History WellIntentionedExtremist / VisualNovels

** [[spoiler: [[HeroAntagonist Nagito Komaeda]]]] of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''. [[spoiler: He's essentially an EvilCounterpart to the protagonist of the previous game and the BigGood of the series, Makoto Naegi, and his goal is to become the [[TheParagon Ultimate Hope]] like Makoto before him. He's a 'problem is the means' type, as [[BlueAndOrangeMorality his views on hope]] almost veer into BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad (he thinks that great despair will inevitably be followed by greater hope, so it's okay to cause problems because that will just lead to a better outcome later), a very abstract view of the people around him (except Hajime) and [[AmbiguousSituation maybe]] behavioral problems caused by frontotemporal dementia. Because of this, he deliberately encourages the killing game. He later turns into a 'the problem is the goal' type, as the AwfulTruth about his classmates (they're all amnesiac terrorists) gets him to kill them all.]]
** [[spoiler: Kokichi Oma]] in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' is a ContrastingSequelAntagonist to [[spoiler: Nagito]] in the sense that [[spoiler: unlike Nagito, who was polite to everyone but was a [[MoralSociopathy sociopath]] with no regard for them personally, Kokichi [[TheFriendNobodyLikes willfully antagonized everyone around him]] but [[GoodAllAlong genuinely cared for them even if he refused to show it]]. He pretended to enjoy the killing game but despised it deep down, even sacrificing their friend Gonta [[TheChessmaster as part of his master plan to end it]], and like Nagito prepared an elaborate ThanatosGambit to that end but with the intention of saving everyone rather than killing them.]]
** [[spoiler: Gonta Gokuhara]] in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' [[spoiler: is a GentleGiant who cared for everyone, even the less-likable ones around him, but after Kokichi exposes him to a Flashback Light in Chapter 4 his memories of the outside world send him into a DespairEventHorizon that makes him believe that [[MercyKill killing everyone in the class trial would be preferable to them learning the truth]]. He goes along with Kokichi's plan to kill Miu in self-defense for this reason, but sadly forgets everything he learned after leaving Monokuma's [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame deadly VR game]] due to an error.]]

** [[spoiler: [[DecoyProtagonist Kaede Akamatsu]], Of all characters]] can arguably be seen as this due to [[spoiler: Her forcing everyone through the extremely hard Death Road of Despair multiple times so they can escape, and this comes to a head when she forms a plan to kill the mastermind but ends up "killing" Rantaro instead by accident, and could have led to the deaths of everyone by not taking the First Blood Perk just to try and weed the mastermind out during the trial]]

** [[spoiler: [[DecoyProtagonist Kaede Akamatsu]], Of all characters]] can arguably be seen as this due to [[spoiler: Her forcing everyone through the extremely hard Death Road of Despair multiple times so they can escape, and this comes to a head when she forms a plan to kill the mastermind but ends up killing Rantaro instead by accident, and could have led to the deaths of everyone by not taking the First Blood Perk just to try and weed the mastermind out during the trial]]

** [[spoiler: [[DecoyProtagonist Kaede Akamatsu]], Of all characters]] can arguably be seen as this due to [[spoiler: Her forcing everyone through the extremely hard Death Road of Despair multiple times so they can escape, and this comes to a head when she forms a plan to kill the mastermind but ends up killing Rantaro instead by accident]]

** [[spoiler: [[HeroAntagonist Nagito Komaeda]]]] of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''. [[spoiler: He's essentially an EvilCounterpart to the protagonist of the previous game and the BigGood of the series, Makoto Naegi, and his goal is to become the [[TheParagon Ultimate Hope]] like Makoto before him. However, his cynical TheEndsJustifiesTheMeans attitude and DeathSeeker tendencies [[LightIsNotGood leads to him committing all sorts of insane acts]] such as kickstarting the murders in order to [[MiseryBuildsCharacter make the "Symbols of Hope"]] [[INeedYouStronger shine brighter]]. After TheReveal that he and the others are all former members of [[ApocalypseCult Ultimate Despair]], [[GoMadFromTheRevelation he's so disgusted that he]] prepares an elaborate ThanatosGambit to [[TakingYouWithMe take the others with him]].]]

* [[spoiler: [[HeroAntagonist Nagito Komaeda]]]] of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''. [[spoiler: He's essentially an EvilCounterpart to the protagonist of the previous game and the BigGood of the series, Makoto Naegi, and his goal is to become the [[TheParagon Ultimate Hope]] like Makoto before him. However, his cynical TheEndsJustifiesTheMeans attitude and DeathSeeker tendencies [[LightIsNotGood leads to him committing all sorts of insane acts]] such as kickstarting the murders in order to [[MiseryBuildsCharacter make the "Symbols of Hope"]] [[INeedYouStronger shine brighter]].]]

