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* GirlsLove VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'': Oh Sakuya... [[spoiler:She's what happens when a TimeAbyss is subjected to HumansAreBastards. It took Kei's grandmother to bring her life back on the track, but it took Kei to believe that her life is actually worth living]].

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* GirlsLove [[YuriGenre Yuri]] VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'': Oh Sakuya... [[spoiler:She's what happens when a TimeAbyss is subjected to HumansAreBastards. It took Kei's grandmother to bring her life back on the track, but it took Kei to believe that her life is actually worth living]].
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* ''Film/ManOnFire'': John Creasy is a nearly suicidal ShellShockedVeteran of the CIA, who reluctantly accepts a job being the bodyguard of a little girl in Mexico. Her [[CheerfulChild cheery behavior]] slowly warms his heart back up. [[OhCrap Then she gets kidnapped]]. Then what follows is basically RoaringRampageOfRevenge : The Movie.

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* ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'': ''Awfully'' subverted. TheHero Akira Fudo merged with a demon to fight other demons and protect humankind. However he is finding HumansAreTheRealMonsters and they are just as bad as demons. He is feeling his resolve to fight is wavering when he remembers he has something worth to fight for: [[LoveInterest Miki]]. He rushes towards her home [[spoiler:only to see the place burning down. A mob had chopped Miki and her whole family up in pieces and had set their home on fire.]] Grief-stricken, he thought he had nothing left to protect... but he would keep fighting if only to stick it to {{Satan}}.

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* ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'': ''Franchise/{{Devilman}}'': ''Awfully'' subverted. TheHero Akira Fudo merged with a demon to fight other demons and protect humankind. However However, he is finding that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and they are just as bad as demons. He is feeling his resolve to fight is wavering when he remembers he has something worth to fight for: [[LoveInterest Miki]].Miki. He rushes towards her home [[spoiler:only to see the place burning down. A mob had chopped Miki and her whole family up in pieces and had set their home on fire.]] Grief-stricken, he thought he had nothing left to protect... but he would keep fighting if only to stick it to {{Satan}}.



* In the ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' anime, Kamui falls [[AchillesInHisTent catatonic]] after [[SacrificialLamb Kotori]]'s death, but Subaru manages to convince him that his life is still worth living, if only to save Kamui's best-friend-turned-evil (and Kotori's brother) Fuuma. Much later in the series, Kakyo and Subaru's ghostly sister do this for Subaru himself (who falls catatonic after [[spoiler:killing Seishirou]]), just in time for him to save Kamui ''again''.

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* In the ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'' anime, Kamui falls [[AchillesInHisTent catatonic]] after [[SacrificialLamb Kotori]]'s death, but Subaru manages to convince him that his life is still worth living, if only to save Kamui's best-friend-turned-evil (and Kotori's brother) Fuuma. Much later in the series, Kakyo and Subaru's ghostly sister do this for Subaru himself (who falls catatonic after [[spoiler:killing Seishirou]]), just in time for him to save Kamui ''again''.



** Stephen Franklin, having been stabbed, and after being berated by a hallucination of himself giving him a potent TheReasonYouSuckSpeech [[spoiler:which turns into a sort of RousingSpeech]], realizes that he wants to ''live'', and is willing to fight to survive, even if it means making all of the same mistakes all over again.
** After Sheridan's [[spoiler:death at Z'Ha'Dum]], he is challenged by Lorien to find something worth ''living'' for, rather than merely finding something worth ''dying'' for. For Sheridan, it turns out that the one thing in his life worth living for is [[spoiler:[[LadyOfWar Delenn]]]]. This helps him persevere towards the end of the fourth season after [[spoiler:he is captured and subjected to ColdBloodedTorture.]]
** Before Lorien, this had been brought up by Garibaldi in the episode "Infection":
--->"I know a lot of guys who came out of the war changed. Some came out better; some came out worse. A lot of them had this problem. The war gave them definition, direction, purpose. Without it they don't know how to fit in anymore, so they keep looking for ways to go out in a blaze of glory. Some people call that being a hero, maybe so. I don't know. I've never been one. Me, I think they're looking for something worth dying for because it's easier than finding something worth living for."

