History AbusiveParents / AnimeAndManga

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* ''LightNovel/BalancingMySupportMagicAndSummoningMagicInADifferentWorld'' has both Arisu and Tamaki. They are both adopted out of the Japanese orphanage system, well and good, right? '''Wrong'''. Arisu's foster parents were cold and aloof, only interacting with her to "discipline" her in ways that remain unstated, but were so horrific that ''impending rape by an orc threatening to take away her virginity'' doesn't even faze her. Tamaki, on the other hand, got a major inferiority complex, and drives herself way, way too hard because her foster parents have a HairTriggerTemper and would scream and shout emotional abuse at her for the slightest failure, real or imagined. Both girls grew up believing nothing they ever did would be good enough.

* ''LightNovel/BeingAbleToEditSkillsInAnotherWorldIGainedOpWaifus'': Nagi's parents gave birth to him, but that's the ''only'' good thing they ever did for him. They constantly criticised and insulted him before abandoning him to his own devices.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'':

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'':

*** Giorno Giovanna grew up having to fend for himself due to his extremely neglectful mother, and while his stepfather seemed nice ''at first'', he later turned out to be physically abusive to Giorno. Luckily, the latter would come to an end after a gangster Giorno saved the life of payed the stepfather a visit. According to the ''[[LightNovel/JojosBizarreAdventureOverHeaven Over Heaven]]'' spin-off novel, this was the intention of Giorno's actual father, DIO, who only had children with women he knew would be abusive so that his children would become self-dependent and strong willed.

* In the action/horror manga ''Can You Just Die My Darling?'', there is Sonoha's unnamed father. He beats her viciously over her grades and expects her to take her mother's place. Yes, ''that'' way. In fact it's on one of the nights he intends to rape her that her ID plague symptoms kick in and kill him, and she's more shocked by the emergence of her PoisonousPerson state than his death. Even if she ''hadn't'' contracted ID and its subsequent psychosis, she would have been a mess.

** All three of Hohenheim's kids in the first ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime. [[spoiler:Envy]] definitely takes the cake, as while Ed and Al had Hohenheim merely pull a ParentalAbandonment and were left with a very loving mother [[spoiler:since Hohenheim realized his huge fuck up and didn't want them to be in danger]], [[spoiler:Envy was stuck with his mother [[BigBad Dante]], who only cared about herself and treated Envy as a tool.]]

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'':
** Baron Shelley treats his illegitimate daughter Anne horribly, telling her that she's of no use to him after she gets scarred in a fire, resulting in her going to the Claes family to work as a maid. Years later, after Anne has become happy with working as Catarina's maid, Baron Shelley returns to force her into another arranged marriage.
** Keith's biological mother practically abandoned him to the custody of his nobleman father, where he suffered even more for being a bastard child.

** Mayu was raped by her stepfather, this being the reason why she ran away from home. To add extreme insult to injury, her already-distant mother, when Mayu told of this abuse, did not disbelieve her or ask her to not say anything... she slapped and berated her out of jealousy, treating her violated daughter as a sexual competitor. While in the anime, she refers to Kouta and Yuka as the mother and father of the group, in the manga, she is understandably still phobic towards guys, and while she respects, admires, and is grateful to the pair, any overt parental associations are kind of shut out. Ironically, she bonds the most with Bandou who generally treats her like crap (mostly verbally). Then again, EvenEvilHasStandards in Bandou's case ([[JerkAss Though he's still one of the series' biggest assholes]]).

** The also applies to [[spoiler:[[JerkAss Minerva]]]], whose father brought her up to believe that crying was weak and punished her by doing exactly what he did to poor [[spoiler:Yukino]], and the anime goes even further by showing that he forced her to fight other [[spoiler:Saber Tooth]] members and [[ChildrenForcedToKill ordered her to kill them on at least one occasion]] before doing it himself when she refused while bawling her eyes out. No wonder the girl's such a bitch.

* In ''Manga/MahounoIroha'', Future Naoki either ignores and neglects his children, or he acts like the world's biggest JerkAss towards them. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that most of it is an extreme façade.]]

