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** Diva as well. Pale pretty girl with blue eyes, wears white Victorian clothing, is a opera singer and often described as a angel. Bad side? She [[spoiler: is a century and a half old Chiropteran Queen who has killed thousands of people, participated in a experiment to create a virus to turn others into chiropterans, had figures such as Gregory Rasputin and [[ThoseWackyNazis Martin Bormann]] as her chevaliers, meaning she was involved in, if not being the mastermind of, the Romanov Massacre (As she also impersonated Anastasia) and WWII. Should I also mention she raped a 14-year old boy to get pregnant and then killed him, all for the sake of pissing off her sister? Also, when she sings, people turn into monsters.]]

** Even more strikingly, the Living Buddha Hakushin uses his holy powers consciously to erect a barrier to protect the BigBad Naraku. This barrier prevents people who have demonic blood, like Inuyasha, Koga, Sesshomaru, from entering Mount Hakurei and attacking Naraku.

* [[{{Bishounen}} Kalutika Maybus]], The God of Light in the ''{{manhwa}}'' "Rebirth" wants to destroy the human race because his life as a human in the 1600s was [[BreakTheCutie very unpleasant]]. Prior to attaining (or growing into) godhood, he was [[spoiler:the main character, [[AntiHero half-vampire Deshiwitat's]] close friend]]. After [[spoiler:Desh failed to save Kal's beloved sister, Kal had a HeroicBSOD and became a god. He then vaporized Desh's girlfriend Lilith right before his eyes and sealed Desh in stone for 300 years.]] Currently, he has [[spoiler:somehow revived Lilith and made her his wife/consort. They apparently have a son, a powerful vampire called [[MeaningfulName Gray]]. In spite of their connections with the vampire race, they're planning on killing them all before moving on to humans (Kal has already destroyed the [[strike:Galactic Senate]] Council of Gods which govern his actions).]]

* Rachel from ''TowerOfGod''. Baam[[hottip: *: whose name funnily enough means Night]] often refers to her with light metaphors and when they first met, light shone down on her as if she were in a religious painting. Add to that her biblical name, her EyesOfGold and matching hair and you'd think she'd be a good guy. [[spoiler: You'd be wrong. She is in fact just a normal girl of very low birth who wanted to escape her life. When [[PhysicalGod Headon]] strikes a deal with her to sacrifice Baam to ensure her way up the Tower, which would grant her a single wish, she accepts. Later, she kills Baam, or so she thinks, and gets taken in by his new best friend Koon's team, playing a disabled girl.]]
* The Hyuga clan of ''{{Naruto}}'' often dresses in white, and many of their names have to do with the sun or other sources of light. However, the leadership of the clan oppresses the branch house with a curse mark that can cause great pain or kill those with it when it's activated, and some members of the branch house possess resentment toward the head family that can be potentially murderous. Despite this, it is implied that Hiashi, current head of the clan, is rethinking the role of the main and branch families, especially after Hizashi sacrificed himself for the sake of his brother and village rather than the head family, and the current heiress, Hinata, is a kind individual who cares for the members of the branch family.

** Suzaku Kururugi has shades of this, as well. Known as the White Knight, and later as the "White Grim Reaper" in the places he helps conquer, he actually started out with noble morals and an honest belief in reforming the system. A few [[ItGotWorse traumas]] later, and he was willing to do '''[[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans anything]]''' to [[BigBrotherIsEmployingYou maintain what he saw as peace and reform]] over violent revolution. This trope is played deliberately in his case, much like Scheizel and Mao, since he's an antagonist of Lelouch. Meanwhile, Lelouch's mother and father are both portrayed as Light in their own ways (his father is the Emperor, and while not overly white in the same vein as Schneizel, [[WellIntentionedExtremist still has shades of it]], his mother was treated by all who knew her as a saint, and nicknamed "The Flash"). In the end, [[spoiler:both were sympathetic in their very ultimate goals, but were veritable antagonists who wished to destroy the Gods as part of an AssimilationPlot, and their twisted love for their kids was their main motivator]].