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** In "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E21ShadowDancing Shadow Dancing]]", Stephen Franklin, Franklin -- having been stabbed, and after being berated by a hallucination of himself giving him a potent TheReasonYouSuckSpeech [[spoiler:which turns into a sort of RousingSpeech]], RousingSpeech]] -- realizes that he wants to ''live'', and is willing to fight to survive, even if it means making all of the same mistakes all over again.
** After Sheridan's [[spoiler:death at Z'Ha'Dum]], he is challenged by Lorien to find something worth ''living'' for, rather than merely finding something worth ''dying'' for. For Sheridan, it turns out that the one thing in his life worth living for is [[spoiler:[[LadyOfWar Delenn]]]]. This helps him persevere towards the end of the fourth season after [[spoiler:he is captured and subjected to ColdBloodedTorture.]]
ColdBloodedTorture]].
** Before Lorien, this had been brought up by Garibaldi in the episode "Infection":
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know a lot of guys who came out of the war changed. Some came out better; some came out worse. A lot of them had this problem. The war gave them definition, direction, purpose. Without it they don't know how to fit in anymore, so they keep looking for ways to go out in a blaze of glory. Some people call that being a hero, maybe so. I don't know. I've never been one. Me, I think they're looking for something worth dying for because it's easier than finding something worth living for.""''



* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000: [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E19RedZoneCuba Red Zone Cuba]]''. Doctor Forrester gets beaten into a pulp by a mob enforcer at the beginning of the episode. Later, he appears to die in his hospital bed, only to suddenly wake up and declare that he has too much to live for. He climbs out of his hospital bed, stumbles out of the room... and immediately gets beaten again by the same mob enforcer.
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' "[[Recap/SherlockS03E03HisLastVow His Last Vow]]": When Mary shoots Sherlock, he goes into in his mind palace, and, when he hears John's in danger, cue him stopping himself from being in this position for his friend.
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' starts with an elderly Admiral Picard having answered the CallToAgriculture and finding his comfortable retirement to the family vineyard to be absolutely miserable until [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive a distressed young woman, who he thinks is the daughter of one of his deceased crewmates, comes to him for help]], giving him [[HesBack a new purpose in life.]]
-->'''Picard''': I haven't been living. I've been waiting to die.

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* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000: [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E19RedZoneCuba ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': In "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E19RedZoneCuba Red Zone Cuba]]''. Cuba]]", Doctor Forrester gets beaten into a pulp by a mob enforcer at the beginning of the episode. Later, he appears to die in his hospital bed, only to suddenly wake up and declare that he has too much to live for. He climbs out of his hospital bed, stumbles out of the room... and immediately gets beaten again by the same mob enforcer.
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': In "[[Recap/SherlockS03E03HisLastVow His Last Vow]]": When Vow]]", when Mary shoots Sherlock, he goes into in his mind palace, and, when he hears John's in danger, cue him stopping himself from being in this position for his friend.
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' starts with an elderly Admiral Picard having answered the CallToAgriculture and finding his comfortable retirement to the family vineyard to be absolutely miserable until [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive a distressed young woman, who he thinks is the daughter of one of his deceased crewmates, comes to him for help]], giving him [[HesBack a new purpose in life.]]
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life]].
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I haven't been living. I've been waiting to die.



* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', Thane Krios if female [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] decides to romance him. Which is difficult, since his DeathSeeker status was due to terminal illness...
** Throughout the series, it's been theorized that a lot of the vicious infighting and turmoil among the krogan is due to them not having any hope for the future, thanks to [[DepopulationBomb the genophage]]: without any hope for the next generation, there's no incentive for them to work together or... do anything but fight, drink, and make money, really. In ''Mass Effect 3'', Wrex demands a cure for the genophage in exchange for krogan help with the war effort, hoping that it will re-inspire the krogan species.

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In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', Thane Krios if female [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] decides to romance him. Which is difficult, since his DeathSeeker status was due to terminal illness...
** Throughout the series, it's been theorized that a lot of the vicious infighting and turmoil among the krogan is due to them not having any hope for the future, thanks to [[DepopulationBomb the genophage]]: without any hope for the next generation, there's no incentive for them to work together or... do anything but fight, drink, and make money, really. In ''Mass Effect 3'', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Wrex demands a cure for the genophage in exchange for krogan help with the war effort, hoping that it will re-inspire the krogan species.



