Would Akio from Revolutionary Girl Utena qualify? While he does lose to Utena and Anthy walks out on him in end, he is still the functioning authority at Ohtori, has all of his power and is ready to start the cycle of duels anew. Even Anthy walking out on him does not seem to bother him much. Considering all the grief he has caused to virtually everyone in the cast, either directly or otherwise, including seducing and breaking 14 year old Utena, the lack of comeuppance makes him very valid candidate for a karma houdini.
Edited by Nocturnalux
I removed Kouga's example since, as I had noted before, Kouga's pride, greed for power and revenge got almost all the Wolf Clans decimated that he wanted to protect. He failed as a leader, he lost the shards of the Jewel and therefore his power, he didn't get the girl, and he didn't even get the revenge he wanted so much, giving it up to protect the few Wolf Youkais that remained. At the end of his story, he lost basically everything he cared about.
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"Shinji/Paul in the Pokémon anime, has gotten away with countless cases of psychological and physical abuse towards his own Pokemon, equally countless cases of neglect and abandonment, multiple counts of poor sportsmanship, conduct unbecoming a Pokemon trainer outside the arena, one count of critically demoralizing a Gym Leader, and one Rage Quit, among others, with nary a word in reprimand for it."
I feel the Paul one needs to be fixed, as its entry borders on hyperbole. Just a couple examples: A.) To my recollection Paul never physically abused his pokemon. B.) The pokemon he deemed unable to handle training from him psychologically he seemed to do away with early on. The pokemon that are still with him have been shown to be emotionally tough enough. Chimchar being the only exception as it took longer for Paul to give up on him. Which next leads me into... C.) The pokemon paul released were from the wild to begin with OR were given to other trainers (such as Azumarill), the only one this has a case for is Chimchar where he formed a bond early on and stayed with him longer than his other pokemon. when Paul released him he was in a bad emotional state. But Paul gets his comeuppance on this front when Infernape unleashes his power under Ash. But other than that one example COUNTLESS is a gross exaggeration when ONE is the only one with definitive proof. D.) Sportsmanship is debatable on the severity of his actions and whether karma was needed there. E.) Ditto on his conduct as a pokemon trainer as Paul was well within his rights. F.) So why does every person who criticizes a trainer or call them week NEED TO BE DEALT with about this? G.) The Rage quit overlaps with Chimchar which Paul was dealt with.
Seriously aside from Chimchar I didn't think Paul needed to be dealt with every act he commited just because he showed "attitude" during it and some people didn't like it. And since Paul learned to be a little more trusting by the end and had Infernape beat his pokemon with the power he sought I think Paul should be removed from this trope.
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Would the Digimon Emperor from Digimon Adventure 02 count?
I’m tired of the sexist garbage going on this site. I’m leaving, this site now just trash.
Does Mu La Flaga from Gundam Seed Destiny count as a Karma Houdini? He started off the war, interfered with the Junius 7 break-up attempt, brainwashed child soldiers, and was the ranking officer on the scene when the Destroy obliterated 3 cities in Europe, more than likely killing millions of people. Then he jumps over to join Orb and gets instantly forgiven, becomes a high-ranking Orb official and gets to marry the love of his life.
Sure, he was brainwashed into thinking he was somebody he wasn't, but early in the series he says "I wonder when I crossed the line and became a wicked man", so he clearly understands that what he's doing is wrong.
The reason I'm asking is because he was on here awhile ago, but was then removed for reasons that I never got, so if somebody else could chime in it would be greatly appreciated.
Azor Ahai
I just made a bunch of changes to that Haruhi Suzumiya example, which I feel made the example much less ranting, gives context for why the others still hang out with her (I thought the original example was kind of off-base in blaming Mikuru, Haruhi's victim- she hangs out with Haruhi because it's her job).
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Fair enough, I'm not very familiar with the series in general, and I assumed familairity with the series would not be necessary to interpret that correctly. Excuse me for assuming that someone who would use false incrimination as a means of blackmail for exclusively material gains was the villain, and that Mikuru was simply a Horrible Judge of Character to be hanging out with Haruhi, rather than required to.
In any case, though, the image clearly demonstrates the trope, series familiarity or not.
Sorry if I was too vehement before. I assumed you were a lot more familiar with the series (because generally, people who add characters as page images are massive fans of the work in question), which made me think you were really distorting the series. Thanks for adding your further edits/fixes to mine.
I also gotta admit that I didn't think it was obvious in the picture that Haruhi was forcing the guy's hand, but now I see it's pretty clear, so I don't mind it as much as an image (although I'm still not sure this trope really needs one- I'm not sure Haruhi is anywhere near the most egregious in anime).
Hodor
She doesn't necessarily have to be the most egregious example; she just needs to demonstrate it in a still image.
Both the characters in question died as consequence of their evil acts- lack of punishment and forgiveness are different things.