*** Ironically enough, he may be the less abusive parent compared to his wife, Nodoka. While Genma manipulates Ranma for his own personal gain, he still attempts to protect Ranma throughout his life. Nodoka, on the other hand, does love and care for Ranma, but is a CloudCuckooLander who is completely determined to carry out the {{seppuku}} contract she and Genma had Ranma sign when he was just a baby. Even though she wants to see her son and desperately want to see him, she will kill him if she doesn't find him manly. [[spoiler:After she discovers Ranma's a GenderBender and determines that his actions are still manly enough for the contract, she deems the curse isn't a failure in and of itself, but she is still perfectly willing to carry out the Seppeku ritual if she feels that his conduct isn't satisfactory]]... Yeah, Ranma's family is [[DysfunctionalFamily pretty screwed up.]]

* ''LightNovel/FailureFrame'': This is the reason Mimori starts the story with no self-confidence. His parents repeatedly beat him up for no explained reason and have the gall to boast "perhaps this is the beating that will finally kill him."

** Charlotte Linlin aka Big Mom has ''many'' children, but not only she encourages their worst traits, recruits them in their crew and/or forces them into {{arranged marriage}}s (even if some of them [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage have worked well]]), if they ever try defying her she will treat them as absolute crap. i.e. she ripped 50 years out of her son Moscato’s life when he tried to stop one of her hunger-induced {{Unstoppable Rage}}s, [[spoiler:beat the hell outta her daughter Chiffon for looking too much like her sister Lola aka the only of her kids who openly defied her]], and [[spoiler:psychologically abused her [[ParentalFavoritism "favorite child"]] Pudding ever since she was a little girl, only valuing her for the power inside her ThirdEye and helping shape her into the AxCrazy BitchInSheepsClothing [[UsedtoBeASweetKid she'd become]].]]
** Kaido isn’t any better when it comes to his son[[spoiler:/daughter Yamato whom idolises Kozuki Oden and received violent abuse from him for it and considering Kaido is one of the [[WorldsStrongestMan strongest]] characters in One Piece, Yamato has had it very rough. Although Kaido surprisingly has no issue with his [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} daughter identifying as a man]] and even refers to Yamato as his “son” which is uncharacteristically accepting and progressive for a brutal EvilOverlord]]. Kaido also states [[spoiler: after killing Shogun Orochi]] that he wants Yamato to be Shogun of Wano, not that makes up for his terrible treatment of his only child, especially since it is unclear if he does this out of love or if he is making his child a puppet leader.

* ''LightNovel/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'': Emperor Senka attentively watches over his sons and has the policy of saving each of his sons' life once; however, he does not care about their personal well-being and does nothing to prevent the power struggle that leads to the death of four of them. Similarly, Ryuuki's mother resented the fact that Senka didn't favor her, and took it out on Ryuuki himself.

* ''Lightnovel/TheWayToProtectTheFemaleLeadsOlderBrother'': Lant Agriche encourages his kids to compete among themselves and murder each other in order to rise in the ranks, openly derides and humiliates them if they fall short off his expectations and outright kills them when he ultimately decides they're not up to his insanely high standards. Many of his wives are not much better.

* ''LightNovel/HaremInTheLabyrinthOfAnotherWorld'': The closest thing Michio has to a fond memory of his mother is watching traffic pass by because she thought it would be a great idea to take him to a beauty salon and leave him with nothing to do, and wondered why he was so bored. And that's nothing compared to his father, who decided the best way to mourn his wife's death was to side with the vicious bullies tormenting his son and bully him too, then proceeded to simply ignore the boy as if he didn't exist when he realized Michio was learning Kendo and could plausibly retaliate.

* ''LightNovel/ArifuretaFromCommonplaceToWorldsStrongest'': Eri's mother blamed her for her father's death, and her stepfather repeatedly raped her until he was discovered and incarcerated, which lead Eri's mother to [[BlamingTheVictim blame Eri further for "seducing her second husband"]] and nearly beat her to death. It's this treatment that lead to Eri becoming a BitchInSheepsClothing.

* ''LightNovel/ArifuretaFromCommonplaceToWorldsStrongest'': Eri's mother blamed her for her father's death, and her stepfather repeatedly raped her until he was discovered and incarcerated, which lead Eri's mother to [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blame Eri further for "seducing her second husband"]] and nearly beat her to death. It's this treatment that lead to Eri becoming a BitchInSheepsClothing.

* The version of [[MadScientist Washu]] from the original OAV version of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' has one [[NeverLiveItDown particularly infamous scene]] that makes her appear to be less than a standard mother. Specifically, the scene where she captures Ryoko, binds her to a table, and then wanders off, leaving her trapped and alone in the dark. This hits such traumatic memories for Ryoko that the hardened SpacePirate bursts into tears and starts screaming for "mommy" to come and save her, unaware that Washu is gleefully eavesdropping from around the corner and taping Ryoko's complaints. Presumably so she can hear Ryoko call her "mommy" whenever she wants to, because Ryoko normally refuses to acknowledge Washu as her mother.

