History DeconstructedTrope / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/IsItMyFaultThatIGotBullied'' deconstructs BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork. Shinji Suzuki is a non-criminal example. He’s a successful banker because he is sent to handle clients that appeal to the banker's conscience, where he ruthlessly rejects feeling sympathy for them. It’s implied that his boss uses him for that kind of work, and his Coworkers greatly admire him for his ruthlessness, even if some are uncomfortable with it, with one of them viewing him as an elite person. By the final chapters of the story, Shinji's mistress and former victim revealed him to be a cheater and a bully to his boss and coworkers. His boss was disgusted and denied him the promotion and later demoted him to make copies of documents all day. His coworkers wanted nothing to do with him, ignored him, and refused to be threatened by him or even talk to him. They were willing to tolerate and even admire Shinji's ruthless methods when it was good for business, but they draw the line when they see what a monster he really is and cut ties with him. And eventually, one of the people Shinji abused and bullied when he was a banker killed him just as he was planning to put his life back together, showing that there are even consequences when legally doing dirty work because your cruelty will catch up to you when one of your victims sick of your abuse.

* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'':
** IWorkAlone: Kiritaka Nagare was horribly bullied at school; his bullies were satanic thugs who liked to torture him and his classmates. He chose to endure the torture alone for months without asking for help while he gathered evidence to turn in his bullies. It's unknown why he didn't go to his teachers or if they would have been any help, but it is known that he was isolated from his classmates because of a frame-up from one of the bullies. The reason he didn't tell his parents is because he did not want to bury his mother, who he loved greatly. This backfired greatly when, after months of torture and gathering evidence and when he needed evidence on the leader, his bullies blackmailed him into jumping into a street, and he was killed by a truck. His mother, who witnessed his death, was broken and discovered the evidence he gathered on his bullies. His mother, Mari, discovered the evidence; realizing the instant of her son's torture and angry at losing him, she snapped, swore revenge for her son, threw away her life, divorced her husband, changed her name to Maria Akeboshi, had plastic surgery, and two years later became the nurse at the bullies' school to exact revenge. It would've been better if he had asked for help because his trying to defeat his bullies alone caused his death and destroyed his family.
** LyingToProtectYourFeelings: Lying to protect your loved ones' feelings has tragic consequences in this story. Kiritaka Nagare came from a good family and had a great relationship with his parents. He especially had a loving relationship with his mother, Mari. He was also horribly bullied at school by a group of satanic thugs. He took it upon himself to gather evidence of the thug's crimes so he could turn them in and endured months of torture. Part of the reason he is enduring all this torture or not telling his parents what he's going through is that he does not want to worry his mother. This tragically backfires when his bullies blackmail him into jumping into the road by threatening to post fake porn of his mother on the internet. He was hit by a truck and died instantly, with his mother witnessing his death. A police investigation told his parents that he committed suicide because of abusive parents to their heartbreak, but then his mother discovers his journal and learns the truth that he was tortured by bullies and killed by them. Mari snapped and swore revenge on the bullies, saying that revenge was too soft and that she would give them judgment. Mari threw away her life, divorced her husband, changed her name to Maria Akeboshi, had plastic surgery, and two years later became the nurse at the bullies' school to exact revenge. Kiritaka may not have wanted to worry his mother, but keeping her in the dark about his struggles when she and his father could've helped him led to his death, the destruction of his family, and his mother destroying her life and being a shell of the person she once was who only wants to get revenge for his death. Tragically, he accomplishes nothing by lying to his mother to spare her feelings.

* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai''
** AllForNothing is deconstructed. It cruelly straight in the worst way possible in the end, as his failure to accomplish his goal had tragic consequences for his family. Kiritaka Nagare was bullied for months by a group of satanic thugs and bullies. The bullying Nagare suffered is more than bullying; it is more like inhuman torture. The reason Nagare endured all the torture he got for months was that he was gathering evidence on the bullies; it was implied that he wanted to protect his classmates from the bullies; when he took the place of another classmate, whom the bullies were torturing, and he did not want to worry his mother Mari Nagare who he loved greatly. Nagare was killed by a prank by the bullies, which his mother saw; an investigation by the police told his parents that his death was a suicide caused by abusive parents. His mother, Maria, depressed by his death and the reasons given for his death, discovered his journal about the bullying he suffered and swears revenge on the bullying. Two years later, Maria is under a new identity, Maria Akeboshi, and is hunting and killing Nagare's bullies one by one; she throws away her marriage and her previous life to get revenge. It is clear that her son's death has completely destroyed Maria, and even though she's getting revenge for her son, it will likely cost Maria her sanity and life. It's also revealed that his father, Inspector Taiichiro Nagare's life was destroyed as well. Taiichiro is heartbroken about his son's death and the divorce from his wife and has become an outcast at the first college because they believe he was abusing his son with only one friend. All in all, Kiritaka Nagare failed to report his bullies, and it's implied that the two years after his death, his bullies had free reign to destroy his classmate's lives, while his mother is avenging his death since she has been broken by his death and her life has been destroyed, him sacrificing his life to protect her from being exploited was not only ultimately pointless but destroyed his family.
** IWorkAlone is deconstructed. Kiritaka Nagare was horribly bullied at school; his bullies were satanic thugs who liked to torture him and his classmates. He chose to endure the torture alone for months without asking for help while he gathered evidence to turn in his bullies. It's unknown why he didn't go to his teachers or if they would have been any help, but it is known that he was isolated from his classmates because of a frame-up from one of the bullies. The reason he didn't tell his parents is because he did not want to bury his mother, who he loved greatly. This backfired greatly when, after months of torture and gathering evidence and when he needed evidence on the leader, his bullies blackmailed him into jumping into a street, and he was killed by a truck. His mother, who witnessed his death, was broken and discovered the evidence he gathered on his bullies. His mother, Mari, discovered the evidence; realizing the instant of her son's torture and angry at losing him, she snapped, swore revenge for her son, threw away her life, divorced her husband, changed her name to Maria Akeboshi, had plastic surgery, and two years later became the nurse at the bullies' school to exact revenge. It would've been better if he had asked for help because his trying to defeat his bullies alone caused his death and destroyed his family.
** LyingToProtectYourFeelings is deconstructed. Lying to protect your loved ones' feelings has tragic consequences in this story. Kiritaka Nagare came from a good family and had a great relationship with his parents. He especially had a loving relationship with his mother, Mari. He was also horribly bullied at school by a group of satanic thugs. He took it upon himself to gather evidence of the thug's crimes so he could turn them in and endured months of torture. Part of the reason he is enduring all this torture or not telling his parents what he's going through is that he does not want to worry his mother. This tragically backfires when his bullies blackmail him into jumping into the road by threatening to post fake porn of his mother on the internet. He was hit by a truck and died instantly, with his mother witnessing his death. A police investigation told his parents that he committed suicide because of abusive parents to their heartbreak, but then his mother discovers his journal and learns the truth that he was tortured by bullies and killed by them. Mari snapped and swore revenge on the bullies, saying that revenge was too soft and that she would give them judgment. Mari threw away her life, divorced her husband, changed her name to Maria Akeboshi, had plastic surgery, and two years later became the nurse at the bullies' school to exact revenge. Kiritaka may not have wanted to worry his mother, but keeping her in the dark about his struggles when she and his father could've helped him led to his death, the destruction of his family, and his mother destroying her life and being a shell of the person she once was who only wants to get revenge for his death. Tragically, he accomplishes nothing by lying to his mother to spare her feelings.

* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'' deconstructs AllForNothing. It cruelly straight in the worst way possible in the end, as his failure to accomplish his goal had tragic consequences for his family. Kiritaka Nagare was bullied for months by a group of satanic thugs and bullies. The bullying Nagare suffered is more than bullying; it is more like inhuman torture. The reason Nagare endured all the torture he got for months was that he was gathering evidence on the bullies; it was implied that he wanted to protect his classmates from the bullies; when he took the place of another classmate, whom the bullies were torturing, and he did not want to worry his mother Mari Nagare who he loved greatly. Nagare was killed by a prank by the bullies, which his mother saw; an investigation by the police told his parents that his death was a suicide caused by abusive parents. His mother, Maria, depressed by his death and the reasons given for his death, discovered his journal about the bullying he suffered and swears revenge on the bullying. Two years later, Maria is under a new identity, Maria Akeboshi, and is hunting and killing Nagare's bullies one by one; she throws away her marriage and her previous life to get revenge. It is clear that her son's death has completely destroyed Maria, and even though she's getting revenge for her son, it will likely cost Maria her sanity and life. It's also revealed that his father, Inspector Taiichiro Nagare's life was destroyed as well. Taiichiro is heartbroken about his son's death and the divorce from his wife and has become an outcast at the first college because they believe he was abusing his son with only one friend. All in all, Kiritaka Nagare failed to report his bullies, and it's implied that the two years after his death, his bullies had free reign to destroy his classmate's lives, while his mother is avenging his death since she has been broken by his death and her life has been destroyed, him sacrificing his life to protect her from being exploited was not only ultimately pointless but destroyed his family.

%%* Many {{Hentai}} tropes get played for drama in ''Inma Youjo''.

* ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' deconstructs the concept of a SuperRobot and the incredibly-powerful superweapons generally associated with them. Most Martian Kataphrakts have a single, overwhelmingly powerful ability that's sufficient to take on an entire army, but it also leads to them being [[CripplingOverspecialization cripplingly overspecialized]] towards [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer one type of tactic]]. Additionally, the show takes care to use [[ShownTheirWork real-world science]] to explain how these abilities could theoretically be possible, which [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome imposes its own limitations]]. In the end, despite their impressive appearance, a SuperRobot can still be taken down by superior tactics from a small squad of weaker [[MechaMooks grunt-unit]] pilots.

%%* Many {{Hentai}} tropes get played for drama in ''Imma Youjo''.

** The Arrancar Arc deconstructs the DistressedDamsel and SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl tropes. Ulquiorra emphasises that forcing Orihime into a SadisticChoice gives Aizen psychological control over her making it that much easier to gain a long-term advantage over her [[BreakTheCutie mental state]], regardless of whether or not she's physically rescued. On top of the mental torture, she's exposed to all kinds of abuse (physical, mental, emotional and sexual [[note]](because Nnoitora forcing his fingers inside his mouth actually mirrors a very common kink from Japanese porn.)[[/note]]) and the psychological consequences of this are also explored - the stress of the abuse, the realisation her [[HealingHands healing]] and [[BarrierMaiden shielding]] powers can't save Ichigo or Uryuu from Ulquiorra, the horror at seeing [[KnightInShiningArmour Ichigo]] transform into a [[EnemyWithin monster]] out of desperation to save her leave suffering an HeroicBSOD whereby, like real-life victims, [[ItsAllMyFault she completely blames herself for everything that happened]], a conclusion Ulquiorra guided her into reaching.