History Main / StartsWithASuicide

* ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017'' begins with a cartoon showing Scott Free's origins and the New Gods' origins as well. Immediately after, we see Scott having slit his wrists in his bathroom.

%%* Played straight in ''Film/{{Devil}}''.

** In ''Literature/TowardsZero'', the second chapter revolves around the aftermath of the attempted suicide of Angus [=MacWhirter=]. He doesn't have a proper role in the story [[ChekhovsGunman until the final act]], where he [[spoiler:interrupts a despairing Audrey from jumping off the same cliff. He then solves the mystery she was accused of, and shortly afterwards he they get married.]]

* In ''Videogame/Majotori'' the story of Tsubasa begins with her wanting to jump off the rooftop, then Lariat helps her [[spoiler: giving her wings to fly towards a free and immense sky with no more sadness (In the best case)]]

* ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'' starts with [[TheProtagonist Atsushi]] saving someone from [[InterruptedSuicide drowning himself]].

* The first ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'' movie starts with the latest of several suicides.

* In ''Psychometrer Eiji'', there is a case beginning with a girl jumping into a moving train. Said girl is a victim of gang rape committed by 5 teenagers who become the case's list of potential victims.

** The story of ''FanFic/TheVigilanteBossAndHisFailedRetirementPlan'' begins with Izuku listening to Bakugou's Suicide Dare and attempting a fake suicide out of spite only accidentally fall off the roof.

* The documentary ''Film/EnronTheSmartestGuysInTheRoom'' begins by recounting the death of Cliff Baxter after he shoots himself in his car shortly after the company filed for bankruptcy.

* Thanks to Bakugou's iconic SuicideDare of Izuku in the first episode/chapter of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', its a FandomSpecificPlot with Izuku taking Bakugou's advice:

* ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle(2017)'' begins with a cartoon showing Scott Free's origins and the New Gods' origins as well. Immediately after, we see Scott having slit his wrists in his bathroom.

%%* Stephen King's ''Literature/{{IT}}''.

%%* ''Nerve'' by Creator/DickFrancis

* Pictured above: ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' kicks off when middle schooler Chisa Yomode jumps off a building. It then follows up with an email conversation a few days later.

* The first episode of ''Series/{{Trust}}'' opens at a lavish party in LA where George Getty kills himself as a group of horrified partygoers look on helplessly through a locked door.
* ''Series/AMillionLittleThings'' focuses on a group of friends’ personal lives and relationships with each other after one of their friends, and the person who brought them all together, commits suicide off his office balcony.

* The ABC series ''A Million Little Things'' focuses on a group of friends’ personal lives and relationships with each other after one of their friends, and the person who brought them all together, commits suicide off his office balcony.

* Pictured above: ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' kicks off when middle schooler Chisa Yomode jumps off a building. It then follows up with an internet conversation.

* ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'' starts with [[TheProtagonist Atsushi]] saving someone [[InterruptedSuicide from drowning himself]].

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' starts off with Kratos stepping off of a cliff overlooking the Aegean Sea... which for some reason is also "the highest mountain in all of Greece." [[spoiler:In fact, this is a scene of the ''end'' of the game, after Kratos has defeated Ares. The gods will not let him die, though.]]

** The story of ''FanFic/TheVigilanteBossAndTheFailedRetirementPlan'' begins with Izuku listening to Bakugou's Suicide Dare and attempting a fake suicide out of spite only accidentally fall off the roof.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fic ''Fanfic/{{Nutricula}}'' starts with Izuku taking Katsuki's 'advice' to 'take a swan dive off the roof', triggering his DeathActivatedSuperpower for the first time.

* ''Fanfic/InASkyOfAMillionStars'' also starts with Izuku attempting suicide, though the actual attempt isn't shown, just the direct aftermath. The actual story is about how it affects his friends and family (mostly Katsuki, his mother, and All Might) and how they try to help him recover from it.

* The ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' NonSerialMovie ''Phantom of Baker Street'' starts with the suicide of [[spoiler:[[ChildProdigy Hiroki]]]].

%%** ''Towards Zero.''

** The plot of ''Series/{{Caprica}}'' is set off by a suicide bombing in the first few minutes that starts off the entire plot.

A story starts off with someone attempting or committing [[SuicideIsPainless suicide]]. And the rest of the story goes from there. If it's the main character, expect a DeadToBeginWith story, often with an IronicHell or MundaneAfterlife. If it's a [[{{Whodunnit}} mystery story]], such opener often implies the character was DrivenToSuicide. Another possibility is a HowWeGotHere story.

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!!Examples:

-->How does it feel to die?
-->[[NightmareFuel It really hurts :-)]]

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