* Kousei's now [[PosthumousCharacter deceased]] IllGirl of a mother from ''Manga/YourLieInApril'' was emotionally and physically abusive towards him. She was a StageMom who overworked him from a young age and forced him to miss school to practice the piano. He often couldn't play with friends due to having to practice. She even beat him up in public. She has a FreudianExcuse, [[spoiler:She was [[AngerBornOfWorry scared]] of how he would be once she finally died. She wanted him to be skilled enough to become a professional pianist and support himself after her death.]] It doesn't excuse her actions in the end though. After beating him after a performance one day, the then 12-year-old Kousei snaps and tells her [[IWishedYouWereDead she should die]]. She does just that not too long later and Kousei heavily regrets those were his final words to her.

** In an interesting subversion, Spirit will come off as a neglectful skirt chaser and a really bad husband... who [[DotingParent adores his daughter Maka]] [[PapaWolf and will do absolutely anything for her]], which leads to someone ''knowingly'' harming their child to be his [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness biggest]] BerserkButton.

** Two of Suitengu's debtors shown in the series committed FinancialAbuse -- the first smashed his son's piggy bank to try and pay part of the debt, and the latter was going to try to sell his daughter to Suitengu (also some sexual abuse, given that he did this because of a mistaken impression that Suitengu was a pedophile. [[spoiler:Too bad he pressed Suitengu's biggest BerserkButton (sexual abuse of children) and ended up dead]]).

** Kaido isn’t any better when it comes to his son[[spoiler:/daughter Yamato whom idolises Kozuki Oden and received violent abuse from him for it and considering Kaido is one of the [[WordsStrongestMan strongest]] characters in One Piece, Yamato has had it very rough. Although Kaido surprisingly has no issue with his [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} daughter identifying as a man]] and even refers to Yamato as his “son” which is uncharacteristically accepting and progressive for a brutal EvilOverlord]]. Kaido also states [[spoiler: after killing Shogun Orochi]] that he wants Yamato to be Shogun of Wano, not that makes up for his terrible treatment of his only child.

* The backstory of Sugishita from ''Manga/{{Ooku}}'', a senior page in the titular Inner Chambers of the Shogun's palace, hits both the sexual and financial versions of this trope hard. The setting and situation (Tokeguwa Japan after generations of an endemic [[{{Gendercide}} man-killing plague]]) generates enough DeliberateValuesDissonance for the reader to swallow the idea of poor families with a healthy son collecting the occasional stud fee without choking (too much) but... Every. Single. Bloody. Night. ''From the age of'' '''fourteen!?!?!'''

* ''LightNovel/SlaveHaremInTheLabyrinthOfTheOtherWorld'': The closest thing Michio has to a fond memory of his mother is watching traffic pass by because she thought it would be a great idea to take him to a beauty salon and leave him with nothing to do, and wondered why he was so bored. And that's nothing compared to his father, who decided the best way to mourn his wife's death was to side with the vicious bullies tormenting his son and bully him too, then proceeded to simply ignore the boy as if he didn't exist when he realized Michio was learning Kendo and could plausibly retaliate.

* ''Manga/BeautyAndTheBeastOfLostParadise'': Evance never believed that Belle was his daughter because of her violet hair. He pretended to love Belle because of his wife, but bodyshamed the poor girl making her hide her hair with bonnets and hoods. After Laetitia saved Belle through a HeroicSacrifice, [[MadwomanInTheAttic he locked her up for five years]], insisting that she was too ugly to go out in public, forced her to work as a seamstress and drank all the money she earned. Fortunately, Belle escapes, gets a job at Beast's castle and a chance to discover what really happened to her mother. And Evance...[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath he gets what he deserves]].

** Yasaku Edogai's mother apparently castrated him at one point. His father was not abusive, but he was murdered for it.
** Zigzagged with Wilk. He put Asirpa through TrainingFromHell with the secret intent of [[spoiler:grooming her into becoming a freedom fighter waging war against the Japanese government for the Ainu]]. Judging from what is shown in the series, it involved telling her to hunt a bear alone when she was seven or younger. Despite this, he was an [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest otherwise loving and supporting father]] and it's implied that he did what he did because he trusted her exceptional abilities as a hunter and a survivalist, rather than abusing her for the kicks.

