History LetsGetDangerous / AnimeAndManga

* Juvia Lockser from ''Manga/FairyTail'' is a childish ThirdPersonPerson who seems to only exist so she can be [[TheLancer Gray Fullbuster's]] StalkerWithACrush. The entire thing is played for laughs, because no one considers Juvia capable of any real malice or harm anyway. [[spoiler:Then when one of the enemies in the S-Class Trial arc says she's out to kill Gray... Juvia rises up from a supposed defeat and starts speaking normally, ready to go into ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend mode.]]

** Ichigo's quirky father, Isshin Kurosaki, confronts Grand Fisher, and reveals that he was once a Captain-level Shinigami. He then kills Grand Fisher, who had evaded capture and defeat for over fifty years, with a single attack.

** Orihime against [[spoiler:Ginjou during Ichigo's Fullbring training, where she showcases her new Shiten Kosshun technique]]:
--->"Sadistic? I don't mind you calling me that. If you don't want to get hurt, don't attack me when I say not to.''

* Any time Koichi from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' fights villains one on one, he tend to turn from [[BewareTheNiceOnes meek scared kid into ruthless badass]] and wreck his opponent, [[DefeatMeansFriendship while simultaneosly showing him the error of his ways.]] Even in fight with [[spoiler:[[BigBad Kira]]]], who easily defeated him, Koichi still managed to pull a psychological victory by stealing his driver's license, finding out his identity (while getting his face repeatedly smashed against the pavement) and then taunting him with the fact that a normal kid figured him out. One of his most prominent cases was also one of his earliest. After his just-evolved stand blew away [[{{Yandere}} Yukako Yamagishi]], he figures out what happened and realizes that his Stand developed new abilities to allow him to fight her. With newfound confidence, he goes full-on into this trope and faces her down on multiple fronts: giving himself an ImportantHaircut (a tough-guy flat-top at that), delivering some highly-effective TrashTalk[[note]]Ex. "When you said you were gonna get rough, I didn't think you meant your vulgar mouth!"[[/note]], and then at the last, showing his Stand now had the ability to best hers.

** In the Thriller Bark arc, Brook was introduced as a bumbling, socially incompetent idiot. Many chapters later, he suddenly had one of the creepier dramatic entrances of the series and one-shotted a giant monster who was wiping the floor with Franky and Robin ''at the same time.''

* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'': Saitama is [[WorldsStrongestMan plenty dangerous usually]], having enough SuperStrength to [[OneHitKill one-shot]] pretty much everything, but this leads to a lackadaiscal attitude. But when he's confronted with one of the very few things that his usual punch doesn't instantly kill (or someone manages to ''really'' piss him off), he brings out his Serious Series and reveals that that GameBreaker level of power from earlier was him ''barely trying''.

* Any time Koichi from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' fights villains one on one, he tend to turn from [[BewareTheNiceOnes meek scared kid into ruthless badass]] and wreck his opponent, [[DefeatMeansFriendship while simultaneosly showing him the error of his ways.]] Even in fight with [[spoiler:[[BigBad Kira]]]], who easily defeated him, Koichi still managed to pull a psychological victory by stealing his driver's license, finding out his identity (while getting his face repeatedly smashed against the pavement) and then taunting him with the fact that a normal kid figured him out. One of his most prominent cases was also one of his earliest. After his just-evolved stand blew away [[{{Yandere}} Yukako Yamagishi]], he figures out what happened and realizes that his Stand developed new abilities to allow him to fight her. With newfound confidence, he goes full-on into this trope and faces her down on multiple fronts: giving himself an ImportantHaircut (a tough-guy flat-top at that), delivering some highly-effective TrashTalk[[note]]Ex. "When you said you were gonna get rough, I didn't think you meant your vulgar mouth!"[[/note]], and then at the last, showing his Stand now had the ability to best hers.

