History WellIntentionedExtremist / AnimeAndManga

*** Human nature perhaps, but international relations? No. He fails that forever.

* Yamaki in ''DigimonTamers'' wants to destroy all Digimon, or, at the very least, every single one in the real world, good or not. [[spoiler:He has a HeelFaceTurn when he realizes that his efforts are actually ''helping'' Digimon get into the real world by damaging the barriers.]]

** Even [[spoiler: Nunnally, [[ThePollyanna of]] [[YamatoNadeshiko all]] [[TheMessiah people]], [[CharacterDevelopment becomes]] one when she mixes parts of both [[SilentScapegoat Lelouch's]] and [[NukeEm Schneizel's]] strategies for world peace to concoct her own, somewhat less drastic, [[EnforcedColdWar scenario]]. She had indisputably good intentions, but the plan still involves threats, nukes, social engineering, and effective world-domination. [[ItRunsInTheFamily It most definitely runs in the family]].]] To her defense, [[spoiler: she didn't planned to use nukes, but she just couldn't stop Schneizel. So her plan was to get along with him and, when opportunity arrived, to get rid of him and Damocles, which would become symbol of hate]].

** Even [[spoiler: Nunnally, [[ThePollyanna of]] [[YamatoNadeshiko all]] [[TheMessiah people]], [[CharacterDevelopment becomes]] one when she mixes parts of both [[SilentScapegoat Lelouch's]] and [[NukeEm Schneizel's]] strategies for world peace to concoct her own, somewhat less drastic, [[EnforcedColdWar scenario]]. She had indisputably good intentions, but the plan still involves threats, nukes, social engineering, and effective world-domination. [[ItRunsInTheFamily It most definitely runs in the family]].]]
*** To her defense, [[spoiler: she didn't planned to use nukes, but she just couldn't stop Schneizel. So her plan was to get along with him and, when opportunity arrived, to get rid of him and Damocles, which would become symbol of hate]].
** And then there is Kallen, who is, without a doubt, the most straightforwardly heroic character in the series, but that didn't stop her from [[spoiler: seriously considering stabbing [[{{TheCutie}} Shirley]] to death for almost blowing her cover.]] Not to mention her mecha's [[{{CruelAndUnusualDeath}} face meltingly devastating]] signature attack. Yeah, the whole series is filed to the brim with this trope.

** And ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'' has Master Asia, Domon Kasshu's OldMaster. When he's first revealed as a villain, he seems to be just another {{brainwashed}} minion of the [[BigBad Devil Gundam]], but he eventually reveals that he's NotBrainwashed and is aiding the Devil Gundam of his own free will. From his time on Earth in the previous Gundam Fight, Master Asia concluded that humans were destroying the planet. The Devil Gundam had been made (as the Ultimate Gundam) to restore the Earth with its {{nanomachines}}, but, due to a malfunction, it concluded that this mission required it to KillAllHumans. Master Asia agreed. [[spoiler:When Domon finally defeats Master Asia near the end of the series, Master sees the error of his ways. But, of course, RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]

* Makubex of ''GetBackers'' is a great example of this trope. He's introduced as the villain of the I.L. story arc with the goal of [[spoiler:creating an atomic bomb to use as a bargaining chip for the God of Infinity Fortress, in order to say 'stop controlling us or else'.]] Of course, [[spoiler:trying to make a deal with God by using an atomic bomb]] may not be the best METHOD of madness, but, at heart, his goals are to make life better for the enslaved masses of Infinity Fortress' Lower Town, which has become a living Hell since Ginji left.
* In ''SpaceRunawayIdeon'', the Buff Clan's supreme military leader, Doba Ajiba, was willing to risk the destruction of the majority of his race if it meant the destruction of the Ideon. Of course, when one considers that the power of the Ide was forcing the Earthlings and Buff Clan to genocidally slaughter each other, it probably is the lesser of two evils.
** Not to mention that [[spoiler:the home planets of both the Earthlings and the Buff Clan were just destroyed by meteors, leaving those fighting as the few left of their kind.]]

* Nagi from ''{{Mai-Otome}}'' believes that the Otome system of sending female bodyguards off to war in place of their country's leaders is an outdated model, and wants to put an end to it (which is exactly what series protagonist Arika wants to do)...by ''literally'' destroying the system from which the Meisters derive their abilities, using [[LostTechnology ancient weaponry]] and a horde of sentient monsters (summoned by {{cult}}ists willing to give up their lives for the cause).

