother[[spoiler: and when they're both revived in the Fourth Shinobi War, he gets to act on his grudge]].
* The Demon Arc in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' turned out to be very personal indeed for Negi when [[BigBad Wilhelm]] revealed to him that [[spoiler:he was the demon that [[TakenForGranite petrified]] [[DoomedHometown his hometown]]]]. Cue Negi blindly charging, and having to be pulled out of the line of fire by Kotaro.
** Also, Fate Averruncus. Initially, to Negi, it was just a really powerful evil guy that had to go down, but it was personal for Fate [[MinorInjuryOverreaction because Negi managed to hit him]]. Subsequent encounters made it personal for Negi as well.
** Happened again with Negi to Governor General Kurt Godell after learning Godell was one of many responsible for the destruction of his [[DoomedHometown hometown]]. It gets pretty intense after Negi literally turns into a demon. Even got to the point that ShrinkingViolet Nodoka couldn't use her mind reading book to tell what was going on inside Negi's head save for three sentences "Make them atone. Don't Forgive. Kill them all."
** In Chapter 301, Dynamis [[NotSoStoic breaks out of his Stoic facade]]. He laments the fall of the organization's power from boasting an army of thousands to relying on a few relatively weak little girls and that they were forced to play dead to survive. Dynamis blames this VillainDecay on Takamichi and Godel, and really ''really'' '''''really''''' wants to make them pay.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** This is Crocodile's main motivation throughout the Whitebeard War, [[spoiler:agreeing to join Luffy in breaking out of Impel Down so he can go after Whitebeard and kill him]].
** This is usually the main reason the Straw Hats choose to get involved conflicts. They typically don't care about the politics of the islands they visit and don't go out of their way to try to be heroes, but if you mess with a member of the crew (or someone they've befriended), it's ON. Arlong Park? Nami was crying. Alabasta war? Princess Vivi befriended them. Declaring war on the World Government? Robin tried to pull a HeroicSacrifice for them. Luffy breaking into [[TheAlcatraz Impel Down]] and then the Marines' HQ? They were trying to kill his brother.
** Let's just say that Smoker didn't take [[spoiler:Vergo's]] betrayal of the Marines very well and leave it at that. Then [[spoiler:Vergo]] went and attacked his subordinates. Ultimately, Smoker realizes that he can't beat [[spoiler:Vergo]], so he steals the handicap that was preventing the nearby [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law]], who had an even bigger instance of this trope towards him, from winning. The end result is [[spoiler:Vergo]] being chopped to pieces and blown up. That's right: a ''One Piece'' villain, in ''canon,'' was KilledOffForReal.
** In ''Anime/OnePieceFilmZ'', this was the Straw Hats' main motivation for going after Z. He attacked them after they went out of their way to heal him, had one of his subordinates [[spoiler: rejuvenate Nami, Robin, Chopper, and Brook by twelve years]] and finally, [[spoiler: taking Luffy's hat.]]
** Law's plan and alliance with the Straw Hats was not to go after Kaido, as he initially claimed. In truth, it was to screw over Donquixote Doflamingo for [[spoiler:murdering his father-figure Corazon thirteen years ago]]. Law himself is prepared to fight Doflamingo one-on-one and, even if he dies in the ensuing battle, the destruction of the [=SMILEs=] factory on Punk Hazard he orchestrated will ensure that Doflamingo will die anyway at the hands of Kaido. Since Law intentionally pissed off Doflamingo with the entire plan and [[spoiler:the killing of two loyal subordinates]], the conflict is personal on both ends.
** By the end of the Whole Cake Island arc, Luffy has gained the personal ire of two of the Four Emperors, Big Mom and Kaido. Kaido's grudge comes from Luffy's role in the destruction of the [=SMILE=] factory and his defeat of Doflamingo, effectively [[spoiler:halting his plans to create an army of Devil Fruit users]]. As for Big Mom, what began as Luffy infiltrating her territory to get one of his crew back from her ended in massive collateral damage to her kingdom, the defeat of ''two'' of her top soldiers, who are also her sons, and the papers playing up the entire thing as ''Luffy's'' victory despite the fact they barely escaped. Chapter 907 opens with [[spoiler:Big Mom and Kaido arguing with one another over an open, unencrypted line about which of them will claim Luffy's head and threatening the other against it]].
* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'': Kurumu promptly develops this mindset against [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil Security]] [[DirtyCop Committee]] member [[FemaleMisogynist Keito]] calls her a "[[SlutShaming dumb, slutty airhead]]" to her face.
* The final arc of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' has Kenshin fighting Enishi Yukishiro, his brother-in-law because Kenshin accidentally killed [[spoiler:Tomoe Yukishiro, Enishi's sister, and Kenshin's first wife.]] Enishi makes it clear that this is personal, by sending Kenshin into a "living hell" by defeating him and killing Kenshin's lover [[spoiler:Kaoru, though he actually only kidnaps her.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', during the individual tournament, Momo makes it her goal to defeat the eponymous main character, since Saki faced Momo's [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship friend]] and [[SenpaiKohai senpai]] Yumi in her match, defeating her and eliminating Momo and Yumi's school from the tournament; Momo notices that in spite of Yumi [[GracefulLoser taking her loss gracefully]], she was still quite disappointed. Momo doesn't succeed, though.
* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': Unlike his teammates, Joe "The Condor" Asakura has a very personal reason to fight the Galactor organization, since they took his parents' lives and almost took his.
* In ''Anime/SonicX'', seeing his friends attacked, injured and imprisoned by the Metarex in the episode ''Testing Time'' gives us [[https://youtu.be/PFQNjwIubDo?t=2m49s Dark Sonic]]. And also show's us a side of Sonic that we've really never seen in full swing before - namely the part of him that you do not, under any circumstances, piss off.
* ''Anime/StrainStrategicArmoredInfantry''; as if her beloved older brother [[EverybodysDeadDave killing her whole school]] didn't already give Sara Werec this complex, [[spoiler:he goes and offs Carris too, just after exposing her true identity.]] True, he ''did'' have a bit of a suicide wish...
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Do NOT mess with Yugi (or Tea, for that matter). Yami WILL kill you. For that matter, don't screw with Mokuba. it's a great way to get Kaiba pissed off.
* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Toguro capitalizes on this trope in order to get Yusuke to fight him at his full strength. He does this by first killing [[spoiler:Genkai]] before the finals, and then during his fight with Yusuke, seemingly kills [[spoiler:Kuwabara]], [[spoiler: but he had only pretended to]]. Ironically, [[spoiler:50 years ago, a demon named Kairen had killed all his students and forced him to come to the Dark Tournament, which precipitated his StartOfDarkness.]]