*** Goku's level of serious shot well past 11 during the Universal Survival arc of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. Faced with an opponent who's been stated to be stronger than the God of Destruction of his own universe, [[spoiler: Goku is hit with his own Spirit Bomb and presumed dead. Only to return having achieved ''Ultra Instinct'', a state the Gods themselves haven't mastered and brings forth instinctive reflex and innate strength without the ego of a person affecting their judgement. Basically turning Goku into a stoic and near perfect fighter technique wise who overwhelms everyone he faces with brutal precision and power.]] He truly is a terrifying sight to behold in this state. [[spoiler: Kefla discovers this when she triggers Ultra Instinct and is defeated thoroughly, despite Goku's lack of offensive power in the incomplete state.]] Jiren himself finds this out in 129 and 130 when [[spoiler: upon completing the form Goku instantly and effortlessly overwhelms the mortal who defeated a [=GoD=]. Batting Jiren around like a fly before giving him one hell of a DeathGlare. Similarly, 130 demonstrates Goku's stoic and efficiently relentless nature in this state. Going from equalling a progressively more infuriated Jiren whilst being serene in his own behavior and upon reaching his RageBreakingPoint utterly thrashing and overwhelming the Pride Trooper to the point of coming moments away from winning the tournament]]. Dangerous undersells the threat he represents through this technique.

** In the Thriller Bark storyline, Brook was introduced as a bumbling socially incompetent idiot. Many chapters later, he suddenly had one of the creepier dramatic entrances of the series and one-shotted a giant monster who was wiping the floor with Franky and Robin ''at the same time.''
** In the opening first Chapter, Shanks and his crew just seemed to be cheerfully messing around, and get chewed up quite a bit by Higuma. When Shanks laughed it off, the latter assumed he was just a weakling. A bit later, he kidnapped Luffy. And ''then'' Shanks shows them just how bad an idea it was to mess with him, with ''ONE'' member of his crew decimating Higuma's bandit force, and Higuma himself fleeing, only to be eaten by a sea monster, the implication being it's the sort of thing Shanks deals with almost every day.

* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan''': Saitama is [[WorldsStrongestMan plenty dangerous usually]], having enough SuperStrength to [[OneHitKill one-shot]] pretty much everything, but this leads to a lackadaiscal attitude. But when he's confronted with one of the very few things that his usual punch doesn't instantly kill (or someone manages to ''really'' piss him off), he brings out his Serious Series and reveals that that GameBreaker level of power from earlier was him ''barely trying''.

* The climax of ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheRobotKingdom'' have Doraemon, realizing Maria to be trapped in Dester's CollapsingLair, rushing into the structure ''unarmed'', save for his "[[SuperSpeed Cheetah Lotion]]", running ''vertically'' up a collapsing wall, dodging obstacles all the way and knocking out Dester, a gigantic robot tyrant far taller and stronger than him, [[UseYourHead using his head]]. The anime film takes it a notch further where Doraemon runs in and out of Dester's base ''without using the lotion''!

--->"Sadistic? I don't mind you calling me that. If you don't want to get hurt, don't attack me when I say not to.'']]

** The quirky father, Isshin Kurosaki, confronts Grand Fisher, and reveals that he was once a Captain level Shinigami. He then kills Grand Fisher, who had evaded capture and defeat for over fifty years, with a single attack.

** Orihime against [[spoiler:Ginjou: "Sadistic? I don't mind you calling me that. If you don't want to get hurt, don't attack me when I say not to.'']]

** ''Really'' shows up in the Baile de la Muerta arc. He just pushes a couple of people in the right directions and sits back and laughs. Literally. Also when he shows his SlasherSmile, and that, no, he really isn't very idealistic at all (contrary to what everyone else thinks).

*** Not only that, but he managed to scar [[ImplacableMan Magellan]].

* A non-fight example in ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'': Kessoku Band's first live concert gets off to a rough start when their first song comes off as an uncoordinated mess that's passable at best. Most of the audience doesn't even bother to pay attention and [[ThoseTwoGirls Bocchi's fans]] look saddened that Bocchi isn't doing as good as when they first heard her on the street. Absolutely refusing to let their first performance end a dissapointment, the usually {{adorkable}} Bocchi starts playing a solo on her guitar, with the rest of the band catching on and following her lead. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjmnsAWGm8E The end result]] is a ''vastly'' improved performance that culminates with the entire audience ''mesmerized''. And just like that, [[ScreenName Guitar Hero]] saves the day.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'': The [[BewareTheSillyOnes Straw Hat Pirates]] have all mastered this during the TimeSkip.

* A non-fight example in ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'': Kessoku Band's first live concert gets off to a rough start when their first song comes off as an uncoordinated mess that's passable at best. Most of the audience doesn't even bother to pay attention and [[ThoseTwoGirls Bocchi's fans]] look saddened that Bocchi isn't doing as good as when they first heard her on the street. Absolutely refusing to let their first performance end a dissapointment, [[{{adorkable}} Bocchi]] starts playing a solo on her guitar, with the rest of the band catching on and following her lead. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjmnsAWGm8E The end result]] is a ''vastly'' improved performance that culminates with the entire audience ''mesmerized''. And just like that, [[ScreenName Guitar Hero]] saves the day.