** First, we have the priestess Kikyo, the {{antihero}}ine of the story. [[CameBackWrong Her resurrection is clearly ungodly.]] She comes back to life [[{{Yandere}} with a mind full of hatred and vengeance]] and does both good (helping people in need, feeding the hungry, taking care of kids) and not-so-good deeds (antagonizing Inuyasha and Kagome, stealing the souls of girls to keep herself alive). Yet obviously, she retains her old holy powers. To her credit, she soon starts losing the hatred that poisoned her, and eventually gets better and becomes the local DarkMagicalGirl, sealed by her [[spoiler: helping an embittered holy man to go to Heaven and stop working for Naraku]]. And in the end, [[spoiler: her definitive death is one full of peace, in which she finally can go to Heaven herself]]

* Johan Liebert of ''{{Anime/Monster}}'' is so bright and beautiful looking that he could almost be mistaken for an angel, and indeed, the aura he gives off is one of almost unmistakable lightness. He's also the [[CompleteMonster title character]].

** The Major fits this trope along with CompleteMonster; he wears [[ManInWhite White]] and has [[BlondGuysAreEvil Blond Hair]]. This could be attributed to PhenotypeStereotype however. He ''is'' still [[GratuitousGerman ein Sturmbannfürer des dritten Reichs]] [[hottip:*:an SS major of the Third Reich]], despite having become one of the most solid examples of AlwaysChaoticEvil and BloodKnight existing in {{Anime}}.

* In ''GundamSEED'' we have Rau Le Creuset. Adorned in [[ManInWhite white from head to foot]], he has [[BlondGuysAreEvil blond hair]], blue eyes, and pilots a mecha entitled the Providence. And is absolutely [[OmnicidalManiac out of his mind]]. His UnwittingPawn, Muruta Azrael wears a light-blue suit, and has a religious name...and is [[CompleteMonster even worse]].

* Rachel from ''TowerOfGod''. Baam[[hottip: *: whose name funnily enough means Night]] often refers to her with light metaphors and when they first met, light shone down on her as if she were in a religious painting. Add to that her biblical name, her EyesOfGold and matching hair and you'd think she'd be a good guy. [[spoiler: You'd be wrong. She is in fact just a normal girl of very low birth who wanted to escape her life. When [[PhysicalGod strikes a deal with her to sacrifice Baam to ensure her way up the Tower, which would grant her a single wish, she accepts. Later, she kills Baam, or so she thinks, and gets taken in by his new best friend Koon's team, playing a disabled girl.]]]]

* Rachel from ''TowerOfGod''. Baam[[hottip: *: whose name funnily enough means Night]] often refers to her with light metaphors and when they first met, light shone down on her as if she were in a religious painting. Add to that her biblical name, her EyesOfGod and matching hair and you'd think she'd be a good guy. [[spoiler: You'd be wrong. She is in fact just a normal girl of very low birth who wanted to escape her life. When [[PhysicalGod strikes a deal with her to sacrifice Baam to ensure her way up the Tower, which would grant her a single wish, she accepts. Later, she kills Baam, or so she thinks, and gets taken in by his new best friend Koon's team, playing a disabled girl.]]

* Light Yagami from ''Manga/DeathNote''. All of his symbolism in the opening credits, his speeches, and his ideals (his given name, for crying out loud) state that he is firmly Light-aligned. Yet his [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans method for purifying society]], and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the way he deals with those around him]], peg him clearly as the series' villain. His powers aren't directly Light-inspired -- though everything else about him is. For added melodrama, "Yagami" means "night god".

* The sinister WhitePrince of ''CodeGeass'', Schneizel.

** I don't think it's a question at all, it's definitely played straight, the [[TheGovernment World Government]] has [[MoralEventHorizon committed more horrific acts]] than anyone else in the series. Also Kizaru himself while laid back, is pretty [[GeneralRipper sadistic and aggressive]] unlike the more {{Antivillain}}esque Marines like Aokiji, Garp and Smoker. Actually a lot about the Marines and World Government play with this trope, from the white uniforms of the Marines themselves, to [[spoiler:the nobles of the government thinking they're gods]].
** Kizaru at least appears to take his job somewhat seriously, and shows the best leadership qualities out of all the Admirals.
** Another possible example is the Fleet Admiral Sengoku himself, what with how he apparently has the power to morph himself into a copy of the Buddha. He's still one of the few ''non-evil'' Admirals, alongside Monkey D. Garp and maybe Aokiji. He is '''damn''' pissed with the most recent decisions of the higher-ups, for example.
** It seems that everybody in One Piece can be considered "bad" ''except'' for the few pirate crews who just want to sail the seas and explore the world (like the Straw Hats), and the few Marines who believe in leaving pirates alone unless they're actively causing trouble (like Admiral Aokiji).

* In ''GundamSEED'' we have Rau Le Creuset. Adorned in [[ManInWhite white from head to foot]], he has [[BlondGuysAreEvil blond hair]], BlueEyes, and pilots a mecha entitled the Providence. And is absolutely [[OmnicidalManiac out of his mind]]. His UnwittingPawn, Muruta Azrael wears a light-blue suit, and has a religious name...and is [[CompleteMonster even worse]].

