History BlackAndWhiteMorality / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/CandyCandy'': Candy White is a [[BeautyEqualsGoodness beautiful]] blonde girl who was born as an orphan and attracts boys with her kind heart... and she's constantly antagonized by [[AlphaBitch Eliza Leagan]], the daughter of the wealthiest, most influential family in America, who's jealous of all the boys Candy pulls, gets her GirlPosse to single her out at school and repeatedly bullies and abuses her, from locking her into rooms and getting her punished by the teachers. Guess which one you're supposed to be rooting for? If that didn't convince you, Eliza's brother Niel, who's always bullied Candy, falls in love with her because she saved him from being beaten up by thugs, and just as it seems like he's going to reform, he pulls a ScarpaUltimatum by trying to get her to marry him using his familial connections.

* This trope forms the very backbone of the narrative for ''LightNovel/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite'', both playing with it and ultimately deconstructing it to hell and gone. Good and Evil are absolutes imposed by a divine will and everything in the universe is defined by it's moral alignment with nothing but endless wars for those who live in it. Any kind of moral ambiguity is seen as unthinkable and yet there are those that are starting to question and eventually lash out against the system that has been imposed on them, eventually growing to hate the world they live in. It is also made clear that for such a system to work, true free will is next to non existent. This means that heroes are without virtue and villains are without malice, they just are stuck under those roles since the system says that those are the roles they have been given.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Part 1]] with [[IdealHero Jonathan]] and [[TakeOverTheWorld Dio]] is the most blatant example, though other parts do share this mindset to an extent. Even [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]], with the heroes, despite being '''mafia''' members, generally act more like cops against the clearly evil BigBad.

* In ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', no matter the reason(s) behind a crime, Shinichi/Conan will state that it is ''still'' wrong and the criminals must face the consequences for their actions.

** Played straight with several other villains in ''Super''. Frieza in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' and its series adaptation is portrayed as a genocidal DirtyCoward with no virtues whatsoever. Goku Black and Zamasu, despite being {{Knight Templar}}s who [[WellIntentionedExtremist see themselves as righteous]] but are anything [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist but]], and [[PlanetEater Moro]] from the ''Galactic Patrol Prisoner''.

* In ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' no matter the reason(s) behind a crime, Shinichi/Conan will state that it is ''still'' wrong and the criminals must face the consequences for their actions.

** Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Goes for WhiteAndGreyMorality quite a bit though (against Digimon Kaiser, [=BlackWarGreymon=], Oikawa).

** The series plays this trope straight. During the entire manga run, the [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure-hearted]] protagonist Son Goku fights against [[CardCarryingVillain openly evil bad guys]] who don't even hide their evil motives like killing or conquest. Among the villains we have an evil army; a demon literally MadeOfEvil and his offspring; space conquerors who wish to subdue anyone weaker than them; a genocidal space pirate forces; artificial creations who kill anyone, and space wizards who work with a demon and use the evil in people's hearts to turn them into slaves.
** This trope is subverted in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' with Beerus and Champa. While they are antagonistic JerkassGods, they are merely TrueNeutral, with their role as [[DestroyerDeity Gods of Destruction]] needed for cosmic balance serving as a break from straight bad guys. Hit and Jiren from the same series despite being a ProfessionalKiller and an ArrogantKungFuGuy who believes in MightMakesRight, aren't evil either and merely opponents Goku has to face. Broly from ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' likewise is an AntiVillain, used as an attack dog by people clearly eviler than him.
** Played straight with Frieza in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF''. He is portrayed as a genocidal DirtyCoward with no virtues whatsoever. Goku Black and Zamasu, despite being {{Knight Templar}}s who [[WellIntentionedExtremist see themselves as righteous]] but are anything [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist but]]; and [[PlanetEater Moro]] from the ''Galactic Patrol Prisoner''.

* Manga/MyHeroAcademia plays around with the morality scale a bit, mostly because it devotes a lot of time in fleshing out the respective motivations of heroes and villains alike, some of which are not as clear cut as they seem at first glance. [[TheHero Izuku Midoriya]] and [[BigGood All Might]] are examples of almost unanimously good heroic characters who have nothing selfless motives for their actions, and the former's dream is to follow in the latter's footsteps as a great hero who saves everyone with a reassuring smile on their face. But they both have deep-seated character flaws that pop from time to time, namely Midoriya's willingness to [[ChronicHeroSyndrome sacrifice his well being for the sake of others]] is noted to ''not'' be a good thing as it would be in other series, as if he's incapacitated after saving a few people, he would be no help in assisting anyone else. All Might's status as BigGood has also, inadvertently, created a society that's arguably ''too'' complacent in relying on heroes to solve their problems. And then you got heroes like Midoriya's childhood friend and rival, Katsuki Bakugo, who has decidedly ''un''heroic attitude, having a HairTriggerTemper and just being an unpleasant {{Jerkass}} for the most part who relentlessly bullied Midoriya in their youth. In any other story, he'd probably be a RivalTurnedEvil, but he's the {{Deuteragonist}} and while his attitude is considered problematic, his drive to be a hero is genuine and its one of his noted redeeming qualities in-universe, and he does eventually mellow into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. You have other heroes who are motivated by fame, and monetary gain, but they are considered no less heroic for it.

