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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': [[spoiler:[[HateAtFirstSight Kiritaka first gained Okaya's attention]] when he rescued a fellow student from [[HangingAround being hanged]] by his gang in the toilet. In the present, after an unknown party murders [[HeKnowsTooMuch Iijima]] right after his meeting with Maria (the timing being too close to be a mere coincidence), she remembers the aforementioned event from [[DeadManWriting Kiritaka's diary]] as she muses that, if one were to become a victim of [[BullyBrutality such intense bullying]] as that inflicted by Okaya's gang, the trauma would be enough to [[GainingTheWillToKill make one less reluctant to kill people]]. She then tracks down said student, Akihiro Yuda, and asks him point-blank about Iijima. [[OhCrap Yuda starts sweating profusely]] in response, all but confirming that he is Iijima's murderer.]]

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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': [[spoiler:[[HateAtFirstSight Kiritaka first gained Okaya's attention]] when he rescued a fellow student from [[HangingAround being hanged]] by his gang in the toilet. In the present, after an unknown party murders [[HeKnowsTooMuch Iijima]] right after his meeting with Maria (the timing being too close to be a mere coincidence), she remembers the aforementioned event from [[DeadManWriting Kiritaka's diary]] as [[EurekaMoment she muses muses]] that, if one were to become a victim of [[BullyBrutality such intense bullying]] as that inflicted by Okaya's gang, the trauma would be enough to [[GainingTheWillToKill make one less reluctant to kill people]]. She then tracks down said student, Akihiro Yuda, and asks him point-blank about Iijima. [[OhCrap Yuda starts sweating profusely]] in response, all but confirming that he is Iijima's murderer.]]
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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': [[spoiler:[[HateAtFirstSight Kiritaka first gained Okaya's attention]] when he rescued a fellow student from [[HangingAround being hanged]] by his gang in the toilet. In the present, after an unknown party murders [[HeKnowsTooMuch Iijima]] right after his meeting with Maria (the timing being too close to be a mere coincidence), she remembers the aforementioned event from [[DeadManWriting Kiritaka's diary]] as she muses that, if one were to become a victim of [[BullyBrutality such intense bullying]] as that inflicted by Okaya's gang, the trauma would be enough to [[GainingTheWillToKill make one less reluctant to kill people]]. She then tracks down said student, Akihiro Yuda, and asks him point-blank about Iijima. [[OhCrap Yuda starts sweating profusely]] in response, all but confirming that he is Iijima's murderer.]]
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It's been decided that Manhua and Manhwa examples shall be placed into their own folders. Moving examples to the correct sections.



* The manhwa ''Manhwa/FaeriesLanding'' has quite a few characters that do this and later become important



* ''The Manhua/RavagesOfTime'' uses this trope so, ''so'' much: For example, the little kid who made a one-page appearance alongside Shan Wuling and some shady types at the end of a chapter in Volume 6 but who's quickly forgettable once the rest all take up much more prominent roles? When he appears as a grown up in Volume 33 and moves out, his identity is hinted at by his new traveling companions are identified as Xu Sheng and Pan Zhang[[note]]officers of the future "kingdom" of Wu[[/note]], then confirmed when he identifies himself as [[spoiler:Zhongmou]], the courtesy name of [[spoiler:Sun Quan]].
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* In Chapter 7 of ''Manga/TheSummerYouWereThere'', an unnamed student slaps Shizuku and gives her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling her out on bullying Ruri. The student turns out to be Ruri's best friend Seri, who becomes a significant recurring character.
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** Thirdly, the [[WrenchWench mecha technician]] Hayashi, who has a DistressedDamsel moment in episode 2, and thereafter serves no purpose other than a [[SickeninglySweethearts comically perfect]] relationship with fellow tech Morimoto. Turns out in the DistantFinale that [[spoiler: she is the ''key to the human race's survival'', precisely ''because'' she had that DistressedDamsel moment at the start]].