* The Church in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' is portrayed this way. They can't go ''too'' overboard because they're supposed to be secret. The only reason they're not trying to kill Arcueid is because, well, she's essentially unkillable. They gave up. Supplementary materials indicate that they prefer the 'kill the evil non-human, burn the body, and cover up all the evidence' course of action, and ask questions only if they are unable to actually kill said non-human, as in the case with Arcueid, Ciel, or [[VideoGame/MeltyBlood Wallachia]].

* In ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'', the Nagoshi no Gi story reveals that Yakumo [[spoiler:amputated young girls in order to turn them into dolls and offer them to the BigBad Kakuya, satiating her for ten years.]] A noble goal, but with a horrible price to pay, and nothing justifies his involvement with the Screaming Author.

** Aura Blackquill. She's not the most pleasant person to talk to, and has an intense hatred for the legal system due to the conviction of her brother, Simon. However, she doesn't actually seem all that bad...[[spoiler: until she takes several visitors to the Space Museum (including Phoenix's own adopted daughter) hostage, and begins threatening them in exchange for Athena Cykes, whom she believes to be the true culprit of the crime her brother was arrested for. All of this was to force a retrial, in hopes that her brother's sentence would be overturned. Especially since his execution was only a day away. Luckily, Phoenix is able to [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn a happy ending]] for both Simon and Athena, and Aura turns herself in after everything is said and done.]]

** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' has many of the students of Themis Legal Academy, aka '''an entire law school''' become convinced that this path is the best one. This is thanks to the efforts of the defense attorney teacher, Professor Aristotle "The Ends Justifies The" Means. He makes a point to lecture students and protagonists alike that they're in "The Dark Age of The Law" where all lawyers are in danger of dooming their clients or letting criminals roam free if they don't employ his practices. Believe it or not, he's actually [[CoolOldGuy pretty friendly]], his [[TheCynic cynicism aside]]. [[spoiler: He's also a murderer, accepts bribes from students, finds insulting his ideology worse than accusing him of murder, and ''not a pleasant man one bit''.]]
** Also from ''Dual Destinies'', we have Aura Blackquill. She's not the most pleasant person to talk to, and has an intense hatred for the legal system due to the conviction of her brother, Simon. However, she doesn't actually seem all that bad...[[spoiler: until she takes several visitors to the Space Museum (including Phoenix's own adopted daughter) hostage, and begins threatening them in exchange for Athena Cykes, whom she believes to be the true culprit of the crime her brother was arrested for. All of this was to force a retrial, in hopes that her brother's sentence would be overturned. Especially since his execution was only a day away. Luckily, Phoenix is able to [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn a happy ending]] for both Simon and Athena, and she turns herself in after everything is said and done.]]

* BigBad Zero/[[spoiler:Akane]] from the ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'' series (''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' [[spoiler:& ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'']]) would be considered this from most people's viewpoints. Not really a "villain", yet not someone of pure gold either, their intentions and goals in the games are to [[spoiler:save her own life and save the world from a fatal viral infection]] in '999' [[spoiler:and 'VLR' respectively]]. Good goals, in anyone's book. However their methods for achieving such goals include [[spoiler:kidnapping people, placing bombs into them, forcing them to play deadly games, blowing some people up, and in several alternative histories indirectly having caused and not prevented things such as mass-murders, bombs blowing up groups of people, mass-suicides and people having been torn from their loved for decades. Considering that the game runs on the "many worlds theory", basically making every timeline you see something that technically happened to the respective versions of the characters, it means that she was technically responsible for many horrific things]]. Trying to [[spoiler:save her own life and the world]] is all well and good but it's one thing to go to THOSE lengths to do so.
** Zero II/[[spoiler:Q]]/[[spoiler:Delta]]/[[spoiler:Brother]], the BigBad of ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'' qualifies as well. [[spoiler:In the timeline that leads to ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'', he killed 6 billion people with Radical-6 to have a 75% chance of killing the "[[GreaterScopeVillain Religious Fanatic]]", who would otherwise wipe out humanity through nuclear war.]] Zero II also forces the participants of the Dcom experiment to take part in the deadly "Decision Game" [[spoiler:to ensure his own birth and to create a timeline where the Religious Fanatic will be stopped without casualties]].

