Unintentionally Unsympathetic in Visual Novels.
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- Long Live the Queen has Julianna, the Duchess of Ursul. As the only openly-acknowledged Lumen, she's subject to a degree of Fantastic Racism and, depending on whether Elodie bolsters the public acceptance of Lumens, may remain utterly hated by the masses; she even has a special segment in most of the epilogues and a number of special conversations suggesting that she's socially isolated because of her powers and feels guilty for not protecting Fidelia. To the player, her condescending, snobby attitude combined with her utter unwillingness to actually do anything unless she can't avoid it makes it hard to feel bad for her.
- DRAMAtical Murder: Mink. The audience is meant to see Mink as a Jerkass Woobie due to his backstory involving Toue and feel sympathy for him. However, his actions in the story as a result of his backstory and suicidal tendencies went too far for many fans. He nearly gets Aoba gang raped, repeatedly rapes and beats Aoba throughout his story route, and won't even consider him a fellow human being. He isn't even kind to his faithful bird Allmate, refusing to name it. This made him by far the least liked of all the love interests, especially in the western fandom. The writers seem to have realized he came off much worse than intended, as a great portion of his route in re:connect involves him finding his previous actions reprehensible and trying to keep his distance from Aoba.
- Higurashi: When They Cry:
- Yes, Takano went through hell as a child and her adoptive grandfather was unjustly humiliated, but she's still a psycho who will happily toy with and discard lives For Science!, and becomes dead-set on gutting a little girl whose death will pave the way to commit genocide on a village that never wronged her.
- Oryou Sonozaki treated Shion horribly and was responsible for the Houjou siblings' otracisation. Mion and Akane certainly claim she has a softer side but her only positive action is largely indirect and we never see her express any remorse for what she did to Shion. Combined with her Kick the Dog moments and with how her Slave to PR attitude causes a massive amount of problems for the protagonists, the audience is more likely to agree with Shion's perception of her as a horrible old woman.
- In Gou, while it is understandable that Satoko would have a difficult time at St. Lucia Academy due to it not befitting her personality, Rika did offer her help when she correctly assumed that Satoko's grades were failing, and she also invited her to tea which she declined. Worse, Satoko allows her pride to override her judgment which only further scrutinized her in the eyes of her peers. Unlike the other members of the club, Satoko demonstrates little signs of maturing which inadvertently also contributed to her and Rika drifting apart. In short, while Satoko does have her reasons for what she does, it does not excuse the fact that it was largely because of her not being truthful with Rika and blaming her for her own problems. That is not to mention sending Rika back to her endless torment likely out of spite.
- Rika does not deserve her suffering for hundreds of years, but much like Satoko, she is slightly responsible for how the split played out: while she does offer to help Satoko with her classwork, she doesn't pursue it further and overall appears disinterested with keeping the promise she made with Satoko as she interacts with the other girls in the academy. Furthermore, she should be more aware of her friend's history of trauma and mental illness that could very easily be exacerbated by St. Lucia's suffocating social environment towards those that can't adjust (which she herself is able to very easily). It could appear that her endless suffering had made her blissfully unaware of how those she cares for are feeling.
- Majikoi! Love Me Seriously!: Yamato is very fond of using underhand tactics, blackmail and is something of a jerk in general, but he reaches a new low in Chris' route. In order to convince his girlfriend to stay in Japan, he decides to tie her up in her sleep and rape her until she changes her mind. When Yamato tells his male friends about this plan, they are only worried about his safety in case he failed, since most girls in the game are absurdly strong. Yet, Chris isn't able to free herself and Yamato manages to overpower her with not much trouble. His explanation: "Men are strong at times like this." The whole incident isn't played dramatically, the word "rape" is never used and Yamato's plan, as usual, ends in success. The assumption seems to be that it's okay because it's an archaic practice known as yobai. But even if you were willing to give it a pass on that, Chris definitely did not grow up with those values.
- Umineko: When They Cry: Eva Ushiromiya will also have had a difficult childhood with an abusive and misogynistic father like Kinzo and surely,, after the Rokkenjima tragedy she did not live an easy life when everyone, including her last living relative, her niece Ange, accused her of being a greedy familicide who had no qualms about killing even her beloved son George and husband Hideyoshi. However, the fact remains that she is an equally misogynist Narcissist who mistreated in turn those in a weaker position than hers (for example; Rosa, Maria, Natsuhi, Jessica and Shannon) only for fun. She also tends to stab her siblings and their respective families in the back for her own gain without remorse, as well as bullying them for no reason. Not to mention that even if she had more or less understandable psychological reasons, she abused Ange in a cruel and inhuman way to such an extent that the consequences of this lead her to attempt suicide shortly after Eva's death. Worst part? The narrative itself seems to suggest that the blame of the reason of why Eva and her niece's relationship has soured must go to Ange (who understandably rejected her as a replacement of her mother Kyrie, not knowing the truth of what really happened on Rokkenjima island), instead of Eva herself.