* In ''HunterXHunter'', Meryem, the Chimeran Ant King, suddenly makes a dramatic change into becoming a WellIntentionedExtremist from a CompleteMonster who wants to KillAllHumans. After [[ThePowerOfFriendship befriending a human girl]] (whom he originally kept alive so he could one day defeat in the only strategy game he wasn't prodigal at), he learns that there are certain humans that deserve to live, and remakes his plan for the [[TakeOverTheWorld Chimeran Ants inheriting the Earth]]. Instead, he decides to protect the weak and remake the world so that it is ''so'' equal, the word "equality" doesn't even exist anymore. The extremist part? He wants to abolish the old system by force, and is only willing to protect the weak that he deems "have the right to live."

** Maxie and Archie from the R/S arc had the same ambition in the manga as they did in the games. Of course, [[SanitySlippage corruption by the Red and Blue Orbs]] drove them Bugfuck insane before all was said and done.

*** Of course, Mewtwo didn't bother asking Pokémon just why they accepted humans as masters. It may seem cheesy, but friendship and trust are basically what make the Pokémon world even work. Just don't expect fanfiction to acknowledge this.

* Kuze from ''GhostInTheShell: StandAloneComplex'' is a complete AntiVillain and even all around likable. You kind of have to cheer him on once his motives become clear and you learn more about what he has accomplished so far. But arming terrorists with guns, attacking the prime minister with a katana, using [[spoiler:kokaine]] as a weapon to damage the leadership of the countries he opposes, and [[spoiler:building [[NukeEm nuclear bombs]] to threaten his enemies]] puts him quite far in the deep end of extremist territory.
** And there's, of course, [[spoiler:Gouda]], who tricked [[spoiler:Kuze into [[ChessMaster doing all these things]].]] If Japan wasn't willing to face all it's social issues, [[spoiler:he would force them to deal with them]].

** And let's also remember Sensui, who wishes to eliminate humanity because his [[BlackAndWhiteMorality strict views of good and evil]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation can't prepare him for]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters witnessing some humans' sadistic actions]] -- ironic, given he is human himself AND, at the time, a spirit detective, whose job description is ''to protect humankind''.
*** Hell, Sensui was this ''even when he was a Spirit Detective''. He considered ''all'' demons pure evil before his FaceHeelTurn.

** Dartz from the original ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' qualifies as well, due to the fact he wants to [[OmnicidalManiac kill off humanity, who is corrupting the world]]. Unlike the above example, he borderlines on CompleteMonster due to his [[ManipulativeBastard toying with his minions when he would easily sacrifice them to resurrect an ancient monster]], [[MoralEventHorizon using thousands of humans AND duel monsters as sacrificial pawns]]. But his worst acts are [[spoiler: using Yugi, Pegasus, Joey, and Mai as human shields against Seto and Yami in the final duel, and causing the events that made his minions so screwed up in the first place.]]

* Paul von Oberstein in ''LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' is a well-intentioned revolutionary with [[TheUnfettered no moral borders whatsoever]]. He won't even blanche at such tasks as to [[spoiler:allow the whole planet get nuked into oblivion for propaganda purposes.]] The most disturbing thing is that his ideas all ''work''.

* Furumori from ''DragonCrisis''. He was angry at the society because, [[spoiler: when he was a researcher there, a female researcher he was working with was afflicted with a cursed precious treasure. He wanted to get a lost precious from one of the higher ups, but they constantly refused, which caused her to die.]] As a result, he went rogue and kidnapped/raised a girl to help him steal lost precious in order to share it with the world. Unfortunately, he didn't care how he got it and who had to get hurt or die in the process (although, in the anime at least, they never show him or [[spoiler: Ai, his "dog",]] actually killing anyone, although he does try to do that to Ryuuji).

* All [[spoiler:Ryoko Asakura]] from SuzumiyaHaruhi wants to do is to break the status quo and incite some reaction from the titular character. Her method happens to be trying to murder the narrator, and major love interest, Kyon. [[spoiler:When she returns in the tenth novel as a BoxedCrook, she still wants to kill Kyon because she still believes that her actions were justified. Still, she protects him, because [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou she wants to be the one to kill him]].]]

* Pain in '''Naruto''' whose goal is to eliminate war. His plan involves collecting all of the Tailed Beasts (killing their human containers in the process) to make a weapon of mass destruction that will kill millions and scare all of the countries into not fighting for a while before fighting inevitably returns, at which point, one side will get hold of and use this weapon again, giving rise to another short time of "peace". Small periods of peace is his ''goal'', which shows that he has a better grasp of human nature than Watchmen's Extremist.