* [[spoiler:Akane]] from the ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'' series (''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' & ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'') would be considered this from most people's viewpoints. Not really a "villain", yet not a woman of pure gold either, her intentions and goals in the games are for her to [[spoiler:save her own life and save the world from a fatal viral infection]] in '999' and 'VLR' respectively. Good goals, in anyone's book. However her methods for achieving such goals include [[spoiler:kidnapping people, placing bombs into them, forcing them to play deadly games, blowing some people up, and in several alternative histories indirectly having caused and not prevented things such as mass-murders, bombs blowing up groups of people, mass-suicides and people having been torn from their loved for decades. Considering that the game runs on the "many worlds theory", basically making every timeline you see something that technically happened to the respective versions of the characters, it means that she was technically responsible for many horrific things]]. Trying to save her own life, and the world, is all well and good but it's one thing to go to THOSE lengths to do so.
** Zero II/[[spoiler:Delta]]/[[spoiler:Brother]], the BigBad of ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'' qualifies as well. [[spoiler:In the timeline that leads to ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'', he killed 6 billion people with Radical-6 to have a 75% chance of killing the "Religious Fanatic", who would otherwise wipe out humanity through nuclear war.]] He also forces the participants of the Dcom experiment to take part in his deadly "Decision Game" [[spoiler:to ensure his own birth and to create a timeline where the Religious Fanatic will be stopped.]]

* [[spoiler:Akane]] from the ''Zero Escape'' series (''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' & ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'') would be considered this from most people's viewpoints. Not really a "villain", yet not a woman of pure gold either, her intentions and goals in the games are for her to [[spoiler:save her own life and save the world from a fatal viral infection]] in '999' and 'VLR' respectively. Good goals, in anyone's book. However her methods for achieving such goals include [[spoiler:kidnapping people, placing bombs into them, forcing them to play deadly games, blowing some people up, and in several alternative histories indirectly having caused and not prevented things such as mass-murders, bombs blowing up groups of people, mass-suicides and people having been torn from their loved for decades. Considering that the game runs on the "many worlds theory", basically making every timeline you see something that technically happened to the respective versions of the characters, it means that she was technically responsible for many horrific things]]. Trying to save her own life, and the world, is all well and good but it's one thing to go to THOSE lengths to do so.

* [[spoiler:Akane]] from the ''Zero Escape'' series (''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' & ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'') would be considered this from most people's viewpoints. Not really a "villain", yet not a woman of pure gold either, her intentions and goals in the games are for her to [[spoiler:save her own life and save the world from a fatal viral infection]] in '999' and 'VLR' respectively. Good goals, in anyone's book. However her methods for achieving such goals include [[spoiler:kidnapping people, placing bombs into them, forcing them to play deadly games, blowing some people up, and in several alternative histories indirectly having caused and not prevented things such as mass-murders, bombs blowing blowing up groups of people, mass-suicides and people having been torn from their loved for decades. Considering that the game runs on the "many worlds theory", basically making every timeline you see something that technically happened to the respective versions of the characters, it means that she was technically responsible for many horrific things]]. Trying to save her own life, and the world, is all well and good but it's one thing to go to THOSE lengths to do so.

* The Church in ''{{Tsukihime}}'' is portrayed this way. They can't go ''too'' overboard because they're supposed to be secret. The only reason they're not trying to kill Arcueid is because, well, she's essentially unkillable. They gave up. Supplementary materials indicate that they prefer the 'kill the evil non-human, burn the body, and cover up all the evidence' course of action, and ask questions only if they are unable to actually kill said non-human, as in the case with Arcueid, Ciel, or [[VideoGame/MeltyBlood Wallachia]].

* [[spoiler:Akane]] from the ''Zero Escape'' series (''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' & ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'') would be considered this from most people's viewpoints. Not really a "villain", yet not a woman of pure gold either, her intentions and goals in the games are for her to [[spoiler:save her own life and save the world from a fatal viral infection]] in '999' and 'VLR' respectively. Good goals, in anyone's book. However her methods for achieving such goals include [[spoiler:kidnapping people, placing bombs into them, forcing them to play deadly games, blowing some people up, and in several alternative histories indirectly having caused and not prevented things such as mass-murders, bombs blowing blowing up groups of people, mass-suicides and people having been torn from their loved for decades. Considering that the game runs on the "many worlds theory", basically making every timeline you see something that technically happened to the respective versions of the characters, it means that she was technically responsible for many horrific things]]. Trying to save her own life, and the world, is all well and good but it's one thing to go to THOSE lengths to do so.

* The Church in ''{{Tsukihime}}'' is portrayed this way. They can't go ''too'' overboard because they're supposed to be secret. The only reason they're not trying to kill Arcueid is because, well, she's essentially unkillable. They gave up. Supplementary materials indicate that they prefer the 'kill the evil non-human, burn the body, and cover up all the evidence' course of action, and ask questions only if they are unable to actually kill said non-human, as in the case with Arcueid, Ciel, or [[MeltyBlood Wallachia]].