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** Thirdly, the [[WrenchWench mecha technician]] Hayashi, who has a DistressedDamsel DamselInDistress moment in episode 2, and thereafter serves no purpose other than a [[SickeninglySweethearts comically perfect]] relationship with fellow tech Morimoto. Turns out in the DistantFinale that [[spoiler: she is the ''key to the human race's survival'', precisely ''because'' she had that DistressedDamsel DamselInDistress moment at the start]].
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** The earliest example would be from the very first episode: the Spearow that Ash threw a rock at comes back to terrorize local Pidgey and Pidgeotto in the season finale, having [[TookALevelInBadass evolved into a Fearow]] (he can tell from the scar the rock left on it's face when it hit it). Also, Ash's Pidgeotto (the second Pokemon he catches) finally evolves, having spent exactly 78 episodes not doing so, and [[PutOnABus leaves his team to protect it's brethren from the Fearow]]. Doubles as BookEnds for the first arc.

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** The earliest example would be from the very first episode: the Spearow that Ash threw a rock at comes back to terrorize local Pidgey and Pidgeotto in the season finale, having [[TookALevelInBadass evolved into a Fearow]] (he can tell from the scar the rock left on it's face when it hit it). Also, Ash's Pidgeotto (the second Pokemon he catches) finally evolves, having spent exactly 78 episodes not doing so, and [[PutOnABus leaves his team to protect it's its brethren from the Fearow]]. Doubles as BookEnds for the first arc.
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* ''Manga/{{Claudine}}'':
** After exiting the psychrist's office the first time around, Claude sees a bushy-haired girl's umbrella flying away. He catches it and brings it back to it's very grateful owner. Some years later, the bushy-haired girl- whose name is Maura- returns into Claude's life as a maid. Maura becomes Claude's first love.
** When Claude was fifteen-years-old, he saw a pretty girl through the window of a ballet academy. Two years later, the girl comes back into his life: her name is Sirène, and she becomes his third and last love.

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* In ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'', Mei hangs around as a LivingProp for a few chapters, until her DayInTheLimelight where Rentarou manages to get her to open her forever-closed eyes, and they both feel the soulmate shock.

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* In ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'', ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'':
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Mei hangs around as a LivingProp for a few chapters, until her DayInTheLimelight where Rentarou manages to get her to open her forever-closed eyes, and they both feel the soulmate shock.shock.
** Her colleague Mai appears in the background for multiple chapters, consistently avoiding looking at Rentarou until an attempt to sabotage his relationship with Mei goes wrong and leads to her finally making eye contact with the boy and--'''''[[LoveAtFirstSight ZING!!]]'''''
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* In ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'', Mei hangs around as a LivingProp for a few chapters, until her DayInTheLimelight where Rentarou tricks her into opening her forever-closed eyes, and they both feel the soulmate shock.

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* In ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'', Mei hangs around as a LivingProp for a few chapters, until her DayInTheLimelight where Rentarou tricks manages to get her into opening to open her forever-closed eyes, and they both feel the soulmate shock.
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** Yomikawa, a LateArrivalSpoiler variant, started off as a comical character serving as a dimwitted high school repeat and the member of the Hole-Digging Club in Shijima and Majime's school. [[spoiler:However, Yomikawa later [[WhamLine throws]] a significant reveal during Chapter 44, revealing that the world that Shijima and Majime are in is, in fact, a RecursiveReality simulation enclosed within a fusiform-shaped computer]].

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** Yomikawa, a LateArrivalSpoiler variant, started off as a comical character serving as a dimwitted high school repeat and the member of the Hole-Digging Club in Shijima and Majime's school. [[spoiler:However, Yomikawa later [[WhamLine throws]] a significant reveal during Chapter 44, revealing that the world that Shijima and Majime are in is, in fact, a RecursiveReality {{Cyberspace}} simulation enclosed within a fusiform-shaped computer]].

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