* In ''Black Butler'', [[spoiler:Ash]] is the main villain of season 1.

*** Armisael (basically a halo made out of pure white light) and Ramiel (a perfect blue crystal that attacks using a WaveMotionGun) [[EldritchAbomination aren't]] [[BodyHorror much]] [[CurbStompBattle better.]] In fact, taking the name 'Angel' at face value, all of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]] are this trope.
** The first angel, [[AdamAndOrEve Adam]], is referred to as "The Giant of Light" occasionally. His form pretty much lived up to that name.

** On a surely more important note than a filler enemy, the Gotei 13 captains started out as the antagonists, and their main trademark is that they... all wear white overcoats.

* Light Yagami from ''Manga/DeathNote''. All of his symbolism in the opening credits, his speeches, and his ideals (hell, his given name, for crying out loud) state that he is firmly Light-aligned. And yet his [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans method for purifying society]], not to mention [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the way he deals with those around him]], peg him clearly as the series' villain. His powers aren't directly Light-inspired -- though everything else about him is. For added melodrama, "Yagami" means "night god".
** {{Word of God}} states that the reason Light became so evil was because he '''was''' [[PureIsNotGood so pure to begin with.]] To explain, Light was such a good person he was ''incapable'' of comprehending evil, and so evil's very existence in the real world threw him all the way off his axis and off the deep end. He couldn't think of any other method of dealing with evil other than pure, unrestrained destruction... no matter the cost.

* The IneffectualLoner brigade "X Laws" in ''ShamanKing'' all had angels as their spirits. And they did some pretty horrible stuff, being {{Knight Templar}}s who beat and kill people just so they wouldn't join Hao. Also, in the manga, one of their [[spoiler: original founding]] members defects to join Hao... and this defector, of course, used the angel Lucifer as his spirit.

** Other examples come from the evil Nanto Seiken practitioners. Their martial art is stated early to be the Yang (Light) side of the art of killing, all but one of the known Nanto Seiken practitioners are clearly light aligned (Souther going so far to declare himself an holy emperor, and having the phoenix of all things as his symbol), and Shin, Yuda and Souther are three ''massive'' jerks.

** From the same series, we have [[EvillyAffable Ladd Russo]], who is very fond of wearing white suits, and is a [[KickTheDog child-killing]] PsychoForHire.
*** Note that he likes wearing white because it makes the blood stand out...

** Father [[spoiler: whose plan succeeded]], reshaped his body into looking like a young Hohenheim, meaning that he pretty much became a long haired, angelic looking male teenager.

* ''HellsingUltimate'' has Alexander Anderson, a [[ChurchMilitant Catholic priest/paladin]] dressed in white who's kind to children and puppies. However, you even mention the word "Vampire" in front of him and he turns into a [[AxeCrazy homicidal psychopath]] who won't hesitate to chop up normal humans in his path to purify the world of "evil".
** '''''[[LargeHam AAAAAMMEEEENNNN!!!]]'''''
** Not to mention the Crusade that was assembled when the Nazi Vampires [[spoiler: destroyed most of London]]. They not only looked like a cross between the historical KnightTemplar and members of the Ku Klux Klan, but their mission wasn't to [[spoiler: eliminate the vampires and save London,]] it was to [[spoiler:eliminate the vampires and KILL EVERY PROTESTANT IN ENGLAND.]]
** The Major fits this trope along with CompleteMonster; he wears [[ManInWhite White]] and has [[BlondGuysAreEvil Blond Hair]].
*** This could be attributed to PhenotypeStereotype however. He ''is'' still [[GratuitousGerman ein Sturmbannfürer des dritten Reichs]] [[hottip:*:an SS major of the Third Reich]], despite having become one of the most solid examples of AlwaysChaoticEvil and BloodKnight existing in {{Anime}}.

** Broly, in terms of movie villains. Adorned in holy-looking clothing. Apparently mild-mannered and totally harmless. [[spoiler: An incredible mass of repressed unstable rage and monstrous power which bursts open and crushes everything in sight including his own father once he's seen Kakarot (Son Goku) again for even ten minutes.]]

* [[BigBad Aion]] of ''ChronoCrusade'' dresses in all white, and even comes with {{white hair|edPrettyBoy}}. Underneath his disguise however is a total bastard. Prone of [[LargeHam long winded speeches]] and making your life a total misery.