* [[spoiler:Akane]] from the ''Zero Escape'' series [NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors & VirtuesLastReward] would be considered this from most people's viewpoints. Not really a "villain", yet not a woman of pure gold either, her intentions and goals in the games are for her to [[spoiler:save her own life and save the world from a fatal viral infection]] in '999' and 'VLR' respectively. Good goals, in anyone's book. However her methods for achieving such goals include [[spoiler:kidnapping people, placing bombs into them, forcing them to play deadly games, blowing some people up, and in several alternative histories indirectly having caused and not provented things such as mass-murders, bombs blowing blowing up groups of people, mass-suicides and people having been torn from their loved for decades. Considering that the game runs on the "many worlds theory", basically making every timeline you see something that technically happened to the respective versions of the characters, it means that she was technically responsible for many horrific things]]. Trying to save her own life, and the world, is all well and good but it's one thing to go to THOSE lengths to do so.

** Also from ''Dual Destinies'', we have Aura Blackquill. She's not the most pleasant person to talk to, and has an intense hatred for the legal system due to the conviction of her brother, Simon. However, she doesn't actually seem all that bad...[[spoiler: until she takes several visitors to the Space Museum (including Phoenix's own adopted daughter) hostage, and begins threatening them in exchange for Athena Cykes, whom she believes to be the true culprit of the crime her brother was arrested for. All of this was to force a retrial, in hopes that her brother's sentence would be overturned. Especially since his execution was only a day away. Luckily, Phoenix is able to [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn a happy ending]] for both Simon and Athena, and she turns herself in after everything is said and done.]]

* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'':

** Also from ''Dual Destinies'', we have Aura Blackquill. She's not the most pleasant person to talk to, and has an intense hatred of the legal system due to the conviction of her brother, Simon. However, she doesn't actually seem all that bad...[[spoiler: until she takes several visitors to the Space Museum (including Phoenix's own adopted daughter) hostage, and begins threatening them in exchange for Athena Cykes, whom she believes to be the true culprit of the crime her brother was arrested for. All of this was to force a retrial, in hopes that her brother's sentence would be overturned. Especially since his execution was only a day away. Luckily, Phoenix is able to [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn a happy ending]] for both Simon and Athena, and she turns herself in after everything is said and done.]]

** Also from Dual Destinies, we have Aura Blackquil. She's not the most pleasant person to talk to, and has an intense hatred legal system due to the conviction of her brother, Simon. However, she doesn't actually seem all that bad...[[spoiler: until she takes several visitors to the Space Museum (including Phoenix's own adopted daughter) hostage, and begins threatening them in exchange for Athena Cykes, whom she believes to be the true culprit of the crime her brother was arrested for. All of this was to force a retrial, in hopes that her brother's sentence would be overturned. Especially since his execution was only a day away. Luckily, Phoenix is able to [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn a happy ending]] for both Simon and Athena, and she turns herself in after everything is said and done.]]

** Also from Dual Destinies, we have Aura Blackquil. She's not the most pleasant person to talk to, and has an intense hatred legal system due to the conviction of her brother, Simon. However, she doesn't actually seem all that bad...[[spoiler: until she takes several visitors to the Space Museum (including Phoenix's own adopted daughter) hostage, and begins threatening them in exchange for Athena Cykes, whom she believes to be the true culprit of the crime her brother was arrested for. All of this was to force a retrial, in hopes that her brother's sentence would be overturned. Especially since his execution was only a day away. Luckily, Phoenix is able to EarnAHappyEnding for both Simon and Athena, and she turns herself in after everything is said and done.]]

** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' has many of the students of Themis Legal Academy, aka '''an entire law school''' become convinced that this path is the best one. This is thanks to the efforts of the defense attorney teacher, Professor Aristotle "The Ends Justifies The" Means. He makes a point to lecture students and protagonists alike that they're in "The Dark Age of The Law" where all lawyers are in danger of dooming their clients or letting criminals roam free if they don't employ his practices. Believe it or not, he's actually [[CoolOldGuy pretty friendly]], his [[TheCynic cynicism aside]]. [[spoiler: He's also a murderer, accepts bribes from students, finds insulting his ideology worse than accusing him of murder, and ''not a pleasant man one bit''.]]

** Edgeworth in the first game appears at first to be an AmoralAttorney who prosecutes innocent people for the sake of his own record. However, it is eventually revealed that he honestly believed in the guilt of all the people he used illegitimate methods to try to sentence, making him this.

* The Church in ''{{Tsukihime}}'' is portrayed this way. They can't go ''too'' overboard because they're supposed to be secret. The only reason they're not trying to kill Arcueid is because, well, she's essentially unkillable. They gave up. Supplementary materials indicate that they prefer the 'kill the evil non-human, burn the body, and cover up all the evidence' course of action, and ask questions only if they are unable to actually kill said non-human, as in the case with Arcueid, Ciel, or [[MeltyBlood Wallachia]].