History AntiHero / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Eren Yeager is an idealist in a cynical world, he wants the best for humanity, and his gift is stated to be his HeroicResolve. What muddies up his status as a straight-up hero is that he's fueled by [[ThePowerOfHate his hatred for all Titans]] and his UnstoppableRage can be absolutely ''terrifying'' to behold. Post-TimeSkip he becomes much more cold, calculating, and willing to commit morally reprehensible actions for the sake of Paradis' survival.

** Yami Yuugi from [[Manga/YuGiOh the early manga]]. Example: A guy steals a playing card from Yuugi. Yami Yuugi comes out to drive him permanently stark raving mad. Whenever he gets out, someone is gonna die or go nuts. He is ''smiling'' as he lights people on fire, condemns them to insanity, etc.
** Seto Kaiba in [[Anime/YuGiOh the anime]], certainly. First he's a villain. Then Yami Yugi does some freaky shit to his mind and he becomes a sympathetic villain who's just trying to save his brother (and his company), and admits to respecting Yugi. Then he gets kidnapped and Yugi and his friends save him and they team up to beat the bad guys. Then he's a kind of antagonist again but he keeps helping Yugi beat the bad guys. Then they all have to team up to beat ''more'' bad guys. Then in the movie he seems to be a bad guy but he's actually a puppet for the BigBad and helps Yugi to defeat said Big Bad when he's freed from its control. Then he opens a school to help young people learn to duel. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Make up your mind, man]]! He's been on one side since day one. [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries The side where he can screw the most rules.]]

** Following Robin, there’s Franky the {{Cyborg}} who was even more antagonistic, stealing money from the crew, beating the shit out of Usopp and tried to kill Luffy after the latter avenged Usopp by destroying his home base. He does reveal himself to much nicer later on as well as a EmotionalBruiser and join the Straw Hats after Enies Lobby, like his aforementioned crewmates Franky has no qualms with being brutal with his opponents and [[CombatPragmatist winning by any means possible]].
** Koza of the Alabasta arc leads the Alabasta rebellion movement, supposedly for bettering the country.
** Wyper "The Berserker" of the Skypiea Saga acts rather coldly, especially towards strangers, but there's no denying his noble motives.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Phantom Lord, being a legal guild that more or less acts like a dark one, is a NominalHero before their attack on Fairy Tail. [[spoiler:Jellal, Ultear, and Merudy are {{Unscrupulous Hero}}es ( who PayEvilUntoEvil) after their HeelFaceTurn.]]