***** Um...what? You mean Mew, the FriendToAllLivingThings adorable child who spends the entire movie doing nothing but poking around curiously at things and doesn't have any interest in fighting whatsoever until Mewtwo outright attacks it? AlternateCharacterInterpretation much?
****** No, he's right. In the original Japanese film, Mew told Mewtwo that clones (including Mewtwo) were inferior and should be destroyed - remember that part in the dub where Meowth translates for Mew, and Mew says some generic PowerOfFriendship stuff? Yeah, that's not what Mew said in the [[HeWhoFightsMonsters original]]...

** The BigBad of ''Anime/PokemonTheMovieBlackAndWhite'' wanted to restore his civilization by reviving one of the two legendary Pokémon (which one depends on which movie is viewed).

* SailorMoon: Sailor Galaxia started out like this, at least in the anime.

** Let's not forget ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'''s Celestial Being. The whole point of their actions is to beat up/kill any human factions who wish to wage war against each other.

*** [[spoiler: All of it was a XanatosGambit by Schenberg to unite humanity in order to prepare them against an AlienInvasion.]]

** Dartz from the original ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' qualifies as well, due to the fact he wants to [[HumansAreBastards kill off humanity, who is corrupting the world]]. Unlike the above example, he borderlines on CompleteMonster due to his [[ManipulativeBastard toying with his minions when he would easily sacrifice them to resurrect an ancient monster]], [[MoralEventHorizon using thousands of humans AND duel monsters as sacrificial pawns]]. But his worst acts are [[spoiler: using Yugi, Pegasus, Joey, and Mai as human shields against Seto and Yami in the final duel, and causing the events that made his minions so screwed up in the first place.]]

** And let's also remember Sensui, who wishes to eliminate humanity because his [[BlackAndWhiteMorality strict views of good and evil]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation can't prepare him for]] [[HumansAreBastards witnessing some humans' sadistic actions]] -- ironic, given he is human himself AND, at the time, a spirit detective, whose job description is ''to protect humankind''.

* PLANT Chairman Gilbert Durandal in ''GundamSEEDDestiny'', inspired by Rau Le Creuset's inability to understand his own existence (which drove him insane and allowed him to nearly wipe out the human race), decides that human conflict stems from their dissatisfaction of their own roles and abilities, and attempts to implement an utopian society through the Destiny Plan, which would craft a world civilization under genetic determinism. To this end, he is perfectly willing to manipulate the masses, assassinate his political opponents, destroy countries, and use superweapons, all while maintaining an extremely high level of charisma.

** And another ''Gundam'' example, Zechs Merquise/Milliardo Peacecraft of ''GundamWing'', who became convinced, in the final episodes of the anime, that the only way to end humanity's penchant for war was to [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the Earth]], the cradle of humanity's bloody history, as he believed that the people of the space colonies were purer in purpose in regard to peace than those who lived on Earth.

*** Both of them were [[{{Expy}} inspired by]] Char Aznable (Durandal even has the same Seiyuu) from the first ''MobileSuitGundam'' series, or, to be more precise, ''Char's Counterattack'', in which Char tries to make the Earth uninhabitable to force the population to migrate into space, which he believes will prevent wars by making everyone a [[EvolutionaryLevels Newtype]].
** And ''GGundam'' has Master Asia, Domon Kasshu's OldMaster. When he's first revealed as a villain, he seems to be just another {{brainwashed}} minion of the [[BigBad Devil Gundam]], but he eventually reveals that he's NotBrainwashed and is aiding the Devil Gundam of his own free will. From his time on Earth in the previous Gundam Fight, Master Asia concluded that humans were destroying the planet. The Devil Gundam had been made (as the Ultimate Gundam) to restore the Earth with its {{nanomachines}}, but, due to a malfunction, it concluded that this mission required it to KillAllHumans. Master Asia agreed. [[spoiler:When Domon finally defeats Master Asia near the end of the series, Master sees the error of his ways. But, of course, RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]
** Let's not forget ''{{Gundam 00}}s'' Celestial Being. The whole point of their actions is to beat up/kill any human factions who wish to wage war against each other.

** It's often forgotten that the protagonists of ''GundamWing'' are outright called terrorists, though, unlike most, they limit their attacks to the military and have no intention of harming innocent civilians. The line still gets crossed a few times, though: Heero destroys a plane full of OZ leaders ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero only. it's actually peacemakers and he was tricked]]), and Wu Fei blows up a barracks full of sleeping soldiers ([[NeverLiveItDown sadly, people tend to gloss over his obvious displeasure with this act]]).

