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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': A common accusation thrown against Nozomi Kujou from the anime. Kon's canon modsoul background was rewritten to justify Nozomi's existence, give her a hybrid version of Yumichika and Ukitake's unique EnergyAbsorption abilities (but [[SetBonus stronger than either]]) and make her Kon's LoveInterest ([[SpotlightStealingSquad reducing]] Ichigo's role from HeroProtagonist to sidekick). Faster than even Ichigo's unique development, she took only about 36 hours to go from powerless to saving [[StoryBreakerPower Yamamoto's]] life from enemies too powerful for even him to defeat. Writers also broke their own rules for modsoul death (instantaneous reversion to pill-state) to give her a protracted HeroicSacrifice everyone could weep over. However, it's also somewhat [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] and [[{{Justified}} Justified]] for two reasons: One, she only appears for a single story arc, and then never shows up again, so unlike most examples on this page, at least she doesn't end up doing this for the whole show (for context: the story arc in question is only 26 episodes long, which is a relatively small fraction of the anime, itself about 366 episodes long at the time). And two, it turns out that [[spoiler: the story arc itself is centered around Nozomi and her connection to the BigBad, and she plays a crucial role in the BigBad's plan, so in a metatextual context, it makes sense that the story would put a lot of focus on her]].

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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': A common accusation thrown against Nozomi Kujou from the anime. Kon's canon modsoul background was rewritten to justify Nozomi's existence, give her a hybrid version of Yumichika and Ukitake's unique EnergyAbsorption abilities (but [[SetBonus stronger than either]]) and make her Kon's LoveInterest ([[SpotlightStealingSquad reducing]] Ichigo's role from HeroProtagonist to sidekick). Faster than even Ichigo's unique development, she took only about 36 hours to go from powerless to saving [[StoryBreakerPower Yamamoto's]] life from enemies too powerful for even him to defeat. Writers also broke their own rules for modsoul death (instantaneous reversion to pill-state) to give her a protracted HeroicSacrifice everyone could weep over. However, it's also somewhat [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] and [[{{Justified}} Justified]] {{Justified|Trope}} for two reasons: One, she only appears for a single story arc, and then never shows up again, so unlike most examples on this page, at least she doesn't end up doing this for the whole show (for context: the story arc in question is only 26 episodes long, which is a relatively small fraction of the anime, itself about 366 episodes long at the time). And two, it turns out that [[spoiler: the story arc itself is centered around Nozomi and her connection to the BigBad, and she plays a crucial role in the BigBad's plan, so in a metatextual context, it makes sense that the story would put a lot of focus on her]].

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