* Solid Snake decides this in a long speech at the end of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' after learning he has been infected with a disease that he thinks will suddenly stop his heart without warning. The difference is that instead of being a DeathSeeker, Snake has focused entirely on survival rather than on enjoying life.
** Then played touchingly straight at the end of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', where Snake knows his time is drawing near, but is now content to see it out peacefully in retirement. He even quits smoking, saying to Otacon "those things will kill ya."

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* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
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Solid Snake decides this in a long speech at the end of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' after learning he has been infected with a disease that he thinks will suddenly stop his heart without warning. The difference is that instead of being a DeathSeeker, Snake has focused entirely on survival rather than on enjoying life.
** Then played touchingly straight at the end of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', where Snake knows his time is drawing near, but is now content to see it out peacefully in retirement. He even quits smoking, saying to Otacon "those things will kill ya."
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* Because of this, by Episode 24 of ''LightNovel/{{Gosick}}'' Victorique finally fears death.

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* Because of this, by Episode 24 of ''LightNovel/{{Gosick}}'' ''Literature/{{Gosick}}'' Victorique finally fears death.



* One of the major aesops in ''{{Anime/Monster}}''. What would stop someone from being a monster and start being a human?

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* One of the major aesops in ''{{Anime/Monster}}''.''Manga/{{Monster}}''. What would stop someone from being a monster and start being a human?



* In a flashback chapter of ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', [[PosthumousCharacter Atsuko]] broke into a HeroicBSOD over the death of the person who would reincarnate into Catarina, but decided to live on out of the other girl's PositiveFriendInfluence that made big difference on her own life that can sustain beyond the other girl's death.

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* In a flashback chapter of ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', [[PosthumousCharacter Atsuko]] broke into a HeroicBSOD over the death of the person who would reincarnate into Catarina, but decided to live on out of the other girl's PositiveFriendInfluence that made big difference on her own life that can sustain beyond the other girl's death.
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* ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'': Throughout the story, Bruce Wayne reflects on the perils he faces and broods about whether or not they would be "[[ArcWords a good death]]". At the end of the story, [[spoiler: after faking his death during his battle with Superman and going underground to lead the remaining Sons of the Batman to protect Gotham from the shadows, he muses "This will be a good life. Good enough."]]
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->'''Kallen Kozuki:''' Are you saying you love him?!\\

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* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Myne a modern-day {{Bookworm}} reborn as a sickly poor girl in a world where books are extremely expensive luxury items, sets her mind on making a book herself. On the path to that pupose, she learns how to write from a colleague of her father's named Otto who's a former merchant. Later, Myne's friend Lutz turns out to want to become a merchant and asks Myne to introduce him to Otto. Some time after she promises to do so, Myne's mother uses the wood slates she had prepared to make a book as firewood and it becomes clear that this is just going to happen again if she makes new wood slates. Myne's reaction to the incident is to get so depressed that she's willing to let the strange disease she's affected with kill her, until she remembers that she promised to introduced Lutz and Otto to each other, alongside the fact that Lutz is unlikely to meet someone from the merchant trade otherwise. The realization makes her want to live at least long enough to keep that promise.

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* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Myne ''Literature/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Myne, a modern-day {{Bookworm}} reborn as a sickly poor girl in a world where books are extremely expensive luxury items, sets her mind on making a book herself. On the path to that pupose, she learns how to write from a colleague of her father's named Otto who's a former merchant. Later, Myne's friend Lutz turns out to want to become a merchant and asks Myne to introduce him to Otto. Some time after she promises to do so, Myne's mother uses the wood slates she had prepared to make a book as firewood and it becomes clear that this is just going to happen again if she makes new wood slates. Myne's reaction to the incident is to get so depressed that she's willing to let the strange disease she's affected with kill her, until she remembers that she promised to introduced introduce Lutz and Otto to each other, alongside the fact that Lutz is unlikely to meet someone from the merchant trade otherwise. The realization makes her want to live at least long enough to keep that promise.

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* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': Asuka became this for Shinji. Before meeting her, he didn't care about his own life. She taught him to value his life and showed him that many people depended on him to live. Gradually Shinji understood he lived for her now.

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* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': ''Manga/Evangelion303'': Asuka became this for Shinji. Before meeting her, he didn't care about his own life. She taught him to value his life and showed him that many people depended on him to live. Gradually Shinji understood he lived for her now.