* {{Saikano}}'s Chise glows a bright white when she uses her abilities, which, along with the techno-wings that often sprout from her back, make her look downright angelic. Unfortunately, being "The Ultimate Weapon", this frequently ends in lots and lots of people dying and/or entire cities being literally reduced to dust.

* In the prologue of one of the ''{{Baccano}}'' [[LightNovels books]], a twelve-year-old runaway is found by a man. Said man is [[{{bishonen}} androgynously beautiful]], dressed almost entirely in white and (thanks to a trick of the light) appears to even be glowing. Is it an angel? Nah, it's Huey Laforet -- terrorist and MadScientist who just so happened to be looking for "raw materials" for some [[ForScience very morally questionable experiments]].

* In ''AxisPowersHetalia'' Russia manages to curse Japan using the power of the Orthodox Church. Apparently even WhiteMagic is evil if Russia is involved on it. Somewhat subverted with England's "Brittania Angel" mode, which is merely creepy when he's not being hilarious.

* Jakou in ''{{Fist of the North Star}} 2'' is addicted to light, to the point where he captures slaves to operate his light-generating machinery.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has Marine Admiral Kizaru, whose abilities via the Pika-Pika Devil Fruit give him power over light. He can move/attack at the speed of light, focus light into lasers, and also use blinding flashes. This isn't also including the basic advantages of his type of Devil Fruit, which cause solid objects to pass right through him. Though whether this is an aversion, playing straight, or subversion depends on your point of view as ''OnePiece'' has pirates as the protagonists, making Kizaru the enemy, even though he's on the side of "Good" as far as the OP-verse is concerned.

* Lucemon from ''DigimonFrontier'' was most definitely a version of this; it also had Darkness-based powers, but started out pure Light. He uses both together in his second form. They combine to form Playstation, apparently (at the very least, circles, triangles x's and squares). [[{{Narm}} Yeah.]]

* DaCapo and its sequels have the Giant Sakura Tree and its ever-blossoming kin. There are some truely terrifying scenes in the animes when [[GoneHorriblyRight everything is going horribly right]] we see beautiful cherry blossoms budding up and blossoming to life even as the characters beg for the trees to die.

* Miaka and the Suzaku senshi are the main characters of FushigiYugi but it's not until ''Eikoden'' do we see how selfish and uncaring Suzaku and the other Beast Gods are, concerned only with maintaining their immortality by taking the souls of the girls who become their priestesses.

** The angel [[EldritchAbomination Arael]] is a beautiful bright bird that looks somewhat like a bunch of wings or branched out lights/leaves. It is, however, one of the most horrifying angels. It's the TropeNamer for MindRape and launches a [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel brutal]] assault on Asuka's mind, which ends up putting her in a catatonic depression. And yet it's regarded as the prettiest and brightest of the angels. It's engulfed in a glowing white light. It's chilling.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'': Ooh, look, pretty shiny gold [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth butterflies]]! That lady in the portrait can't be all ba... [[KillEmAll D]][[{{Gorn}} e]][[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath a]][[FateWorseThanDeath r]] ''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel God]]''.

* In ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'':

* ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'': Ooh, look, pretty shiny gold [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth butterflies]]! That lady in the portrait can't be all ba... [[KillEmAll D]][[{{Gorn}} e]][[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath a]][[FateWorseThanDeath r]] ''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel God]]''.

* The Qwaser of Gold in ''SeikonNoQwaser'', appears in one beautiful form or another, and often glows with a golden aura. [[CuteShotaroBoy Sasha]] and [[ElegantGothicLolita Katja]] both play with this and the inversion; though Heroes in the series, both are extremely fair-skinned and fair-haired who wear black, both are battle-hardened, [[CombatPragmatist vicious]] and damaged individuals.

* Miaka and the Suzaku senshi are the main characters of FushigiYugi but it's not until ''Eikoden'' do we see how selfish and uncaring Suzaku is, concerned only with maintaining its immortality by taking the souls of the girls who become its priestesses.

* ''OnePiece'' has Marine Admiral Kizaru, whose abilities via the Pika-Pika Devil Fruit give him power over light. He can move/attack at the speed of light, focus light into lasers, and also use blinding flashes. This isn't also including the basic advantages of his type of Devil Fruit, which cause solid objects to pass right through him. Though whether this is an aversion, playing straight, or subversion depends on your point of view as ''OnePiece'' has pirates as the protagonists, making Kizaru the enemy, even though he's on the side of "Good" as far as the OP-verse is concerned.