* This trope forms the very backbone of the narrative for ''LightNovel/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite'', both playing with it and ultimately deconstructing it to hell and gone. Good and Evil are absolutes imposed by a divine will and everything in the universe is defined by it's moral alignment with nothing but endless wars for those who live in it. Any kind of moral ambiguity is seen as unthinkable and yet there are those that are starting to question and eventually lash out against the system that has been imposed on them, eventually growing to hate the world they live in. It is also made clear that for such a system to work, true free will is next to non existent. This means that those who are good can create heroics without virtue, and the evil can cause atrocities without malice.

* This trope forms the very backbone of the narrative for ''LightNovel/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite'', both playing with it and ultimately deconstructing it to hell and gone. Good and Evil are absolutes imposed by a divine will and everything in the universe is defined by it's moral alignment with nothing but endless wars for those who live in it. Any kind of moral ambiguity is seen as unthinkable and yet there are those that are starting to question and eventually lash out against the system that has been imposed on them, eventually growing to hate the world they live in.

** Averted with the TV special ''Anime/DragonBallZBardockTheFatherOfGoku'', which goes straight into BlackAndGreyMorality territory with Bardock and the Saiyans on the grey end and Frieza on the black end.

** The series plays this trope straight. During the entire manga run, the [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure-hearted]] protagonist {{SonGoku}} fights against [[CardCarryingVillain openly evil bad guys]] who don't even hide their evil motives like killing or conquest. Among the villains we have an evil army; a demon literally MadeOfEvil and his offspring; space conquerors who wish to subdue anyone weaker than them; a genocidal space pirate forces; artificial creations who kill anyone, and space wizards who work with a demon and use the evil in people's hearts to turn them into slaves.

** The series plays this trope straight. During the entire manga run, the [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure-hearted]] protagonist {{Son Goku}} fights against [[CardCarryingVillain openly evil bad guys]] who don't even hide their evil motives like killing or conquest. Among the villains we have an evil army; a demon literally MadeOfEvil and his offspring; space conquerors who wish to subdue anyone weaker than them; a genocidal space pirate forces; artificial creations who kill anyone, and space wizards who work with a demon and use the evil in people's hearts to turn them into slaves.

** The series plays this trope straight. During the entire manga run, we have a cast of morally flawed heroes fighting against [[CardCarryingVillain openly evil bad guys]] who don't even hide their evil motives like killing or conquest. Among the villains we have an evil army; a demon literally MadeOfEvil and his offspring; space conquerors who wish to subdue anyone weaker than them; a genocidal space pirate forces; artificial creations who kill anyone, and space wizards who work with a demon and use the evil in people's hearts to turn them into slaves.

* ''Anime/DragonBall''

** Played straight with Freeza in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF''. He is portrayed as a genocidal DirtyCoward with no virtues whatsoever. Goku Black and Zamasu, despite being {{Knight Templar}}s who [[WellIntentionedExtremist see themselves as righteous]] but are anything [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist but]]; and [[PlanetEater Moro]] from the ''Galactic Patrol Prisoner''.
** Averted with the TV special ''Bardock- The Father of Goku'', which goes straight into BlackAndGreyMorality territory with Bardock and the Saiyans on the grey end and Frieza on the black end.
''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Part 1]]'' with [[IdealHero Jonathan]] and [[TakeOverTheWorld Dio]] is the most blatant example, though other parts do share this mindset to an extent. Even [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]], with the heroes, despite being '''mafia''' members, generally act more like cops against the clearly evil BigBad.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': In every conflict, there's generally two sides: The Z Fighters (clearly good) and whoever they're fighting, who's clearly bad. Even though many characters may start out somewhat ambiguous, being an AntiHero or even an outright villain, they firmly cement themselves on the side of good before too long. Even Vegeta who spends the series in a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor settles into the side of good eventually. At no point is there ever a question as to whether the ArcVillain du jour is justified or anything but a villain. Averted with the TV special ''Bardock- The Father of Goku'', which goes straight into BlackAndGreyMorality territory with Bardock and the Saiyans on the grey end and Frieza on the black end.
** This is played with after the introduction of Beerus, who is a TrueNeutral and ultimately not labelled as a villain (just as well considering [[CurbStompBattle how badly he beat Goku]]). It gets further averted in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' with the introduction of Zamasu and Goku Black, who are {{Knight Templar}}s who [[WellIntentionedExtremist see themselves as righteous]] but are anything [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist but]].
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': This happens a lot over the course of the series. ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Part 1]]'' with [[IdealHero Jonathan]] and [[TakeOverTheWorld Dio]] is the most blatant example, though other parts do share this mindset to an extent. Even [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]], with the heroes, despite being '''mafia''' members, generally act more like cops against the clearly evil BigBad.

* In ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' no matter the reason(s) behind a crime, Shinichi/Conan will state that it is ''still'' wrong and the criminal must face the consequences for their actions.

* ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': This happens a lot over the course of the series, ''Manga/PhantomBlood'' with [[IdealHero Jonathan]] and [[TakeOverTheWorld Dio]] being the most blatant, though other parts do share this mindset to an extent. Even [[Manga/VentoAureo Part 5]], with the heroes despite being '''Mafia''' generally act more like cops against the clearly evil BigBad.

* ''InnocentsShounenJuujigun'': The boys' view of the world is very much this.

** This is played with after the introduction of Beerus, who is a TrueNeutral and ultimately not labelled as a villain (just as well considering [[CurbStompBattle how badly he beat Goku]]). It gets further averted in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' with the introduction of Zamasu and Goku Black, who are {{Knight Templar}}s who [[WellIntentionedExtremist see themselves as righteous]].