* ''Manga/BeautyAndTheBeastOfLostParadise'': Evance never believed that Belle was his daughter because of her violet hair. He pretended to love her to not hurt his wife, Latitia, but bodyshamed Belle by making her hide her hair with bonnets and hoods. After Latitia commited a HeroicSacrifice to save Belle, he locked her up for ten years, insisting that she was too ugly for the world to see. Also, he forced Belle to work as a seamstress and drank all the money she earned.

* Miyu's mother in ''Manga/SuperGals'' indicates her utter distaste for her daughter. With the exception of providing her with the bare necessities, she fails to provide any love and compassion. When [[spoiler:Miyu dramatically demands her mother's attention in the first season, the latter continues to give her the cold shoulder with a harsh response of "I see the man who left me in you"]].

* ''Anime/StarsAlign'' has multiple accounts of parental child abuse. In the first four episodes we already see [[spoiler: one of the main characters Maki get assaulted by his divorced father who forces himself into their apartment when the teenage boy is home alone.]] There is also a flashback to [[spoiler: Itsuki's mother pouring boiling water over her son's back when he was a baby which resulted in him having several burn scars that he feels self-concious about.]] It's also heavily implied that [[spoiler: Toma's mother is emotionally abusive.]] Needless to say, those boys really have it hard in this anime.

* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' takes it UpToEleven, with abusive parents virtually being the norm. The only characters who don't have abusive parents grow up to hate themselves. In the case of the Sohma clan, it's justified: dealing with a HereditaryCurse that locks a whole clan in a cycle of abuse that's lasted for generations doesn't make anyone good parent material. If you want a full list, we've got:

* [[spoiler:Kira]] from the manga ''Manga/{{Mars}}'' [[spoiler:was raped by her stepfather, causing her to gain a fear and dislike for men in general. It gets worse when her mother, who is unable to support the two of them anymore and still technically married to her stepfather because he never agreed to a divorce, has the two ''move back in'' with the stepfather, well aware of what he did to her daughter.]]

* ''Manga/RamenFighterMiki'': Being an hilarious deconstruction of the FightingSeries, offers a subversion of this trope because Miki Onimaru is not a child, but a WomanChild, and when her mother punishes her is by a very violent CurbStompBattle. Also Miki is TheSlacker and TheBully, so her mother is always justified.

* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': From what little we see of Shizuka's mother, she definitely qualifies as this trope, as her only appearance so far shows her yelling at Shizuka for being a CuteMute and Shizuka cowering before her in tears.

* Hayate from ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' suffered this in spades. Not only they ran away from home and slapped their son with their debts, they even ''sold his organs to the Yakuza to pay it off''!!!

* ''Manga/{{Innocent}}:

* Kumiko Kotoura in ''Manga/KotouraSan'' is the emotional kind. Not only does she [[IHaveNoSon disown]] Haruka, but verbally abuses her.

* ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'' has main character [[ActionSurvivor Nagasumi Michisio]]'s parents. It's a lucky thing he's an IronButtMonkey, considering all the abuse he gets from everyone around him including his own parents, who regularly beat him up for all the trouble that's happened. They also explicitly say, even when Nagasumi's around, that he's a worthless disgrace to the family and rather have his girlfriend [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Sun]] for a daughter instead, to the point that they ''move him to the attic and move Sun to his room.'' And then when Sun leaves, they beg her to ''stay with them'' and forget about her boyfriend.

** Although it's not highlit, Principle Kuno was himself an appalling father figure to his son, with flashbacks showing him verbally abusing Tatewaki, forcibly shaving him bald over and over, and hanging him from a tree by a rope. The abuse was so severe that Tatewaki suppressed all memory of his father when the latter went on sabbatical to Hawaii, and even after he returns, absolutely refuses to acknowledge the man as his father, even kicking him out of the Kuno estate.

* There is something unsettling about Kyouko's mother in ''Manga/SkipBeat''. The few scenes we see of her is when she is openly berating her then 6-year-old daughter for not being academically perfect, and then ignoring her. Next we know, Kyouko is living most of her "family" life with Shou's family, the Fuwas, who are quite cold to her [[spoiler:while planning to make her either marry Shou or shape her into the heiress to their ''ryokan'']] but she still sees them as warmer than her mom. By the time Kyouko has snapped out her pathological search of affection and is trying to live in another city, it has become more than obvious that Mrs. Mogami ''just plainly doesn't care for her'', not even to seek fame because of Kyouko's increasingly notoriety.