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* ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheMinisukas'': Rei used to consider herself expendable until she was pranked by one Minisuka. From that point on, Rei realizes that she has something worth living for: Revenge. After all, she cannot prank, er, "Prankster" back if she dies.
-->'''Rei:''' ''"So you have come, my nemesis. I have come to a sudden realization, I have previously stated to Pilot Ikari that I could be replaced if I die, but I have seen the error in my judgment. Dying before I obtain my vengeance would be meaningless, so I will say this to you, I will survive so I may enact my revenge upon you. This is a promise, my nemesis."''

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In ''Webcomic/GodsWorld'', the protagonists try to convince The Creator that the world he created is worth living for. They might have a bit of an agenda, considering how they themselves are from said world, but can you blame them?

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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Belkar Bitterleaf tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke this]] during his battle with the [[spoiler: vampire Malack. He fails and gets a dose of Hold Person, and nearly gets turned into a vampire himself.]]
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* Happens to Nico Robin in ''Manga/OnePiece''. Robin was on the verge of giving up on her life, and Luffy was the light at the end of the tunnel. Her time with the crew was the happiest she had ever been -- and she cared for them so much that she willingly turned herself in in order to save their lives from the Buster Call. The Straw Hats come to rescue her from being executed, and refuse to abandon her just because she had the entire world as her enemy. Just to prove their point, they '''''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu declared war on the entire world]]''''' for her sake. It was only then that Robin realized that she had finally found her place.

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Nico Robin in ''Manga/OnePiece''. Robin was on the verge of giving up on her life, and Luffy was and the Straw Hat pirates were the light at the end of the tunnel. Her time with the crew was the happiest she had ever been -- and she cared for them so much that she willingly turned herself in in order to save their lives from the Buster Call.Call, a large scale navy attack that would surely kill them as thoroughly as it did her home island. The Straw Hats come to rescue her from being executed, and refuse to abandon her just because she had the entire world as her enemy. Just to prove their point, they '''''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu declared war on the entire world]]''''' for her sake. It was only then that Robin realized that she had finally found her place.



** [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law had lost his friends and family to the World Government and a disease that would kill him before he even reached adulthood. Thus, he believed that all he had to live for was to destroy everything in sight, as retribution against a world that cruelly took away all he held dear and persecuted him -- until Corazon showed him kindness and compassion, and eventually gave up his own life so Law could live. Thus, Law had something else to live for: killing Donquixote Doflamingo, Corazon's murderer. Thirteen years later, after Doflamingo is finally defeated, Law finds closure after speaking with Corazon's father-figure Sengoku, who tells him that Corazon saved him not because of some fabled inherited will, but out of love, and that if Law truly wants to honor that sacrifice, he should live as Corazon would want him to: free]].

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* ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'': During the song "The Killing", Jasper explains that Agnes is literally the only reason that his life is worth living, hence his determination to rescue her from Deadland.
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* The pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' has the Smiling Friends help out a man named Desmond who's DrivenToSuicide and spend most of the day trying to get him to find something worth living for, all while he has his gun pointed to his head the whole time, and failing. But just as they get the paperwork to write it off as a failure so he can go through with his suicide, Desmond walks into a Blibley (little pest-like creatures) infestation and shoots one dead, which he felt good about. He then lives a happy life as a Blibley exterminator, killing Blibleys with hardcore violence.
-->'''Charlie:''' Huh, I guess he just needed to find a purpose in life.

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-->'''Charlie:''' Huh, I guess he just needed to find a purpose in life.
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* "Land of Confusion" by Music/{{Genesis}} (also covered by Music/{{Disturbed}}):

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* ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'': At the end of [=T260G=]'s story,[=T260G=] shuts down, having fulfilled the mission for which it was created... until Gen points out that it promised to return to Rosemary and Thyme before it set out on its quest. The robot promptly reboots in order to keep its promise.

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* ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'': At the end of [=T260G=]'s story,[=T260G=] story, [=T260G=] shuts down, having fulfilled the mission for which it was created... until Gen points out that it promised to return to Rosemary and Thyme before it set out on its quest. The robot promptly reboots in order to keep its promise.
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* ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'': At the end of T260G's story, T260G shuts down, having fulfilled the mission for which it was created... until Gen points out that it promised to return to Rosemary and Thyme before it set out on its quest. The robot promptly reboots in order to keep its promise.

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