* A non-fight example in ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'': Kessoku Band's first live concert gets off to a rough start when their first song comes off as an uncoordinated mess that's passable at best. Most of the audience doesn't even bother to pay attention and [[ThoseTwoGirls Bocchi's fans]] look saddened that Bocchi isn't doing as good as when they first heard her on the street. Absolutely refusing to let their first performance end a dissapointment, Bocchi starts playing a solo on her guitar, with the rest of the band catching on and following her lead. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjmnsAWGm8E The end result]] is a ''vastly'' improved performance that culminates with the entire audience ''mesmerized''. And just like that, [[ScreenName Guitar Hero]] saves the day.

* ''Manga/SoulHunter'': [[TheHero Taikoubou]] spend quite some time making a fool of himself even as he is coming up with the plan to defeat someone, avoiding the fight, or winning them through [[GuileHero tricks of underhanded tactics]]; so while no one doubt [[TheStrategist his intelligence]], his own [[TrueCompanions companions]], save for the most observative of them, think he is painfully weak. But when push come to shove, he stop acting weak and show that he is much stronger than it seem. The very first instance happen when he anger [[WorldsStrongestMan Shinkouhyou]] and the latter prepare to [[ShockAndAwe blast him with a giant ligthning bolt]], at first he try to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere run away]], but then realise that a village will be destroyed if he do so and decide to not escape. He not only manage to deflect the attack, but also cut Shinkouhyou's cheek while doing this, making him the first person to make him bleed in 5000 years.

** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Beerus actually does start out as intimidating, but after his fight with Goku his character is mostly comic relief, standing around commenting on goings-on or making mostly idle threats when someone annoys him. [[spoiler:Then he receives evidence that Zamasu, a Supreme Kai-in-training, is planning on killing his mentor and embarking on a genocide across the universe(s). Beerus steps in and ''annihilates'' Zamasu in less than ten seconds, effortlessly,]] reminding everyone that the title of "God of Destruction" is not just for show.

* Generally, [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Gintoki]] doesn't need more than [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter the wooden sword he bought in an infomercial]] to slice and dice his enemies, alien airships, towering mechas, and so on. There are at most two or three enemies in ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' whom he deems strong enough that he decides to swap his wooden sword for a real sword in the fight. However, you'll know that he still doesn't consider his enemies challenging until he starts dual wielding.

* Shinkuro from the anime ''LightNovel/{{Kurenai}}''. After 11 episodes of all but getting his ass handed to him and looking incompetent, he finally decides to fight for real in the finale, easily kicking major ass. It then culminates with him [[spoiler:seeing his mentor/boss get stabbed, which triggers him into fully releasing the [[SwissArmyAppendage assassin's blade surgically placed inside of his arm]]. He goes into a mindless killing rage, using previously unseen insane skills, wiping out the guy who did it in under a second.]] ''Daaamn...''

*** Goku's level of serious shot well past 11 during the Universal Survival arc of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. Faced with an opponent who's been stated to be stronger than the God of Destruction of his own universe, [[spoiler: Goku is hit with his own Spirit Bomb and presumed dead. Only to return having achieved ''Ultra Instinct'', a state the Gods themselves haven't mastered and brings forth instinctive reflex and innate strength without the ego of a person affecting their judgement. Basically turning Goku into a stoic and near perfect fighter technique wise who overwhelms everyone he faces with brutal precision and power.]] He truly is a terrifying sight to behold in this state. [[spoiler: Kefla discovers this when she triggers Ultra Instinct and is defeated thoroughly, despite Goku's lack of offensive power in the incomplete state.]] Jiren himself finds this out in 129 and 130 when [[spoiler: upon completing the form Goku instantly and effortlessly overwhelms the mortal who defeated a GoD. Batting Jiren around like a fly before giving him one hell of a DeathGlare. Similarly, 130 demonstrates Goku's stoic and efficiently relentless nature in this state. Going from equalling a progressively more infuriated Jiren whilst being serene in his own behavior and upon reaching his RageBreakingPoint utterly thrashing and overwhelming the Pride Trooper to the point of coming moments away from winning the tournament]]. Dangerous undersells the threat he represents through this technique.