* [[spoiler:Kyubey]] in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. What it's trying to do is avert, or at least delay, the heat death of the universe. Doing this just happens to involve [[spoiler:driving young girls over the DespairEventHorizon, since those emotions can be efficiently harvested as energy for that purpose. Kyubey doesn't see anything wrong with this: its species doesn't have emotions, and so does not understand human value systems. It even thinks that it's being unnecessarily ''nice'' in the way it goes about it, since it will only make a girl into a Puella Magi if she agrees to it (though Kyubey will rarely reveal all the details until ''after'' the agreement is made).]]

* [[SailorMoon Sailor Galaxia]] started out like this.

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'': SEELE's leaders want to eliminate sorrow in the world...through a murder and manipulation galore. Gendo wants to reunite with his dead wife and not cause his son pain...which causes him to be a {{jerkass}} of a father and a cruel manipulator of a lover.

* [[spoiler:Kyubey]] in ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. What it's trying to do is avert, or at least delay, the heat death of the universe. Doing this just happens to involve [[spoiler:driving young girls over the DespairEventHorizon, since those emotions can be efficiently harvested as energy for that purpose. Kyubey doesn't see anything wrong with this: its species doesn't have emotions, and so does not understand human value systems. It even thinks that it's being unnecessarily ''nice'' in the way it goes about it, since it will only make a girl into a Puella Magi if she agrees to it (though Kyubey will rarely reveal all the details until ''after'' the agreement is made).]]

* [[spoiler:Kyubey]] in ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. What it's trying to do is avert, or at least delay, the heat death of the universe. Doing this just happens to involve driving young girls over the DespairEventHorizon, since those emotions can be efficiently harvested as energy for that purpose. [[spoiler:Kyubey doesn't see anything wrong with this: its species doesn't have emotions, and so does not understand human value systems. It even thinks that it's being unnecessarily ''nice'' in the way it goes about it, since it will only make a girl into a Puella Magi if she agrees to it (though Kyubey will rarely reveal all the details until ''after'' the agreement is made).]]

* Ciel from ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}''. Overlaps with VillainProtagonist.

** You can also make an argument about the Wolkenritter being this in order to save Hayate from the Book of Darkness's corruption by completing its pages as quickly as possible and having Hayate's wish granted.

** ''Two'' of them? [[spoiler:Amagai]], I can understand, but unless there's one I'm missing, the other one is at best a KnightTemplar. Jin Kariya's goal [[BestServedCold is to destroy Soul Society because of what they did to the Bount]].
*** Maki Ichinose also qualifies, as he's disgusted with Kenpachi's [[KlingonPromotion method of gaining the Captaincy of the 11th Division]], as well as the contrast between [[BloodKnight him]] and the former Captain.

** [[spoiler: One has to wonder if maybe Negi is the well intentioned extremist in this story. Chao went back in time to stop Negi from doing just what he is now trying to do, but Negi just keeps barrelling ahead with his plan.]] Although YourMileageMayVary, seeing as how [[spoiler:his plan includes information deduced from Chao's visit, so Chao either successfully prevented her BadFuture or [[YouAlreadyChangedThePast made it happen]]]].

* [[spoiler:Kyubey]] in ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' can be seen this way: what it's trying to do is avert, or at least delay, the heat death of the universe. Doing this just happens to involve driving young girls over the DespairEventHorizon, since those emotions can be efficiently harvested as energy for that purpose. [[spoiler:Kyubey doesn't see anything wrong with this: its species doesn't have emotions, and so does not understand human value systems. It even thinks that it's being unnecessarily ''nice'' in the way it goes about it, since it will only make a girl into a Puella Magi if she agrees to it (though Kyubey will rarely reveal all the details until ''after'' the agreement is made).]]

* ''SuicideIsland'': The Japanese government can be considered this. The government lost large chunks of money because the hospitals are overcrowded with patients who have attempted suicide. This is how they handle the situation: they ask the patient if s/he wants to live or die. If the patient says die, then they sign some papers, and knocked unconscious (with drugs, probably). When the patients wake up, they find themselves on Suicide Island, that has nobody on it except themselves. There is a sign set up by the government declaring them to be {{UnPerson}}s, and that they can do whatever they want, as long as they don't try to leave the island. Too bad the patients didn't realize that they were going to end up on an isolated island. One patient says that there are rumours going around in Japan about this island. So what you have here is a very gray situation!

