History VillainousLegacy / AnimeAndManga

** Roughly thirty-eight years prior to the main story's beginning, there was Rocks [[spoiler:D. Xebec]], who gathered together one of the most powerful pirate crews ever known, including many members who would themselves become world-renowned many years after his death, such as [[spoiler: Big Mom, Kaido, Whitebeard, Shiki, Captain John]], among others. Even the event where he was finally defeated would help propel his opponents, [[spoiler: Garp and Roger, to infamy, granting the former his title of "Hero of the Marines"]]. It's been implied that Blackbeard, one of the main candidates for overall series BigBad, views himself as Rocks' successor the way that Luffy is Roger's.

* The damage that Rau Le Creuset and his {{unwitting pawn}}s, Patrick Zala and Muruta Azrael did in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' has yet to be undone by ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''. Grudges from the war they started continue to drive new conflict, Azrael's successor Djibril has taken over his terror organization, Zala faction loyalists continue to launch terrorist strikes against ZAFT and the EA alike, and [[DarkMessiah Gilbert Durandal]], the new BigBad, plots to unite the world under himself so that no one can ever do what [[OmnicidalManiac Le Creuset]] [[PlayingBothSides did]] again.

* ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'': Even after Kurata is defeated, his genocide of Digimon makes King Drasil believe all humans are evil, and thus he attempts to destroy the human world to protect the Digimon world.

** King Piccolo expels an egg from his mouth mere seconds before his demise. This egg eventually hatches and gives life to Piccolo Jr., who consciously seeks to conquer the world and avenge his father's death. Fortunately, he makes a HeelFaceTurn in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', where he becomes an important ally.

** He instigates the plot of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' by founding the AcademyOfAdventure and sending Jaden's cards into space.

** In ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'', sending Jaden's cards into space is shown to not only have led to an alien civilization finding them, but basing [[CargoCult a religion and their entire development as a society around them]], kicking off the plot. The real kicker was that this was ''exactly his plan''. In his own words, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqwYvJXIDUM 'Cause I figure, if there is intelligent life out there, then let's teach 'em how to duel.]]" The man even finishes his sentence with an EvilLaugh!

* A subversion occurs in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' with [[GameMaster Akihiko]] [[TheSociopath Kayaba]]; while his actions do result in over four thousand innocent people dying in TheMostDangerousVideoGame and his influence is felt long after his death, the impacts are largely beneficial afterwards.

* The BigBad of ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'', [[spoiler:Araya Souren]], is killed by Shiki in the fifth chapter/movie. The remaining two chapters are driven by lesser villains, who never got a chance to play their intended parts in his EvilPlan before it was foiled, and so they went independent.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has main villain Dio Brando; even after his death, his shadow looms over the Joestar/Kujo Clan, causing them and the world much trouble. Even he, however, is a result of a much more ancient evil from Mesoamerica. Though Dio dies in part 3 of ''[=JoJo=]'', the initial enemies of Part 4 are a direct result of his actions, Part 5's protagonist is his son, and Part 6's BigBad is a devout follower trying to continue Dio's master plan.

* ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'': Even after Kurata is defeated, his genocide of Digimon makes King Drasil believe all humans are evil, and thus he attempts to destroy the human world to protect the digimon world.

* This is [[ZigzaggedTrope zigzagged]] in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. For a while it appears that a still-living [[TheDreaded Madara Uchiha]] is behind most of the plot, though it's a bit odd that he always wears a mask. Then, during the WarArc, Madara gets revived as a zombie, proving that the man behind the mask is simply pulling a DeadPersonImpersonation, thus playing this trope straight. But it's ''then'' revealed that [[spoiler: the real Madara [[TakeUpMySword actually passed down his plans/ideals]] to the masked man (revealed to be an EvilFormerFriend of one of the protagonists) and planned for his successor to eventually revive him ([[TheStarscream though said successor didn't intend to do so]]) and left a few failsafes to make sure he was revived ([[DidntThinkThisThrough though they didn't work as planned]]). So ultimately this trope is zigzagged in the sense that Madara WAS dead for most of the series, but was still manipulating things in an indirect way. But even the real Madara himself was a pawn of the true mastermind and though said mastermind was defeated by Naruto, her people are trying to continue where she left off and cause trouble for [[Manga/BorutoNarutoNextGenerations Boruto]] and his friends....]]

* Although he's very much alive, Duke Bahurst from ''Manga/TrashSkillGacha'' is almost entirely sidelined from the plot after banishing his youngest son, the protagonist Crest, to the [Lower World] in a tantrum because the boy he'd been abusing his entire life and blaming for every misfortune, couldn't use his god-given [Gacha] skill on command and one-sidedly accusing him of "lying." His four remaining sons take over the plot by going after Crest, as the king is so desperate for Crest's return due to a divine prophecy that proves Crest's words to his family were true and predict a horde of monsters invading the kingdom so fierce that Crest's one of the three [Heroes] needed to defeat them. The duke's four remaining sons act as borderline sociopaths, either trying to dominate Crest because the king promised Crest the duke title and the authority to punish the family for in exchange for his return, or simply trying to eliminate him, out a self-righteous rage at imagined slights when they were the ones who abused him instead.

** In ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' his obsession with the game led to him creating the WretchedHive of [[NewNeoCity Neo Domino City]] and its oppressive Yu-Gi-Oh-based caste system. The man invented ''duel taxes'' and ''duel police'' and everyone's so used to his batshit antics that it goes unquestioned.

* Although he's very much alive, Duke Bahurst is almost entirely sidelined from the plot after banishing his youngest son, the protagonist Crest, to the [Lower World] in a tantrum because the boy he'd been abusing his entire life and blaming for every misfortune, couldn't use his god-given [Gacha] skill on command and one-sidedly accusing him of "lying." His four remaining sons take over the plot by going after Crest, as the king is so desperate for Crest's return due to a divine prophecy that proves Crest's words to his family were true and predict a horde of monsters invading the kingdom so fierce that Crest's one of the three [Heroes] needed to defeat them. The duke's four remaining sons take over the plot and go after Crest themselves, acting as borderline sociopaths, either trying to dominate him because the king promised Crest the duke title and the authority to punish the family for his return, or simply trying to eliminate him, out a self-righteous rage at imagined slights when they were the ones who abused him instead.

** At the end of Mother's Rosario, [[spoiler:it's revealed that he was the original designer of the Medicuboid system that made it possible for [[IllGirl Yuuki]] [[NotDisabledInVR Konno]] to have a high quality of life in VR while her health rapidly deteriorated due to AIDS]].