* ''SuicideIsland'': The Japanese government can be considered this. The government lost large chunks of money because the hospitals are overcrowded with patients who have attempted suicide. This is how they handle the situation: they ask the patient if s/he wants to live or die. If the patient says die, then they sign some papers, and knocked unconscious (with drugs, probably). When the patients wake up, they find themselves on Suicide Island, that has nobody on it except themselves. There is a sign set up by the government declaring them to be {{UnPerson}}s, and that they can do whatever they want, as long as they don't try to leave. Too bad the patients didn't realize that they were going to end up on an isolated island. One patient says that there are rumours going around in Japan about this island. So what you have here is a very gray situation!

* Inverted with the Black Lotus Syndicate in ''Manga/FrankenFran''. They do things like establish orphanages and give aid to the poor...in order to cause overpopulation and drive mankind to self-destruction. This ends up driving Sentinel II into becoming a straight example, burning orphanages and the like for the greater good.

* Elite Four Lance in ''PokemonSpecial''. He views humans as completely incompatible with Pokémon, so he plans to commit genocide against the human race so that Pokémon can live in peace and the world can return to its natural glory.

** There's also Mewtwo from ''PokemonTheFirstMovie''. Enraged by humanity using Pokémon as tools and disgusted by the acceptance of this by the Pokémon, he sought to remake the world by exterminating everyone and replacing them with clones. This way, he thought, Pokémon would have the freedom they deserve.

**** Uh, dude? Mewtwo hated the fact that '''CLONES''' were being mistreated, not just Pokemon in general. In fact, the first movie (at least, the original Japanese version) states that Mewtwo wanted to wage war not only against humanity, but against ''ALL'' natural-born life in general. Contrast that with Mew, who feels that clones (including Mewtwo) are inferior and must be destroyed.
***** Um... what? You mean Mew, the FriendToAllLivingThings adorable child who spends the entire movie doing nothing but poking around curiously at things and doesn't have any interest in fighting whatsoever until Mewtwo outright attacks it? AlternateCharacterInterpretation much?

** Marcus, the ManBehindTheMan in ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' Movie 12, wanted to preserve Miichina Town, something he believed would result in it reverting to a wasteland if the Jewel of Life was returned to Arceus. However, he ended up [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing Damos and forcing him to betray Arceus]], and it was implied that he did the exact same to the other Pokemon.
** The BigBad of Movie 14 wanted to restore his civilization by reviving one of the two legendary pokemon (which one depends on which movie is viewed).

* The Koorime from ''YuYuHakusho''. They believe that, as long as there are no males living among them, they will survive and be peaceful, and they'll do anything to keep it that way, [[spoiler:even if it means separating a baby from his mother and tossing him off a floating island miles high in the air]].

* Light Yagami from ''DeathNote'' started out like this: he wanted to use the Death Note to rid society of its worst scum. However, his massive ego combined with so much power gave him a [[AGodAmI god complex]] that would soon lead him to [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jump off the slippery slope]] into true villainy.

* Itachi Uchiha in ''{{Naruto}}''. Kill your entire clan, including your mother, father, and best friend for peace? MindRape your brother into becoming an "avenger"? Sympathetic Good or Stupid Evil? You decide, but he ''did'' get a FreudianExcuse.
** Also, Pain, whose goal is to eliminate war. His plan involves collecting all of the Tailed Beasts (killing their human containers in the process) to make a weapon of mass destruction that will kill millions and scare all of the countries into not fighting for a while before fighting inevitably returns, at which point, one side will get hold of and use this weapon again, giving rise to another short time of "peace". Small periods of peace is his ''goal'', which shows that he has a better grasp of human nature than Watchmen's Extremist.

* Celestin from ''AhMyGoddess'' TheMovie is, in tune with the emphasis on romance in the series, a much lighter version of this. Still, the fact that he [[spoiler:purposely erases Belldandy's memory of her love for Keichi specifically, infects her with a virus that uses her as a contact point to infect Yggdrassil, and forces her to undergo a procedure that has a 16% chance of working properly, otherwise erasing ''all'' of Bell's memories of not only Keichi but her sisters and Heaven itself, all in order to gain the power necessary to eliminate sadness and suffering from the world by force shows that he's not exactly ''nice'' either.]]

* From ''JoJosBizarreAdventure: Stone Ocean'': [[spoiler:the truly faithful Father Pucci, whose ultimate goal is to reach the "Heaven" he heard his mentor Dio talk about. He'll do anything and sacrifice anyone to get to it, and apparently, he does: he rewinds, remakes, and resurrects the world (that he completely messed up), but is killed before he can join it.]]